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Board Game Blitz

Board Game Blitz

Board Game Blitz is a 30 minute bi-weekly podcast about modern board games and card games hosted by Ambie and Crystal.

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Episode 159 - Campaign Games

Board Game Blitz ·

2022/06/16

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://ambievaldes.com/boardgameday/ or

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Episode 158 - Gaming at Weddings

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2022/06/02

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's book at https://ambievaldes.com/boardgameday/ or

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Episode 157 - 6th Anniversary Show

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2022/05/19

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/K7gxz_rNaiI Links to videos mentioned: Tragedy Looper Review: https://youtu.be/5n_XKwZvuTE Board

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Episode 156 - Top 5 Worker Placement Games

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2022/05/05

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://youtu.be/K7gxz_rNaiI Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS Scooby-Doo: Escape from the

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00:29:24

Episode 155 - Are Lawn Games Board Games?

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2022/04/21

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/boardgame/306676/tales-loop-board-game Loco Momo:

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00:27:31

Episode 154 - A Game By Any Other Name

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2022/04/07

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 channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZPKAB8xFygkDQzCUPyrZxQ Join our discord:

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00:44:07

Episode 153 - The 2021 Blitzies

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2022/03/24

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 --Best Escape Room Game: 24:08 --Best Theming: 28:14 --Biggest Surprise: 30:49 --Best Dexterity Game:

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00:37:48

Episode 152 - Get-To-Know-You Games

Board Game Blitz ·

2022/03/10

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 Twitch! Twitter: https://twitter.com/gamefreakgeek Twitch:

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00:26:56

Episode 151 - That’s Child’s Play!

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2022/02/24

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/ Stella: Dixit Universe: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329845/stella-dixit-universe Support us at

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00:43:39

Episode 150 - Listener Q&A

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2022/02/10

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 items from their site: http://www.greyfoxgames.com/ For the full show notes visit our site at

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00:34:51

Episode 149 - Personal Gaming Evolution

Board Game Blitz ·

2022/01/27

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 Evolution: 15:21 Outro: 33:56 Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS Unmatched: Battle of Legends,

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Episode 148 - Top 5 HABA Games

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2022/01/13

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.gg/WvRVnVeYMS Boggle: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1293/boggle Go Away Monster!:

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00:32:58

Episode 147 - Top 5 BGG Top 100 Unplayed

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2021/12/30

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@gmail.com or message us anywhere you normally do! Announcements: 0:49 Recent Games: 2:35 Top 5 Unplayed

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00:38:57

Episode 146 - Back from PAX

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2021/12/16

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 episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code 'BGBLITZ21' for 20% off non-exclusive items from

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Episode 145 - Cull House

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2021/12/02

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: https://youtu.be/BNFuMiwS9As Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS That Time You Killed Me:

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Episode 144 - 5 Fav Movies

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2021/11/18

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 Riverside: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/321108/riverside Support us at

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00:36:50

Episode 143 - Playing by the Rules

Board Game Blitz ·

2021/11/04

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/340396/durian-dash Arachnoir: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/350202/arachnoir Overboss: A Boss

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00:32:22

Episode 142 - Luck Be a Board Game

Board Game Blitz ·

2021/10/21

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.com/boardgame/307561/steam-feast-dim-sum Kickstarter:

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00:29:56

Episode 141 - Flying Solo

Board Game Blitz ·

2021/10/07

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/UnEDrAYXKOE Cascadia: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295947/cascadia Support us at

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00:39:32

Episode 140 - Top 5 Games That Make Us Laugh

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2021/09/23

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Rolling Stock Stars and There is No Game: Wrong Dimension. We then list our top 5 games that make us laugh! Announcements: 0:40 Recent Games: 1:35 Top 5 Games That Make Us Laugh: 13:56 Outro: 38:03 Bloopers: 39:16 Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS Rolling Stock Stars: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/298154/rolling-stock-stars There is No Game: Wrong Dimension: https://www.drawmeapixel.com/ Support us

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