On this ticked-off episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are rambling about the box-ticking bonanza ‘Tend’ as well as the chronologically questionable ‘Take Time’!
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Timestamps:
01:19 - Tend
23:31 - Take Time
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Cozy Stickerville and Sunderfolk. Then since it's our first episode after our holiday break, we talk about what we did during the holidays - games, puzzles, escape rooms, and advent calendars!
0:00-Intro
0:41-Recent Games - Cozy Stickerville
7:44-Sunderfolk
15:58-Holiday Gaming
33:51-Outro
34:46-Bloopers
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Happy new year! We're back to continue the very peaceful, collaborative, kind endeavour that is coming together to harmoniously assemble our top 50 games. It's been nothing but chill, friendly vibes, and we expect that to continue into 2026. It's the next twenty games on our definitive top 50 board games... of all-time!
01:20 - #30 - Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar 06:43 - #29 - Dominion 09:36 - #28 - Fuji Flush 11:13 - #27 - Innovation 12:53 - #26 - Blue Lagoon 14:27 - #25 - El Grande 15:11 - #24 - Dune 16:17 - #23 - Inis 19:16 - #22 - Decrypto 21:27 - #21 - The Estates 23:24 - #20 - Yellow & Yangtze 26:08 - #19 - Archipelago 27:34 - #18 - Agricola 30:04 - #17 - Guards of Atlantis II 31:33 - #16 - Taj Mahal 33:03 - #15 - The Voyages of Marco Polo 35:08 - #14 - I'm the Boss! 37:00 - #13 - Lords of Vegas 38:05 - #12 - A Feast for Odin 41:32 - #11 - Telestrations
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It's a 'new year same us'. This week Dave has some lies, some songs and some sounds...
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This guy just won't leave... Mark and I in our last, last episode together for a bit. Not to worry I will be rambling ever forward.
In this shorter episode we talk about just the games we played last week, some news and scene.
01.29 -AYURIS: Slay the Spire: The Board Game (Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, and Casey Yano, Contention Games, 2024)
Games Played Last Week:
05:05 -Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders (Tim Eisner and Ben Eisner, Druid City Games, 2024)
07:15 -Innovation Ultimate (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2025)
12:47 -The Druids of Edora (Stefan Feld, alea, 2025)
16:00 -Hot Streak (Jon Perry, CMYK, 2025)
20:28 -Bohemians (Jasper de Lange, Portal Games, 2025)
26:49 -The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2021)
28:20 -Federation: Piracy (Dimitri Perrier & Matthier Verdier, Explor8, 2025)
35:46 -Fishing (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2024)
37:16 -Formaggio (Ben Rosset, Road to Infamy Games, 2025)
41:15 -News (and why it doesn't matter):
41.18 -Stonemaier release schedule
43:12 -Dark Pact by Thomas Lehman and Trick or Treat Studios
44:57 -New version of Rudiger Dorn's Las Vegas from Ravensburger
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Episode 1026! This week Shelley and I work with trees, both logging them and becoming stewards of the forest in
Forestry by Michal Peichl from Pink Troubadour, Capstone Games, and Pegasus Spiele
then we work our media accounts with cute animal photos in
Paw Up by Reiner Knizia from Pegasus Spiele
Thanks as always to our sponsor Bezier Games!
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Here we are at another season already. The podcast has now reached it's 22nd season, which is a small miracle. We just keep chugging along. If anything, I think it now has a solid core of listeners and participants that feel like they're going to stick with me. :-)
With BGStats, it's now even easier for me to see my final tallies for the games I played last year. Plus, I can separate out the digital ones from the in-person plays. Though as you'll hear in the podcast, a bunch of those digital plays are as real as anything, thanks to live play and voice/video connections. I expect that trend will continue to be an important part of my hobby. After talking about those statistics and some more meta thoughts at the end of the year, I jump into some questions & comments from listeners. I used to do this regularly. Now, perhaps the Discord server itself serves some of that function. But it's still nice to respond on the podcast to questions. I'll probably do that again sometime. -Mark
It's a bloopers bonus show! Thank you so much for a fantastic 2025 and here's to a great 2026!
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Join the team as we round out our top 5-1 games of all time for 2025! There might be some old favourites, new surprises and some rule breaking. We would love to hear what games have made the top of your lists this year.
Timestamps:
Adrian’s 5 [0:02:21]
Conor’s 5 [0:05:52
Joe’s 5 [0:09:08]
Jules’ 5 [0:11:42]
Lauren’s 5 [0:13:43]
Dana’s 5 [0:15:59]
Adrian’s 4 [0:19:50]
Conor’s 4 [0:21:09]
Joe’s 4 [0:23:13]
Jules’ 4 [0:24:25]
Lauren’s 4 [0:26:23]
Dana’s 4 [0:28:14]
Adrian’s 3 [0:31:50]
Conor’s 3 [0:33:46]
Joe’s 3 [0:36:33]
Jules’ 3 [0:38:53]
Lauren’s 3 [0:41:13]
Dana’s 3 [0:43:01]
Adrian’s 2 [0:45:20]
Conor’s 2 [0:48:09]
Joe’s 2 [0:53:22]
Jules’ 2 [0:56:13]
Lauren’s 2 [0:59:22]
Dana’s 2 [1:02:29]
Adrian’s 1 [1:04:14]
Conor’s 1 [1:06:51]
Joe’s 1 [1:09:56]
Jules’ 1 [1:10:53]
Lauren’s 1 [1:14:25]
Dana’s 1 [1:17:42]
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Jon's Christmas Extravaganza
ALeP spoiler
Ford of Isen
Noldor
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As Rob takes us home in his final episode of his run its time to get a little uncomfortable...well with being comfortable. Rob talks about the various aspects of the hobby which can make board gamers uncomfortable and the group share stories and times in which they've felt this way and why.
FIRST PLAYER: Rob
OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian, Dan & Tambo
In this episode you'll learn:
- Dan is playing with dinos again as he ventures back into Perseverance Episode 3 by Mindclash Games
- Adrian does like a game with bidding / auctioning in Ra by Ravensburger
- Tambo goes back in time for some WW2 shenanigans in Company of Heroes by Bad Crow Games
- Rob straps into is space truck and tried out the new expansion in Galaxy Trucker: Do What? by Czech Games Edition
- about what makes the gang uncomfortable in board gaming and how they have or haven't got over those things over time
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
1:12 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
1:25 - Tambo - Company of Heroes 2nd Edition
11:37 - Adrian - Ra
21:45 - Dan - Perseverance Episode 3
27:08 - Rob - Galaxy Trucker Do What?
32:18 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Playing with your comfort levels
34:37 - Getting the teach wrong & large convention noise
42:53 - Approaching tables for games & games outside comfort zones
50:09 - Small talk and forced conversations
58:40 - Possessive over our copies of games
1:05:04 - TURN 4 - Konn4ct F4ur
1:10:04 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Next?
1:15:39 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
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In some ways, the origin story of the podcast can be traced back to Sentinels of the Multiverse. Upon arriving in Kingston, Mark was at a games event at someone's home, and he saw that someone had brought a then-complete set (this was a few expansions ago) of Sentinels. He knew that this person, namely Walker, was a person worth knowing. It therefore seemed fitting that on one of Mark's last days in Kingston that he, Walker, Huey, Dewey, and Louis play Sentinels.
Games Played Last Week:
02:38 -Zenith (Grégory Grard & Mathieu Roussel, PlayPunk, 2025)
08:18 -Race for the Galaxy (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2007)
11:20 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)
12:19 -Word Traveler (Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance, Office Dog, 2024)
16:05 -Sentinels of the Multiverse (Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, & Adam Rebottaro, Greater Than Games, 2011)
19:30 -The Druids of Edora (Stefan Feld, alea, 2025)
24:50 -The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship (Matt Leacock, Z-Man Games, 2025)
27:58 -Toy Battle (Paolo Mori & Alessandro Zucchini, Repos Production, 2025)
31:43 -MicroMacro: Kids - Crazy City Park (Johannes Sich, Edition Spielwiese, 2025)
32:50 -Concept Kids: Animals (Gaëtan Beaujannot & Alain Rivollet, Repos Production, 2018)
33:51 -Tumblin' Dice (Carey Grayson, Randy Nash, and Rick Soued, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2004)
2025 in Review
35:45 Top 10
57:42 Game of the Year
1:00:18 Special Categories
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In this special end of the year episode, Marty and Vanessa talk about their favorite movies of 2025. Plus movies they are looking forward to in 2026.
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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik talks with Marc Spectre of Grand Gamers Guild all about games (and other things) they've played including:
You can get a discount on Zencastr.com using this link.
(27:20) Then, the two talk about Marc's experiences at Essen and Pax Unplugged.
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