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A Look Back at Most Played and Best New Games of 2018

December 26, 2018 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

First up, happy holidays to everyone reading this. I hope this season has been filled with games and gaming.

With 2018 coming to and end I thought this would be a good time to do a look back at the past year. The way the timing works out we will be recording our last podcast of the year on Boxing Day and that episode will release on New Years Day. So I thought this would make for a great discussion topic for that show.

I'm going to be looking at my most played games of 2018. I will follow that up with a list of some of the best new games of 2018 as well as my biggest surprise of 2018. [ READ MORE ]

Accessory to Gaming – Ep 17 – Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

November 27, 2018 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This is the 17th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on November 21st, 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 #17 - Accessory to Gaming. We get some games off the pile of shame, take a trip to Camelot and then talk about must have gaming accessories. [ READ MORE ]

TV Networks, a Russian cultural center, and Venus in this Tabletop Gaming Weekly

November 19, 2018 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This week I try to manage my own TV company in The Networks, head back to Saint Petersburg with five players and get to try Venus Next for Terraforming Mars.

That's right, I got to play some actual physical board games this past week. Which was a nice change after last week's BGAfest. [ READ MORE ]

Han Shot First – Solo board gaming – Episode 13 – Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

October 30, 2018 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This is the thirteenth episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on October 24th, 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 week we visit Saint Petersburg, make some Clank! In! Space!, help out Robinson Crusoe in Friday and then talk one player board and card games. [ READ MORE ]

Clank! In! Space!, Saint Petersburg, Tokaido and Friday – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

October 22, 2018 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This past week my Monday night game group got together again. We played some Clank! In! Space! and I showed off the new printing of Saint Petersburg.

I continued to play 7 Wonders, Race for the Galaxy and Tokaido on Board Game Arena

Another game I played this past week was Friday by Friedemann Friese. This is a solo game I played in the preparation of the Playing By Yourself article I posted on the 20th. [ READ MORE ]

The Worst of the Worst – Episode 11 – Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

October 16, 2018 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This is the eleventh episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on October 10th, 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 hang out on Board Game Arena, visit Gloomhaven, get a couple games off the pile of shame, and celebrate Thanksgaming before taking a look at 10 of the worst games The Bellhop has ever played. [ READ MORE ]

Gaming at home, online and at the FLGS. Then a Happy Thanksgaming – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

October 8, 2018 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

It was a good week for me gaming wise. Quite a few games in both digital and in person.

Online I'm still playing Race for the Galaxy, 7 Wonders and lots of Tokaido. In person, we continued our Gloomhaven campaign and I got Istanbul: The Dice Game and the new printing of Saint Petersburg off my pile of shame. Then yesterday I hosted Thanksgaming where we got in plays of Lanterns: The Harvest Festival, Fuse, and Fallout. [ READ MORE ]

What are some good two player games? – Ask The Bellhop

August 2, 2018 by Moe T. 9 Comments

DragonGem from The Lobby, the Tabletop Bellhop Live twitch chatroom asks,

What are some good 2 player games?

Thanks for the question DragonGem and also thanks for taking part in our first ever live show.

This sounds like such a simple question, doesn't it? Something I should be able to answer easily and quickly. But it is actually not such an easy question as there are just so many possible answers. At first, I considered contacting DragonGem to have her narrow the question down but then I realized that I think it would be worth talking about just how many different styles of two-player games there are out there and showcase just how broad this wonderful hobby of ours is. [ READ MORE ]