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Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
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. This rogue like video game incorporates randomness in all the right ways, to make each play exciting and different. Does the board game live up to the hype?
Next week we'll do a double lookback as we wanted to keep this episode focused on Knoxville. A special thank you to Mike for inviting the podcast, and to AllPlay for providing several copies of Kabuto Sumo for demo!
Thursday May 02, 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
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.
Finally, we wrap things up with boardgamegeek's 2024 golden geek nominees!
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
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!
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
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, and a fresh take on an old game, as Steven Jackson Games has released Pathfinder Revolution; an update on Revolution set in the Pathfinder world!
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Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
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 giving your gameday some theme consistency, with games that pair well together!
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Just Patrick and King Scott are joined yet again by Navigator Lana!
Today we talk Solstis and Wyrmspan before the 8-bit breakdown of Rats of Wistar!
After looking back at Khora, Rise of an Empire, we venture to solo-land to chat about not one, not two, but THREE fantastic games for those of us who play with ourselves... hehe.
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
What an adventure we have today!
Just Patrick & King Scott are joined by Navigator Lana & "Dung Merchant" Will Brown!
We've got a ton of recent plays followed by an 8-bit breakdown of narrative adventure game, Roll Player Adventures!
We look back on GI Joe the Deckbuilding Game, then finish it up with a chat about quitting as part of "in-game negotiation!
Hungry Gamer's famous cheesecake recipe!
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Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Teacher Ryan and Just Patrick share their thoughts on Galactic Cruise!
We're joined by the designers as well and hear about the process of creating the game, as well as what we can expect from the kickstarter!
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Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Welcome adventurers!
King Scott and Just Patrick reconvene at headquarters to talk a bunch of gaming.
Recent plays include Groo the Game, Killer Mystery, Space Hulk Death Angel & more!
The 8-bit breakdown goes to World Wonders; a tile placement game with a creative mechanism for acquiring wonders.
We do the time warp and revisit Lacrimosa before concluding the episode with our top 5 games from our most recent ten reviews!
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Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
It's a party of three as Navigator Lana joins us for an entire episode!
Recent plays include MLEM, Lacrimosa, and Sonic Roll.
The 8-bit breakdown is one that we've been working on for some time: Ticket to Ride Legacy, Legends of the West!
Then we do the Time Warp and look back on Obsession, before closing out the episode with a co-op trivia game!
(oh, and that music mashup is from "There I Ruined It"