{"id":15304,"date":"2019-08-23T14:36:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T21:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/?p=15304"},"modified":"2019-08-23T14:36:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T21:36:28","slug":"dice-tower-tom-vasel-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/dice-tower-tom-vasel-interview","title":{"rendered":"Dice Tower Interview with Tom Vasel"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p>During Gen Con 2019 we got to spend some quality time with Tom Vasel from Dice Tower \u2014 a network of video and audio podcasts dedicated to board games. 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