This week Shelley and I check out a fun castle-building little tile-laying game for up to 6 players
Sandcastles by Alex Cutler from Pandasaurus Games
then we tackle a MUCH bigger game of star and planet creation as we design new solar systems in
Entropy by Tommaso Battista, Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone from Board&Dice
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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. And it’s goooooood! Following that, our podboys sit at the cardstock conveyor belt that is Sushi Go Party: Chef’s Special! Listen as they they pluck onigiri, california rolls, and strawberry deserts directly from the waiting palm of the chef - cramming them all at once into eachothers’ mouths! Now that’s a Sushi Go Party.
And finally, a spot of Eternal Sevens - a spiritual-sequel to the underground hit of 2025, Eternal Decks. It’s got Tom feeling complicated thoughts about cards, about sequels, about lightning, and about bottles....
Have a great week, everybody!
Timestamps:
04:13 - Emberheart
12:18 - Sushi Go Party: Chef’s Special
21:27 - Eternal Sevens
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Color Jam and the second edition of Rosetta: The Lost Language. Then we just chat and reminisce about the podcast and the end of it all. Thanks for tuning in for the final regular episode of Board Game Blitz!
0:00-Intro
0:43-Announcements
1:43-Recent Games - Color Jam
7:10-Rosetta: The Lost Language (Second Edition)
12:37-The Final Episode
29:20-Outro
30:24-Bloopers
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We have recovered from SVWAG Con II: Electric Boogaloo, and to the best of our knowledge there was no "con crud" or equivalent contagion. We make no claims that the con possesses curative powers, though we haven't had anyone say that it *didn't* cure a chronic illness.
01:27 AYURIS: Andromeda's Edge (Luke Laurie and Maximus Laurie, Cardboard Alchemy, 2024)
Games Played Last Week:
03:48 -Eternal Decks (Hiroken, tricktakers Games, 2025)
09:46 -D.E.I.: Divide et Impera (Tommaso Battista, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2022)
14:58 -Coalitions (Andrew Rourke, PHALANX, 2026)
21:37 -Smartphone Inc. (Ivan Lashin, Cosmodrome Games, 2018
24:42 -Wroth (Manny Trembley, Chip Theory Games, 2025)
32:19 -Alibis (Yusuke Sato, Allplay, 2025)
35:35 -Hot Streak (Jon Perry, CMYK, 2025)
36:16 -Green Team Wins (Nathan Thornton, 25th Century Games, 2022)
36:39 -The Resistance (Don Eskridge, Indie Boards & Cards, 2009)
38:49 -The Defence of Procyon III (Dávid Turczi, PSC Games, 2021)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
44:06 Aristeia 2.0: Hexadome Tactics
45:55 XCom miniatures game for preorder
46:46 Malediction expands with new factions and starter sets
48:12 Allplay gives Dominant Species an Ian O'Toole facelift
48:54 Through the Desert gets a sequel: Through the Mountains
49:57 Spirit Island's future, according to R. Eric Reuss: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3728767/eric-s-2026-update
51:00 Topic: The Mid-Year Tag Questions
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We are excited to kick off our designer series with one of our favorite designers, David Thompson. Undaunted is one of our all time favorite series along with War Chest.
He has a catalog of great historical games and is adding a new one designed along beside Trevor Benjamin called Rebels Against Rebellion. In this episode we talk about the historical significances of this Civil War era game. But look at the design and development process.
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This week Shelley and I check out two smaller games that work as fun fillers. The first is a shedding game with 2-sided cards
dnup by Kei Kajino from Asmodee for 2-6 players/15-20 minutes
then we build bizarre instruments, trying to add birds and notes in
Twisted Trumpets by Matthew Rodela from Play to Z Games for 2-4 players/20-40 minutes
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Opener: Thief's Market Closer: 3D printing and game aids/enhancements During the summer I always get in plenty of gaming…but not always with my normal game group. Often I'm away on vacation, or at a game convention. Or they are. Regardless, it means I get together with those local friends a little less often, and I miss it. Of course I enjoy going on my own vacations, but it'll also be nice when things get back to normal. This shouldn't shock anyone…I'm very much a "back to normal" kind of guy. This episode is normal in the sense that it's just me, talking about stuff that interests me…possibly more than it interests others! Between last time & this the Spiel des Jahres and other prizes were announced: Jinxo, Rebirth, and Mookie Island. All great games. This year I watched the awards ceremony live on YouTube, which was "simulcast" in AI-translated English voiceover. At least I think that's how that worked. BGG was the host for the English broadcast, and I think there were other options, e.g. in Portuguese. Very cool. Also, as much as I feel I already know about the SdJ organization and its awards, I still learned a lot from listening to the audio versions of Oliver Kinne's outstanding game journalism on the subject. These are short and easy to take in. Highly recommended for anyone who is avid about our hobby. I think it's required reading/listening for anyone who has a podcast or blog or video show about boardgaming. https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/06/09/spiel-des-jahres-th... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYYEXheFKkA Similarly useful were Ben Maddox's outstanding interviews of the nominated designers. He did this on his excellent 5 Games for Doomsday podcast, which is also available on YouTube (the way of podcasts, these days… sigh). If you listen to one, listen to the Donald X Vaccarino interview. If you listen to two, add the Reiner Knizia one. But go ahead and listen to all of them. Really worthwhile. Kudos to these other game journalists, Ben & Oliver! After that I talk about what makes "a Mark Johnson game," because I sometimes hear that folks are surprised I play any long, complicated games at all. I do, and I also play new games. This goes to explain some of why I do, and which ones I enjoy. -Mark
We're back to collaborate (and listen) to figure out together what the best games of 2017 were. Are? It's a collaborative draft, and if you haven't heard one of these before, get ready for an honest to goodness mess. Before we draw up treaties, we talk about Prosciutto and Melon Game, and Steel Driver.
03:00 - Prosciutto and Melon Game 12:24 - Steel Driver 22:26 - Best games of 2017 25:35 - Calimala 30:48 - Ethnos 34:15 - The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 39:37 - Nusfjord 42:39 - Sidereal Confluence 46:35 - Startups 48:44 - Codenames: Duet 51:12 - Heaven & Ale 52:51 - The Quest for El Dorado 56:15 - Rumble Nation 58:09 - Azul 1:03:03 - Iberian Gauge 1:04:21 - Cursed Court
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This week Paula has a tricky episode of components, competitors and communal outrage.
This Game is Broken is a comedy board game panel show with Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Paula Deming, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. We play a lot of nonsense games full of role playing and trivia as well as other fun stuff which can be found at the links below.
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