@ambierona
Board games - song parodies, podcast, videos (@boardgameblitz.bsky.social). Mom of twins. Board game children’s book & songs. Jigsaw puzzles. Puzzle games on twitch. http://portaly.cc/ambievaldes (she/her)
Screenshot of mobile game showing apps Engine, Kitchen, Desk, Locomotive
Playing more How 2 Escape with @ambierona.bsky.social
twitch.tv/JoeSondow
twitch.tv/ambierona
My February game highlights included our second campaign playthrough of Cozy Stickerville from @unexpectedgames.bsky.social and a few puzzle games from @letibus.bsky.social ! Also attempting to figure out City of Six Moons from @amabel.bsky.social
youtu.be/R8Xl-FXmpt4
Listening now and I love the “Mommy I want a hug” in the middle of a game 😆
My February update is up on Ko-Fi! Lots of streaming this month (mostly this last week for Next Fest) so not as much time for editing but I still did quite a few videos. And making progress on my song parody!
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I made a (hopefully funny) short about analysis paralysis! I came up with this idea after recording our podcast episode 254 and hearing Crystal's blurb in the intro for "less time than it takes to..."
Not our usual video content, but it was fun to make!
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Thanks, but I’m not super into strategy games or digital card games.
I'm playing a bunch of puzzle game demos for this week's Steam Next Fest and I'll be uploading the VODs to my YouTube channel in a playlist. I'm also streaming on Twitch every weekday morning this week to get through the list of demos I want to play!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Look at me talking about all the new hotness like Trajan 😆
Hah yeah they’re getting old!
I asked my 6yo’s:
A: “Similar to a CD but it’s different”
B: “It looks the same, right?” They do music, right?”
My 6yo: “is nighttime a weather?”
Me: “no”
6yo: “really? But sunny is a weather. Is moon a weather?”
Kids make such good points.
Me with my hair in two braided buns and a couple strands of hair in front.
Hairstyle #3 done!
Me with the Rumi hairstyle eating some cup noodles with chopsticks
Time for my pre-show ramyeon!
Me with my attempt at a Rumi braid hairstyle. You can see the back in a mirror. Bottom of the braid is messy because the hair gets thin, and there are lots of messy strands of hair coming out of my head too.
This is as good as I’m gonna get it… turns out the Rumi braid is hard to do to your own hair when all you normally know how to do is just brush your hair and you don’t have any hair spray. And also it doesn’t work too well with hair that’s cut in layers.
The Daily Spell is a really neat daily puzzle where it’s a continuing story throughout the week! It’s fun reading the news story each day after figuring out the headline!
Yup! It’s gonna take forever to do the Rumi braid (purple haired one)
Me with my skeleton meeple shirt and my hand in a phone symbol. My hair has two strands in the front and a half of each side in a high ponytail, with the back down.
I almost never do anything with my hair other than brush it, so it’s kinda a big thing that I’m trying something new with my hair styles for my upcoming music video! This is the first of 3… can you guess who I’m going for?
(It’ll make more sense when it goes with music)
I’ll be talking about Jisogi from @esperbgs.bsky.social on Thursday’s podcast since we just played it twice - once with the old rules and once with the new! So I was super excited this morning when I saw that they just launched a new KS that has an upgrade pack!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/esp...
I’m excited to watch the Thinky Awards and I think this year I’ll actually be able to catch most of it live! If you like thinky puzzle games then check out the awards - you can see all the nominations currently at thinkygames.com/events/awards/
I stopped tracking my puzzles on Puzzle Tracker app but I still track them on a spreadsheet and I did 13 jigsaw puzzles in January. A lot were with other people since I went to a mini competition yesterday!
BG Stats 5 x 5. Play count: 6: Bomb Busters; 5: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Trick-Taking Game; 2: Exit: The Game – The Magical Academy; 2: My First Adventure: Argonuts; 1: Jisogi: Anime Studio Tycoon; 1: Dig it Up!: Crack the Crate; 1: CoraQuest; 1: Unpublished Prototype; 1: EXIT: The Game – Family: 2 Escape Adventures; 1: Kids Chronicles: Quest for the Moon Stones; 1: Story Time Chess; 1: EXIT: The Game – Kids: Midnight Spooktacular; 1: Platypus; 1: EXIT: The Game – Kids: Riddles in Monsterville; 1: Moonlight Castle; 1: Mysterium Kids: Captain Echo's Treasure; 1: Story Time Backgammon; 1: Johnny the Skull Pirate's Cove; 1: Animal Upon Animal.
And here are all the board games I played in January! 30 plays, 19 games. Highlights were escape room games with kids, CoraQuest with kids, and Jisogi (with adults)!
I also made a Valentine’s Day meeple shirt design in January! I guess I had a productive January. I also might make some printable Valentine’s cards with this design, but I need ideas for good board game Valentine text.
www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8676...
It’s already February! Here’s my January update on Ko-fi with all the videos I made. ko-fi.com/post/January...
I just finished Spooky Express from @draknek.bsky.social yesterday, and I loved the game! But not just because of the puzzles, I loved the cute comics and songs throughout the worlds! I also had fun making up lyrics for the music, so here’s a video with all those songs!
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I’ve been enjoying this daily puzzle game! It’s a daily drop quote puzzle with a continuing story throughout the whole thing! And you can play all the archives too!
Board Game Beat is officially launched & loaded with content...with more to come as I report on Spielwarenmesse!
If you're into independent board game journalism—articles, videos, interviews, news, reviews & more—please check it out and share.
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To pre-celebrate National Puzzle Day on Jan. 29, my pal Chad Krizan is giving away 500 handcrafted wooden puzzles from his Puzzle Bomb company to U.S. residents: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Why? (1) Because he's a nice guy, but also certainly (2) He hopes you'll buy more puzzles in the future.
Screenshot of Joe and Ambie streaming on Twitch together, a game called How 2 Escape
Playing more How 2 Escape with @ambierona.bsky.social
twitch.tv/JoeSondow
twitch.tv/ambierona
I finished recording a new song parody (just audio so far) and it made me remember how much I love singing! I kinda wish I could speed up the other parts of the process so I could record more singing 😆
Or I can just sing karaoke more. I miss Twitch Sings 😭
In today’s episode we talk about games we can’t say no to! We also talk about CoraQuest (I finally got to play it with my kids!!) and Hot Streak! Check it out on your podcast feed or YT!
@cmyk.games
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