Board Game Blitz

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including the My First Adventure series (Journey to Ochre Land, Discovering Atlantis, and Finding the Dragon) and Okanagan: Valley of the Lakes. Then, we talk about games that we love but that we don't hear other people talk about much. Listen to Stolen: Season 2: Surviving St. Michael’s Watch my video overview of My First Adventure: F...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Illiterati, Artisans of Splendent Vale, and Challengers!. Then, we talk about electronic components in board games and some games that use electronics in creative ways. 0:00-Intro 0:36-Announcements 1:34-Recent Games - Illiterati 7:25- Artisans of Splendent Vale 13:00- Challengers! 14:35-Electronics 26:39-Outro 27:44-Bloopers...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Mahjong and Blueprints. Then, we talk about board game tournaments - which ones we've competed in, our experiences with them, and why we like or dislike them. You can try out Mahjong with Mahjong Soul ! Tournaments/events mentioned: Double Exposure Envoy World Series of Board Gaming World Boardgaming Championships 0:00-Intro...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Challengers! and Sagani. Then, we talk about what we think about when bringing games on vacation, and examples of what games we recently brought while we traveled. 0:00-Intro 0:37-Recent Games - Challengers! 6:45- Sagani 13:42-Travel Games 28:12-Outro 29:25-Bloopers Join our discord Support us directly at https://ko-fi.com/bo...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Dog Park: New Tricks, Blitzschnell!, and My First Escape Game: The Magical Forest. Then, we talk about real life escape rooms games and what we love and don't love about them (and how that's similar to our board game interests). Watch the playthrough of Dog Park: New Tricks (now on Kickstarter ) 0:00-Intro 0:45-Recent Games -...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Shikoku 1889 and First Ascent. Then, we talk about times when we really don't feel like getting together to play board games (but then we usually still do). 0:00-Intro 0:43-Announcements 1:38-Recent Games - Shikoku 1889 6:24- First Ascent 12:10-Dreading Gaming 25:45-Outro Join our discord Support us at https://ko-fi.com/board...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including In the Palm of Your Hand, Codex Naturalis, and Kingdomino. Then, we talk about the tactile nature of board games and what components we like physically handling. 0:00-Intro 0:48-Recent Games - In the Palm of Your Hand 5:37- Codex Naturalis 9:33- Kingdomino 12:12-Components 25:25-Outro 26:20-Bloopers Join our discord Support u...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Phantom Ink, Fiction, and My City: Roll & Build. Then, we celebrate our 7 year podcast anniversary by taking you on a behind the scenes tour of how an episode of Board Game Blitz gets made!! Follow us on Twitch for the anniversary stream! 0:00-Intro 0:43-Announcements 2:24-Recent Games - Phantom Ink 8:17- Fiction 11:01- My Ci...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including The LOOP, Exit: The Game - The Lord of the Rings: Shadows over Middle-earth, and Exit: The Game - The Professor's Last Riddle. Then, we celebrate Star Wars Day by talking about all the Star Wars board games! Thanks so much for the nomination - please vote for us for the Board Game Geek Golden Geek Awards ! Follow Amanda Panda...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Kites, Agent Decker, and Descent: Legends of the Dark. Then, we talk about what factors go into making your own perfect board game collection. Please nominate us for a Board Game Geek Golden Geek Award ! Intro: 0:00 Announcements: 0:43 Recent Games: 1:50 Perfect Collection: 15:31 Outro: 33:23 Join our discord Kites : 1:59 Age...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Escape the Room: Murder in the Mafia, Suspects: The MacGuffin Affair, and The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era. Then, we talk about our time at Dice Tower West last month! Watch Ambie's (and her kids') Dice Tower West Recap video ! Please nominate us for a Board Game Geek Golden Geek Award ! Announcements: 0:46 Recen...

Ambie and Crystal have their annual awards show about the best games of the year in the 2022 Blitzies! The 2022 Blitzies: 0:40 --Best Party Game: 1:49 --Best Card Game: 2:58 --Best Trick Taker: 4:38 --Best Family Game: 6:07 --Best Cooperative Game: 8:19 --Best Roll & Write: 9:54 --Best Theming: 11:38 --Biggest Surprise: 13:49 --Most Innovative: 16:14 --Best New to Us Not 2022: 19:42 --Best Game We...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including El Grande and Marvel SNAP. Then, we stop talking about board games for a bit as we talk about our five favorite video games of all time! Announcements: 0:37 Recent Games: 2:04 Top 5 Video Games: 12:16 Outro: 36:26 Join our discord El Grande : 2:04 Marvel Snap : 7:37 Support us at https://ko-fi.com/boardgameblitz This episode...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Tiny Turbo Cars and The Great Split. Then, we talk about house rules and when might be a good time to implement them. Announcements: 0:40 Recent Games: 2:24 House Rules: 14:28 Outro: 31:24 Bloopers: 32:27 Join our discord Tiny Turbo Cars : 2:24 The Great Split : 7:34 Support us at https://ko-fi.com/boardgameblitz This episode...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Weather Machine and Wicked & Wise. Then, special guest Pam joins us to catch up and talk about a bunch of things related to gaming - gaming groups, gaming online, and gaming at conventions! Announcements: 0:39 Recent Games: 1:40 Gaming Potpourri: 12:44 Outro: 33:31 Bloopers: 34:44 Join our discord Weather Machine : 1:40 Wicke...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Hunt a Killer: Body on the Boardwalk and Artisans of Splendent Vale. We then talk about gaming remotely, but with physical board games, not digital games! Make sure to check out our new Ko-Fi page ! Announcements: 0:41 Recent Games: 2:17 Gaming Remotely: 12:07 Outro: 22:12 Bloopers: 23:42 Join our discord Hunt a Killer: Body...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Sleuth, MANTIS, and Color Brain: Disney Edition. We then talk about some gaming resolutions and goals we may or may not have made for 2023. Recent Games: 0:36 Gaming Resolutions: 12:24 Outro: 29:29 Bloopers: 30:29 Join our discord Sleuth : 0:36 MANTIS : 4:36 Color Brain: Disney Edition : 8:51 Support us at https://www.patreon...

In this now annual special bonus episode, Ambie facilitates while her two guests talk about some of their favorite games they've played recently, including Stuffed Fables and Teddy's Colors & Shapes. They then talk about some more of their favorite games and why they like them. For a video version of the podcast with subtitles, click here . Recent Games: 0:32 More Favorite Games: 1:10 Outro: 5:18...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Break the Cube, the Key Enigma escape room games (Wizcape Academy, Kalinasu, and The Butterfly Curse), and My Father's Work. We then talk about some holiday traditions we have and how gaming factors into our holidays. Happy holidays to everyone! Announcements: 0:41 Recent Games: 1:48 Holiday Happenings: 17:35 Outro: 31:24 Blo...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Décorum and FORK. We then talk about organizing our game collection, or theoretical ways we would organize our collection if it were organized! Recent Games: 0:37 Organizing the Collection: 11:18 Outro: 27:44 Bloopers: 28:48 Watch our Décorum playthrough on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RcFfns7UfbU Check out Foster the Meeple: ht...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a whole bunch of games they played recently, and that's all we do this episode! We talk about Escape Team, Cursed Tales (online escape rooms), Cold Case: Murder with Interest, the EXIT: The Game - Advent Calendars, Cryptid: Urban Legends, Namiji, Orp: The Market for Space Merchant Translators, Oh Really?, Stay Cool, and Lands of Galzyr. Announcements: 1:01 Recent Games: 3...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Draw the Line, Dexterity Jane, Soundbox, Echoes The Microchip, and Jekyll vs. Hyde. We then talk about games that are good for playing with children. Recent Games: 0:42 Children's Games: 13:52 Outro: 30:01 Bloopers: 30:57 Top 10 Kid Games with One Pip Wonder: https://youtu.be/SzTE7PZyO7E CoraQuest expansion Kickstarter: https...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Venn, Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Merry Madness, and Ready Set Bet. We then talk about games that take less than 15 minutes to play! Announcements: 0:42 Recent Games: 1:36 Short Games: 15:11 Outro: 28:23 Bloopers: 29:19 Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS Venn: https://boardgamegeek.com/boa...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Pocket Book Adventures, The Mysterious Case of Dancing Mania, Connected Clues, and Gutenberg. We then talk about what "gateway games" are and some games we like using to show people what's out there in the board gaming hobby! And finally, Crystal goes over the etymology of the word 'Clue.' Announcements: 0:49 Recent Games: 1:...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including LOK, The Mysterious Case of Dancing Mania, and Nicodemus. We then talk about turning video games into board games and which video games we'd like to see as board games. Announcements: 0:41 Recent Games: 1:12 Video Games as Board Games: 12:44 Outro: 30:43 Bloopers: 31:38 Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS LOK: htt...