In this militaristic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt have been playing a whole bunch of Undaunted: Stalingrad! A larger, legacy-lite version of the Undaunted system! Is it good? Is it… Not? Does it accurately depict the horrors of war? All this salient information and more awaits…
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including echoes: The Cocktail, echoes: The Microchip, and Birds of a Feather. We then list off our top 5 favorite word games!
Announcements: 0:37
Recent Games: 1:33
Top 5 Word Games: 8:54
Outro: 36:22
Bloopers: 37:17
This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code 'GFGBLITZ2022' for 20% off non-exclusive items from their site: http://www.greyfoxgames.com/
Ambie Valdés, from the excellent podcast Board Game Blitz, joins us to talk about family games, and possibly also the Fast and the Furious franchise. Ambie actually has kids, so might know a little more about this than the rest of us. Kids love Vin Diesel. Before we edutain, we talk about Savannah Park, Cryptid, and Stroganov.
04:43 - Savannah Park 11:26 - Cryptid 17:51 - Stroganov 27:11 - Family games 29:55 - Tidy Up! 33:01 - Wingspan 38:03 - Ticket to Ride 40:04 - Flash Point: Fire Rescue 41:39 - Let's Catch the Lion! 43:05 - Qwirkle 43:29 - Gulo Gulo
Dave leads the show in a head to head to head where speed and trivia are key!
This Game is Broken is a comedy board game panel show with Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Paula Deming, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. We play a lot of nonsense games full of role playing and trivia as well as other fun stuff which can be found at the links below.
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We know, we know!!! This week should be Episode 8 however we've had to juggle the schedule a little bit to get another timely expansion pack episode out. This week we are focusing on the fantastic charity event "The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon" where we interview the lead organiser "Dan Apsey"
GUEST PLAYER: Dan Apsey from the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon THE PLAYERS: JP & Kerley
OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode JP & Kerley catch up with Dan Apsey the lead organiser for the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon which is a gaming endurance event to support and raise money for the fantastic charity "Cots for Tots". In this episode you'll learn:
- More about the upcoming event, what it's about, how it works - about some stories from previous events - more about Dan the gamer and his tastes in games - How Dan & Kerley become besties... -...then not (shortest bromance ever)
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:14 - TURN 2 - Welcoming Our Guest Player 2:13 - What's Dan's favourite game? 4:42 - What games is Dan enjoying right now? 7:27 - TURN 3 - Main Interview 10:09 - A side step in how to break Kerley at 4am 13:14 - Getting back to the event & details 16:01 - Places to chill & relax 17:30 - Getting past the COVID disruption 20:34 - Guidance for those who might be apprehensive about the event 21:42 - Boarding is like a religion 22:10 - More about the environment of the event 23:47 - Funny stories from previous events 26:39 - Sustenance to keep you going 27:19 - Ticket details 28:01 - Dan the gamer and inside his mind palace 32:44 - Have you found that you've left videos games behind? 36:45 - Dan's opinions of co-op games 41:04 - App driven games 41:58 - Dan's Niche Number 1 - Favourite game you're getting rid of 45:00 - Dan's Niche Number 1 - Favourite game that needs upgrading 47:41 - Dan's Niche Number 1 - Favourite game under £20 51:02 - TURN 4 - Planning Your Turn - What's coming up for our guest 53:02 - TURN 5 - The Final Turn
It's a weird little thematic disconnect when you're not sure who or what your avatar in-game is. Perhaps we have swallowed corporate personhood so fully that we can easily accept playing as a corporation but balk a little at an amorphous group of power brokers--or a faceless protagonist channeling tree spirits.
Games Played Last Week: 01:51 -The Great Wall (Kamil 'Sanex' Cieśla, Robert Plesowicz, & Łukasz Włodarczyk, Awaken Realms, 2021) 08:19 -Stars of Akarios (Brendan McCaskell & Jonathan Thwaites, OOMM, 2022) 12:16 -Messina 1347 (Raúl Fernández Aparicio & Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2021) [EDIT: An earlier version of this episode uncritically parroted the dodgy history of the game's purported setting. We apologize for the error and will address it further.] 13:56 -So Clover! (François Romain, Repos Production, 2021) 16:01 -Rush Out! (Thomas Dupont, Sit Down!, 2021) 19:43 -Vengeance: Roll & Fight (Gordon Calleja, Noralie Lubbers, & Dávid Turczi, Mighty Boards, 2022) 23:30 -Project L (Michal Mikeš, Jan Soukal, & Adam Spanel, Boardcubator, 2020) 26:45 -Ark Worlds: MOBA Inspired Hero Engagements Game (Orion McClelland, Unpossible Game Labs, 2021) 31:04 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020) 32:42 -The Silver Bayonet (Joseph McCullough, Osprey Games, 2021) 37:30 -Barrage (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2019) 38:12 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020) 38:34 -Aquatica (Ivan Tuzovsky, Cosmodrome Games, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 40:35 Grand Carnival expansion and Kittens Love Sushi on Kickstarter 41:32 Omicron Protocol: Critical Condition on Kickstarter 42:25 So far so good for Board Game Arena under Asmodee? T&E, Regicide, El Grande
44:17 Feature Game: Sakura Arms (BakaFire, Level 99 Games 2022)
Join Mike, Jules and Conor as they discuss dexterity games, playing games with Thinker Themer, and taking on the forces of evil (completely unrelated to Amy and Maggie from Thinker Themer). Meanwhile when it comes to Sizzling Games, Mike has been making montages with meaningless momentos, Conor has been creating castles and controlling the countryside, and Jules has been winning wisdom with worldly Witches (again, not Amy and Maggie...)
In the Board Game Bracket we settle the last match-up, Anachrony vs Architects of the West Kingdom, before we cue up the the first Semi-Final Battle: The Quacks of Quedlinburg vs Raiders of the North Sea. To make sure your favourite goes through to the Grand Final make sure you vote on our socials.
Finally, in Swear An Oath Mike finished a games of Viscounts of the West Kingdom and also played Picture Perfect. Conor taught Def and Harry how to play Beyond The Sun, and Jules played the Marauders expansion to Root as well as getting a game of Ortus Regni under his belt. New oaths include Marvel Champions: Sinister Motives (Conor), Trailblazers (Jules), Clank! Catacombs (Mike).
Sizzling Games: Pictures (37:50), Septima (46:32), Castles of Burgundy (59:30)
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or buy some games that are priced to sell - you just pay for the games you want, possibly choose a "Free With Purchase" title, and pay shipping. I'll wrap them up carefully and send them on their way to you!
Ava: Well look at that! It’s an interview. Well something like that. I spent the evenings of the ‘United’ Kingdom’s Game Exposition chatting with my favourite podcaster-poet-editor-writer Tim Clare, then convinced him to get together to have a chat about a thing. We’re offering tips and thoughts on how to ‘pitch a game’, both at a convention, and in your very own home. Do we stay on topic? Occasionally! But hopefully it’s a fun listen.
Go find Tim on twitter or his very own website timclarepoet.co.uk. I genuinely think Death of a Thousand Cuts, and particularly the couch to 80k bootcamp/100 day writing challenge are the absolute best ways to get stuck into creative writing, and his first page critiques (the reason I thought he’d be a great person to speak to about this) are the absolute best writing advice you can get! Check him out, he’s lovely.
I’m hoping to put together a few more interviews and other ‘special’ podcasts over the coming months, so do let us know what you think. Opinions and suggestions welcome to ava@shutupandsitdown.com or on our website. If it doesn’t sound up your street, do feel free to skip it! It’ll probably be a normal pod with more familiar voices next time you visit!
Well, we can't play everything, and that was probably more true ten years ago than it is now. So we thought we'd look back at the decade past, and highlight some games that we feel like we missed out on. Before we prolong our backlogs, we talk about Loot of Lima, Yosemite, and Planted: A Game of Nature & Nurture.
02:13 - Loot of Lima 09:17 - Yosemite 14:56 - Planted: A Game of Nature & Nurture 23:01 - Games from last decade we want to play 24:14 - Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game 25:53 - Black Friday 27:12 - Haggis 28:07 - Sentinels of the Multiverse 30:09 - Kolejka 31:30 - Eclipse 33:02 - Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery 34:20 - Copycat 35:31 - Caverna: The Cave Farmers 38:06 - Duel of Ages II 40:24 - Kanban 42:07 - Wir sind das Volk! 43:21 - Kingdom Death: Monster 45:18 - Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization 47:23 - Mombasa 48:59 - Arkham Horror: The Card Game 50:14 - Arkwright 51:03 - Adrenaline 52:18 - This War of Mine: The Board Game 53:14 - Gaia Project 54:36 - Calimala 55:51 - Obsession 57:50 - Mage Knight Board Game 58:34 - Gùgōng 59:39 - Barrage 1:00:53 - Crusader Kings
(Jason here) It's a little peculiar, right? In no other hobby, or walk of life, do we say "the teach." But for board gamers, we know exactly what we mean - that necessary time before any new game that we need to spend in order to have our fun. I give a theory on why we say "the teach", drawing from my background in psychology and communication. I think it's great, and I fully support playing with language and coming up with new ways to say things.
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Alrighty Cabalists, it’s time for yet another major dose of Secret Cabal insubordinate, irreverence and meshugenah nonsense! Today the gang dives into the games they’ve been getting into including Circadians: First Light, Buck Rogers Battle for 25th Century, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Bretwalda, Wild Serengeti, Dutch Blitz and Rising Sun. Then Don, Jamie and Chris get busy with a review of Renegade Games’ The Snallygaster Situation: Kids on Bikes Board Game. And of course, as usual, Tony T gives us what hell of a roller coaster ride through the world of tabletop gaming in his bananas news segment. The show is then closed out with the discussion about board game production and how that may affect the fun positively and negatively. The Snallygaster Situation Overview 00:58:17, The Snallygaster Situation Review 01:03:18, News with Tony T 01:28:44, The Production, Gameplay and Cost of Board Games 02:13:03
Enjoy the works of Thomas Lehmann while you can! Despite the lack of player interaction of Dice Realms, Mr. Lehmann has violated local, provincial, and federal law by not supplying a solo mode. International treaty has also been flouted by the absence of a campaign. I fear he may be put in boardgame jail as a consequence. Can he build a tableau convincing enough as his defence? His attorney, Dr. Gonzo, does not inspire much confidence.
Games Played Last Week: 01:01 -Titan (Matthieu Podevin, Holy Grail Games, 2022) 09:25 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022) 12:58 -Core Worlds: Nemesis (Andrew Parks, Quixotic Games, 2021) 16:36 -Transmissions (Adam West, CrossCut Games, 2022) 19:11 -burncycle (Josh J. Carlson & Shannon Wedge, Chip Theory Games, 2022) 21:41 -Lancaster: Big Box (Matthias Cramer & Wolfgang Panning, Queen Games, 2015) 27:49 -Sleeping Gods (Ryan Laukat, Red Raven Games, 2021) 31:21 -Shamans (Cédrick Chaboussit, Studio H, 2021)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 34:49 FlickFleet: Xeno Wars on Gamefound 36:12 Village Big Box 36:39 Puerto Rico decolonized: Puerto Rico 1897 37:53 Furnace expansion: Interbellum 38:25 BoardGameGeek signs deal to push Gamegenic sleeves. Too little independent media in boardgaming?
40:22 Feature Game: Dice Realms (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2022)
Join Def, Sarah and Dan as they discuss playing games with their kids, revisiting the classics, and an assortment of two-player games. Meanwhile in Sizzling Games, Sarah has been investigating interstellar invasions, Dan has been foraging for fabled forest fruit, and Def has been predicting past presidents.
In the Board Game Bracket we settle the last match-up, Brass: Birmingham vs Root, before we cue up the final battle for the Quarter Finals: Anachrony vs Architects of the West Kingdom. To make sure your favourite goes through to the next round make sure you vote on our socials.
Finally, in Swear An Oath Dan played Welcome to the Moon, Sarah played The Transcontinental, and Def played On Mars: Alien Invasion. And everyone's new oath is: teaching Dan On Mars!!!
Sizzling Games: On Mars: Alien Invasion (28:15), Fabled Fruit (36:50), 1960: The Making of the President (47:25)
Our podcast is proudly sponsored by Advent Games. Advent Games (http://www.adventgames.com.au/) are an Australian online board game store based in Sydney, NSW. Their core values are integrity, customer satisfaction, and providing a wide range of products including those hard-to-find board games.
Yes, that's right. We have a Patreon. By becoming a Patreon member you will receive exclusive content, have access to a members only section of our discord where you can contribute to the content of the show, and much more. Your Patreon support will also allow us to expand the podcast and deliver some exciting upcoming projects that we have planned for 2022.
Our team at the Board Game BBQ Podcast love what we do and will continue to deliver the same shenanigans that you have come to expect from us, and we are already incredibly grateful and humbled by all of your support. Being a member of the Patreon is by no means an obligation and please do not support the Patreon if it will it cause you financial hardship in any way. But if you would like to support us from as little as USD$5 a month please click the link and head to the Patreon page.
Thanks again for all of your continued support. We work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive community and you are all awesome. See you at the BBQ!! Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/BoardGameBBQ
Reviews of Tinner's Trail, Sagani, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and so many more. Featured review: Underwater Cities by Rio Grand Games; Reroll Embarcadero by Renegade Game Studios. Board game discussion starts at 34:33. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep223.Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games and Grand Gamers Guild.
Timestamps:
34:33 - Squid Inc.; 39:04- Sagani; 44:10- Armonia; 47:25- Tinner's Trail, 56:00- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.