The Staying In Podcast - four pals talk video games, board games, movies, and nonsense

Spookily funny party game Ghosts Can't Draw (Big Potato Games), strategic sci-fi in Undaunted 2200: Callisto (Osprey Games), the frighteningly good Agatha All Along, and a David Mitchell mystery series called Ludwig; there’s loads of great geek stuff stuffed into just under an hour of audio.

All that, and tooth chat, on Ep211.

00:00 - Dental Battleships

05:52 - Ghosts Can't Draw

16:22 - Undaunted 2200: Callisto

31:17 - Agatha All Along

43:40 - Ludwig

On this episode were Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), and Sam (@MrSamTurner).

Our Spotify Playlist brings together lots of great thematic music inspired by the stuff we talk about.

Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com

Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

A full report on our trip to the biggest board game show in the world - Spiel Essen - plus our favourite games from the show; Gibberers by Hobby Japan, The Chronicles of Berg by Rybysel Games, and Final Girl by Van Ryder Games. Then back at home we catch up with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2.

All that, and lightning striking twice, on Ep210.

00:00 - Spiel Essen

16:15 - Gibberers

26:04 - The Chronicles of Berg

33:33 - Final Girl

48:30 - The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2

On this episode were Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner).

Our Spotify Playlist brings together lots of great thematic music inspired by the stuff we talk about.

Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com

Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

Why the digital edition of Codenames from CGE Digital just might be 2024’s best digital adaptation of a board game, Castle Combo from Catch Up Games and Hachette is a winning combination of tableau-building and card drafting, and the joys of a local Oktoberfest.

All that, and how it’s all kicking off in here, on Ep209.

00:00 - Watching the golf, the legendary John Daly, and “rough pubs” of Britain and beyond

10:51 - Codenames

32:29 - Castle Combo

48:46 - Oktoberfest

On this episode were Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner).

Our Spotify Playlist brings together lots of great thematic music inspired by the stuff we talk about.

Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com

Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

Doing it live with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Live In Concert, stacking shelves in CMYK’s Wilmot's Warehouse, travelling with Catch Up Games’ Faraway, and being lied to with Odd-Meter’s Indika.

All that, and teasing a child, on Ep208.

00:00 - How do you define “relax”?

05:24 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Live In Concert

11:16 - Wilmot's Warehouse

27:59 - Indika

45:42 - Faraway

On this episode were Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner).

Our Spotify Playlist brings together lots of great thematic music inspired by the stuff we talk about.

Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com

Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

Our board game review this episode is Wolfgang Kramer and Hachette’s Expeditions: Around the World, then we go hands-on with Coal Supper’s cheeky British slapformer Thank Goodness You're Here!, plus we’ve been watching the awesome whodunnit Deadloch.

All that, and a well-worn bleep button, on Ep207.

00:00 - Brits abroad

07:37 - Thank Goodness You're Here!

26:37 - Expeditions: Around the World

43:45 - Deadloch

On this episode were Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), and Sam (@MrSamTurner).

Our Spotify Playlist brings together lots of great thematic music inspired by the stuff we talk about.

Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com

Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

It’s equal parts video games reviews and board games reviews on this episode of the podcast, with our takes on Extra Nice’s SCHiM and Bethesda’s Quake, as well as Brotherwise Games’ Dungeon Kart and Thames & Kosmos’s My Island.

All that, and three increasingly old men, on Ep206.

00:00 - Brat Summer

07:22 - Quake

20:50 - SCHiM

33:23 - Dungeon Kart

48:47 - My Island

On this episode were Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner).

Our Spotify Playlist brings together lots of great thematic music inspired by the stuff we talk about.

Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com

Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

Following in grandma's footsteps with Ravensburger’s Garden Heist, saying goodbye to a whole era of movies with Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine, and stepping into the exclusion zone with Osprey’s Zona Alfa.

All that, and snowballs, on Ep205.

00:00 - The secret sauce for keeping cool

05:25 - Garden Heist

17:30 - Pete's Chilly Willingtons

19:02 - Deadpool & Wolverine

37:51 - Frosty Bottoms

39:51 - Zona Alfa

On this episode were Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner).

Our Spotify Playlist brings together lots of great thematic music inspired by the stuff we talk about.

Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com

Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

On this episode of our gaming and geek culture podcast, we’ve got video game reviews of mysterious adventure This Bed We Made from Lowbirth Games, as well as character platformer Kirby and the Forgotten Land from Nintendo, plus a board game review of evolutionary tile-place-em-up In the Footsteps of Darwin from Hachette.

All that, and curious culinary currencies, on Ep204.

00:00 - Themed restaurants.

07:08 - Kirby and the Forgotten Land.

22:32 - In the Footsteps of Darwin.

38:00 - This Bed We Made.

48:45 - The wedding.

On this episode were Kris (@DigitalStrider), Peter (@XeroXeroXero), and Sam (@MrSamTurner).

Our Spotify Playlist brings together lots of great thematic music inspired by the stuff we talk about.

Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com

Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

Storytelling-strong, narrative-rich video games are the catch of the day, with reviews of Still Wakes the Deep from The Chinese Room, as well as Don’t Nod’s Jusant, plus we go hands-on with Courtisans by Pandasaurus Games.

All that, and what’s up, doc, on Ep203

00:00 - Wedding prep

08:23 - Jusant

23:40 - Still Wakes the Deep

42:16 - Courtisans

On this episode were Kris (@DigitalStrider) and Sam (@MrSamTurner).

Our Spotify Playlist brings together lots of great thematic music inspired by the stuff we talk about.

Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com

Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

It’s a board game extravaganza, with big chat and in-depth reviews of Horrified - Greek Monsters and Mycelia from Ravensburger Games, and The Adventures of Robin Hood from Thames & Kosmos. All that, and a stagless stag, on Ep202.

00:00 - The appendix is the essence of man

07:05 - Stag

09:58 - The Adventures of Robin Hood

27:46 - Horrified - Greek Monsters

41:07 - Mycelia

57:32 - Subscriptions

On this episode were Dan (@ThisDanFrost), Kris (@DigitalStrider), and Sam (@MrSamTurner).

Our Spotify Playlist brings together lots of great thematic music inspired by the stuff we talk about.

Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com

Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.