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Tabletop Terror: Best Horror Themed Games, Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 111

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 Tabletop Terror - Best Horror-Themed Games. A number of great games for playing on or around Halloween including a bunch of suggestions from The Lobby. Sticking to the theme we have reviews of the ALIEN RPG Starter Set and EXIT: The Catacombs of Horror. We diverge a bit in our week in review where we’ve got first thoughts on Chronicles of Crime 1400, Robotech Force of Arms and more.

Episode 111 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded October 14th, 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 ]

19 of The Best Horror Board Games for a Horror Themed Game Night

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As Halloween fast approaches I thought it would be a good time to talk about Horror board games and spooky boardgames great for a horror-themed game night. 

This topic is inspired by Windsor local Sebastian Gaspar Woods who, earlier this year, won Best Short Script at the Underground Indie Film Festival for his horror/romance ghost story 'Hold Me Close'.
Sebastian writes:
As of 2020, what do you consider the best horror games? [ READ MORE ]

Two Years In – Second Anniversary AMA – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 101

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 Two Years In - Second Anniversary AMA. Live Q&A topics include snacks, our views on interviews, scheduling tips and failures, blogging and podcasting behind the scenes and lessons learned, Instagram success tips, and the first things we want to do when this pandemic is over. Also detailed reviews of Quodd Heroes and the Shadowrun Sixth World Beginner Box, plus our Gen Con Online 2020 Experience.

Episode 101 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded August 5th, 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 ]

One Hundred – 100 episodes down and hopefully many more to come – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 100

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 One Hundred - Celebrating our 100th podcast episode. In honour of this milestone we’ve got a special retrospective segment we’re adding to the show tonight and we’re launching our next board game giveaway. Then we’re answering one of the best questions I think we’ve ever been asked. We’re still going to do a couple of detailed reviews, those will be Katana and Jaws and then I’ve got some initial thoughts on the Pathfinder Adventure Card game along with a couple of our favourite two player games in our week in review.

Episode 100 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded July 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. [ READ MORE ]

A Focus on Teaching – Board Game Teacher Tips – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 71st episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on December 11th, 2019. 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 Focus on Teaching - Board Game Teacher Tips. Dead Man’s Cabal review in The Game Room. Carpe Diem and Imhotep A New Dynasty first thoughts in The Bellhop’s Tabletop. [ READ MORE ]

Dead Man’s Cabal – Review. One of the most uniquely themed board games I’ve ever played.

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Dead Man's Cabal, the board game from Pandasaurus games, has one of the most unique themes I've ever seen in a board game. It also features some of the best components on the market.

Can you beat this theme? You are a Necromancer and want to go to a dance party. The problem is you have no friends. So you get in touch with your fellow necromancers and decide to have a get together. Well, what about guests? Who needs friends when you can make your own? [ READ MORE ]

Halloween Hangout Live Q&A – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 65th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on October 30th, 2019. 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.

Halloween Hangout LIVE Q&A, we answer questions from our fans live. We talk about games to bring to a Halloween party, our favourite Halloween Treats, Dealing with one player who doesn't want to play what the rest of the group wants to play, significant others joining groups, top three board games to play when drinking alcohol and more. Also our initial thoughts on Vinhos, a first play for Gold West and another public Halloween game night. [ READ MORE ]

Treasure Hunt – Tips for Finding Rare, Out-of-Print Games – Episode 56 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 56th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on August 28th, 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 56 - Treasure Hunt - tips for finding rare, hard to find and out-of-print games. Also our Extra Life Warmup Wrap up including a first look at the Teotihuacan expansion. [ READ MORE ]

Teotihuacan: Late Preclassic Period, Tower of Madness, Gentes, Dead Man’s Cabal, and more for Extra Life! – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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This past weekend was the Extra Life Tabletop Appreciation Weekend and I helped run an event here in Windsor at The CG Realm.

At the event, we gamed for 12 hours and I got in lots of plays. I got in some more plays of Tower of Madness, we played some Dead Man's Cabal, I got to try Teotihuacan with the Late Preclassic Period expansion, I showed off Gentes Deluxified, I set up a crazy Pitchcar track and, of course, we played some Go Cuckoo.
The night before this big event Sean was in town and we live streamed some three-player Sorcerer. [ READ MORE ]