or buy some games that are priced to sell - you just pay for the games you want, possibly choose a "Free With Purchase" title, and pay shipping. I'll wrap them up carefully and send them on their way to you!
Ava: Well look at that! It’s an interview. Well something like that. I spent the evenings of the ‘United’ Kingdom’s Game Exposition chatting with my favourite podcaster-poet-editor-writer Tim Clare, then convinced him to get together to have a chat about a thing. We’re offering tips and thoughts on how to ‘pitch a game’, both at a convention, and in your very own home. Do we stay on topic? Occasionally! But hopefully it’s a fun listen.
Go find Tim on twitter or his very own website timclarepoet.co.uk. I genuinely think Death of a Thousand Cuts, and particularly the couch to 80k bootcamp/100 day writing challenge are the absolute best ways to get stuck into creative writing, and his first page critiques (the reason I thought he’d be a great person to speak to about this) are the absolute best writing advice you can get! Check him out, he’s lovely.
I’m hoping to put together a few more interviews and other ‘special’ podcasts over the coming months, so do let us know what you think. Opinions and suggestions welcome to ava@shutupandsitdown.com or on our website. If it doesn’t sound up your street, do feel free to skip it! It’ll probably be a normal pod with more familiar voices next time you visit!
Well, we can't play everything, and that was probably more true ten years ago than it is now. So we thought we'd look back at the decade past, and highlight some games that we feel like we missed out on. Before we prolong our backlogs, we talk about Loot of Lima, Yosemite, and Planted: A Game of Nature & Nurture.
02:13 - Loot of Lima 09:17 - Yosemite 14:56 - Planted: A Game of Nature & Nurture 23:01 - Games from last decade we want to play 24:14 - Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game 25:53 - Black Friday 27:12 - Haggis 28:07 - Sentinels of the Multiverse 30:09 - Kolejka 31:30 - Eclipse 33:02 - Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery 34:20 - Copycat 35:31 - Caverna: The Cave Farmers 38:06 - Duel of Ages II 40:24 - Kanban 42:07 - Wir sind das Volk! 43:21 - Kingdom Death: Monster 45:18 - Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization 47:23 - Mombasa 48:59 - Arkham Horror: The Card Game 50:14 - Arkwright 51:03 - Adrenaline 52:18 - This War of Mine: The Board Game 53:14 - Gaia Project 54:36 - Calimala 55:51 - Obsession 57:50 - Mage Knight Board Game 58:34 - Gùgōng 59:39 - Barrage 1:00:53 - Crusader Kings
(Jason here) It's a little peculiar, right? In no other hobby, or walk of life, do we say "the teach." But for board gamers, we know exactly what we mean - that necessary time before any new game that we need to spend in order to have our fun. I give a theory on why we say "the teach", drawing from my background in psychology and communication. I think it's great, and I fully support playing with language and coming up with new ways to say things.
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Alrighty Cabalists, it’s time for yet another major dose of Secret Cabal insubordinate, irreverence and meshugenah nonsense! Today the gang dives into the games they’ve been getting into including Circadians: First Light, Buck Rogers Battle for 25th Century, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Bretwalda, Wild Serengeti, Dutch Blitz and Rising Sun. Then Don, Jamie and Chris get busy with a review of Renegade Games’ The Snallygaster Situation: Kids on Bikes Board Game. And of course, as usual, Tony T gives us what hell of a roller coaster ride through the world of tabletop gaming in his bananas news segment. The show is then closed out with the discussion about board game production and how that may affect the fun positively and negatively. The Snallygaster Situation Overview 00:58:17, The Snallygaster Situation Review 01:03:18, News with Tony T 01:28:44, The Production, Gameplay and Cost of Board Games 02:13:03
Enjoy the works of Thomas Lehmann while you can! Despite the lack of player interaction of Dice Realms, Mr. Lehmann has violated local, provincial, and federal law by not supplying a solo mode. International treaty has also been flouted by the absence of a campaign. I fear he may be put in boardgame jail as a consequence. Can he build a tableau convincing enough as his defence? His attorney, Dr. Gonzo, does not inspire much confidence.
Games Played Last Week: 01:01 -Titan (Matthieu Podevin, Holy Grail Games, 2022) 09:25 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022) 12:58 -Core Worlds: Nemesis (Andrew Parks, Quixotic Games, 2021) 16:36 -Transmissions (Adam West, CrossCut Games, 2022) 19:11 -burncycle (Josh J. Carlson & Shannon Wedge, Chip Theory Games, 2022) 21:41 -Lancaster: Big Box (Matthias Cramer & Wolfgang Panning, Queen Games, 2015) 27:49 -Sleeping Gods (Ryan Laukat, Red Raven Games, 2021) 31:21 -Shamans (Cédrick Chaboussit, Studio H, 2021)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 34:49 FlickFleet: Xeno Wars on Gamefound 36:12 Village Big Box 36:39 Puerto Rico decolonized: Puerto Rico 1897 37:53 Furnace expansion: Interbellum 38:25 BoardGameGeek signs deal to push Gamegenic sleeves. Too little independent media in boardgaming?
40:22 Feature Game: Dice Realms (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2022)
Join Def, Sarah and Dan as they discuss playing games with their kids, revisiting the classics, and an assortment of two-player games. Meanwhile in Sizzling Games, Sarah has been investigating interstellar invasions, Dan has been foraging for fabled forest fruit, and Def has been predicting past presidents.
In the Board Game Bracket we settle the last match-up, Brass: Birmingham vs Root, before we cue up the final battle for the Quarter Finals: Anachrony vs Architects of the West Kingdom. To make sure your favourite goes through to the next round make sure you vote on our socials.
Finally, in Swear An Oath Dan played Welcome to the Moon, Sarah played The Transcontinental, and Def played On Mars: Alien Invasion. And everyone's new oath is: teaching Dan On Mars!!!
Sizzling Games: On Mars: Alien Invasion (28:15), Fabled Fruit (36:50), 1960: The Making of the President (47:25)
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Reviews of Tinner's Trail, Sagani, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and so many more. Featured review: Underwater Cities by Rio Grand Games; Reroll Embarcadero by Renegade Game Studios. Board game discussion starts at 34:33. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep223.Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games and Grand Gamers Guild.
Timestamps:
34:33 - Squid Inc.; 39:04- Sagani; 44:10- Armonia; 47:25- Tinner's Trail, 56:00- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
This week's guest is philospher and gamer C.Thi Nguyen. We talk about food, criticism and the purpose of philosophy...but which games did he choose? Support the show here Modern Art Root The Quiet Year Apocalypse World Imperial
We're really cranking out some expansion packs lately and we have another belter for you. In this episode we interview Jackson Pope and Paul Wilcox from Eurydice Games the designers, publishers and manufacturers of FlickFleet.
GUEST PLAYER: Jackson Pope & Paul Willcox from Eurydice Games THE PLAYERS: Davey & Ian
OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode we get our very first games designer, publisher and manufacturer all rolled in one into the show. Davey & Ian learn all about Jack & Pauls genesis of Eurydice Games and their popular two player (soon to be four player) dexterity game FlickFleet. In this episode you'll learn:
- What games Jack & Paul play when they aren't playing FlickFleet - What backers can expect from Xeno Wars, the new standalone expansion which introduces the Hive and Storm as alien races into the mix - How FlickFleet began with wooden food shapes "Launch the lettuce!!!" - How Paul found out that laser cutting and starting fires is all too easy to do - Will Paul be able to use his daughter’s bedroom as additional storage for the Gamefound campaign which is live right now?
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW You can already purchase a copy of Flickfleet core game from Eurydice Games website - https://www.eurydicegames.co.uk/
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 1:29 - TURN 2 - Introducing Jackson Pope & Paul Wilcox 4:02 - What were your favourite games to play? 5:23 - How was Eurydice Games created? 7:15 - Why the transition from Kickstarter to Gamefound? 8:45 - A reflection on self publishing and manufacturing 10:42 - Talking about Xeno Wars the new expansion for FlickFleet 13:55 - What was the genesis of the idea of FlickFleet? 17:58 - What was the decision to self publish & manufacture? 22:38 - Why is there no lore in FlickFleet? 25:22 - What have been your pitfalls in doing this yourselves? 30:03 - What would you change if you could? 36:08 - What was the inspiration behind the box art? 39:12 - Are you looking to grow the Eurydice Games team? 42:43 - What advice do you have for other self publishers & manufacturers? 49:46 - What's coming up in the Gamefound campaign? 51:49 - What are your favourite mechanics of FlickFleet so far? 59:47 - What's your favourite boardgames outside of FlickFleet? 1:03:30 - TURN 3 - The Final Turn
In this deeply sponsored episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are talking about two ferociously dry games. First up is the pastoral human-collector Villagers, and second up is the vertical build-em-up Akropolis. We also take some time to defibrillate the podcast back to life by talking a little bit about Rush Out, our favourite Shut Up & Sit Down video review that came out this week. Enjoy!
It's that time again, we think? Who knows but we want to win a golden geek award pretty badly so this bonus episode is full of Golden Geek trivia!
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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Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Disney Sorcerer's Arena: Epic Alliances Core Set and Quirky Circuits: Penny & Gizmo's Snow Day! We then talk about games that we think a non-hobby gamer could learn on their own.
Recent Games: 0:43
No Teacher Games: 13:34
Outro: 24:28
This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code 'GFGBLITZ2022' for 20% off non-exclusive items from their site: http://www.greyfoxgames.com/