Shelley and I check out an amazing new sequel to a Spiel des Jahres winner
Qwirkle Flex by Susan McKinley Ross and Reiner Knizia from Mindware
then we try out another interesting twist on the trick-taking genre
Onstage by Michael Orion from Arcane Wonders
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The Sweet 16 is already done and we're on to the Elite Eight. That means just two remaining titles in each of our four divisions, so almost like a mini, division-level championship in each one.
From Germany it's either Azul or 6 Nimmt, then from America it's Diamant or Ticket to Ride. From France we'll either have 7 Wonders Duel or Sea Salt & Paper, and from "Italy" it's either Grand Austria Hotel or Barrage.On this Edenic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Matt and Tom strip down to their bare cheeks to chat about games wot are all about “Outside, like birds and that”.
First up is Nature; a game that takes 2014’s Evolution and 2020’s Oceans, and hydraulically compacts them into one biodegradable box. Not just one box, mind, but a whole ecosystem of modules and traits that’ll get your neighbourhood zoologist all hot under the collar.
That’s then followed by a slice of Perch - a surprisingly lethal “pigeon control game” in which you stack birds atop a vicious fountain. I’d imagine it’s what those pesky sky rats would be doing with their spare time too, if they weren’t so busy defecating
Finally we hitch a ride on the great grey car of the savanna in Tembo - an elephant road trip that’s way more cruel than it has any right to be. Tom’s taken great pains to crack this one open, and feast on all the delicious game-goo contained therein.
Have a great week, everybody!
Timestamps:
01:46 - Nature
16:58 - Perch
24:41 - TEMBO: Survival on the Savanna
Ambie talks about the time she had at Dice Tower West - all the games she played, some other convention events she did, and other things in Vegas. She's also joined by her kids for part of the show.
0:00-Intro
0:32-DTW Recap
16:01-Kids’ Las Vegas Trip
22:40-The Rest of Ambie’s Las Vegas Trip
28:33-Outro
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BGTG 252C - Mark Madness 2026 (2nd Round [of 32])
1st round votes are in, now each successive round moves quickly—just three days. 2nd round voting due March 18 at noon BGG-time in Texas (UTC-5).
How are you voting? For the games you enjoy the most or the ones you predicted to win (based on what you imagined OTHERS would vote for)? I've heard the latter is like how a political primary works.
Close calls & Blow-outs
• Vikings squeaked by Wandering Towers via a single vote
• Same for Nucleum over Anachrony
• Meanwhile, Top & Down only GOT one vote compared to El Grande, losing 2% to 98
• Similarly Cleopatra & SOA over SOS Titanic, or 7 Wonders Duel over Terror in Meeple City, Diamant/Incan Gold over Andromeda, or Memoir 44 over Warriors. (I told you there were some gimmes in the first round)
But what about Ticket To Ride over Elfenland? 96% to 4%??
Regarding Designer Teams contrasting with individual designers, there doesn't seem to be any pattern in the results yet. That is, designers' individual efforts are not favored over their collaborations…or the other way around. It's just whatever is the better game?
However, thinking about has led me to offer some half-baked theories and observations.
All (almost): the collaborations tend to be with people from the same country, speaking the same language. I'm sure this is naturally easier
Kramer: I think the games with collaborators are more "gamer-y"
Moon: I think his collaborations are more "lush"
Cathala: Similar to Kramer
"Italians": Don't know! But looking forward to Nucleum vs Barrage
00:00 Intro
01:25 Star Trek: Captain's Chair – To Boldly Go (Nigel Buckle, Dávid Turczi, Adam Turczi WizKids 2026)
02:53 Feya's Swamp (Helge Ostertag, Anselm Ostertag Fractal Juegos 2025)
07:07 Puerto Rico 1897: Special Edition (Andreas Seyfarth Awaken Realms 2025)
09:50 Compania (Yog Akase Asobition 2025)
12:00 Voidfall: Resurgence (Nigel Buckle, Marcel Dragomir, Dávid Turczi Mindclash Games 2026)
15:16 Recall (Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Kjetil Svendsen, Anna Wermlund Alion – by Dr Ø 2025)
20:08 News
27:08 Main Topic Can the success of a game be determined by how good the rule book is
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Reviews of Off With Their Heads, Pandora’s Legacy, Robokraft, Chicken Fried Dice and so much more. All the pegs deep dive Dune Imperium Uprising Game discussion starts at {00:45:54}.
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This week we exploit another planet and send our plants, animals and other goods back home in the draw and draw behemoth
Tend by Max Anderson, Zac Dixon, Austin Harrison, and Toby Sarnelle from IV Studio
then we try to pile the best food on our respective plates in
Buffet Boss by Daryl Chow from Arcane Wonders
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By the time you're listening to this, we're probably already in Vegas for Dice Tower West! We're going to hang about all day playing games - which naturally leads to the question of what we're going to play? These are the games we came up with! Before we bite off more than we can chew, we talk about Ghost Lift, Cities, and I, Napoleon.
02:31 - Ghost Lift 08:13 - Cities 14:06 - I, Napoleon 24:40 - Dice Tower West anticipated games 26:05 - Biblios 27:04 - Feya's Swamp / Kaivai 28:26 - Cheese Thief 29:03 - Habemus Papam 31:15 - Wroth 33:33 - Greed Incorporated 35:39 - Dark Pact 38:45 - Secret Tribe 39:52 - Eternal Decks 41:03 - All In: Predictions 42:04 - Cthulhu: Dark Providence 44:14 - Robo Rally Dice Submit your games for the Listener Top 20 at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/top20
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Dan has brought along his version of a therapy session as the gang discuss their main board gaming regrets. Whether that's what they've bought, sold, how they acted and much more. Come and join the team and also share your own regrets as we would love to hear about them
FIRST PLAYER: Dan
OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian, Becky & Kerley
In this episode you'll learn:
- that Dan has been to the edge...Thunders Edge in Twilight Imperium by Fantasy Flight Games
- Kerley has been playing an upcoming kickstarter Fjordar by Go To Pieces Games
- that whilst Becky isn't a fan of fish, she's a fan of Koi by 999 Games
- all about the teams board gaming regrets as they go round the table bringing them to life.
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
3:18 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex
3:31 - Adrian - Sanctuary
10:52 - Bex - Koi
17:06 - Kerley - Fjordar
22:53 - Dan - Twilight Imperium 4: Thunders Edge
29:34 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Board Gaming Regrets
30:32 - Showing new games that you're done with, 3am Teaches, TI tantrums & a nesting box
42:41 - Buying a game others in the group have, always getting the "all-in" versions of games, big box games that are too much, & MegaCiv
1:00:42 - Buying games we've already sold, got to collect them all, not discovering 4 players TI , selling games that got us in the hobby
1:16:15 - TURN 4 - Konn4ct F4ur
1:20:15 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up?
1:32:48 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
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