Episodes

6 days ago
6 days ago
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!

Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Episode 151: Video Game Champion! Plus Fromage, Rogue Regiment & More!
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
The adventure continues!
Today Navigator Lana joins us for an episode chock-full of gaming goodness!
We start with some recent plays, then we give the 8-bit breakdown to Video Game Champion from Arcane Wonders!
We look back on last year's review game: The Vale of Eternity, then wrap things up with creating our own expansions for Unmatched!
Hey adventurers, get in on the chat, the questions, the shenanigans... join the discord!

Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
A bit of a milestone today as we hit episode 150!
First thing first: PLEASE JOIN THE DISCORD! We would love nothing more than to have a vibrant, thriving gaming community of show listeners!
To celebrate the milestone, we're listing our top ten games out of EVERY review game we've done so far! Plus, we're chatting a bit about how we've changed as gamers during the life of the podcast.
Recent Plays include Harmonies, Doomlings & more, while the 8-bit breakdown goes to Path of Civilization!

Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
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!

Thursday Dec 12, 2024
Episode 148: Sidequest! PAX Unplugged 2024 Recap!
Thursday Dec 12, 2024
Thursday Dec 12, 2024
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!

Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Episode 147: Galileo Galilei, plus Ark Nova, LOTR Duel, Questions & More!
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
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 tackle some questions from listeners!

Thursday Nov 14, 2024
Episode 146: Botanicus, PAX 2024 preview, and more!
Thursday Nov 14, 2024
Thursday Nov 14, 2024
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 Level Up!

Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Episode 145: Talking Games with Explorer Josh!
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
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!