We traverse the Atlantic to talk shop with the 2019 European Open Dice Masters Champion, Peter Van de Velde!  Team Building, Tactics, Strategy and actionable advice on how to improve in the game of Dice Masters can all be found in abundance in this episode!  Plus, a Hall of Fame Nomination, Shenanigans & Shillelaghs and a very special surprise guest, James Blore from Dice Masters with James & Zack, joins us to talk meta and spoilers!  ‘Nuff said!

Season 2, Episode 7 – Podcast Show Notes

[00:02:28]      European Open Champion, Peter Van de Velde, joins the show!
[00:02:46]      The Dice Masters scene in the Netherlands & how Peter came to the game
[00:05:25]      Netherlands, Holland, Dutch? Help us out!
[00:06:31]      Proverbs & Idiomatic Expressions
[00:07:37]      Don’t thatch your roof on a windy day: “Ní hé lá na gaoithe lá na scolb.”
[00:08:05]      Talking playmats
[00:10:17]      Chinese Printer
[00:11:22]      Ultraman – Alex Ross and Marvel – coming to Dice Masters?
[00:12:38]      How Peter practices
[00:13:45]      Team Building
[00:14:31]      Talkin’ about the Mera Global
[00:15:22]      Analyzing the meta
[00:17:16]      Dutch Nationals
[00:28:02]      Rollin’ Blunders
[00:29:53]      Peter’s 2019 One Big Weekend Single Affiliation team
[00:32:34]      Rollin’ Blunders part 2
[00:33:36]      Shenanigans & Shillelaghs
[00:34:51]      Dice Masters Hall of Fame
[00:36:41]      European Open Talk
[00:36:49]      Pauper 2019 EU Open
[00:41:28]      Global Escalation Tournament
[00:47:01]      Quick 10×10 discussion
[00:47:21]      Preparation for European Open Main Event
[00:54:31]      Talking Yellow Lantern Ring
[00:57:02]      Talking the alteration of Green Devil Mask and Black Widow: Agent to Chris William’s team
[01:01:31]      A walk through the Swiss Rounds of the European Open
[01:06:44]      Top 8 Match
[01:07:07]      Saturday Night drinks with the Hungarians
[01:08:20]      Top 4
[01:12:17]      The Final Match!
[01:12:43]      James Blore joins us to talk about the final match
[01:15:22]      In Game Break Down
[01:23:07]      Critical Moments of the match
[01:25:08]      James’ dilemma
[01:29:57]      Talking about the meta and spoilers!
[01:32:33]      Talking Local scenes
[01:36:47]      Wrap up

Useful Episode related Links!

Our Companion “Day Of” European Open Episode

Rollin’ Thunder – Talkin’ Dice Masters “European Open Special!” – S2E6

Wizkids Local Scene Guide

https://wizkids.com/dicemasters/dice-masters-community-building-guide/

Peter’s Playmats can be found here!

Peter’s Playmats

Holland vs. The Netherlands

Youtube Clears up Holland/Netherlands

Alex Ross / Marvel – Ultraman

https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/11/23/tsuburaya-productions-ultraman-marvel-comics/

Playmat Shops:

https://www.inkedgaming.com
Peter’s Chinese Playmat shop

Dice Masters with James & Zack

Dice Masters with James & Zack on Youtube

The Queue

Out of Play

The Die Cycle

Unofficial Netherland’s Nats – Peter’s Write Up

http://dicecoalition.com/tiki/tiki-view_blog.php?blogId=24

OBW Netherlands 2019 – Peter’s Write Up

http://dicecoalition.com/tiki/tiki-view_blog_post.php?postId=127&highlight=Netherlands

Central European Nats 2018

http://dicecoalition.com/tiki/tiki-view_blog_post.php?postId=23&highlight=Netherlands

Teams Discussed in the Episode

Peter’s team list for CE Nats 2018
Peter’s Nova Team

Peter’s WEO team
Peter’s Wizkids European Open Team

WEO Pauper

Peter’s European Open Pauper Team

WEO Global Escalation

Peter’s European Open Global Escalation Team

WEO 10/10

Peter’s European Open 10×10 team

Alex Ross Ultraman

Ultraman coming to Marvel – How about Dice Masters!

Rollin’ Thunder Links!

Rollin’ Thunder – Home Page!

Contact Us at Rollin’ Thunder

About the Show!