Orleans

Unboxing Orleans Trade & Intrigue Expansion. The second expansion for Orléans.

January 6, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

A live unboxing video of the Trade and Intrigue expansion for the bag building board game Orleans.

This expansion contains a number of different modules for Orleans and was released in 2016 by Tasty Minstrel Games. [ READ MORE ]

What are the best tabletop games you can get for under $50? – Ask The Bellhop

December 26, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Charles wants to know what board games should he buy if he had $50 right now. We've got a list of great tabletop games for Charles that he can get for under $50.

Charles Barouch writes:

"Let's say I have a $50 check and the stipulation is that I use it for fun. What are the 10 ten games I should consider?" [ READ MORE ]

Picking Favourites – Episode 10 – Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

October 9, 2018 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This is the tenth episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on October 3rd, 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.

This episode we walk the Tokaido, visit Gloomhaven, tease our first giveaway and then dive into The Bellhop's top 20 games. [ READ MORE ]

Under the hood – Episode 9 – Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

October 2, 2018 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This is the ninth episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on September 26th, 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.

This episode we talk about Mermaid Adventures, Terra Mystica, and Gloomhaven before we deep dive into game mechanics. [ READ MORE ]

What are my top 20 games of all time? – Ask The Bellhop

September 29, 2018 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Pretty much everyone asks,

What are your favourite games?

Since I launched Tabletop Bellhop the question I get asked the most is some variation of this question. What's your favourite deck builder? Do you think Concordia is the best game ever? What's your top 5/10/25? With our 10th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live coming up this week I thought this would be a good time to finally give an answer to this question.

This is also a follow up to last week, where I talked about my favourite game mechanics. I thought that would lead well into this. [ READ MORE ]

The Giant List of Top Tabletop Game Mechanics – Ask The Bellhop

September 22, 2018 by Moe T. 1 Comment

NecroDaddy80 on Twitch asks,

What game mechanics do you prefer?

Thanks for the question NecroDaddy80. This was the first ever question we received on Twitch, while recording our first episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live.

There are a ton of different game mechanics, and for someone new to gaming, all these terms can be confusing. So I think it's worth taking some time talking about the wide variety of mechanics out there as well as talking about those I enjoy the best. [ READ MORE ]

Back to School – Episode 5 – Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

August 28, 2018 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Welcome to the fifth episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live. This is an edited version of our live show first recorded on August 23rd, 2018. Remember to join us as we stream live every week on Thursdays at 9:30PM ET on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio you can also watch us over on YouTube.

Today's question: How do you approach teaching board games?

In addition to discussing teaching games, we also look back at the last week and talk quite a bit about Board Game Arena. [ READ MORE ]