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How to Build a Jenga Dice Tower

I decided to try and make a decently inexpensive Dice Tower over the weekend. I got the idea from Evan Derrick on Board Game Geek. The thread can be found here.

To start out I cut out the basic shape of the base. I originally lined up the Jenga block over it to get the shape I wanted. I decided against using the Scrabble board like in the original post because I thought the 1/4″ Poplar would be a bit more durable. Plus it was $4.00 for a 4 foot long section at Home Depot. this step would be a lot easier if I had a miter or table saw. As it is the hand saw I had worked after sawing for a couple of minutes.

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Board Games on CBS News

I was very happy to see this wonderful look into the world of better board games. CBS did a great job of showing that there are many more options out there besides Candy Land and Monopoly. I was really happy to see the reporter even take part in a couple of the games himself. Also, the interview with Scott from Board Games With Scott was a cool thing to see on the news as well.

So, my question to you is… Do you think that the Euro-Style games that we play now are going to take over the board game market that is dominated now by Monopoly and the like? Is this niche group going to become more mainstream?

Grand Theft Auto V!

Granted this is only a teaser trailer. A very short and non informative trailer. Actually they could have just taken a picture of a fake map and put it up on the site and it would have done just as well. Plus they wouldn’t have had to buy the rights to Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash. Either way, I am excited at the prospect of a GTAV. Lets hope this one is as much fun, if not more fun, than the last one.