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This episode we hosted a live AMA, answering questions from our chatroom! After that we’ve got a review of Point Salad from AEG followed by our usual week in review with more thoughts on The Ghosts Betwixt, plus games Deanna and I played while on vacation and more!
Episode 186 recorded August 31st. Join us Wednesday at Nine PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop
Detailed show notes: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep186/
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Dog Days AMA. We host a live tabletop gaming AMA, answering questions from our chatroom! After that we’ve got a review of Point Salad from AEG followed by our usual week in review with more thoughts on The Ghosts Betwixt, plus games Deanna and I played while on vacation and more.
Episode 186 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded August 31st, 2022. Join us as we stream live weekly 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— [00:01:11]
Robotech on the Tabletop:
The Ghosts Betwixt:
Low Cost and No Cost Games:
- Low Cost Games Podcast segment on YouTube
- Gaming on the Cheap full Podcast Episode
- Pick up Basic Fantasy RPG
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay:
- Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Starter Set Unboxing
- Warhammer Starter Set Review
- Buy the Warhammer 4e Starter Set
Super Hero RPGs:
Scythe:
Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com
—Announcements—
Reminder, we will not be recording on Wednesday, Sept 7th.
—Ask The Bellhop— [00:06:51]
Live AMA, questions and links:
Favourite Star Trek Games?
- FASA Star Trek
- Star Fleet Battles
- Star Trek Attack Wing
- Star Trek Ascendancy
- Star Trek Panic
- Star Trek Expeditions
- Star Trek Frontiers
- Star Trek The Deck Building Game Next Phase Edition
- Star Trek Customizable Card Game
A game we played this year we want to play more?
- Aldabas Doors of Cartagena
- Dune Imperium
- Scythe
- Scythe Encounters
- Anachrony
- Lost Ruins of Arnak
- Disney Villainous
- Charterstone
- Terror Below
- Point Salad
- Chiseled
- Ex Libris
- Underwater Cities
- Alien Frontiers
- HeroQuest
Board games that scratch the RPG itch?
- Blood Bowl
- For the Queen
- Tales from the Loop the Board Game
- Dark Future
- Star Wars Imperial Assault
- Gaslands
- Gloomhaven
Theme integration in board games?
- Tales from the Loop the Board Game
- Aqualin
- Lords of Waterdeep
- The Quacks of Quedlinburg
- Vinhos Deluxe
- Pulsar 2849
- Anachrony
- Lost Ruins of Arnak
- Mansions of Madness
- Cthulhu Death May Die
- Wallenstein
- Shogun
- Immortals
- Robo Rally
Best Board Game Iconography?
- Race for the Galaxy
- Anachrony
- Vinhos Deluxe
- Bastille
- Yokohama
- The Gallerist
- Lisboa
- One Deck Dungeon
- Zooloretto
- Space Base
Send your questions to questions@tabletopbellhop.com.
—The Game Room: Point Salad— [01:12:05]
A super simple to learn yet extremely engaging card game.
—The Bellhop’s Tabletop— [01:26:42]
Games we’ve been playing lately:
- The Ghosts Betwixt
- Star Wars Unlock
- Point Salad
- Brew Crafters Travel Card Game aka Microbrewers
- The Duke
- Aldabas Doors of Cartagena
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