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133 Devon Dice Podcast: Very Late News, Crowdfunding Wrap-Up, and Joel’s Essen 2023 Retrospective Buys

133 Devon Dice Podcast: Very Late News, Crowdfunding Wrap-Up, and Joel’s Essen 2023 Retrospective Buys

Update: 2024-12-04
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In Episode 133 of the very late Devon Dice Podcast, Joel is joined by Nick, Claire, and their mascot Honey for a jam-packed episode covering gaming news, crowdfunding (October highlights), and Joel’s Essen Spiel 2023 retrospective. The team discusses upcoming conventions like the Ocean City Games Expo in Plymouth on 26th October, Devon Boardgame Weekend at Fox & Hounds (8th–10th November), and the ever-popular Gridcon (15th–17th November, already sold out). Joel shares his experience with Return to Dark Tower, while Nick dives into Pampero and Foundations of Rome with its Roads of Fortune expansion.  The episode’s main topic sees Joel reflect on his purchases from last year’s Essen Spiel, including titles like Cabanga!, Forest Shuffle, Zoo Tycoon, and Ark Nova: Marine Worlds, scoring their performance over the past year. Tune in for gaming insights, reflections, and plans for the season ahead!


Welcome to Episode 133


Upcoming Local Conventions



Played Games


Joel:



  1. Return to Dark Tower


Nick:



News



  • Spiel news: for the first time the event sold out of weekend tickets 

  • Over 204,000 turnstile attendance (just shy of the 209k from 2019)

  • Notebook LM – an “AI” that will consume PDFs and you can ask questions about the content – upload rulebooks, FAQs, etc and it’ll answer your rules questions for you!


Crowdfunding


Kickstarter



Gamefound



Topic: Scoring Joel’s purchases from last year Essen Spiel show:



  1. Cabanga!

  2. Forest Shuffle 

  3. Zoo Tycoon

  4. Shipyard

  5. Evacuation

  6. Jurassic Park Digger

  7. Nucleum 

  8. Side Quest Nemesis

  9. Among Cultists

  10. Planta Nubo

  11. Ark Nova: Marine Worlds

  12. Western Legends: Showdown

  13. Sky Team

  14. Odd Shop

  15. Ticket to Ride: Legends of the West

  16. General Orders: World War II



Ways you can engage or contact the show


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133 Devon Dice Podcast: Very Late News, Crowdfunding Wrap-Up, and Joel’s Essen 2023 Retrospective Buys

133 Devon Dice Podcast: Very Late News, Crowdfunding Wrap-Up, and Joel’s Essen 2023 Retrospective Buys

joel.wright@me.com (Joel Wright)