Episode 111 - One In A Hundred

August 13, 2020

Ambie and Crystal talk about their ten one in a hundred games - their top game from each set of 100 in the top 1000 as ranked on BoardGameGeek!

Ambie's Top 100 Games: 80-71

January 28, 2020

Ambie's revisiting her top 100 games as of the end of 2019! This video is numbers 80-71.


Episode 59 - Our Favorite Exceptions

August 16, 2018

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures and King of Tokyo. We then talk about games we love in genres we typically avoid. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "anomaly."

Strategically Thematic: Modern Art

July 13, 2018

Strategically Thematic is a segment featured on The Dice Tower's bi-weekly Token Punch Lunch videos about games where the theme and mechanics go together really well.


Episode 43 - Ex-Ch-Ch-Changing

December 21, 2017

Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss some games they've played recently (or are looking forward to playing), including Magic Maze, DropMix, and Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition. We then talk about some board games that involve exchanges. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "shuffle."

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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