The Level Up Board Game Podcast

Episode 18: Side Quest! Deliverance with Andrew Lowan

Ready your swords 'cause you're going to need them!  The heroes are joined by Andrew Lowan, designer of Deliverance!  Spoiler: this game is epic!

Episode 17: Red Rising & Thunderworks games!

Back to the tavern to speak of recent adventures, the heroes tell tales of Altar Quest, Battletech, Stronghold 2nd edition and Call to Adventure.  Find out how they fared in their epic quest: Red Rising!  A new hero joins the party, Keith Matejka, of Thunderworks games, to talk about all the gaming greatness they have in store for you, from Lockup: Breakout to Cape May!  Join the adventure and LEVEL UP!

Episode 16: Beyond the Sun

Tighten those boots! Recent adventures include Tranquility and Twilight Imperium: Prophecy of Kings, as well as our solo thoughts on both Proving Grounds and Warp's Edge.  Our feature quest takes us to the far reaches of space as we review Beyond the Sun.  To round things out, we have a community poll discussion and the winners of current kickstarter games!

Episode 15: Brass Birmingham

Welcome adventurers!  Today we're joined by Adam, Scotty, and Abbie to take on our feature quest: Brass Birmingham!  Hear our thoughts on the 2020 Golden Geek Awards.  We talk recent adventures as well as some solo games that have been hitting our tables.  Then we got to talk with Chris Loizou about upcoming kickstarter game, Cursed Empire!  Finally, we add ANOTHER game to our giveaway!  Join us! Gain some EXP ...and Level Up!

Episode 14: Level back in time! Puerto Rico!

The heroes find themselves in a quest filled with retro adventures including our feature review: Puerto Rico.  We reached out to the community to learn about some common gaming pet peeves.  Finally, our adventure on the horizon is Hidden Leaders!  Hear all about the game, and enter to win our copy!

Episode13: Side Quest! Thuergy

A new quest is afoot!  Join the heroes as they are joined by Thuergy designers Oliver Josiah and Charlotte Dowling to discuss their funded kickstarter board game: Thuergy, including an 8-bit breakdown of the game!

Episode 12: GKR: Heavy Hitters

The heroes discuss recent adventures before taking on a giant killer quest: GKR Heavy Hitters!  Then its time to visit the study as we answer questions from the adventurers!

Episode 11: Lost Ruins of Arnak, Martin G, and our top 5!

Episode 11 is a quest like no other!  Our party grows in number as MartinG joins us to discuss all things solo gaming before we adventure to Martin's print-and-play hideaway.  After the 8-bit breakdown we share our top 5 games of those we have reviewed so far.  The episode concludes with an adventure on the horizon that you don't want to miss: Territory, the Card Game.  

Episode 10: Twilight Imperium IV

Make up camp and start the fire because episode ten is our biggest quest yet!  Games discussed include Alien: Another Glorious Day in the Corps, Brass Lancashire, Tainted Grail, Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion and more!  The adventuring party grows larger as we are joined by Wade Hayes, the designer of Poetic License! 

Episode 9: Doomlings

The heroes share recent adventures and in a Level Up first, our feature review is a game that has not yet launched on Kickstarter!  Then our adventuring party doubles in size as we have a discussion with the game's creators!