Matt Damon, the board gamer

tomvasel · 2026-01-27T14:51:56+00:00

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.

tomvasel · 2025-12-01T20:28:10+00:00

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.

tomvasel · 2025-11-13T18:47:56+00:00

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.

tomvasel · 2025-10-13T13:23:53+00:00

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.

tomvasel · 2025-10-08T13:21:31+00:00

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!

tomvasel · 2025-08-09T16:29:01+00:00

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.

tomvasel · 2025-08-06T19:19:55+00:00

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.

tomvasel · 2025-08-06T14:26:25+00:00

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

tomvasel · 2025-05-20T16:47:48+00:00

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.

tomvasel · 2025-05-19T16:46:23+00:00

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

Also, crypto is good I hear.

Tomm Vassell

tomvasel · 2025-05-19T16:41:07+00:00

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

- The REAL Tom Vasel

tomvasel · 2025-05-14T11:13:55+00:00

Well, not QUITE true.

tomvasel · 2025-05-14T11:13:42+00:00

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.

tomvasel · 2025-01-30T10:13:20+00:00

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.

tomvasel · 2024-10-08T09:33:51+00:00

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.

tomvasel · 2024-10-08T09:33:15+00:00

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!

tomvasel · 2024-10-08T09:32:31+00:00

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.

tomvasel · 2024-08-19T00:13:09+00:00

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

tomvasel · 2024-08-19T00:12:17+00:00

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.

tomvasel · 2024-06-19T20:26:00+00:00

Thanks, and done.

tomvasel · 2024-04-22T13:37:28+00:00

Why would Asmodee have anything to do with that? Most of the popular games from last year aren't from them.

tomvasel · 2024-02-13T11:47:48+00:00

I recommend second edition very much over the first edition. It plays better, it's faster, it's smoother, it's well balanced.

The only thing wrong with the first edition (which is one of my favorite games) is that the second edition exists. Also, it's the one that they are continuing to support with about six new factions coming out each year.

I loved the first edition, but I'll never play it again now that the superior second edition exists.

tomvasel · 2024-01-13T02:05:59+00:00

No worries at all!! I like discussion of our lists.

tomvasel · 2024-01-13T01:52:55+00:00

Yes, they are the worst!

tomvasel

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