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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

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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Mass Appeal

Aug 25, 2026

Tom takes a brief respite before the end-of-year events hit, and before we discuss "simple" versions of popular games intended for the Mass Market shelves. Then, we answer a bunch of questions from the mailbag before moving on to a new batch of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

00:00 - Intro

00:55 - Hottest Days of the Year and Dice Tower West

02:06 - Too Many Games?

04:30 - Future Events: Spiel, PAX Unplugged, Internal Conventions

06:57 - "Simple" Versions

28:40 - Question: Theme or Mechanism?

30:00 - Question: What to Play?

34:34 - Question: Airing of Grievances?

38:29 - Question: Latecomers?

42:45 - Pondscape

45:38 - Sandcastles

51:20 - Miniature Adventures: Adventure 1: Goblin Trouble

55:10 - Dino Racer

57:31 - The Crew: Journeys to the Ends of the Earth

Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com