On this FULL CAPS CHUNKY episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are talking about all of the games they played at Essen 2025! This is an audio-only reupload of the video we just put out on the main channel – so if you’d like to enjoy a physical tier list alongside these wobbly words? Then that’s where it is, and will be, forever and ever. Tap below for full timestamps and more info!
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We hope you enjoy this week’s video, which is an elongated and trundling trip through MOST of the games that we played at this year’s Essen! This is a chunky video in a loose, chatty format – we do hope you enjoy it as something a little bit different!
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On this flexibly numerical episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are, you guessed it, talking once again about games with CARDS, BOARDS, and DICE! In exactly that order – each game picking up a new component like a hungry Katamari.
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Games! Games! Games! It’s the small ones that usually slip through the cracks, so Tom’s back with another roundup of recent favourites!
Joraku and Bottle Imp fill the trick-taking quota for the video, whilst Naishi and Iliad present a bit of two-player tension. Bean Counters Inc is also there, because he’s a goofy guy and we love him.
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Usually the moniker of ‘Cosy Game’ is a snug portent of mild-mannered fun – a thoroughly whelming box that’s pleasant enough, but doesn’t tickle us for more than a couple plays. But this week on the podcast? Matt and Tom are chatting about a whole bunch of cosy games that surprised them, with a bit more pep than might have been expected…
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This week we’ve got a review of 3 Chapters – a small-box trick-taker with more twists than you’d expect. Save that Dragon for late? Spec heavy into Peter Pan? Go witch or go home? Enjoy the video!
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In this dramatically thorough video, Tom is taking a long hard look at ‘The Old King’s Crown’ – perhaps the greatest game to be released this year?
As gorgeous to look at as it is phenomenal to play, we’ve been collectively smitten by this one since first we flipped one of its tarot-sized-terrors. Get a big mug of something mean*, settle into your throne, and let us regale you with many a tale of betrayal…
*Wine? Wine feels like a mean drink. Either that, or milk.
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FUN STUFF: We’ve been hard at work resurrecting a SU&SD favourite – Dogs of War is back!
Hugely exciting news today folks, a game we fell in love with more than 15 years ago is finally coming back into print.
And this time it happened because of more than BLIND WISHING – Dogs of War is the second game in our new SU&SD Presents line: a series co-published with Play to Z games in which we find games we love and help make them even better. We handled a lot of the art direction for this new version, and we can’t wait for folks to get their grubby (or clean) hands all over it. And finally, after ALMOST TWO DECADES, Matt gets to have a copy of Dogs of War on his shelf.
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It feels like we’ve reviewed a cool HUNDRED of these games, but this week we’ve got something a little bit special – a Lord of the Rings co-op based on Pandemic, and one of the most comprehensive and skillfully crafted games we’ve seen in years, The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship. Pop an elf on a dwarf, sit back, and ENJOY.
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This week on the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, we’re talking two players! Tag Team is a head-to-head brawler, and Suna Valo is exactly the same, but for farms! Finally, Matt waxes lyrical about General Orders’ Samurai Sequel: ‘Sengoku Jidai’ – and, within it, has perhaps found a game that’s too small for even our perma-shrunk noggins.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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