Episode 159 - Campaign Games

June 16, 2022

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including The Hinck's Gazette Boxed Set, Origins: First Builders, and PUSH. We then are joined by Pam, a patron of the show, to talk about campaign games, what we like and dislike about them, and some of our favorite campaign games.

Episode 154 - A Game By Any Other Name

April 7, 2022

Ambie and Crystal discuss a game they both played recently, Switch & Signal. We then talk about what can make a good board game name and some board games that we think have good names.

Episode 147 - Top 5 BGG Top 100 Unplayed

December 30, 2021

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including System Gateway and Escape Room in a Box: Time Drifters - Isabel's Story and Kira's Story. We then talk about our top 5 games we haven't played yet that are currently (as of when we recorded this episode) in the top 100 of Board Game Geek!

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!

Ambie's Top 100 Games: 50-41

January 31, 2020

Ambie's revisiting her top 100 games as of the end of 2019! This video is numbers 50-41.


Episode 78 - Does Size Matter?

May 9, 2019

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 and T.I.M.E. Stories: Madame. We then talk about the size of game boxes compared to the experience of the game. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "experience."

Episode 77 - Top 100 or Hot 100?

April 25, 2019

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played (or haven't played) recently, including 1828. We then talk about the top 100 games on BGG compared to a few years ago when we had our "For Shame!" episode.

Episode 62 - The Learning Curve

September 27, 2018

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Gloomhaven and Tiny Epic Zombies. We then talk about teaching board games. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "teach."

Episode 56 - Kickstarter: Here to Stay?

July 5, 2018

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including 1834, Southern Pacific, Ganz schön clever, and Near and Far: Amber Mines. We then talk about Kickstarter board games. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "turn."

Episode 27 - Putting the "Fan" in Fantasy

May 11, 2017

Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss some games they've played recently, including Startups, Takenoko, and Sagrada. We then talk about the fantasy theme in board games. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "fantasy."

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