This was one of our favourite shows from SHUX 2018. Quinns ran a game of the Star Trek Adventures RPG, something we’ve wanted to do ever since our review.
“These are the adventures of the Star Ship Canada. It’s continuing mission: For crew-members Paul, Matt and Pip not to embarrass the Federation.”
Is the resulting story the worst Star Trek episode ever made? You be the judge.
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More than two years ago Quinns reviewed the classic game of Brass, but ultimately came away disappointed (and wet, and riding high on sugar).
Today, it’s time for round 2! Introducing Brass: Birmingham, a collaboration between Roxley Games and original designer Martin Wallace, this is the sequel to Brass.
Will this industrial revolution bring progress, or once again grind our reviewers’ gears? Click play, and find out.
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Oh no! Someone (Matt) has been leaving body parts all around London town, and it’s up to “the police” (Quinns and Paul) to BUST HIS CHOPS.
We did a video review of Letters from Whitechapel, but the superior sequel, Whitehall Mystery, only got a written review. Since it’s our favourite hidden movement game, we leapt at the chance to show it off on our new Twitch channel. And what fun we had!
Enjoy, everybody.
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A long time ago in a forest far, far away…
This week we’re proud to present our review of Root, which is surely the board game industry’s new beau. A grand, inventive game of cat and mouse, as well fox and bird, and – should you buy the Riverfolk expansion – beaver and lizard.
As Quinns says in the review, everybody involved in this production needs to take a bow. But should you buy it? Click play and find out…
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Fill your camelbak with wine and dust of your helmet, we’re GOING FOR A RIDE!
This Thursday was the inaugural stream from Shut Up & Sit Down’s fancy new Twitch page, and we’ve now uploaded it as a normal Let’s Play video. Please enjoy Paul, Matt and Quinns racing one another in Flamme Rouge, with a few features from the Peloton expansion.
A load of people said that the Twitch chat during our stream was the nicest chat they’ve ever seen, so if you’d like to join the party on our next stream, simply click on over to our Twitch page to discover when that’ll be.
Enjoy, everybody!
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Welcome To… made its debut in podcast #82, but now it’s time for the real housewarming party: The official SU&SD review of one of the best roll’n’write games ever designed.
Are you a sharp enough architect to assemble three streets, speckle them with swimming pools, dab them with parkland and negotiate with real estate agents and contractors? You’re probably not, no. But you’ll have a great time trying.
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Did you think SU&SD only scoured new releases for the very best games? Oh goodness no. This week Paul examines Champions of Midgard, a 2015 game of running around a town, assembling a posse of dice and launching them at the biggest monster who’s currently available.
But wait! There’s more! Paul’s also spent some time with the Dark Mountain and Valhalla expansions. He’s been high, and he’s been low. And we’ll tell you what else- he’s had a very good time.
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This week Paul and Quinns are excited to examine Lowlands, a svelte and confident sheep farming game in the style of venerable designer Uwe Rosenberg, BUT WITH A TWIST. At the end of the game your herds might wash away in a dreadful storm.
Only one question remains. What wool they think of it?
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Quinns: Hey, did you know Shut Up & Sit Down is doing its second con this year? Did you know it’s now officially the BIGGEST board game convention IN ALL OF CANADA?
These three days of 24/7 gaming are going to be – if it’s at all possible – even better than last year. This time we’ll have booths from all of the industry’s big board game publishers, a ridiculous array of special guests, and more silly events than you could feasibly watch.
However, we are now 70% sold out of tickets. If you want to join all of the swell people who’ve snagged tickets early, you can do so right here, at Shux.Show.
Thanks everbody!
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You know what’s rad? Radiation. You know what’s also rad? Adventures! Fallout: The Board Game has both, which might make it the best game ever made. If only there was some way to be sure… Wait, of course! We can use the ancient art of “the review”.
Huge thanks to Fantasy Flight for recently announcing this game’s upcoming expansion, thereby making our delayed review relevant again. Love you! Kiss hug kiss.
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