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Surprisingly Easy Board Games: Heavy games that are easy to teach and learn, Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 106

September 15, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Surprisingly Easy Board Games - Heavy games that are easy to teach and learn. A follow up to our topic from a few weeks back where we talked about surprisingly complex games. Today we are looking at the flip side of the coin with surprisingly easy games. Once we get to The Game Room we will be looking at Trade & Intrigue, the second expansion for Orleans featuring four optional modules and Flick Wars a dexterity based strategy wargame, plus, of course, we end off with our usual week in review.

Episode 106 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded September 9th, 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 ]

15 Surprisingly Easy Board Games, Heavy Games that are Easier to Learn and Play than Expected

September 13, 2020 by Moe T. 2 Comments

Some board games can seem intimidating, with a thick rulebook, lots of components, or too many things to learn all at once. Sometimes though a boardgame will surprise you by looking complicated when in reality it isn't.

That's what I'm going to be tackling in this article, board games that are much easier than expected. I'm talking about games that are quicker to learn, simpler to play or overall surprising in how approachable they are compared to what their first impression might be. [ READ MORE ]

Pain Free Campaigns – Campaign Based Board Games for 2 Players – Episode 52 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

August 6, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This is the 52nd episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on July 31st, 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 52 - Pain Free Campaigns - Our thoughts on what makes a campaign game good and 2 player campaign game suggestions. Also first impressions of Chocolatiers and Bastille. [ READ MORE ]

What Makes a Campaign Game and Great Campaign Games for 2 Players – Ask The Bellhop

July 30, 2019 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

I love tabletop games that have a campaign mode; games that tell a story that is revealed over multiple plays. Today I'm answering a question looking specifically for two-player campaign games. I'm also going to take this chance to talk about what I think makes for a good campaign game.

Kelly Jones writes,

What are your suggestions for a good campaign style game good for 2 players? [ READ MORE ]

Playing by yourself, solo tabletop gaming – Ask The Bellhop

October 20, 2018 by Moe T. 4 Comments

Phil Vecchione, over on the Misdirected Mark Slack channel asks,

Do you have any recommendations for solo board/card games?

Thanks for the question, Phil.

Those of you who are regulars here on the Bellhop's blog may recognize this name. Yes, this is the same Phil Vecchione who wrote the book Never Unprepared, which I just re-reviewed a couple of days ago. It's also the same Phil Vecchione that we will be interviewing on Thursday (Oct 25th at 8:30) on Twitch about his new RPG Ashcan: Hydro Hacker Operatives or H2O.

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