As promised, Shelley and I get one of last week's big games back to the table with it's recent expansion for a discussion of what that adds in
Revive + The Call of the Abyss Expansion by Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Ostby, Eilif Svensson and Anna Wermlund from Aporta Games
then we got a great and beautiful mancala-based game on the table with
Amritsar by David Heras Pino from Ludonova
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 and being as efficient as possible within a strict turn limit. That’s followed up with Dro Polter and Rafter Five - two Oink games that are some of their silliest yet.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Timestamps:
02:10 - Rats of Wistar
25:11 - Dro Polter
36:33 - Rafter Five
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Infiltraitors, Math Rush: Addition & Subtraction, and Ceres. Then, we talk about ways your group can pick which game to play when no one knows what they want to play!
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0:00-Intro
0:44-Announcements
2:12-Recent Games - Infiltraitors
5:51-Math Rush: Addition & Subtraction
10:13-Ceres
17:37-Choosing a Game
29:09-Outro
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Sometimes a game has a conceit so good, that it's the only description you need to sell someone on it. Let's call it the hook. Do all games have them, or is it something that only a certain subcategory of game can get away with - and why don't they all just print that on the box cover? Before we get the hook, we talk about Havalandi, Courtisans, 12 Chip Trick, and Dune Imperium: Uprising.
02:55 - Havalandi 11:25 - Courtisans 18:59 - 12 Chip Trick 26:10 - Dune: Imperium - Uprising 41:09 - Games with a hook 41:34 - Of What's Left 45:05 - Everdell 47:09 - QE 47:28 - 12 Chip Trick 48:09 - A Feast for Odin 52:25 - Skull
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Davey gets us over the line with one of his innovative episodes where he pretends to be a genie *Djinn Davey" and grants the gangs board game related wishes...but with consequences.
FIRST PLAYER: Davey
OTHER PLAYERS: Becky, Tambo & Dan
OVERVIEW
In this episode you'll learn:
- Becky's take on the new Wyrmspan by Stonemaier Games and how she compares it to Wingspan
- that Dan still can't bloody win at Frostpunk by Glass Cannon Unplugged but still comes back for more
- about Tambo's duality in Jekyll & Hyde, a head to head trick taking card game by Mandoo Games
- about Daveys experiences in the second edition of Great Western Trail by Eggertspiele
- that rubbing Djinn Davey's lamp can lead to your board game wishes being manipulated into something far worse
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:37 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:51 - Becky - Wyrmspan
7:50 - Dan - Frostpunk
11:06 - Tambo - Jekyll vs Hyde
15:12 - Davey - Great Western Trail Second Edition
20:06 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Wish upon a faux-pah
20:28 - Wish 1 - What game do you wish would be a travel game?
26:21 - Wish 2 - What type of game do you wish had more games?
29:52 - Wish 3 - What game do you wish would be more affordable?
34:54 - Wish 4 - If you can any designer design any type of boardgame theme & type, who would it be?
36:32 - Wish 5 - Pick a board game to own throughout time & space, what game do you wish you could get hold of but you can't at the moment?
40:47 - Wish 6 - What crowdfunding game would you want to have right now?
46:15 - Wish 7 - What board game do you wish was never invented?
54:31 - TURN 4 - Would you rather...have one wish for yourself with consequences, or infinite wishes with no consequences but can only be for other people that you can't benefit from
57:26 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up
57:46 - Davey - Dragons Dogma 2
1:00:32 - Becky - Dog Park New Tricks
1:02:58 - Tambo - Lost Ruins of Arnak Lost Expedition
1:04:31 - Dan - The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon
1:07:21 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
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This time, Tom, Julie, and Eric discuss the pitfalls of April Fools gags before highlighting the highs and lows of bargain hunting. We confront a listener-submitted dilemma from the mailbag, and we share some Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
00:45 - Cruise Hype and an Unexpected Musical Rant
02:21 - April Fools Annoyance
12:12 - Bargain Hunting
29:25 - Question: Avoid the Game or the Person?
36:05 - Spark Riders 3000
42:36 - Primal: The Awakening
45:56 - Blueprints
48:30 - Cryptid Cafe
50:49 - Eppi
57:36 - Flashback: Zombie Kids
While we have little experience with Ed Sullivan's TV offerings, his legacy is a fascinating one. While he capitulated to pressure during the Red Scare, he did show remarkable courage in platforming African American performers despite opposition from his sponsors. Quite surprising is that the illness that eventually killed him was kept a secret from him by his family, a practise that was already frowned on in the United States by the seventies but is still widespread in many parts of the world.
Games Played Last Week:
01:36 -The Vale of Eternity (Eric Hong, Mandoo Games, 2023)
04:28 -Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023)
08:42 -Radlands (Daniel Piechnick, Roxley, 2021)
10:11 -Mindbug Battlefruits (Christian Kudahl, Marvin Hegen, Skaff Elias, and Richard Garfield, Nerdlab Games, 2024)
14:36 -ICECOOL Wizards (Brian Gomez, Brain Games, 2024)
19:32 -Ratyl (Andy Gallagher, Busy Dad Games, 2023)
25:46 -Agricola (Revised Edition) (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2016)
29:42 -Almost Innocent (Philippe Attali, Kolossal Games, 2023)
31:18 -E.T. The Extra-Terestrial: Light Years from Home Game (Propsero Hall and Brian Kirk, Funko Games, 2022)
33:55 -Dune: Imperium--Uprising (Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf, 2023)
38:16 -Word Traveler (Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance, Office Dog, 2024)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
41:11 Earth Reborn by Christophe Boelinger possibly to be expanded
44:31 Vladimír Suchý and Delicious Games go to Resafa
45:12 Feature Game: Galactic Renaissance (Christian Martinez, Matagot, 2024)
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Def, Jules and Joe are back this week to discuss some the hotness in board games at the moment. In Sizzling Games, Joe has been building a blossoming Barcelona, Jules has been harbouring harmonious habitats, and Def has been initiating innovative inventions.
There's also the Question of the Pod, Swear an Oath, and all of the usual shenanigans you've come to expect from the Board Game BBQ Podcast.
New Question of the Pod: Which board game would make the best TV show or movie?
Sizzling Games:
Barcelona (26:00)
Harmonies (37:45)
Inventions (48:15)
Question of the Pod Recap: (1:11:04)
Swear An Oath: (1:21:34)
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Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:
Knarr (2023), Mythwind (2024), Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood (2022), Through The Ages (2015), Tallywood Rally (2024), ARCS (2024), Barcelona (2023), Harmonies (2024), Inventions: Evolution of Ideas (2024)
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Shelley and I get two HEAVY games to the table this week, re-visiting
Revive by Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Ostby, Eilif Svensson and Anna Wermlund from Aporta Games
Scholars of the South Tigris by Shem Phillips and SJ MacDonald from Renegade Game Studios and Garphill Games
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This week Dave has us betting against each other, planning game night and singing songs of course.
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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Back in late February we attended another convention called the Devon Board Game Weekend which was hosted at the Fox & Hound Country Hotel in Eggesford and jointly ran by the hotel and Meeples Corner.
THE PLAYERS: JP, Adrian & Davey
In this episode you'll learn:
- all about the cosy and intermit convention that is Devon Board Game Weekend
- JP & Robs misfortunate mistake in hotel room bookings
- that there was no rum spilling incidents this year
- more about the games we played across the weekend
- what makes this convention different to others we've attended
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Devon Board Game Weekend Website - https://foxandhoundshotel.co.uk/devon-board-game-weekend/
Fox & Hound Country Hotel Website - https://foxandhoundshotel.co.uk/
Meeples Corner Website - https://meeplescorner.co.uk/
EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
4:59 - TURN 2 - The Devon Board Game Weekend 2024
9:53 - Dog friendly atmosphere
11:37 - Dune Imperium Uprising
19:32 - Point City & Tussi Mussie
23:22 - Furnace
25:20 - Ticket to Ride Europe
28:31 - Merlin
34:50 - Dice Forge
40:40 - In the Hall of the Mountain King
44:31 - A brief aside on JP & Robs loveshack
48:06 - Viking See-saw
49:00 - The Gallerist
59:10 - Senjutsu: Battle for Japan
1:04:18 - Cosmoctopus
1:08:22 - Paladins of the West Kingdom
1:15:20 - The Saturday Night Event Dinner
1:23:05 - Imperium: Horizons
1:30:19 - Brass: Lancashire
1:35:24 - War of the Ring The Card Game
1:43:08 - TURN 3 - Final thoughts on Devon Board Game Weekend 2024
1:47:09 - TURN 4 - The Final Turn
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It is said that both politics and religion are not good conversational fodder among people you don't know well (and perhaps not even for people with whom you are close), but sadly those are among Mark's favourite topics. The sun having been devoured may cause the astronomers to be delighted, but Mark knows a portent when he sees one, and he is confident some kind of sacrifice to appease violent spirits is in order. Walker escalates things by invoking the divine right of kings, the intersection of religion and politics, but then again escalation is Walker's default instinct. Further proof of Fenrir's influence, no doubt!
01:44 AYURIS: Space Station Phoenix (Gabriel J. Cohn, Rio Grande Games, 2022)
Games Played Last Week:
03:54 -Black Rose Wars: Rebirth (Andrea Colletti, Diego Fonseca, and Marco Montanaro, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2024)
11:15 -G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game: Raise the Flagg Campaign Expansion (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2023)
12:34 -Hissy Fit (Levi Robertson and Chris Stone, Stone Age Distractions, 2023)
16:09 -Almost Innocent (Philippe Attali, Kolossal Games, 2023)
16:47 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)
17:15 -Matches (Daniel McKinley, Thing 12 Games, 2024)
19:42 -FORK (Ta-Te Wu, Sunrise Tornade Game Studio, 2023)
22:08 -Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023)
25:13 -Battlecrest: Metronn Base Game (Dustin Dobson & Milan Zivkovic, Button Shy, 2024)
28:55 -Omen: Whispers of the Muse (John Clowdus, Small Box Games, 2024)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
32:11 Divine Right is back on Kickstarter
34:04 Light Speed Arena by Tablescope Games on Kickstarter May 7
36:26 Topic: What Brings You Back?
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Welcome back to the Board Game BBQ Podcast, your one-stop destination for all things board games and tabletop fun! In this sizzling episode, Mitch, Joe, and Adrian are firing up the grill to discuss some exciting games. From fine art to strategic train management and ending on roll 'n' writes, we've got it all covered!
Adrian does a deep dive into Age of Steam, a classic board game that challenges players to build and manage railway networks in the industrial age. Mitch delves into the game mechanics, explaining how players draft dice to construct buildings, attract tourists, and manage their resources in New Orleans. Joe steps up next to showcase Art Society, a visually stunning board game that puts players in the shoes of aspiring art admirers.
Don’t forget this week’s QotP and Swear an Oath!!
Sizzling Games
Art Society (00:41:27)
Age of Steam (00:47:11)
French Quarter (01:01:08)
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