Blitz Stop Mechanic: Area Control
March 21, 2018
Blitz Stop Mechanic is a new segment featured on The Dice Tower's bi-weekly Throat Punch Lunch videos about games where I pick a mechanism and then talk about games that use that mechanism in a cool, thematic way.
MeepleCon 2018 Recap
March 19, 2018
by Ambie Valdés
Last weekend I went to my second MeepleCon, a board game convention in Las Vegas! The convention was three days, but we ended up getting a flight early Sunday morning to go home (other flights were a lot more expensive), so we were only there on Friday and Saturday. But we still had tons of fun playing games!
The Games
I played 22 plays of 15 different games at the convention (plus some Craps), 8 of which were new to me. The most played and my favorite new game was The Mind, a new cooperative card game where you have to play the cards in order without talking! Jess had a copy that she borrowed from Scott Alden and was bringing it around to everyone at the convention to try out. It was really hard and a lot of fun, and I really want to get it. Unfortunately, it's currently only available in Germany, but I heard that it will be coming over soon.
Episode 48 - Rationing Passion
March 15, 2018
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Stuffed Fables and Herbaceous. We then talk all about our passion for the board gaming hobby. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "love."
How to Play: Baseball Highlights: 2045
March 12, 2018
Our How to Play videos are designed to be short (but still complete) instructional videos, mainly for people who want an overview before playing with someone who knows how to play (in place of that person teaching the rules). Setup and refresh is usually in a separate video, since only one person needs to know the details.
Blitz Stop Mechanic: Set Collection
March 11, 2018
Blitz Stop Mechanic is a new segment featured on The Dice Tower's bi-weekly Throat Punch Lunch videos about games where I pick a mechanism and then talk about games that use that mechanism in a cool, thematic way.
Episode 47 - The Fun & Function of Social Deduction
March 1, 2018
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Dinosaur Island, Castell, and GROWL. We then talk all about social deduction games. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "deduce."
Blitz Con 2018 Recap
February 26, 2018
by Ambie Valdés
We hosted our second annual Blitz Con this year over President’s Day weekend again. Last year we had 50 people, but this year we grew to a little over 100 people! We had a much bigger space and there was always plenty of room to play games.
I took this picture after setting up (this was half the room). Lots of table space!
Blitz Stop Mechanic: Real-Time
February 25, 2018
Blitz Stop Mechanic is a new segment featured on The Dice Tower's bi-weekly Throat Punch Lunch videos about games where I pick a mechanism and then talk about games that use that mechanism in a cool, thematic way.
Episode 46 - Birds of a Feather Blitz Together
February 15, 2018
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including 18CLE and Keyper. We then talk all about cooperative games. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "cooperation."
Episode 45 - The Cull of the Wild
February 1, 2018
Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss some games they've played recently, including The Ravens of Thri Sahashri, Seikatsu, and Muse. We then talk about culling our collections. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "cull."