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.
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This episode includes:
—Suggestion Box – Fan Feedback —
Free Online Board Gaming:
Comparison of three of the best sites for playing board games online for free
Bret Spiel Welt
Gloomhaven:
The Gloomhaven Helper App
Our Gloomhaven Actual Plays
6 Player Game Recommendations:
29 of the Best Board Games for Six Players
Medici
Rise of Augustus
Decrypto
Time’s Up Title Recall
—Announcements—
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Renegade Games #WorldWidePlayDay
Today was another Renegade Games #WorldWidePlay day, which featured the card game Arboretum. Deanna and I streamed our play where we used Renegade’s Worldwide Events.
Watch this actual play on YouTube
Free Print and Play Games to Play while Stuck at Home:
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Over 200 Tabletop Games to Play for Free at Home
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—The Lobby Check In—
We record this podcast live on Twitch every Wednesday night at 9pm Eastern and we love being able to interact with people who join us in The Lobby, our chatroom on Twitch.
—Ask The Bellhop—
It is the last Wednesday of April which means it’s time for another AMA or Ask Us anything. Tonight instead of tackling one of the many questions our fans have written in with we will be answering questions live from our chatroom.
Newish games we want to try:
Tapestry
Canvas
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
Call to Adventure
Harry Potter Perilous Potions
Back to the Future Back in Time
Easy games for 3-5 year olds:
10 of the best three player board games for playing with a toddler
Monza
Animal Upon Animal
Zimbbos!
Froggy Boogie
Gobblet Gobblers
Hoot Owl Hoot
Ladybug’s Costume Party
Games easy to play over Discord that aren’t as complex as D&D:
Great board games with little to no physical interaction
For the Queen
Powered By The Apocalypse
Fate
Hero Kids
Mermaid Adventures
Descended from the Queen
Fiasco
Rockerboys & Vending Machines
Love & Justice
Lasers & Feelings
Lady Blackbird
Cosmic Patrol
Dungeon World
The Quiet Year
Follow
The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Next off the pile of shame:
War of the Ring
Julius Caesar
Vikings 878
Eminent Domain Exotica
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Core Set
Games we were hyped to get but never played:
Descent Journeys in the Dark 2nd Edition
CO2 Second Chance
Runewars The Miniature Game
Conan the Board Game
Next upgrade for our shows:
Lights
Camera for Cards
Blackmagic Mini Mixer
We’re not desperate enough to play:
Candyland
Cards Against Humanity
Harry Potter Clue
Drinkopoly
Favourite Dexterity Game:
Go Cuckoo
Pitchcar
Hamsterolle
Gift games we were disappointed with:
eBay Electronic Talking Auction Game
Dr. Who Yahtzee
Snarf Quest
Kickstarters we lost enthusiasm for:
Aeon Trespass Odyssey
Wasteland 2
Shadowrun Returns
Tremulus
Mobile Frame Zero
Best Cthulhu Themed Game:
Trail of Cthulhu
Cthulhu Death May Die
—The Game Room—
A review of the two-player cooperative trick-taking game The Fox in the Forest Duet
Written review of The Fox in the Forest Duet
Pick up your own copy of The Fox in the Forest Duet
—The Bellhop’s Tabletop—
A look at what games hit our tabletops over the last week.
Unlabeled
Coimbra
The Fox in the Forest Duet
The Fox in the Forest
Medium
Terraforming Mars
Arboretum Deluxe
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