My kids are big Harry Potter fans and when I heard that The Op was putting out a gateway worker-placement board game with a Harry Potter theme I jumped at a chance to check it out.
I have to admit I was a bit shocked when I got an email from Bicycle Cards about reviewing a couple of hobby board games. I didn't know that the largest card game company in the world is now trying to break into the board game market. This is a look at one of their two new light strategy games, The Alpha.
Looking for some games to play with the resources you already have on hand? Here is a list of free board games and role playing games that only require you to have some standard D6 dice on hand as well as maybe needing to print out a few additional free resources to play.
Imhotep Builder of Egypt from Thames & Kosmos has proven to be an excellent modern gateway game.
What do you play when your board game table is a mix of experienced board game players and people new to hobby board games? That's what I will be discussing today based on this question:
Today I'm going to be talking about some great gateway area control and area majority board games. We discussed this topic a bit on our AMA episode but I thought it would be worth taking a deeper dive into introductory area control games.
When people mention gateway games everyone thinks of Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, and maybe Ticket To Ride. The thing is, these games are all over 15 years old! Surely there must be some gateway games that are more modern, games that have come out recently that make for great introductions to the world of hobby board games.
This is the 47th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on June 26th, 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.
I love getting new people into the tabletop gaming hobby. I make it a point to try to be a board gaming ambassador, to try to spread my love of games to the world. Today's question deals with one aspect of advocating for our hobby, picking which games to introduce to new gamers.
