In another annual bonus episode, Kevin and Roy take over the show and talk about some games they've played (recently and not recently), Silly Shenanigans, Ghost Stories, and Bomb Busters (Kevin's version). You can watch the video version of the podcast on YouTube.
Ambie and Crystal have a special Q&A episode to celebrate the 250th episode of Board Game Blitz!.
0:00-Intro
0:35-Q&A
03:52-What 3-5 episodes from the first 250 are the most memorable to you?
06:49-What is the coolest thing you've gotten to do as a result of doing the podcast?
11:51-What game(s) has your opinion of changed the most? Was it overplay, opponents, otherwise, that prompted the change?
15:10-Best movie of the last 10 years?
18:13-Favourite/least favourite board game themes.
20:41-How has the tech side of making podcasts changed for you from your first episodes to now?
26:02-If you could pick one under-appreciated or lesser known board game that you would want people to know about, what would it be?
27:14-Who would your dream guest be for the show?
29:25-What question do you wish you got asked during these AMAs?
30:12-What has been the most surprising thing that has happened in the last 250 episodes?
32:17-How many games could you teach without the rule book?
34:37-What’s been your most gifted game (as in: what game do you gift to others the most)?
35:58-What milestones have gone by for you in the last 10 years?
41:21-Outro
42:25-Bloopers
Ambie and Crystal interview Blaž Urban Gracar, the designer of All is Bomb, LOK, Abdec, LOK Digital, Workworkwork, and Herd! Check out all his games on his website Letibus Design. Herd figurines designed by Vojta Karen.
0:00-Intro
0:36-Interview with Blaž
31:08-Outro
32:03-Bloopers
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Spirits of the Wild: Awakening and Numberwang. Then, in honor of Crystal's upcoming wedding, we talk about board games that are about love, and we play some questions of The Couples Game!
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Yggdrasil and Dreadful Meadows. Then, since it's still almost Halloween, we talk about games that have magic in them, whether it's fantasy magic or real magicians!
Check out TabletopLiveNetwork.com for more info on TLN, and catch Ambie's stream at twitch.tv/ambierona!
0:00-Intro
0:38-Announcements
1:22-Recent Games - Yggdrasil
7:09-Dreadful Meadows
12:14-Magical Games
25:07-Outro
26:03-Bloopers
Ambie, Crystal, and special guests Kevin and Roy discuss a couple games they played recently, including Yogi, Mr Postmouse's Picnic, and Twinkle Twinkle (plus the How I Wonder expansion and Extraterrestrials mini-expansion). Then, since it's almost Halloween, we talk about scary monsters, movies, and board games!
Ambie, Crystal, and special guest Amanda Panda discuss a couple games they played recently (which all happen to be from AllPlay), including Slambo!, Llama Llama, Tearable Quest, Alibis, and Waddle. Then, we talk about relaxing or cozy games that we like and what can make a game relaxing (or the opposite of relaxing).
Check out Amanda on all her links!
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Terrorscape 2 and the app for My City. Then, we talk about deduction games and social deduction games, and what makes a game social deduction. Note: I mistakenly said Terrorscape 2 is on Kickstarter but it's actually on Gamefound.
0:00-Intro
0:47-Recent Games-Terrorscape 2 (on Gamefound)
10:52-My City app
16:30-Deduction vs. Social Deduction
29:09-Outro
30:12-Bloopers
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Ghost Stories and The Great Evening Banquet. Then, inspired by Game Night Picks, Crystal makes Ambie play a trivia game about her board games!
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Concealed, MicroMacro: Downtown Detective (mobile app), and Draw Along with Dave (web app). Then, we talk about a few games where the themes are something we'd like to do in real life.
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Mystery Puzzle: The Lost Fire, First Contact, and Gibberish. Then, we talk about the size of our game collection, how it has evolved over our time in the hobby, and what we think the ideal collection size would be.
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Codenames (the new version), Little Alchemists, and Look at the Stars. Then, we talk about games where players can choose whether or not to trigger the end game, and what we like or don't like about them.
Ambie and Crystal got tagged by RollingReggie in his 3rd annual Midyear Board Game Tag, so we take the whole podcast episode to answer his questions about how the first half of 2025 is going so far in our board gaming!
0:00-Intro
0:34-Midyear Board Game Tag
02:02-1. What is your favorite game so far this year?
04:32-2. What is your most played game?
05:44-3. What was your biggest surprise?
08:09-4. What game's production/art has impressed you the most?
10:07-5. What has been your most reliable introductory board game?
16:09-6. What game do you want to get off of your Shelf of Shame in the second half of the year?
18:28-7. Which game from 10+ years ago did you discover this year?
20:28-8. Which anticipated releases are you most excited about for the second half of the year?
25:50-Bonus. What's your personal favorite video (podcast) that you’ve posted to your channel?
27:24-Outro
28:19-Bloopers
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Rescuing Robin Hood, Tiwanaku, and Holiday Hijinks: The Independence Incident. Then, we talk about our top 5 games that we've played that are currently in the top 100 ranked games on BoardGameGeek.com. Use our affiliate link to get Rescuing Robin Hood (or other things)!
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including The Lord of the Rings, Fate of the Fellowship and ONDA. Then, we talk about setup time - how it can make a game harder to get played, and ways to mitigate that time.
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Sherlock: The Game is Afoot and EXIT: The Game - Family: 2 Escape Adventures. Then, we're joined by special guests Dracula and Elphaba to talk about Ambie and her family's time at their local convention, KublaCon! Also, it's our 9 year anniversary, so yay!
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Signal, Here Lies, and Awkward Guests 2. Then, we talk about colors in board games - both as a theme and as a mechanism.
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Signal and Lure. Then, we talk about the board game designer Wolfgang Warsch and the games he's made.
0:00-Intro
0:39-Recent Games - Signal
8:21-Lure
12:41-Wolfgang Warsch
25:31-Outro
26:26-Bloopers
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Top Tier and Bag of Chips. Then, we talk about how the US tariffs might affect the board game industry (especially for publishers and retailers in the US). Post from Ami Baio of Pink Tiger Games
0:00-Intro
0:38-Recent Games - Top Tier
5:57-Bag of Chips
12:35-US Tariffs
22:09-Outro
23:13-Bloopers
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Holiday Hijinks #8: The Easter Escapade, The Case of the Curiously Correct Blueprints, and Café. Then, we talk about expectations we and other gamers have when opening a new game box, how those expectations have changed over the years, and whether they are justified.
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