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Review: Phantom Ink

BOO, Spooky season, They did the mash, They did the monster mash, Pear

This week, Emily gets in the spooky spirit with her review of Phantom Ink. Does this ghostly game of word communication have what it takes to be your next favourite party game? Let’s find out!

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Podcast #233 – The SPIEL Special!

Nut Cups, Gas Lads, breaking bad, Changed Minds

On this jam-packed episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are going through all the games that Tom brought back from Essen! This doesn’t include the whole host of eurogames he played whilst there, which might even be a separate podcast all by itself! Goodness! We also have time for a very sneaky mention of Crystallo’s latest expansions, and a fair portion of semi-irrelevant chat. Just what the doctor ordered!

Thanks for bearing with us during that brief podcast pause – we’ll be back to the regular schedule from now on!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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Review: Zoo Vadis

The Compare-O-Matic is my Mortal Enemy, More Swearing in this one than usual (sorry), ZooFights

Tom and Quinns are BACK with the second part of their double-bill of Reiner Knizia reprints! This week, Bitewing’s re-imagining of Quo Vadis, Zoo Vadis, is up for questioning by our daring duo. Is this the absolute belter of a box it’s cracked up to be? Will the site finally agree on a negotiation game?! And, most importantly, should you buy this… or a game from 1992…

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Review: Moon

A small step for man, a considerably bigger step for a smaller man with little shoes.

This week we review everyone’s fave local space-orb: MOON. But what is the moon? What does it taste like? Is it better with two or three players? Can a Clanger ever truly know love? None of this and more in today’s vid.

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Review: Bamboo

Be Kuiet & Seated, A Fish, A Sword, A Bento Box, Ooh A Yummy Bento Box

Emily’s SECOND video is a review of Bamboo – the game that asks: ‘Can you make your family happy, with but a rock to your name’?

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This October in Shut Up & Sit Down!

Tom: October! Spooky Month! This one’s packed with TREATS! No tricks, I promise! It’s candy! Go on, bite it! BITE IT! Mmmmmmmm. Yum. Isn’t that nice? Tasty Tasty Cardboard. Videos! Let’s talk about those! We’ve got absolutely loads this month – a double bill of Emily sandwiching the second part of myself and Quinns’ Reiner … Read more

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Review: Earth

Review time! Matt is UNWELL and enters a fever-dream realm, loosely tackling a review of EARTH aka SOIL aka MUDTIMES FOR FUN.

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Review: Amun-Re

Imaginatiog, Pointy Pyramids, A Daring Costume From The Past

This week on the show, Tom and Quinns take on the first in a double-bill of Reiner Knizia classics reprinted by modern publishers! It’s Amun-Re this time – the 2003 Nile-Em’-Up that features “Pyramids”, “Points”, and “Peculiarly Long Acrostic Poems”! The boys also take a minute to talk about the expansions provided by Alley Cat Games in this new 20th Anniversary Edition, as well casting their critical eye over the recent 25th Century Games reprint of Ra. It’s a good one! Enjoy!

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Pod-pause

Hi folks! We wanted to put out a quick announcement that the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast is going to take a very small break, for a few weeks. A spread of bad luck with recording, a few bouts of illness, some planned holiday and a couple of imminent conventions have left us little … Read more

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Review: Bohnanza

it’s beans, come on now, it’s just beans, how hard can it beans

It’s the beans game – and a review that’s something of a cursed chalice for team SU&SD – a filming session where seemingly everything went wrong based on half a script excavated from a Google Drive. Bohnanza (and Bohnanza:25th) is a game near and dear to Tom’s heart, and hopefully this fully unhinged first half and ponderous second makes for a compelling case as to why this horrible yellow box deserves a spot in your collection.

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