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Tabletop Games from Indigenous Designers. Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 127

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 Games by Indigenous Designers. We discuss board games and RPGs by Indigenous designers based on a question from one of our Patreon patrons. We also take a look at all of the non-stretch goal coins in the Legendary Metal Coins Season Six Kickstarter which is live right now! Finally a couple of very early thoughts on Quacks of Quedlinburg and the new printing of World's Fair 1893.

Episode 127 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded March 31st, 2021. 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. [ READ MORE ]

Review: Legendary Metal Coins Season Six, Upgrade your games with these great metal coins

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One thing I love to discover in my board games is a nice set of metal coins. I wish every game came with metal coins. I would love to never see a cardboard coin again. Unfortunately, that's not a reality, but Drawlab Entertainment has you covered. They are the company behind Legendary Metal Coins. 

In this review, I take a look at the base coins that are being released as part of Legendary Metal Coins Season Six which is, at the time I'm writing this, live right now on Kickstarter.  [ READ MORE ]

What to buy a gamer who has too many games? Non-game gift ideas for gamers

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Tabletop gamers are notoriously hard to buy for. The obvious choice would be to get them another game, the problem is that they usually buy any games they want. Plus you never know what they already have or don't have, and if they don't have something maybe there's a reason why they didn't buy it.

In this article, I will suggest a number of gift ideas for board game lovers and roleplayers. There are presents you can give a gamer instead of yet another game.  [ READ MORE ]

Flying the gamer geek flag, wearing the tabletop gamer badge with honour

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Times have changed. It used to be that being a gamer was anything but cool. Being a gamer meant being an outsider, a geek, a nerd.

Despite that I've always been one to wear my hobby with pride. I didn't hide the fact that I was a gamer. I carried my Warhammer rulebooks with me openly. I had Futhark Runes written on my denim jacket. I paid to import Games Workshop T-Shirts from the UK. I was never ashamed to be a gamer.
Today being into games doesn't mean you have to be a pariah. Now being into gaming isn't even just normal, it's often considered cool. I'm still getting used to that. One of the benefits of this culture change is that it's now easier than ever to fly your gamer geek flag. [ READ MORE ]