Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss some games they've played recently, including Rebels Unite!, Happy Pigs, and Rex: Final Days of an Empire. We then talk about board games that have a cold theme. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "analysis."

Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal go off-format in this special episode and discuss their favorite games of 2016, as well as what they're looking forward to in 2017.

Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss some games they've played recently, including 1860, Clank!, and Order of the Gilded Compass. We then have a special guest to talk with us about board games that are great for families. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "game."

Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss some games they've played recently, including Paris Connection, Istanbul, and Deception: Murder in Hong Kong. We then talk about board games that are great for parties. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "party."

by Ambie Valdés

In the previous blog about BGG.CON, I mentioned that there were a bunch of dexterity games set up in the hallway. Just for fun, I took some videos of the games and compiled them together in this video.

Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss some games they've played recently, including Locomotive Werks, Concordia, and Cacao. Our Accessory of the Week is food you can have at board game night. We then talk about board games that have to do with food. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "resource."

by Ambie Valdés

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.

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.