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Today we’re answering questions from someone looking for good games that play up to ten players and someone else looking for games that are good well past their on the box player counts.
To go with that we’re got reviews of three board game expansions for games that we would happily play with ten players: the Codenames Fairy Tales and Sci-Fi Expansions, the Panda Royale Expansion Set, and the Skull King Expansion Pack.
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Find full detailed show notes at https://tabletopbellhop.com/314
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(00:00:00) CHECK-IN
(00:02:13) Announcements
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(00:03:11) Ask The Bellhop
(00:27:05) The Bellhop’s Tabletop
(00:35:47) The Game Room – Codenames Expansions (Fairy Tales, Sci-Fi) Review
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Check out our Codenames Duet review to see why we prefer that version of Codenames: https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/codenames-duet/
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(00:42:12) The Game Room – Panda Royale Expansion Set Review
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(00:51:45) The Game Room – Skull King Expansion Pack Review
Check out our Skull King Review: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep263/#t=00:58:03
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(01:03:41) Closing the Doors
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Today we’re answering questions from someone looking for good games that play up to ten players and someone else looking for games that will work at well past their stated on the box player counts.
To go with that, we’ve got three reviews of board game expansions for games that we would happily play with ten players: the Codenames Fairy Tales and Sci-Fi Expansions, the Panda Royale Expansion Set, and the Skull King Expansion Pack.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 314 was recorded on September 30rd, 2026. You can join us when we record live, usually on Wednesdays at 8 PM Eastern on Twitch.
If you’d like to watch the (slightly less edited) video version of this recording you can jump to the bottom of the post.
Disclosure: Some links below are affiliate links. Using these links costs you nothing extra and helps us offset the cost of producing this show. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Most of the games mentioned in this podcast were provided free by publishers, designers, or distributors.
Send your questions to: questions@tabletopbellhop.com
— Announcements —
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days is hitting October 6th and 7th, due to this we won’t be recording next week.
Be sure to watch our Tabletop Gaming Deals Landing Page and Tabletop Gaming Deals on Blue Sky
Our next live show will be TUESDAY October 13th
— Ask The Bellhop: Board Games For Ten Players — [00:03:11]
Board games you can expand to handle 10 players:
- Carcassonne
- Bohnanza
- The Deadlies
- Hedge Mage
- My City
- Dulce
- Welcome To…
- Railroad Ink
- NMBR9
- Super Skill Pinball
- Caution Signs
- Caution Signs More Fun Ahead
- MonsDRAWcity
- Pitchcar
- The Great Dalmuti
- Between Two Cities
- Blank Slate
- Drop It
- Trash Talk
- Jenga
- Meidum
Board games that play ten but can be expanded for more:
Great board games that play ten out of the box
- Skull King (Use BELLHOP for 15% off)
- Skull King Expansion Pack (Use BELLHOP for 15% off)
- Cartographers Heroes
- Werewolf
- Mafia
- One Night Ultimate Series
- The Resistance
- Feed the Kraken
- Psychobabble
- Formula D
- Codenames
- Concept
- Smug Owls
- Telestrations
- Hues & Cues
Honourable Mentions:
10 player board games from our fans:
- Courage: An Everdell Journeys Expansion
- Among the Stars with expansions
- Sidereal Confluence with expansions
- Uno
- King of Tokyo with expansions
Send your questions to: questions@tabletopbellhop.com
— The Bellhop’s Tabletop: Board Games We’ve Been Playing— [00:27:05]
— Review of The Codenames Expansions (Fairy Tales, Sci-Fi) — [00:35:47]
Fifty new, themed words for Codenames or Codenames Duet, plus some new agent tiles and two bonus cards for Codenames Pictures. Exactly what I want from a Codenames expansion.
- Pick up the Codenames: Fairy Tales Expansion Pack on Amazon
- Pick up the Codenames: Sci-Fi Expansion Pack on Amazon:
- Visit the CGE Amazon Storefront
- Check out our Codenames Duet review to see why we prefer that version of Codenames
- Check out our other CGE content
— Review of the Panda Royale Expansion Set — [00:42:12]
Three new panda clans have entered the tournament, bringing three new dice types to add to your games of Panda Royale adding some new push your luck elements as well as some randomness mitigation and a catch up mechanic.
- Check out our Panda Royale Review
- Pick up Panda Royale on Amazon
- Pick up the Panda Royale Expansion Set direct from Last Night Games
- Check out other games from Last Night Games
— Review of the Skull King Expansion Pack — [00:51:45]
After twelve years the classic pirate themed trick-taker Skull King gets an expansion. This adds new suited cards, a wild card and a new pirate to the base game and also provides a bunch of interesting optional cards like The Stingray and Davy Jones Locker.
- Check out our Skull King Review:
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