On this climate-friendly episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt take half an hour to amble through their first play of Daybreak - the latest co-op save-the-world-like from Pandemic designer Matt Leacock, new designer Matteo Menapace, and publisher CMYK games of Monikers, Wavelength, and Lacuna fame. A stacked lineup, for sure; but what do we think of the game? Find out more by having a little listen...
Have a great weekend, everybody!

#246 - Daybreak is Optimistic and Intriguing

On this Knizian episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Tom and Matt delve into Bitewing Games’ double-feature of new Reiner games - Cascadero and Cascadito. How do they compare to other classic Knizzes, and which of the two boxes should you add to your collection? The boys then have a little natter about Fit To Print - a mildly more relaxing alternative to the Galaxy Truckers of the board game world.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Timestamps:
Cascadero - 02:10
Cascadito -22:14
Fit To Print - 31:51

#245 - Cascaduo!

Just a very little update for our plans this year. We're swapping to three episodes per month rather than four, with a bonus episode each month for folks supporting us on Patreon. 
Cheers!

A Quick Podcast Update!

On this mystical episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are delving into the future… and being embarrassed by the past. It’s the SU&SD 2024 Predictions Special, where our two intrepid hosts guess at what treasures await for the hobby in this glittering, shiny, brand new year.
Want to vote? If you listen to this podcast on Spotify, there should be a polls section where you can cast your opinion as to which of our hosts deserves a game from the others’ collection. A video of the resulting pilfering will be shared in part on our Twitter once the poll closes, and in full in our monthly ‘Bonus Bits’ Newsletter for donors to the site.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Timestamps:
03:57 - 2023 Predictions Revisited
21:01 - 2024 Predictions Created

#244 - Our 2024 Board Game Predictions!

On this AMAZING episode of the Shut Up AND Sit Down Podcast, Tom AND Pip chat ABOUT A trilogy of excellent games that start with A! Yes, really, that’s the theme. It was kind of an ACCIDENT!
In-between retrospective chats about Tom’s favourite ‘gentle tile build-em-up game’ Akropolis and Portugese tile-smashing simulator Azul, there’s ample time to chat about the latest in the soothing nature-themed game subgenre; Aqua.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Timestamps:
03:21 - Akropolis
10:22 - Aqua
26:18 - Azul

#243 - Triple A!

On this triptychal (NOT A WORD!?) episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are summing up the final selection of games that they played at PAX Unplugged - ready to wipe the slate clean and begin a whole new year of boardgames!
We’re chatting about the trick-taking-twist of Inside Job, taking on a double whammy of family in CDSK and Fun Facts, and finishing up with two very different dexterity (?) games; Nekojima and Turbo Kidz.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Timestamps:
00:57 - Inside Job
06:39 - Fun Facts
13:58 - CDSK
19:36 - Nekojima
25:22 - Turbo Kidz

#242 - The PAX Unplugged Playlist (Pt.3)

On this untimely episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Emily and Tom are chatting about two cracking games with a little twist of nature in them - Forest Shuffle and Apiary! The former has you playing cards and building a forest, whereas the latter is 99% about moving a big plastic bee, I think? Awkwardly tucked away at the end of this podcast is, fittingly, Misfits - a stacking game with A GHOST!
Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:
02:30 - Forest Shuffle
12:25 - Apiary
28:04 - Misfits

#241 - Bees and Trees

On this moderately larger episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt chat about a few more games that they played at PAX Unplugged! We’re dealing with the chunkier games of the bunch here - the games that got us to calculate, manoeuvre, and… drive a big truck into a wall. Enjoy!
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Timestamps:
01:28 - Dune: Imperium
07:27 - Nucleum
21:28 - Evacuation
35:05 - Thunder Road: Vendetta

#240 - The PAX Unplugged Playlist (Pt.2)

On this hot meat sandwich of a Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are running through a selection of the games they played at PAX Unplugged! 

First up are some excitable impressions of the latest from Leder Games: Arcs! That’s followed up with a double bill of Grandpa Beck games - the raucously silly Cover Your Assets and Skull King - which in turn is followed by ANOTHER double bill of mushroom-themed boxes with Mycelia and Mycelium: A Mushling Game. Finally, we get to the real good stuff, where Tom and Matt wax lyrical about Strike; a ridiculously simple dice-chucking game that we simply couldn’t get enough of.
This is the first in a double, potentially TRIPLE feature of PAX Unplugged games! Next time, we’re tackling the big crunchy boxes that melted our brains…
Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:
03:43 - Arcs
13:44 - Cover Your Assets
19:31 - Skull King
24:45 - Mycelia
32:21 - Mycelium: A Mushling Game
39:38 - Strike

#239 - The PAX Unplugged Playlist (Pt.1)

On this international episode of the Shut Up &amp; Sit Down podcast, Tom welcomes the absolutely fabulous Emily to the airwaves! Wahoo! Together, they chat about Bonsai, Infiltraitors, and Crash Octopus - a trio of much-hyped games that are all pretty damn good!

Please do show your appreciation for Emily in the comments on the site! She was SO nervous about appearing on the pod, and I think she absolutely bossed it.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

#238 - BIG CHALLENGES

On this bedominoed episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Pip chat about a couple of pleasing games they’ve been playing over the past couple days! Djinn is a fabulously satisfying game of stuffing spirits into bottles, and Moon River is a divisive entry into the Kingdomino series of games! That’s games! Two of ‘em! Read ‘em and WEEP!
Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:
01:54 - Moon River
21:48 - Djinn

#237 - Spirit Cows!

On this historic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Matt and Tom are smacking chess pieces together in Match of the Century, cramming their brains with tetrominoes in Mind Space, cramming their drawers (NOT RUDE) with junk (NOT RUDE) in Junk Drawer, and stealing eachothers words in Shenanigrams! It’s a smorgasBOARD of BOARD games! See what I did there? WAHOOEY!
Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:
Match of the Century - 01:47
Mind Space - 13:40
Junk Drawer - 21:10
Shenanigrams - 25:17

#236 - Brain of the Century

On this DUALITY of a Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are EXCLUSIVELY talking about games for just two players! After an afternoon of cards and “Brotherly Bonding” they’re ready to let it rip - where IT is opinions and RIP means AMIABLY DISCUSS! We’re nattering about Dogfight, Nawalli, and Sail on this one - with a little snippet of Mind Bug thrown in for good measure.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:
Dogfight - 03:33
Nawalli - 13:46
Mind Bug -  24:38
Sail - 26:53

#235 - The Exclusively Two-Player Special

On this briny and newsworthy (?? episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Pip and Tom are chatting about a couple of games they found right at the very depths of the sea. First up, we run through the twists and turns of dragon-packing simulator Sea Dragons before settling down to the familiar comforts of archipelago-based 4X-ing in Orichalcum.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Timestamps:
02:28 - Sea Dragons
15:56 - Orichalcum

#234 - What News, From The Sea?

On this jam-packed episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are going through all the games that Tom brought back from Essen! This doesn’t include the whole host of eurogames he played whilst there, which might even be a separate podcast all by itself! Goodness! We also have time for a very sneaky mention of Crystallo’s latest expansions, and a fair portion of semi-irrelevant chat. Just what the doctor ordered!
Thanks for bearing with us during that brief podcast pause - we’ll be back to the regular schedule from now on!
Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:
03:47 - Crystallo
06:47 - Sky Team
12:22 - Viking See-Saw
14:37 - 3 Second Try
16:44 - Ninja Master
18:06 - Nuts A Go-Go
21:32 - Tiger and Dragon
26:01 - RoboTrick
31:13 - The Same Game
36:36 - Prey Another Day
41:21 - Triqueta
44:51 - Match of the Century

#233 - The Essen Special!

On this verdant episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Pip have a chat about the nature-based-games they’ve been digging into recently - Evergreen and Planted! Enjoy!
Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:
04:11 - Evergreen
18:10 - Planted

#232 - Tom and Pip Touch Grass

On this greasy episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, we’re talking about a whole BINDLE of games. First up we chat about YET ANOTHER Devir small-box Eurogame (The White Castle) before then talking about Soulaween - an abstract game that’s had Quinns making sweeping, terrifying statements. Finally, some chat about a bundle of little card games sent to Tom - including recent review Five Three Five alongside Harvest and Bridge City Poker.
Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:
02:44 - The White Castle
14:58 - Soulaween
28:30 - Five Three Five, Bridge City Poker, Harvest

#231 - Everything is an Abstract

On this 3-digit episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Pip are chatting about 003 different games, and scoring NO POINTS for it! First up is the light deduction puzzler The Number, followed by a retrospective and sleepy chat about Broom Service. We tie things up by talking about the much-hyped Sea Salt & Paper, trying to get BIG BLUE POINTS in the BIG BLUE SEA.
Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:
02:04 - The Number
14:57 - Broom Service
30:45 - Sea Salt & Paper

#230 - It’s a Numbers Game

On this hastily-themed episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are nipping through a triathlon of games that have some amount of animals in them. First up, Tom digs out the practically ancient Zooloretto for an enticing retrospective, before having a chunky chat about another recent Devir small-box wonder; 3 Ring Circus. Closing out the pod; Feed the Kraken - a be-dumbification of hidden role games featuring a large watery friend.
Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:
02:09 - Zooloretto
08:50 - 3 Ring Circus
23:48 - Feed the Kraken

#229 - The Triple Animal Special!

On this confrontational episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and “NEW POD PERSONALITY PIP” chat about a whole cluster of games! First, the pair divine the precise co-ordinates of a sweet potato in Tiwanaku, before bearing witness to the unholy power of fire in Iki. To close out the pod, Tom recommends Pip try out Block Party, a game of making a detailed carrot from cubes.
Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:
01:57 - Tiwanaku
22:40 - Iki
38:25 - Block Party

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