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

Shoutout to Tom’s Mild Cough, Really Made This Episode Pop

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

We’re Checkin’ ‘Em Out, We’ve Got It Figured Out

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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Podcast #274 – Arctic Algae Expeditions (In Space)

Toddler at the Wheel, Unfortunate Jackson-ing, Impossible Explanations, Making Matter Matter

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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SU&SD Play Sunderfolk

Pizza Tony, Hoovering Money, Pushing Penguins

This week on SU&SD, we’ve got something a little different…

Sunderfolk is a tactical RPG board game video game hybrid played on your living room TV! Tom is joined by his pals Luke and Cathey to check out the game, smack some ogres, and have petty disputes over piles of money.

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SU&SD, Tariffs, and Sponsored Content

Hello!

Basically every single year I’ve worked for Shut Up & Sit Down, I’ve typed out the words:

“it’s been a weird year”

…and 2025 is proving to be absolutely no exception! We’ve just put out a sponsored video onto the channel, and that feels weird. I’ve taken some time, below, to chat about why.

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Podcast #273 – The Big-Game-Small-Box Intervention Special

We Love You Devir, Please Keep Making Your Weird Games

On this long overdue episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are hosting an intervention for one particular publisher… and also talking about some board games!

First up is a chat about Daitoshi, the latest ambitious and busy design from site favourites Devir, followed by some nattering about the “area-control-deck-builder-mutation” Altay and “tic-tac-toe-em-up” Architects of Amytis!

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

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Review: Shackleton Base

my copy is so dinged up from failing to get it into the kallax, i am so sorry

Continuing the deluge of excellent eurogames recently, Shackleton Base is a bit of an all-timer for Tom and Matt!

This one’s got some wicked theming, a toothy puzzle, and a whole pile of baked-in variability from the various corporations you chuck into the mix.

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Podcast #272 – Podcast Adjacent Enjoyment Material

Little Companies in Little Boxes, Matt Loves Games, Mice With Human Lips

On this refreshing burst of Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt have found a bouquet of nifty games to natter about!

First up is a chunky chat about Pagan: Fate of Roanoke – a two player head-to-head witch hunt with flecks of Netrunnner. Is it any good? Yes! Should you buy it? Maybe…

Then, a double-bill of yapping about Shuffle & Swing; a mice-based eurogame of making human instruments, followed by a sneak peek of our upcoming video review for Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon.

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

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