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After dinner board gaming with 6 players – Ask the Bellhop

January 19, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

I'm going back to the oldest question in the pile and talking about some higher player count hidden gem boardgames. I also thought this question fit well for a follow up to the last Ask the Bellhop where we talked about food at game night.

Emmett O'Brian asks,

What are some underrated/lesser known 4-6 player board games that can be played after dinner?

Thanks for the question Emmett. My Monday night game group is usually in this player count range so hopefully I can suggest some games that weren't on your radar. [ READ MORE ]

Gaming in the New Year – Episode 24 – Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

January 15, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This is the 24th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on January 9th, 2019. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesday’s at 9:30 Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio you can also watch/listen to an unedited version of the show over on YouTube.

Ep 24 - Gaming in the New Year. We are now live streaming Gloomhaven. We take a look at the classic TSR Marvel Super Heroes RPG and then we recap the games we played during Gaming in the New Year. [ READ MORE ]

Game Night Food Etiquette – Ask The Bellhop

January 15, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Today we’ve got a two for one special on food based tabletop game night questions.

Drew Sanderson asks,

Game Night food etiquette. How important is it?

Ivan Sorensen asks,

What is the best way to organize the food run, so it doesn’t cut into game time? [ READ MORE ]

Streaming, FLGS gaming, and my daughter teaches me a game – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

January 15, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This week had lots of Race for the Galaxy being played on Board Game Arena. We also played and streamed our next mission in Gloomhaven.

Saturday, D and I hit up the CG Realm Game Night and got in plays of Gizmos, Terraforming Mars (with Prelude expansion) and Dinosaur Island.

Yesterday, my daughter taught me how to play Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle. [ READ MORE ]

Second Semester – Episode 23 – Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

January 8, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This is the 23nd episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on January 2nd, 2019. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesday’s at 9:30 Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio you can also watch/listen to an unedited version of the show over on YouTube.

Ep 23 - Second Semester. Week in review featuring Gloomhaven, Sagrada vs Azul, two Harry Potter games and the Minecraft card game. Then we return to teaching games. This time with a focus on teaching new vs. experienced gamers. [ READ MORE ]

Gloomhaven – Now Streaming Live! – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

January 7, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Last Friday we tried something new. We live streamed our play of Gloomhaven.

I think it went well. Well enough that we are going to plan to live stream all of our future Gloomhaven games on The Tabletop Bellhop Twitch Channel.

The other big gaming thing that happened this past week was my annual Gaming In The New Year party! We had a good turnout and lots of games got played. [ READ MORE ]

Gaming in the New Year 2018 – Recap

January 7, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Every year I host a Gaming in the New Year party at my place on New Year's Eve. This year was no exception.

I have a group of my friends over and we play games through the night and early into the morning. We take a short break for pizza but basically it's about 12 hours of non-stop gaming.

I closed out 2018 and welcomed 2019 with 8 different games and 14 total plays. [ READ MORE ]

#LessShameMoreGame – a quest to reduce my board game pile of shame.

January 5, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

As of right now I own 78 79 different board games and expansions that I have yet to get to the table.

I call this collection my "Pile of Shame" though physically it's four different stacks of games scattered around my game room.

One of my goals for 2019 is to reduce my pile of shame and I'm going to track my progress here on the blog and on social media using the hashtag: #LessShameMoreGame.

I encourage you to take part as well and work on reducing your own piles. Use the hashtag and we can share our progress. [ READ MORE ]

A look back at my first RPG, TSR Marvel Super Heroes

January 3, 2019 by Moe T. 4 Comments

For today's #ThrowbackThursday I'm taking a look back at a classic review of the Marvel Super Heroes "Yellow Box" from TSR.

This review was originally published on July 3rd 2011 after I dusted off my copy of TSR Marvel and ran a game for some of my friends.

Below you will find my original review, with only very minor editing. I'm trying to keep the feel and tone of the original post. I will, at times, insert comments or corrections, and you will find these in [square brackets]. After the original post, you can find my current thoughts on the game reviewed. [ READ MORE ]

HINDSIGHT/FORESIGHT – EP 22 TABLETOP BELLHOP PODCAST

January 1, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This is the 22nd episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on December 26th, 2018. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesday’s at 9:30 Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio you can also watch/listen to an unedited version of the show over on YouTube.

Ep 22 - Hindsight/Foresight Some games off the pile of shame, date night gaming followed by our look back at 2018 and some plans for 2019 [ READ MORE ]