We try to help someone decide what cooperative game to buy next, including a list of our favourite cooperative board games. We then have three reviews: Trickdraw, a fast flipping card game, Outsmarted!, a modern take on trivia board games, and The Orbital Box x2, a puzzle box you have to build yourself. This is followed by our usual week in review with my first Holiday Hijinx experience, our first play of Aurum, and more.
 
Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 212, July 5th, 2023. Join us Wednesdays at 8 PM EST at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop.
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We have a fan trying to decide what new Cooperative game to pick up next.
Previous cooperative game topics:
Child's Play Episode 2 https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep002/
The Best Cooperative Kids Games That are Also Fun for Adults https://tabletopbellhop.com/gaming-advice/cooperative-kids-board-games/
Playing Together - Great Cooperative Kids Games for Family Game Night:
https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/ep123/
What are some less well-known cooperative kids board games?
https://tabletopbellhop.com/gaming-advice/co-op-kids-games/
Ammon’s list, in our preferred order from least to most recommended:
B-Sieged https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147614342/B-Sieged---Sons-of-the-Abyss?awid=1091
Spirit Island https://amzn.to/44vosxQ
Too Many Bones https://amzn.to/3pN0vTX
Forbidden Desert https://amzn.to/44fb6pX
Aeon’s End https://amzn.to/3O435OJ
Mechs Vs Minions https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/featured/mechs-vs-minions
Cthulhu Death May Die https://amzn.to/3JQNaRn
Mansions of Madness https://amzn.to/3rjea5L
Mage Knight https://amzn.to/3JOcirT
Gloomhaven https://amzn.to/3rnS7dY
Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion https://amzn.to/44rR8YG
 
Our list:
DC Comics Deck-building Card Game https://amzn.to/3KbXhAH
Gloomhaven, starting with Jaws https://amzn.to/44rR8YG
Horrified https://amzn.to/46IalHE
Codenames Duet https://amzn.to/46CgZPx
Hanabi https://amzn.to/3PMVLbu
Chronicles of Crime 1400 https://amzn.to/3pDcaEP
Illiterati https://amzn.to/44xSEZl
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