{"podcast":{"title":"The Dice Tower","slug":"the-dice-tower-435193","podcast_index_feed_id":435193,"rss_url":"https://dicetower.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://dicetower.libsyn.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/7/8/1/1781a50f123534f988c4a68c3ddbc4f2/The_Dice_Tower_Podcast_square.png","author":"Tom Vasel","episode_count":871,"summary":"Tom Vasel and Eric Summerer take a look at board games, card games, and the people who design, publish, and play them. Top ten lists, Q&A, tales of horror, and more await you!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T20:19:38.984029+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dice-tower-435193"},"episode":{"title":"At The Table with The Dice Tower - Re-Role","slug":"at-the-table-with-the-dice-tower-re-role","published_at":"2025-12-02T18:03:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dice-tower-435193/at-the-table-with-the-dice-tower-re-role","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dice-tower-435193","url":"https://dicetower.libsyn.com/at-the-table-with-the-dice-tower-re-role","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/dicetower/ATTDT060_-_Re-Role.mp3?dest-id=138325","summary":"This time, we continue our discussion of RPGs by suggesting Role Playing Games that share popular boardgaming mechanisms, as well as giving Tom tips for getting a game started. Plus, we have a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, and we close the show with some Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:50 - A Story About Mail 02:22 - Eric at PAX Unplugged (inc. Hot Streak) 06:50 - Gift Guides, Dice Tower West and East 08:02 - RPGs for Boardgame Fans (detailed notes below) 37:55 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror 43:03 - Formaggio 48:35 - Gnomic Parliament 52:13 - Carnuta 54:49 - Magic Number 11 56:54 - Insurrect10n -- Julie's Notes Where to go to get core book pdfs? DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/ Itch.io https://itch.io/ Cooperative play (yes the overwhelming majority of TTRPGs are cooperative) some extra cooperative leaning Heckin' Good Doggos https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/405426/heckin-good-doggos Teatime Adventures https://www.snowbrightstudio.com/teatime-adventures Dice rolling - Also many many many ttrpgs use dice. Here are some examples D20 - D&D/Pathfinder https://www.dndbeyond.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorCdKoS-xSfI4e05Us81YGA4tHt8CmmaOWNN-9VTcnsAfXS5pBS , https://paizo.com/pathfinder d100 (percentile): Call of Cthulhu https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/ Symbol-based dice: FFG Star Wars. https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/starwarsrpg/ , Fudge dice: Fate https://evilhat.com/product/fate-core-system/ Area control Beak, Feather, & Bone https://possible-worlds-games.itch.io/bfb Faction/War Song of Ice and Fire RPG http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/101026/A-Song-of-Ice-and-Fire-Roleplaying-A-Game-of-Thrones-Edition Mutant: Year Zero https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/139453/MUTANT-Year-Zero--Roleplaying-At-The-End-Of-Days Numenera: Destiny https://…","meta_description":"This time, we continue our discussion of RPGs by suggesting Role Playing Games that share popular boardgaming mechanisms, as well as giving Tom tips for g…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3698,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dice-tower-435193/episodes/at-the-table-with-the-dice-tower-re-role/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dice-tower-435193/at-the-table-with-the-dice-tower-re-role.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}