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Keep it Simple – Ways board game designers make their games easier to learn and teach. A follow up to last week’s topic where we highlighted 15 heavier games that are easier to learn and play than you might think. In the Game Room we have reviews of the Animal Empire an anthropomorphic empire building card game and the Tales from The Loop Starter Set from Free League Publishing
Episode 107 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded September 16th, 2020. Join us Wednesdays at Eight PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop.
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Keep it Simple – Ways board game designers make their games easier to learn and teach. A follow up to last week’s topic where we highlighted 15 heavier games that are easier to learn and play than you might think. In the Game Room, we have reviews of the Animal Empire, an anthropomorphic empire building card game, and the Tales from The Loop Starter Set from Free League Publishing.
Episode 107 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded September 16th, 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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This episode includes:
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Tales from the Loop Starter Set Unboxing
EXIT: The Game The Haunted Roller Coaster Review
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—Ask The Bellhop—[00:14:48]
This week we are talking about things that designers can do to make their games easier to play and learn. Ways to produce games that are simpler than they might first appear.
Links:
15 Surprisingly Easy Board Games
What to do when you have a bad rulebook
Ian O’Toole
The 6 Zones of Play
Ludology Podcast The 6 Zones of Play
Gloomhaven Helper App
Send questions to questions@tabletopbellhop.com
—The Game Room: Animal Empire— [01:01:18]
Animal Empire is also a hobby card game playable with up to eight players. It’s not often you find non-party games that work with a player count that high.
Animal Empire Written Review
Animal Empire Unboxing
Buy Animal Empire
—The Game Room: Tales from the Loop RPG Starter Set— [01:20:24]
A look at a the RRG boxed set, the Tales from The Loop Starter Set from Free League Publishing.
Tales from the Loop Starter Set Written Review
Tales from the Loop Starter Set Unboxing
Buy a copy of the Tales from the Loop Starter Set
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