In this communal episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Matt and Ava are chatting about their speculative board game commune? I don’t know either, dear listener.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

In this wordly (???) episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Ava and Tom natter about some of the word games they’ve been playing recently! Tom waxes lyrical about Paperback Adventures and LOK, two games featured in the just-published word game special, whilst Ava brings Letter Jam and Fiction to the table! Enjoy!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:

03:03 - Paperback Adventures

11:47 - Letter Jam

18:36 - Fiction

29:15 - LOK

In this 52-card episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Ava and Tom are chatting about a whole bindle of different card games - some of which Tom took with him on holiday, some of which are new adventures in the world of trick taking, and some of which are juuuust for Ava. It’s a rambly wander through a whole bunch of different boxes… right here.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:

03:21 - Yokai Septet

08:56 - Bridge

20:55 - Ghosts of Christmas

24:00 - Nine Lives

30:02 - Bug Council of Backyardia

33:07 - Skull King

38:21 - Innovation

In this lightly depressed episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are having a chat about the games they've played recently on a rainy Thursday afternoon. First up is the team-based Mafia crunch-em-up La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War - a game we have mixed feelings about. We then take a trip through a roleplaying game about Superheroes (Masks) and a deckbuilding game about Star Wars (Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game). 

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:

03:37 - La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War

17:59 - Masks

32:27 - Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game

In this complete failure of a Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Quintin Smith and Tom Brewster are coming to you, hats in hand, to apologise profusely for not making a robust and fully-featured video review of the ancient game of Mahjong. In this episode, we talk about Mahjong, our experiences playing it for review, and why it didn’t quite make its way onto your screens!

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In this completely solitary episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Ava is taking you through a triplet of solo games in this meandering river of a podcast! She’s talking through Oranienburger Canal , Maquis, and Mage Knight - a smattering of solo for your Friday evening.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:

03:37 - Oranienburger Canal
12:04 - Mage Knight1
18:26 - Maquis

Hey gang! No podcast this week, as we've got LIFE STUFF to take care of! We'll be back as normal next Friday, as always. Ta!

In this mildly nostalgic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Matt and Ava are casting their eyes back to PAX Unplugged… to re-explain some of the games we goofed up the first time. ‘Scharfing’ Sauces in Sauscharf, ‘Deliverering’ Pizzas in Psychic Pizza Deliverers Go To The Ghost Town, and acting like a total ‘Shark’ in… Shark!

Enjoy!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:

01:59 - Psychic Pizza Deliverers Go To The Ghost Town

12:11 - Sauscharf

21:07 - Shark

[apologies for some slightly wonky audio on this one - it's another one-mic-two-boys special!]

In this close quarters episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are having a natter about two very interesting Collectible Card Games they’ve played recently - Flesh & Blood and SolForge Fusion! Enjoy nearly an hour of rambling chat where we don’t entirely know what we’re talking about - but are having fun regardless.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:

01:49 - Flesh and Blood

26:55 - SolForge Fusion

In this rapidly plummeting episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are talking about Stationfall and Deal with the Devil - two games that we didn’t quite love, but really enjoyed thinking about!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:

03:38 - Stationfall

25:17 - Deal with the Devil

In this peppy and positive episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are talking about the first set of games they’ve played this year; a triple-bill of Ginkgopolis, The Wolves, and The Search For Lost Species! Our intrepid hosts struggle to pronounce the name of the first game, struggle to comprehend the strategy of the second, and just plain struggle with the third. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Tap below for full timestamps and more info!

Timestamps:

04:12 - Ginkgopolis

19:24 - The Wolves

28:41 - The Search for Lost Species

In this new paradigm in Shut Up & Sit Down Podcasting history, Tom and Quinns are chatting about what they think the board game industry holds for us all… in 2023! Expect a series of 5 completely uninformed opinions laced with ‘reckons’ and ‘guesses’ - all with a competitive twist. We're hoping to circle back on this episode in 2024 and be overjoyed by quite how wrong we are.

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Note: This podcast was meant to come out a little earlier, who could have guessed? If you're looking for more Frosthaven thoughts, as the intro might suggest, then we've got our FrostCast just one pod away in the feed. Cheers!

On this surprisingly colonic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns tackle two fantastic games... that one of us wishes were just a smidge better. That's right, it's the Undaunted: Stalingrad Spoilercast, and the HEAT: Pedal to the Metal... praisecast? These are two games we've reviewed recently and both think are just peachy. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:

02:48 - HEAT: Pedal to the Metal

18:48 - Undaunted: Stalingrad

26:51 - Undaunted: SpoilerGrad

In this slightly early episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt have sat themselves down for a lengthy, lively chat about the game everyone is eagerly awaiting; FROSTHAVEN.

This is a mostly spoiler-free episode, focusing on what you’re going to see upon opening the box and little more than that. We start by chatting about some of our first impressions, before talking characters, story, and future coverage.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Trying something new today! This is our first ever video podcast, so if you're getting this in audio format, enjoy?! Or pop over to our website or YouTube for the video version and to see our obviously hilarious faces. Full game list with links to all these reviews on our website as well: https://bit.ly/3FtNROK

In this voyage of a Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Ava and Matt are sailing the high... skies... with Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest, and saving a small French town from disaster in Oltree. We've got pirates, we've got knights, and we've got more disagreements than you might expect on this dandy little pod. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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Timestamps:

01:50 - Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest

25:19 - Oltree

In this winter sweater of a Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, we’ve got a very special episode for you. It’s just Ava on this one, in Ava’s Cosy Corner - a solo podcast all about the cosiest games she's played this year. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:

01:09 - Floriferous

05:52 - Kim Joy’s Magic Bakery

12:12 - Meadow

In this 200th episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, the team sit down for a frankly unwieldy chat about the top 10 games we collectively reckon you should play.

I'll let the episode speak for itself here - nearly two hours of absolute nonsense from all four of us. Thank you so much for listening to 200 episodes, here's to 200 more! x

Have a great weekend, everybody!

SPOILERS:

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1. Pandemic Legacy: Season 1
Mentions: Pandemic
2. The Mind
Mentions: The Crew
- War of the Ring
Mentions: Twilight Struggle, Cuba Libra, Labyrinth: The War on Terror, Combat Commander, 1989: Dawn of Freedom, Maria
3. Twilight Imperium 4th ed.
Mentions: Eclipse, Oath, The King's Dilemma, Inis
- Werewolf & The Resistance
Mentions: Blood on the Clocktower, Secret Hitler, Mafia, The Resistance: Avalon
- Mottainai
Mentions: Mage Knight, Innovation
4. Crokinole
Mentions: Jenga, Snooker/Pool, Toc Toc Woodman, Loopin' Louie, Flick 'em Up
5. Bohnanza
Mentions: Modern Art, Sidereal Confluence
6. Tigris & Euphrates
Mentions: Modern Art, Through the Desert, Samurai, Taj Mahal, Amun-Re, My City, Ra
- Cosmic Encounter
Mentions: Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Odyssey
7. The King's Dilemma
Mentions: The Queen's Dilemma, Oath
8. A Feast for Odin
Mentions: Le Havre, Nusfjord, Glass Road, Caverna, Bärenpark
- Undaunted series
Mentions: Dominion, The Quest for El Dorado, Combat Commander
9. Skull
Mentions: Cockroach Poker, Go
10. Roads & Boats
Mentions: Brass Birmingham, The Estates, Container, Food Chain Magnate, 'Hey, That's My Fish', Magic Maze on Mars, Magic Maze, Gardeners, Monikers/Celebrities, Carcassonne, Codenames, Decrypto, Fantasy Realms, Star Realms, City of the Big Shoulders, Patchwork, Here I Stand, The Quest for El Dorado, Terra Mystica

Heart Picks (games we wished made the list):
Tom: Undaunted: Normandy
Quinns: Monikers
Ava: The Crew
Matt: Brass: Birmingham

In this acrimonious episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, it’s a Tom-And-Quinns-Knee-To-Knee Special! We’re talking about two games whilst incredibly close to each other in a quasi-live podcast experience! On this episode, we’re focusing our wrath on two cities in Rebuilding Seattle and Fire & Stone: Siege of Vienna 1683. They’re both games, and we’ve played them!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:

03:44 - Rebuilding Seattle

13:36 - Fire & Stone: Siege of Vienna 1683

In this rock and rolling episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Ava and Tom take on a whole bunch of dice games with Gang of Dice, Sequoia, and Roll in One! After we’re done with our potluck of probability, we delve into a dessert with the deceased! That doesn’t quite work, does it. We’re talking about Lacrimosa! Mozart is dead.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

01:42 - Roll in One

09:02 - Gang of Dice

17:43 - Sequoia

21:12 - Lacrimosa