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Drinking The Player Aid – Talking Fan Created Game Aids – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast


This is the 62nd episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on October 9th, 2019. 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.


Drinking the Player Aid – Talking Fan Created Tabletop Game Aids. Also in this episode, a review of the digital version of Terraforming Mars on Steam, more Eminent Domain with and without the Escalation Expansion, and gaming at a wedding reception in our Bellhop’s Tabletop segment.

Disclosure: Some links below are affiliate links. Using these links costs you nothing extra and we earn a small commission, which helps us offset the cost of producing this show. Some games mentioned in this podcast were provided by publishers in the form of review copies.


This episode includes:

—Suggestion Box—

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The Bellhop’s MeWe Page
FASA Star Trek

Paranoia
Tyrants of the Underdark

—Ask The Bellhop—

Today we have a question from a long time fan of the show, Ryan Peach, perhaps better known as RedMeepleRyan on Twitter.

Ryan has a bunch of questions about player aids:

What are your thoughts on fan-created game aids?
Are they table clutter, or do they actually help?
Are they better for new players or will veterans also benefit?
If you use them, in your experience, which aids or kinds of aids help the most and least?
Are there games that you wish had aids, but do not yet?
Are there games where you feel they aren’t needed?
Has a player aid like a rules summary ever replaced a game’s rulebook for you?

Games mentioned and other links:

WindsorExtraLife
TABS
Suburbia
Esoteric Order of Gamers
Board Game Geek
Race for the Galaxy
Dyson Logos Character Sheets
Gloomhaven Helper App.
Terraforming Mars
Back to School – Teaching Games Podcast Ep 
World Wide Wrestling
Endeavor Age of Sail
Magic the Gathering
Keyforge
Wasteland Express Delivery Service
NDP Design
Dungeon Lords
Lost in Translation – What to do when you’ve got a bad rulebook?
Shafausa
Egizia
Euphoria Build a Better Dystopia
Coin Capsules

Related blog post:
A Discussion On Tabletop Game Player Aids?

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Thursday Live Streams:

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—The Road to Extra Life 2019—

Up next we have a Great Canadian Board Game Blitz hitting on October 12th.
The big event is coming up quick on November 2nd/3rd.
We will be at The CG Realm 10am Saturday until 6pm Sunday.
Silent Auction all weekend and Live Auction at 7pm Saturday.

Join us on Twitch!

—The Game Room – Terraforming Mars on Steam—

A review of the digital version of Terraforming Mars from Asmodee Digital on Steam.

Terraforming Mars on Steam
Terraforming Mars the physical version

—The Bellhop’s Tabletop—

A look at what games hit our tabletops over the last week.

Azul
Wedding Bells Ep 36
Bananagrams
Kerfuddle

Related blog posts:
Playing Azul at a Rather Geeky Wedding


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