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We start off with a list of some of our favourite games from women designers. Then we move into what we’ve been playing including first thoughts on Star Tycoon, how things went at The Summoning, and more. We finish with two featured reviews Smug Owls and Decorum both of which feature women designers.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 249, was recorded on July 24th, 2024. Join us live on Wednesdays at 8 PM EST at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop
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Full show notes with links can be found here: https://tabletopbellhop.com/episode249
(00:00:00) Checking In
(00:01:40) Ask The Bellhop
(00:29:41) A Message from our Sponsor
(00:30:28) The Bellhop’s Tabletop
(00:58:31) The Game Room – Smug Owls
(01:11:02) The Game Room – Decorum
(01:25:44) Closing The Doors
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This episode we start off talking about women board game designers which includes a list of our favourite games with women behind them. Then we move into what we’ve been playing including first thoughts on Star Tycoon, how things went at The Summoning, and more. We finish with two featured reviews, Smug Owls and Decorum, both of which feature women designers.
Episode 249 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast was recorded on July 24th, 2024. 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.
— Ask The Bellhop: Great Board Games From Women Designers— [00:01:40]
Our favourite games featuring women designers:
Games mentioned and other links:
- Lost Ruins of Arnak
- Thurn And Taxis
- Primordial Soup
- Village
- Point Salad
- Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition
- Qwirkle
- ZhanGuo
- Thunder Alley
- Bananagrams
- Exodus Proxima Centauri
- Decorum
- Lotus
- Lazer Ryderz
- Skip-Bo
- Medium
- Pirate Tails
- Coimbra
- Smug Owls
- Star Tycoon
- Caution Signs
- Wyrmspan
- Mansions of Madness
Honourable Mentions
- Wingspan
- Elizabeth Hargrave’s List of Women & Non-Binary Board Game Designers
- Jenga
- Creature Comforts
- The Landlord’s Game
- Candy Land
- Beth Sobel
- Pam Walls
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— The Bellhop’s Tabletop — [00:30:28]
What we’ve been playing lately:
- Wyrmspan
- Skull King
- Ahau Rulers of Yucatan
- Centurion
- Kiri-Ai: The Duel
- Zensu
- Robot Quest Arena
- boop.
- Go Cuckoo
- Lost Ruins of Arnak
- Star Realms
- King’s Coalition
- Spots
- Drop It
- Raiders of the North Sea
- Catch the Moon
- Planet
- Star Tycoon
— Smug Owls Review — [00:58:31]
A clever party game about answering randomly generated riddles.
— Decorum Review — [01:11:02]
A cooperative board game of passive aggressive co-habitation that has us all totally hooked. It even features some light RPG elements we totally didn’t expect.
- Pick up Decorum on Amazon US or Canada
- Grab the brand new Moving Out Expansion on Amazon US
- Check out Floodgate’s other games
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