Rolling Dice & Taking Names Gaming Podcast

The first game in Fantasy Flight Games vault series is Arkham Horror Remastered. This is a full update on a classic 20 year old game.

We talk with designer, Richard Launius about this history of this game including the concept, design, release and re-release of the game.

The game can be found over at Gamefound.
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00:01:00 Intro00:08:15 Trajan Bridge00:10:30 New Intro Song00:13:45 Puerto Rico Special Edition00:20:00 Fantasy Basketball using Topps Cards00:22:00 Machi Koro Life00:24:00 Taste Buds00:29:30 Game Toppers00:31:00 Ostia: Mariner Edition00:48:00 Miniature Market00:49:30 Robo Run00:55:30 Outro

For fans of deep, euro-style economic strategy, both Puerto Rico Special Edition and Ostia: Mariner Edition deliver rich, engaging experiences centered around trade and development. Puerto Rico Special Edition revitalizes the legendary role-selection classic with upgraded components, striking art, and refined themes, keeping its crisp, non-luck engine-building core as rewarding as ever. Meanwhile, Ostia: Mariner Edition takes players back to ancient Rome, blending mancala-style action selection with naval expansion, resource management, and tile placement. Both titles shine in their ability to turn clever planning and player interaction into tight, competitive engine building, making them standout additions to any strategist’s shelf.

If you prefer lighter setup times, high interaction, and quick table turns, Machi Koro Life and Robo Run offer vibrant, fast-moving fun. Machi Koro Life breathes new life into the beloved city-building series by tweaking the dice-rolling mechanics and introducing fresh landmark goals, making each roll of the dice feel impactful and exciting But Robo Run is all about cooperation with your partner as you try and get the robots out of the maze before being found. Both games are fast playing and easy to set up for a quick filler during game name.

Thanks for listening and please join our Discord for more discussions on these games.
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It's fall and all the big summer movies are moving to streaming. So it's time to get back with Dan and Chris for our 2026 Summer Movie recap.

We discuss films we watched. What we liked, what we didn't like and who took home first place in our draft.

It's fun, it's loud, we hope you enjoy it.

And join us in Discord to let us know what summer movies you like.
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00:00:30 Intro00:21:00 6 nimmt! Baron Oxx00:24:00 One Round?00:30:15 Family Dice Games00:37:00 Magical Athlete00:43:00 Taste Buds00:51:30 Game Toppers00:54:45 Kano01:00:30 Hell of a Deal01:15:00 Miniature Market01:16:00 Outro

Tony is out on vacation, so once again, Chaz Marler from Game Night Picks joins Marty for some Quick Hits and a Halloween themed Taste Buds.

This episode’s reviews were recorded before Tony went out of town and both are really good games.

Hell of a Deal is a coop game where the players play Texas Hold ‘Em against demons.

Kano is drafting and tile placement game that looks great on the table.Tony will be back next episode. Thanks for listening!
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One of the biggest grail games of all time is Star Wars: Queen's Gambit.

One of the biggest franchises of all time is the Lord of the Rings.

What happens when Restoration Games gets a hold of both of these things? They merge them together for the new game, Lord of the Rings: The King's Gambit.

Justin Jacobson & Rob Daviau join us to discuss how the project came to fruition, design, gameplay and product information.
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