Ambie and Crystal have a special Q&A episode to celebrate the 250th episode of Board Game Blitz!.

0:00-Intro
0:35-Q&A
03:52-What 3-5 episodes from the first 250 are the most memorable to you?
06:49-What is the coolest thing you've gotten to do as a result of doing the podcast?
11:51-What game(s) has your opinion of changed the most? Was it overplay, opponents, otherwise, that prompted the change?
15:10-Best movie of the last 10 years?
18:13-Favourite/least favourite board game themes.
20:41-How has the tech side of making podcasts changed for you from your first episodes to now?
26:02-If you could pick one under-appreciated or lesser known board game that you would want people to know about, what would it be?
27:14-Who would your dream guest be for the show?
29:25-What question do you wish you got asked during these AMAs?
30:12-What has been the most surprising thing that has happened in the last 250 episodes?
32:17-How many games could you teach without the rule book?
34:37-What’s been your most gifted game (as in: what game do you gift to others the most)?
35:58-What milestones have gone by for you in the last 10 years?
41:21-Outro
42:25-Bloopers

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Ambie and Crystal interview Blaž Urban Gracar, the designer of All is Bomb, LOK, Abdec, LOK Digital, Workworkwork, and Herd! Check out all his games on his website Letibus Design. Herd figurines designed by Vojta Karen.

0:00-Intro
0:36-Interview with Blaž
31:08-Outro
32:03-Bloopers

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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Spirits of the Wild: Awakening and Numberwang. Then, in honor of Crystal's upcoming wedding, we talk about board games that are about love, and we play some questions of The Couples Game!

0:00-Intro
0:41-Recent Games - Spirits of the Wild: Awakening
8:34-Numberwang
16:56-Love Games
31:40-Outro
32:44-Bloopers

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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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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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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).
Check out Amanda on all her links!

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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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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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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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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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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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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