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Review: Joyride: Survival of the Fastest

We’ve covered a lot of cars on Shut Up & Sit Down – but two stick out in recent memory. Tom reviewed Heat: Pedal to the Metal back in 2022 and Matt took a peek at Thunder Road: Vendetta earlier this year and both lads came away thrilled with their silly little vehicles.

But now, it’s 2024. Joyride is here.

And it’s ready to race.Is this the best of both worlds? Does it screech round the corners of hearts and turbo-boost to the loftiest honours of the kallax? Find out right here.

A special and juicy treat for you this week – it’s MATTHEW LEES IN A ROOM THAT’S SLIGHTLY PINK. Also: a review of The Gang, a co-operative poker game that’s simultaneously essential AND something you really might not need? Get watchin’!

SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence was a game that really wowed both Matt and Tom back when they covered it in Episode 261 of the podcast – but since then, we’ve played it a good chunk more and developed a couple extra thoughts! So many thoughts that we put them into a whole video that you can watch on You Tube Dot Com.

In this week’s video review, Tom is taking another look at the big eurogame of finding aliens. Is it as good as the hype suggests? Find out right here…

It’s November! You know what that means! It’s the time of year to finally get into the spooky spirit! What better way than to take a quick peek at a lovely little spooky hidden information game about hunting witches.

Curses & Covens is dramatic and unruly, providing your table with all manner of highs and lows – but is there such a thing as too much chaos? Watch the video to find out…

I’m sure there’s an analogy here about the way that Matt keeps being mystically drawn towards these games over and over, but we can’t seem to put our finger on it. Having said that, after THREE big Lord of the Rings games, it’s getting to the point where we might not necessarily need another one?

Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth is an unexpected treat that dispels that idea – a reimplementation of 7 Wonders Duel that adds new mechanics and ideas, as well as LOADS more Orcs. An absolute essential for anyone with nerdy bones in their body.

After playing shedloads of Anachrony on Board Game Arena, severely under-rating Septima, and having a wobbly old time with Cerebria: The Inside World… Shut Up & Sit Down is having a MIND CLASH once again! With Mindclash games. They published. This. Ok. Glad we understand.

Ironwood is a sharp and tense head-to-head battler set in a lovingly illustrated woodland – but does it hold up to scrutiny? Find out more in this video review…

Tapping into our deeply and unashamedly adolescent image of what we think is aesthetically COOL, COMPILE is black and purple box of cyberpunk wonders took us by surprise and heck, we LIKED it. With one mini expansion already available and room for more, we think this is absolutely worth grabbing.

Sometimes it’s really nice to chat about something that’s simple, that’s peppy, that’s just nice. Today on Shut Up & Sit Down, we’re chatting about a breezy game in a mildly loopy video; the tried and tested formula we all know and love. Let’s Courtisans, baby!

Long-time followers will know we’ve got a soft spot for Undaunted games – and that’s why we couldn’t be more excited to explore this venture into new thematic territory. Swapping World War 2 for a capitalistic conflict in space (that as far as we’re aware hasn’t happened yet and therefore isn’t historically accurate) – we had a ton of fun really getting out teeth into Undaunted 2200: Callisto. We hope you enjoy the video!

Weird video this week! Defenders of the Wild is a really solid co-operative game, but its compelling narrative implications are what makes it a cut above the rest. It’s time for a quick critical detour in this first foray into ‘reviews-that-aren’t’!

Review: Joyride: Survival of the Fastest

Review: The Gang

Review: SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Review: Curses & Covens

Review: Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth

Review: Ironwood

Review: Compile

Review: Courtisans

Review: Undaunted 2200: Callisto

Defenders of the Wild is Not What You’d Expect

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