Dicebreaker Podcast

The first trailer for the D&D movie is here - and there’s a lot to unpack! We roll for perception on the big reveal as we take a look at Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ star-studded cast, costumes, creatures, Easter eggs and- wait, is that an owlbear? The team also chat everything we’ve been playing this week, from more Lost Ruins of Arnak to Spirit Island, the next big Magic: The Gathering set and the new Stranger Things game from the creator of Pandemic Legacy, and talk about what’s been going on in the world of tabletop.

This week on the Dicebreaker Podcast, Maddie, Wheels and Meehan sit down for a chat about the games they've been playing this week, including Forbidden Island, Azul, Cozy Town, D&D and some exciting miniature painting. As well as that, we're getting into discussions on the new Pokémon reality show that is currently casting! Are you a Pokémon TCG player who is going to say yes to this opportunity? Let us know! This episode is sponsored by D&D in a Castle. Visit dndinacastle.com for more.

Meehan and Chase have taken over the Dicebreaker Podcast! This episode sees the duo using an AI program to write board game fanfiction by taking suggestions from the live chat audience. Other highlights include discussion about Magic: The Gathering - Battle for Baldur's Gate drafting, more Frostgrave talk, a chat about the two-player board game Lost Cities and a D&D-related controversy.

The team delve into the depths of BoardGameGeek as we try to guess popular board games from their most scathing reviews. Is Catan worthy of a 1? Is Risk THAT bad? Surely something’s gotta be worse than Monopoly?! We also chat about everything we’ve been playing lately, check in with the news of a film based on texting RPG Alice is Missing, awe at the super-sized Pokémon deck and probably go off on several tangents. This episode is sponsored by D&D in a Castle. Visit dndinacastle.com for more.

The Dicebreaker team gathers to chat about what we’ve been playing and the latest highlights from the world of tabletop. We consider whether the Elden Ring bosses are even harder in D&D 5E thanks to a new fan homebrew, the release of an official Critical Role music album and if catgirl mahjong is the best way to learn the classic board game. Plus, everything else we’ve enjoyed recently and our top picks for video game bosses we’d like to see in an RPG! This episode is sponsored by D&D in a Castle. Visit dndinacastle.com for more.

Meehan, Liv and Chase get together to talk about their time with the latest game from Root and Oath creator Cole Wehrle, Arcs, plus much more! Meehan crawls back into the dungeons of Gloomhaven Digital, Liv revisits a classic card game in 3 Card Knock and Chase has been venturing through the Nordic fantasy of Symbaroum. We also look ahead to Magic: The Gathering’s 30th anniversary plans, consider the launch of a new Kickstarter rival in Backerkit’s crowdfunding platform and delight in the Muppets-meets-Lord of the Rings whimsy of upcoming RPG Land of Eem. That’s all before we come up with our dream summer camps based on board games, which you can bet would be more fun than the very real Monopoly Summer Camp.

Matt, Meehan, Liv and Maddie reconvene after two weeks of cons to chat about our time at MCM Comic Con London and UK Games Expo! We’ve been escaping legally distinct xenomorphs in Nemesis: Lockdown, managing legally distinct football teams in football manager board game Eleven, playing legally distinct Jenga with pom-pom in The Fuzzies and, erm, making legally distinct monster noises in Wee Whimsical Creatures. There’s also talk of miniatures game Turnip 28, anime improv party game Channel A, a bit more Crescent Moon and plenty of train scribbling in Railroad Ink.

Matt, Maddie and Meehan are here with a shorter podcast than usual, but stuffed to the brim with talk about all the board games we’ve played! Is asymmetric strategy game Crescent Moon the next Root? Is Eric Lang’s mythic blockbuster Ankh: Gods of Egypt as good as Blood Rage and Rising Sun? Is Wayfarers of the South Tigris worth putting on your map? How does two-player gem Watergate hold up? Has Maddie finally managed to play noir superhero RPG City of Mist? We answer all these questions, plus several more that nobody asked, then take a quick look at a seriously impressive fan-made The Last of Us board game and the latest tabletop RPG bundle supporting reproductive rights in the US. (Post-show correction to Matt’s bad geography: The river Tigris is in Western Asia, not North Africa!)

Matt, Meehan and Maddie cook up the latest batch of board game and RPG conversation to spoon into your… erm, ears. We’ve been cracking crimes with Batman in new mystery game Everybody Lies, scrapping over treasure in wizard fight delight Frostgrave, playing more D&D, preparing to don the cape in superhero RPG City of Mist and getting our priorities in order in TikTok’s new favourite party game Priorities. That’s all before we take a look at the new board game studio focused on accessibility, the disappearance of two D&D books from D&D Beyond and highlight RPG bundles raising money for good causes. And in this week’s segment, we come up with our own recipes for the upcoming Catan and Ticket to Ride official cookbooks, as well as inventing dishes based on other tabletop classics!

Matt, Maddie and Meehan overcome some initial tech hiccups to talk about our (brief) time with Batman: Everybody Lies, amphibian adventures in D&D 5E’s Wild Beyond the Witchlight and the team’s ongoing love of wizard-fightin’ miniatures gem Frostgrave. There’s also time to debate the pronunciation of Banana-grams/Ban-anagrams, revisit the joy of Rhino Hero and wonder why there aren’t more board games with numbered sequels. We check in with the new Blade Runner RPG, a Pokemon Point Salad (starring the most delicious pocket monster) and a slew of ‘80s action movies you can soon play in D&D 5E. That’s all before we celebrate May the 4th with our take on which Star Wars characters deserve a place in our next RPG campaigns.

The Dicebreaker Podcast's usual host Matt Jarvis is joined by Wheels, Maddie and Meehan to chat about the recent return of Spelljammer to Dungeons & Dragons and the newly revealed subtitle for the upcoming D&D movie. The gang also chat about social deduction games, Frostgrave and the Dead by Daylight board games, as well dream and nightmare tabletop TV adaptations.

Meehan, Maddie and Liv are here with an early Easter podcast, and they’ve got some - ahem - eggsellent tabletop chatter for the long weekend! The team catch up with the latest batch of board game silverware coming out of the American Tabletop Awards, as well as some There’s also time to talk about our time with the new Betrayal at House on the Hill, wizard fight gem Frostgrave, teeny train game Railroad Ink and spooky hide-and-seekathon Midnight Ghost Hunt.

Can you believe that there’s been 100 episodes of the Dicebreaker Podcast? The team celebrate this significant milestone by throwing a birthday party for the podcast, featuring special guest cardboard Nicolas Cage. Wheels, Liv, Maddie and Meehan – with a brief appearance from Matt via the magic of the mobile telephone – come together to chat Betrayal at House on the Hill: Third Edition, Frostgrave and the Blade Runner TRPG, as well as ranking the most popular board games.

Wheels is joined by Maddie and Meehan to chat about everything Dungeons & Dragons, from the newly announced anthology book Journeys through the Radiant Citadel to the recently released Call of the Netherdeep adventure. They also talk the latest Catan entry and imagine their dream celebrity D&D group.

After a somewhat catastrophic first podcast back in the office, the original episode 97 of the Dicebreaker Podcast was lost to time (R.I.P.). Back in the safety of their own homes, the Dicebreaker team return for more japes and derailments as they introduce brand new team member and video producer Maddie Cullen! Join them as they go through their weeks in tabletop gaming and discuss this week's news including some info on the late great Robin William's interest in TTRPG Cyberpunk. Not to mention they'll be asking Maddie your questions from the live chat and emails.

Is 7 Wonders: Architects really the best board game of the last year? Matt, Wheels and Meehan gather to hotly debate the winners of this year’s As d’Or awards. We also chat about solving mysteries as elderly ladies in RPG Brindlewood Bay, flicking our way through dungeons in Catacombs, saving the world from cosmic horrors in Eldritch Horror and everything else we have - and haven’t - been playing this week! With the surprise reveal of a new Betrayal at House on the Hill, we suggest the haunts we’d like to see come to the horror game, before taking your questions on the best board game spin-offs and our thoughts on deconstructing games using maths.

Whilst Matt enjoys a well-earned holiday, Meehan, Liv and Chase tackle the ridiculous worlds of tabletop gaming NFTs and Goofy, with discussion about the upcoming DLC for Gloomhaven Digital and which childhood favourite movies they'd like to see adapted into a board game.

Matt and Wheels are joined by our roving news reporter Chase to talk about our time with Gloomhaven Digital, Wingspan, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, Magic: The Gathering Arena and much more. That’s before a surprisingly businessy - but important! - look at the week’s headlines, from Ravensburger’s unexpected move into crowdfunding to the latest companies saying their piece on NFTs. We also consider which games are due a Cthulhu crossover in the wake of the latest board game series to venture into the ubiquitous cosmic horror universe, and give our recommendations for the best board games to play this Valentine’s Day - whether you’re looking for something two-player to enjoy with that special someone, or something solo to treat yourself with. (Love yourself, you’re worth it.)

Matt, Liv and Wheels gather to chat extravagant editions of board games in the wake of Tsuro’s $350 luxury set, as well as coming up with our own megabucks spins on our favourite games. We chat about our time playing Blood Bowl, Paradox Perfect, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Just One, along with 7 Days to Die, Mini Motorway and Too Hot to Handle. There’re new details on the Dark Souls RPG, a look at sign language-teaching RPG Overisles and time to mention Zine Month, before we dive into your questions about the worst (and best) video games to get the D&D 5E touch and more.

Matt is off this week, so Wheels steps into the hosting chair as the gang discuss the latest in tabletop gaming. Meehan chats about Super Colt Express and Mysterium Park, whilst Liv revisits her introduction to Blood Bowl 3 and her D&D adventures in Wild Beyond the Witchlight. The trio discuss their reactions to the Dark Souls TRPG using the D&D 5E RPG system and decide which board game they’d be willing to play for 85 hours straight.