Episodes

  • #265 - Shallow Sea Shoppers
    Nov 22 2024

    On this slowly sinking episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about a cluster of small games they’ve played recently! Tom’s got the cosy, tile-laying pairing of Middle Ages and Flower Fields, whilst Matt brings novel Oink releases Deep Sea Adventures: Boost and Souvenirs From Venice to the table.

    Have a great weekend!


    Timestamps:

    03:33 - Middle Ages

    10:59 - Souvenirs from Venice

    20:21 - Flower Fields

    26:49 - Deep Sea Adventures: Boost

    36:23 - Lord of the Rings: Duel

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    40 mins
  • #264 - The Big Sheep BBQ
    Nov 8 2024

    On this eclectic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are talking LOGISTICS in Minecart Town, CURRENCY in Pax Penning, and CONCEPTS THAT ARE AS LARGE AS DEATH in Compile!

    Have a great weekend!

    Timestamps:

    02:22 - Minecart Town

    15:31 - Pax Penning

    32:13 - Compile

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    42 mins
  • #263 - Candy Rehab
    Oct 25 2024

    On this rock-and-rolling episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about three very different games. First up is Rock Hard 1977, a euro-ish game of being a ROCK STAR that had one of the funniest arcs of any game we’ve played this year. We also chat about Tom’s most recent BGA obsession, Newton. It’s a game of cards and efficiency! What more could you want? Finally, the gang chat about The Gang - a game that asks ‘what if poker was co-operative?’ Makes u think, don’t it.

    Have a great weekend!

    Timestamps:

    01:57 - Rock Hard 1977

    21:40 - Newton

    31:13 - The Gang

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    48 mins
  • #262 - The HOTTEST Essen Podcast POSSIBLE
    Oct 12 2024

    This week on the inimitable Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt showcase their survival skills by going to Germany and then RETURNING from Germany, having played such a very large quantity of games.

    Our Essen 2024 special is a quickfire spectacular, running through a bunch of the notable games we got our hands on during the show.

    Many pints of sweet sweat have been pumped into the world in order to bring you this episode of the podcast, so you're morally obliged to at least TRY and enjoy it.


    Timestamps:

    1:26 - Fischen
    4:43 - Power Vacuum
    9:19 - Gibberers
    The Word Game of Language Invention and Civilization Development
    11:47 - Da Da Da
    13:43 - Bomb Busters
    17:06 - Saltfjord
    20:11 - Duck & Cover
    24:51 - Altay: Dawn of Civilization
    28:28 - Packen Wir's!
    31:58 - Bauernschlau
    34:52 - Draft & Write Records
    39:31 - Lords of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth
    44:36 - Captain Flip
    49:03 - Oinky Bits

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    55 mins
  • #261 - The Outer Space Special
    Sep 27 2024

    On this out-of-this-world episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt have played two incredibly spicy space games that have got them all excited. First up is SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence; a game of discovering aliens and working out ‘what their deal is’ that’s absolutely fascinating and packed with CGE’s specific, odd tendencies. Following that tall act is Sol: Last Days of a Star, a game that sits on the complete OTHER end of the spectrum. Pilot your ‘sundivers’ away from a dying star, as you desperately eke out turns before everything is gone forever? The perfect way to spend a Thursday evening.

    Have a great weekend, everybody!

    Timestamps:

    01:44 - SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

    20:37 - Sol: Last Days of a Star

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    39 mins
  • #260- Aesthetic Arguing
    Sep 13 2024

    On this… seedy… episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Emily are talking about two bucolic farm-em-ups in Windmill Valley and Harvest, as well as the utterly innocent Courtisans. Emily decided the theme on this one after the fact and I’m still reeling. Seedy? It’s a family show, come on now We also end up spending a weird amount of time getting into the particulars of how the two very pleasant and agricultural games listed are not entirely to each other's aesthetic tastes. Strange!

    Have a great weekend, everybody!

    Timestamps:

    02:16 - Courtisans

    13:40 - Windmill Valley

    27:09 - Harvest

    39:33 - Recent Reviews: Defenders of the Wild

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    48 mins
  • #258 - The Sandy Special
    Aug 30 2024

    On this gritty episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Emily are chatting about a whole dune’s worth of sandy, sandy games! Well, two of them are sandy. The other two are just games. In fact one of the two sandy games is mostly water. Listen, it’s Friday afternoon and I’m ready to stop working and start playing Deadlock, which I am hopelessly addicted to. Truth be told, the new fortnightly podcast schedule only exists to fuel my addiction to losing roughly four games in a row every evening until the end of time. I will die ignorant, and I will die angry. You can’t stop me! YOU CAN’T STOP ME!!

    This episode, we’re talking about Sand, Surf’s Up, Sumo, and Tokkuri Taking! Enjoy!

    Have a great weekend, everybody!


    Timestamps:

    01:41 - Sand

    15:26 - Surf’s Up

    27:46 - Sumo

    33:24 - Tokkuri Taking


    Thanks to our amazing community podcast transcripts are available here https://bit.ly/SUSDPodTranscripts and are usually completed within a few weeks of the podcast's release.

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    44 mins
  • #258 - Tom's Game Gauntlet
    Aug 23 2024

    On this solitary episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom ALONE is checking out a whole cluster of games he played in one big week of boards! Enter… if you dare…


    Have a great weekend, everybody!


    Timestamps:

    02:28 - Life in Reterra

    06:44 - Belratti

    11:49 - 23 Knives

    16:35 - Festival

    20:56 - Joyride: Survival of the Fastest

    30:16 - Arcs

    33:52 - Pampero

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    41 mins