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The Next Generation – Gaming With Kids – Episode 39 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 39th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on April 24th, 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 39 - The Next Generation. Raising our future gamers. Teaching kids how to be the best gamers they can be. Gloomhaven has a retirement, a review of Builder of Blankenburg, Fields and Flocks Expansion, Stuffed Fables and the DC Deck-Building Game Multiverse Box. [ READ MORE ]

Sandbox Sci-Fi in Xia, the Gloomhaven Campaign Resumes, Sintra, and Four Kids Games. – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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So far February has been turning out to be a great month for gaming. I've already gotten in over forty games this month!

This past week there was the usual Friday Gloomhaven game, followed by some Azul: Stained Glass of Sinatra. Saturday I spent the afternoon playing games with my kids. These included Riddle Moo This, Professor Noggin's Creatures of Myth & Legend, Battle Sheep and Qwirkle Cubes. Then on Saturday I had a group of friends over and we tried out all of the expansions for Xia: Legends of a Drift System, which recently showed up from their latest Kickstarter. [ READ MORE ]

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 ]