On this eco-mechanical episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt chat about two very different - but very thematic - games! First up are Matt’s early impressions of Earthborne Rangers - a massive game about protecting and engaging with the environment from one of the folks who made Twilight Imperium happen. Then, our dynamic duo shift gears to talk about their time about causing and preventing riots in the one-v-all game of prediction; City of the Great Machine.
Everybody always says, “Talk Cardboard is paving the way in board game podcasting!” and this episode it’s certainly true. We have biking, hiking, kayaking, train-ing, and hunting (along routes), which is the most path in any board game podcast ever.
On today’s episode we’ll cover the cute but deadly Trailblazers, the old fashioned but sleek Isle of Trains and the gorgeous, voluptuous and strange Beast.
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On to the timestamps:
6:12 Audience Correspondence: Methods of Teaching Games
9:32 Trailblazers
29:53 Isle of Trains: All Aboard
47:11 Audience Correspondence: Imperial Onions
52:26 Beast
1:17:15 Elaine hates Hidden Movement games
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Challengers! and Sagani. Then, we talk about what we think about when bringing games on vacation, and examples of what games we recently brought while we traveled.
0:00-Intro
0:37-Recent Games - Challengers!
6:45-Sagani
13:42-Travel Games
28:12-Outro
29:25-Bloopers
This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ2023" to get 10% off your ENTIRE ORDER, including upgrades not available anywhere else!
In this second Spiel des Jahres special, Ben has a chat with Michael Palm and Lukas Zach, the designers of Dorfromantik to get the low down on the game.
Hey Now Cabalists! The gang is back in action this month and we dive right into a discussion about Bauldur's Gate 3 and the hottest topic in all the internet - bear sex. After we exhaust that nonsense, we go into Bender's game of Star Trek Bridge Crew and how it's leading into another Star Trek Adventures RPG campaign. Then Jesko and Jamie talk about their upcoming Old School Essentials campaign and how they feel about going back to what is essentially a game designed 40 years ago. Then the Lords get into a discussion about acting, improvising, and thinking on your feet in RPGs.
As Adrian prepares to hand over "First Player" to Becky he brings forward a topic of worker placement mechanics and how games have evolved upon that core concept since they became so popular.
FIRST PLAYER: Adrian OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Davey
OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - JP's first impressions of the new Mindclash big box game "Voidfall" - Davey apparently is being bullied into buying Hamlet...hmmm sure - Adrian is finally getting through his shelf of opportunity in Paladins - about some of our favourite examples of worker placement mechanics which have unique twists - our nonsense chat about would we rather play games in the heat with sunburn or in a fridge with a cold - that The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon is literally next weekend and we're running a LIVE episode at 22:00 on Saturday 22nd July for the first time. We'll be playing a nice relaxing game of The Resistance: Avalon....hmmmm relaxing sure.
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW The team are still looking forward to the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon this year which is being held at the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster on 22nd July at 9am. Get your tickets and more information here - https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/
EPISODE CHAPTERS 0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count 3:48 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex 4:01 - JP - Voidfall 12:51 - Davey - Hamlet 18:30 - Adrian - Paladins of the West Kingdom 23:36 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Workers Union 24:46 - What do we like about the worker placement mechanic? 29:13 - What don't we like about the worker placement mechanic? 32:29 - Mixing deck building with worker placement in Dune Imperium & Lost Ruins of Arnak 34:53 - Variable workers and multi-layered spaces in Anachrony 37:52 - Bag drawing auctioning in Pillars of the Earth 41:08 - The sheer number of workers in Architects of the West Kingdom 43:49 - Snake placement of Instanbul, Dwellings of Eldervale / Andromeda's Edge 47:00 - The flexibility of Grande workers in Viticulture 50:03 - Dice can be workers too in Bitoku and Perseverance 53:18 - Paying to use your opponents workers in Ora et Labora 56:28 - Rewarding placement and retrieving workers in Raiders of the North Sea 1:00:28 - TURN 4 - Would you rather? 1:00:38 - Would you rather play in the heat with sunburn or in a fridge with a cold? 1:05:21 - TURN 5 - The Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up? 1:05:35 - ALL - The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon 1:08:09 - JP - Our first ever LIVE episode!!!! 1:10:13 - Davey - Visiting a Banksy owned restaurant (we think!!!) 1:10:55 - Adrian - Cracking through his shelf of shame 1:13:33 - TURN 6 - The Final Turn
In this episode, I chat with Andrew Lowen, and we break down a recent crowdfunding campaign I ran that I had to cancel. I talk about the mistakes I made and what I’m doing to fix things as I get ready to relaunch the campaign.
In this quarter of a millennium mile stone episode, Def is BACK!!! He has been trying to please Pluto while the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is imminent, Jules have been on expeditions in different regions to bring back all kinds of discoveries, Mike has been back in to another legacy game building his very own city. All this and more on the latest episode from the same team that brought your Macaraibo and crumpet drinking!
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Shelley and I get the just-announced (and very cool)
Everdell Farshore by James and Clarissa Wilson from Starling Games
to the gaming table this week after discussing two fun new-to-us card games
Nana (also known as Trio) by Kaya Miyano from Underdog Games and Cocktail Games
and
Splito by Romaric Galonnier and Luc Remond from Blam! and MEBO Games
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Note: Sorry about the audio on this one! Some very jacked up mics produced a lot of room noise that was hard to scrub. We’ll have this fixed in a couple episodes!
In this clay-based episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are talking about a cluster of games they’ve played together recently. First up is a lengthy chat about Golem - the crunchy, Italian-designed eurogame based on the folkloric Jewish automata (it’s quite good!). Then, a couple of very speedy chats about Resist! (a fantastic solo game where you play as the SPANISH revolution) and Stomp The Plank (a great push your luck game we recently reviewed).
Not all are as blessed as we are by the gift of truly original thought, and so many turn to others for inspiration. Whether it's Newton standing on the shoulders of giants, or stealing from our rich neighbour Xerox, many great ideas are born from what has come before. Before we make the inspired choice, we talk about Masters of Renaissance: Lorenzo il Magnifico – The Card Game, Innovation Ultimate, and Dawn of Ulos.
Timecodes:
01:59 - Masters of Renaissance: Lorenzo il Magnifico – The Card Game 11:18 - Innovation Ultimate 21:45 - Dawn of Ulos 32:45 - Game Design Inspirations 34:41 - Apples to Apples 37:03 - Magic: The Gathering 40:53 - Final Girl 40:53 - Hostage Negotiator 42:26 - Acquire 42:49 - Witchstone 42:49 - Ingenious 44:19 - Blood on the Clocktower 44:44 - The Resistance 48:10 - Dark Moon 49:16 - Cthulhu Wars 49:16 - Chaos in the Old World 50:13 - Nova Luna 50:13 - Habitats 50:52 - Lowlands 51:25 - El Grande 52:04 - Red Rising 52:04 - Fantasy Realms
The gang is back from Origins Game Fair 2023 and they got a load of nonsense to talk about but first they get into the game they've been playing including Ostia, G.I. JOE The Deck-Building Game, Creature Comforts, Cuba Libre, A War of Whispers and feature Hegemony Lead Your Class to Victory from Vangelis Bagiartakis and Varnavas Timotheou. Then Tony T gives us all the most important tabletop gaming news stories from around the tabletop gaming community and industry. And finally, the Founders recap their trip to Columbus Ohio for Origins Game Fair! Hegemony Lead Your Class to Victory Review 00:54:18, News with Tony T 01:21:50, Origins 2023 02:28:15
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