Come come, hungry diners - take a seat at the big table and have a little gander at this spread of delectable games!Oops, all good games on this one! This podcast features chat about a space tourism simulator (Galactic Cruise), a light-and-breezy turtle-based engine builder (Australis), and TWO entire TWO PLAYER games about being Greek and In Trouble (Iliad and Ichor).Have a great weekend, everybody!Timestamps: 01:46 Galactic Cruise 22:12 Australis31:04 Illiad40:41 Ichor
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#277 - The Rules Ramble
On this scenic detour, Tom and Matt are chatting about RULES! What are they? Who made them?! And what do they want with my PIN number?!?This is a companion podcast to the most recent video on the YouTube channel - ‘The Board Game With No Rules’ - and is a more loose and daft excursion into the wild world of rulesless games.Timestamps: None, it’s just RULES!
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#276 - It Means ‘New Ears’, Officer
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!Timestamps: 01:38 - Nova Era15:39 - 3 Chapters26:52 - Creature Caravan
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#275 - Find Yourself A City To Live In
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!Timestamps: 02:32 - Cities13:12 - Floristry24:43 - The Morrison Game Factory
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#274 - Arctic Algae Expeditions (In Space)
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!Timestamps:02:34 - Expeditions: Around The World09:19 - Penguin Party19:09 - Diatoms31:41 - Crafting the Cosmos
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