New Review on the Blog!

King's Coalition - the first game from newer publisher Play to Z Games

This is a fantastic, quick playing, hand management game that we keep coming back to again and again.

Read why:
https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/kings-coalition-review/

I love #Valheim the video game. I played Valheim the board game and…it’s a miniatures based kickstarter co-op. So expect what you would normally see from such a release... Pretty though (although a sea of grey miniatures doesn’t tickle my fancy)

Not for me. Would play again and will have to as a friend owns it. 6/10.

The Galactic Cruise tutorial on #boardgamearena is 185 steps. That's definitely one of the longer ones.

Werewolf
We had a dinner party and as the UK has been gripped with Traitors frenzy I decided to run a Werewolf game. I printed this version off BGG and it worked brilliantly. Voting is too structured and the cards aren't much good, so I bought Ultimate Werewolf for next time.
#boardgames

#BoardGames

I found this one, for free.

Now its supposed to not be so much fin...

But that makes me wonder if it can be improved upon.

One of the best uses for a 3D printer is building custom inserts for board games. I couldn't find one for Tiny Epic Galaxies that fit a Photo Caddy box so I designed, prototyped and printed my own.

After 5 or 6 iterations, it turned out great and even got a few "that's really nice insert" comments from our gaming group yesterday.

https://hamatti.org/posts/i-designed-a-3d-printed-photo-caddy-insert-for-tiny-epic-galaxies/

Tomorrow night we're doing a live AMA!

We will also be talking about the games we've been playing including detailed reviews of Codenames Duet 2e from Czech Games Edition and Please Don't Burn My Village! from Fireside Games

We go live at 8pm Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop

When #3DPrinting and #BoardGames combines. A set of #Valheim coasters for drinks whilst playing the Valheim board game with upgraded, 3D, tombstones in player colours.

#BrettSpiele #BrettSpiel #j2s

/cc @eerko

In these tenebrous times why not make a friend.
#boardgames

There's a new release for bgg-client!

I've added validation, and have done a lot of work behind the scenes to ensure data integrity, more consistent typing, and better type-safety.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/bgg-client

We're hosing an AMA this coming Wednesday and those work best when we get lots of people in the chatroom!

https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop

We go live at about 8pm EST on Wednesday November 12th

We also plan to review Please Don't Burn My Village! and the new Second Edition of Codenames Duet.

Hablando de acaparadores de mesa: por lo visto Sweet Lands a 4 jugadores necesita de dos mesas para el despliegue inicial, como muestra la foto (no es mía).

Well that was predictable (oof scoring is a pain though) — Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor. #BoardGames #BrettSpiele #BrettSpiel #j2s

New! Hat Trick - Tabletop Bellhop Episode 288

We answer three questions, one about our favourites, one on the industry and one on regional cons.

Also reviews of: Slanguage and The Fellowship of the Ring Trick Taking Game.

Video:
https://youtu.be/1ptg9sTI6Rg?si=B6MVMPjGhCkDFHFM

Audio:
https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep288/

I made a thing! My first proper 3D model to share: a Tiny Epic Galaxies insert for photo caddy boxes to replace a regular style box that can accidentally open in a bag.

I'm so proud of it

https://www.printables.com/model/1474154-tiny-epic-galaxies-insert-for-photo-caddy

Lords of Waterdeep is coming back with a new publisher. It's now with Renegade Game Studios

You can pre-order it now:

#ad https://renegadegamestudios.com/lords-of-waterdeep/?rfsn=7647170.14cbad

ICYMI: Tabletop Bellhop 286: They Grow On You

The best nature themed board games.

With reviews of Hutan and Gnome Hollow, thoughts on Vantage, a horror themed game night with a visit from Outset Media & more.

YouTube:
https://youtu.be/9L_r4nsapoE?si=OFyP0gv9WPPSqM13

Audio & Notes:
https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep286/

Aside from playing with friends, what are people's favourite ways to prototype/playtest physical board and card games? I've been sitting on a pretty fun prototype for a long time now and need ideas of what to do with it!

Gamepad.Club is a Mastodon server with a video games focus, but we’re open to all forms of gaming from tabletop RPGs to trading card games. Hosted in the UK and EU but everyone is welcome!

https://gamepad.club

You can find out more at https://gamepad.club/about or contact the admin account @Gazimoff

This free downloadable board game is a reprint of an original from 1909.

It looks like a really cool way to teach kids about the Suffragettes.

#suffragettes #boardgame #genderrights #histodon #boardgames

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.library.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/Pank-A-Squith-Digital-PDF-Color.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi9jdaHlNiQAxXjX0EAHSb5OdMQFnoECCQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1kY22dxIxS8bNlmNG93EVa