Episode 134 - Gaming Gatherings
July 1, 2021
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Escape Room: The Game - Puzzle Adventure: Secret of the Scientist, Exit: The Game + Puzzle - The Sacred Temple, and The Search for Planet X. We then talk about some tips for hosting game days and nights.
Training Games: Rhino Hero Junior
June 24, 2021
This is part of a series called Training Games, where I review children's games when playing (with modified rules) with my twin toddlers. This review was written when my twins were 21 months old.
We received a free copy of Rhino Hero Junior from HABA when my toddlers were 20 months, and I let them unbox and unpunch it. The game comes with a lot of thick cardboard pieces, which my kids loved punching out. One also enjoys putting the pieces back into the punchboard, so I’ve saved some punchboard for that.
Episode 133 - Togetherness
June 17, 2021
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Bilder, Cold Case: A Pinch of Murder, Cold Case: A Story to Die For, and Let's Make a Bus Route: The Dice Game. We then talk about some of our favorite games we've played together over the years.
Training Games: Click Clack Lumberjack
June 3, 2021
by Ambie Valdés
This is part of a series called Training Games, where I review children's games when playing (with modified rules) with my twin toddlers. This review was written when my twins were 20 months old.
Click Clack Lumberjack is a dexterity game where you’re trying to tap plastic tree pieces with a plastic axe in order to knock bark pieces off without knocking the cores off. It’s a game that I’ve enjoyed playing mostly with other adults before I had kids. Currently, my kids aren’t old enough to be playing a dexterity game like this (it’s for ages 5 and up), but they love playing with the pieces and it’s one of the first games that my kids pick to play when they go into the game room.
Episode 132 - The New Normal
June 3, 2021
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Funny Pages, The Search for Planet X, and Jackpot Payout. Since we just celebrated our 5 year podcast anniversary, we then revisit our topic of our first episode, conventions!
Training Games: Building Site
May 31, 2021
This is part of a series called Training Games, where I review children's games when playing (with modified rules) with my twin toddlers. This review was written when my twins were 20 months old.
Building Site is a memory game where you’re gathering materials in the correct order to build a house. There’s a little toy dump truck that you move around to collect the pieces, and the house is made up of little wooden blocks.
Episode 131 - Apptastic
May 20, 2021
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Escape Tales: Low Memory, Escape Tales: Children of Wyrmwoods, and Stay Cool. We then talk about board games that use a digital app and what we think about them.
How to Play: The Mind (in song form)
May 12, 2021
This is my first ever instructional video in song form! I made a song about The Mind and it has almost all the rules to the game (it's similar to how we teach it to other people when we're playing).
The song was originally for an appearance on Jordan Plays Blue
Episode 130 - The Theme's The Thing
May 6, 2021
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.
Episode 129 - Rock and Roll and Write
April 22, 2021
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Hey Yo and Draftosaurus. We then talk about our top 5 favorite roll & write games.