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Episode 217 - A Taste for Gaming Sep 05, 2024

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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Cyberpunk Unfolds: Pop-Up Mystery Escape Game and Skull King. Then, we talk about the evolution of our gaming tastes over the years that we've been gaming. Make sure to check out our new merch about the 10x10 challenge on our Teepublic store!

0:00-Intro
0:43-Announcements
2:38-Recent Games - Cyberpunk Unfolds: Pop-Up Mystery Escape Game
6:55-Skull King (play on Sovranti)
11:18-Our Gaming Tastes
27:27-Outro

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ24" to get 20% off non-exclusive items.

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For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/391

Episode 216 - Gettin' Comfy Aug 22, 2024

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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including The Light in the Mist and Fruitoplay. Then, we talk about ways we make our gaming sessions more comfortable in our older age.

0:00-Intro
0:44-Recent Games - The Light in the Mist
6:12-Fruitoplay
11:06-Gaming Comfort
23:30-Outro
24:34-Bloopers

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ24" to get 20% off non-exclusive items.

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For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/390

Episode 215 - Taking Advantage Aug 08, 2024

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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Adventure Party: The Role-Playing Party Game and Newsboys. Then, we talk about handicaps in games - both ones that are built into the rules and ones that we add on ourselves.

0:00-Intro
0:45-Recent Games - Adventure Party: The Role-Playing Party Game
6:43-Newsboys
11:39-Handicaps
23:21-Outro
24:16-Bloopers

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ24" to get 20% off non-exclusive items.

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For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/389

Episode 214 - How Delightful! Jul 25, 2024

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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including River of Gold and Draft & Write Records. Then, we talk about the opposite of our pet peeves in gaming - our gaming delights!

0:00-Intro
0:44-Recent Games - River of Gold
4:50-Draft & Write Records
9:22-Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
11:49-Gaming Delights
23:44-Outro
24:48-Bloopers

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ24" to get 20% off non-exclusive items.

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For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/388

Episode 213 - BGG Breakdown Jul 11, 2024

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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Guilty: Houston 2015 and CoraQuest. Then, we talk about the game page on the website BoardGameGeek and what information we tend to look at.

0:00-Intro
0:43-Announcements
1:33-Recent Games - Guilty: Houston 2015
6:24-CoraQuest
16:14-BGG Game Page
29:19-Outro
30:23-Bloopers

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For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/385

Episode 212 - Why We Blitz Jun 27, 2024

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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including What On Earth Are You Talking About? and Arcs. Then, we talk about what we love about creating content about board games (and other things)! Check out our new TeePublic store!

0:00-Intro
0:43-Announcements
2:17-Recent Games - What On Earth Are You Talking About?
6:31-Arcs
12:44-Creating Content
23:00-Outro
24:04-Bloopers

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ24" to get 20% off non-exclusive items.

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For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/384

Episode 211 - Sigh Games Jun 13, 2024

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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Corvids, NAWALLI, and The Walking Dead: Surrounded. Then, we talk about "sigh" games, a new category of game that Crystal and her friend have coined!

0:00-Intro
0:45-Announcements
2:08-Recent Games - Corvids
7:49-NAWALLI (Kickstarter)
11:27-The Walking Dead: Surrounded
15:30-Sigh Games
24:46-Outro
25:56-Bloopers

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ24" to get 20% off non-exclusive items.

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Episode 210 - 8 Year Anniversary: Top 10! May 30, 2024

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It's the 8 year anniversary of our podcast! Woo hoo! To celebrate, Ambie and Crystal have updated their lists of Top 100 Games of ALL TIME and we share our top 10 games with you! Watch the rest of Ambie's Top 100 list on YouTube!

0:00-Intro
0:42-Announcements
2:30-Top 10 Games
3:55-Number 10
6:35-Number 9
8:48-Number 8
12:17-Number 7
14:25-Number 6
16:55-Number 5
20:38-Number 4
23:19-Number 3
26:02-Number 2
28:23-Number 1
35:05-Outro
36:18-Bloopers

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ24" to get 20% off non-exclusive items.

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Episode 209 - The Momcast May 16, 2024

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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Floating Floors and Nimalia. Then, we are joined by our special guests - our moms - to talk about their experience playing games when they were kids, when we were kids, and now! Also, the etymology segment makes a surprise comeback as Crystal discusses the origins of the word 'mamma.'

0:00-Intro
0:55-Recent Games - Floating Floors
4:30-Nimalia
7:05-Gaming Moms
28:07-Etymology - ‘Mamma’
29:51-Outro
30:46-Bloopers

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ24" to get 20% off non-exclusive items.

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Episode 208 - Back to the Drawing Board May 02, 2024

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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Side Quest: Nemesis, Side Quest: 7th Sea, Mystery Detective Vol. 1: Classic Cases, Mystery Detective Vol. 2: Funny Death and Real Life Cases, and AQUA: Biodiversity in the Oceans. Then, we talk about drawing games and how the drawing mechanism is used creatively in different games.
Ambie had to use backup audio due to Zoom messing with her microphone, so sorry for the lower quality audio!

0:00-Intro
0:47-Recent Games - Side Quest: Nemesis and Side Quest: 7th Sea
5:05-Mystery Detective Vol. 1: Classic Cases and Mystery Detective Vol. 2: Funny Death and Real Life Cases
7:44-AQUA: Biodiversity in the Oceans
11:05-Drawing Games
24:13-Outro
25:17-Bloopers

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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ24" to get 20% off non-exclusive items.

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For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/380