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Podcast# 252 – Just Two Players, Looking for a Third

On this mildly unhinged episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Emily are taking on a double-bill of two player games followed by a BIG CHUNKY BOX. First up is Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Duel – a two-player only version of the bag-busting (sorry) classic! We then chat about the ying to Quacks’ yang in the highly-tactical time-bending fish-em-up Fisheries of Gloucester! Finally, we chat about Bloodstones – a divisive strategy game that Tom bravely defends and recklessly batters.

It’s a good pod! We had a lot of fun! I hope you can tell!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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In previous years, debate has raged over what size games should be. Quinns advocated for ‘too big, or too small’. Everyone else argued normal things…Read more

Your hand is always full in DroPolter, which makes it a challenge to drop only the correct items that the ghosts want to see. To start the game, each player has a hand of five items: a red plastic cube, a blue wooden key, and so on. Each round, someone flips the top card of … Read more

Sky Team is a co-operative game, exclusively for two players, in which you play a pilot and co-pilot at the controls of an airliner. Your goal is to work together as a team to land your airplane in different airports around the world. To land your plane, you need to silently assign your dice to … Read more

Come one, come all to Big Top! Hire the wildest and most wonderful acts to attract crowds of delighted spectators. In this fast-paced auction game you’ll bid on show-stopping acts to draw crowds to your circus, but beware – each winning bid will make your competition that much richer. But that’s not all! Even the … Read more

From prolific designer Reiner Knizia comes a game of strategy, patience, and cool plastic camels. The desert is still treacherous, mysterious, and without mercy but, for those willing to risk the dangers of the shifting, sun-baked sands, it holds riches beyond compare.

In Through the Desert, two to five players each control a tribe of nomads vying for control of the desert. By establishing caravans and taking over oases, the players gain points as their tribes increase in power.

On this almost chiaroscuro episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Pip are chatting about games that could not be more different. First up, Rats of Wistar – a crunchy engine-building game with rats and cards and being as efficient as possible within a strict turn limit. That’s followed up with Dro Polter and Rafter Five – two Oink games that are some of their silliest yet.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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For an age, the tower lay in ruins. Unbeknownst to the people of the realm, a great evil stirred in its bowels. It started with strange sightings: a flock of crows flying in circles until they dropped from the sky, the lake frozen solid in the height of summer. In time, they could not deny … Read more

On this chronologically consistent episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Tom and Emily are rambling their way through three whole games! We’re talking about Ito – a relaxed party game about untangling your pals’ opinions! We’re talking about CATAN: Starfarers Duel – a two-player-only version of Catan: Starfarers that’s weird and wonky! AND we’re talking about Faraway – a game about doing everything in reverse.

Have a great weekend, everybody!
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On this addictive episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Tom and Pip are talking about a board game and… a VIDEO GAME? First up, a sensible and grounded conversation about the slightly perplexing world of Ancient Knowledge – a tableau builder set on top of an ancient conveyor belt. This is then followed by a ramble about Balatro – a poker-themed deck builder that’s quite clearly NOT A BOARD GAME. It’s made of ones and zeroes! It’s on a screen! The horror, the horror, the horror.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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