Shut Up & Sit Down

Shut Up & Sit Down episodes:

• 04.27.2024

  #252 - Just Two Players, Looking For A Third

  On this mildly unhinged episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Emily are taking on a double-bill of two player games followed by a BIG CHUNKY BOX. First up is Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Duel -...

  
• 04.19.2024

  #251 - Tom and Pip's Haunted Rat Raft

  On this almost chiaroscuro episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Pip are chatting about games that could not be more different. First up, Rats of Wistar - a crunchy engine-building game with rats and cards...

  
• 04.06.2024

  #250 - A Straightforward Podcast

  On this chronologically consistent episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Tom and Emily are rambling their way through three whole games! We’re talking about Ito - a relaxed party game about untangling your pals’ opinions! We’re talking...

  
• 03.30.2024

  #249 - The Ancient Art of Putting It All On Red

  On this addictive episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Tom and Pip are talking about a board game and… a VIDEO GAME? First up, a sensible and grounded conversation about the slightly perplexing world of Ancient Knowledge...

  
• 03.22.2024

  #248 - Silver & Space

  On this extra-terrestrial episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Tom and Emily are venturing into SPACE in MLEM: Space Agency, and digging deep down into the mines in Kutna Hora: The City of Silver. Two very different...

  
• 03.08.2024

  #247 - Even More Love for Earthborne Rangers

  On this adventurous episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt wander into great beyond to ramble about their favourite things in Earthborne Rangers! There’s some very light spoilers in this one - with emphasis on...

  
• 03.01.2024

  #246 - Daybreak is Optimistic and Intriguing

  On this climate-friendly episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt take half an hour to amble through their first play of Daybreak - the latest co-op save-the-world-like from Pandemic designer Matt Leacock, new designer Matteo...

  
• 02.23.2024

  #245 - Cascaduo!

  On this Knizian episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Tom and Matt delve into Bitewing Games’ double-feature of new Reiner games - Cascadero and Cascadito. How do they compare to other classic Knizzes, and which of the...

  
• 02.16.2024

  A Quick Podcast Update!

  Just a very little update for our plans this year. We're swapping to three episodes per month rather than four, with a bonus episode each month for folks supporting us on Patreon. Cheers!

  
• 02.09.2024

  #244 - Our 2024 Board Game Predictions!

  On this mystical episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are delving into the future… and being embarrassed by the past. It’s the SU&SD; 2024 Predictions Special, where our two intrepid hosts guess at what...

  
• 02.02.2024

  #243 - Triple A!

  On this AMAZING episode of the Shut Up AND Sit Down Podcast, Tom AND Pip chat ABOUT A trilogy of excellent games that start with A! Yes, really, that’s the theme. It was kind of an ACCIDENT! In-between retrospective chats about...

  
• 01.26.2024

  #242 - The PAX Unplugged Playlist (Pt.3)

  On this triptychal (NOT A WORD!?) episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are summing up the final selection of games that they played at PAX Unplugged - ready to wipe the slate clean and...

  
• 01.19.2024

  #241 - Bees and Trees

  On this untimely episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Emily and Tom are chatting about two cracking games with a little twist of nature in them - Forest Shuffle and Apiary! The former has you playing cards...

  
• 12.22.2023

  #240 - The PAX Unplugged Playlist (Pt.2)

  On this moderately larger episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt chat about a few more games that they played at PAX Unplugged! We’re dealing with the chunkier games of the bunch here - the...

  
• 12.15.2023

  #239 - The PAX Unplugged Playlist (Pt.1)

  On this hot meat sandwich of a Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are running through a selection of the games they played at PAX Unplugged! First up are some excitable impressions of the latest from Leder...

  
• 12.01.2023

  #238 - BIG CHALLENGES

  On this international episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Tom welcomes the absolutely fabulous Emily to the airwaves! Wahoo! Together, they chat about Bonsai, Infiltraitors, and Crash Octopus - a trio of much-hyped games that are all...

  
• 11.25.2023

  #237 - Spirit Cows!

  On this bedominoed episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Pip chat about a couple of pleasing games they’ve been playing over the past couple days! Djinn is a fabulously satisfying game of stuffing spirits into...

  
• 11.10.2023

  #236 - Brain of the Century

  On this historic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Matt and Tom are smacking chess pieces together in Match of the Century, cramming their brains with tetrominoes in Mind Space, cramming their drawers (NOT RUDE) with junk...

  
• 11.03.2023

  #235 - The Exclusively Two-Player Special

  On this DUALITY of a Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are EXCLUSIVELY talking about games for just two players! After an afternoon of cards and “Brotherly Bonding” they’re ready to let it rip - where IT...

  
• 10.27.2023

  #234 - What News, From The Sea?

  On this briny and newsworthy (?? episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Pip and Tom are chatting about a couple of games they found right at the very depths of the sea. First up, we run through...

  
• 10.20.2023

  #233 - The Essen Special!

  On this jam-packed episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are going through all the games that Tom brought back from Essen! This doesn’t include the whole host of eurogames he played whilst there, which...

  
• 10.20.2023

  #231 - Everything is an Abstract

  On this greasy episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, we’re talking about a whole BINDLE of games. First up we chat about YET ANOTHER Devir small-box Eurogame (The White Castle) before then talking about Soulaween - an...

  
• 09.01.2023

  #232 - Tom and Pip Touch Grass

  On this verdant episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Pip have a chat about the nature-based-games they’ve been digging into recently - Evergreen and Planted! Enjoy! Have a great weekend, everybody! Timestamps: 04:11 - Evergreen 18:10 - Planted

  
• 08.18.2023

  #230 - It’s a Numbers Game

  On this 3-digit episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Pip are chatting about 003 different games, and scoring NO POINTS for it! First up is the light deduction puzzler The Number, followed by a retrospective...

  
• 08.11.2023

  #229 - The Triple Animal Special!

  On this hastily-themed episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are nipping through a triathlon of games that have some amount of animals in them. First up, Tom digs out the practically ancient Zooloretto for...

  
• 08.04.2023

  #228 - Best Nemeses!

  On this confrontational episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and “NEW POD PERSONALITY PIP” chat about a whole cluster of games! First, the pair divine the precise co-ordinates of a sweet potato in Tiwanaku, before bearing...

  
• 07.21.2023

  #227 - Three* Great* Games!

  In this inconveniently titled episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns talk about Three* Great* Games! We’re talking about two* cracking* games from Reiner Knizia - Zoo Vadis and My Island, as well as the...

  
• 07.14.2023

  #226 - Earthborne Rangers & Great Machines!

  On this eco-mechanical episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt chat about two very different - but very thematic - games! First up are Matt’s early impressions of Earthborne Rangers - a massive game about...

  
• 07.07.2023

  #225 - Golem Down!

  Note: Sorry about the audio on this one! Some very jacked up mics produced a lot of room noise that was hard to scrub. We’ll have this fixed in a couple episodes! In this clay-based episode of the Shut Up &...

  
• 06.30.2023

  #224 - Welcome to EARTH

  Note: We misquote Will Smith's line in Independence Day a couple times in this podcast - not realising the ⁠pretty charged history⁠ of misquoting it in such a manner! Apologies for this, it was not our intention to offend! In this...

  
• 06.16.2023

  #223 - Planet of the Big Bosses

  In this unknown episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are talking about a couple of the games they played at the UK Games Expo! First up we’re taking off to visit Planet Unknown -...

  
• 06.02.2023

  #222 - The Friese Beast

  In this bright green episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Ava are ambling through a selection of good new games! We’re talking about the latest Friese title ‘Findorff’, the much-anticipated expansion to Beyond The Sun...

  
• 05.26.2023

  #221 - Rolling Hamlets!

  In this squishy jelly baby episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Ava are chatting about a cluster of funstuff they’ve been hanging out with recently! First off, Ava apologises for her callous disregard of engine-building...

  
• 05.12.2023

  #220 - Gerding’s Game Gulag

  In this pitch-black episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Quinns tells Tom and Matt all about his time at Cabin Con in the United Situation of America! On this podcast, we’re talking about a cluster of small...

  
• 05.05.2023

  #219 - Business Secrets of the Pharaohs

  In this 7.341/10 episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are talking about three games - one great, one ‘just fine’, and one that’s completely deranged. We’re chatting about Mobile Markets, Amun-Re, and Mogul -...

  
• 04.28.2023

  #218 - The “Special Treasure Chest” Special

  In this refreshing episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are chatting about a smattering of great old games that they played ‘Just For Fun’! We’re starting with two classic Knizias in Taj Mahal and...

  
• 04.21.2023

  #217 - We Reviewed Ten Great Small Games!

  In this algorithm-friendly episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are FINISHING WHAT THEY STARTED. This episode of the podcast is something of a companion piece to our Top 10 Small Games video, and we’re...

  
• 04.14.2023

  #216 - Ken Follett & Cryptocurrency

  In this ‘north of average’ episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Tom and Ava are talking about three interesting, if a little boring, games. First up we have Panchayat and Kingsbridge - two games that don’t dazzle,...

  
• 03.31.2023

  #215 - The Great Board Game Commune Of ‘96

  In this communal episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Matt and Ava are chatting about their speculative board game commune? I don’t know either, dear listener. Have a great weekend, everybody!

  
• 03.24.2023

  #214 - We’ve Played Some Word Games!

  In this wordly (???) episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Ava and Tom natter about some of the word games they’ve been playing recently! Tom waxes lyrical about Paperback Adventures and LOK, two games featured in the...

  
• 03.17.2023

  #213 - Oops, All Card Games!

  In this 52-card episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Ava and Tom are chatting about a whole bindle of different card games - some of which Tom took with him on holiday, some of which are new...

  
• 03.10.2023

  #212 - Quinns' Sad Mafia

  In this lightly depressed episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are having a chat about the games they've played recently on a rainy Thursday afternoon. First up is the team-based Mafia crunch-em-up La Famiglia:...

  
• 03.03.2023

  #211 - We Tried (and Failed) To Review Mahjong

  In this complete failure of a Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Quintin Smith and Tom Brewster are coming to you, hats in hand, to apologise profusely for not making a robust and fully-featured video review of the ancient game...

  
• 02.24.2023

  #210 - Ava's Solo SoloCast

  In this completely solitary episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Ava is taking you through a triplet of solo games in this meandering river of a podcast! She’s talking through Oranienburger Canal , Maquis, and Mage Knight...

  
• 02.14.2023

  No Podcast This Week!

  Hey gang! No podcast this week, as we've got LIFE STUFF to take care of! We'll be back as normal next Friday, as always. Ta!

  
• 02.10.2023

  #209 - A PAX Redux!

  In this mildly nostalgic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Matt and Ava are casting their eyes back to PAX Unplugged… to re-explain some of the games we goofed up the first time. ‘Scharfing’ Sauces in Sauscharf,...

  
• 02.03.2023

  #208 - The Collectible Card Game Special!

  [apologies for some slightly wonky audio on this one - it's another one-mic-two-boys special!] In this close quarters episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are having a natter about two very interesting Collectible Card Games...

  
• 01.27.2023

  #207 - Facing Total SpaceDeath in Stationfall

  In this rapidly plummeting episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are talking about Stationfall and Deal with the Devil - two games that we didn’t quite love, but really enjoyed thinking about! Have a great...

  
• 01.20.2023

  #206 - Three Exciting Ways To Say ‘Ginkgopolis’

  In this peppy and positive episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are talking about the first set of games they’ve played this year; a triple-bill of Ginkgopolis, The Wolves, and The Search For Lost...

  
• 01.13.2023

  #205 - Our 2023 Board Game Predictions!

  In this new paradigm in Shut Up & Sit Down Podcasting history, Tom and Quinns are chatting about what they think the board game industry holds for us all… in 2023! Expect a series of 5 completely uninformed opinions laced...