Rolling Dice & Taking Names Gaming Podcast
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About
Rolling Dice and Taking Names is a podcast where two seasoned tabletop gamers have discussions about board games, RPGs, and miniatures that are entertaining and informative to casual gamers and experienced hobbyists alike. The level of conversation would be similar to friends sitting around the kitchen table playing the latest game, discussing their likes and dislikes of a style of game, or just trying to make sense of the latest gaming news. In addition, special guests add their gaming knowledge to help the hosts sound more credible. Family friendly, informative and always striving to be entertaining.
Episodes
- 2026 Summer Movie Preview: Screening, Streaming or Steaming:
The Rolling Dice & Taking Names Gaming Podcast previews the Summer 2026 movie season, with hosts categorizing films into "Screen It" for theatrical release, "Stream It" for home viewing, or "Steam" for avoidance. They discuss major directo…
- Episode 376: Rising Cultures, Frenzy Falls, Got Five, and a bunch of Taste Buds
The Rolling Dice & Taking Names podcast episode covers Frenzy Falls, a card game about influencing pools to score points as they spill over, and Rising Cultures, a two-player asymmetric civilization game utilizing multi-use cards. It also…
- Episode 375: Wispwood, Moytura, All In: Predictions, Arkham Horror Investigator Decks & Torchlit
This episode of Rolling Dice & Taking Names Gaming Podcast covers several tabletop games: Wispwood and Tulikko focus on tile-placement with different strategic approaches. Moytura is an area majority game with a semi-cooperative element. T…
- Episode 374: Compania, Flip 7 with a Vengeance, DC Break Out: Arkham Asylum
This episode reviews several tabletop games: Compania, which combines worker placement and area majority mechanics with streamlined gameplay; Flip 7 With a Vengeance, a chaotic push-your-luck game; and DC Breakout: Arkham Asylum, a dice-ba…
- Episode 373: Arkham Horror LCG Chapter 2 Core Set, Corps of Discovery and Other Stuff
This episode features discussions on cooperative games including Arkham Horror: The Card Game Chapter 2 and Corps of Discovery, which simulates the Lewis and Clark expedition. The hosts also touch on Star Wars TCG updates and general TCG n…
- Episode 372: Angel’s Share, Soothsayers, One Hour World War II
This episode reviews Angel's Share, a game about timing and aging spirits; Soothsayers, a mystical card game of tableau-building and prediction; and One Hour World War II, a concise wargame. All three are noted for creating tension and enc…
- Episode 371: Thebai, Wunderwaffen, 3 Witches, Two Towers Trick Taking Game
This episode of Rolling Dice & Taking Names reviews Thebai, a new game from Boards & Dice, noting its clean turns, depth, and tension. They also discuss Wunderwaffen, a game about late-war German experimental research, and the LOTR: Two To…
- Episode 370: Arkwright, Pondscape, More of a Band Thing, Arkham Horror: Film Fatale
The podcast discusses Arkwright, an economic engine-builder game simulating the Industrial Revolution, Pondscape, a peaceful ecosystem-building game, and Plum Island: More of a Bad Thing, an expansion focused on evacuating civilians. They…
- Episode 369: Cthulhu Dark Providence, The Gilded Realms, Fantasy Realms: Greek Legends, Campy Creatures
This episode of Rolling Dice & Taking Names Gaming Podcast reviews several board games, including Cthulhu: Dark Providence, Campy Creatures, The Gilded Realms, and Fantasy Realms: Greek Legends. The discussion covers the investigative stru…
- Episode 368: Night Soil, Mini Express, Tulip Bubble, Ichor
This episode of Rolling Dice & Taking Names Gaming Podcast covers four board games: Night Soil, a 15th-century London worker placement game; Tulip Bubble, a 17th-century Dutch economic bubble game; Mini Express, a rail game; and Ichor, a G…
- Bonus Episode: Top Movies of 2025 with Marty and Vanessa
Marty and Vanessa share their favorite movies from 2025 and discuss films they are anticipating for 2026.
- Episode 367: Sanctuary, Operation Barclay, Scope Panzer, Neko Syndicate
This episode of Rolling Dice & Taking Names celebrates the podcast's 13th anniversary, reflecting on the enduring significance of board games as traditions and conversation starters. The discussion touches on games' evolution, their recogn…
- Bonus Episode: The Resurgence of TCGs
The Rolling Dice & Taking Names podcast discusses the resurgence of trading card games (TCGs), revisiting their own past involvement with the hobby and inviting guests Dan Green and Mike Benson to explore the current trends and future of T…
- Episode 366: Ayar, Bretwalda, Baseball Card GM, Temple Code
The podcast episode covers discussions on the games Ayar, Temple Code, Bretwalda, APBA Baseball, and Baseball Card GM. It also includes a segment on the complexities of balancing hobbies with daily life, particularly concerning medical app…
- Episode 365: Covenant, D&D Edge of Realms, Enthrone, Beasts, Isle of Cats Duel
This episode of Rolling Dice & Taking Names features reviews of several board games including Covenant, Beasts, and Enthrone. It also discusses Dungeons & Dragons: Edge of the Realms, Arkham Horror LCG, and other gaming-related topics.
- Episode 364: Dust & Dirt, Railroad Tiles, Magical Athlete, Hood
This episode of Rolling Dice & Taking Names Gaming Podcast reviews several board games including the chaotic racing game Magical Athlete, the solitaire-focused deck builder Dirt & Dust, the spatial puzzle Railroad Tiles, and the culinary-t…
- Bonus Episode: Interview with Arkham Horror Author, Rosemary Jones
In this bonus episode, Rolling Dice & Taking Names interviews author Rosemary Jones, discussing her entry into writing Arkham Horror novels, her writing process, and her latest book, The Arcane Gamble of Harvey Walters.
- Episode 363: Bohemians, Foundations, Everdell Duo, Punica, Cookie Run
This episode of Rolling Dice & Taking Names covers several board games, including Bohemians, Punica: Rome vs Carthage, Everdell Duo, and Cookie Run Braverse. The hosts also touch on sports, rules discussions, and a new tile-laying game.
- 2025 Summer Movie Recap
The Rolling Dice & Taking Names Gaming Podcast episode "2025 Summer Movie Recap" features guests Chris and Dan discussing the summer 2025 movie releases, recapping films watched, and announcing the draft winner.
- Episode 362: Tianxia, Aeterna, White Castle Duel, Wroth, Neuroshima Hex Battle
This episode of the Rolling Dice & Taking Names podcast discusses several board games: Tianxia, Aeterna, Wroth, and Neuroshima Hex. It also touches upon the National Toy Hall of Fame finalists.
- Episode 361: Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, Builders of Baldur's Gate, Leaders, Wondrous Museum
This episode reviews several board games. It features a discussion of Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, noting its connection to the Pandemic system and its challenging gameplay. Other games covered include the fast-paced engine b…
- Episode 360: Yokohama Duel, Rival Cities, Twinkle Twinkle, Up or Down, Uninvited Guests at a Wedding
This episode of Rolling Dice & Taking Names features discussions on several board games, including Yokohama Duel, a two-player strategy game set in Meiji-era Japan, and Rival Cities, a game focused on historical rivalry. It also covers Up…
- Episode 359: Battle of Hoth, Lightning Train, 12 Rivers, General Orders: Sengoku Jidai
The podcast episode reviews several board games including Battle of Hoth, Lightning Train, and 12 Rivers. It covers aspects like gameplay mechanics, economic strategy, replayability, and unique themes such as Star Wars and alpacas.
- Episode 358: Portal Games 2025 with Ignacy
Ignacy from Portal Games joins the show to discuss new releases, including Age of Galaxy and Bohemians. The conversation also touches on 2026 releases and includes a 'Rank Em!' segment.
- Episode 357: Gen Con 2025
00:01:00 Day One 00:01:35 Setting up the Portal Booth 00:03:00 Spill on aisle 2200 00:05:15 Level 99 Kickstarter 00:09:00 Asmodee Press Releases 00:14:15 All Play Releases 00:15:30 Hatchett Releases – Tag Team 00:19:00 Osprey – General Ord…
- Episode 356: Ofrenda, Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons, Celestia
00:02:00 Introduction 00:04:30 Superman Thoughts 00:11:30 Summer Movie Results 00:15:00 Horrified D&D 00:18:30 Middle Ages 00:21:30 Agricola Herd Mentality / MonsDRAWsity 00:29:00 Portal Games 00:30:30 Celestia 00:36:00 Ofrenda 00:45:30 Mi…
- Episode 355: Barony, Emberleaf, Citizens of the Spark, Positano
00:02:00 Introduction 00:08:30 Vanessa Returns 00:13:30 Blackmail Tapes 00:15:00 Return of the 80s 00:16:30 Emberleaf 00:31:00 Portal Games 00:33:00 Barony: Royal Addition 00:50:30 Game Toppers 00:51:30 Positano 00:59:00 Miniature Market 0…
- Episode 354 - Fliptoon, DC Forever, Wizards & Co., Mythical Dice, Tacta
00:02:00 Introduction 00:16:30 Taste Buds 00:24:00 Portal Games 00:26:00 FlipToons 00:32:00 DC Forever 00:43:00 Game Toppers 00:45:00 Wizards & Co. 00:49:30 Mythical Dice 00:54:00 Miniature Market 00:55:00 Tacta 00:59:30 Movie Reviews with…
- Episode 353: Rumble Nation, Huang, Butterfly Garden, Timber Town, Slide
00:02:00 Introduction 00:06:00 Banana Ball 00:16:00 CMON New 00:19:00 Taste Buds 00:23:00 Portal Games 00:25:00 Slide 00:30:00 Rumble Nation 00:43:00 Game Toppers 00:45:30 Butterfly Garden 00:51:00 Huang 01:06:00 Miniature Market 01:07:00…
- Episode 352: Cretaceous Rails, Line of Fire: Burnt Moon, Santorini, Looot
00:02:30 Introduction 00:06:00 Strike Tournament Update 00:09:15 Health Update 00:13:30 Game night Discussion 00:15:30 Game Toppers Kickstarter 5.0 00:17:30 Line of Fire: Burnt Moon 00:24:30 Cretaceous Rails 00:41:30 Portal Games 00:43:30…
- Episode 351: Calimala, Skyjo, Pathfinder Dice Conquest
00:00:00 Intro 00:02:30 Discord Debate 00:08:30 50 Years Ago 00:13:30 Gen Con Strike Tournament 00:18:30 They listen?? 00:21:30 Arkham Horror Adventures RPG 00:23:30 D&D Dungeon Software – it is gone 00:25:30 Portal Games 00:27:30 Pathfind…
- Episode 350: Cyclades, Rajas of the Ganges: Cards & Karma, Strawberry Shortcake
00:00:00 Intro 00:04:30 Music Talk 00:06:30 Appliance Malfunctions 00:10:00 Discord Conversations 00:12:00 Miniature Market Discussion 00:16:15 Taste Buds 00:22:30 Portal Games 00:24:00 Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Besties Bakeoff Card Game…
- Special Episode: Screening, Streaming or Steaming 2025
One of our favorite traditions—and guilty pleasures—is diving into upcoming movie reviews with our good friends Dan and Chris. Let’s be honest, Marty needs some insightful voices on the show, or else it’d just be me listening to him ramble…
- Episode 349: Great Western Trail: El Paso, Kraftwagen, Arkham Horror Lovecraft Letter, Solstis
00:00:00 Intro – it is a long one 00:11:30 Technology in Sports 00:16:30 Health Discussion 00:20:30 Coyote vs ACME 00:22:00 Video Game Hall of Fame 00:29:45 Game Toppers LLC 00:31:30 Great Western Trail: El Paso 00:48:00 Solstis 00:54:00 P…
- Episode 348: Rank’em with Justin and Rob from Restoration Games
00:00:00 Intro to Rank’em 00:01:30 Question 1 – Bread 00:11:50 Restoration Games Updates 00:11:30 Starcraft Miniature Games 00:19:45 Question 2 – Sports Ball 00:32:00 Restoration Convention News 00:36:00 Question 3 – Monsters 00:41:30 Rest…
- Episode 347: Nova Era, Bebop, Architects of Amytis, Top Tier
00:02:00 Intro 00:06:30 Thoughts on Feast of Hemlock Vale 00:09:30 Dice Driven Euros 00:11:30 Starcraft Miniature Games 00:17:00 Pickleball Elbow 00:21:00 Taste Buds 00:25:30 Portal Games 00:28:00 Nova Era 00:51:30 Top Tier 00:57:00 Miniat…
- Episode 346: Tales of Arthurian Knights, Video Game Champion, Pyramido Forgotten Treasures
00:02:00 Intro 00:11:00 Forbidden Visions of Lucious Galloway 00:14:00 Tony’s Travels 00:17:30 East India Companies Giveaway 00:19:30 Pencil Fights 00:23:30 Risky Play 00:27:00 Taste Buds 00:32:00 Miniature Market Ad 00:33:30 Tales of Arth…
- Episode 345: Black Forest, Azul Duel, East India Companies, Emerald Skulls
00:02:00 Intro 00:15:30 Comic Hunters with the McRee’s 00:17:30 General Orders Giveaway 00:19:00 Portal Games Ad 00:20:30 East India Companies 00:47:00 Emerald Skulls 00:53:00 Game Toppers Ad 00:57:00 Black Forest 01:15:30 Miniature Market…
- Episode 344: 10th Annual Squirrelly Awards
00:05:30 Intro 00:05:30 It’s in the Cards 00:08:00 Best Family Game 00:11:30 Best coop 00:15:00 Historical Game 00:18:00 “It’s Alive!” (New edition, re-release) 00:23:00 Commercials 00:27:00 This Game has Bling (top production) 00:30:00 Th…
- Episode 343: Altay, SETI, Hispania, Rainbow
00:03:00 Intro 00:03:00 Tantrum Con 00:15:00 Game Toppers 00:16:00 Altay: Dawn of Civilization 00:32:00 Hispania 00:38:30 Miniature Market 00:40:00 Seti 00:53:30 Portal Games 00:55:00 Rainbow 01:04:00 Ewin Chairs 01:18:00 Outro We are talk…
- Episode 342: Beyond the Horizon, Arcs, Chu Han, Moving Wild
00:02:00 Intro 00:04:00 Dice & Diversions 00:08:00 First Impressions 00:13:00 Wheels on the Bus 00:22:00 Miniature Market 00:24:00 Chu Han 00:28:00 Beyond the Horizon 00:44:00 Portal Games 00:46:00 Moving Wild 00:51:00 Arcs 01:11:00 Game T…
- Episode 341: Ethnos, Metal Gear Solid, Mezen, Fellowship of the Ring - Trick Taking Game, Catan New Energies, Prey
00:02:00 Intro 00:10:00 School Pizza 00:16:00 Risk AD 2210 00:21:00 Flip 7 00:24:00 Catan: New Energies 00:32:00 Cabanga! 00:35:00 Portal Games 00:37:00 Mezen 00:44:00 Ethnos 01:08:00 Game Toppers 01:09:00 Fellowship of the Ring: Trick Tak…
- Episode 340: Minos Dawn of the Bronze Age, Res Arcana Duo, Runemasters
00:00:00 Intro 00:02:30 Trans Siberian Orchestra 00:15:00 Gamegenic Token Silo XL 00:18:10 Jolly Youtube Channel 00:19:50 Imperial Miners on Steam 00:22:00 Steam Games 00:24:00 Mind Map 00:27:10 Gametoppers LLC 00:28:55 Res Arcana Duo 00:3…
- Episode 339: Stephens, Diluvium, boop the Halls, Vegetable Stock, Milkman
00:00:48 Intro 00:06:47 Comic Hunters 00:12:25 Outpouring – Thank you 00:18:03 Top Nine Games 2004 00:24:10 Pickleball 00:28:55 Miniature Market 00:30:25 Vegetable Stock 00:36:38 Diluvium 00:50:40 Milkman 00:55:50 Gametoppers LLC 00:57:15…
- Episode 338: Battalion: War of the Ancients, Thunder Road: Carnival of Chaos, Yro, Castle Combo, The Lie
00:00:30 Intro 00:09:34 Arkham Horror LCG Midwinter Gala 00:12:00 Star Wars Unlimited 00:15:43 Altered 00:16:55 Toy Hall of Fame Winners 00:20:30 Oh Christmas Tree 00:25:18 Gas Can Rant Part 2 00:27:27 Taste Buds 00:32:02 Gametoppers LLC 0…
- Episode 337: Mistborn Deckbuilding Game, Resuregence, Top Tile Laying Games
00:00:30 Intro 00:04:30 Hegemony Again 00:15:35 Trekking the World 00:20:00 Pagan Expansion s 00:22:30 Battalion: War of the Ancients 00:25:13 Taste Buds 00:29:27 Kinfire Chronicles: Night’s Fall 00:32:32 Resurgence 00:45:47 Miniature Mark…
- Episode 336: Hegemony, White Castle Matcha, Dungeon Kart, Top games of 2003
00:00:30 Intro 00:02:41 BooBQ 00:09:51 Bottle Imp 00:12:31 Today’s Gas Can 00:16:38 Aconyte: Herald of Ruin 00:18:51 Guild Wars 2: Mad King Thorn 00:21:23 Arkham Horror RPG 00:23:45 Hubworld: Aidalon 00:26:30 Ramblings 00:28:50 2003 Game R…
- Episode 335: Daitoshi, Windmill Valley, Lord of the Rings Duel, Bottle Imp, Imperial Miners Aztecs vs Weirdlings
00:00:30 Intro 00:04:13 ELO 00:06:46 Clarification Again 00:08:57 Dune: War for Arrakis 00:14:23 Portal Games 00:15:50 Lord of the Rings Duel 00:23:00 Daitoshi 00:37:27 Miniature Market 00:38:45 Imperial Miners: Aztecs and the Weirdlings 0…
- Episode 334: 2024 Summer Movie Recap
The box office of the summer of 2024 had some big hits and major flops. Dan Patriss and Chris Kirkman come back on the show to talk about the movies we saw and discuss the results of our summer movie draft. Learn more about your ad choices…
- Episode 333: War Machine, Galactic Renaissance, Infiltraitors, Toy Hall of Fame Inductees
00:00:30 Intro 00:06:30 Charlie Hustle - RIP 00:07:50 Mega Moose Con 00:10:12 Dynamic Sponsors 00:14:28 More Surgery 00:17:35 Taste Buds 00:23:43 Miniature Market 00:24:56 Galactic Renaissance 00:37:50 Game Toppers LLC 00:39:19 Toy Hall of…