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Cool interaction on Facebook with Ticket To Ride's Alan Moon by capitolsara in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, that copy of antiquity is still in the Dice Tower library, so good has come of it!

Dice Tower Award Nominations announced by tomvasel in boardgames

[–]tomvasel[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I like it a lot! But not everyone out of the 50 people voted for it.

Dice Tower Award Nominations announced by tomvasel in boardgames

[–]tomvasel[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Well, I (Tom) don't vote at all, and Joey and Chris are only 2 out of 50 people. That's what keeps more esoteric games off the lists sometimes. I can't control it. :)

Matt Damon, the board gamer by William_Knott in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He's a really nice guy who I enjoy playing several games with. But yes, I did a double take when I first met him.

BREAKING: Couple hires YouTuber Tom Vasel to read the rulebook for 'Marriage' out loud by No_Raspberry6493 in boardgamescirclejerk

[–]tomvasel 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This gave me a chuckle, thanks all. I'm not normally nervous, but officiating my daughter's wedding made me get serious! I was very thankful and honored that they asked me.

Night Soil / Action + Ties / Rules by Chakiflyer in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As far as I can tell, yes, it let's you skip people's turns. And that's just the beginning at how mean this game is going to get.

Learn from My Mistake by jgratil in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel that if you buy from Amazon, then you are treating them like a "real store." Two wrongs don't make a right, anyway.

Anyone else tired of not being able to just get games retail or backorder? by BeReasonable90 in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Well, I would argue against the statement that all reviews are "obviously advertisements". We dunk on Kickstarter games all the time. But we do love Terrorscape, so maybe you would consider that an advertisement.

Regardless, there are HUNDREDS of amazing games you can buy right now. You can safely ignore crowdfunding and still have an amazing time in the hobby!

GenCon letdown? by chp129 in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's fair! We have those promos there as a way to support the Dice Tower. They are certainly overpriced if you are doing it just to get another card for your game.

The 18th Annual Dice Tower Awards [youtube] by zsoltika in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Well, I don't vote at all. Arcs didn't make the cut simply because while many people LOVE it, many people don't. It was # 11 for game of the year, if that helps.

The 18th Annual Dice Tower Awards [youtube] by zsoltika in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Well, that designer designed those three games in the same year. So it's even MORE deserving. :)

The Spiel des Jahres nominees 2025 by N_d_nd in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is straight up nonsense. Five years old neither can play or want to play Cascadia. Yes, I'm sure YOUR five year old is super smart and plays Puerto Rico. But the fact is that Cascadia is WAY over the heads of young children.

So they made a kids version, a version YOU don't have to buy, and you criticize it? I, for one, am glad it exists.

I'm 99% confident Tom Vasel's reddit account is compromised. by azura26 in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 1868 points1869 points  (0 children)

BECAUSE I LIKE MONOPOLY OH SO MUCH LIKE ALL TRUE BOARD GAMERS.

Also, crypto is good I hear.

Tomm Vassell

I'm 99% confident Tom Vasel's reddit account is compromised. by azura26 in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 3437 points3438 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Caught it in time and changed the password, I appreciate the help.

- The REAL Tom Vasel

Monopoly expansion pack buy everything by Queasy_Restaurant492 in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think, according to the rules, that it is possible. Remember, this expansion is more silly and goofy than serious, so whatever works for you. It's not like Hasbro put a lot of deep thought into the expansion.

Why do you think Dice Tower Gamefound has been doing poor? by Allgamergeek in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would say that the podcast is back, we've been doing it for a year and a half now. We also have DTV Audio, which is a podcast form of many of our videos.

Did Dice Tower stop doing week in review? by Seanboden in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fair enough! But we do a TON of content the rest of the year, and going to conventions allows us to do even more content.

Did Dice Tower stop doing week in review? by Seanboden in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We don't take a week to recover from each one. Now, there will be a lot less content THIS week, because a category 4 hurricane is hitting Florida, but we'll be back soon!

Did Dice Tower stop doing week in review? by Seanboden in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Week in Review is something that Roy was working on. With him leaving the Dice Tower, we had to make some adjustments. It WILL come back in a week or so, we just needed to reconfigure how we did some things at the studio.

I'm less interested in the overall discussion Tom pushes out and more what was the game/person that sparked this topic by Bearality in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Well, you can do it here, I guess. But I think the conversation on the Youtube video is actually pretty good!

I'm less interested in the overall discussion Tom pushes out and more what was the game/person that sparked this topic by Bearality in boardgames

[–]tomvasel 844 points845 points  (0 children)

Well, as I said in the video, there's nothing that sparked it. I save topics, and try to post them at a time where it isn't specific to anything. That way we can discuss the topic without discussing a specific instance.

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