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#Unboxing – Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy – Kickstarter Edition including Worlds Afar Expansion with all Stretch Goals

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A live unboxing of the hobby board game Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy, Kickstarted in 2019 by Kolossal Games.

This video includes the Kickstarter version of the base game as well as the Worlds Afar Expansion box with all of the Kickstarter Stretch Goals, which includes all add-ons except for the "ship wash" and the playmat. [ READ MORE ]

King Me! – A Family Game from Ravensburger that is an Evolution of Checkers

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Draughts or Checkers as it's better known in North America has been around for over 5000 years and continues to be a popular board game even now. Today I'm going to review King Me!, a game that takes the basic mechanics of Checkers and turns it into a family weight area majority boardgame.

Like it's predecessor, Checkers, King Me! from Ravensburger only plays two players. While the basic mechanics may be the same, there's a lot more to King Me! than moving diagonally and jumping over the opponent's pieces. [ READ MORE ]

FreeD6 – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 90

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 This is the 90th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on May 6th 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.

FreeD6 - Free tabletop games (RPGs and board games) that use standard six-sided dice. Plus a review of Clans of Caledonia. And we also take a first look at the Exotica Expansion for Eminent Domain and a couple of plays of the family game Woodlands. [ READ MORE ]

Board Game #Unboxing Hall of Heroes, the first expansion for Raiders of the North Sea from Renegade Game Studios.

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A live unboxing of the first expansion for the Raiders of the North Sea, Hall of Heroes. A board game from Renegade Game Studios. 

This expansion adds one to the player count. A Mead Hall board is also added, along with a number of new Vikings and heroes and a new quest system, greatly increasing the variability and replayability of the base game. [ READ MORE ]

25 Free Tabletop Games That Only Require You to Have Some Standard Dice on Hand to Play – Ask The Bellhop

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Looking for some games to play with the resources you already have on hand? Here is a list of free board games and role playing games that only require you to have some standard D6 dice on hand as well as maybe needing to print out a few additional free resources to play.

Jeff writes:
What are some good, free, printable, D6 games for family night? One autistic, one ADHD. We play games like Yahtzee and Farkle but would like and are willing to expand into the RPG multiverse. [ READ MORE ]

Review of Clans of Caledonia an Economic Board Game set in 19th-Century Scotland

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Clans of Caledonia: A Game about Whisky, Trade and Glory. This was the title of the Kickstarter for Clans of Caledonia the board game and I've got to say that name caught my interest right away. 

In this economic strategy game for 1 to 4 players, you take on the role of one of many Scottish Clans in 19th-Century Scotland and work to improve Scotland through trade and export.  [ READ MORE ]

Spring Fling AMA – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 89

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 This is the 89th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on April 29th 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.

Spring Fling AMA - Topics include: easy games for toddlers, games to play over Discord, newish games we want to try, favourite dexterity games, gaming gifts we didn’t appreciate, Kickstarters we lost enthusiasm for, best Cthulhu games, a pile of shame update, the first upgrade we would make for our shows, and more. Also a review of The Fox in the Forest Duet followed by some online gaming, date night gaming and another Renegade #WorldWidePlayDay event. [ READ MORE ]

Review of The Fox in the Forest Duet, a cooperative trick taking card game for two players

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Sometimes you only have two players, you want to play a board game together and you really want to play together on the same team. That is where a two-player cooperative board game like The Fox in the Forest Duet really shines.

The Fox in the Forest Duet is not to be confused with just The Fox in the Forest, which is also a two-player trick-taking card game with a fairy tale theme. We're talking about the Duet version of this card game, the big difference being that The Fox in the Forest Duet is cooperative. [ READ MORE ]