This is the 79th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on February 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.
Oldies but goodies. Talking about older games still worth playing. Also, in The Game Room we’re talking about Medium, our review went live on the blog today and that means our Giveaway is live! In The Bellhop’s Tabletop segment we’ve got Raiders of the North Sea with Hall of Heroes, Gold West, Medium, Terra Mystica, Clans of Caledonia and Minecraft Builders & Biomes.
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This episode includes:
—Suggestion Box—
Wargames without the army building:
NUTS!
Army Men Combat
OGRE
5 player games:
Space Base
Spartacus
—Ask The Bellhop—
Ashley Rabum writes:
I just started listening and am going through the back catalogue and I’m loving it. I do have a question though- it’s kind of two questions but I think they are related. 1 ) what are some older / out of print games that you would recommend tracking down?. 2) Are there any games with older editions in which the older edition is worth holding on to / tracking down/ better than the more recent edition?
Links:
Ep 56 Treasure Hunt – Finding Rare/Out of Print Games
Great classic games:
Catan
El Grande
Ra
Samurai
Acquire
Lost Cities
Pitchcar
Chinatown
Bohnanza
Torres
Space Hulk
HeroQuest
Primordial Soup
The Starfarers of Catan
The Great Dalmuti
Quoridor
Battletech
Dune
Magic the Gathering
Can’t Stop
Ghostbuster II International
Paranoia 2nd Edition
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st Edition
AD&D 2nd Edition Skills & Powers
Star Wars Introductory Adventure Game
Games where the old edition is better:
Civilization
Acquire
Robo Rally
Article: Tabletop Gaming Classics: 18 of the best old board game (plus 5 of the best old RPGs)
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Medium Giveaway
We are giving away THREE copies of Medium.
Two as part of our review here on the blog.
One at The CG Realm. Come do a demo on Feb 22nd!
Breakout Con
The entire Tabletop Bellhop team will be at Breakout Con in Toronto, Ontario on March 20-22
—The Game Room – Medium Review & Giveaway—
A review of Medium, a mind-reading party game from Greater Than Games and Storm Chaser Games.
Medium Review and Giveaway
Medium Unboxing Video
Pick up your own copy of Medium
—The Bellhop’s Tabletop—
A look at what games hit our tabletops over the last week.
Gloomhaven
Gold West
Raiders of the North Sea
Hall of Heroes
Medium
Terra Mystica
Clans of Caledonia
Minecraft Builders & Biomes
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