23 Of The Best Oddball Board Games And Some Games That Went Too Far
Channel: Tabletop Bellhop
Date: 2023-01-22

In this podcast segment Sean and Moe share their favourite board games with unique mechanics, oddball games that do something new. They also talk about some games that took doing something different too far. 

This show is one segment of The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 198: Oddball Games. Find the full episode here: https://youtu.be/wyCnMCT_odM

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00:00:00 Intro and question:

“What games would you consider really “Outside the Box”? Do you know of any that have gone too far and are too weird to be fun?”

Roger Doger Games: 

Our Top Oddball Games:
00:01:58 Tzolk’in https://amzn.to/3GOdQQw
00:03:00 Shadows in the Forest https://amzn.to/3wlIpbA
00:04:50 Go Cuckoo https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/192547/go-cuckoo
00:05:52 Pyramid of Pengqueen https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36648/pyramid-pengqueen
00:07:29 Niagara https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13308/niagara
00:09:13 Hamsterolle https://amzn.to/3XJNqWU
00:10:53 Ghost Blitz https://amzn.to/3Wsa458
00:12:44 Hanabi https://amzn.to/3WxV0mu
00:14:14 Town Center https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/160669/town-center-fourth-edition
00:16:35 Drop It https://amzn.to/3QZvwgU
00:17:44 Ugg Tect https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/60131/ugg-tect
00:18:53 Super Motherload https://amzn.to/3QVH3xs
00:20:02 Survive Escape from Atlantis https://amzn.to/3XsKjTD
00:21:37 Once Upon a Line https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/once-upon-a-line-preview/
00:22:24 All Wound Up https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12422/all-wound
00:23:27 Doodle Quest https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/152757/doodle-quest
00:24:54 Dark Tower https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30/dark-tower
00:26:13 The Mind https://amzn.to/3iWFpPy 
00:27:32 Time Stories https://amzn.to/3D3NJE9
00:29:48 Nyctophobia https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/249505/nyctophobia
00:31:01 Rattlebones https://amzn.to/3HlEktX
00:32:40 Captain Sonar https://amzn.to/3XreGtn
00:34:05 Rail Pass https://amzn.to/3XIRs2p

00:35:19 Honourable Mentions
Dead Man’s Cabal https://amzn.to/3Wskodi
Holding On: The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr https://amzn.to/3XqJxGP
Millennium Blades https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/151347/millennium-blades

00:42:08 Games That Went Too Far

Fluxx https://amzn.to/3ZQooY1
Gloom https://amzn.to/3ZUpNNm
What's That Smell? https://amzn.to/3XBbOdS
Aroma https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/aroma/
Carcassonne The Catapult https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/38855/carcassonne-expansion-7-catapult
Consentacle https://metasynthie.itch.io/consentacle-print-and-play-edition
Tales of the Arabian Knights https://amzn.to/3XIS7jO
Dragon & Flagon https://amzn.to/3QT9xrO
The Bloody Inn https://amzn.to/3Y6yv9F
Sticky Cthulhu https://www.gamenerdz.com/sticky-cthulhu?aff=85
Cards Against Humanity https://amzn.to/3j1TSK5
Donner Dinner Party https://amzn.to/3whYvTx
Tower of Madness https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/tower-of-madness-review/
Tragedy Looper https://amzn.to/3wkozgF

01:01:05 Closing and where to find more.

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