On Garrett's Games this week, Shelley and I attempt to kill Hitler, and then build the universe!
First off it's Valkyrie: A Black Orchestra Game by Philip duBarry from Tabletop Tycoon
Then we head out into the void of space and collect atoms to build nebulae in Crafting the Cosmos by David Gordon and TAM from Office Dog
Thanks as always to Bezier Games for their support.
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It’s just little old Tom this week on the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, and he’s taking you through a bunch of odds and ends that might otherwise slip through the metaphorical cracks of the metaphorical floorboards. They wouldn’t fit through the real floorboards. That’d be silly. And we don’t do silly, here.
Let us know what you think of these episodes! They’re a little unusual, but quite fun to make in a pinch!
Timestamps:
02:21 - Joraku
07:33 - Calimala
12:35 - Tofu Shifu
16:52 - March of the Ants
23:34 - Beaver House
26:24 - Naishi
There are episodes where we bring as much knowledge as we can about whatever board game we are talking about. And then there are episodes where we just want to share why something didn't click so much that we didn't want to go beyond game one. Apropos of nothing, today we'll be chatting about Brink, a "trading cubes in space" game that conceptually riffs on Catan but in execution whiffs on us.
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On to the time stamps:
00:00 Cold Open & Intro
Work in Progress:
2:08 Tenby
7:26 Railroad Tiles
10:42 Rumble Nation
18:53 Winter Rabbit
Audience Correspondence:
25:05 Vantage, Neurodivergence in Board Games
Main Feature:
31:23 Brink
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Adrian is back in the chair for his foray of board gaming podcasts and this time we explore when two games eye each other for the space in your kallax and bring some key struggles that we've had to face.
FIRST PLAYER: Adrian
OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Kerley & Tambo
In this episode you'll learn:
- how Tambo keeps calm deactivating explosive devices in Bomb Busters by Pegasus Spiele
- whether people with low moral fibre (pirates) makes for a fun Tiny Epic game in Tiny Epic Pirates by Gamelyn Games
- how Kerley is still talking himself around with the Ark Nova 3Dition
- what it's like to experience a heavy "something" and write game with The Anarchy by Garphill Games
- about 8 specific space invasions where two games go head to head for the justified position on our shelves.
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
3:38 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
4:21 - Kerley: Too Many Bones & Ark Nova 3Dition
7:41 - Tambo: Bomb Busters
14:55 - JP: The Anarchy
26:36 - Adrian: Tiny Epic Pirates
35:49 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Space Invaders
36:34 - Invasion 1: Furnance & It's a Wonderful World
42:03 - Invasion 2: Dice Throne & Kapow!
46:15 - Invasion 3: Star Trek Captains Chair vs Imperium
51:57 - Invasion 4: Eclipse & Twilight Imperium (4 Player)
59:11 - Invasion 5: Great Western Trail vs Lacromosa
1:06:00 - Invasion 6: Zombicide 2nd Edition vs Marvel Zombies
1:09:29 - Invasion 7: Taverns of Tiefenthal & Cubitos
1:12:56 - Invasion 8: Too Many Bones vs Elder Scrolls BOTSE
1:22:17 - TURN 4 - Receive, Sleeve, or Leave
1:28:18 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:37:55 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
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Eric starts the show by sharing tales of his European adventures, which leads Tom to share some of our plans for Spiel in October. Then, we discuss the process for adding art to your game. How do you find an artist? How long does it take to draw a picture of a horse? What if the horse is holding a corn dog? Later, we share a tale of horror and a question, and move on to our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
00:48 - Middle of the Year? - School Starting
02:23 - Eric's European Adventure
09:25 - Spiel Plans
12:14 - Art in Games
34:56 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror/Question
46:32 - Sancturary
48:42 - Vantage
56:21 - Bomb Busters
58:37 - Menagerie
1:01:44 - This Game is Killer: Frozen Horror
1:05:12 - Potion Explosion: The 6th Student
Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com
I've always chafed at the conventional wisdom that young goats are good at trick-taking games. Or, at least, ones where you are not incentivized to go null. Do they hold their cards in their cloven hooves? Do their dead eyes come to life when contemplating the vagaries of trump suits?
It must be true, though, because I have it on good authority from a cartoon rabbit that tricks are for kids.
01:23 AYURIS: Envelopes of Cash (Andy Schwarz, Envelopes of Cash LLC, 2023)
Games Played Last Week:
03:57 -Ginkgopolis (Xavier Georges, Pearl Games, 2012)
08:48 -Vaultbreakers (Valentino Mori, Vaultbreakers Games, 2024)
13:07 -Sidereal Confluence (TauCeti Deichmann, Wizkids, 2017)
17:46 -Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor (Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, & Dirk Sommer, Nemesis.Games, 2021)
20:01 -Hot Streak (Jon Perry, CMYK, 2025)
21:47 -Signal (Jasper Beatrix, DVC Games, 2025)
26:36 -KINGs: TRICKTAKERs (Hiroken, Joyple Games, 2023)
32:40 -Quantum (Eric Zimmerman, Funforge, 2013)
-Fromage (Matthew O'Malley and Ben Rosset, Road to Infamy Games, 2024)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
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39:49 Hanami by Keymaster, reprint of Reiner Knizia's Samurai, on Kickstarter
40:51 Topic: Trick-Taking Games Redux
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00:00:00 In Memoriam
00:07:45 Pickle Ball
00:12:30 Plantar Fasciitis
00:20:00 Game Toppers
00:22:10 Battle of Hoth
00:33:15 12 Rivers
00:41:00 Miniature Market
00:42:15 Lightning Train
01:00:00 Portal Games
01:01:00 General Orders: Sengoku Jidai
01:08:00 Outro
Set during one of the most iconic confrontations in the Star Wars universe, Battle of Hoth is a fast-paced miniatures strategy game that plunges players into the icy terrain of Hoth. We are fans of Memoir ’44, so we hoped things hadn’t changed that much in this reimplement. There are 17 scenarios and multi-stage campaigns, so plenty of replayability.
From the designer of Clank! and Dune: Imperium, Lightning Train is a bag-building economic game that reimagines classic train games with a modern twist. This game is definitely one that will be in our annual Squirrely Awards show. It does a lot right, but there are some elements that don’t cause the train to go off the tracks, but do need a little help. I think this is one of those games that will require you to help each other out from time to time in order to achieve your own objectives.
12 Rivers is a family weight worker placement game that involves a mechanic which centers around releasing marbles (pearls) down the board, creating a dynamic and tactile experience as players race to gather the most valuable bounties. With alpacas as transport and fairies offering special actions, the game balances whimsy with some light strategic depth.
Thanks for listening as always, we really do appreciate it.
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In this episode the three bearded folk - Conor, Jules and Joe are getting into mischief. Joe has got a thing for sexy horses in Snowcrest. Meanwhile, Conor has had some dentistry issues, or a toothache, or something like that, with Gloomhaven: Digital Edition. Jules is living his best life exploring a planet, and thankfully doing more than just ‘aimlessly engaging with things’ in Vantage.
All this and more, so you’d better have your purchase pen ready!
Sizzling Games:
Snowcrest: [42:07]
Gloomhaven Digital Edition: [52:13]
Vantage: [1:03:00]
Question of the Pod Recap: [1:19:34]
New Question of the Pod: [1:25:25]
Fired Up: [1:32:00]
New Question of the Pod: What hot new game are you excited to play and why?
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Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:
Honey Buzz: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284742/honey-buzz
Netrunner: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/124742/android-netrunner
Schadenfreude: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/324711/schadenfreude
Happy Mochi : https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/438481/happy-mochi
Orbit: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/429767/orbit
Nunatak: Temple of Ice: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383158/nunatak-temple-of-ice
Massive Darkness 2: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/7497066/massive-darkness-2-heavenfall
Pillars of Fate: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/440941/pillars-of-fate
Gloomhaven Digital Ed: https://store.steampowered.com/app/780290/Gloomhaven/
Vantage: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/420033/vantage
Snowcrest: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/385437/snowcrest
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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik talks with Marc Specter from the Grand Gamers Guild about games (and other things) they've played including:
You can get a discount on Zencastr.com using this link.
(31:00) Then, Marc tells what it was like to be part of a Kennerspiel des Jahres winning team.
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This week on Garrett's Games Shelley and I make some booze and admire a garden. First up is
Floriferous by Steve Finn and Eduardo Baraf (with art by Clementine Campardou) from Pencil First Games
then we play competing distillers in
Distilled by Dave Beck from Paverson Games
Thanks as always to Bezier Game for their sponsorship.
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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Concealed, MicroMacro: Downtown Detective (mobile app), and Draw Along with Dave (web app). Then, we talk about a few games where the themes are something we'd like to do in real life.
0:00-Intro
0:46-Recent Games-Concealed (Kickstarter) (free PnP on itch.io)
5:54-MicroMacro: Downtown Detective
11:56-Draw Along with Dave
15:56-Game Themes IRL
28:22-Outro
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One, two, three, four, five, everybody in the car so come on let's ride ... to the mailbag! We're answering your pressing questions - and oh how they press - about all manner of things: Crowdfunding ads! Narrative games! Getting jaded about board games! You wrote in because you had to know what we thought, and who are we to say no. Before we get covered in papercuts, we talk about Wheedle, Dune: War for Arrakis, and Transgalactica. 02:05 - Wheedle 09:31 - Dune: War for Arrakis 19:52 - Transgalactica 34:00 - Mailbag 34:39 - Kickstarter red and green flags? 43:36 - Narrative in board games? 51:23 - Do we get jaded?
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Reviews of Shackleton Base and Arborea. All the pegs provide a deep dive of Galileo Galilei. Game discussion starts at {00:34:48}.
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