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This week’s episode is a live Q&A. Topics include games that give a Momento-like experience, meat, RPG settings we want to see made into video games, higher player count games, keeping players with different likes happy, and more! We also had a ton of games to talk about during the week in review including first thoughts on Distilled, more Kapow!, the Crowns and Quests expansion for Castle Panic and more!
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 217, recorded August 23rd, 2023. Detailed show notes, including links to games mentioned during this episode, can be found at tabletopbellhop.com/episode217
Join us as we record live on Wednesdays at 8 PM EST at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop
(00:00:00) Check In
(00:00:16) Front Desk
(00:01:55) Suggestion Box
(00:09:14) Announcements
(00:10:39) Ask The Bellhop – Live Q&A
(00:54:50) Bellhop’s Tabletop
(01:54:28) Patreon Shout Out And Closing
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With lots going on we decided to go with a live Q&A for tonight’s episode. Topics include games that give a Momento-like experience, meat, RPG settings we want to see made into video games, higher player count games, keeping players with different likes happy, and more!
We also have a ton of games to talk about during the week in review, including first thoughts on Distilled, more Kapow!, the Crowns and Quests expansion for Castle Panic and more!
Episode 217 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast was recorded on August 23rd, 2023. Join us as 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.
Disclosure: Some links below are affiliate links. Using these links costs you nothing extra and helps us offset the cost of producing this show. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Some of the games mentioned in this podcast were provided by publishers as review copies.
—Suggestion Box, Fan Feedback— [00:01:55]
Outsmarted! Review
- Written Review of Outsmarted
- Outsmarted Video Review
- Buy Outsmarted! (save 10% off with code BELLHOP)
Euro vs Ameritrash
- Defining the Difference Between a Eurogame and an Ameritrash Game
- East Meets West: Discussing the Euro vs. American Board Game Debate, Episode 44 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast
Disney Sidekicks
Fighting Fantasy Adventures
- Written Preview of Fighting Fantasy Adventures
- Fighting Fantasy Adventures Preview Video
- Pledge for Fighting Fantasy Adventures Now!
Sentinel Comics RPG Dice
Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com
—Announcements—
We reached out to all of the giveaway winners and have heard back from all of them. We will announce those winners on our next live show.
No show next week, we should be back Sept 6th
We’ve added chapters to the audio podcast. If you spot any problems, email sean@tabletopbellhop.com
—Ask The Bellhop— [00:10:39]
Answering questions from our fans.
On our last AMA, we talked about the crossover between board games and video games:
Games to recreate the feel of Memento
Favourite Meats
RPG settings we want to see as video games
- Baludur’s Gate 3
- Feng Shui 2
- Diablo II: Diablerie
- Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game: Diablo II Edition
- Tales from the Loop
- Hydro Hacker Operatives
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Iron Edda
- Paranoia Happiness is Mandatory Live Play
- DC Universe Online
- City of Titans
Board games for five or more.
- Scythe
- Thrones of Valeria
- Castle Panic Big Box
- Telestrations
- Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy
- Twilight Imperium
- The Alpha
- Star Wars Imperial Assault
- Heroquest
- Hues and Cues
- TrickDraw
- Diamonds
- Psychobabble
- Codenames Duet
- Mega Civilization
Dealing with a group that likes different kinds of games.
Send your questions to questions@tabletopbellhop.com.
—The Bellhop’s Tabletop— [00:54:50]
What we’ve been playing lately:
- Castle Panic Big Box
- The Windsor DnD Discord
- Tapple
- Click Clack Lumberjack
- boop.
- Kapow!
- Star Realms Frontiers
- Telestrations 12 Player Party Pack
- Drop It
- MonsDRAWsity
- Exploding Kittens
- Psychobabble
- Yahtzee
- Point Salad
- Distilled
- Risk 2010 A.D.
- The Deadlies
- Birds of a Feather
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