Ambie's Top 100 Games: 90-81

January 27, 2020

Ambie's revisiting her top 100 games as of the end of 2019! This video is numbers 90-81.


City of the Big Shoulders Impressions

January 21, 2020

by Ambie Valdés
Note: I received a free review copy of City of the Big Shoulders from Parallel Games.

It’s not really a secret that I’m into economic games and 18xx games. When I read the rules to City of the Big Shoulders, an economic game with stock holding, worker placement, and factory production, it sounded a lot like a mix between Arkwright and 18xx to me. Since I love both of those, I was excited to try out City of the Big Shoulders.

18xx with Ambie: Private Companies

September 6, 2019

18xx with Ambie is Ambie's video series about 18xx board games featured on The Dice Tower's YouTube channel.

In this video, Ambie talks about the private companies.

18xx with Ambie: Track Laying

August 24, 2019

18xx with Ambie is Ambie's video series about 18xx board games featured on The Dice Tower's YouTube channel.

In this video, Ambie talks about laying track in 18xx games.

Episode 83 - Why We Play

July 4, 2019

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including 1862 and The Castles of Burgundy. We then take some time to discuss why we play board games and why sometimes we might not want to play board games.

18xx with Ambie: Stock Markets

June 25, 2019

18xx with Ambie is Ambie's video series about 18xx board games featured on The Dice Tower's YouTube channel.

In this video, Ambie talks about some of the different stock markets in 18xx games.

Episode 80 - Interview with Josh Starr

May 30, 2019

Ambie interviews Josh Starr, the creator of Grand Trunk Games, a new publishing company dedicated to making 18xx games more available, affordable, and approachable.

18xx with Ambie: Capitalization

May 29, 2019

18xx with Ambie is Ambie's video series about 18xx board games featured on The Dice Tower's YouTube channel.

In this video, Ambie talks about full capitalization and incremental capitalization of corporations.

18xx with Ambie: The Train Rush

May 2, 2019

18xx with Ambie is Ambie's video series about 18xx board games featured on The Dice Tower's YouTube channel.

In this video, Ambie talks about what a train rush is.

Episode 77 - Top 100 or Hot 100?

April 25, 2019

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played (or haven't played) recently, including 1828. We then talk about the top 100 games on BGG compared to a few years ago when we had our "For Shame!" episode.