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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Funny Pages, The Search for Planet X, and Jackpot Payout. Since we just celebrated our 5 year podcast anniversary, we then revisit our topic of our first episode, conventions!


Announcements: 0:41
Recent Games: 3:06
Conventions: 13:46
Outro: 30:09
Bloopers: 31:13


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Funny Pages: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/330837/funny-pages-comical-puzzle-game
The Search for Planet X: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/279537/search-planet-x
Jackpot Payout: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/299910/jackpot-payout


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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code 'BGBLITZ21' for 20% off non-exclusive items from their site: http://www.greyfoxgames.com/


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Ambie and Crystal talk about Escape Tales: Low Memory, Escape Tales: Children of Wyrmwoods, and Stay Cool. We then talk about board games that use a digital app and what we think about them.


Announcements: 0:53
Recent Games: 4:08
Apps in Games: 17:07
Outro: 34:53
Bloopers: 35:46


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Escape Tales: Low Memory: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/282291/escape-tales-low-memory
Escape Tales: Children of Wyrmwoods: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/299800/escape-tales-children-wyrmwoods
Stay Cool: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/267475/stay-cool


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This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code 'BGBLITZ21' for 20% off non-exclusive items from their site: http://www.greyfoxgames.com/


For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/286

Ambie and Crystal discuss Winning Streak (a book), The Meaples (a song album), and Musical Chairs (this one's a board game). We then talk about unique themes in board games.


Recent Games: 0:43
Unique Themes: 11:00
Outro: 26:50
Bloopers: 27:45


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Winning Streak: http://winningstreakbook.com/
The Meaples album: https://themeaples.bandcamp.com/releases
Musical Chairs: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/294216/musical-chairs


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Ambie and Crystal discuss Hey Yo and Draftosaurus. We then talk about our top 5 favorite roll & write games.

Announcements: 0:37
Recent Games: 2:51
Top 5 Roll & Write: 11:26
Outro: 37:36
Bloopers: 38:31

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Vote for the Golden Geek Awards: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekawards/boardgame

Hey Yo: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/324467/hey-yo
Draftosaurus: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264055/draftosaurus

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Ambie and Crystal discuss Black Sonata and Viscounts of the West Kingdom. We then talk about how mental health and mental illness is depicted in board games.

Recent Games: 0:39
Mental Health: 12:11
Outro: 29:44
Bloopers: 30:39

Listen to Meeple Overboard's discussion on mental health: https://www.dicetower.com/game-podcast/meeple-overboard/mental-health-depression-and-board-games-dan-hughes

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Black Sonata: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/231218/black-sonata
Viscounts of the West Kingdom: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/296151/viscounts-west-kingdom

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Ambie and Crystal discuss Horrified and The Castles of Tuscany. We then talk about flavor text in board games. In the return of the Board Game Etymology segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "flavor."

Announcements: 0:47
Recent Games: 1:54
Flavor Text: 13:25
Board Game Etymology - 'Flavor': 31:32
Outro: 33:02
Bloopers: 34:15

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Horrified: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/282524/horrified
The Castles of Tuscany: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300327/castles-tuscany

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