On this long overdue episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are hosting an intervention for one particular publisher… and also talking about some board games!
First up is a chat about Daitoshi, the latest ambitious and busy design from site favourites Devir, followed by some nattering about the “area-control-deck-builder-mutation” Altay and “tic-tac-toe-em-up” Architects of Amytis!
In this news flash designer Jonny Pac discusses the situation at recently folded company Final Frontier Games from the perpective of someone who has worked with them
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Top Tier and Bag of Chips. Then, we talk about how the US tariffs might affect the board game industry (especially for publishers and retailers in the US). Post from Ami Baio of Pink Tiger Games
0:00-Intro
0:38-Recent Games - Top Tier
5:57-Bag of Chips
12:35-US Tariffs
22:09-Outro
23:13-Bloopers
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.
I would say that, for the most part, there's very little we won't play - but we also know what we like, and especially what we don't like. Every so often a game gets suggested that we have to say "literally anything but" to. Before we pass hard, we talk about TRICKTAKERs, Iquazú, and Hubworld: Aidalon.
02:49 - TRICKTAKERs 11:52 - Iquazú 21:47 - Hubworld: Aidalon 31:03 - Hard pass games 32:11 - Sidereal Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant 33:29 - Captain Sonar 34:04 - Citadels 35:19 - 7 Wonders 40:03 - Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition 41:03 - Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game 42:51 - Welcome To... 46:08 - Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island
Good morning and happy Wednesday, Cabalists! Today the gang kicks things off by spotlighting Erik the Cabalist's homebrew Runebound scenario, packed with Secret Cabal references. Then they dive into the games they've been playing, including Baseball Highlights 2045, Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game, Obsession, Explorers of Navoria, Trick Shot, and a featured review of Moon from Haakon Gaarder. After Tony T's award-winning news segment, the gang launches into a discussion about hooks in board gaming - the things that get us fired up to try new games. Baseball Highlights 2045: 00:05:37, Metal Gear Solid The Board Game: 00:14:09, Obsession: 00:26:08, Explorers of Navoria: 00:38:34, Trick Shot: 00:46:18, Moon: 00:58:56, News with Tony T: 01:27:20, The Hook: 02:21:09. Check out our sponsors Restoration Games at https://restorationgames.com/. Game Toppers at https://www.gametoppersllc.com/. And CGE at https://czechgames.com/.
30 Games enter the ring...only 1 will be victorious.
Yes it's that time of the year where we celebrate our 3rd birthday podcasting and we celebrate the only way we know how. Pitching our favourite played games of 2024 against each other to see which one comes out on top.
THE BIRTHDAY ATTENDEES - JP, Becky, Tambo, Kerley & Dan
In this episode you'll learn: - the groups favourite moments as they look back over the past year now that we're 3 years old - whether the reigning champion Terraforming Mars will make it through again or will there be a new champion? - which 30 games make it through the 5 knockout rounds and which one hits the top spot for best game played in 2023
OUR 2024 PLAYED LEGENDS ENTERING THE BATTLEGROUND (30 GAMES) Star Trek Captains Chair, Imperium Horizons, Andromeda's Edge, Arcs, Cloudspire Minos, Twilight Imperium, Terraforming Mars, Ark Nova, Slay the Spire, Nucleum, Anachrony, White Castle, Coffee Traders, Castles of Burgundy, Secret Identity, Smartphone Inc, Primal: The Awakening, The Witcher - Old World, Too Many Bones, Seti, Shackletonbase, Endeavour: Deep Sea, Duel for Middle-Earth, Ticket to Ride, Wyrmspan, Merchants Cove, Here to Slay, Great Western Trail New Zealand, Eos Island Of Angles
EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:22 - TURN 2 - 3 Years Old!!!
2:43 - NEWS - Come and see us live at the UK Games Expo 2025
5:09 - A look back at our favourite moments from last year
Join us as we chat with Rob and Justin from Restoration Games to dive into the exciting world of reviving classic board games. But that’s not all—there’s a twist! We challenge them to a lively game of Rank’em, where we present three items, and they rank them in any order they choose. The fun doesn’t stop there—together, we’ll debate, defend, and dissect whether their rankings hit the mark or missed the mark entirely.
We also get to hear all about their new game coming to Kickstarter called Battle Monsters. This is a reimplement of Battle Masters from 1992. Battle Masters was originally themed as an army of Good battling again an army of evil. The game had a huge footprint and miniatures and we hear how Restoration is bringing it back.
If you liked this version of Rank’em, please leave comments over in our Discord Channel.
Tiebreakers are arguably a kind of endgame scoring. I respect the fact that they are invariably necessary (I mean, if for no other reason than if they're omitted some smartass like me will complain). That said, clearly if the scoreboard goes to 200+ I don't imagine we'll be hauling out the second tiebreaker condition all that much. Frequently the endgame conversion of resources to points already serves as a tiebreaker anyway.
In this episode of the award winning #channel, Ben and Steve talk about sticking your nose in where it's not wanted(don't eat a German biscuit) and if board games are in a slump.
In this episode, Banana, Adrian and Conor are in the mood to reminisce about a HUGE gaming weekend for Adrian’s 40th birthday. Adrian has fallen for The Gang, and by that he means not just the people at his birthday bash, but the game as well. Meanwhile Conor has been battling head-to-head and having fun with one of his favourite TCG’s without breaking the bank, in Altered. Banana surprisingly enjoyed a game that prides itself on getting pleasure from other people’s misery in Shadenfreude, and also got to have an unexpected try of a Kickstarter prototype!
Sizzling Games:
The Gang [50:27]
Altered [01:01:49]
Question of the Pod Recap: [1:14:42]
New Question of the Pod: [1:20:57]
Fired Up: [01:29:13]
New Question of the Pod: What board game would work well as a drinking game? How would it play?
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Hark, and well met, weary travelers! Come, rest thyselves and lend thine ears to the grand tales woven by the Lords of the Dungeon. Lady Jess shall regale thee with the chronicles of thy city upon the bridge, a place of wonder and enigma. Thereafter, the council doth gather to speak on the matter of adventures - those drawn from dusty tomes of old, and those forged anew by the hands of mortal minds. At journey’s end, they delve deep into spirited discourse, weighing the desires of the player 'gainst the will of the character. Sit ye back, and partake in this feast of wisdom and mirth!
In this episode of The Spielworxx Bulletin, Ben and Uli are joined by Ignacy Trzewiczek of Portal Games and Arnaud Charpentier of Matagot Games. We talk Leiria Con and the end of the board game industry.
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