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Welcome to our Origins 2023 recap where we spend the majority of the episode talking about our experience at the Origins Game Fair held last week in Columbus Ohio. Along with that we do talk a bit about some games we played before our trip to Ohio as well as some first thoughts on some of the games we’ve already played since getting back.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 211, June 28th 2023. Join us Wednesdays at 8 PM EST at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop.
Detailed show notes: https://tabletopbellhop.com/episode211
00:00:00 CHECK IN AND SUGGESTION BOX
00:04:27 ANNOUNCEMENT – No Show on July 12th
00:05:13 ASK THE BELLHOP – Highlights from Origins 2023
00:07:36 Day 0:
00:14:23 Day 1:
00:21:25 GAMA Trade Day
00:46:52 Day 2:
01:17:52 Day 3
01:48:19 The Origins Awards
01:54:07 Day 4:
02:20:39 Day 5
02:35:07 Bonus Monday:
02:38:22 Final Thoughts on Origins 2023
02:48:17 BELLHOP’S TABLETOP
03:00:35 PATREON SHOUT OUT AND CLOSING
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Welcome to our Origins 2023 recap where we spend the majority of the episode talking about our experience at the Origins Game Fair held last week in Columbus Ohio. Along with that, we do talk a bit about some games we played before our trip to Ohio as well as first thoughts on some of the games we’ve already played since getting back.
Episode 211 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast was recorded on June 28th, 2023. Join us as when we record live weekly on Twitch at 8pm Eastern.
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— [00:00:00]
Thanks, publishers and fans for making us feel good at Origins
Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com
—Announcements—
No show on July 12th. Amazon Prime Day will be taking up all our time.
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- Twitter @Tabletop_Deals
- Mastodon tabletopgamingdeals
- Good Geek Deals on Facebook
- Deals right here on the blog.
—Ask The Bellhop— [00:05:13]
Highlights from Origins Game Fair 2023
Day by day breakdown with games mentioned and other links:
Day 0 (Tuesday)
Day 1 (Wednesday)
- Barley’s
- GAMA Trade Day
- Powerline
- BrownCastle Games (Crokinole)
- Game Toppers
- Local Cantina
Day 2 (Thursday)
- Elector Counts
- WHFRP Enemy Within Collectors Edition
- Robotech Reconstruction
- Sentinels of Earth Prime
- Mega Man Adventures
- Forbidden Lands
- Hexplorer Magnetic Map Tiles
- Zensu
- Psychobabble
- What the Cup!?
- At the Ready expansion for Disney Sorcerer’s Arena
- The A.R.T. Project
- Tapple
- Marvel Dice Throne
- Endangered
- Artemis Project
- Artemis Odyssey
- Holiday Hijinks
- Ahau
- Stellaris Infinite Legacy
- Reality Shift Deluxe
- Kapow
- Brewcadia
- Tome The Light Edition
Day 3 (Friday)
- The Finest Fish
- Star Realms Frontiers
- Cities of Venus
- Kevin J. Anderson
- Level Up Sabers
- Dragon Dice
- Hrothgar’s Hoard
- Geekify
- All Game Terrain
- Pirate Borg
- Birds of a Feather
- Air Land, And Sea/Critters At War
- Mother of Frankenstein
- Picture Perfect
- Adventures in The Imperium: Agents of Dune
- Fill in the Game
- For Glory
- Free RPG Day
- Santa’s Workshop 2e
- Looks Like Kids’ Games But They’re Not
- Merchants of the Dark Road
- Honey Buzz
- Shobu
- Grant Lyon
- 2D6
- Distilled
- The Origins Awards Highlights
Day 4 (Saturday)
- Atlantis Rising
- Bah! Humbug! And the 12 Games of Christmas
- Qawale
- Wicked & Wise
- Octopus’s Garden
- Ahoy
- Hoplomachus: Victorum
- Mine Your Business
- Fossils
- In Too Deep
- Wreck Raiders
- Black Hole Rainbows
- Castle Panic Deluxe
- Castles of Burgundy Special Edition
- Astra
- MonsDRAWsity Robots
- MonsDRAWsity Cute Creatures
- Cosplay Contest
- Sean’s DarkElfLX Instagram
- My Island
- The Lord of the Rings: Adventure to Mount Doom
- Buca di Beppo
Day 5 (Sunday)
- Gorus Maximus
- Block And Key
- Earth
- Starship Captains
- Fantastic Factories
- Scram
- Maglev Metro
- Gloomhaven RPG
- Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition
- Jeni’s Ice Cream
- Big Fun Retro Toy Store
- Bernard’s Tavern
- The Deadlies
Bonus Monday (Monday)
Send your questions to questions@tabletopbellhop.com.
—The Bellhop’s Tabletop— [02:48:17]
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- Trickdraw
- Illiterati
- boop.
- Shobu
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