Board Game Blitz

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Color Jam and the second edition of Rosetta: The Lost Language. Then we just chat and reminisce about the podcast and the end of it all. Thanks for tuning in for the final regular episode of Board Game Blitz! 0:00-Intro 0:43-Announcements 1:43-Recent Games - Color Jam 7:10-Rosetta: The Lost Language (Second Edition) 12:37-The Final Episode 29:20-Outro 30:24-Bloopers Join our discord Support us directly at https://ko-fi.com/boardgameblitz Or shop at our merch store or our Amazon Storefront Consolidated Links For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/443

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including The Detective Society: Family Adventures and MECCHA CHAMELEON. Then in our penultimate episode we talk about some tips and tricks for building (or maintaining) a board game collection. In our final "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "blitz." 0:00-Intro 0:45-Announcements 1:25-Recent Games - The Detective Society: Family Adventures 5:49-MECCHA CHAMELEON 11:15-Ways of Learning 25:02-Board Game Etymology - ‘Blitz’ 27:04-Outro 28:25-Bloopers Join our discord Support us directly at https://ko-fi.com/boardgameblitz Or shop at our merch store or our Amazon Storefront This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BLITZ2026" to get 10% off your entire cart. Consolidated Links For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/442

Ambie and Crystal discuss a game they both played recently, Playthings. Then we talk about different ways you can learn rules in board games and which are our favorite ways to learn. Remember to check out our new merch! 0:00-Intro 0:40-Announcements 3:05-Recent Games - Playthings 15:04-Ways of Learning 31:15-Outro 32:19-Bloopers Join our discord Support us directly at https://ko-fi.com/boardgameblitz Or shop at our merch store or our Amazon Storefront This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BLITZ2026" to get 10% off your entire cart. Consolidated Links For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/441

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including The Case of the Curiously Quiet Theater, Alibi: 3 Intricate Mysteries, and Flip 7: With A Vengeance. Then we talk about the similarities and differences between deduction, social deduction, and bluffing in board games. 0:00-Intro 0:50-Recent Games - The Case of the Curiously Quiet Theater 5:43-Alibi: 3 Intricate Mysteries 12:06-Flip 7: With A Vengeance 15:26-Deduction & Bluffing 30:06-Outro 31:09-Bloopers Join our discord Support us directly at https://ko-fi.com/boardgameblitz Or shop at our merch store or our Amazon Storefront This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BLITZ2026" to get 10% off your entire cart. Consolidated Links For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/440

Ambie and Crystal are joined by Ambie's kids to talk about their time at KublaCon this year! They talk about mini painting, the things they saw, and the games they played. Ambie and Crystal also talk about some games they played. 0:00-Intro 0:39-Kublacon Recap 14:41-Ambie’s KublaCon 27:53-Outro Join our discord Support us directly at https://ko-fi.com/boardgameblitz Or shop at our merch store or our Amazon Storefront This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BLITZ2026" to get 10% off your entire cart. Consolidated Links For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/439

It's our 10 year anniversary episode! In this special episode, Ambie and Crystal reminisce about how the podcast started and what's happened with it in the past 10 years. Then Ambie has a special trivia game for Crystal to celebrate the 10 year anniversary! We also have a special announcement at the end of the episode. And check out our new merch! 0:00-Intro 0:41-Merch Sale! 1:41-10 Years of Blitz 21:52-10 Year Trivia Game 22:49-Question 1 24:56-Question 2 26:11-Question 3 26:58-Question 4 28:15-Question 5 28:59-Question 6 30:10-Question 7 31:58-Question 8 33:20-Question 9 35:42-Question 10 39:06-Bonus Question 41:03-Announcement 43:11-Outro 44:15-Bloopers Join our discord Support us directly at https://ko-fi.com/boardgameblitz Or shop at our merch store or our Amazon Storefront This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BLITZ2026" to get 10% off your entire cart. Consolidated Links For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/438

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Got Five! and dnup. Then we hop into our time machine to go back to all the 10 previous years of our Blitzies awards and see which games we still love! 0:00-Intro 0:41-Recent Games - Got Five! 6:57-dnup 11:42-Blitzies Look-back 30:44-Outro Join our discord Support us directly at https://ko-fi.com/boardgameblitz Or shop at our merch store or our Amazon Storefront This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BLITZ2026" to get 10% off your entire cart. Consolidated Links For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/437

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Lost in Adventure: The Curse of Jack Parrot and Otter Chaos. Then we reveal our top 5 games of 2025 in our annual awards show, the Blitzies! 0:00-Intro 0:44-Recent Games - Lost in Adventure: The Curse of Jack Parrot 9:51-Otter Chaos 15:15-The 2025 Blitzies 33:51-Outro 34:54-Bloopers Join our discord Support us directly at https://ko-fi.com/boardgameblitz Or shop at our merch store or our Amazon Storefront This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BLITZ2026" to get 10% off your entire cart. Consolidated Links For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/436

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Until Proven Guilty: Thirst for Justice and Taskmaster: The Escape Room. Then we talk about what's been going on the last few weeks since Dice Tower West - Ambie's trip to Taiwan and what board games she saw there, and what Crystal was able to play after she recovered from being sick. Nominate us for a Golden Geek Award here! 0:00-Intro 0:39-Announcements 2:00-Recent Games - Until Proven Guilty: Thirst for Justice 6:42-Taskmaster: The Escape Room 12:45-Taiwan & Stuff 28:09-Outro 29:22-Bloopers Join our discord Support us directly at https://ko-fi.com/boardgameblitz Or shop at our merch store or our Amazon Storefront This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BLITZ2026" to get 10% off your entire cart. Consolidated Links For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/435

Ambie and Crystal discuss Escape Comics: The Alien Ship. Then Ambie interviews Heather Newton, the lead organizer of Protospiel Online, and we learn a bunch about Protospiel and Protospiel Online! 0:00-Intro 0:44-Recent Games - Escape Comics: The Alien Ship 6:34-Interview with Heather Newton 44:55-Outro 45:59-Bloopers See a list of all upcoming Protospiels at http://protospiel.events/ Join the Break My Game Discord https://protospiel.online/joinbmg Join the Protospiel Online Discord https://protospiel.online/community Sign up for Protospiel Online badge sales announcements at https://protospiel.online/future-dates/ Join the Protospiel Online Community Newsletter for news about people and projects from around the Protospiel network https://hello.protospiel.online/ Follow Protospiel Online on social media for Minigame Monday puzzles: Twitch: https://twitch.tv/protospielo Bluesky: @protospielo.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@protospielo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@protospielo Instagram: @protospielo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/protospielo Join our discord Support us directly at https://ko-fi.com/boardgameblitz Or shop at our merch store or our Amazon Storefront This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BLITZ2026" to get 10% off your entire cart. Consolidated Links For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/434