Episodes

8 hours ago
8 hours ago
Welcome adventurers!
While Scott is off on kingly duties, Just Patrick, Navigator Lana, and Explorer Josh join forces for an epic adventure!
This episode has a ton of banter, including tier lists for candy bars.
The 8-bit breakdown goes to Votes for Women: a two player card driven war game centered around the 19th amendment to the constitution of the United States.
Finally, we go down the list of nominees for the 2024 Golden Geek Awards!
Chat about this episode, the games you've been playing, tabletop questions, and more on our discord!

Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Episode 160: Sidequest! Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread!
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Welcome adventurers!
For the past several weeks Just Patrick has played through Arydia The Paths We Dare Tread from FarOffGames and today he shares tales of the experience!
Hear about the ups and downs, the good, the bad, and the ugly, and ultimately, whether Arydia might just be the next campaign for your group!
Join our discord and share your thoughts on this episode, and much more.

Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
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A pestilence has befallen the kingdom as Scott has taken ill. Nevertheless he trudges on!
Teacher Ryan joins us for an 8-bit breakdown of Beyond the Horizon, but first we're talking Nippon, Elder Scrolls, Betrayal of the Second Era, and Star Trek Into the Unknown.
Today's time warp features Last Light before closing things out with a visit to THUNDERDOME!
Chat about this episode, gaming, questions of the week, and more in our DISCORD!

Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Episode 158: Moon Colony Bloodbath! Plus Castle Combo, Gudnak, Zeroday.exe & More!
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Its a grand adventure today as King Scott and Just Patrick tell tales of many a game!
But first, we challenged each other to watch a movie we've never seen before and share our thoughts.
The games start with one that is currently live on kickstarter: Zeroday.exe. This cyberpunk dungeon crawler stands out for its unique programming mechanism, and tons of character customization.
We've got a bunch of recent plays to talk about, then its on to the 8-bit breakdown of Moon Colony Bloodbath!
After looking back on Dawn of Ulos, Explorer Josh tells us of some lost loot that we've probably ALL played in its original form, then wrap it up with a good ol level up!
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Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Episode 157: Super Snipers! Plus A Gest of Robinhood, Floristry & More!
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Welcome adventurers!
Today its Just Patrick and King Scott, with a couple of visitors throughout!
King tells us all about his time at GAMA, then its on to game talk. Namely A Gest of Robinhood, Cover your Assets, and Floristry.
The 8-bit breakdown goes to a tense two player duel game called Super Snipers!
We look back on Rats of Wistar, then do a little game-trotting with Navigator Lana!
Finally, don't miss out on a chance to win a copy of today's review game... just click here and join the discord, then click the contest topic!

Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Episode 156: Finspan! Plus Nemesis, Root & more!
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Adventure takes to the seas as King Scott, Navigator Lana, and Just Patrick give the 8-bit breakdown to Finspan!
But first, we have a TON of games to chat about, including Rear Window, Nemesis, Root, DnD Onslaught & Dyonisia!
Our lookback goes to a favorite from last year: Roll Player Adventures.
Explorer Josh joins to chat about CakePie game's maiden voyage into crowdfunding: Beach Day, then we finish off with a quick chat about how we react when we're not enjoying a game.
Don't forget, every episode this year has a retro commercial in it. Write em down somewhere because at the end of the year, we're gonna ask adventurers what commercials were played. Thats how you enter our drawing for a mega prize! Just make sure youre in the DISCORD!

Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Episode 155: Sidequest! Kinfire Delve!
Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Thursday Feb 20, 2025
This is a very special episode as Navigator Lana gears up with an editor's headphones, taking the episode under her wings, joined by Hungry Gamer, Will Brown!
The heroes chat about some great games from Fight in a Box, designed by Seppy Yoon, before doing a bit of a breakdown of the small-box Kinfire Delve games, based on the larger campaign of Kinfire Chronicles!
Let em know your thoughts in THE OFFICIAL LEVEL UP DISCORD!

Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Episode 154: Middle Ages! Plus Final Girl, Fallout & More!
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
A gang of four today as King Scott & Just Patrick are joined by Teacher Ryan and Navigator Lana!
As always we start with some banter, including the BGG Awards, then a ton of game talk!
The 8-bit breakdown goes to Middle Ages, followed by the time warp, where we revisit last year's review game: World Wonders.
Hey, what's up with the retro commercials? Keep note of them adventurers, because we are putting a prize package together for the end of the year, and the way to enter to win is going to be telling us all of the retro commercials!
To do it, you've gotta be in our discord, so click here and join now!!!

Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Gather 'round adventurers!
First of all, JOIN THE DISCORD! We're having a blast chatting with everyone, playing games on BGA, hearing your answers to the question of the week. Level Up and get in the fun!
Today's a big one as King Scott and Just Patrick have Navigator Lana in studio yet again!
Recent adventures include Mistborn the Deckbuilding Game, Lord of the Rings trick-taking Game, and Maracaibo!
The 8-bit breakdown goes to a pretty complex euro with asymetric factions... Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory!
The time warp takes us back to Ticket to Ride Legacy, then finally we wrap things up with a "two games enter, one game leaves" segment.

Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Episode 152: The best 40 Board Games of 2024!
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Some present their single favorite, or top 5, maybe even top ten...
Today we present the FORTY best games of 2024! We checked out a TON of content reviewers' top lists and mashed em all up to present this mega list of the very best games from last year!
Join King Scott, Just Patrick, Teacher Ryan, Exporer Josh, Dung Merchant Will, and Navigator Lana for an episode chock full of gaming goodness!
Oh hey guess what? We play games with listeners. We share ideas, photos, meetup dates, convention plans and a TON more in our discord! Seriously... level up your adventurer status and join the our discord!