At Origins 2019 he told me that one of the things I had to do while at the con was go to the Haba booth and try Go Cuckoo. Go Cuckoo – Wayne “The Star Wars Guy” Humfleet is to blame for my love of Go Cukoo. Along with this, after a few plays, you quickly realized that looking to see what pieces your opponents have sitting in front of them and deciding what to place based on what they have can be very important. Deciding where to place your piece is as important as being able to physically place it. To play Hamsterolle well takes tactical play and sometimes even a bit of strategy. What’s surprising about Hamsterolle is that it’s not just about manual dexterity and steady hands. Hamsterolle – This excellent dexterity game has shown up on a number of game recommendation articles here on Tabletop Bellhop and with good reason, this is one of the best dexterity games on the market. I’ve since learned that the rules were actually developed by hardcore miniature gamers whose goal was to make an entry-level wargame even families could enjoy.įor more information on this series of games check out my Funko Pop! Funkoverse Harry Potter Base Set review. The Funkoverse games are surprisingly solid modular gateway skirmish miniature wargames. By the time we were done our first demo, I was sold. Before they started letting people into the hall I quickly read the rules and was already impressed by what looked like a solid amount of depth to this silly looking game with huge headed characters. To say I wasn’t expecting much from it is an understatement. One of the games we were teaching was the Funkoverse Harry Potter Base Set.When we first arrived at the con, neither of us had played the game. Future plays with more and different players just cemented just how great a party game this is.Ĭheck out my detailed review of Medium for more information on this excellent word association game.įunko Pop! Funkoverse Games – Last year at the Windsor ComiCon local gamer Jeff and I were running a table as part of The CGRealm’s booth where we were doing demos of board games while raising money for Extra Life. The first hand of cards had us giggling and by the end of the first round, all of us had laughed so much it hurt. How could this silly word game be getting all the attention it was? Then we sat down to play it, three-player at first, with just the Bellhop team, and after the first round of the game, I totally got it.ĭespite how simple a concept it is, Medium works extremely well. Then when Medium showed up and I read the rules, I was shocked by how simple a concept this was and I was rather confused about all the buzz. Right when the buzz started, I contacted the designers and asked if they would be willing to send a review copy. Based on what I was hearing on board game media, it sounded like everyone was playing this game. Medium – I first started hearing about Medium after GenCon 2019. Some were more complex but others were more fun or did something totally new, or were kids games that were surprisingly fun for adults, and so on.Ģ5 Board Games that were much better than expected: So instead of only talking about games that surprised me by being more complex or ‘gamier’ than expected, I want to share with you some games that took me by surprise in a number of ways.īelow you will find a list of twenty-five games that were somehow more than I expected. While I do think this is a great topic I thought it would be more interesting if I expanded on Prayerborne’s question just a bit. I’ve actually thought before that an interesting discussion topic would be “Surprisingly advanced games”: older games with mechanics we think of as recent inventions, or even newer games that are ‘gamier’ than we’d expect (mass-marketed “Hunger Games: District 12” is a EURO!?!)įirst off I want to thank Prayerborne for the topic. Long time Bellhop fan, Prayerborne, wrote: This topic of board game surprises is inspired by this question we received: Handmade & Unique, Tabletop Gaming at EtsyĪ question about surprisingly complex board games.
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