Devon Dice Presents

joel.wright@me.com (Joel Wright)
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Devon Dice Presents

This is like all the other board gaming podcasts, where the hosts Joel, Tom and Lewis talk about their favourite board games they have played, news from the industry and do reviews of games.

  1. 133 Devon Dice Podcast: Very Late News, Crowdfunding Wrap-Up, and Joel’s Essen 2023 Retrospective Buys

    4 DAYS AGO

    133 Devon Dice Podcast: Very Late News, Crowdfunding Wrap-Up, and Joel’s Essen 2023 Retrospective Buys

    In Episode 133 of the very late Devon Dice Podcast, Joel is joined by Nick, Claire, and their mascot Honey for a jam-packed episode covering gaming news, crowdfunding (October highlights), and Joel’s Essen Spiel 2023 retrospective. The team discusses upcoming conventions like the Ocean City Games Expo in Plymouth on 26th October, Devon Boardgame Weekend at Fox & Hounds (8th–10th November), and the ever-popular Gridcon (15th–17th November, already sold out). Joel shares his experience with Return to Dark Tower, while Nick dives into Pampero and Foundations of Rome with its Roads of Fortune expansion.  The episode’s main topic sees Joel reflect on his purchases from last year’s Essen Spiel, including titles like Cabanga!, Forest Shuffle, Zoo Tycoon, and Ark Nova: Marine Worlds, scoring their performance over the past year. Tune in for gaming insights, reflections, and plans for the season ahead! Welcome to Episode 133 Upcoming Local Conventions Ocean City Games Expo – gaming convention in Plymouth on 26th October – run by Andy Bright, from our Monday Night Games group Devon Boardgame Weekend @ the Fox & Hounds – 8-10th November Gridcon (15-17 Nov) (sold out, as usual) Played Games Joel: Return to Dark Tower Nick: Pampero Foundations of Rome + Roads of Fortune expansion News Spiel news: for the first time the event sold out of weekend tickets  Over 204,000 turnstile attendance (just shy of the 209k from 2019) Notebook LM – an “AI” that will consume PDFs and you can ask questions about the content – upload rulebooks, FAQs, etc and it’ll answer your rules questions for you! Crowdfunding Kickstarter Trust Me Isla (successfully funded) Roborover 2077 – Technology-Augmented Board Game Dark Tomb: The Ice Chasers Restart Gamefound Puerto Rico 1897: Special Edition Above and Below: Haunted Topic: Scoring Joel’s purchases from last year Essen Spiel show: Cabanga! Forest Shuffle ...

    1h 25m
  2. The very late but Awesome Essen Spiel Games podcast

    19 OCT

    The very late but Awesome Essen Spiel Games podcast

    Devon Dice Presents

    1h 9m
  3. 131 Devon Dice Podcast Topic Tapas #3 Rules, holidays and more CLANK!

    2 OCT

    131 Devon Dice Podcast Topic Tapas #3 Rules, holidays and more CLANK!

    Episode 131 Welcome to Episode 131 of the Devon Dice Podcast, where we serve up a delightful mix of gaming and pop culture chat in our third installment of Topic Tapas!  Joel, is your host, and he is by Nick, our Spiel des Jahres Analyst Extraordinaire, and Sam, putting the “Yo” back in “polyomino”. In this episode, we’ll dive into the games we’ve been playing—Pioneer Rails, Darwin’s Journey, and Terraforming Mars with some exciting custom twists. We’ll also share some rules we got hilariously wrong, chat about holiday board gaming, and explore the non-gaming things we’re currently obsessed with! Topic 1: Played games Joel: Pioneer Rails Sam: Darwin’s Journey Nick: Terraforming Mars with Prelude 2, custom Milestones & Awards, and on the fan-maps Vastitas Borealis and Amazonis Planitia big-map Topic 2: Rules we played incorrectly for ages before…when, where and how Joel: Clank! Crystal Caves  Nick: Borrowing one of Chris M’s: Century: Spice Road Sam: Jamaica Discord:  join in here https://discord.gg/ma7Z4Jvv2z BoardGameJimmy: Terraforming Mars  Craigdavid1987: Valeria card kingdoms Topic 3: Holiday aBoard Games Joel: Tails from Cyprus board gaming Topic 4: Non-Gaming Things We’re Currently Into Joel Deadpool and Wolverine – at the ol’ cinema Clank Digital Nick Wyatt Earp & The Cowboy War on Netflix The D-Con Chamber – Star Trek actors, Dominic Keating and Connor Trinneer, interview other Star Trek cast and crew from all the varieties of Star Trek Star Trek Prodigy Season 2 Sam Alien: Romulus Replaying Dredge Bought a Steam Deck – Lewis was right. Ways you can engage or contact the show Here is the link to o...

    1h 1m

  4. 16 SEPT

    The special UKGE 2024 Podcast

    Episode UKGE 2024 Welcome to the long-awaited podcast all about the UKGE 2024 (NEC). Joel, Nick, Lewis, and Sam go through the thoughts and stories from the event this year and give you their opinions on whether it was the best it has ever been. News Meeples™ Choice Awards winners announced – Nucleum, Earth, Sky Team, White Castle (and runners up: Darwin’s Journey, Forest Shuffle, Faraway, Age of Innovation, Great Western Trail: New Zealand, Apiary, and Hooky) Attendance figures (as mentioned the last pod): 39,306 unique; 65,281 total attendance. UKGE Judges Awards / UKGE People’s Choice Awards £18,000 raised for charity at UKGE 2024 UKGE ’24 review General chat about the event: Tickets, Bring & Buy, Met Craig v87 from our Discord server, live shows Knightmare Live show, The Dark Room, see news games coming: Alley Cat Games’ new games coming, Ada’s Dream, Luthier, WTIIA live show Lewis’s Family Day at UKGE: Family Zone, Getting some family games, Hunting down them bargains, New Diamant: £12, Lost Ruins of Arnak: £40, One big punt…One regret Joel’s show reviewed: pickups: Zuuli promo (buy), Forest Shuffle: Alpine,Medici, Age of Comics  Claire buying game: Return to Dark Tower Played: Sea Salt & Paper, Marvel Remix, Looot! Demos: Invincible the board game, Hamlet , Rebirth, To Glory! gimmick, Heat: Heavy Rain 2nd expansion, HeroScape, Towers of Ra!, Monsters of Loch Lomond, Windmill Valley, Deep Regrets,

    2h 8m
  5. 130 Devon Dice Podcast News-a-palooza August 24

    5 SEPT

    130 Devon Dice Podcast News-a-palooza August 24

    Joel, Nick, and Sam bring the latest podcast for all their news, crowdfunding and what they have been playing in the world board games News Holy Grail games Another one bites the dust BGA is doing well in its post-Asmodee-acquisition era Parks is removed from BGA Moon Colony Bloodbath – A new Donald X. Vaccarino deck building + destruction of a shared deck Res Arcana Duo – Yet Another 2-player Redux Stamp Swap – Stonemeier’s next game A couple of notable expansions coming soon: Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet Faraway: Le Peuple du Dessous (“The People Underneath”) Hundred Acre Wood Fluxx Upcoming Local Conventions Ocean City Games Expo – gaming convention in Plymouth on 26th October – run by Andy Bright, from our Monday Night Games Group. Devon Boardgame Weekend @ the Fox & Hounds – 8-10th November (both squeezed in-between Essen (early Oct) and Gridcon (mid Nov) Crowdfunding Kickstarter So You’ve Been Cursed (4 days left) – Followup sequel to So You’ve Been Eaten Tír na nÓg (12 days left) – reprint and expansion Cosmere RPG – Brandon Sanderson (4 days left) Gamefound The Cats of Mont Saint Michel (4 days left) Coming Soon Kickstarter Ra reprint + expansion + Ra & Write I Made You A Mix Tape (~November) Everdell Duo

    1h 19m
  6. 129 Devon Dice News Show Podcast, plus crowdfunding and played games

    28 JUL

    129 Devon Dice News Show Podcast, plus crowdfunding and played games

    Devon Dice Presents

    1h 13m
  7. 128 Devon Dice Podcast News-a-Palooza Show - Free the Meeples

    19 JUN

    128 Devon Dice Podcast News-a-Palooza Show - Free the Meeples

    Welcome to News-a-palooza: Free the Meeple! I’m Joel, your host, and today we’re diving into a whirlwind of board gaming news and exciting updates. Joining me is Nick, our podcast’s very own board game designer. News Segment: 3:16 – Meeple trademark dispute (+ update) https://gamefound.com/en/projects/cogito-ergo-meeple/meeple-inc/updates/9 10:50 – Game Brewer shutting down https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/162203/spiel-essen-24-sells-out-game-brewer-shuts-down-an 11:50 – Star Wars: X-Wing game not being developed anymore https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/162203/spiel-essen-24-sells-out-game-brewer-shuts-down-an 14:20 – Dicebreaker, the boardgame news site, appears to be collapsing, 2 weeks after being bought by IGN  https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/12/dicebreakers-future-remains-unclear-as-silenced-site-makes-editor-in-chief-senior-staff-writer-redundant-after-ign-takeover/ 15:55 – Figures for UK Games Expo attendance: Uniques: 39,306 Total Attendance: 65,281 Almost 30% growth over 2023 19:39 – Essen Spiel sells out to exhibitors 21:16 – Spiel des Jahres (+ Kennerspiel) nominations announced: https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/nominierte-spiele-2024.html SdJ: Sky Team, https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/373106/sky-team In the Footsteps of Darwin, https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/376683/in-the-footsteps-of-darwin and Captain Flip. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/393325/captain-flip KSdJ: Daybreak; https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/334986/daybreak The Guild of Merchant Explorers; https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/350933/the-guild-of-merchant-explorers Ticket to Ride Legacy – Legends of the West. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/390092/ticket-to-ride-legacy-legends-of-the-west Coming Soon: 29:14 – Star Trek: Captain’s Chair: A Star Trek game using the Imperium games’ design https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/422541/star-trek-captains-chair 32:55 – Sky Team expansion announced: Turbulence https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/423177/sky-team-turbulenc...

    1h 10m
  8. 127 UK Games Expo ’24 Preview show Devon Dice Podcast

    28 MAY

    127 UK Games Expo ’24 Preview show Devon Dice Podcast

    Joel, Nick and Sam list the Games they are excited to see at the UKGE in the NEC, Birmingham. And Lewis is here too to mock Sam about his Windmill games. but first off they take a look at the winners of the BoardGameGeek Awards 2023. Enjoy the show! Episode 127 2:04 – Super Quick News: BGG Golden Geek Winners announced 14:40 – Top picks for games to check out at UKGE! 15:15 – Sam’s 11 Honourable Mentions: Courtisans Florilegium Happy Home Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth Moving Wild Quoridor: Pac Man Sakana Stack Shoal Sand Find Kosmos Games on stand 1-602. Worms: The Board Game 13 Beavers 26:57 – Nick’s Honourable Mentions: Towers of Ra (images) Find Ocean City Games Ltd on stand 2-566. 27:55 – Joel’s Honourable Mentions: Two Thin Coats Paint Range Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy on stand 1-783. 30:09 – #5 30:20 – Joel,  Horrified Greek Monsters Find Ravensburger Ltd on stand 2-854 31:46 – Nick, Shackleton Base Find Hachette Boardgames UK on stand 2-614. 33:00 – Sam, Windmill Valley Find BOARD AND DICE Sp. z.o.o. on stand 2-202. 35:38 #4 35:40 – Joel, Cities Find Kosmos Games on stand 1-602. 35:45 – Nick, Ada’s Dream Find Alley Cat Games on stand 1-714. 37:12 – Sam, Pampero Find APE Games on stand 2-T90. 3 39:40 – Joel, Borderlands: Mister Torgue’s Arena of Badassery Find Asmodee- Dedicated...

    1h 16m
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This is like all the other board gaming podcasts, where the hosts Joel, Tom and Lewis talk about their favourite board games they have played, news from the industry and do reviews of games.

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  • Creator
    joel.wright@me.com (Joel Wright)
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2024
  • Episodes
    25
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    Clean
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    © 2024
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