Shelley and I head to Asia this week, planning a bike trip around Taiwan in
UBike Tour: Taiwan by Chih-Fan Chen from Big Fun Games
then travel around Kyoto and Singapore in
Remember Our Trip by Saashi and Daryl Chow from Saashi & Saashi
Important statement about Black Lives Matter
Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Chris, and special guest Mike (Wandering Took)
Thank you to: David W, Eric S, Thomas I
Announcements and news:
Mike shares information about the ONLINE GenCon, LCG Con
Swag will still happen, more details to come.
Twitter Moment
Random Review Redux: Knife-Work
Live Deck-Build with random heroes
AMA
Farewells
On this week’s episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Matt, Tom & Ava sit around in a board game soup, rambling about a series of games that we’ve been playing in the darkest reaches of lockdown - and even go so far as to talk about some digital card games! The horror.
Join us for a bumbling episode where we talk about everything from the raucous Forgotten Waters to the pensive and tense The Crew, as well as a quick chat about Gloomhaven and its upcoming mini-adventure Jaws of The Lion. We’ll also be talking about all the recent games we’ve been streaming - such as the delectable 1s and 0s of Slay The Spire, and the existential dread of Mothership. Last, but not least, we'll be giving some positively DANGEROUS thoughts about Wingspan, a game that everyone can agree is QUITE NICE.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
We asked for your questions, and you provided! Some of you used Instagram, some of you used voicemail, but however you reached out, your voice was heard. We chose only a few to answer (quality notwithstanding), but we'd love to keep doing this, so keep sending them in! Before we corral your correspondence, we talk about Gloomhaven, Terra Mystica, Bloom Town, and Starlink.
03:25 - Gloomhaven 06:44 - Terra Mystica 09:03 - Bloom Town 18:16 - Starlink 27:20 - Listener Questions! 33:35 - Cyclades, Inis & Kemet 41:28 - Hive
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Steve, Mike and Mitch have news! Big News!
News so big it needs its own segment, which we have decided to call: The News.
Our humble podcast has been asked to take part in the upcoming BGG Virtual Con (June 24-28). The team at the Board Game BBQ will be hosting and playing virtual games over the course of the Virtual Con - bringing the international convention into the Australian Timezones!! We are truly flattered to be asked to participate and we look forward to meeting many of you online. (more details below)
The Sizzling Games this week includes roll 'n' write raptors in Welcome to Dino World, the card-drafting beachfronts of Santa Monica, and the compelling storylines of Above and Below.
The Topic of the Week is how to get new people into this addictive hobby. How to introduce people into board games, how to encourage new players to 'buy in' to gaming, and how to craft the ultimate Games Night at your place.
As always, everyone has their eye on Kickstarter, with the team torn between Nemesis and Terraforming Mars Big Box, before Mitch and Mike come our swinging representing their faves for the next round of the Board Game Bracket: Nemo's War vs 5 Minute Dungeon. Both pitch compelling arguments while Steve gets splinters from sitting on the fence.
Finally, in Swear An Oath, Mike has proudly fulfilled his first oath, Dungeon Petz, and is backing it up with Counterfeiters. Mitch put Maiden's Quest to rest and is really glad that he did (cue historic moment @1:25:03 ), and has decided to take a more surreal approach with Dreamscape. And Steve continues his Kemet-less run, but does manage to complete Space Base, and adds the beauty of Photosynthesis to his oath backlog.
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The News (1:13)
Sizzling Games: Welcome to DinoWorld (5:27), Santa Monica (12:58), Above and Below (17:58)
Topic of the Week (26:14)
Introduce people to the hobby and craft the ultimate Games Night.
Kickstarter (46:45) I Am Death Now?, Nemesis, Terraforming Mars Big Box
Board Game Bracket (55:56) This week's match-up: Nemo's War vs 5 Minute Dungeon
Swearing An Oath (1:17:52)
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Events Schedule
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Shem Phillips and Sam Macdonald, from of Garphill Games, discuss what all goes into designing worker placement games.
We talk about creating unique mechanisms, board design, player interaction, and more.
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In this show, we talk about Scooby-Doo Escape From the Haunted Mansion, Roll Player: Fiends and Familiers, Pan Am, Res Arcana, Fantastic Factories, and The Legend of Zelda: Clockwork Kingdom (Ganon's Tower). Geoff talks about fairness, we try to guess the average amount of games a gamer owns, and how many rules we can keep in our memory. Finally, we end the show talking about our favorite non-racing sports games!
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00:34 Intro07:15 Food and Movies10:18 Wingspan15:08 And maybe we will not be gaming16:57 A new Grumpy thing20:17 Auditions for Co-host50:21 Portal Games51:31 […]
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Reviews of Dead Reckoning, Undaunted: Normandy, and a Harper's Bazaar. Featured review: Trickerion by Mind Clash Games; Reroll Gentes by Tasty Minstrel Games. Board game discussion starts at 26:25. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep173.
Timestamps:
00:26:25 - Dead Reckoning; 00:35:18 - The Alpha; 00:46:20 - Undaunted: Normandy; 00:51:10 - A word from our sponsor: Queen Games; 00:54:10 - Harper's Bazaar: Cahoots; 01:01:20 - Harper's Bazaar: Big Dig; 01:15:00 - Harper's Bazaar: Piña Pirata; 01:10:34 - Dominations: Road to Civilization; 01:18:29 - News; 01:30:40 - A word from our sponsor: Grand Gamer's Guild; 01:32:31 - Rules Breakdown; 01:35:32 - Review: Trickerion; 02:19:49 - Reroll: Gentes
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Shelley and I put on our hard hats and build up our two cities' electrical infrastructure in
Electropolis by Chang Yu Di, Ku Chun Wei, and Wang Liang from Homosapiens Lab
and then get out our binoculars and head 'outside' to collect birds in new European habitats in
Wingspan and its European Expansion by Elizabeth Hargrave from Stonemeier Games
This week Steve, Def and Conor bring some bigger games to the BBQ - Everdell, Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North, and Clans of Caledonia. But does bigger mean better? Does a premium price mean a prized possession? Funny you should ask because that's the Topic of the Week: what makes a game valuable? The guys take a deep dive into the games that bring the most value for them.
Steve reveals the winner of the latest match-up on the Board Game Bracket - Dixit vs Bang: The Dice Game - before wrapping up with everyone's favourite segment: Swear An Oath. Def made amends for his failed oaths by playing both Cartographers and Glenmore II: Chronicles, Conor fudged his way through Tapestry by riding on the coat-tails of his sister, and Steve plays the sympathy card for leaving Kemet on the shelf. New oaths this week are Brass: Birmingham, Pandemic: Rapid Response, Space Base.
Sizzling Games:
Everdell (1:20)
Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North (13:55)
Clans of Caledonia (26:08)
Topic of the Week: What makes a board game valuable? (33:43)
Boardgame Bracket (55:29)
Swear An Oath (59:34)
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This week Steve and Jules welcome Adrian to the podcast as the team recap the first Board Game Bracket showdown, and there is a lot to unpack from both sides of the contest. Who came out on top - Gloomhaven or Pandemic? And did that game win on both the BGBBQ contributors bracket and the popular vote?
There are some unique games sizzling this week (and Steve proves that even a broken watch can be correct twice a day), and the topic of the week is Social Deduction Games. The team explores what sets these games apart from regular party games, and why lying, cheating, backstabbing and deception are just so much fun!
In our regular Kickstarter segment, Adrian shares what he has backed recently, and everyone comes to the party in the ever-popular segment Swear An Oath. Jules fulfilled his backlog of oaths by playing both Photosynthesis and Quoridor, before swearing to replay Explorers of the North Sea (and upping the level of difficulty of the oath by increasing the player count to five). Steve brought Detective: City of Angels to the table with very little fanfare from his family, and has been inspired by Jules to play Kemet this week. Finally, Adrian swears his first oath by refining his code-breaking skills with Decrypto.
Sizzling Games: It's A Wonderful World (02:30), Inis (05:58), Just One (14:03)
Topic of the Week: Social Deduction games (16:48)
Kickstarter: Mint Condition Comics, Nemesis (36:04)
BoardGame Bracket (42:49)
Swear An Oath (58:13)
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I know this is going to come as a shock, but sometimes we get things wrong. As we've worked our way through the hobby, we've discovered that some positions we once held, aren't ones we still do. So it's time to revisit our past transgressions and come clean. Before we admit our mistakes, we talk about Tang Garden, Fast Forward: FORTRESS, and Race for the Galaxy.
02:45 - Tang Garden 14:12 - Fast Forward: FORTRESS 21:04 - Race for the Galaxy 30:51 - Board Game Barrage Math Trade: Part II! 34:15 - When We Were So Very Wrong About Games 51:06 - The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31
A big tip of the cap to our friends at So Very Wrong About Games. Listen to their podcast if you aren't already!!
Special thanks goes to What Does It Eat? for hopefully not being upset that we borrowed a snippet of their most excellent song F.O.S. before our theme. You can find them at whatdoesiteat.com.
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Phalgun Polepalli, founder of DICE Toy Labs in India, discusses the process of defining your target audience and creating products for them.
We talk about market research, community building, figuring out your ideal customer, and more.
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