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The Results and The Games of Windsor Extra Life 2019

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This past weekend gamers around the world took part in a charity gaming marathon called Extra Life. This huge gaming event raises money for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

Here in Windsor, the entire Bellhop Team spent the entire weekend volunteering and taking part in our local Extra Life event held at The CG Realm.
Games were played, baked goods were sold, auctions happened and we raised a lot of money for a great cause. [ READ MORE ]

Start of Fall Answer All, AMA or rather Ask Us Anything – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 60th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on September 25th, 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.

Start of Fall Answer All, AMA - Our first monthly AMA or rather Ask Us Anything episode. Also a review of FunkoVerse Harry Potter, Windsor ComiCon game demos, EZY mode game night and three home games in our Bellhop’s Tabletop segment. [ READ MORE ]

ComiCon Demos, EZY Mode Gaming, and Home Games – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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I got in a lot of different game plays this week. Today I'm going to be sharing my thoughts on the board games: Imhotep, Eminent Domain (and the Escalation expansion), Tyrants of the Underdark, Bastille, Bohnanza, Kingdomino, Funkoverse Harry Potter, Azul and Go Cuckoo.

The reason for such a variety of games this past week was due to two big events going down. First up was another game night at EZY Mode and the second was Windsor ComiCon, where I was doing demos of games and raising money for Extra Life. [ READ MORE ]

The Great Outdoors – Discussing Great Games to Bring Camping – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 57th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on September 4th, 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.

The Great Outdoors. We talk about what makes for a good game to bring on a camping trip and offer up 22 camping game recommendations. Also, two-player Sorcerer, Raiders of the North Sea with a new player and streaming online board game plays with Board Game Arena. [ 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 ]

Gateway Games – The Next Generation – Episode 54 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 54th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on August 14th, 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 54 - Gateway Games - The Next Generation. The top gateway games of the last three years. Zenteeko review and giveaway. Dead Man’s Cabal and Sorcerer at new player counts. A return to DC Deck-Building for Sean and more! [ READ MORE ]

The Top Gateway Board Games of the Last Three Years – Ask The Bellhop

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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 post is inspired by a question by MrUncleAwesome, who contacted me on Twitch, to write:
What is your favorite newish game to play with people just getting into the hobby, after games like catan, and ticket to ride? [ READ MORE ]

Being Picky – How to Pick What Games to Play – Episode 53 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 53rd episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on August 7th, 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 53 - Being Picky - How to pick what games to play on game night. Also a review of Raiders of the North Sea and some double date night gaming. [ READ MORE ]