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Filling the Gap. Card Based Filler games and why you should play them. Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 129

April 20, 2021 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Filling the Gap - Card Based Filler games and why you should play them. Tonight we have twenty-five filler card game recommendations. Following that, I’ve got a review of a mostly card-driven game that may be best used in filling your trash bin. Finally in the week in review I’ve gotten in some thoughts on Quacks of Quedlinburg and Sean has a review of the book: Winning streak Tales and Trivia of the 40 most popular board games.

Episode 129 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded April 14th 2021. 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 ]

The best board games of 2020, Our best new board game discoveries of the year

January 2, 2021 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

As we wrap up this rather interesting year, I thought it would be a good time to look back and list off some of our best board game discoveries of 2020.

These are some of the best board games of 2020 and previous years that we played for the first time this past year. [ READ MORE ]

2020’s Best: The Best Board Games & RPGs We Discovered in 2020, Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 117

December 29, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

2020s Best - The best board games and RPGs we played for the first time in 2020. Reviews of Knot Dice Squared and Back to the Future Dice Through Time. Also, some virtual gaming, more Knot Dice and another book of Hogwarts Battle completed.

Episode 117 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded December, 23rd 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 ]

Surprisingly complex games – Games that were much more than we expected – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 103

August 25, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Surprisingly Complex Games - Games that were much more than we expected. In this episode, we talk about games that surprised us in a good way. In the game room, we compare a couple of games with older versions of them. First will be how Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion differs from Gloomhaven and then Mermaid Adventures Revised, which is now a setting book for The Pip System Corebook. In The Bellhop's Tabletop, we talk about Camp Capstone, another online game convention, and Runaway Hirelings an improv-heavy fantasy RPG.

Episode 103 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded August 19th, 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 ]

25 Board Games That Are More Than Meets the Eye, Suprisingly Good Board Games

August 24, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Every now and then you find a board game that takes you by surprise. One that shocks you by being so much more than you expected it to be.

Today I'm going to run through a list of twenty-five boardgames that blew me away or shocked me in some way. Games that were more fun, more complex, surprisingly deep or just more of a game than I ever expected. [ READ MORE ]

For Sale – How to get the most for your unwanted games – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 99

July 21, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

For Sale - Getting the most from your unwanted games, a follow up to last week’s topic of deciding which games in your collection to get rid of. Also a detailed review of Bastille from Queen Games and Family Secrets the first episode of Escape Mail an escape mail experience delivered to your door. Finally, a number of games in our Bellhop’s Tabletop week in review including a first look at Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy, plus Maki Stack, Katana, Jaws, Codenames Duet and Medium.

Episode 99 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded July 16th, 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 ]

Spring Fling AMA – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 89

May 5, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This is the 89th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on April 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.

Spring Fling AMA - Topics include: easy games for toddlers, games to play over Discord, newish games we want to try, favourite dexterity games, gaming gifts we didn’t appreciate, Kickstarters we lost enthusiasm for, best Cthulhu games, a pile of shame update, the first upgrade we would make for our shows, and more. Also a review of The Fox in the Forest Duet followed by some online gaming, date night gaming and another Renegade #WorldWidePlayDay event. [ READ MORE ]

February AMA – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 80

March 3, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This is the 80th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on February 26th 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.

February AMA - Answering your gaming question live! In addition to answering your questions live we have a review of the Extermination pack for Horizons and some Gloomhaven, Medium, Gorus Maximus, and more Horizons for our Bellhop’s Tabletop segment. [ READ MORE ]

Oldies But Goodies – Talking about older games still worth playing – Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Ep 79

February 25, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This is the 79th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on February 19th 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.

Oldies but goodies. Talking about older games still worth playing. Also, in The Game Room we’re talking about Medium, our review went live on the blog today and that means our Giveaway is live! In The Bellhop’s Tabletop segment we’ve got Raiders of the North Sea with Hall of Heroes, Gold West, Medium, Terra Mystica, Clans of Caledonia and Minecraft Builders & Biomes. [ READ MORE ]

Medium – Make a Psychic Bond in this Word Based Party Game – Review

February 19, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Last year after Gen Con hit, pretty much every podcast I listened to was going on about Medium, a fantastic new party game from Greater Than Games.

In Medium you pair up with your partner and try to form a psychic bond and both come up with the word that connects the words on your two cards. [ READ MORE ]