Podcast #274 – Arctic Algae Expeditions (In Space)

Toddler at the Wheel, Unfortunate Jackson-ing, Impossible Explanations, Making Matter Matter

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!

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SU&SD Play Sunderfolk

Pizza Tony, Hoovering Money, Pushing Penguins

This week on SU&SD, we’ve got something a little different…

Sunderfolk is a tactical RPG board game video game hybrid played on your living room TV! Tom is joined by his pals Luke and Cathey to check out the game, smack some ogres, and have petty disputes over piles of money.

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SU&SD, Tariffs, and Sponsored Content

Hello!

Basically every single year I’ve worked for Shut Up & Sit Down, I’ve typed out the words:

“it’s been a weird year”

…and 2025 is proving to be absolutely no exception! We’ve just put out a sponsored video onto the channel, and that feels weird. I’ve taken some time, below, to chat about why.

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Podcast #273 – The Big-Game-Small-Box Intervention Special

We Love You Devir, Please Keep Making Your Weird Games

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!

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Review: Shackleton Base

my copy is so dinged up from failing to get it into the kallax, i am so sorry

Continuing the deluge of excellent eurogames recently, Shackleton Base is a bit of an all-timer for Tom and Matt!

This one’s got some wicked theming, a toothy puzzle, and a whole pile of baked-in variability from the various corporations you chuck into the mix.

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Podcast #272 – Podcast Adjacent Enjoyment Material

Little Companies in Little Boxes, Matt Loves Games, Mice With Human Lips

On this refreshing burst of Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt have found 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!

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Review: Dracula vs Van Helsing

Vitamin Dracula! Belmont’s Forearms! France!

In the red corner; DRACULA! The baron of blood, the bringer of plague, the rotting cadaver that all the ladies and gents and those betwixt line up to love!

And in the blue corner; Van Helsing! He’s here too! He’s got a crossbow I think? Stakes, maybe? He wants to hurt Dracula, and he’s around to… do his job…

! ! ! WHO WILL WIN in Dracula vs Van Helsing?! FIND OUT IN THIS VERY EPISODE OF SHUT UP & SIT DOWN ! ! !

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Podcast #271 – Elfenroads, Take Me Home

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!

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Review: Fromage

Why Did I Say “I’ve Made A Mistake” Like That, What’s Happening To You Thomas

I love cheese. Right now you can get this ‘Saint Agur’ blue cheese spread and it’s wildly expensive for how much you get, but it’s absolute heaven. You should go out and get some RIGHT NOW!But should you go out and get the game in today’s review, Fromage? Maybe! It all depends on how cheesy you need your cheese eurogame to be!

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