18xx with Ambie: Personal vs. Company Money
May 6, 2020
18xx with Ambie is Ambie's video series about 18xx board games featured on The Dice Tower's YouTube channel.
In this video, Ambie talks about the separation of personal and company money and ways to get more personal money.
Episode 103 - Take Your Turn!
April 23, 2020
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Subtext Game, The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine, and MegaCity: Oceania. We then talk about analysis paralysis in board gaming. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "analysis."
Episode 102 - Gaming During a Pandemic
April 9, 2020
Ambie, Crystal, and patron of the show Pam talk about ways to game without leaving the house.
Episode 101 - Underrated & Overlooked Games
March 26, 2020
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Adventure Games: The Dungeon, Adventure Games: Monochrome Inc., and Unmatched: Battle of Legends. We then talk about some underrated and overlooked games and how they got that way. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "rate."
Episode 100 - Blitz Game is Broken
March 12, 2020
Ambie and Crystal are joined by Nick, Mike, Matthew, and Dave from the This Game is Broken podcast to celebrate the 100th episode of Board Game Blitz with a game show!
Episode 99 - Top 5 Kickstarter Games
February 27, 2020
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Detective Stories: Case 1 - The Fire in Adlerstein and Betrayal Legacy. We then talk about the role of Kickstarter in board games and then share our top 5 Kickstarter games!
Episode 98 - The 2019 Blitzies
February 13, 2020
Ambie and Crystal host the annual Blitzies for 2019 games!
Detective Stories: Case 1 - The Fire in Adlerstein Review
February 10, 2020
by Ambie Valdés
Note: I received a free review copy of Detective Stories: Case 1 - The Fire in Adlerstein from iDventure.
A while ago I wrote a review of an escape room type game called Unfinished Case of Holmes. Now the publisher iDventure has created another series of immersive games called Detective Stories, where you’re like a detective using a bunch of evidence given in the game as well as online sources to solve a crime. The first in the series is Detective Stories: Case 1 - The Fire in Adlerstein.
Ambie's Top 100 Games: 10-1
February 4, 2020
Ambie's revisiting her top 100 games as of the end of 2019! This video is numbers 10-1.
Ambie's Top 100 Games: 20-11
February 3, 2020
Ambie's revisiting her top 100 games as of the end of 2019! This video is numbers 20-11.