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Shut Up & Sit Down
by Shut Up & Sit Down
The world's best board game review show.
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#299 and a Bit More Than That Maybe ???
Listen, usually I edit the SU&SD podcast with a spring in my step and glee in my heart. But this week, I’m textbook “Lurgied”. Merriam Webster “Grotty”. The very definition of a “Nasty Wee Man”. I’m not bothering with a proper description this week. See, this pod was not edited with a step of...
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#299.15 - A Sliver of Small Boxes
On this pocket-sized episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Tom and Matt have been shrunk down to miniscule versions of themselves, and are crawling around inside the box for Hansa Teutonica. They’re having the time of their lives in there. But there’s still work to be done, and games to be...
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#299.1 - Shut Up & Sit Down Loves and Endorses Poaching
On this morally bankrupt episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Tom and Matt are once again doing what they do best; playing at board games and going “:-)” First up is Emberheart! It’s got dragons, it’s got bidding, it’s got scales and wings and another attribute that we can’t quite recall.…
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#299 - DILEMMAS FOR DAYS
On this mildly cooked episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Tom and Matt are fresh out the “BGD Mines”! Wiping the sweat from their collective brow, they pop a gnarly squat and spin a cardboard tale… Both have been playing a spot of The Queen’s Dilemma - the long-awaited follow-up to the...
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5 MORE Great New Board Games! [Rattlesnake, Yonder, Bomb Busters, Herd, and No Loose Ends]
Tom walks us through Rattlesnake, Yonder, Bomb Busters, Herd, and No Loose Ends. Is spotify video a thing? Find out this week on SU&SD! Support the Show: https://bit.ly/SupportSUSD / http://ko-fi.com/shutupandsitdown / https://www.patreon.com/shutupandsitdown
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#298 - Prospective Dragons
On this glittering and golden episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Matt and Tom are sitting atop a dragon’s hoard of card board! Wahey! That’s what we in the business like to call “Rhyme Style”, and you can find many examples of it in the youthmusic of today :) Right atop the pile is the...
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#297 - Fomorian Fishies
On this delicately preserved episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Matt and Tom are venturing through a rolling landscape of cardboard and canned fish. Moytura and Azure are the latest double-bill of mythological titles from Bitewing Games, and have gotten Tom and Matt all excited about...
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#296 - Potato Profiteer
On this starchy episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt have been playing a clutch of GREAT LIL’ GAMES! First up is Yotei - a tableau builder centered around everyone’s favourite not-quite-a-vegetable: “The Potato”. We’re following that up with a double dip of Operation Barclay…
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#295 - Flip and Mix
On this constantly revolving episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are perusing a gargantuan grocery store of games. This one stocks four whole games! Can you believe it? First up is Market Fresh - a Kramer and Kiesling reimplementation that Matt’s played, and Tom is chomping…
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#294 - Clandestine Vocabulary
On this adjective-riddled* episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are sorting through approximately one standard carry-on worth of cardboard luggage! Matt brings The Great Sea to the table - the latest Garphill excursion into ancient history. What’s in this bit of history? Mostly...
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#293 - ENDLESS VIOLENCE
On this VIOLENT episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Matt and Tom engage in gladiatorial combat to finally decide who is the ULTIMATE BOARD-BOY! We begin our gauntlet with a bout of ‘Neko Syndicate’ - a BLOODY game of cats making sushi deliveries in a sort of tableau-building pyramid! It’s...
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#292 - The Natural Special
On this Edenic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Matt and Tom strip down to their bare cheeks to chat about games wot are all about “Outside, like birds and that”. First up is Nature; a game that takes 2014’s Evolution and 2020’s Oceans, and hydraulically compacts them into one...
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#291- Wet Famous
On this absolutely soaked episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are getting drenched in two positively sopping releases.First up, our intrepid explorers plunge into the depths of Thesauros! It’s got scubas, it’s got sharks, it’s got sunken treasures! All wrapped up in a…
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#290 - The Turnips of Wroth
On this slippy ol’ episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about Emberleaf; a game of woodland creatures amassing honey and battering bandits! “Like Pooh gone all vigilante on them asses”. Our dynamic duo then seek to area control eachother in a WORTH WRESTLE! Whose...
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#289 - Standard Box, Kallax Nightmare
On this post-apocalyptic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, we’ve got the last remaining swigs of game in this here canteen - don’t gulp it all to yourself, now! Share nicely… First up is Phoenix New Horizon, a game of building post-apocalyptic power networks and trying to get a…
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#288 - The Memory Tub
On this gloopy episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are donning their Memory Marigolds and getting elbow-deep in the past; recalling titles played all the way back in November 2025 (imagine!). Expect rambling thoughts about a whole cluster of games played at PAXU 2025, and a…
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#287 - Tending Time
On this ticked-off episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are rambling about the box-ticking bonanza ‘Tend’ as well as the chronologically questionable ‘Take Time’! Have a great weekend, everybody! Timestamps: 01:19 - Tend 23:31 - Take Time
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#286 - THE BIG WET SPRINT
Website Copy: On this free-flowing episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about competitive marble-pilfering simulator 12 Rivers, as well as a double-bill of absurd racing games in Hot Streak and Magical Athlete! You may be expecting that this podcast thumbnail would...
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#285 - Second Servings
On this subsequent episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Matt and Tom are returning to a couple of the games they were excited about in the Essen Special, as well as covering one that was missed from the billing! Excuse the occasional odd buzzing on this one - we tried to scrub it as much as...
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Our Top 22 Games of Essen 2025!
On this FULL CAPS CHUNKY episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are talking about all of the games they played at Essen 2025! This is an audio-only reupload of the video we just put out on the main channel - so if you’d like to enjoy a physical tier list alongside these wobbly...
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#284 - Exponential Cards
On this flexibly numerical episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are, you guessed it, talking once again about games with CARDS, BOARDS, and DICE! In exactly that order - each game picking up a new component like a hungry Katamari. First up is Duel for Cardia - a perplexing…
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#283 - The Grumpy to Cosy Pipeline
Usually the moniker of ‘Cosy Game’ is a snug portent of mild-mannered fun - a thoroughly whelming box that’s pleasant enough, but doesn’t tickle us for more than a couple plays. But this week on the podcast? Matt and Tom are chatting about a whole bunch of cosy games that surprised them, with a…
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#282 - Two Player Town (Population Two)
This week on the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, we’re talking two players! Tag Team is a head-to-head brawler, and Suna Valo is exactly the same, but for farms! Finally, Matt waxes lyrical about General Orders’ Samurai Sequel: ‘Sengoku Jidai’ - and, within it, has perhaps found a game that’s too…
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#281 - Tom’s Game Gauntlet II: The Return of ‘Game Gauntlet’
It’s just little old Tom this week on the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, and he’s taking you through a bunch of odds and ends that might otherwise slip through the metaphorical cracks of the metaphorical floorboards. They wouldn’t fit through the real floorboards. That’d be silly. And we don’t do...
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#280 - The Firefighters of the Rainforest
Three kinds of wood, all alike in dignity. Except one of them is on fire, and one of them has a lot of toothy rodents in it. I’m really straining to find some way of making a kind of beaver ratatouille joke, but it’s not coming naturally. ‘Beavertouille, he only does Dams this time?’. I don’t…
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#279 - The Very Timely PAX East Episode
PAX East! Truly the highlight of everyone’s July! For whatever reason, it’s taken us absolutely ages to get round to covering the board games that we played at PAX East - but better late than never! This is especially true in this pod right here, where we’ve got three hot servings of board game…
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#278 - Brewster's Board Game Buffet
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...
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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...
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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…
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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...
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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…
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#273 - The Big-Game-Small-Box Intervention Special
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...
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#272 - Podcast Adjacent Enjoyment Material
On this refreshing burst of Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt have 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...
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#271 - Elfenroads, Take Me Home
Sorry! Tom forgot to upload this episode of the podcast because he was on a plane. A plane! In the sky! How do you expect us to podcast under these conditions?! On this dromedary episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt natter about a collection of - YOU GUESSED IT - boardgames....
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#270 - Or Episode 9 Billion, If You'd Rather
On this far-flung episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are getting eaten by minotaurs in Corps of Discovery: A Game Set In The World of Manifest Destiny, as well as bending metals in Mistborn: A Game Set In The World of ‘Mistborn’. They also talk about Fromage: A Game Set In…
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#269 - Tomga Benga, Never Defeated
On this powerfully allied episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are negotiating poorly in Tonga Bonga, getting all sandy (again!) in Dune Imperium: Bloodlines, and meandering through a bucolic farm or two in Black Forest. Thanks for listening everyone! Have a great weekend!...
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#268 - Spectacular Horses In Your Area Want To Chat
On this galloping episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about the wonders of nature in Spectacular, engaging in frivolous spending with Winner’s Circle, and taking Bilbo for a spin in The Fellowship of the Ring: The Tricktaking Game. There’s even time to get Stuck…
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#267 - The Hungry Bikers
On this uphill episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom is rambling to Matt about a couple bits and bobs he’s played recently! First up is Flamme Rouge’s ‘Grand Tour’ expansion, that turns a simple session of Flamme Rouge into a month long tour! Is it as good as it was when Matt played it...
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#266 - Beyond the Blender
On this machiavellian episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt have a chatter about even more curiosities picked up from Essen! First up is Power Vacuum - a diplomatic trick-taker where you play as fascist toasters - followed by Beyond The Horizon, a reimagining of 2020’s Beyond…
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2024’s Best Games
It's a chunky extra special feature from Matt and Tom, sat FACE TO FACE on the very same table! Let us drag you through a rolling discussion about the games we've enjoyed most in 2024. This is also available as a VIDEO - so just choose your poison and dive in! Timestamps: 2:59 - Earthborne…
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#265 - Shallow Sea Shoppers
On this slowly sinking episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about a cluster of small games they’ve played recently! Tom’s got the cosy, tile-laying pairing of Middle Ages and Flower Fields, whilst Matt brings novel Oink releases Deep Sea Adventures: Boost and...
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#264 - The Big Sheep BBQ
On this eclectic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are talking LOGISTICS in Minecart Town, CURRENCY in Pax Penning, and CONCEPTS THAT ARE AS LARGE AS DEATH in Compile! Have a great weekend! Timestamps: 02:22 - Minecart Town 15:31 - Pax Penning 32:13 - Compile
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#263 - Candy Rehab
On this rock-and-rolling episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about three very different games. First up is Rock Hard 1977, a euro-ish game of being a ROCK STAR that had one of the funniest arcs of any game we’ve played this year. We also chat about Tom’s most…
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#262 - The HOTTEST Essen Podcast POSSIBLE
This week on the inimitable Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt showcase their survival skills by going to Germany and then RETURNING from Germany, having played such a very large quantity of games. Our Essen 2024 special is a quickfire spectacular, running through a bunch of the notable…
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#261 - The Outer Space Special
On this out-of-this-world episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt have played two incredibly spicy space games that have got them all excited. First up is SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence; a game of discovering aliens and working out ‘what their deal is’ that’s...
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#260 - Aesthetic Arguing
On this… seedy… episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Emily are talking about two bucolic farm-em-ups in Windmill Valley and Harvest, as well as the utterly innocent Courtisans. Emily decided the theme on this one after the fact and I’m still reeling. Seedy? It’s a family show, come…
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#258 - The Sandy Special
On this gritty episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Emily are chatting about a whole dune’s worth of sandy, sandy games! Well, two of them are sandy. The other two are just games. In fact one of the two sandy games is mostly water. Listen, it’s Friday afternoon and I’m ready to stop...
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Tom's Game Gauntlet
On this solitary episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom ALONE is checking out a whole cluster of games he played in one big week of boards! Enter… if you dare… Have a great weekend, everybody! Timestamps: 02:28 - Life in Reterra 06:44 - Belratti 11:49 - 23 Knives 16:35 - Festival 20:56 -...
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#257 - Big Buildings, Bigger Creatures
On this terrifyingly tall episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Matt and Tom are checking out some games with BIG THINGS in ‘em! Skyrise is the latest from Brass: Brum publishers Roxley Games and has you making great stinkin’ scrapers, and Leviathan Wilds from new publisher Moon Crab Games...
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#256 - Iron/Wood and Un/Daunted!
On this VGA-Compliant episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about two excellent asymmetric games they’ve been dabbling with recently! First up is Ironwood - a game where wood and metal collide in a Root-Lite frenzy of asymmetric squabbling - followed by Undaunted...
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