Episode 117 - The Evolution of ‘Euros’
November 5, 2020
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including King of the Roll and Prisma Arena. Crystal then discusses the origin of the word "Eurogame" and then we launch into our discussion of what Euro games are and how they have changed over the years.
Episode 89 - Games We Don't Play Enough
September 26, 2019
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including TransAmerica and The Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Herb Witches. We then talk about some games we don't play enough and why it's hard to get them played. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "rare."
Episode 66 - BGG.CON 2018 Recap
November 22, 2018
In this special episode, Ambie and Crystal recorded together for the first time ever! We talk about our time at BGG.CON.
Top 100 Games: Crystal's 50-41
May 31, 2018
For our two year podcast anniversary, we decided to put together our top 100 board games of all time! In this video, Crystal goes over her top 50-41 games.
Strategically Thematic: Dinosaur Island
April 18, 2018
Strategically Thematic is a segment featured on The Dice Tower's bi-weekly Throat Punch Lunch videos about games where the theme and mechanics go together really well.
Episode 49 - Global Gaming
March 29, 2018
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including The Mind, Dinosaur Island, Arkham Horror: The Card Game, Island Hopper, and High Society. We then talk all about games that are from other cultures. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "foreign."
Episode 47 - The Fun & Function of Social Deduction
March 1, 2018
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Dinosaur Island, Castell, and GROWL. We then talk all about social deduction games. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "deduce."
Blitz Con 2018 Recap
February 26, 2018
by Ambie Valdés
We hosted our second annual Blitz Con this year over President’s Day weekend again. Last year we had 50 people, but this year we grew to a little over 100 people! We had a much bigger space and there was always plenty of room to play games.
I took this picture after setting up (this was half the room). Lots of table space!