Frightfully Good: Great Board Games For Spooky Season, Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 221

October 24, 2023
by Moe T.

Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

Who doesn’t love board games? Find lots of board gaming (and a few RPGs). Tabletop Bellhop, your cardboard concierge, is here to answer your gaming and game night questions, helping you make your game nights better with tabletop game reviews and advice.

It is late October so we thought it would be a good time to revisit the topic of great games for the spooky season. We follow that up with two unrelated reviews, The Castle Panic Big Box Second Edition from Fireside Games and the new Cryptex from Escape Welt. We wrap up talking about a bunch of card games we played at a local gaming event.

This is an edited version of our live show first recorded on 18/10/2023.
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Full show notes with links can be found here: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/episode221/

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(00:00:00) Intro
(00:01:56) Suggestion Box
(00:06:31) Announcements
(00:07:30) Ask the Bellhop: Frightfully Good Games
(00:24:14) The Lobby
(00:29:24) Castle Panic Big Box 2e
Everything Castle Panic in one place.

Castle Panic Big Box Unboxing https://youtu.be/UNLh448f3J8?si=pwII4WqUN8Ao5y9d
Written review of Castle Panic Big Box https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/castle-panic-big-box-review/
Pick up the new Castle Panic Big Box https://amzn.to/4740H16

(00:53:07) Cryptex
A birchwood gift box with a customizable code

Unboxing the Cryptex https://youtu.be/T3HC_8hEzD0?si=WBHc9gzda2BFZ6Qg
Written review of the Cryptex https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/escapewelt-cryptex-review/
Pick up a Cryptex direct from ESCWelt (use code BELLHOP to save 10% off) https://us.escapewelt.com/shop/Cryptex

(00:58:51) The Bellhop’s Tabletop
(01:08:29) VIP Guests
(01:08:54) Closing the Doors

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It’s late October so we thought it would be a good time to revisit the topic of great games for spooky season. So we’ve got a list of board games that are perfect for Halloween, thirteen spooky horror themed games.

We follow that up with a duo of unrelated reviews, The Castle Panic Big Box Second Edition from Fireside Games and the new Cryptex from Escape Welt.

We wrap up by talking about a bunch of card games we played at a local gaming event.

Episode 221 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast was recorded on October 18th, 2023.

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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.