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Episode 177 - Rules of the House Feb 23, 2023

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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!

For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/344

Episode 176 - Potpourri Feb 09, 2023

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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

Episode 175 - Gaming from Afar Jan 26, 2023

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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

Episode 174 - Gaming Resolutions Jan 12, 2023

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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.

For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/341

Episode 173 - Bonus Favorites Dec 29, 2022

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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

For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/340

BGB 172 - Holiday Happenings Dec 15, 2022

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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

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BGB 171 - OrgaNICEing Dec 01, 2022

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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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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/338

Episode 170 - Review-A-Palooza Nov 17, 2022

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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

Episode 169 - Kidding Around Nov 03, 2022

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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

Episode 168 - 15 Min or Less Oct 20, 2022

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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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