The Level Up Board Game Podcast

Welcome adventurers to the last episode of our fourth year!   As such, we take a look at our top ten games that we've reviewed this year, but first... we've done another batch of ten review games, so we have a top 5 as well! We still have some recent plays to chat about, plus our 8-bit breakdown goes to the narrative boss-battler: Oathsworn Into the Deepwood! www.levelupgamepodcast.com BGG Guild F...

Join our party of FIVE as King Scott and Just Patrick are joined by Teacher Ryan, Explorer Josh & Navigator Lana in this off-the-cuff episode all about PAX Unplugged 2024! www.levelupgamepodcast.com Instagram X Facebook BGG Guild

King Scott and Just Patrick tell tales of gaming galore! Recent plays include Aqua, Lord of the Rings Duel, Aqua & Catherine. Then we feature Galileo Galilei; a medium-heavy euro all about utilizing your telescope to observe celestial bodies while persuading the inquisition of your findings. We look back on Frostpunk before being joined by Navigator Lana for a little game-trotting! Finally, we...

The King has returned! King Scott and Just Patrick are joined by Teacher Ryan to talk all kinds of games, like Naishi, Carnegie, Descent & more! We chat about a couple games each that we're excited to check out at PAX 2024, then give the 8-bit breakdown to Botanicus! Stick around after the time warp as today's discussion is all about when gaming gets us through hard times. Tell a friend about...

Today its Just Patrick and Explorer Josh talking a ton of games.  Namely, we each talk about one we've gotten back to, a new game on the table, and one upcoming! Teacher Ryan stops by to chat about upcoming release: Everstone: Discovering Ignis. We wrap things up with a chat about the progress of CakePie Games! www.levelupgamepodcast.com Facebook Instagram X BGG Guild

This episode is all about Estate: Raise the Realm, which is currently live on kickstarter!  Click here to check out the kickstarter!

Today features a different gruesome twosome as Just Patrick is joined by Navigator Lana for all kinds of tabletop chatter. The 8-bit breakdown feature is Windmill Valley; an amazing euro game with several strategic paths and some of those big turns where everything chains together! Before wrapping up the episode, we get a visit from explorer Josh for a lost loot segment!   www.levelupgamepodcast.c...

Hey adventurers!  King Scott is off to Essen while the rest of the party is at PGX! Before gearing up for these board gamey great weekends though, we had the chance to play a bunch of great games to talk about on the show, including the 8-bit breakdown of Age of Innovation! www.levelupgamepodcast.com

Adventure is afoot! King Scott and Just Patrick have yet another episode jam packed with gaming goodness! We talk about several games, including Blazon, DVONN, Its a Wonderful World & Great Wall before getting on to the 8-bit breakdown: Invincible: The Hero-Building Game! Then, after a look-back at Neotopia, Navigator Lana joins us for some wonderful sights and sounds of Russia, and some chat...

A sidequest through and through, today Just Patrick and King Scott team up with Brian to preview all the excitement, vendors, games, guests, and more at the 2024 Pittsburgh Gaming Expo! Video Games, Tabletop Games, RPGs and more, this is one of our favorite weekends of the whole year! Pittsburgh Gaming Expo 2024 Website www.levelupgamepodcast.com

It's Just Patrick and King Scott recounting tales of many a game played this episode. Coming off of a big Level Up meetup, we chat a bit about what hit the table, and revisit a favorite: Dinogenics! The 8-bit breakdown goes to River of Gold: a mid-weight resource collection euro set in the Legend of the 5 Rings universe. We look back on the Princes of Florence and finish things up with a chat abou...

Today Just Patrick is joined by Hungry Gamer Will Brown to talk about Pandora Celeste; a sci-fi horror game that draws comparisons to Nemesis, though lighter. Click here to check out the campaign!   www.levelupgamepodcast.com Facebook Instagram  X BGG Guild

Welcome adventurers! What a huge title for an episode: this one's all about games! King Scott and Just Patrick are once again joined by Navigator Lana to talk about a ton of recent plays, one which isn't even out yet, before a bit of a unique 8-bit breakdown. Today's feature review is for a role-playing game called One More Quest.  This comes from the folks who created Dungeon Fighter, and just li...

Welcome back adventurers! Today King Scott and Just Patrick are joined by Navigator Lana to give the 8-bit breakdwon to Tir na Nog: a game that positions players as Celtic storytellers weaving their tales! Tons of recent plays and things we're excited about, plus a lookback at last year's review: Ultimate Railroads. Finally, its gametime as Scott and Lana have to work together to determine if some...

We've got a ton of adventure packed into this one! Today the 8-bit breakdown goes to Metrorunner from Thunderworks Games.  Other games include Star Wars Outer Rim, Uncle Chestnut's Table Gype, and the brand new Palm Laboratory. Hungry Gamer Will Brown joins us to talk about a game that gets better with the expansion: Reckoners! Finally, we discuss some of the games we're most excited for that are...

A party of four sets out for adventure today! King Scott and Just Patrick are joined by Navigator Lana and Teacher Ryan for an episode full of gaming goodness! Recent plays include Defrag, Ezra and Nehemiah, Defrag, and Beacon Patrol. The 8-bit breakdown goes to Voidfall, followed by a time warp, where we look at last year's review game: Rauha. We had the pleasure of previewing End of the Line wit...

Welcome adventurers! Today King Scott and Just Patrick are joined by Navigator Lana to do an 8-bit breakdown for Captain Flip: a quick hitting game that was just nominated for spiel! We chat about a ton of other games, plus look into the other spiel nominees, as well as the Dice Tower award nominees, including some notable snubs. Show us some love with that 5 star rating on iTunes! www.levelupgame...

Join Scott and Patrick as they recall tales of Origins 2024! Instagram Facebook X BGG Guild www.levelupgamepodcast.com

It's about time we level back! This episode features games that are at least 5 years old.  Sometimes the best games aren't the newest, but tried and true hits. Today's 8-bit breakdown goes to Expeditions Around the World, a recent re-release from Super Meeple, of a game originally from 1996! We chat about what we're looking forward to at Origins, and Explorer Josh tells us about some of the things...

Welcome adventurers! Just Patrick & King Scott chat about the golden geek awards 2023, then recent plays of Battlefields and Lord of the Rings the card game. Hungry Gamer Will Brown joins us for the 8-bit breakdown of Fractal: Beyond the Void, an epic space 4X! We've got a double time warp this week as we look back one year later on both War of the Ring the card game, and Marvel Damage Control...

A great time was had by the whole party at Fun-K Town Convention: Knoxville's grooviest board game con! King Scott and Just Patrick are joined by Teacher Ryan and Explorer Josh to recount tales of the weekend! Recent plays include Tales from the Red Dragon Inn, Klask, Carson City, Tidal Blades, Dune, and many many more! The 8-bit breakdown goes to video game turned board game, Slay the Spire.  Thi...

Teacher Ryan joins King Scott and Just Patrick to chat about whats been on the table, including Ankh, Carson City & Space Lion! Navigator Lana takes us to Kentucky, telling tales of the history and scenery, as well as a thematic game in her Gametrotting segment! This episode's 8-bit breakdown goes to Distilled from Paverson games, then we look back on Marvel Age of Heroes from last year. Final...

Today we revisit the intra-apocalyptic world of San Lazaro, but in much smaller fashion as we discuss Cyber Pet Quest, which is live on kickstarter!   Hear our thoughts, and listen in as we chat with designers Bernie Lin and Brendan Kendrick! Click here to go right to the kickstarter page! www.levelupgamepodcast.com Facebook Instagram X BGG Guild

An adventure that takes us to the outer depths of space in search of the last light in the universe! Today Navigator Lana joins Just Patrick for the 8-bit breakdown of Last Light; a 4X game set in a universe where the light is dying.  Touting a quick playtime for the genre, find out if it packs enough punch to find a spot on your shelf! Recent plays include Can't Stop, 51st State, Battle of Lits,...

Join the adventure! Today we chat about recent plays including the (recently finished kickstarter) Massive Verse Fighting card game, The Artemis Project, Brass & Carnegie! The 8-bit breakdown goes to stock-trading-ish game, Dawn of Ulos! We look back on Brazil Imperial, then get a visit from Explorer Josh to learn about hidden gen: Eila and Something Shiny. To wrap up this quest, we chat about...