Podcast #278 – Brewster’s Board Game Buffet

Come come, hungry diners – take a seat at the big table and have a little gander at this spread of delectable games!

Oops, all good games on this one! This podcast features chat about a space tourism simulator (Galactic Cruise), a light-and-breezy turtle-based engine builder (Australis), and TWO entire TWO PLAYER games about being Greek and In Trouble (Iliad and Ichor).

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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Playte Games Review

It’s the return of the video podcast! As pioneers of the format, we felt a burden to perfect the ‘difficult second album’ – and we think the results speak for themselves. It’s a podcast, with video! Literally what more could you possibly ever want.

Tom and Matt have played a bundle of great games from South Korean publisher ‘Playte’ and whacked them all into a silly video. We hope you enjoy it!

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Podcast #277 – The Rules Ramble

On this scenic detour, Tom and Matt are chatting about RULES! What are they? Who made them?! And what do they want with my PIN number?!?

This is a companion podcast to the most recent video on the YouTube channel – ‘The Board Game With No Rules’ – and is a more loose and daft excursion into the wild world of rulesless games.

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Review: City of Six Moons

This is probably one of the most unique games that Shut Up & Sit Down has ever covered. It’s a bundle of components crammed into a box with an accompanying rulebook written entirely in an alien language.

Deciphering that, and playing the resulting game? It’s a wild rabbithole to go down, that your friends and family will be simultaneously impressed and confused by…

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Podcast #276 – It Means ‘New Ears’, Officer

On this advanced episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are once again settling into the pod-thrones to yap about “some games wot they have played”.

Nova Era challenges players to develop a healthy civilisation, 3 Chapters is a set collection AND trick taking AND drafting game all squished into one box, and Creature Caravan is a gentle ride through a terrifyingly large deck of cards.

There’s lots to like! Three whole games to like, in fact. Board games! Who knew?! Thanks for listening, everyone!

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Podcast #275 – Find Yourself A City To Live In

On this floriferous episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are yappin’ about Barcelona, Bluebells, and Board Games!

Cities is first up on the docket – a city-building game that’s real dinky and designed by two of our favourite small-and-simple designers. Following that, Matt continues his recommendation of Floristry from our video review into the podcast world, and Tom talks about his mixed feelings towards ‘The Morrison Game Factory’…

Thanks for listening, everyone!

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Review: Floristry

This week’s video is a review of Floristry – a two player game with real-time auctions that you’ll use to buy flowers that stock up your shop. It uses your mobile phone as a component, in a way we think is honestly very neat. HAVE A PEEK!

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Floristry

Floristry is a 2 player, tile-laying game. Players compete at the historic Aalsmeer Dutch Auction to win the best flowers and then use them to create the most charming window display. Each round features a Dutch auction, where the clock counts down from 15 seconds while the price drops every 3 seconds. The unique web … Read more

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Podcast #274 – Arctic Algae Expeditions (In Space)

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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