The Level Up Board Game Podcast

Welcome adventurers! Join King Scott, Navigator Lana, and Just Patrick as we talk about all things gaming for the two hundred and ninth time!   Today we chat Halloween, recap the Pittsburgh Gaming Expo, and each share a recent play. Then Josh and Will pop in for the 8-bit breakdown of The Sheep! As always, we'd love your feedback and friendship in our DISCORD! www.levelupgamepodcast.com

Today Just Patrick and King Scott are joined by Burky of Gametoppers! The gang jumbles up banter and recent plays for a bit, so its a ton of game talk for the first bit of the episode.  Recent plays include Aspens, Enchanted Ivy and Star Wars Battle of Hoth. Today the 8-bit breakdown goes to Kokeshi: a game that puts players in the role of artisans crafting Kokeshi dolls. We follow up the review w...

Join Explorer Josh and Just Patrick as they break down this fairy tale inspired RPG: Fatherfog! If you'd like to join a one-shot RPG with Josh at the helm, we have a game every month posted in our DISCORD! www.levelupgamepodcast.com

Hungry Gamer is back with King Scott and Just Patrick with a ton of game talk! Recent plays include Rebirth, Siege of Valeria, and Cozy Stickerville. Our 8-bit breakdown goes to a massive flip-and-write: Tend! Then before wrapping up we look back on Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship. Join in on episode talk, top tens, local meetups and more in our DISCORD! www.levelupgamepodcast.com

The adventure travels to the far stretches of the galaxy as King Scott and Just Patrick give the 8-bit breakdown to Star Realms: Rise of Empire! As always we've got a ton of gaming banter.  Recent plays include Wingspan Pocket and Estate: Raise the Realm.  We revisit a favorite: Res Arcana, and even get a pop-in from Angry James! After the breakdown we look back on last year's review game: El Gran...

Today its Hungry Gamer and Just Patrick in studio telling tales of the tabletop! Some recent plays include Here Lies, Enchanted Ivy, Arkham Horror the Card Game, and Terraforming Mars the Dice Game. Find out about the upcoming second edition of X-Odus: Rise of the Corruption in today's 8-bit breakdown, then lets do the time warp again... this time for Nemesis Retaliation! Finally, the hosts chat a...

Join Explorer Josh and Navigator Lana as the discuss Monster of the Week! Want to join us for a one-shot RPG session? Just join our DISCORD! www.levelupgamepodcast.com

The adventure continues!  Today King Scott and Navigator Lana share tales of GenCon 2026! Game talk includes Greylune, Elementary, Digging for Dinos and the DC Brave and the Bold bag-building game! The 8-bit breakdown goes to newly re-published Container, then we look back on Vantage! Get in on the game talk in our DISCORD! www.levelupgamepodcast.com

Welcome Adventurers! Today King Scott and Just Patrick have a ton of game talk for you, including recent plays of Star Trek Captain's Chair, Yro, Pirates of the High Teas, and Qwirkle! The 8-bit breakdown goes to Unstoppable, but we had the privilege of a review copy of the Dungeon Crawler Carl version of the game! We've got a double look back at Elden Ring and Tales of the Arthurian Knights befor...

King Scott and Just Patrick revisit their top ten board games of all time. Two hundred episodes in, we want to express our gratitude to all of the publishers, contributors, listeners, and friends who have joined the adventure with us.  Here's to another 200! We invite feedback and shenanigans in our DISCORD! www.levelupgamepodcast.com

Join King Scott, Just Patrick, Navigator Lana, and Explorer Josh as we tell tales of adventure at Origins 2026! We share some of the events and meetups we took part in, plus we chat about a game that WAS on our radar, as well as a game we discovered that previously WAS NOT on our radar! Need some extra XP?  Earn it in our DISCORD! www.levelupgamepodcast.com

Welcome yet again adventurers! King Scott makes a glorious return and tells tales of UKGE! We talk recent plays then get on with the 8-bit breakdown of King of Tokyo Godzilla!  This old gem has been updated with the IP it always wanted, plus a new mechanism or two.  We look back on Great Western Trail: El Paso, then finish things off with talk of one of the very best game days we've had in a long...

Welcome adventurers! Join Explorer Josh for a review of Last Arc: Tactics Analog, a JRPG system! Interested in joining a one-shot RPG with Explorer Josh, Navigator Lana, and the rest of the gang?  Sign up for a game in our DISCORD! www.levelupgamepodcast.com

Its Just Patrick and Navigator Lana today talking a ton of games! We start with some recap of our Level Up Meetup at Ruckus Cafe. While the King was at UKGE, we had plenty on the table, including recent plays of Questline, Omens & Last Light. Today's review game is Cozy Stickerville: a legacy game packed with over 800 stickers in the box! We look back on Mistwind, then finish things off chatti...

Take two!  If you had to re-download the episode, its because we fixed the audio overlap in the intro.  I blame Wilford! The party convenes once again to tell tales of adventure! Today's episode starts with talk of upcoming gaming goodness, followed by several recent plays, such as Dungeon Universalis, 3-2-1 Countdown, Catan 3D and more! Our review game today is one that just finished late pledge...

You are a Beacon; an immortal guardian of humanity.  Light courses through you, granting you incredible power, and the ability to fight back the darkness that besets humanity from all sides. In volume two of our RPG sidequest episodes, Explorer Josh and Navigator Lana chat about Light! Want to join the next one-shot RPG with the hosts?  Sign up in our DISCORD!   www.levelupgamepodcast.com

Join King Scott, navigator Lana, and Just Patrick for an episode filled with gaming! We probably set the record for banter and news as there's just so much to talk about.  Then we get on with a few recent plays before doing the 8-bit breakdown of First Giants! We follow it up with our look back on last year's review game: Ring of Chaos. Share your thoughts in our DISCORD! www.levelupgamepodcast.co...

Baseball Card GM Website! Join King Scott and Just Patrick for an adventure to the ballpark! Today's sidequest features Baseball Card GM, a tabletop dice game that turns your baseball cards into game pieces! We give it the 8-bit breakdown, then chat with the designers. Make key decisions and craft your lineup to come out on top in Baseball Card GM! Chat more about it in our DISCORD! www.levelupgam...

Another grand adventure commences! Join King Scott and Just Patrick for another episode of gaming goodness.  We have all kinds of updates in the banter, including a couple of crowdfunding games that went absolutely wild! Recent plays include Digging for Dinos, Brass Birmingham, Excalibur, and Exchaton. The 8-bit breakdown goes to Wondrous Creatures, followed by a look back on last year's review ga...

Click here to nominate Level Up for Best Podcast! Welcome to the very first sidequest with a focus on a role playing game!   Join Explorer Josh and Navigator Lana as they talk about their time with Old Gods of Appalachia! Want to get in on the next one-shot RPG session with the hosts of the show?  Join the Discord! www.levelupgamepodcast.com

Click here to go to the BGG Golden Geek Nomination page! Today's episode focuses heavily on Capstone Games!  Join Just Patrick, Navigator Lana, and Dung Merchant Will as they banter about Capstone hitting their tables, including in our feature review of Aquaria! As lucky timing would have it, our lookback is another Capstone game: Beyond the Horizon. We chat a bit about what we'd like to get to th...

Adventurers.... we are backlogged.  One episode every two weeks only allows for so much game talk. We put together a special sidequest today to catch up on the games we have been wanting to get into an episode. As always, shenanigans continue in our DISCORD! and of course, you can now "watch" episodes on YOUTUBE!

Listen to this episode on our youtube channel! Join Navigator Lana, Just Patrick, and King Scott for today's episode which kicks off talking about some upcoming games and news that WAIT WHAT'S THIS!? Explorer Josh joins the party! Recent Plays include Pan Am, Res Arcana, Wandering Galaxies, and upcoming kickstarter: Mint Mechs from Galen's Games! The 8-bit breakdown goes to Aquatica, then we look...

Set out for adventure with King Scott and Just Patrick! Today's episode includes some upcoming projects and a quick recap of GAMA, followed by the 8-bit breakdown of Movers & Shakers! We look back on Super Snipers, then chat a bit about some of the games we are stuffing in our bags for the next Level Up Meetup! Want to plan a game in advance for the meetup?  Maybe share what awesome dish you'r...

An adventure filled with games! Join King Scott and Just Patrick for board game banter.  Recent plays include Fruit Fight, Proving Ground, Scurry Up and Ghosts Galore. The 8-bit breakdown goes to an updated version of a classic game: Innovation Ultimate! We look back at Finspan, then Explorer Josh tells tales of a hidden gem he discovered at Tantrum Con. Finally, its off to solo land to break down...