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Thursday Aug 29, 2024
Thursday Aug 29, 2024
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.
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Thursday Aug 22, 2024
Thursday Aug 22, 2024
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 like the board game, encounters are resolved by tossing a die onto a target!
Finally, PGX is right around the corner. Hope to see you there!
Thursday Aug 08, 2024
Thursday Aug 08, 2024
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 unusual titles are ACTUALLY board games or not!
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
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 going to be at Gencon 2024.
As always, we kindly ask for your 5 star rating on iTunes. We don't really even know how or why it helps, but it does!
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
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 with Seppy Yoon! Hear our thoughts, then check it out on kickstarter!
Finally, King & Patrick look at the most recent 10 review games, and decide which ones are their top 5!
As always, we hope you enjoy the show!
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
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.
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Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
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 you can do at the convention aside from board gaming.
We finish it off with a retro trivia game!
Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
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.
Finally, we compare some of our favorite Space 4X games across multiple categories!
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!