Author Archives: Mark Rickards
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The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 333
This episode is what dreams are made of as the Dice Men talk about not one, not two, but three games (plus we mention some others) in under an hour! Yes, it’s an SdJ and Kennerspiel spectacular as we start with Living Forest, which may be currently the best value game in town, before moving more »
The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 332
And I think to myself, what a Wonderland’s War… Tonight the Dice Men are taking a trip through the looking glass and exploring Wonderland’s War, provided very kindly to us by Good Games Australia. This must be one of the hottest and prettiest games at the moment so surely we have something just as beautiful more »
The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 331
In this episode, it’s the Mark and Garth extravaganza as Leon is away doing things only he can do! We start the show by discussing the Spiel Des Jahres nominations for 2022 and again (yes again) discuss the weight of the games that are up for the biggest of prizes. It’s then time for the more »
The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 330
This week the Dice Men attempt a feat so brave, so rare and so unusual…yes, that’s talking about three different things in one little show! We start off with our thoughts on the recently announced Golden Geek Awards (no, we didn’t win best podcast AGAIN…). That is followed by a visit to a steampunk world more »
The Dice Men Cometh Episode 329
Welcome one and all to the never-ending carnival that is the Dice Men Cometh and tonight we’re talking about one small game, one bigger game and one even BIGGER competition! So let’s get straight to the point…we have 2 tickets to the hottest show in town, Bordercon, to give away and listening to this episode more »
The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 328
Today is not a drill! Yes, it’s a thrill, and you don’t have to sit still! It’s a publisher special, and they are SchilMil!! The Dice Men are covering three games produced by our publisher friend from across the ditch – so let’s call it our Tazmania, Manifest and Komodo spectacular! It’s so great to more »
The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 327
This week it’s the Mark and Garth show as Leon takes a secret break for secret reasons. So why not dust off a game that has done something no other legacy game has done…keep the Dice Men interested all the way to the end. Yes, it’s our review, discussion and chit chat about a game more »
The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 326
An Ark? An Ark for Mark? An Ark for Mark, so he can bark (all the rules clarifications at us)? Tonight we present the hottest of hotness, our discussion on Ark Nova, the game of rival zoo-making for fun and profit (well, appeal and conservation points anyway). This game takes up nearly the whole show more »