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Catan

Six Pack – Great Board Games For 6 Players – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 88

April 28, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

 This is the 88th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on April 22nd 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.


Six Pack - Great board games for six players. Also a review of the two player trick-taking game The Fox in the Forest. Finally a mix of digital and physical gaming in our week in review with a pretty detailed look at the Happy Meeple website. [ READ MORE ]

29 of the Best Board Games for Six Players – Ask The Bellhop

April 25, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Today we've got a question from a Windsor gamer who's stuck at home with a group of six people, himself included, and is wondering what are the best board games for six players.  


Kristopher Marentette asks:
What if you are in my situation? I have a family of 6 people, including myself, so it's a large group. What if you happen to be quarantined with a large group of people. What would your game recommendations be for a group like mine? [ READ MORE ]

House Rules in Board Games and RPGs, What are they and should you use them?

March 17, 2020 by Moe T. 6 Comments

Today's topic comes from Charles Baroch who wanted to know more about House Rules. 


In today's post, I'm going to first define exactly what we mean when we say a game uses House Rules as well as discuss the potential advantages and disadvantages of using them.
I will also be sharing some examples of popular House Rules and my thoughts on those rulings. [ READ MORE ]

Tabletop Game Classics: 18 of the Best Old Board Games (plus 5 of the best old RPGs)

February 23, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

On our podcast, we often say we aren't all about the new hotness. The reason for this is that there are some fantastic older board games and classic RPG that are still worth playing. Today I'm going to talk about some of the best older games that were originally published before the year 2000.


Ashley Rabum writes in to Ask The Bellhop:
"I just started listening and am going through the back catalogue and I’m loving it. I do have a question though: what are some older / out of print games that you would recommend tracking down?" [ READ MORE ]

Tabletop Five-O – Five Player Board Game Suggestions and Five Initial Play Reviews – Episode 49 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

July 16, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

 This is the 49th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on July 10th, 2019. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:30 Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio, you can also watch/listen to an unedited version of the show over on YouTube.


Ep 49 - Tabletop Five-O - Five player non-filler, non-party game recommendations. Also first looks at Zenteeko, Horizons, King of the Dice, Raiders of the North Sea, and Sorcerer. [ READ MORE ]

And The Award Goes To… Talking Tabletop Game Awards – Episode 43 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

May 28, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

 This is the 43rd episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on May 22nd, 2019. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:30 Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio, you can also watch/listen to an unedited version of the show over on YouTube.


Ep 43 - And The Award Goes To… We are talking all about tabletop game awards. Spiel, Golden Geek, Ennies and more. Also, an OSR RPG module review, digital Jaipur and BattleCON War of Indines. [ READ MORE ]

Life, The Universe, and More Than Catan – Episode 42 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

May 21, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

 This is the 42nd episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on May 15th, 2019. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:30 Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio, you can also watch/listen to an unedited version of the show over on YouTube.


Ep 42 - Life, The Universe, And More Than Catan. A look at games with similar mechanics as Settlers of Catan. Also a look at Tiny Towns, Brass Birmingham, The Duke and Colonies for Terraforming Mars. [ READ MORE ]

Looking for Games with a Similar feel to Catan – Ask the Bellhop

May 15, 2019 by Moe T. 2 Comments

The first question we ever answered here at Tabletop Bellhop was about The Settlers of Catan. Today I'm answering a question that goes way back to that first blog post.


David RY, clicked Ask The Bellhop to ask:
I have some friends who ONLY want to play Catan (I got invited to what I thought was a board game night but was actually just their regular Catan tournament style night), and I’m wondering what would be some good follow up games? They’ve been interested in Ticket to Ride and Takenoko but neither have the same feel of the trading/player interaction and the dice-rolling/chance part of the resource collecting (plus they all love the ability of the robber to screw someone over). Any help? [ READ MORE ]

Rock me, Daniel Zayus – Ep 18 Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

December 4, 2018 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

 This is the 18th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on November 28st, 2018. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesday’s at 9:30 Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio you can also watch/listen to an unedited version of the show over on YouTube.


Ep #18 - Rock me, Daniel Zayas. We talk Black Friday, Blokus and Cities & Knights of Catan and then talk Kickstarter with Daniel Zayas. [ READ MORE ]

Cities and Knights of Catan 12 Years Later

November 22, 2018 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

A question about Settlers of Catan was the first question I ever answered here on the blog. Our first ever podcast episode was all about Catan and the various editions and expansions.  You could almost say The Tabletop Bellhop started with Catan.


That's why I'm bringing back this classic review of Cities & Knights of Catan for #ThrowbackThursday.
Below you will find my original review,  with only very minor editing. I'm trying to keep the feel and tone of the original post. I will, at times, insert comments or corrections, and you will find these in [square brackets]. After the original post, you can find my current thoughts on the game reviewed. [ READ MORE ]

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