Episodes

  • #274 - Arctic Algae Expeditions (In Space)
    May 2 2025

    On this microscopic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are yammering on about a few of the rather interesting games they’ve played over the past few weeks! Expeditions: Around the World is like if Ticket to Ride had only one train going spare, and Penguin Party has got Matt all excited. Diatoms is an algae-based puzzler with nifty pattern-based-scoring, and Crafting the Cosmos has you making LIFE ITSELF?!


    Have a lovely weekend, everyone!


    Timestamps:

    02:34 - Expeditions: Around The World

    09:19 - Penguin Party

    19:09 - Diatoms

    31:41 - Crafting the Cosmos

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    49 mins
  • #273 - The Big-Game-Small-Box Intervention Special
    Apr 18 2025

    On this long overdue episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are hosting an intervention for one particular publisher… and also talking about some board games!

    First up is a chat about Daitoshi, the latest ambitious and busy design from site favourites Devir, followed by some nattering about the “area-control-deck-builder-mutation” Altay and “tic-tac-toe-em-up” Architects of Amytis!

    Have a lovely weekend, everyone!


    Timestamps:

    01:59 - Daitoshi

    17:40 - Altay

    33:17 - Architects of Amytis

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    45 mins
  • #272 - Podcast Adjacent Enjoyment Material
    Apr 4 2025

    On this refreshing burst of Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt have a bouquet of nifty games to natter about!

    First up is a chunky chat about Pagan: Fate of Roanoke - a two player head-to-head witch hunt with flecks of Netrunnner. Is it any good? Yes! Should you buy it? Maybe…

    Then, a double-bill of yapping about Shuffle & Swing; a mice-based eurogame of making human instruments - followed by a sneak peek of our upcoming video review for Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon.

    Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

    Timestamps:

    01:46 - Pagan: Fate of Roanoke

    17:32 - Shuffle and Swing

    26:29 - Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon

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    38 mins
  • #271 - Elfenroads, Take Me Home
    Mar 25 2025

    Sorry! Tom forgot to upload this episode of the podcast because he was on a plane. A plane! In the sky! How do you expect us to podcast under these conditions?!

    On this dromedary episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt natter about a collection of - YOU GUESSED IT - boardgames.

    Resafa! It’s a game about camels and irrigation and cards and POINTS! PlayProp! It’s a game of trying to get corks into a cup and screaming! Elfenroads! It’s a game about gently meandering down winding fantasy paths until an errant ‘cart orc’ ruins your day, or week, or possibly year.

    Finally, the dynamic duo chat about another characterful couplet; Dracula vs Van Helsing - a two-player duelling game we'll review in a few DAYS time!

    Thanks for listening everyone! Have a great week!

    Timestamps:

    01:41 - Resafa

    12:41 - Elfenroads

    20:30 - PlayProp

    25:56 - Dracula vs Van Helsing

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    38 mins
  • #270 - Or Episode 9 Billion, If You'd Rather
    Mar 7 2025

    On this far-flung episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are getting eaten by minotaurs in Corps of Discovery: A Game Set In The World of Manifest Destiny, as well as bending metals in Mistborn: A Game Set In The World of ‘Mistborn’. They also talk about Fromage: A Game Set In The World of Brie, and Triqueta: A Game Set In The World of ‘Three Goats and a Wolf or Two’.

    Thanks for listening everyone! Have a great weekend!


    Timestamps:

    02:00 - Corps of Discovery: A Game Set In The World of Manifest Destiny

    15:10 - Mistborn: The Deckbuilding Game

    26:46 - Fromage

    33:14 - Triqueta

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    39 mins
  • #269 - Tomga Benga, Never Defeated
    Feb 21 2025

    On this powerfully allied episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are negotiating poorly in Tonga Bonga, getting all sandy (again!) in Dune Imperium: Bloodlines, and meandering through a bucolic farm or two in Black Forest.

    Thanks for listening everyone! Have a great weekend!

    Timestamps:

    01:36 - Tonga Bonga

    12:17 - Dune Imperium: Bloodlines

    24:24 - Black Forest

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    37 mins
  • #268 - Spectacular Horses In Your Area Want To Chat
    Jan 31 2025

    On this galloping episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about the wonders of nature in Spectacular, engaging in frivolous spending with Winner’s Circle, and taking Bilbo for a spin in The Fellowship of the Ring: The Tricktaking Game. There’s even time to get Stuck In A Lift for just a little while…

    Thanks for listening everyone! Have a great weekend!


    Timestamps:

    01:41 - The Fellowship of the Ring: The Tricktaking Game

    12:40 - Spectacular

    24:30 - I’m Stuck In The Lift

    28:30 - Winner’s Circle

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    40 mins
  • #267 - The Hungry Bikers
    Jan 17 2025

    On this uphill episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom is rambling to Matt about a couple bits and bobs he’s played recently! First up is Flamme Rouge’s ‘Grand Tour’ expansion, that turns a simple session of Flamme Rouge into a month long tour! Is it as good as it was when Matt played it just seven short years ago? Find out here!

    That’s then followed by a little recommendation for a recent Oink title - Moving Wild - before capping the podcast off with a bit of retrospective chat regarding SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence after our recent(ish) middling review…

    Thanks for listening everyone! Have a great weekend!

    Timestamps:

    02:15 - Flamme Rouge: Grand Tour

    17:55 - Moving Wild

    28:07 - SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

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    35 mins