Episode 139: River of Gold! Plus Expeditions, Let's go to Japan & More!

A sidequest through and through, today Just Patrick and King Scott team up with Brian to preview all the excitement, vendors, games, guests, and more at the 2024 Pittsburgh Gaming Expo! Video Games, Tabletop Games, RPGs and more, this is one of our favorite weekends of the whole year! Pittsburgh Gaming Expo 2024 Website www.levelupgamepodcast.com

It's Just Patrick and King Scott recounting tales of many a game played this episode. Coming off of a big Level Up meetup, we chat a bit about what hit the table, and revisit a favorite: Dinogenics! The 8-bit breakdown goes to River of Gold: a mid-weight resource collection euro set in the Legend of the 5 Rings universe. We look back on the Princes of Florence and finish things up with a chat about when its time to get rid of some games. www.levelupgamepodcast.com Facebook X Instagram BGG Guild

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. Click here to check out the campaign!   www.levelupgamepodcast.com Facebook Instagram  X BGG Guild

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! www.levelupgamepodcast.com Facebook Instagram X BGG Guild  

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! www.levelupgamepodcast.com Facebook X Instagram BGG Guild

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! www.levelupgamepodcast.com Facebook Instagram X BGG Guild

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! www.levelupgamepodcast.com Facebook Instagram X BGG Guild

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. Show us some love with that 5 star rating on iTunes! www.levelupgamepodcast.com Facebook X Instagram BGG Guild

Join Scott and Patrick as they recall tales of Origins 2024! Instagram Facebook X BGG Guild www.levelupgamepodcast.com

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!   www.levelupgamepodcast.com Facebook X Instagram BGG Guild