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This episode is all about catching up. Catching you up on the games we’ve been playing, talking about catch up mechanics in games and catching up on a long overdue review of the Riftlands expansion for Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 279, was recorded on August 31st, 2025. We invite you to join us live on Wednesdays at 8 PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop
Find detailed show notes at https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep279/
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(00:00:00) Checking In
(00:02:14) Ask The Bellhop
(00:13:37) The Bellhop’s Tabletop
(01:13:13) The Game Room – Review of Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria: Riftlands
Our Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria Preview: https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/shadow-kingdoms-valeria/
Our Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria Review: https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/shadow-kingdoms-of-valeria/
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Our Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria: Rise of Titans Review: https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/shadow-kingdoms-of-valeria-rise-of-titans/
Pick up the Rise of Titans Expansion: https://amzn.to/4g4SZcP
Pick up the Riftlands Expansion: https://amzn.to/47Uocxe
(01:35:27) Closing the Doors
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This episode is all about catching up.
We’re talking about catch up mechanics in games, plus we’ll be catching you up on the games we’ve been playing over the past two months, and we also squeeze in a long overdue review of the Riftlands expansion for Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 279 was recorded on August 31st, 2025. You can join us live on Wednesdays at 8 PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop.
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 free by publishers, designers, or distributors.
— Ask The Bellhop: Games with great catch up mechanics — [00:02:14]
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— The Bellhop’s Tabletop — [00:13:37]
What we’ve been playing lately:
- The Fellowship of the Ring Trick-Taking Game
- Hex Effects
- Xylotar
- Thrones of Valeria
- Alhambra Family & Friends Compact Edition
- CTRL
- Reign of Dragoness
- Guildlands
- Clever 4Ever
- Crokinole
- Sirens
- Kabammm!
- Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria: Riftlands
- Land Vs. Sea: Uncharted
- Sandbag
- Flip 7
- Caution Signs
- Finspan
- House of Fado
— Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria: Riftlands Review — [01:13:13]
Thank you Daily Magic Games for finally adding true asymmetry to Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria with the Riftlands Expansion. It’s not just new racial powers you get with this expansion either.
- Our Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria Review
- Pick up Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria
- Our Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria: Rise of Titans Review
- Pick up the Rise of Titans Expansion
- Pick up the Riftlands Expansion
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