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Missing in Action, What do you do when you are short a player? – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 74th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on January 15th, 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.

Missing In Action - What to do when you are short a player or players. Also, a review of the Escalation expansion for Eminent Domain, a first look at Gorinto and Sean gets Hogwarts Battle back to the table. [ READ MORE ]

License to Thrill – What Makes for a Great Licenced Board Game? – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 67th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on November 13th, 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.

License to Thrill - What makes for a great licenced board game. Also, a review of the hot new Minecraft board game, Builders and Biomes and a look at the Universal Monsters themed board game: Horrified. [ READ MORE ]

What Makes for a Good Licensed Board Game and 14 of the Best Licenced Board Games – Ask The Bellhop

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Today I will be talking about what makes for a good licenced board game, by which I mean games based on popular media or intellectual properties. This topic stems from a question from Danielle Thomas who asked a related question during one of our AMA live show.

Danielle asked: “There are a lot of boardgames that come out linked to popular media. ie. movies. What is the best and the worst you've played?” [ READ MORE ]

The Mixer – Games for a Game Night with a Mix of Gamers and Non-gamers – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 63rd episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on October 16th, 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 Mixer - Great games for when your table is a mix of gamers and non-gamers. Extra Life Board Game Blitz wrap up. Endeavor, Anachrony and The Duke in our week in review. [ READ MORE ]

Great Board Games For When You Have a Mix of Gamers and Non-Gamers – Ask the Bellhop

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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:

Samantha Bryant asks:
What are some of your favorite games for when you've got a mixed crowd of mundanes and gamers? I'm looking for things that are simple enough that they won't overwhelm nubes, but interesting enough to engage gamers in the same group. [ READ MORE ]

Moving Day AMA – Childhood favourites, Con Budgeting, Board Games for Console Gamers and Lots More! – Episode 47 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 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.

Ep 47 - Moving Day AMA. This episode we are spending the entire Ask the Bellhop segment answering questions from The Lobby our live chatroom on Twitch. [ READ MORE ]

Regrets, I’ve Had a Few – Episode 33 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 33rd episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on March 13th, 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 33 - Regrets, I've had a few. Kickstarter regrets. We also look at the MOO board game, The Ninth World, Hogwarts, Villages of Valeria, Sagrada and more Solo DC Deck Building. [ READ MORE ]

A Badge of Honour – Episode 31 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 31st episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on February 27th, 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 31 - A Badge of Honour. Flying the board game geek flag, wearing the tabletop gamer badge with honour. This week we're mixing things up. Sean has a Board Game Stats review. We take a look at Tzolkin and Valeri and DC Deck Building Expansions, Dinosaur Island, Sintra, War Chest and more. [ READ MORE ]

Finding your Yoda – Episode 30 Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

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 This is the 30th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on February 20th, 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 30 - Finding your Yoda - Finding an RPG or board game teacher. Finding your game guru, your own personal Yoda. We also talk about the new Xia expansions,  four kids games, plus Azul Stained Glass of Sintra, the Monster Book of Monsters expansion for Harry Potter, DC Deck-Building, getting back to the main Gloomhaven campaign and more even including some Battleship. [ READ MORE ]

Lost In Translation – What to do when you’ve got a bad rulebook – Episode 29 – Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

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 This is the 29th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on February 13th, 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 29 - Lost in Translation - What to do when you get a bad rulebook. In addition we talk Arkwright, DC Deck Building, Gloomhaven 2 player, War Chest, the Onitama App. and more. [ READ MORE ]