Oddball Games: Board games doing something different, Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 198
Channel: Tabletop Bellhop
Date: 2023-01-24

We discuss oddball board games that are doing something totally different. Then we preview Once Upon a Line, a game where you scratch off the board like a lottery ticket. We also review Dice Kingdoms of Valeria, take a look at some b-day gaming and share first thoughts on Weather Machine. 

Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 198, Recorded Jan 18th 2023. Join us Wednesday at 9 PM ET at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop.

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Detailed notes: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep198/

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00:00:00 CHECK IN and SUGGESTION BOX 
Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com

Cowboy Bebop Space Serenade
Video https://youtu.be/Vn2MPLOWZg4
Written https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/cowboy-bebop-space-serenade/
Buy It https://amzn.to/3iNgo9H

RPG in A Box Board Games
Segment https://youtu.be/cBBcY0TbYuQ
Hexplore It: Forests of Adrimon https://www.gamenerdz.com/hexplore-it-the-valley-of-the-dead-king?aff=85

00:05:43 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Episode 200 will be recorded on February 1st! Join us: https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop

00:08:15 ASK THE BELLHOP - Best Oddball Games

“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: https://rogerdogergames.com/

Our Top Oddball Games:
Tzolk’in https://amzn.to/3GOdQQw
Shadows in the Forest https://amzn.to/3wlIpbA
Go Cuckoo https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/192547/
Pyramid of Pengqueen https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36648/
Niagara https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13308/
Hamsterolle https://amzn.to/3XJNqWU
Ghost Blitz https://amzn.to/3Wsa458
Hanabi https://amzn.to/3WxV0mu
Town Center https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/160669/
Drop It https://amzn.to/3QZvwgU
Ugg Tect https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/60131/
Super Motherload https://amzn.to/3QVH3xs
Survive Escape from Atlantis https://amzn.to/3XsKjTD
All Wound Up https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12422/
Doodle Quest https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/152757/
Dark Tower https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30/
The Mind https://amzn.to/3iWFpPy 
Time Stories https://amzn.to/3D3NJE9
Nyctophobia https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/249505/
Rattlebones https://amzn.to/3HlEktX
Captain Sonar https://amzn.to/3XreGtn
Rail Pass https://amzn.to/3XIRs2p

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

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/
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

Send questions to: questions@tabletopbellhop.com 

01:10:30 THE GAME ROOM – Once Upon a Line The Butterfly’s Breath Preview
Review https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/once-upon-a-line-preview/
Back It https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/perteetfracas/once-upon-a-line-the-butterflys-breath

01:32:29 THE GAME ROOM – Dice Kingdoms of Valeria 
Unboxing https://youtu.be/k4AMHXi4IlI
Review https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/dice-kingdoms-of-valeria/
Preorder https://www.gamenerdz.com/dice-kingdoms-of-valeria-preorder?aff=85

01:51:36 BELLHOP’S TABLETOP

Weather Machine https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eaglegryphon/weather-machine-by-vital-lacerda-and-ian-otoole
Dice Kingdoms of Valeria https://www.gamenerdz.com/dice-kingdoms-of-valeria-preorder?aff=85
Quacks of Quedlinburg Alchemists https://amzn.to/3D4zrTw
MonsDRAWsity https://amzn.to/3D5CBXv
Venn https://amzn.to/3D8zjCD 
Thrones of Valeria https://gamenerdz.com/thrones-of-valeria-preorder?aff=85
Rack-O https://amzn.to/3H1321q
Once Upon a Line https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/perteetfracas/once-upon-a-line-the-butterflys-breath

02:21:30 PATRON SHOUT OUT AND CLOSING

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