Board Game Blitz

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Desktop HEBOCON Battle Kit and The Cupid Crisis. We then talk about board game.... boxes! And other containers, receptacles, or holders that board games can come in. Recent Games: 0:38 Board Game Boxes: 11:52 Outro: 28:01 Bloopers: 28:57 Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS Desktop HEBOCON Battle Kit: https://board...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Village Green and Living Forest. We then take a break from a specific topic of the week and just chat with each other about Crystal's new gaming table, Ambie's Kickstarter, the board game community, and Ambie's kids. Recent Games: 0:35 Chit Chat: 11:10 Outro: 28:36 Check out our merch (including Hexy): https://www.redbubble.c...

Ambie, Crystal, and special guest Nick (@Nyobari) discuss a couple games they played recently, including Master Word, Voices In My Head, and Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition. We then ask Nick about his time at Gen Con and hear some of his hot takes! Announcements: 0:38 Recent Games: 4:18 Gen Con Hot Takes: 17:04 Outro: 38:16 Bloopers: 39:20 Check out Ambie's book on Kickstarter now! The last day is...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including The One Ring RPG and Paint the Roses. We then talk about some good etiquette you can have while gaming, hosting, or attending a game night. And then Crystal revives the etymology segment with the origin of the word 'Etiquette'! Announcements: 0:47 Recent Games: 2:55 Game Etiquette: 18:41 Board Game Etymology - 'Etiquette': 28...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including echoes: The Cocktail, echoes: The Microchip, and Birds of a Feather. We then list off our top 5 favorite word games! Announcements: 0:37 Recent Games: 1:33 Top 5 Word Games: 8:54 Outro: 36:22 Bloopers: 37:17 Check out Ambie's book at https://ambievaldes.com/boardgameday/ or https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ambierona/board...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Disney Sorcerer's Arena: Epic Alliances Core Set and Quirky Circuits: Penny & Gizmo's Snow Day! We then talk about games that we think a non-hobby gamer could learn on their own. Recent Games: 0:43 No Teacher Games: 13:34 Outro: 24:28 Check out Ambie's book at https://ambievaldes.com/boardgameday/ or https://www.kickstarter.c...

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. Recent Games: 0:46 Campaign Games: 12:14 Outro: 34:39 Bloopers: 35:35 Check out Ambie's book at https://...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth and Colt Express. We then are joined by Matt, a patron of the show, to talk about what board games might be good to play at a wedding reception for people who don't want to dance! Announcements: 0:42 Recent Games: 2:00 Wedding Games: 14:22 Outro: 32:12 Bloopers: 33:07 Check out...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Hidden Leaders and Get on Board: New York & London. We then reminisce about the past 6 years of Board Game Blitz and celebrate our 6 year podcast anniversary! Announcements: 0:37 Recent Games: 1:26 6 Year Anniversary: 12:18 Outro: 40:09 Bloopers: 41:13 Watch our 6 year anniversary video to enter our contest: https://youtu.be/...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Scooby-Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion and Planet Unknown. We then talk about worker placement games and our top 5 board games with worker placement. Announcements: 0:45 Recent Games: 1:30 Top 5 Worker Placement Games: 13:04 Outro: 38:09 Bloopers: 39:07 Watch our 6 year anniversary video to enter our contest: https://you...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Tales From the Loop: The Board Game and Loco Momo. We then talk about the intersection between giant dexterity board games and lawn games. Announcements: 0:39 Recent Games:1:20 Lawn Games: 12:14 Outro: 28:29 Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS Tales From the Loop: The Board Game: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgam...

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. Announcements: 0:38 Recent Games: 2:26 Good Game Names: 11:31 Outro: 26:13 Bloopers: 27:08 Watch us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/boardgameblitz and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/boardgameblitz YouTube Podcast...

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! Announcements: 0:43 Recent Games: 1:24 The 2021 Blitzies: 10:55 --Best Party Game: 12:25 --Best Card Game: 14:06 --Best Cooperative Game: 15:58 --Best Trick Taker: 19:20 --Best Family Game: 20:35 --Best Roll & Write Game: 22:52 --Bes...

Ambie, Crystal, and special guest Monique (@Gamefreakgeek) discuss a couple games they played recently, including some greeting card games from The Dark Imp. We then talk about our choices of games that we would give someone to help them get to know our personalities. Announcements: 0:44 Recent Games: 1:16 Get to Know You Games: 16:22 Outro: 36:35 Bloopers: 37:30 Check out Monique on Twitter and T...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Fire in the Hole! and Stella: Dixit Universe. We then talk about playing children's games - not with children, but just with adults! Announcements: 0:41 Recent Games: 2:09 Children's Games for Adults: 11:08 Outro: 26:01 Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS Fire in the Hole!: https://fireinthehole.mcmiller.fun/ Stel...

This is episode 150 of our podcast! To celebrate, Ambie and Crystal spend the whole episode answering questions from you, our listeners! Announcements: 0:35 Q&A: 1:11 Outro: 42:34 Bloopers: 43:29 Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS Support us at https://www.patreon.com/boardgameblitz This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code 'GFGBLITZ2022' for 20% off non-exclusive ite...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Unmatched: Battle of Legends, Volume Two and The Hunger. We then talk about how our gaming tastes have evolved in the time we've been playing board games. Ask us questions for our next episode on this thread on BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2784069/ask-us-anything Announcements: 0:42 Recent Games: 1:43 Gaming Evolutio...

In this special episode, Ambie takes a backseat as her two guests take over the episode to discuss a couple games they played recently, including Boggle and Go Away Monster!. They then talk about our top 5 games from the publisher HABA. Video version of the podcast with subtitles: https://youtu.be/zlrE6ImU6FE Recent Games: 0:35 Top 5 HABA Games: 1:06 Outro: 4:16 Join our discord: https://discord.g...

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! Send us any questions you have for our Q&A episode! You can email us at boardgameblitz@g...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a game they both played recently, Mission: Elfpossible. Crystal then tells Ambie all about her time at PAX Unplugged last weekend! Recent Games: 0:40 PAX Unplugged: 11:52 Outro: 38:02 Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS Mission: Elfpossible: https://puzzlingpursuits.com/products/mission-elfpossible Support us at https://www.patreon.com/boardgameblitz This epis...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including That Time You Killed Me and TIME Stories Revolution: The Hadal Project. We then talk about culling our collection - how we decide which games to cull and how we do (or don't) actually go about culling them! Announcements: 0:47 Recent Games: 1:56 Culling: 20:41 Outro: 35:32 Bloopers: 36:27 No Pun Included's culling video: h...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Aeon's End and Riverside. We then take a break from talking about board games to talk about our top 5 favorite movies! Announcements: 0:38 Recent Games: 3:07 Top 5 Movies: 15:17 Outro: 38:50 Bloopers: 39:49 Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS Aeon's End: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/191189/aeons-end Rive...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Durian Dash, Arachnoir, and Overboss. We then are joined by special guest Matt to talk about how important it is to play games by the correct rules. Recent Games: 0:45 Playing by the Rules: 12:13 Outro: 35:31 Bloopers: 36:35 Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS Durian Dash: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34...

Ambie, Crystal, and special guest Pam discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum and Cubitos. We then talk about luck in board games and why we like or dislike it. Announcements: 0:50 Recent Games: 1:34 Luck in Games: 12:49 Outro: 30:33 Bloopers: 31:46 Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum: https://www.boardgamegeek...

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including For Science! and Cascadia. We then talk about playing board games solo and what types of games we like to play solo. Recent Games: Solo Gaming: Outro: Bloopers: Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS For Science!: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/280834/science For Science! playthrough: https://youtu.be/UnE...