Our First Impressions of Frosthaven!

A Little Man Who Packs Away All The Monster, Tom Does Not Care for Futureproofing, The New And Improved Attic Recording Studio

In this slightly early episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt have sat themselves down for a lengthy, lively chat about the game everyone is eagerly awaiting; FROSTHAVEN.

This is a mostly spoiler-free episode, focusing on what you’re going to see upon opening the box and little more than that. We start by chatting about some of our first impressions, before talking characters, story, and future coverage.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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Playin’ Pirates & Knights in Libertalia and Oltree!

DOUBLE WHAMMISODE, Tom's Interjection, Muppet Treasure Island Special

In this voyage of a Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Ava and Matt are sailing the high… skies… with Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest, and saving a small French town from disaster in Oltree. We’ve got pirates, we’ve got knights, and we’ve got more disagreements than you might expect on this dandy little pod. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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Ava’s Cosy Corner: A Soothing Little Trio

Walking In The Garden, Munching a Pastry, Hiking The Trail

In this winter sweater of a Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, we’ve got a very special episode for you. It’s just Ava on this one, in Ava’s Cosy Corner – a solo podcast all about the cosiest games she’s played this year. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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Podcast #200 – The Top 10 Games You “SHOULD” Play!

Matt's Birmingham Cabaret, Bohnanza In Italics, A Big Bad List

In this 200th episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, the team sit down for a frankly unwieldychat about the top 10 games we collectively reckon you shouldplay.

I’ll let the episode speak for itself here – nearly two hours of absolute nonsense from all four of us. Thank you so much for listening to 200 episodes, here’s to 200 more! x

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Podcast #199.75 – Destroying Vienna, Rebuilding Seattle

THERE IS A BAKER AND HE IS SCARED

In this acrimonious episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, it’s a Tom-And-Quinns-Knee-To-Knee Special! We’re talking about two games whilst incredibly close to each other in a quasi-live podcast experience! On this episode, we’re focusing our wrath on two cities in Rebuilding Seattle, and Fire & Stone: Siege of Vienna 1683. They’re both games, and we’ve played them!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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Podcast #199.5 – Dice and Tears

Mozart’s Final Dance Party, Bolf: Sport of Champions, Stupid Sexy Pringles

In this rock and rolling episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Ava and Tom take on a whole bunch of dice games with Gang of Dice, Sequoia, and Roll in One! After we’re done with our potluck of probability, we delve into a dessert with the deceased! That doesn’t quite work, does it. We’re talking about Lacrimosa! Mozart is dead.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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Podcast #199 – LIVE from SHUX 2022! (Again!)

Big Fat Bullet, GARFUNKEL, Sweaty DogFans, Secret Unlockable Sickly Lees, How Cow Wow Now

In this jam-packed episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, we’ve got a SMORGASBORD of hosts who are ready to tell you all about the games they played at SHUX. Ava! Tom! Pip! Quinns! ‘Sick Matt’! They’re all here!

Not satisfied with just having ‘a whole bunch of hosts’, we’re also talking about a ‘whole bunch of games’ – notably the boxes we enjoyed whilst at SHUX in sunny Vancouver. Not all of these are out yet, and some of them aren’t really real, but we figured that you would enjoy the chat nonetheless.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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Podcast #198 – The Clear Card Pirate Special

Clear Card City, A Perverse Horse, Stefan Feld’s Mystery Maths, Achieve Toilet

In this buoyant episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Quinns are sailing the seas with Ahoy, stealin’ safes in 3000 Scoundrels, and doing another alliterative activity in Dead Reckoning! It’s the Clear Card Pirate Special, where each game is thematically linked to the others in a conga line of cardboard.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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Podcast #197 – LIVE from SHUX 2022!

Keep Your Hands Away From The Tower, The Cheese Thief Special, Tom is a Cheat, Leaf to Leaf

In this extra special episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom, Ava, and Quinns are getting to the bottom of a complicated question; ‘Who Can Pitch Their Previews The Best In a 50 Minute Podcast Segment?’. We’re talking about a whole host of interesting upcoming or recently released games in this bumper podzone.

Folks, this one was great fun to record, with a lovely lovely audience at SHUX 2022. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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