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Episode 247 - Oh Oh It's Magic Oct 30, 2025

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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

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Episode 246 - Spooky Stuff Oct 16, 2025

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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!

0:00-Intro
1:06-Recent Games - Yogi
4:08-Mr Postmouse’s Picnic
6:59-Twinkle Twinkle
12:41-Spooky Stuff
22:55-Outro
24:16-Bloopers

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Episode 245 - Cozy Games Oct 02, 2025

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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).
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0:00-Intro
0:45-Recent Games
1:45-Slambo!
4:15-Llama Llama
8:24-Tearable Quest
12:28-Alibis
18:15-Waddle
20:23-Cozy Games
32:50-Outro
33:54-Bloopers

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Episode 244 - Deduction: Social or Nah? Sep 18, 2025

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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

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Episode 243 - Name That Game Sep 04, 2025

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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!

0:00-Intro
0:42-Recent Games-Ghost Stories
6:42-The Great Evening Banquet
11:13-Game Show
15:12-Number 1
15:59-Number 2
17:32-Number 3
18:25-Number 4
19:25-Number 5
20:05-Number 6
20:52-Number 7
22:28-Number 8
24:14-Number 9
24:55-Number 10
26:30-Number 11
27:42-Number 12
29:29-Outro
30:33-Bloopers

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Episode 242 - Bringing Games to Life Aug 21, 2025

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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.

0:00-Intro
0:46-Recent Games-Concealed (Kickstarter) (free PnP on itch.io)
5:54-MicroMacro: Downtown Detective
11:56-Draw Along with Dave
15:56-Game Themes IRL
28:22-Outro

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Episode 241 - Does Size Matter? Aug 07, 2025

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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.

0:00-Intro
0:42-Announcements
2:03-Recent Games-Mystery Puzzle: The Lost Fire
5:26-First Contact
9:46-Gibberers: The Word Game of Language Invention and Civilization Development
16:30-Collection Size
31:04-Outro
32:08-Bloopers

Charities mentioned:
Trans Lifeline
Global Action for Trans Equity (GATE)
Mermaids
Gender Identity Research & Education Society (GIRES) (Donate here)
TransActual (Donate here)

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Episode 240 - The End of Games Jul 24, 2025

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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.

0:00-Intro
0:44-Recent Games-Codenames
3:46-Little Alchemists
7:19-Look at the Stars
30:25-Outro
31:20-Bloopers

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Episode 239 - Midyear Board Game Tag Jul 10, 2025

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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

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Episode 238 - Top of the Top Jun 26, 2025

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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)!

0:00-Intro
0:46-Recent Games - Rescuing Robin Hood
9:22-Tiwanaku
15:35-Holiday Hijinks #2: The Independence Incident
16:45-Top 5 of BGG Top 100
28:51-Outro
29:46-Bloopers

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