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Episode 157 - 6th Anniversary Show May 19, 2022

Show notes

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 Game Blitz music video: https://youtu.be/RPXXZMQZbYQ

Streamers mentioned:
Joe Sondow: https://www.twitch.tv/JoeSondow
Ruel Gaviola: https://www.twitch.tv/ruelgaviola
Panda8ngel: https://www.twitch.tv/panda8ngel
PhantomMeeple: https://www.twitch.tv/phantommeeple
Room 51: https://www.twitch.tv/room51live
Tabletop Live Network: https://www.tabletoplivenetwork.com/

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Hidden Leaders: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/320718/hidden-leaders
Get on Board: New York & London: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/347013/get-board-new-york-london

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 http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/323

Episode 156 - Top 5 Worker Placement Games May 05, 2022

Show notes

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 Haunted Mansion: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/302344/scooby-doo-escape-haunted-mansion
Planet Unknown: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/258779/planet-unknown

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 http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/321

Episode 155 - Are Lawn Games Board Games? Apr 21, 2022

Show notes

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

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Tales From the Loop: The Board Game: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/306676/tales-loop-board-game
Loco Momo: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/317299/loco-momo

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 http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/320

Episode 154 - A Game By Any Other Name Apr 07, 2022

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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

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Switch & Signal: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/317311/switch-signal
Watch Ambie's playthrough: https://youtu.be/ycY0zODsiZA

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 http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/319

Episode 153 - The 2021 Blitzies Mar 24, 2022

Show notes

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: 33:39
--Best New to Us Not 2021: 35:44
--Best Game of 2021: 38:10
--Looking Forward to in 2022: 39:25
Outro: 42:41
Bloopers: 43:36

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The Book of Rituals: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/348425/book-rituals
Mansplaining: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/356245/mansplaining

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 http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/318

Episode 152 - Get-To-Know-You Games Mar 10, 2022

Show notes

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: https://www.twitch.tv/Gamefreakgeekgirl

Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS

Six Greeting Card Games: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedarkimp/six-greetings-card-games
Playthrough of Guess How: https://youtu.be/CFqkEVzyJtg

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 http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/316

Episode 151 - That’s Child’s Play! Feb 24, 2022

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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 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 http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/315

Episode 150 - Listener Q&A Feb 10, 2022

Show notes

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 http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/314

Episode 149 - Personal Gaming Evolution Jan 27, 2022

Show notes

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, Volume Two: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/335764/unmatched-battle-legends-volume-two
The Hunger: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/339906/hunger

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 http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/313

Episode 148 - Top 5 HABA Games Jan 13, 2022

Show notes

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!: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6714/go-away-monster

Support us at https://www.patreon.com/boardgameblitz

For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/311

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