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Child’s Play Part 2 – Ep 20 Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

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 This is the 20th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on December 12th, 2018. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesday’s 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 #20 - Child’s Play Part 2. We look at some great comments from fans, discuss Azul, Terra Mystica and Terraforming Mars and then talk about kids and gaming, with ideas and suggestions for your young ones. [ READ MORE ]

Some of the Best Kids Board Games – Ask the Bellhop

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Way back in July, when this whole thing was just getting off the ground, we answered a question about what are the best cooperative kids board games.

Today I'm tackling a follow-up question to that original blog post and our second podcast episode ever.
Duran Barnett asks, "What about doing an episode on introducing kids to gaming? Or maybe a direct sequel tackling non-co-op games for kids?" [ READ MORE ]

80s Flashback Games Workshop’s “Troll Games” for Kids – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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The big thing that happened this week is I had an afternoon alone with Little G and we played some classic Games Workshop games.

I've owned a copy of Oi! Dat's My Leg! for years, bought back when it first came out. Earlier this year, I managed to snag copies of Squelch! and Hungry Troll and the Gobbos from a buy and sell group on Google+.  This past weekend Little G and I played all three. We had a Games Workshop Troll Game Marathon! [ READ MORE ]

What are some less well-known cooperative kids board games? – Ask The Bellhop

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Brian Kurtz, Tabletop Bellhop patron asks,

I am looking for advice on cooperative tabletop games to play with kids of different ages (grade school through high school).
I have enjoyed Hoot Owl Hoot for very young kids and Forbidden Island for older kids, and I have heard good things about Pandemic.
Are there less well-known options I should be checking out?
 
Thanks for the question Brian and thanks for being a patron of The Tabletop Bellhop!
One of the great things about the growing popularity of boardgames is the growing number of games released. More important to your question is the number of games coming out that are fun for players of all ages. For many years kids games were fun, for kids. It was rare to find a game that was fun for both kids and adults. Now, you specifically asked for cooperative games, that narrows the field down quite a bit, but I do have some suggestions. [ READ MORE ]