Episode 153 - The 2021 Blitzies

March 24, 2022

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including The Book of Rituals and Mansplaining. We then have our annual awards show, the 2021 Blitzies!

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.

Episode 112 - 9-to-5 Games

August 27, 2020

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.

Episode 104 - Just the Two of Us

May 7, 2020

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including 1889 (on 18xx.games) and Forgotten Waters. We then talk about two player gaming. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "duel."

Episode 72 - The 2018 Blitzies

February 14, 2019

Ambie and Crystal host the annual Blitzies, the special award episode for 2018 games!

Episode 71 - Dice Tower Cruise Recap

January 31, 2019

Ambie and Crystal talk about their time on the Dice Tower Cruise, and they answer a couple questions from patrons about the cruise!

Episode 67 - Comfort Games

December 6, 2018

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game and Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar. We then talk about our comfort board games. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "familiar."

BGG.CON 2017 Recap

November 22, 2017

by Ambie Valdés
Toby and I went to BGG.CON again this year! BGG.CON is one of our favorite conventions, since we really like trying out new games, and BGG.CON has a huge library of a bunch of games - both new releases and older awesome games!

We got there on Tuesday afternoon and left on Sunday afternoon, and we played so many games! At the convention, we had 82 plays/demos of 70 unique games, 57 of which were new to us! This is definitely a record for us (one I don't want to beat). Thursday was especially exhausting - we played 24 different games that day (20 new to us). A lot of them were light games or dexterity games, so it wasn't too difficult to learn everything.

Since we arrived before the convention started, we went out to eat some BBQ and then played some games we had brought. Two of the most played games of the convention for us were Strike and For-Ex, both of which we brought. It was fun being able to show people both games - Strike for its excitement and action, and For-Ex for its brain-burning weirdness.
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