Zoom! Playing Board Games Remotely, Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 225

Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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Happy Holidays. Since not everyone has the privilege of being able to gather together during the holidays, tonight we’re going to be sharing some great games you can play together online. After that, we’ve got a review of one such game, MonsDRAWsity followed by a review of the Sea Monster Edition of Seas of Havoc. We wrap up with a talk about the games we’ve been playing including more fun with Bah! Humbug! and the 12 Days of Christmas, Sean’s first play of Marrakesh, and more!

This is an edited version of our live show first recorded on 06/12/2023. Join us live on https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop

Full show notes with links can be found here: https://tabletopbellhop.com/episode225

(00:00:00) Intro
(00:01:42) Suggestion Box
(00:05:10) Ask The Bellhop
(00:49:30) The Game Room – MonsDRAWsity
(01:04:39) The Game Room – Seas of Havoc
(01:29:04) The Bellhop’s Tabletop
(01:45:24) VIP Guests
(01:46:08) End of Show

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Happy Holidays everyone. Since not everyone has the privilege of being able to gather together during the holidays, tonight we’re going to be sharing some great games you can play together online. 

After that, we’ve got a review of one such game, MonsDRAWsity, followed by a review of the Sea Monster Edition of Seas of Havoc. We wrap up with a talk about the games we’ve been playing including more fun with Bah! Humbug! and the 12 Days of Christmas, Sean’s first play of Marrakesh, and more!

Episode 225 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast was recorded on December 6th, 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.

—The Suggestion Box — [00:01:42]

Tabletop Gaming Deals

• The best place to find holiday deals is our Holiday Sales landing page
• Keep us caffeinated by buying us a Ko-fi

Rack-O

• Unboxing Rack-O
• Rack-O Written Review on the Blog
• The 2006 Parker Brothers Edition of Rack-O
• Pick up Rack-O

Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com.

—Ask The Bellhop— [00:05:10]

What are some good board games to play remotely?

Ways to play board games online:

• Board Game Arena
• Ticket to Ride Digital
• Gloomhaven Digital
• Small World 2 Digital
• Terraforming Mars Digital (our review)
• Through The Ages Digital
• Space Hulk Tactics
• Carcassonne Digital
• Tebru
• Infinity Game Table
• Vorpal Board
• Codenames.game
• Gartic Phone
• Tabletopia
• Tabletop Simulator
• Jackbox Party Pack 10

Physical games that play well remotely:

• RPGs
  • World Wide Wrestling
  • Roll20
  • Owlbear Rodeo
  • Tableplop
  • Role
• MonsDRAWsity
• Codenames
• Deck Construction Dueling Card Games
  • Magic the Gathering
  • YuGiOh
  • Pokemon
  • Disney Lorcana
• Outsmarted (our review)
• Roll and Write Games
  • Dice Kingdoms of Valeria (Read our review)
  • Super Skill Pinball 4-Cade
  • Yahtzee
  • Welcome to…
• BINGO games
  • Railroad Ink
  • NMBR9
  • Tiny Towns
  • Dulce (Read our review)
• Escape Room and Murder Mystery Games:
  • Scooby-Doo! Escape from the Haunted Mansion (Read our review)
  • The Goonies Escape With One-Eyed Willy’s Rich Stuff (Read our review)
  • The Ghost in the Machine
  • Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective

Honourable Mentions:

• Just One
• Social Deduction games like Ultimate Werewolf

Send your questions to questions@tabletopbellhop.com.

—The Game Room: MonsDRAWsity Review— [00:49:30]

A monster drawing party game. 

• MonsDRAWsity Unboxing
• Pick up MonsDRAWsity

—The Game Room: Seas of Havoc, Sea Monster Edition Review— [01:04:39]

A mashup of worker placement, deck-building, programmed movement, and naval battles, with a pirate theme. 

• Seas Of Havoc Unboxing
• Pick up Seas of Havoc

—The Bellhop’s Tabletop— [01:29:04]

What we’ve been playing lately:

• Bah! Humbug! And the 12 Games of Christmas
• Seas of Havoc
• Marrakesh Classic
• Marrakesh Essential Edition

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