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Non-Game Gifts for Gamers – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 116

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 Non-Game Gifts for Gamers. Holiday shopping suggestions for shopping for a gamer who doesn’t need more games. Reviews of a couple of independently published filler games: Bricks & Brutes from Nanolocity Games and Knot Dice from Black Oak Games. Also a return to Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle. 

Episode 116 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded December, 16th 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. [ 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 ]

A Small Problem – Sorting a large collection of miniatures – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 92

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 Episode 92 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded May 20th 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.

A Small Problem - Storing, protecting and transporting a large collection of tabletop game miniatures. Also a review of the classic Star Trek Deck Building games, a look at Lanterns two player, more Unlabeled, Eminent Domain where we finally combine Exotica and Escalation, an online play of Clans of Caledonia with a Patreon Patron, and a first look at Quodd Heroes. [ READ MORE ]

The best ways to sort, store, and protect, tabletop gaming miniatures – Ask The Bellhop

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As the board game industry seems to be swapping away from wooden cubes and meeple to plastic miniatures, many of us are struggling to figure out what to do with all of the miniatures we own. Along with that, there are those of us that are actually into miniature wargaming. We all need ways to store and protect our precious minis. 

Roger Brasslett writes:
What are your suggestions for sorting and storing our hundreds of minis? [ READ MORE ]

Lonely Fun – Gaming related things to do between game sessions – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 86

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 This is the 86th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on April 8th 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.

Lonely Fun - Gaming related things to do between game sessions. Also a review of EXIT The Game: The House of Riddles and a look at The Fox in the Forest in our week in review. [ READ MORE ]

Insert Tab A – Episode 4 – Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

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Welcome to the fourth episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live. This is an edited version of our live show first recorded on August 16th, 2018. Join us as we stream live every week on Thursdays at 9:30PM ET on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio you can also watch us over on YouTube.

Today's question: Jayden asks, Are custom inserts worth it? For instance, my group has been playing a fair bit of Rising Sun with all the goodies (like 4 boxes worth of unpacking), and it takes about 10 minutes to set up and nearly 20 or 30 minutes to put away properly. I'm wondering if inserts can help with the clean up.
In addition to talking about inserts, we take an extended look back at The Tabletop Bellhop Launch Party where we all played a ton of games. [ READ MORE ]