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2020 Questions – January AMA – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 76th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on January 29th, 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.

2020 Questions. Our first AMA of 2020. Giving up, and sticking with games. Great games with terrible components and terrible games with great components, social interactions interfering with game night, RPG audio dramas, mystery themed games, game convention pros and cons, and more. Also, a review of Imhotep A New Dynasty. [ READ MORE ]

The Imhotep: A New Dynasty Expansion adds a ton to Imhotep – Review

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Imhotep has become one of my new favourite gateway board games. I've enjoyed playing it with gamers new and old. The expansion, Imhotep: A New Dynasty, adds a series of optional modules to the base game.

With A New Dynasty, you get new C/D sides for all of the player boards in Imhotep adding a crazy amount of variety to the game. You also get rules for the Egyptian Gods, which adds a betting element to the game. [ 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 ]

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 ]

Three’s Company Kids Edition – Great Three Player Games Good With a Toddler – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 59th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on September 18th, 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.

Three’s Company Kids' Edition. Great board games for three players when one of those players is a toddler. Also a look at the Dungeons & Dragons Tyrants of the Underdark deck-building game, some more thoughts on Imhotep and playing Tanto Cuore with my Monday night game group. [ READ MORE ]

What’s the Problem – Discussing Potentially Problematic Games – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 58th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on September 11th, 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.

What’s the Problem. Discussing potentially problematic themes in tabletop games. Starting off with a review of Tanto Cuore. Also, first thoughts on Zombicide: Invader and Imhotep Builder of Egypt. Finally, a return to Lotus and Eminent Domain also hits the table after a long hiatus. [ READ MORE ]

Tanto Cuore, B Sides in Imhotep, and First Plays of Tyrants of the Underdark – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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This past week started off with some anime deck-building with Tanto Cuore. It ended with a game night at The CG Realm where I got in a couple more plays of Imhotep Builder of Egypt and tried out Tyrants of the Underdark for the first time.

Tanto went over better than expected, Imhotep continues to impress and I was really impressed by Tyrants. [ READ MORE ]

First plays of Zombicide: Invader and Imhotep. Giving Lotus Another Shot and Eminent Domain – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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This past week I got some new stuff to the table. Up first was my friend Mike's copy of the cooperative board game Zombicide: Invader from CMON. Then on Sunday, I got to try both Imhotep and the Eminent Domain Escalation expansion for the first time.

In addition to these new gameplays we also played the base game of Eminent Domain a couple of times and we gave Lotus another shot with Tori and Kat. [ READ MORE ]