Out of The Box

Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 RPG Amazing Heroes.

Episode 141, recorded July 21th, 2021. Join us Wednesdays at Nine PM Eastern at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop.

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More detailed show notes: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep141/

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SUGGESTION BOX Send feedback to [e-mail]

Top 10 of the top 1000 games on BGG: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep134/ Our White Star Review: https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/white-star-galaxy-editoin/ The Duke, https://amzn.to/3Bzqak9

The best board game tournament format, https://tabletopbellhop.com/gaming-advice/best-board-game-tournament-format/

What’s in a Word podcast episode, https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep140/ Stuff By Bez, http://www.stuffbybez.com/

Space Base The Emergence of Shy Pluto Unboxing, https://youtu.be/uv4zE_HNQBo

Tapestry Unboxing, https://youtu.be/cUm9bBjWf7Y

World’s Fair 1893 Reviews: On the Blog, https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/worlds-fair-1893/ On YouTube, https://youtu.be/Uv0ekac_7lo

The Tabletop Bellhop on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tabletopbellhop

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Come celebrate our Anniversary! On July 28th we will be having a special episode celebrating our 3 year anniversary! Join us on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop

Special Review Live Show Due next week’s special anniversary episode we are going to be recording a couple of live reviews on Thursday July the 29th, on Twitch at 9pm.

ASK THE BELLHOP

Tonight’s question comes from Tabletop Bellhop patreon patron Jeff Szusz who writes:

It’s common advice that you should learn a game yourself before you get it to the table and bore two or three other people trying to learn it - but some folks may find it hard to sit with a game, alone, and really figure it out.

Also, sometimes you’re at a public play event and want to try something nobody at your table owns. Have you any tips for a group trying to unbox and learn a game together for the first time?

How do you approach teaching board games? https://tabletopbellhop.com/gaming-advice/teaching-boardgames/

Teaching new gamers vs. experienced gamers: https://tabletopbellhop.com/gaming-advice/teaching-by-experience/

Board game teacher tips podcast episode: https://tabletopbellhop.com/gaming-advice/teaching-by-experience/

Finding a board game teacher: https://tabletopbellhop.com/gaming-advice/boardgame-teacher/

Send questions to [e-mail]

THE GAME ROOM: Jabuka, A tile based word game with a twist. Written review on the blog, https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/jabuka/ Jabuka unboxing video, https://youtu.be/6SPq91yI9Ps Buy Jabuka, https://jabukagames.com/

THE GAME ROOM: Trapwords, A dungeon delve themed word guessing game. Written Review on the blog, https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/trapwords-review/ Trapwords unboxing video, https://tabletopbellhop.com/unboxing/trapwords-unboxing/ Buy Trapwords, https://amzn.to/3y8leRa

THE BELLHOPS TABLETOP Riff Raff, https://shop.zoch-verlag.de/zoch_en/categories/skill-games/riff-raff-601105012-en.html Unfair, https://amzn.to/3x26EJH Trapwords, https://amzn.to/3y8leRa Space Base, https://amzn.to/3xKZPgL Codenames Duet, https://amzn.to/3y5hkZc Tapestry, https://amzn.to/2UdyHsm Amazing Heroes, https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/352464/Amazing-Heroes?affiliate_id=164999

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