Devon Dice Podcast - 114 the DDP team’s best games of 2023

114 the DDP team’s best games of 2023

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01/15/24 • 114 min

Devon Dice Podcast

Happy New Year to our Listeners, Joel, Nick, Sam, and Claire the podcast booth with the best games they played in 2023, these can be they played for the first time in 2023. Quick News

WyrmSpan announced, from Stonemaier Games.
Tapestry: Revised Civ Pack, from Stonemaier Games.
Pokemon Splendor, a Pokemon reskinning of Splendor.

This is the list of all games talked bout in the team’s top 10s games of 2023, all mixed up. but the links are there for you find the games on BGG.

Sky Team,
Comic Hunters,
Celestia,
World Wonders,
Skull King,
The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition,
Art Society,
Clank! Legacy,
Age of Steam,
Ark Nova,
Forest Shuffle,
EOS Island of Angels,
Phantom Ink,
Heat: Pedal to the Metal,
Brass: Birmingham,
The Fox Experiment,
Namiji,
Marvel Zombies,
Gentes,
Return to Dark Tower,
GWT New Zealand,
Mansions of Madness: 2nd Edition,
Clank! Catacombs,
Cabanga!,
Sea Salt & Paper,
Thunder Road: Vendetta,
Planet Unknown,
Zuuli,
The Wolves,
Beast,
Peak Oil: Profiteer,

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Happy New Year to our Listeners, Joel, Nick, Sam, and Claire the podcast booth with the best games they played in 2023, these can be they played for the first time in 2023. Quick News

WyrmSpan announced, from Stonemaier Games.
Tapestry: Revised Civ Pack, from Stonemaier Games.
Pokemon Splendor, a Pokemon reskinning of Splendor.

This is the list of all games talked bout in the team’s top 10s games of 2023, all mixed up. but the links are there for you find the games on BGG.

Sky Team,
Comic Hunters,
Celestia,
World Wonders,
Skull King,
The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition,
Art Society,
Clank! Legacy,
Age of Steam,
Ark Nova,
Forest Shuffle,
EOS Island of Angels,
Phantom Ink,
Heat: Pedal to the Metal,
Brass: Birmingham,
The Fox Experiment,
Namiji,
Marvel Zombies,
Gentes,
Return to Dark Tower,
GWT New Zealand,
Mansions of Madness: 2nd Edition,
Clank! Catacombs,
Cabanga!,
Sea Salt & Paper,
Thunder Road: Vendetta,
Planet Unknown,
Zuuli,
The Wolves,
Beast,
Peak Oil: Profiteer,

Ways you can engage or contact the show

Here is the link to our discord channel Devon Dice https://discord.gg/ma7Z4Jvv2z

Find us on all the socials: @DevonDiceUK, Facebook page, BGG Guild

On X / Twitter: @DepressedMonk3y @The_BreweryTour @meeplescorner @njshaw2

On Bluesky: njshaw2.bsky.social, devondice.bsky.social

On the web: www.devondice.co.uk

Youtube – DevonDiceUK please like subscribe to our channel https://youtube.com/@DevonDice...

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In the special Christmas episode, Joel, Sam, and Nick dive into the holiday spirit, blending the latest gaming news with festive cheer. Join the trio as they not only dish out the hottest updates from the gaming world but also reveal their wish list for games they’re craving this Christmas and more. also, get ready for a comprehensive review of their geek culture journey throughout the past year, spanning books, movies, and video games.

Quick News

Zev Shlasinger (the original founder of Z-Man Games Play to Z Games,
An expansion for Forest Shuffle has appeared on online game sites as being available to preorder
Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Duel announced.
Divinus Delivery Timeline Update
A load of new Garphill Games forthcoming releases announced:
- The Anarchy (1-4-player game with a 3D castle-building mechanic)
- Skara Brae (resource-heavy game set in Neolithic Northern Scotland)
- Inventors of the South Tigris (set in mediaeval Baghdad: Invent, Build, Test, and Publish devices)
BREAKING NEWS: University Challenge’s Xmas episode has a round about winners of the Spiel des Jahres!

Crowdfunding Live Now

Videogame: Trash Goblin – “powerwash sim for the RPG crowd”!

Coming Soon

Storm Raiders – coming Jan 2024 from Shem Phillips / Arkus Games

Played Games

Joel
- Maracaibo on BGA
- Heat Championship on BGA
Nick
- Maracaibo on BGA
Sam
- Undergrove on BGA

Nick’s Board Gaming Tale of Horror

Joel

Nick

Sam

Small stocking game

Art Society (it’s the smallest game I can think of)

Pretty much anything from Travel Games, but for instance: Union Station

BBTM box organiser (only funny if done after Grail game)

Large under tree game

Beast KS ED

Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector’s Edition

Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition (Sundrop)

Grail game

Blood Bowl Team Manager

Die Speicherstadt expansion: Kaispeicher

Looney Tunes Mayhem: 8 character extras pack

Game you wish they would make

Big box for Fireball Island and sell the Spider expansion with it. And b...

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“Quick” News

Facebook bans ads for the reprint of Votes for Women (KS here), due to it featuring “sensitive social issues” which “could influence how people vote and may impact the outcome of an election or pending legislation”.
Nucleum: Australia expansion announced. Joel, it’s clearly time to re-buy the base game.
Altered, a new trading card game from Asmodee/Equinox, Kickstarter coming soon. Can be playtested at home thanks to the available print-and-play

Crowdfunding – Live Now