In Episode 150 of the Devon Dice Podcast, Joel is joined by Nick, Claire, Lewis, and Sam as they travel back 15 years to count down their Top 10 games of 2011. Along the way, they chat conventions, cover the latest board game news, highlight some exciting crowdfunding projects, and celebrate a decade of Clank!—all before diving into a nostalgia-packed list of 2011 classics.
Conventions
The Torquay Full Board Gaming weekend: Just happened this past weekend
Fox and Hound’s Boardgaming Weekend: 20th-22nd March
In Episode 150 of the
Devon Dice Podcast, Joel is joined by Nick, Claire, Lewis, and Sam as they travel back 15 years to count down their
Top 10 games of 2011. Along the way, they chat conventions, cover the latest board game news, highlight some exciting crowdfunding projects, and celebrate a decade of
Clank!—all before diving into a nostalgia-packed list of 2011 classics.
Conventions
- The Torquay Full Board Gaming weekend: Just happened this past weekend
- Fox and Hound’s Boardgaming Weekend: 20th-22nd March
- Baycon: 8th-12th April, in Kennford
News
- As reported a few podcast episodes ago, W Eric Martin has now left BGG to run his own independent news site, Board Game Beat. No clue as to if anyone will take over BGG’s News blog.
- Sam Healey leaves the Dice Tower amidst a bit of controversy
- A new Forest Shuffle stand-alone game: Smoky Mountains, plus a Forest Shuffle Dartmoor expansion, Exmoor, announced.
- Two new King of Tokyo spinoff games announced: King of Tokyo Duel: Tokyo Bay, and King of Tokyo: Godzilla.
- Clank! 10 years old
- Labyrinth + Carcassonne crossover
Crowdfunding
- The next Scott Almes’ game: Tiny Epic Invincible
- Pampero reprint + new expansion
- A triple KS of Trick Takers from Portland Game Collective
- Knizia’s next rebranding is for his older game, Spectaculum, as Gold Country
- Mythwind – new expansions
- Stellar Ventures – described as “cube rails in space”
2011
Joel
Nick
Sam
1
The Castles of Burgundy
The Castles of Burgundy
King of Tokyo
2
Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game
Trajan
Discworld: Ankh-Morpork
3
Village
Village
The Castles of Burgundy
4
Belfort
King of Tokyo
Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game
5
Takenoko
Friday
Takenoko
6
Skull
Takenoko
Skull
7
Discworld: Ankh-Morpork
Space Station
Letters from Whitechapel
8
Dungeon Fighter
Discworld: Ankh-Morpork
Martian Dice
9
Small World Underground
Super Rhino!
Elder Sign
10
Cargo Noir
Flash Point: Fire Rescue
Micro Space Empire
Kingdom Builder
11
A Game of Thrones
19
My Happy Farm
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