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Gwen joins us again on the tabletop bellhop, this time sharing the favourite games she played growing up, including some great games you may want to share with your kids. After that we talk about the games we’ve been playing lately and we wrap up with two reviews: Survive the Island and Oros
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 271, was recorded on April 16th, 2025. Join us live on Wednesdays at 8 PM EST at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop
For detailed show notes with links to everything we talk about in this episode: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep271/
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(00:00:00) Checking in
(00:01:46) Ask The Bellhop
(00:45:51) A Message From Our Sponsor
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(00:47:02) The Bellhop’s Tabletop
(01:21:23) The Game Room – Survive the Island
Unboxing Survive the Island https://youtu.be/I10guFYF_RU
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(01:35:44) The Game Room – Oros
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(01:57:59) Closing the Doors
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Gwen joins us again on The Tabletop Bellhop, this time sharing her favourite games that she played growing up, including some great games you may want to share with your kids.
After that we talk about the games we’ve been playing lately and we wrap up with two reviews: Survive the Island and Oros.
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: Games Gwen Loved Growing Up — [00:01:46]
- Viva Topo
- Loopin’ Louie
- Monster Factory
- Outfoxed!
- Master Fox
- Laundry Jumble
- Labyrinth
- The Magic Labyrinth
- Magician’s Kitchen
- Oi! Dat’s My Leg!
- Ghost Fightin’ Treasure Hunters
- Splendor
- Valeria Card Kingdoms
- Ingenious
- Qwirkle
- Forbidden Island
- Rhino Hero
- Gary Gouda
- Vampires of the Night
- King of Tokyo
- Animal Upon Animal
- Bugs in the Kitchen
- The Hare & the Tortoise
- Go Cuckoo
- Star Wars Destiny
- Heroclix
Gwen’s Favourite Games Now:
- Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy
- This Game is KILLER
- MonsDRAWsity
- Star Explorer
- Star Trek Super Skill Pinball
Popular at the her high school Board Game Club:
- Kiss the Goblin
- Dubious
- Adventure Party The Roleplaying Party Game
- This Game is KILLER
- Telestrations
- MonsDRAWsity
- Caution Signs
- Catch the Moon
- Go Cuckoo
- boop
- Aqualin
- Hues & Cues
- The Chameleon
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If you don’t have Endangered yet pick it up along with the New Species Expansion direct from Grand Gamers Guild where you can use BELLHOP to save 10%
— The Bellhop’s Tabletop — [00:47:02]
What we’ve been playing lately:
- Haggis BGA
- King of Tokyo BGA
- Dominion App
- Clank! A Deck-Building Adventure on Steam
- Star Realms App
- Inner Circle
- Rock Em Sock Em Robots
- Sinoda (BELLHOP saves 10%)
- Maki Master
- Go Cuckoo
- Crystalized
- Once Upon A Time
- Moonlight Market
- Endangered New Species Expansion (BELLHOP saves 10%)
- Earth
- Oros
— Survive The Island Review — [01:21:23]
The classic sinking inland, save the meeples, game Survive! is back with Survive The Island from Zygomatic. Featuring streamlined rules (and Kaiju!).
- Check out our Survive the Island Unboxing
- Get Survive The Island on Amazon: US, Canada, or UK
- Check out the Zygomatic website
— Oros Review — [01:35:44]
Play as a demigod mashing together land masses to build mountains and guiding your followers to build sacred sites on those mountains in order to gain Wisdom and Knowledge( A.K.A. Populous in board game form).
- Get the Collector’s Edition of Oros direct from AESC
- Or get the Lucky Duck version on Amazon US, Canada, or UK
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