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 - Dog Park: New Tricks
4:52-Blitzschnell!
7:25-My First Escape Game: The Magical Forest
10:45-Escape Rooms
33:18-Outro
34:31-Bloopers

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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

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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

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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 City: Roll & Build
14:12-Behind the Scenes
19:10-How BGB is Made
37:21-Outro
38:16-Bloopers

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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's channel for Saturday's stream, and our channel for the anniversary stream!

0:00-Intro
0:41-Announcements
3:10-Recent Games - The LOOP
9:11-Exit: The Game - The Lord of the Rings: Shadows over Middle-earth
10:04-Exit: The Game - The Professor's Last Riddle
15:43-Star Wars
33:01-Outro

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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

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Kites: 1:59
Agent Decker: 5:05
Descent: Legends of the Dark: 8:00

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ2023" to get 10% off your ENTIRE ORDER, including upgrades not available anywhere else!

For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/348

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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
Recent Games: 1:18
Dice Tower West: 13:18
Outro: 34:22
Bloopers: 35:17

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Escape the Room: Murder in the Mafia: 1:26
Suspects: The MacGuffin Affair: 4:30
The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era: 7:18

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ2023" to get 10% off your ENTIRE ORDER, including upgrades not available anywhere else!

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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 Haven't Played Yet: 22:33
--Best Game of 2022: 23:51
--2022 Looking Forward to Recap: 25:58
--Looking Forward to in 2023: 27:40
--Best Podcast: 32:04
Outro: 32:12
Bloopers: 33:16

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ2023" to get 10% off your ENTIRE ORDER, including upgrades not available anywhere else!

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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

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El Grande: 2:04
Marvel Snap: 7:37

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ2023" to get 10% off your ENTIRE ORDER, including upgrades not available anywhere else!

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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

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Tiny Turbo Cars: 2:24
The Great Split: 7:34

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ2023" to get 10% off your ENTIRE ORDER, including upgrades not available anywhere else!

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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

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Weather Machine: 1:40
Wicked & Wise: 7:20

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ2023" to get 10% off your ENTIRE ORDER, including upgrades not available anywhere else!

For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/343

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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

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Hunt a Killer: Body on the Boardwalk: 2:17
Artisans of Splendent Vale: 7:16

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ2023" to get 10% off your ENTIRE ORDER, including upgrades not available anywhere else!

For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/342

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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

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Sleuth: 0:36
MANTIS: 4:36
Color Brain: Disney Edition: 8:51

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games.

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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

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Stuffed Fables: 0:33
Teddy's Colors & Shapes: 0:43

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More games discussed this episode: The Nightmare Before Christmas: Merry Madness: 1:16 First Orchard: 3:13 Tidy up!: 4:00

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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
Bloopers: 32:37

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Break the Cube: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/354669/break-cube
Key Enigma games: https://keyenigma.com/
My Father's Work: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/328866/my-fathers-work

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code 'GFGBLITZ2022' for 20% off non-exclusive items from their site: http://www.greyfoxgames.com/

Games discussed this episode: Break the Cube: 1:48 Key Enigma: 4:26 Wizcape Academy: 5:16 Kalinasu: 5:18 The Butterfly Curse: 5:42 My Father's Work: 13:02 Rumble in the Dungeon: 20:27 Just One: 20:56 So Clover!: 20:59 Just One: 22:01 Fox in the Forest Duet: 29:06 Codenames: 29:47 Kingdomino: 30:12

For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/339

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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: https://www.youtube.com/@FostertheMeeple

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Décorum: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/344554/decorum
FORK: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/370095/fork

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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: 3:17
Outro: 38:36

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Cursed Tales playthroughs: https://youtu.be/y-l76afXa5k and https://youtu.be/A7RJCfuXiGg
More escape room games! https://youtu.be/dpn12NrIaHU

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Escape Team: https://www.escape-team.com/
Cursed Tales (affiliate link): https://cursed-tales.com/?afid=blitz
Cold Case: Murder with Interest: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/365691/cold-case-murder-interest
Exit: The Game - Advent Calendar: The Mystery of the Ice Cave: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/317434/exit-game-advent-calendar-mystery-ice-cave
Exit: The Game - Advent Calendar: The Hunt for the Golden Book: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/343322/exit-game-advent-calendar-hunt-golden-book
Cryptid: Urban Legends: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/343274/cryptid-urban-legends
Namiji: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/275215/namiji
Orp: The Market for Space Merchant Translators: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/371637/orp-market-space-merchant-translators
Oh Really?: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341192/oh-really
Stay Cool: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/267475/stay-cool
Lands of Galzyr: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/281474/lands-galzyr

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code 'GFGBLITZ2022' for 20% off non-exclusive items from their site: http://www.greyfoxgames.com/

For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/337

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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://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cabbagedan/coraquest-keep-on-questing-expansion/

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Draw the Line: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/306170/draw-line
Dexterity Jane: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300527/dexterity-jane
Sound Box: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/302876/sound-box
echoes: The Microchip: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342209/echoes-microchip
Jekyll vs. Hyde: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/297129/jekyll-vs-hyde

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code 'GFGBLITZ2022' for 20% off non-exclusive items from their site: http://www.greyfoxgames.com/

For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/336

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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

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Venn: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/360175/venn
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Merry Madness: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368541/disney-tim-burtons-nightmare-christmas-merry-madne
Ready Set Bet: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/351040/ready-set-bet

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code 'GFGBLITZ2022' for 20% off non-exclusive items from their site: http://www.greyfoxgames.com/

For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/335

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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: 1:28
Gateway Games: 15:54
Board Game Etymology - 'Clue': 30:53
Outro: 32:59
Bloopers: 33:55

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Pocket Book Adventures: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358663/pocket-book-adventures
-on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grumpy-spider-games/pocket-book-adventures?refid=97319
The Mysterious Case of Dancing Mania: https://www.wackywheels.nl/escape-games/products/?edition=MG0008&variant=printed
Connected Clues: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367197/connected-clues
Gutenberg: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/339958/gutenberg

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code 'GFGBLITZ2022' for 20% off non-exclusive items from their site: http://www.greyfoxgames.com/

For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/333

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