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Surprisingly Complex Games – Games that were much more than we expected. This episode we talk about games that surprised us in a good way. In the game room were comparing a couple of games with older versions of them. First will be how Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion differs from Gloomhaven and then Mermaid Adventures Revised, a setting book for The Pip system Corebook we reviewed last week. In The Bellhops Tabletop we talk about Camp Capstone another online game convention and Runaway Hirelings an improv heavy fantasy RPG.
Episode 103 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded August 19th 2020. Join us Wednesdays at Eight PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop.
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Surprisingly Complex Games – Games that were much more than we expected. In this episode, we talk about games that surprised us in a good way. In the game room, we compare a couple of games with older versions of them. First will be how Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion differs from Gloomhaven and then Mermaid Adventures Revised, which is now a setting book for The Pip System Corebook. In The Bellhop’s Tabletop, we talk about Camp Capstone, another online game convention, and Runaway Hirelings an improv-heavy fantasy RPG.
Episode 103 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded August 19th, 2020. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern on Twitch.
If you’d 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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—Suggestion Box – Fan Feedback— [00:02:07]
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Pip System Corebook:
Written Review
YouTube The Gameroom Segment
Other great Kids’ RPGs
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Amazing Tales
No Thank You, Evil!
Tiny Dungeon Hatchling Edition
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Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion Unboxing
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—Ask The Bellhop— [00:11:54]
This week we have a question from a long time fan of our show, Prayerborne, who wrote to say:
“I’ve actually thought before that an interesting discussion topic would be “Surprisingly advanced games” older games with mechanics we think of as recent inventions, or even newer games that are ‘gamier’ than we’d expect (mass-marketed Hunger Games: District 12 is a EURO!?!)”
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—The Game Room: Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion— [01:14:51]
A discussion on what’s new in Gloomhavne Jaws of the Lion when compared to the original.
Written article: On How Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion is Different from the Original
Jaws of the Lion Unboxing
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—The Game Room: Mermaid Adventures Revised— [01:44:07]
A review of the softcover printing of Mermaid Adventures Revised, an underwater setting sourcebook for the Pip System Corebook.
Mermaid Adventures Revised Full Review
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Review of the original edition of Mermaid Adventures
—The Bellhop’s Tabletop— [02:02:14]
Cool gaming stuff we’ve been involved in over the last week:
Camp Capstone
The Brawling Brothers Podcast
Curious Cargo
Ian O’Toole
Wheel Tapping
Watergate
Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion
Our Twitch Channel
Runaway Hirelings
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