WHO ARE WE?

We are a group of gamers dedicated to growing and promoting the board game hobby and those who enjoy it.  Tom Vasel, Sam Healey, Zee Garcia, and many others produce weekly videos of hundreds of different games each year.  Additionally, Eric Summerer and Tom produce a weekly podcast all about games and the people who play them.  We also produce a news podcast, Board Game Breakfast and other variety shows, a series of popular "Top Ten" list videos, shopping guides, and more!  All of this can be found at our website - www.dicetower.com.

WHY BACK THE DICE TOWER?

Our show gets a majority of its funding from our fundraising campaign each year.  We have four full-time employees (Tom, Sam, Zee, and our editor, Derek), as well as a part-time webmaster and Eric.    Last year, our focus was on making the show better in the audio department. This year, our goal is to continue our focus on improving audio, and possibly getting our own studio!  We're asking for your help as we pursue our goal of covering the entire world of board games.  We have a myriad of cool rewards, but we hope that your main goal in supporting this campaign is to keep The Dice Tower going.  We are dedicated to keeping the show and our videos free for download and viewing, and appreciate those who join us in that goal.

Here are our stretch goals for our campaign this year!

$205,000 - We bring in Chaz Marler again as a freelancer! - DONE!

$210,000 - Eric Summerer will do his top 100 games of all time as a video series. - DONE!

$215,000 - We will once again have a booth (and show) at Essen Spiel! - DONE!

$220,000 - Roy Cannaday will do his top 100 games of all time as a video series. - DONE!

$225,000 - The Dice Tower crew will play a one-off RPG live! - DONE!

$230,000 - Married with Board Games will do their top 100 games of all time as a video series. - DONE!

$240,000 - Joe Steadman, the original co-host of the Dice Tower, will come in for our 500th episode! - DONE!

$250,000 - DICE TOWER HEADQUARTERS planning will begin. - DONE!

$260,000 - We will do a second 30-hour gaming marathon sometime in 2017. - DONE!

$270,000 - Yeah, the HQ is definitely a thing here.  Also a third camera for three angles. - DONE!

$280,000 - Yes, we'll finally do a walkthrough of Jason's collection.  FOR SURE. - DONE!

REWARDS

We have a pile of amazing rewards!  Check below at our incredible (thanks to amazing publishers) promo packs, as well as other Dice Tower Swag.

$ 10 - Show your love for the Dice Tower by putting this sticker on your car, computer, or wherever it will stick! (use responsibly)

$15 - Two types of dice.  

1.  Either a pair of amazing quality dice from Chessex, of various colors (you can't pick the color, but they will be the same color).  Each die has a custom side where the "six" would be.   

2.  A pair of dice with the Dice Tower logo on all six sides.

$ 25 - Each year Andre designs us an amazing playmat, and this year is no exception!

$ 30 - Tom, and all eight of the other Vasels, will sign a Christmas card, and send it out to you over the holiday season!

$ 25  - Show up at game night with a custom bag, showing off your amazing games in style!  (Note:  the bag is a cloth bag, not the same one that we did last year.)  Size is 15"h x 13"w x 10"

$ 30 - Do you hate paper money as much as Tom?  Replace it with these cool money cards!  About 100 cards in total.

$ 48 - The velvet voice of Eric Summerer - recording a message for you live (no commercial messages, please - this is for your phone).

$ 60 - Sam, Tom, and Zee will wish you or a loved one a happy birthday, happy anniversary, get well, or whatever you want.  Videos will be around 1-2 minutes, and we'll need a month's notice to get them finished.

$ 30 - We'll give you a shoutout at the end of at least 5 videos that we post over the course of the year in the credits.

Play a game with us digitally online or in-person at a convention - check the perks for details!

Join us for breakfast, lunch, or dinner at a convention - check the perks for details!

$ 35 - Rob will send you one of his custom box inserts (just pick any of the current games on his website.)

$ 40 - Digital Dice Pledge:  For either iOS or Android, you will get: Ticket to Ride, Colt Express, Splendor, Potion Explosion, Mysterium, Mr. Jack Pocket, and Pandemic!

$ 50 - Andy does a magnificent pirate-themed wooden dice tower for us!

$ 50 - Once again, Andre makes us a cool viking-themed wooden dice tower.

$ 50 - Get a wooden dice tower with our mascot on it!

$ 50 - Get a plastic tower with our mascot on it!

$ 50 - Get the classic plastic dice tower that we put out each year.  This year's will say "2017", and comes in clear with pink tumblers, clear with red tumblers, and translucent green with green tumblers.

$50 - Another wooden dice tower, with beautiful artwork!  Note:  This is a separate pledge on the side, since it was added after the campaign started.

$30 - A plastic card holder to help keep your cards nicely organized!

$ 10 - It's a custom deck of Time's Up cards - chosen by YOU guys from a poll during the campaign.  52 cards, 104 words!

A new card for this great deck-building game!

Chuck the Die makes his debut appearance in a game!

A new card for this fun microgame!

A promo that works for both games!

Huzzah!  A new card for the mega-hit Scythe!

A new tower defending the universe!

Two new cards for Onitama!

A new upgrade card for the fun game Get Rich Quick!

An expansion for this fun card game coming out in 2017!

Bonus cards for Century: Spice Road! (formally known as "Caravan")

A new tile for Roll for the Galaxy (both sides shown)

A brand new card for Coup!

Delve deeper into the dungeons of Clank with these enchanted dice!

New ways to bluff or not bluff in Sheriff of Nottingham!

Three new cards for London Dread!

Three new cards for Wazabi!

A new weapon for Adrenaline (artwork coming soon.)

The Dice Tower shows up in Islebound!

A new mini expansion for this cooperative game.

Ron couldn't do the spell, but you can have the card!

A new card for 7 Wonders Duel (artwork coming soon).

A brand new card for your Terraforming Mars game!

A new dragon for Battleground Fantasy Warfare!

New ways to kill people! Er, I mean new cards!

From our last campaign, a great tile to include in your Imperial Settlers game!

A new god for Santorini!

Get Kookie, the giant King of Tokyo monster!

A new djinn card for Five Tribes! 

A promo for Escape (artwork coming soon.)

A promo for World Monuments (artwork coming soon.)

A pack of 8 secret mission cards for Cry Havoc!

A new pet (includes mini) for Arcadia Quest!

Eric turns evil for Zombicide!  (mini included.)

Four hilarious new cards for Emojito!

A new card (with AMAZING artwork) for Valeria!

3 new cards for the "fun version of Life" game CV

A new card for the very unique Roll Player

Cards for the new expansion for Thunder Alley!

Two new cards for Tom's favorite game of 2016!

A pack of three of these cards for this card drafting game!

A cool new card for this Eric Lang game.

A mini expansion for Stockpile!

Jason Levine shows up as a playable character for Champions of Midgard!

A set of four cards to replace the towers in Machi Koro (from last year's campaign.)

A new promo card for the upcoming redesign of Stop Thief!

A new set of evolution cards for Evolution!

Some promos for Cyclades: Monuments

New penguins for Ice Cool.

A promo figure for War of the Ring!

A mini expansion for the game Rome

Two promo characters for Dice Masters

Two HeroClix ID cards!

A new character card for Burke's Gambit!

A promo for Manhattan Project: Energy Empire!

A new advisor for Master of Orion!

A mini expansion (with rules to a new game) for Pyramid Arcade!

A Slaughterball dice bag!

A Splendor promo card!

New promos for Garbage Day, designed specifically for board gamers!

Tom, Sam, or Zee will draw you a custom dice masters card! (you will also get the actual, better art as well.)

A pack of Slaughterball promo miniatures, including the ugly Tom Vasel.

A dead of Winter promo pack! (from the 2014 campaign!)

A set of four coasters to keep you drinks from ruining your table!

A large 30mm D6 with the dice tower logo on it!