For our Sunday podcast this week we look at another new Essen 2024 release, a smaller title from earlier in 2024, and then a BIG game from a few years ago:
Asian Tigers: A Story of Prosperity by Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro and Paulo Soledade from PYTHAGORAS
Alpina by Luc Remond from Helvetiq
New Frontiers by Tom Lehmann from Rio Grande Games
On this rock-and-rolling episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about three very different games. First up is Rock Hard 1977, a euro-ish game of being a ROCK STAR that had one of the funniest arcs of any game we’ve played this year. We also chat about Tom’s most recent BGA obsession, Newton. It’s a game of cards and efficiency! What more could you want? Finally, the gang chat about The Gang - a game that asks ‘what if poker was co-operative?’ Makes u think, don’t it.
Garrett's Games does TWO podcasts this week! With so many games to discuss, we add a Wednesday show, reviewing one great game and two that won't hit our table again:
Stephens by Rola and Costa from Pile Up Games
In The Footsteps of Marie Curie by Florian Fay from Sorry We Are French
Camargue by Timo Diegel form Abacusspiele
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Hey now Cabalists and happy 100th episode of The Secret Cabal Express! Today Don, Jamie, and Chris are celebrating Oktoberfest by swilling beer and listing our favorite games that released at Spiel 2024 in Essen Germany! It's a Polka-Fest here at the secret cabal and we're fired up! The only thing we're missing is a plate of bratwurst, pierogies, and sauerkraut! Kick back, pour a beer, and celebrate with the Founders. PROST!
It's time to play some actual party games as Matthew takes the gang through rounds of Just One, Insider, On a Scale of Zero to Trex and Tapple!
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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Have you ever wanted to listen to a "Come Dine With Me" special merged with a games day? Thought not but that is exactly what you have in the second of JP's episodes of this run. Expect nonsense, expect backstabbing comments, expect drama as we played "Come Game With Me"
FIRST PLAYER: JP OTHER PLAYERS: Becky, Rob, Tambo
In this episode you'll learn: - about JP's experience with Undaunted 2200 Calisto and also Undanted Stalingrad by Osprey Games - that Split Stone Games gets another mention with Becky's take on Mycelia - how Tambo has become a Starship Captain in his latest game by CGE - Rob has finally had a proper playthrough of Gloom of Kilforth by Hall or Nothing Games - what a mashup of "Come Dine With Me" centred around a games day sounds like
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:31 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 1:44 - Tambo - Starship Captains 7:14 - JP - Undaunted Stalingrad & 2200 Calisto 19:21 - Becky - Mycelia 25:45 - Rob - Gloom of Kilforth 33:52 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Come Game With Me 38:08 - Game Day 1 - Becky's World of Tomorrow 44:28 - Game Day 1 - Scoring 47:25 - Game Day 2 - Tambo's Horror House 51:52 - Game Day 2 - Scoring 54:27 - Game Day 3 - JP's Thunderstruck 80's Arcade 57:51 - Game Day 3 - Scoring 1:00:15 - Game Day 4 - Rob's Gaming Express 1:08:19 - Game Day 4 - Scoring 1:11:24 - The Reveal & Winner 1:16:10 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up 1:21:29 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
An auspicious palindrome of an episode number! Granted, in triple digits one encounters a palindrome every ten episodes or so, but I'm sure the numerologists amongst us have special enthusiasm for the mighty TRIP THREE. I mean, primes, and threes, and all that. Anyway, it'll be a minute until we reach episode TRIP FOUR, so let's savour this while we can.
01:10 AYURIS: Mille Fiori (Reiner Knizia, Schmidt Spiele, 2021)
Games Played Last Week:
04:06 -Lunar Rush (Steven "Skippy" Brown, Dead Alive Games, 2023)
08:53 -Dragons Down (Scott DeMers, Mr. B Games, 2024)
16:20 -Things in Rings (Peter C. Hayward, Allplay, 2024)
26:00 -EGO (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2025)
33:37 -Keep the Heroes Out!: Boss Battles (Luís Brueh, Brueh Games, 2024)
37:20 -Mexica (Michael Kiesling & Wolfgang Kramer, Rio Grande Games, 2002)
40:22 -Avatar: The Last Airbender--Aang's Destiny (Patrick Marino, The OP Games, 2024)
43:47 -Formula D (Laurent Lavaur & Eric Randall, Asmodee, 2008)
Another episode… that is right. This time it is about games, the reason you come and listen. Or maybe I am wrong. Maybe you come and listen because of the lawn care tips or the surgery stories. Hey, someone we know actually listened just for the gall bladder story.
Plenty of games to get to in this episode, so enjoy and hopefully we will provide some entertainment value for you time spent listening to the podcast.
In this week’s episode, Mitch, Conor and Dana continue to reminisce about PAX, in particular the food, the games and the people they met. Conor is enamoured with his purchase and subsequent play of Dead Cells in a monster solo session. Mitch is still feeling surprisingly upbeat after his defeat at one of the hit prototype games at PAX, Tropical. Meanwhile, Dana is desperately trying to get off the island wondering what on earth, the Pope and Oysters have in common, in Landmarks
They also recap last week's Question of the Pod, all before sharing some news as to what's got them fired up - Mitch in particular!
New Question of the Pod: What games make you feel dumb and why?
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This week's guest is host of the BGG Podcast Candice Harris. We talk about being a professional drummer, working at BGG and designing your first game...but which games did she choose?
It's Second Breakfast time again! First up, Jon is joined by Chris and Chad for a little on-air hangout (Rings of Power spoilers 14:20-22:10 if you haven't seen S2E8). Next, Sabina and Dominic drop by for their annual visit (the kids, they keep growing!), followed by friend of the show Autumn and newcomer Spencer. Then we've got the 3-headed-dragon meme of Doug, Kyle, and Splice - you decide which is which part of the meme. Finally, Chris (there are a lot of them) and Craig stop in to wrap us up.
Thanks to the Freemen of the North for hosting Con of the Rings, and thanks to our amazing Patrons for making the show possible. Enjoy this one on us!
THIS WAS RECORDED VIRTUALLY DUE TO ADRIAN'S FOOT INJURY WHICH WAS COVERED IN PART ONE WHICH HAS IMPACTED OUR USUAL QUALITY
You thought we had ran out of Essen chat right? Well fear not we've only just got going as Adrian, JP & Davey return to talk through Saturday and Sunday's shenanigans so expect games, games and more games along with our closing thoughts on the show and will we be returning for 2025?
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 3:31 - TURN 2 - Returning back to Essen SPIEL 2024 6:26 - DAY 3: SATURDAY - JP learning David Turczi's secrets...which we can't share 8:47 - Atoll by Albi 18:46 - Monumental Duel by Funforge 28:00 - Men-Nefer by Ludonova 36:04 - Meet & Play event & catching up with other content creators 46:03 - SETI by Czech Games Edition 1:02:56 - Beyond the Horizon by Cranio Creations 1:16:48 - DAY 4: SUNDAY - JP's free day to roam the halls 1:18:54 - Suna Valo by The Game Builders 1:33:46 - Revenant by Mindclash Games 1:55:48 - Kronologic: Paris 1920 by Origames 1:59:40 - Roaring 20's by Deep Print Games 2:03:17 - DAY 5: MONDAY - Travelling Home, Back Stories by La Boîte de Jeu & AI: 100% Human by Explor8 2:07:31 - The awesome people we met during our trip 2:10:57 - TURN 3 - Our wrap up of Essen 2024 2:11:14 - What did we miss out on? 2:14:46 - What lessons did we learn from 2023 into 2024? 2:19:31 - What lessons are we taking into next years Essen 2025? 2:23:07 - Are we going back to Essen 2025? 2:29:45 - Our overall highlights of the show
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently from the Holiday Hijinks line - The Pumpkin Problem, The Turkey Trial, and The Groundhog Gambit. Then, we interview the designer of the Holiday Hijinks (new set currently on Kickstarter), Jonathan Chaffer and talk about how he designs escape room games in just 18 cards! Follow Jonathan on his website: https://thechaffers.com/news/
The Fandango Tank returns! The ever wonderful Mike DiLisio joins us again, this time to collectively cast our minds forward to some things we'd like to manifest into the board game future. We've got a mess of ideas, a veritable mixtape of miscellany that we either want to play, or hope to see more of as the hobby progresses. Before we unspool, we talk about Fishing, EGO, The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth, and Key Market (Second Edition). 02:57 - Fishing 03:03 - I Made You a Mixtape 11:31 - EGO 21:00 - The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth 27:46 - Key Market (Second Edition) 40:49 - Things we'd like to see Please check out the Kickstarter for Mike and Dan's game, I Made You a Mixtape: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cabbagedan/i-made-you-a-mixtape
Happy All Hallows' Eve, Cabalists! This week, Wolfman Steve and The Gatekeeper take over with ghoulish jokes and spooky banishments. The Founders dive into the horror board games they've been playing including Mansions of Madness, Cthulhu: Death May Die, A Touch of Evil, Texas Chainsaw Massacre Slaughterhouse, and feature Halloween by Emerson Matsuuchi. Tony T returns with the latest board game industry news, delivering updates from beyond the grave. Finally, we journey into The Secret Cabal Twilight Zone to discuss their ideas for twisted and terrifying themed games perfect for Halloween night. It’s a spooky, fun-filled episode you won’t want to miss! Enjoy! Halloween 00:48:29, News with Tony T 01:18:47, The Secret Cabal Twilight Zone 02:13:07
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