Ava Thinks Too Much About: Hamlet

Sad Little Gold Top, Hands Off My Donkey, AVASMR

This week on the show, we’ve got something a little different! In this short ramble, Ava’s going to tell you all about Hamlet – a game about wonky villages and the strange incentives that build them. Although, she’s not really going to tell you all about Hamlet – this is not a review! Instead, we’re testing the waters on something of a new format – the pilot of ‘Ava Thinks Too Much About…’ where we’ll take a short journey through whatever topic is bouncing around her brain. Enjoy!

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SHUX 2023

An important but hopefully understandable update: we won’t be hosting a SHUX event this year. That’s the bad news out of the way – with the GOOD news being that we’re already planning SHUX 2024 for next October, and hoping to return to the Vancouver Convention Centre.

Obviously, this is a bummer. We know how special and important this event is to a lot of people, partly because WE are those people too. It’s our highlight of the year, and as we’ve said repeatedly at the events themselves, we’re amazed and humbled at what SHUX has become – sprawling out to be something that’s bigger and cooler and kinder than any of us.

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Review: Guards of Atlantis II

I can't believe it's prop butter, 0.2% and no regrets, Poor Sarah

Oh my goodness, Tom played Dota 2 again and now he can’t stop. In this hot hot episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Boardgame Video Review Show, Tom and Matt took a big dip into Guards of Atlantis II – the much hyped MOBA-‘Em-Up for your tabletop! What a fascinating, strange game! You can find all of our relevant opinions on it… right here! Enjoy!

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Podcast #220 – Gerding’s Game Gulag

Running Headfirst Into A Lightswitch, Pottering Into The Devil, I Thought The Cowboy Game Would be Wholesome

In this pitch-black episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Quinns tells Tom and Matt all about his time at Cabin Con in the United Situation of America! On this podcast, we’re talking about a cluster of small RPGS (Bluebeard’s Bride, Cowboys With Big Hearts, Brindlewood Bay) and a couple of games that require an entire house (This House Is Haunted and Werewolf in the Dark). It’s a fun time!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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Review: Frosthaven

It’s longer and colder than an arctic vacation, but we’re proud to finally release into the wilds our gigantic video review of Frosthaven: can the world’s biggest game get bigger AND better? How much blue cardboard is too much blue? What’s the best way to climb a slippery mountain? Find the answers to some of these questions in today’s hot hot bit of internet media.

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Podcast #219 – Business Secrets of the Pharaohs

7.331/10 Episode of the Pod, Nasty Little Auctions, No Thanks Inspired Revenge Quest

In this 7.341/10 episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are talking about three games – one great, one ‘just fine’, and one that’s completely deranged. We’re chatting about Mobile Markets, Amun-Re, and Mogul – and bizarrely it’s the 2015 Train Game that’s the deranged one. IT’S GOT A BOWL!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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This May In Shut Up & Sit Down!

Tom: MAY! The last month of the year you can count on one hand! Unless you’re my uncle Terry, who can only get up to March on account of a freak bobsled incident. What have we got planned for YOU, though, this month? On our little site? Called Shut Up? And?? Sit Down???

First up, let’s talk about videos. We’ve got a bumper Frosthaven video from Matt very soon – undoubtedly an exhaustive guide to our feelings on one of 2022’s biggest games that, if you’re anything like me, will be an accompaniment to your next few ‘Waiting For My Pasta To Boil’ sessions. I’ve started writing a script for Guards Of Atlantis 2, a game I’ve played a bunch of recently and developed all kinds of complicated thoughts about. Look forward to that in a few weeks, I should hope! Outside of that, Quinns and I are stewing on whether or not to take a leap into the world of Nine Men’s Morris for a video that’s being formed ‘Title-First’, but also thinking about a format for a few classic Reiner Knizia games we’ve been playing recently. Lots to think about!

On the podcast front, you can expect the “Gerding’s Game Gulag” Special mentioned on the last podcast, alongside some chats about what we’ve been playing recently. I’ve given Findorff a couple shakes after reading its frankly ridiculous blurb. We also played some Mobile Markets, Amun-Re, and Mogul just the other day – all of which will no doubt get a slice of coverage – and I’m still gradually trying to pull groups together for a Brass Birmingham Revisited podcast, and, gulps, John Company. 

Nothing much changing on the streams front, continuing to pursue a schedule of ‘Whatever We Fancy’. This week we’ll return to King Of The Castle after some balancing changes have made it so I’m less likely to continually ‘Get My Ass Beat’, which should be fun!

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The “Special Treasure Chest” Special

I want that Treasure So Bad, I bet it’s literally 20 pounds in coins, either that or something board game related, there’s no way he spent money on that right???

In this refreshing episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are chatting about a smattering of great old games that they played ‘Just For Fun’! We’re starting with two classic Knizias in Taj Mahal and Samurai, before alighting to the pub for some small box gems – Mundus Novus and Parade.
Have a great weekend, everybody!

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‘We Reviewed Ten Great Small Games’, Podcast Edition!

Why Did Quinns Call Us Shut Up & Sit Down Incorporated?? We’re meant to be getting paid for this???

In this algorithm-friendly episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are FINISHING WHAT THEY STARTED. This episode of the podcast is something of a companion piece to our Top 10 Small Games video, and we’re chatting just a little bit more about some of the best games on that list.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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Review: TEN Great, New, Small Games

ALWAYS FOLLOW, FOLLOW THE RULES, ALWAYS FOLLOW THE RULES, THOSE RULES

In this CHUNKY video review, Tom and Quinns are appraising ten (ten!) unique small-box games and telling YOU where the gems are at. All of these games are fabulous, we had a blast playing them, and we hope you enjoy this frankly rather silly little video.

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