Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

Thought It Was Tuesday AMA   We’re still in the middle of holiday sale season so taking things easy by hosting a live AMA with our chatroom on Twitch today. Topics include Dicember, Ammo in RPGs, Masks A New Generation, a behind the scenes look at our tabletop deal sharing, dealing with problematic content and Aventuria.    Episode 157, recorded December 1st, 2021. Join us Wednesdays at Eight PM E...

Moe’s swamped right now so we steal our usual Sunday Brunch format for this mostly unscripted podcast episode. While we don’t have a review today, we do have lots to talk about in the Bellhop’s Tabletop segment.    Episode 156, recorded November 24th, 2021. Join us Wednesdays at Nine PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop More detailed show notes: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/e...

In this episode we’ve got a question about our favourite game night snacks. We expand on that to talk about not only our snacks of choice but also game night snacking rules, the best game night snacks and some snacking etiquette.  We’ve also got a preview of This Didn’t Happen, a unique time travel puzzler, as well as thoughts on Land Vs. Sea, the Ship of Lost Souls expansion for Aventuria and Wal...

This week we’ve got a detailed question from one of our awesome Patreon patrons, Roger Doger, talking about the burden of being a game teacher. After that, we review Aventuria Forest of No Return, the first expansion for Aventuria. Finally, we’ve got our usual week in review including more plays of Land vs. Sea, Super Motherload, and Forest of No Return plus first thoughts on This Didn’t Happen an...

We start off with a question from Moe’s teenage daughter who’s looking for games she can toss into her backpack and bring to high school. Next up we’ve got a review of a NSFW expansion for Aventuria. Then we wrap up with our week in review, including first thoughts on Land vs Sea, the latest game from Good Games Publishing, The Guild of Dungeoneering: Ultimate Edition, a digital dungeon crawler we...

This past weekend Moe attended the AwSHUX, put on by Shut Up and Sit down. We’ve got a bunch of games that he learned about during this online game convection that we are hyped about and excited to share with you. After that, we’ve got a review of Roll Camera! The Filmmaking Board Game. We finish up with a longer than usual week in review as Moe managed to get in a dozen different gameplays this p...

We’ve got a question from someone who’s looking to fill their gaming shelf with some new games and we’re going to see what we can fit into one kallax cube with a focus on games for the whole family. Along with this we will be reviewing Space Base: The Emergence of Shy Pluto and we’ve got some actual physical game plays to talk about in our week in review. Episode 151, recorded October 20th, 2021....

\We’ve got a listener with a gift certificate for a store here in Windsor looking for game suggestions. Not only do we have some suggestions for them, but we also go on to talk about what we would buy if we had similar gift certificates. Along with this, we’ve also got a review of Yardmaster, a card-driven train game, and an all-digital gaming week in review. Episode 150, recorded October 13th, 20...

Sean shares his tips and tricks for running a superhero RPG. After that we’ve got a review of The Quacks of Quedlinburg followed up with an all digital week in review. Episode 149, recorded September 29th, 2021. Join us Wednesdays at Nine PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop More detailed show notes: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep149/ Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com...

AMA Topics include: Games to bring on a vacation, getting back into public play, RPG artifacts, oldest unplayed games, games that would make for great movies or books and vice versa, what we like to read and more! Also a review of the Wrath Expansion for Draconis Invasion, initial thoughts on Roll Camera! And a return to Castles of Burgundy. Episode 148, recorded September 22nd, 2021. Join us Wedn...

We highlight some of the best map-making tools that are out there with a focus on free or cheap software. We then review the FS-XIA box insert from Folded Space for Xia Legends of a Drift System and wrap up with our week in review with thoughts on Shy Pluto for Space Base, Villainous at six, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria and our first play of Viscounts of the West Kingdom. Episode 147, recorded Septe...

With the kids heading back to school we talk about some great games for a one hour grade school gaming event. Reviews this week are a look at a prototype of The Red Burnoose Algeria 1857 and Hidden Games Crime Scene Case Number One, The Maplebrooke Case. Episode 146, recorded September 8th, 2021. Join us Wednesdays at Nine PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop More detailed show note...

We start off with the result of our Extra Life Tabletop Appreciation Weekend charity gaming event. Then we’ve got a question from one of our awesome Patreon patrons looking for games we didn’t find visually appealing but that we loved. After that reviews of the first Unfair Expansion and Guild Master both from Good Games Publishing and then finally a quick list of the games we played during our Ex...

The Inaugural SeanCon. Sean’s thoughts on the 11 different games we played during this impromptu “game convention” we hope becomes a regular thing. Also reviews of Draconis Invasion and CodeMonkey: Going Bananas. Episode 144, recorded August 18th, 2021. Join us Wednesdays at Nine PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop More detailed show notes: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep144...

Solitaire Fantasy, highlighting some great challenging single player fantasy themed games. Also reviews of Circle of Six and Aroma, plus initial thoughts on the first Unfair Expansion and more. Episode 143, recorded August 12th, 2021. Join us Wednesdays at Eight PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop More detailed show notes: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep143/ Send feedback to...

Year Three Anniversary! Tonight we bring you an extended Ask the Bellhop segment featuring a retrospective, a live Q&A with our chat, and have our fans share their favourite Bellhop moments. We also announce a new giveaway and talk about plays of Unfair, Tapestry, Lanterns Dice, Aroma, Circle of Six, and Marvel Strike Teams. Episode 142, recorded August 4th, 2021. Join us Wednesdays at Nine PM...

Building Civilizations and Theme Parks. A special all review episode, featuring reviews of Tapestry from Stonemaier Games and Unfair from Good Games Publishing, as well as a comparison of Unfair versus Funfair. Episode 142.2, recorded August 5th, 2021. Join us Wednesdays at Nine PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop More detailed show notes: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep142_...

Out of the Box: Tips for playing a game for the first time from right out of the box. We cover tips and tricks for learning a game for the first time at the table with the people you are going to play with. After that we review a couple of word games: Jabuka and Trapwords. Finally, in our week in review, we’ve got thoughts on Riff Raff, Unfair, Space Base, Codenames Duet, Tapestry and the Supers R...

We’ve got seventeen game suggestions for a fan who is looking for word based party games. After that I review the new second edition of World’s Fair 1893 and let everyone know if it’s worth upgrading if you have the original. We finish off with thoughts on Space Base, Tapestry and Guild Master, both digital and physical, and a bit more about Riff Raff and World’s Fair 1893. Episode 140, recorded J...

Review: Aventuria Wheel of Life expansion Bellhop’s Tabletop: The Emergence of Shy Pluto for Space Base, Trapwords. Guild Master and Flicking Finches correction. Episode 139, recorded July 7th, 2021. Join us Wednesdays at Eight PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop More detailed show notes: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep139/ Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com deanna@tab...

Ultralight. We’ve got one of our fantastic Patreon patrons looking for ultralight game suggestions and we’ve got a bunch of them! This is followed up by a review of a prototype copy of Flicking Finches, an Evolution in Dexterity Games, and a return to Roguebook, the digital deck builder by Richard Garfield, where we talk about what’s changed since the beta now that the game is fully released. Also...

Space Base Review and a Return to In Person Gaming. AMA topics include: our favourite designers, what is a game mechanic, kickstarter hotness, what games do we want to pick up next, games we have re-purchased. In person games we share our thoughts on: Riff Raff, Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy, the Quacks of Quedlinburg and more Space Base. Episode 137, recorded June 23rd, 2021. Join us Wednesd...

Board Game Tournaments. We discuss and give details about what we think is the best board game tournament format, the Great Canadian Board Game Blitz. This is followed by a couple of previews. First up Sean’s gives us the rundown on Blood Bowl III, a new digital version of the Games Workshop fantasy football game. Then Moe’s got a review for a prototype copy of Battle of GOG. We finish up with a w...

Roll and Move. Is it really that terrible? What is a roll and move game, why do people hate on them and what are some actually good roll and move games? This is followed by two Aventuria Adventure Card Game Reviews, Master Tailor’s Poltergeists and Arsenal of Heroes. We also share our initial thoughts on the Battle of GOG prototype. Episode 135, recorded June 2nd, 2021. Join us Wednesdays at Eight...

Top 10 of 1000, an interesting take on our favourite games from the BGG top 1000 board games followed by a detailed review of our latest obsession, the Aventuria Adventure Card Game. Episode 134, recorded May 26th, 2021. Join us Wednesdays at Nine PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop More detailed show notes: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep134/ Send feedback to moe@tabletopbe...