Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played (or books read, or music listened to?) recently, including Winning Streak (a book), The Meaples (a song album), and Musical Chairs (this one's a board game). We then talk about games with unique themes.
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Carte Rouge and Choose Your Own Adventure: House of Danger. We then talk about board games that attempt to simulate real-world jobs.
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games (or puzzles) they've played recently, including some Ravensburger Escape Puzzles and Slay the Spire. We then go over our top 5 themes in board games, whether they currently exist or not!
For our two year podcast anniversary, we decided to put together our top 100 board games of all time! In this video, Ambie goes over her top 20-11 games.
Strategically Thematic is a segment featured on The Dice Tower's bi-weekly Throat Punch Lunch videos about games where the theme and mechanics go together really well.
Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss some games they've played recently, including Pret-a-Porter, The Phantom Society, and Roll Player. We then talk about board game burnout. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "exhaust."
I went to MeepleCon in Las Vegas for the first time this year, and got to meet Cassadi and Crystal in person! This was the first time all three of us were even in the same state together, so it was a big deal for us. I had an awesome time playing games with Cassadi and Crystal and eating good food.
Since the MeepleCon library was only open from 10am to midnight each day, we took it easy and actualy slept a reasonable amount of time! I had 31 plays of 24 different games, 12 of which were new to me. We also played some craps at night, since we were in Vegas!
When we flew in Thursday night, Crystal and Cassadi were at the airport waiting for us! We got to visit Meepleville board game cafe to take a picture with the world's largest meeple. After giving away Blitzy the meepillow at Blitz Con, I had decided to make some more meepillows for the occassion.
Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss some games they've played recently, including The Pursuit of Happiness, Cottage Garden, and Starving Artists. We then talk about board game rules and messing them up. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "cheat."
This year was my husband (Toby) and my first year at BGG.CON, and it was amazing. I tried out 53 distinct games, 49 of which were new to me (some were really quick dexterity games). I'm obviously not going to go over every game I played (you can see what I played here, but here are some highlights of the convention for me.
Games
One of the best things at BGG.CON is the library. The library is HUGE. A whole conference room is filled with board games on all the walls, a lot of which are brand new games from Essen! There was also a section in the main hall with a lot of the hot games set up so that people could play them. Because BGG.CON is right after Essen, it was great for trying out all those games I've been hearing about the past month.