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Surprisingly Easy Board Games: Heavy games that are easy to teach and learn, Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 106

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 Surprisingly Easy Board Games - Heavy games that are easy to teach and learn. A follow up to our topic from a few weeks back where we talked about surprisingly complex games. Today we are looking at the flip side of the coin with surprisingly easy games. Once we get to The Game Room we will be looking at Trade & Intrigue, the second expansion for Orleans featuring four optional modules and Flick Wars a dexterity based strategy wargame, plus, of course, we end off with our usual week in review.

Episode 106 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded September 9th, 2020. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio, you can also watch/listen to individual segments from this show on YouTube. [ READ MORE ]

RPG Artifacts and Mementos – Physical items left over long after the game is done – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 105

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 RPG Artifacts and Momentos - A discussion of the physical items that are left over long after the game is done. Along with this discussion we’ve got reviews of Sanctum and the Exotica Expansion for Eminent Domain. We wrap up with some Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion and talk about the board game arena version of Quoridor a classic abstract game.

Episode 105 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded August 30th, 2020. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio, you can also watch/listen to individual segments from this show on YouTube. [ READ MORE ]

Inaugural Reviewapalooza: Breakdancing, Hirelings, Lasers, Batman and a Haunted Coaster – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 104

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 Inaugural Reviewapalooza - This is replacing our usual end of month AMA live Q&A. In this review filled episode we are looking at one RPG, Runaway Hirelings, and four board games including, Breakdancing Meeples, Talisman Batman Super-Villains Edition, Roll for Lasers and EXIT The Haunted Roller Coaster. In addition, during the Bellhop's Tabletop Segment we continue our playthrough of the Pathfinder Adventure Cards Game Core Set, plus some more Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion. 

Episode 104 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded August 26th, 2020. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio, you can also watch/listen to individual segments from this show on YouTube. [ READ MORE ]

Surprisingly complex games – Games that were much more than we expected – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 103

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 Surprisingly Complex Games - Games that were much more than we expected. In this episode, we talk about games that surprised us in a good way. In the game room, we compare a couple of games with older versions of them. First will be how Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion differs from Gloomhaven and then Mermaid Adventures Revised, which is now a setting book for The Pip System Corebook. In The Bellhop's Tabletop, we talk about Camp Capstone, another online game convention, and Runaway Hirelings an improv-heavy fantasy RPG.

Episode 103 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded August 19th, 2020. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio, you can also watch/listen to individual segments from this show on YouTube. [ READ MORE ]

Scaling the Game – How game complexity scales with experience – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 102

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 Scaling the Game - In this week's Ask The Bellhop segment we discuss how game complexity scales with experience. We get into detailed reviews of Telestrations Upside Drawn, a team-based version of the classic party game, and The Pip System Corebook, a universal roleplaying system great for new players and for gaming with kids. Also initial thoughts on Roll for Lasers and Breakdancing Meeple, as well as a return to Talisman Batman Super-Villains Edition in our week in review.

Episode 102 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded August 12th 2020. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio, you can also watch/listen to individual segments from this show on YouTube. [ READ MORE ]

Two Years In – Second Anniversary AMA – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 101

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 Two Years In - Second Anniversary AMA. Live Q&A topics include snacks, our views on interviews, scheduling tips and failures, blogging and podcasting behind the scenes and lessons learned, Instagram success tips, and the first things we want to do when this pandemic is over. Also detailed reviews of Quodd Heroes and the Shadowrun Sixth World Beginner Box, plus our Gen Con Online 2020 Experience.

Episode 101 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded August 5th, 2020. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio, you can also watch/listen to individual segments from this show on YouTube. [ READ MORE ]

One Hundred – 100 episodes down and hopefully many more to come – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 100

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 One Hundred - Celebrating our 100th podcast episode. In honour of this milestone we’ve got a special retrospective segment we’re adding to the show tonight and we’re launching our next board game giveaway. Then we’re answering one of the best questions I think we’ve ever been asked. We’re still going to do a couple of detailed reviews, those will be Katana and Jaws and then I’ve got some initial thoughts on the Pathfinder Adventure Card game along with a couple of our favourite two player games in our week in review.

Episode 100 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded July 22nd, 2020. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio, you can also watch/listen to individual segments from this show on YouTube. [ READ MORE ]

For Sale – How to get the most for your unwanted games – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 99

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 For Sale - Getting the most from your unwanted games, a follow up to last week’s topic of deciding which games in your collection to get rid of. Also a detailed review of Bastille from Queen Games and Family Secrets the first episode of Escape Mail an escape mail experience delivered to your door. Finally, a number of games in our Bellhop’s Tabletop week in review including a first look at Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy, plus Maki Stack, Katana, Jaws, Codenames Duet and Medium.

Episode 99 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded July 16th, 2020. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio, you can also watch/listen to individual segments from this show on YouTube. [ READ MORE ]

Thinning the Herd – How to decide what game(s) to remove from your collection – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 98

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 Thinning the Herd - Curating your game collection, when you must get rid of some gams how do you decide which? In addition, we have two detailed game reviews, first off Codenames Duet and second Lost Cities: Rivals. Finally in our week in review we talk a bit more about Lost Cities Rivals and a four player game of a hidden gem from Queen Games: Bastille.

Episode 98 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded July 8th, 2020. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio, you can also watch/listen to individual segments from this show on YouTube. [ READ MORE ]