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In this episode, we share what we think are some of the best board games to come through Kickstarter. We follow up with a review of The Groundhog Gambit, just in time for the holiday, and then return to Kickstarter with a review of Block and Key. Then we wrap up with a short week in review where Moe shares the games he got for his birthday and some thoughts on both Crokinole and The Ghost in the Machine.
This is an edited version of our live show recorded 01/17/2024.
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Full show notes with links can be found here: https://tabletopbellhop.com/episode229/
(00:01:51) Suggestion Box
(00:05:36) Announcements
(00:05:57) Ask The Bellhop – Best Kickstarter Games
(00:33:20) Lobby
(00:41:27) The Game Room – The Groundhog Gambit
(00:55:14) The Game Room – Block and Key
(01:13:38) The Bellhop’s Tabletop
(01:22:29) VIP Guests
(01:22:50) Closing the Doors
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In this episode, we share what we think are some of the best board games to come through Kickstarter.
We follow up with a review of The Groundhog Gambit, just in time for the holiday, and then return to kickstarters with a review of Block and Key.
Then we wrap up with a short week in review where Moe shares the games he got for his birthday and some thoughts on both Crokinole and The Ghost in the Machine.
Episode 229 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast was recorded on January 17th, 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.
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—The Suggestion Box — [00:01:51]
Tapple From The Op
- Tapple Written Review
- Video Review of Tapple
- Our fans suggest we check out Shut the Box
Best Cooperative Games
- 19 of The Best Cooperative Board Games for Adults
- Game recommendations from a fan:
Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com
—Announcements—
We will not be recording on Wednesday, February 7th.
—Ask The Bellhop— [00:05:57]
The Best Games To Come Out of Kickstarter
Great Kickstarted Board Games:
- Card Kingdoms of Valeria (All of our Daily Magic Games reviews)
- Chiseled (Read our review)
- Fleet
- Gloomhaven
- Alien Frontiers
- Anachrony
- The Duke
- Viticulture
- Vinhos Deluxe Edition ( Read our review)
- Clans of Caledonia (Read our review)
- Gorinto (use BELLHOP to save 10%) (Read our review)
- Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy
- Brass Birmingham
- Scythe
Great RPGs from Kickstarter
- The One Ring Second Edition Starter Set (Read our review)
- ALIEN the RPG Starter Set (Read our review)
- Forbidden Lands
- Tales from the Loop RPG Starter Set (Read our review)
- Coyote and Crow
- Thirsty Sword Lesbians
- Blades in the Dark
- Fate Core
Our fan’s favourite gaming Kickstarters:
- Obsession
- Distilled
- Raising Robots
- Age of Comics
- Fractured Sky
- Lazy DMs Forge of Foes for 5e
- Dungeon Crawl Classics Dying Earth
- Immersive Battle Maps for TTRPGs
- Humblewood
- Empires Age of Discovery
- In the Hall of the Mountain King
- Townsfolk Tussle
- Teners Adventures Arena
- Suburbia Collectors Edition
- Xia Legends of a Drift System
- Fire Tower
- Crusaders Thy Will Be Done Deluxe Version
- The Grimm Forest
- Raiders of the North Sea
- Dinosaur Island
- Champions of Midgard
- Everdell Complete Collection
- Battletech Clan Invasion
- Battletech Mercenaries
- The Networks
- Shadowdark
- Feng Shui 2
- World Wide Wrestling
- Seas of Havoc
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—The Game Room: The Groundhog Gambit— [00:41:27]
Can you escape from the professor’s experiments in time?
- Written review of The Groundhog Gambit
- Pick up a copy of The Groundhog Gambit direct from Grand Gamers Guild and be sure to use our code BELLHOP to save 10%
- Check out our other Holiday Hijinks reviews here on the blog or YouTube
—The Game Room: Block and Key— [00:55:14]
Build a 3D collection of clay blocks, while hoping to match cards in your hand to your unique 2D view of those blocks.
—The Bellhop’s Tabletop— [01:13:38]
What we’ve been playing lately:
- Crokinole
- London Gothic: The Ghost in the Machine (use BELLHOP to save 10%)
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