Tips and Game Recommendations for Holiday Board Gaming with Family
Channel: Tabletop Bellhop
Date: 2024-01-04

In this podcast segment the guys answer this question: "What board game do you most enjoy playing with your parents or family? Looking for holiday recommendations." They start off giving some tips and tricks for playing games with family over the holidays and then recommend some of their favourite games for playing with family. 

🛎️ This is one segment from The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 226, Holiday Gaming With Family: Tips and game recommendations. Catch the full episode: https://youtu.be/MKCQ-R6W3Dg

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00:00 🔸Intro and This Episode's Question

What board game do you most enjoy playing with your parents or family? Looking for holiday recommendations?

01:57 🔸 Tips for gaming at a holiday gathering
Just One https://amzn.to/4anUH5P
Point Salad https://amzn.to/3NLXKuP
The Great Dalmuti https://amzn.to/483oD5M

00:12:06 🔸 Picking games for family parties
MonsDRAWsity https://amzn.to/41sK5P2
Psychobabble https://amzn.to/3ttTTM4
The Deadlies https://amzn.to/3RsALpY 
Codenames https://amzn.to/48KQLL3
Concept https://amzn.to/4ap8CIW
Pandemic https://amzn.to/484G069
Doctor Who Time of the Daleks https://amzn.to/41qudN7
Doctor Who Yahtzee https://amzn.to/3tnkryK
Happy Salmon https://amzn.to/3GLDWEe
Animal Upon Animal https://amzn.to/4aFmAGX
Animal Upon Animal Christmas Edition https://amzn.to/4aoDOrN
Go Cuckoo! https://www.gamenerdz.com/go-cuckoo?aff=85
Telestrations https://amzn.to/3tq6YGh

30:40 🔸 The top games we each enjoy playing with our families during the holidays:
🔸 Number 5:
DC Deck-Building Game Teen Titans https://amzn.to/3GU5SFK
The Great Dalmuti https://amzn.to/483oD5M
🔸 Number 4: 
Clank! A Deck Building Adventure https://amzn.to/3NzZmI2
Telestrations https://amzn.to/3tq6YGh
🔸 Number 3:
The Duke https://www.gamenerdz.com/the-duke-lords-legacy?aff=85
The Deadlies https://amzn.to/3RsALpY 
🔸 Number 2:
Skip Bo https://amzn.to/3RsyET0
Bohnanza https://amzn.to/48pe6Sk
🔸 Number 1:
Spellmaker https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147364968/Spellmaker?awid=1091
BGG Rules fixes: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1849121/rules-fixes-proposed-designer
Ticket To Ride https://amzn.to/47dDKsg

42:58 🔸 Other games to consider:
Codenames https://amzn.to/3v3IvXL
Point Salad https://amzn.to/3Tvv112
Rack-O https://amzn.to/480Lvmr
Space Base https://amzn.to/41vxQ4b
A Deck of Cards https://amzn.to/48iHH09

46:37 🔸Holiday game suggestions from our fans:
Project L https://amzn.to/41xs4iO
NMBR 9 https://amzn.to/3RLNMw7
Super Mega Lucky Box https://amzn.to/3GMYiwC
Zoolaretto https://www.gamenerdz.com/zooloretto?aff=85
Electric Football https://tudorgames.com/
Tabletop Curling https://amzn.to/4anXFHv
Crokinole https://amzn.to/3toaktr
Twilight Imperium https://amzn.to/3S6p0XG
Point Salad https://amzn.to/3S8QcVT
Blood on the Clocktower https://www.gamenerdz.com/blood-on-the-clocktower?aff=85
For Sale https://amzn.to/3v7VasT
Drop It https://amzn.to/3tfBKBP
No Thanks! https://amzn.to/4atescs
Qwixx https://amzn.to/3Rszpvk

53:25 🔸 Closing

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