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Board Game Review – Exchange, a stock market based economic board game from Bicycle Cards

June 17, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Today I take a look at Exchange, a very pure stock trading game published by Bicycle Cards under their new Light Strategy Game banner.

In Exchange, players are brokers at the dawn of the stock market playing through five rounds to find out who has the most valuable portfolio. [ READ MORE ]

End of May AMA and The Alpha Review – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 93

June 3, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Episode 93 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded May 27th 2020. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio, you can also watch/listen to individual segments from this show on YouTube.

End of May AMA - Topics include: Publisher self promotion, board game tiebreakers, Tabletopia vs Tabletop Simulator, and the board game we most want to see go digital. Also a review of The Alpha from Bicycle Games and a busy week in review including first plays of Codenames Duet, Sanctum and a prototype of Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria. [ READ MORE ]

#Unboxing – Exchange – An economic light strategy game from Bicycle Cards for 3 to 6 players.

June 1, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

A live unboxing of the hobby board game Exchange. This is one of two "light strategy games" that will be released in June 2020 by Bicycle the company best known for making playing cards.

In this game, players are securities traders at the start of the stock exchange on Wall Street. [ READ MORE ]

Board Game Review – The Alpha a wolf pack themed hobby board game from Bicycle Cards

May 27, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

I have to admit I was a bit shocked when I got an email from Bicycle Cards about reviewing a couple of hobby board games. I didn't know that the largest card game company in the world is now trying to break into the board game market. This is a look at one of their two new light strategy games, The Alpha.

In The Alpha, three to six players take on the role of a wolf pack and have to compete for limited food resources. Packs battle for dominance and food using a prisoner's dilemma mechanic, but that's only after a successful chase. Sometimes a hunt turns up nothing. [ READ MORE ]

#Unboxing – The Alpha – A Wolf Pack themed hobby board game from Bicycle Cards

May 25, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

A live unboxing of the hobby board game The Alpha. A three to six player boardgame from Bicycle Cards.

This is one of two "light strategy games" that were will be released in June 2020 by Bicycle, the company best known for making playing cards. Interestingly this tabletop game doesn't have any cards in it. [ READ MORE ]