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Talking about great word games. Also a review of Sorcerer from White Wizard Games and a bunch of games in our week in review including Big Trouble In Little China, Terra Mystica, Gorinto, Azul Summer Pavilion, Go Cuckoo, Lost Cities Rivals and Imhotep.
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Can I have a Word. Talking about great word games. Also a review of Sorcerer from White Wizard Games and a bunch of games in our week in review including Big Trouble In Little China, Terra Mystica, Gorinto, Azul Summer Pavilion, Go Cuckoo, Lost Cities Rivals and Imhotep.
This is the 75th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on January 22nd, 2020, Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern on Twitch.
If youβd like to watch the (slightly less edited) video version of this recording you can jump to the bottom of the post.
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This episode includes:
—Suggestion Box— [00:01:18]
Games for under $50
Lords of Waterdeep
Terraforming Mars
Red 7
Shadowrun Beginner Box 5e Review
Shadowrun Sixth World Beginner Box
Best Licenced Games
X-Wing
Imperial Assault
Dune
Great 5 Player Games:
Dogs of War
Game of Thrones the Board Game
We would love an Apple Podcast Review
—Ask The Bellhop— [00:14:58]
Todayβs question comes from founding patron of the show Brian Kurtz,
Are there any good word-based games out there besides Scrabble? In your opinion, is this even a category? Does it include word-guessing games like Taboo or Charades, or word-defining games like Balderdash?
Scrabble
Upwords
Boggle
Quiddler
Tapple
Word on the Street
Kerfuddle
Bananagrams
Pictomania
Knit Wit
Hardback
Train of Thought
Codenames
Letter Tycoon
Just One
Letter Jam
Werewords
Trapwords
Article: 18 of the Best Word-Based Board Games.
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—The Game Room – Sorcerer from White Wizard Games— [00:53:19]
A review of the dueling card game Sorcerer.
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Written Review of Sorcerer on the Blog
Sorcerer Unboxing Video
Sorcerer Three Player Actual Play Video
—The Bellhop’s Tabletop— [01:16:19]
A look at what games hit our tabletops over the last week.
Big Trouble in Little China The Game
Legacy of Lo Pan Expansion
Terra Mystica
Gorinto
Azul Summer Pavilion
Lost Cities Rivals
Go Cuckoo
Imhotep
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A fun chat celebrating the best in word games.