Join us for an adventure! Today we take a look at Rogue Angels: Legacy of the Burning Suns, then our party grows as designer Emil Larson joins us! Rogue Angels live on kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/suntzugames/rogue-angels-legacy-of-the-burning-suns Sun Tzu Games: http://www.suntzugames.com/rogue-angels.html
An adventure all about gaming! We deliver thoughts on recent plays including Dinogenics, GI Joe the deckbuilding game and more! Find out about Moonrakers in today's 8-bit breakdown! Stick around for more as we talk adventures on the horizon, featuring Thunder Road: Vendetta, and wrap things up with solo feature; Final Girl!
An episode filled with adventure! Hear tales of Nemo's War, Cash n' Guns, Summer Camp and more! Our feature quest is 2021 Board and Dice game Origins: First Builders. In a special Everdell lookback, we introduced the Pearlbrook expansion! Josh joins us for some lost loot before finally we answer some of your questions!
The heroes try to avoid rust spells in this adventure as our 8-bit breakdown is Corrosion! Hear our thoughts on this complex game as well as Zapotec, Rove and more. We visit the Academy where Andrew provides a segment you cannot refuse. This quest concludes with some final thoughts on our experiences at PAX!
At last our adventures culminate with a mighty feast! We are joined by "The Hungry Gamer" William Brown to talk about our PAX experiences. In this episode we highlight a whopping NINE! games that made a big impression. From Brian Boru, to Final Girl, to Dinosaur World, The Legacy of Isla Nublar, this episode is PACKED! Hungry Gamer youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVr5MNf7Nt5oCXywsUh-ttA...
Back to work adventurers! We have orders to fill in the 8-bit breakdown of Factory 42! Recent adventures include Goetia, Die Hard, and more! Josh highlights Battle Sheep in today's Lost Loot! Our discussion is focused on playing your best, what gets in the way of doing so, and is it really all that important? Finally we conclude our quest with upcoming kickstarter feature, Clash at Rook's Point! Link to Boards & Brews live chat: https://youtu.be/0x-h7lzYBK4 Boards & Brews: https://hungry...
EXPLOSIONS!!! John Kovaleski joins the party to talk about kickstarter megahit Borderlands: Mr. Torgue's Arena of Badassery!
The first season's journey concludes with an 8-bit breakdown of Cape May! We retell tales of Shadows over Camelot in our look back. Archmage Andrew presents War of the Worlds: The New Wave in the Academy Segment. Recent adventures include Tiny Epic Dinosurs, On Mars, and more! Stick around until the end when the heroes list their top ten games that were reviewed on Level Up in season one! Academy segment URL referenced: https://youtu.be/9q7tN7MhQ4I...
The party has company for Thanksgiving! We're joined by Jamey Stegmaier of Stonemaier games to chat about the upcoming Arts and Architecture expansion for Tapestry!
The adventure continues! The heroes recent adventures are packed with gaming goodness from tending a garden to plundering on the high seas! We roll for skill checks in VISION for our 8-bit breakdown of MicroMacro: Crime City! Josh helps us discover some Lost Loot, and we conclude with an introspective look at our game preferences!
In this adventure, the company changes a bit, as "lost loot" host Josh joins Patrick for an 8-bit breakdown of Megapulse! The party grows further as Megapulse designer Nicolas joins the group! Hear everything you want to know about the kickstarter from the designer himself. Find out more about Megapulse at https://www.jeux-orion.com/
The adventure continues in our second biggest episode to date! The heroes discuss King of Tokyo, Battle Bosses and Twilight Imperium, before running Dun Imperium through the 8-bit breakdown gauntlet! Archmage Andrew tells a a captivating story of exploration! Our community topic takes a look at tips for introducing someone into the wonderful hobby of board gaming. Keep your shield up and arrows ready because we have a pair of adventures on the horizon: Stan Kordonsky's Resurgence, and 18-card du...
Any icy cold adventure awaits the heroes as they struggle to find shelter underground in Cryo! We talk Alien, Fate of the Nostromo as well as how to go about selling your games online. Discover some lost loot as Josh joins us to talk about Fire Tower! Ready your weapons and join the adventure!
The heroes give an 8-bit breakdown to upcoming kickstarter game: Senjutsu, Battle for Japan! Then our quest takes us accross the Atlantic as we hear tales of the game's creation from designers Paul Allen and James Faulkner!
A massive quest with all sorts of adventures. Games featured include Viscounts of the West Kingdom, Nemesis, Tellstones and Scythe! Currently available for late pledge, find out about Dog Park! Then we discuss the rising costs of luxury board games and how to approach it with your wallet in mind.
No self respecting wizard shows up at the tavern alone, there must be companions! The best way to get them? Summon your own of course! Join us for the 8-bit breakdown of this tactical gem, then stick around and gain some EXP with us because the game's designer, Klemens Luger, joins the party!
Sometimes our adventures take us to familiar grounds and in episode 30, we found ourselves taking on all sorts of quests from yesteryear! Hear tales of Guillotine and Battle Masters as well as an 8-bit breakdown of the classic, Viticulture! Our party has grown larger as Josh presents the first installment of the "Lost Loot" segment. Finally, get the scoop on TWO upcoming kickstarters!
Arrrrgh! Adventure takes us to sea matey! Eric & Shannon Gellar join the HMS Wilford and share tales of their kickstarter! Hear our thoughts in the 8-bit breakdown, then hear the design process straight from the source!
Our adventure continues as our fingernails delve ever deeper into the disc-flicking dungeons of Catacombs! Archmage Andrew joins the banter as we discuss Cloudspire and Goonies Never Say Die! Level up at the Academy as Andrew tells us a story about a playable character from Black Orchestra. Finally, our adventure on the horizon is a wild, upcoming kickstarter called Quack Quack No Take Backs.
We flip our discussion from a couple of episodes ago and talk about games that we were NOT hyped for, but ended up really enjoying. Recent adventures include Descent, Legends of the Dark, Grind House, Orleans, and Funfair! Adventurers know a thing or two about stopping by the inn at the end of a quest, and this time we stop at the Grand Austria Hotel for the 8-bit breakdown!
We dare tread many paths on our level up adventures. Today we journey with designer Cody Miller (Xia) and learn about his current kickstarter, Arydia, the paths we dare tread! Hear everything you want to know about the game from the designer himself, and find out if Cody earns himself a level up!
Adventure awaits! Our heroes tell tales of Wingspan, Taverns of Tiefenthal and more. Raise your shields as our feature quest hits hard: Carnegie! We introduce the academy resident: Archmage Andrew, and even conquer two adventures on the horizon: Boba Mahjong & Reiner Knizia's Soda Smugglers. Our campfire tales involve ways to "respect the game." Gain some DEX and WIS, and join us as we level up!
Draw your arrows and take aim! Recent adventures include Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition, Northern Pacific and more! Legends battle and the heroes cast their best spell: the 8-bit breakdown, on Unmatched, Battle of Legends with brand new Deadpool Expansion! Gather 'round the campfire as adventurers discuss when the "hype" let them down. Finally, our adventure on the horizon features a narrative game book that is available for late pledge now... SPACE KRAKEN!
The heroes find themselves in the land of Zanziar, traveling to the mountains of the Dwarven Collective, and aiding in the disposal of Orcs in an old village to the East! That's right! We're diving into currently live kickstarter, Beyond the Rift: A Perdition's Mouth Card Game! Hear our thoughts on this dungeon delving card driven campaign, then stick around as we are joined by the game's designer, Nikolas Patrakka.
Welcome adventurer! Join us for our feature quest: Yedo! Recent adventures include Street Masters, Gloomholdin' and Parks. Pour a tankard and join the discussion about cinematic experiences in board gaming. Finally, we share our thoughts on an upcoming quest, a currently live kickstarter: Top Pop!
The campaign continues as the heroes tell tales of the first Level Up meetup! Recent adventures include Chakra, Solar Storm, and more. Black Orchestra gets the 8-bit breakdown treatment. The community discussion is about what to expect at a board game meetup! Finally, as we will do every ten episodes, we list our top 5 games of the last ten we reviewed. Join the adventure and level up!
Join King Scott and Patrick as they discuss Lonely Undead, a game with an interesting twist on the zombie genre. We give it an 8-bit breakdown before being joined by the designer himself, Shelby Matussak of Dead Lemon Games!
The heroes try out their sea legs in this quest in the north! Recent adventures include Maximum Apocalypse, Axis and Allies 1914 and more! Raiders of the North Sea is tackled in the 8-bit breakdown, then we discuss some community topics, including our poll on vacation gaming!
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!
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!
