Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast
Love board games? Let's talk boardgames, lots of board gaming (and a few RPGs). Tabletop Bellhop, your cardboard concierge, is here to answer your gaming and game night questions, helping you make your game nights better with tabletop game reviews and advice.
Episodes
This week, we reduce our question pile by answering three of your questions that aren’t quite involved enough to warrant a full podcast episode; one on favourite games and game styles, one on cons, and one on the state of the industry.
We also share thoughts on How to Save a World from Burnt Island Games and do full reviews of both Slanguage from Foxmind and The Lord of the Rings the Fellowship of the Ring Trick Taking Game from...
This episode we share our favourite games where you level up or power up during the game, but that aren’t campaign games. To go with that we’ve got a spoiler free review of Vantage from Stonemaier Games.
We also review Tea Witches from The Op, share first thoughts on How to Save A World, talk about our first ever Pop Up Board Game Cafe, and more.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 287, was recorded on October 29th, 2025. We ...
We share our favourite nature themed board games, and deep dive two of them with detailed reviews of Hutan: Life in the rainforest and Gnome Hollow.
We also talk about the recent public play game night we hosted where we were joined by a rep from Outset Media, and, of course, talk about the games we’ve been playing lately.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 286, was recorded on October 22nd, 2025. We usually try to recor...
We recently hosted a board game swap meet and tonight we’re going to talk about how that went in hopes of giving you some tips to run a similar event for your community.
We will also share our first thoughts on Vantage, the new sci-fi open world sandbox game from Stonemaier Games and talk a bit about our first ProtoWIN local game designer day.
We close out with three reviews: The Uncharted Expansion for Land Vs Sea, Pencil Book ...
This week we each share the heaviest board game that we’ve played and actually enjoy and then share some of our favourite heavy games. We talk about what we’ve been playing including first thoughts on Wanted Wombats and Castle Raisers and have more thoughts on Tea Witches. We wrap up with two detailed reviews of some heavier games, Kutna Hora from CGE and House of Fado from Eagle-Gryphon Games.
This week we’ve got a question about choosing favourites and why it’s so hard to pick a favourite game. We share first thoughts on Tea Witches from The Op and then review two games, Reign of Dragoness from Grandpa Beck’s Games and Ahau: Rulers of Yucatan from Grand Gamers Guild.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 283, was recorded on September 24th, 2025. We usually record Wednesdays at 8 PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/t...
It’s time for some CanCon! This episode we share some of our favourite games from Canadian board game publishers and then deep dive into reviews for two of those games, Guildlands from Outset Media and Doomensions from Mysterious Package Company.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 282, was recorded on September 17th, 2025. We normally record Wednesdays at 8 PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop
This episode we have some game recommendations for a fan looking for games like Unmatched from Restoration Games. We also announce a new local partnership, geek out about a trip to the new Asmodee Canada office in Brantford, and share what we’ve been playing. We wrap up with three reviews: Marvel Dice Throne X-Men, Dawn, and Curses & Covens.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 281, was recorded on September 11th, 2025. We...
This episode we talk about board games to get you thinking, and games that are great to play with aging parents. We also share thoughts on trying some of the optional rules in Gnome Hollow and wrap up with two reviews: Courtisans and Santorini 2nd Edition.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 280, was recorded on September 3rd, 2025. We normally record Wednesdays at 8 PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop
This episode is all about catching up. Catching you up on the games we’ve been playing, talking about catch up mechanics in games and catching up on a long overdue review of the Riftlands expansion for Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 279, was recorded on August 31st, 2025. We invite you to join us live on Wednesdays at 8 PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop
We share our favourite tabletop games that involve improvisation as part of gameplay. To go with the topic, we review Oh Captain, My Captain from Simon & Schuster. We also review Emerald Skulls from Thunderworks and, of course, talk about the games we’ve been playing lately, including first thoughts on Courtisans and the new edition of Santorini.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 278, was recorded on June 25th, 2025. We...
This episode we hope to help a fan find some new games to play with her grandkids. To go with this we’ve got two reviews from the new Queen games Family & Friends line, Star Explorer and Moonlight market. We’re also going to be sharing what we’ve been playing lately including first thoughts on Nana and another successful Walkerville Brewery game night.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 277, was recorded on June 18th, 20...
This episode we’re back talking about one of our most popular topics, two player games. We take a look at some recent finds and list off some of our new favourite games for two. To go with this we have some two player game reviews: Floristry, Lone Wolves, and Architects of Amytis. As usual, we also share the games we’ve been playing recently, including first thoughts on Dawn, Star Realms: Rise of Empire and Kutna Hora.
Tonight we’re talking about board games that were rebooted and given new life. We share the games we’ve been playing including first plays of Floristry, Lone Wolves, Azul Duel, and Julius Caesar. We wrap up with two meatier game reviews with Earth and Genotype.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 272, was recorded on May 28th, 2025. Join us live on Wednesdays at 8 PM EST at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop
Tonight we’re going a bit wacky and talking about some of the most ridiculous games we’ve played. To go along with this we have three rather unique games to review tonight: Trash Talk, Words of a Feather, and Pusheen the Stacking Game. As usual we will also be talking about our recent game plays which include our first thoughts on Reign of Dragoness.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 274, was recorded on May 14th, 2025.
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Can you believe, until now we’ve never actually covered our favourite deck-building card games? We fix that in this episode. In addition, we share what we’ve been playing, which includes some first thoughts on Slanguage from Foxmind. We then review Harmonies from Libellud and Quoridor Pac-Man from Gigamic.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 273, was recorded on May 7th, 2025. Join us live on Wednesdays at 8 PM EST at https:/...
This episode Deanna is back to join an open discussion about what to do when the inevitable happens and your gaming event fails. We announce a new local event, and then Gwen returns to talk about the games we’ve been playing (which is a lot). This includes a couple of local game nights and us hosting the board game area at the annual Windsor Sakura Anime Festival.
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 272, was recorded on April ...
Gwen joins us again on the tabletop bellhop, this time sharing the favourite games she played growing up, including some great games you may want to share with your kids. After that we talk about the games we’ve been playing lately and we wrap up with two reviews: Survive the Island and Oros
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 271, was recorded on April 16th, 2025. Join us live on Wednesdays at 8 PM EST at https://www.twitch....
Tonight we’ve got a very special guest, Gwendolen - Moe and Deanna’s daughter, on the show to talk about Breakout Con 2025. We haven’t been to Breakout since 2019 and this was Gwen’s first ever tabletop gaming con experience. Moe and Gwen talk about why more people should attend this Canadian convention and talk about all of the games they played. We wrap up with reviews of two games that the team brought home from Breakout: Sinoda...
This episode we answer a question from a long time fan who’s wondering if board games would be better off being digital. We talk about the non-con games we’ve been playing (there’s a lot) and finish off with two reviews: The Artemis Odyssey and Cursed Empire: Heroes of Thargos
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 269, was recorded on April 4th, 2025. Join us live on Wednesdays at 8 PM EST at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop...
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