Sorry! Tom forgot to upload this episode of the podcast because he was on a plane. A plane! In the sky! How do you expect us to podcast under these conditions?!

On this dromedary episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt natter about a collection of - YOU GUESSED IT - boardgames.

Resafa! It’s a game about camels and irrigation and cards and POINTS! PlayProp! It’s a game of trying to get corks into a cup and screaming! Elfenroads! It’s a game about gently meandering down winding fantasy paths until an errant ‘cart orc’ ruins your day, or week, or possibly year.

Finally, the dynamic duo chat about another characterful couplet; Dracula vs Van Helsing - a two-player duelling game we'll review in a few DAYS time!

Thanks for listening everyone! Have a great week!

Timestamps:

01:41 - Resafa

12:41 - Elfenroads

20:30 - PlayProp

25:56 - Dracula vs Van Helsing

On this far-flung episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are getting eaten by minotaurs in Corps of Discovery: A Game Set In The World of Manifest Destiny, as well as bending metals in Mistborn: A Game Set In The World of ‘Mistborn’. They also talk about Fromage: A Game Set In The World of Brie, and Triqueta: A Game Set In The World of ‘Three Goats and a Wolf or Two’.

Thanks for listening everyone! Have a great weekend!

Timestamps:

02:00 - Corps of Discovery: A Game Set In The World of Manifest Destiny

15:10 - Mistborn: The Deckbuilding Game

26:46 - Fromage

33:14 - Triqueta

On this powerfully allied episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are negotiating poorly in Tonga Bonga, getting all sandy (again!) in Dune Imperium: Bloodlines, and meandering through a bucolic farm or two in Black Forest.

Thanks for listening everyone! Have a great weekend!

Timestamps:

01:36 - Tonga Bonga

12:17 - Dune Imperium: Bloodlines

24:24 - Black Forest

On this galloping episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about the wonders of nature in Spectacular, engaging in frivolous spending with Winner’s Circle, and taking Bilbo for a spin in The Fellowship of the Ring: The Tricktaking Game. There’s even time to get Stuck In A Lift for just a little while…

Thanks for listening everyone! Have a great weekend!

Timestamps:

01:41 - The Fellowship of the Ring: The Tricktaking Game

12:40 - Spectacular

24:30 - I’m Stuck In The Lift

28:30 - Winner’s Circle

On this uphill episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom is rambling to Matt about a couple bits and bobs he’s played recently! First up is Flamme Rouge’s ‘Grand Tour’ expansion, that turns a simple session of Flamme Rouge into a month long tour! Is it as good as it was when Matt played it just seven short years ago? Find out here!

That’s then followed by a little recommendation for a recent Oink title - Moving Wild - before capping the podcast off with a bit of retrospective chat regarding SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence after our recent(ish) middling review…

Thanks for listening everyone! Have a great weekend!

Timestamps:

02:15 - Flamme Rouge: Grand Tour

17:55 - Moving Wild

28:07 - SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

On this machiavellian episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt have a chatter about even more curiosities picked up from Essen! First up is Power Vacuum - a diplomatic trick-taker where you play as fascist toasters - followed by Beyond The Horizon, a reimagining of 2020’s Beyond The Sun. Finally, a little beachfront chat about Seaside - a game that’s got Matt’s favourite component of all: “A Bag”

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:

2:18 - Power Vacuum

18:49 - Beyond the Horizon

31:37 - Seaside

It's a chunky extra special feature from Matt and Tom, sat FACE TO FACE on the very same table! Let us drag you through a rolling discussion about the games we've enjoyed most in 2024. This is also available as a VIDEO - so just choose your poison and dive in!

Timestamps:

2:59 - Earthborne Rangers

10:35 - Daybreak

18:25 - Arcs

24:22 - COMPILE

28:47 - Tichu

33:51 - Spectral

36:59 - Leviathan Wilds

43:36 - Eternal Decks

49:46 - SPECIAL MENTIONS

50:14 - Dune Imperium: Uprising

52:03 - Slay The Spire

56:41 - Vale of Eternity

59:18 - How To Make Friends at Conventions

On this slowly sinking episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about a cluster of small games they’ve played recently! Tom’s got the cosy, tile-laying pairing of Middle Ages and Flower Fields, whilst Matt brings novel Oink releases Deep Sea Adventures: Boost and Souvenirs From Venice to the table.

Have a great weekend! 

Timestamps:

03:33 - Middle Ages

10:59 - Souvenirs from Venice

20:21 - Flower Fields

26:49 - Deep Sea Adventures: Boost

36:23 - Lord of the Rings: Duel

On this eclectic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are talking LOGISTICS in Minecart Town, CURRENCY in Pax Penning, and CONCEPTS THAT ARE AS LARGE AS DEATH in Compile!

Have a great weekend! 

Timestamps:

02:22 - Minecart Town

15:31 - Pax Penning

32:13 - Compile

On this rock-and-rolling episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about three very different games. First up is Rock Hard 1977, a euro-ish game of being a ROCK STAR that had one of the funniest arcs of any game we’ve played this year. We also chat about Tom’s most recent BGA obsession, Newton. It’s a game of cards and efficiency! What more could you want? Finally, the gang chat about The Gang - a game that asks ‘what if poker was co-operative?’ Makes u think, don’t it.

Have a great weekend! 

Timestamps:

01:57 - Rock Hard 1977

21:40 - Newton

31:13 - The Gang