Why? "Why" is perhaps the most important question of all. Why do people play board games? That's the question I'm going to try to tackle today, based on one of the best Ask The Bellhop questions we've ever received.
This is the 64th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on October 23rd, 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.
In about a week and a half, the gamers of Windsor Ontario will be gathering at The CG Realm and playing tabletop games to raise money for charity. This is all part of the worldwide Extra Life charity gaming event that raises money for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
Saturday I hosted a Board Game Blitz charity board game tournament raising money for our Windsor Extra Life 2019 efforts.
This is the 55th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on August 21st, 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.
There is a big difference between running a roleplaying game campaign versus running a one-shot. There is also a big difference in running an RPG for your home group as opposed to running one in public. In this article, I will be talking about running a one-shot in public based on a question I got on Twitter.
This is the 51st episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on July 24th, 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.
This week we're taking a break from specific game recommendations and talking about something else. Today's topic is something near and dear to my heart, it's about building a local gaming community.
The big thing that happened this past week is that I hosted a public game night at a new venue. At EZY Mode I taught a bunch of board games. Up first was Go Cuckoo. This was followed by a game of Gentes Deluxified. I then broke out the 8Bit Box from Iello and we tried all three of the included games. Up next was a couple of games of Blokus. We finished off the night with a five player game of Cinque Terre.
This is the 37th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on April 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.
