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Black Games Matter – Great Games from Black Game Designers – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 94

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 Episode 94 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded June 3rd 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.

Black Games Matter - Talking about some of the best tabletop games from Black game designers including a review of the kid-friendly RPG Mermaid Adventures. Also a first look at 878 Vikings as well as Black Box, Clans of Caledonia on BGA, Fox in the Forest, and Codenames Duet. In addition, I talk about my experiences at my first online gaming convention, Renegade Con: Virtual. [ READ MORE ]

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

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 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 ]

The Best Two Player Cooperative Games – Ask The Bellhop

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Cooperative games are becoming more popular and are actually pretty common now a days. What is hard to find is a great two-player cooperative game. Even harder to find is a cooperative game that is two-player only.

Ryan Peach writes:
“Looking for a good 2 player co-op. Specifically 2 player only. As a blind meeple asking this question I'd mentally discounted [many games] I play with sighted assistance. A game where the second player does something different but still interesting and where both parties can talk to each other would do.” [ READ MORE ]