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The best board games of 2020, Our best new board game discoveries of the year

January 2, 2021 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

As we wrap up this rather interesting year, I thought it would be a good time to look back and list off some of our best board game discoveries of 2020.

These are some of the best board games of 2020 and previous years that we played for the first time this past year. [ READ MORE ]

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

October 27, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

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 ]

A Review of EXIT The Game: The Catacombs of Horror, a very difficult, two part, escape room in a box

October 24, 2020 by Moe T. 3 Comments

Now is the time of year for playing Halloween themed board games. To that end, over the last couple of days, we have played through EXIT: The Catacombs of Horror. A rather difficult puzzle-filled board game from Thames & KOSMOS.

The Catacombs of Horror is the largest, longest and hardest of the EXIT series of puzzle games, rated at a four and a half out of five on the difficulty scale. It is split into two distinct chapters and is meant to be played over one or two sittings. Note this review will be spoiler-free. [ READ MORE ]

18 of the Best Two Player Board Games you can buy right now, the Two Player New Hotness.

October 18, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Some board games can seem intimidating, with a thick rulebook, lots of components, or too many things to learn all at once. Sometimes though a boardgame will surprise you by looking complicated when in reality it isn't.

Two player board games continue to be extremely popular. The question I get asked the most is some variation on "what are the best two-player board games?" Today's version of that question comes from a couple brand new to gaming. So today I'm going to look at some of the hottest newly published two-player tabletop games.

Willie Waldman writes:

My girlfriend and I are getting into gaming. I would like to know some of the games you think are the most fun for 2 players. Any category. Any size. Any type. We play at home. We are new to this so any help would be appreciated. Thank you! [ READ MORE ]

EXIT The Game: The Haunted Roller Coaster, gateway escape room in a box, Review

August 31, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

The Haunted Roller Coaster is promoted by Kosmos as being the gateway to their EXIT: The Game series of escape room in a box board games.

While this wasn't our first EXIT experience and we aren't beginners, I do have to say that Kosmos nailed it with The Haunted Roller Coaster. This is a fantastic puzzle game and would indeed be an excellent entry point to the EXIT series. [ READ MORE ]

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

April 14, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

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 ]

EXIT: The Game – The House of Riddles an Escape Room in a Box from KOSMOS

April 7, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

The House of Riddles is part of the Exit series of board games. It's the second of these escape room in a box board games from Thames & KOSMOS that my wife and I have tried.

This play-once game is rated at a difficulty of 2, whereas the last one we played was rated at 3.5 and was much harder. [ READ MORE ]

The Best Two Player Cooperative Games – Ask The Bellhop

December 7, 2019 by Moe T. 6 Comments

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 ]

EXIT: The Game – The Secret Lab – A Look at this Escape Room in a Box – Review.

October 21, 2019 by Moe T. 2 Comments

Escape rooms are becoming more and more of a big deal around the world. Along with that popularity has come a wide variety of tabletop escape room games, for an escape room at home. Today I'm going to look at one of these escape room board games: Exit The Game: The Secret Lab.

This is actually my first time playing any of these boardgame escape room games. I intend this review to be as spoiler free as possible. Anything I talk about or share pictures of are things you are going to see in the first moments of playing the game. They won't contain any hints or clues of what is to come later. [ READ MORE ]