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Great Games Eh? Some of the best games from Canadian game designers – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 97

July 7, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Great Games Eh? - In celebration of Canada Day, we feature some of the best games from Canadian game designers. In addition to that, we’ve got a review of the roshambo based card game Super Cats from The Op. In The Bellhop’s Tabletop, we’ve got our first play of Talisman: Batman - Super Villains Edition, a few rounds of The Mind two-player, plays of Codenames Duet using the campaign mode as well as trying it in teams, a five-player game of Super Cats and our first plays of Telestrations Upside Drawn.

Episode 97 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded July 1st, 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 ]

Games from some of the Best Canadian Board Game Designers and RPG Writers – Ask The Bellhop

July 4, 2020 by Moe T. 2 Comments

Our last live show recording just happened to fall on Canada Day. Due to that, we decided to spend some time taking a look at some of the best Canadian designed board games and RPGs.

This list features games that were designed, whole or in part, by Canadians and is a mix of Canadian designed roleplaying games and boardgames. [ READ MORE ]

Queen City Conquest 2019, Our Thoughts on this Buffalo, NY Game Convention – Episode 50 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

July 23, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This is the 50th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on July 17th, 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 50 - QCC Wrap Up. A look back at Queen City Conquest 2019. We discuss the con and all of the games Deanna and I played. [ READ MORE ]

A Day by Day Look at the Gaming Convention: Queen City Conquest 2019

July 18, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Last weekend Deanna and I had the pleasure of attending Queen City Conquest (QCC), a tabletop game convention in Amherst NY (a suburb of Buffalo).

This year QCC was at a new time, July 12th - 14th and was held at a new venu: Daemen College. Due to these changes it felt like a brand new con, despite being around since 2012. This year was pretty much a reboot of Queen City Conquest.

In this post, I'm going to try to recap some of the highlights of our time at QCC. [ READ MORE ]

Breakout Con Wrap Up – Episode 35 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

April 2, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This is the 35th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on March 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 35 - Breakout Con 2019 Wrap Up. Sean, Moe and Deanna all share their thoughts on this great gaming convention held at the end of March Break in Toronto Ontario. [ READ MORE ]

Breakout Con 2019 Wrap Up – Why You Need to Attend Breakout!

March 19, 2019 by Moe T. 2 Comments

This past weekend the entire Tabletop Bellhop team was at the tabletop gaming convention, Breakout Con, in Downtown Toronto Ontario.

Over the past two years, Breakout has become my favourite gaming convention. It's a fantastic, small but growing, con that features all forms of gaming -- board games, roleplaying, LARP, wargames, miniature games and more. [ READ MORE ]