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The Dice Tower is an Internet podcast about tabletop games. Your hosts for the show are Tom Vasel, noted game reviewer, industry veteran Julie Ahern, and voice actor and reviewer Eric Summerer. 

In the show, Tom, Julie, and Eric talk about boardgames, card games, wargames, miniatures, and the people who play them.

New to the Dice Tower? Then listen to: Episode 0: Introduction & Top 15 Games a New Gamer Should Buy

Nov 26, 2024

Tom, Julie, and Eric share some Thanksgiving recipes before launching into a discussion of how designers tackle the theme of cooking in games. We have a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror that pushes our Angry Button, and we close the show with a Thorn-heavy set of games played.

00:57 - Announcements: Dice Tower East, West, and Cruise 2026

02:22 - Thanksgiving Recipes

05:17 - Cooking Games

07:41 - Cooking: Press Your Luck (Quacks of Quedlinburg, Vegetable Stock)

09:55 - Cooking: Spatial Games (License to Grill)

12:52 - Cooking: Dexterity (A La Carte, Piazza Rabazza)

16:28 - Cooking: Real Time (Wok Star, Kitchen Rush)

19:05 - Cooking: Set Collection (Burger Up, Morels)

21:33 - Cooking: More from Tom (Mamma Mia, Yummy Yummy Monster Tummy, Hibachi, Comsumption: Food and Choices, Sweet Mess, Wok and Roll, Wild Gardens)

27:38 - Cooking: Favorite Mechanisms

29:14 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror

34:44 - Witchdom

38:15 - Witchcraft

41:28 - Worms: The Board Game

44:32 - Crossbows & Catapults: Fortress War

47:12 - Refuge

49:09 - Civolution