Top 10 Games to Play with Your Family This Christmas

Matt: Hello! My name is Matt from Shut Up & Sit Down, and maybe you want to play a game with your family in the not too distant future.

Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered!

Today we’re going to go through a bunch of games, most of which are available almost all of the time, because we appreciate it’s a pain in the *** when we say “hey, we love these games” and then you go on the internet and they’ve all gone.

Not only that, we are going to be giving you two options for each of our suggestions – we’re going to go with like “Yes! This is a great suggestion, everyone will love this. You cannot go wrong.” And we’re also going to give you a side suggestion for each game that’s a dash more spicy! And what do we mean by that? The second options will be the sort of thing where you start playing with your dad and then halfway through he says “I don’t understand the rules. I don’t like this. I want to go home.” “Dad, you can’t go home. This is your home. We’ve talked about this. And secondly, I love you, but gosh if you don’t understand how the game works just tell us before we get to the end?”

We got a big stack of games here and we’ve categorized them into all the different types of games that you might want to play. So feel free to just watch it all and pick a favorite, or scrub and jump around like an absolute maniac.

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Podcast #236 – Brain of the Century

The Professional Podcast Special, Deep Blue vs Team Liquid, Brain Worms, SAXOPHONE!

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!

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SU&SD Play Undaunted: Normandy!

Murder Strawberries, Victory Bananas, 4k Resolution Fruit Flies

In a break from our usual programming; a much-requested format RETURNS! This week on Shut Up & Sit Down, Tom and Matt are going head-to-head in a playthrough of Undaunted: Normandy! Who will win the Donkey Kong Banana Bunch? Who will be ashamed of their loss forever more?! Find out in around sixty minutes of easily digestible entertainment.

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Podcast #235 – The Exclusively Two-Player Special

There Are Only Two Player Games, None Of These Have More Players, Games for Head on Head Contact Only

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!

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Podcast #234 – What News, From The Sea?

The Board Game News, WigglyMode, Mythical Metals

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!

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Review: Phantom Ink

BOO, Spooky season, They did the mash, They did the monster mash, Pear

This week, Emily gets in the spooky spirit with her review of Phantom Ink. Does this ghostly game of word communication have what it takes to be your next favourite party game? Let’s find out!

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Podcast #233 – The SPIEL Special!

Nut Cups, Gas Lads, breaking bad, Changed Minds

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!

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Review: Zoo Vadis

The Compare-O-Matic is my Mortal Enemy, More Swearing in this one than usual (sorry), ZooFights

Tom and Quinns are BACK with the second part of their double-bill of Reiner Knizia reprints! This week, Bitewing’s re-imagining of Quo Vadis, Zoo Vadis, is up for questioning by our daring duo. Is this the absolute belter of a box it’s cracked up to be? Will the site finally agree on a negotiation game?! And, most importantly, should you buy this… or a game from 1992…

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Review: Moon

A small step for man, a considerably bigger step for a smaller man with little shoes.

This week we review everyone’s fave local space-orb: MOON. But what is the moon? What does it taste like? Is it better with two or three players? Can a Clanger ever truly know love? None of this and more in today’s vid.

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Review: Bamboo

Be Kuiet & Seated, A Fish, A Sword, A Bento Box, Ooh A Yummy Bento Box

Emily’s SECOND video is a review of Bamboo – the game that asks: ‘Can you make your family happy, with but a rock to your name’?

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