Hi, I’m Deanna, wife to the Bellhop and mom to two gamers in training.
All those games that the Bellhop reviews or mentions in his weekly round ups? I’m at the table and playing about 90% of the time.
One of my main jobs here at this virtual gaming hotel is to moderate the live chat during our Wednesday night Twitch streams. I’m also the editor for this site (so, yes, every one of Moe’s typos or spelling errors that has slipped out into the wild — that’s on me) and the one in charge of blog maintenance and SEO.
I can also be found hard at work tracking down deals for our various tabletop game deals pages and tweeting away on our @Tabletop Deals account, where Moe and I tag off taking turns sharing the best board game and RPG deals from around the net.
In 2024 I started taking part in our weekly podcast as a co-host. So now you get to hear my thoughts on games first hand. I tend to love heavier games, avoid party games when I can, and run away from dex games screaming.
For RPGs, I started with Red Box D&D back in the 80s (and I still have a soft spot for OSR style). The last long-term campaign I played in was Warhammer Fantasy 3rd ed. More recently I’ve played World Wide Wrestling, Numenera and Savage Worlds one shots.
For board games, three games stand out from my 80s childhood: Rat Race, Electronic Detective, and Dark Tower. Settlers of Catan was my gateway to modern hobby board gaming. Stefan Feld is my fav game designer. Trajan is one of my favourite board games. Other long time favourites include Hacienda, Terraforming Mars, and Steam.
For some more recent favourites, my top “new to me in 2024” games were: Star Tycoon, Tir na nOg, Endeavor Deep Sea, Targi, Centurion, Terraforming Mars Area Expedition, and Zensu. You can hear us talk about this in episode 262 of The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, New Year, New Games: 2024 Wrap Up.
If you want to more more about me you can check out episode 241 of the podcast, where I get grilled in a “Ask Deanna Anything” AMA.
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