So we've done a lot of these drafts before, but I don't think we've done one quite like this. This time we're each trying to draft a set of five games that we think you might agree are incredibly overrated. What does that mean exactly? Well that's up for debate too. What isn't up for debate is that you could win $100 just by voting! Before we widen our delta, we talk about Undaunted 2200: Callisto, Nature, and Barcelona. 03:37 - Undaunted 2200: Callisto 13:10 - Nature 23:00 - Barcelona 31:22 - Overrated Games Draft 37:07 - Nemesis 39:10 - Frosthaven 41:15 - Star Wars: Rebellion 45:19 - Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition 47:37 - Earth 48:45 - Wingspan 51:19 - 7 Wonders Duel 52:24 - Mechs vs. Minions 53:17 - Everdell 55:43 - Crokinole 58:52 - Caverna: The Cave Farmers 59:55 - Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon 1:01:24 - On Mars 1:02:45 - Lost Ruins of Arnak 1:04:13 - Catan
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Sync, Rabble, and Panda Spin. Then, we take an episode to just chat with each other about recent happenings in life. Topics include a board game retreat Crystal just went to, Ambie's game playing with her kids, and some non board game stuff. Check out our new skeleton meeple design on our Teepublic store!
Albatwitch Day is coming up and the Founders are go hunting for our local cryptid! Then the gang gets into the games they've been playing including Eldritch Horror, AI Space Puzzle, River Valley Glassworks, Obsession, Flip 7, and feature Andromeda's Edge designed by Luke and Maximus Laurie. Then Tony T dives right into his award-winning news segment giving us all the most important news from around the tabletop gaming world. And finally, the Founders take questions from the listeners regarding what we'd do if we had to pair our collection down to only 10 games, what Secret Cabal Monopoly tokens would be, and how pure should hidden movement games be? Andromeda's Edge 00:52:33, News with Tony T 01:31:46, Short Topic Extravaganza 02:25:53.
Opener: Noli Closer: Just a few games that caught my eye or attention in other ways coming at Essen. Galileo Galilei, In the Footsteps of Marie Curie, Port Arthur, Amazonia Park, and Flatiron
My call for feedback earlier this year sparked both halves of this podcast. First, there was a request for me to explain my history with the best, most famous, and original CCG, Magic The Gathering. Though I dabble a tiny bit even now, there were a few years in the beginning when I dove in with both feet. It was, as we now say, a lifestyle game. I still think it's incredible, clearly one of my all-time favorites, but it's not easy to keep up with Magic and other games. Therefore it's mostly part of my gaming past, but I have such fond memories and will definitely play a game here or there in the future. Such as on M:tG Arena, the fantastic free-to-play digital version of the game. When Settlers of Catan (and Air Baron! another of my early favorites) showed up, eurogames essentially displaced Magic for me. Though we called them German Games at the time. I was hooked, and now it's been nearly thirty years. That sounds like a a long time--and it is!--but I have a hobby gaming history before Catan and Magic. I've told parts of that history on this podcast before, but when someone who listens to the show was surprised to hear I'd once worked for Steve Jackson Games, I realized it's been about 18 years since I told that story! So you'll forgive the repetition, if by some chance you remember my tale the first time. After talking about Magic, I go back to the beginning of my hobby gaming with a variety of stops along the way. There were years of wargames (both science fiction and some historical) and lots of roleplaying games. Like Magic, my RPG days are something I'll always remember fondly, but I'm not sure if I'll ever play those again.
It's our Essen Preview show for 2024! This time, we look at the various games we're most excited to check out at Spiel in Essen. And when we're done with that, we dash through our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
00:49 - Asking to Bring Something Back
02:16 - Tabletop Together and BGG's Preview List
03:16 - Priorities
08:58 - Where Will We Be?
12:09 - 7 Empires
12:50 - 365 Adventures
14:01 - Ada's Library
14:50 - Apiary: Expanding the Hive
15:26 - Backstories: Alone Under the Ice
16:23 - Bone Wars
18:16 - Cat Horror Costume
19:11 - Chants for the Old Ones
20:00 - Civolution
21:03 - Conservas
22:32 - Dead Cells
23:38 - Flatiron
25:22 - Galileo Galilei
26:20 - Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth
27:26 - Minos
28:04 - Paella Park
29:58 - Power Grid: Outpost
31:19 - SETI
32:52 - Similo: Jurrassic World, 10th Anniversary, and Games Decks
34:18 - Temple of Horrors
35:50 - Unconscious Mind
37:00 - Vampire Nights
38:01 - Witchcraft: Midnights Expansion
39:19 - Dice Tower Essentials: Floresta, Vegetable Stock, Video Game Champion, Ito
Lauren, Dan, and Adrian navigate the maze of exciting games this week, as they share what's been happening on and off the table since they were last on the pod, including personal news on several fronts. In Sizzling Games, Adrian crafts cool characters for clever quests, and Dan manages his many marsupials.
They also recap your favourite game night snacks from last week's Question of the Pod, share their failures with this week's question, and get fired up for the coming week!
New Question of the Pod: When was the last time you forgot the rules to one of your favourite games?
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Folks, folks and folks, please come join us for a marvelous carboard celebration through time, energy and cities. Gaze your eyes to Paris in 1920 and marvel at the deductive action of Kronologic. Now turn those eyeballs further east towards Germany and amaze yourself with the fantabulous power of Nucleum and finally, fly up and up and up and then look down for a birds eye view of cities in Cities. It’s a show like no other and that show is called Talk Cardboard. For more NPI please visit https://nopunincluded.com If you’d like to check out our bonus episodes - become a patreon supporter on patreon.com/nopunincluded On to the timestamps: 0:00 Cold Open 2:48 Intro 3:42 Audience Correspondence: Convention Demo Learning 8:45 Kronologic: Paris 1920 19:52 Audience Correspondence: Board games in libraries 25:29 Nucleum + Nucleum: Australia 1:09:31 Audience Correspondence: Wilmot's Warehouse 1:13:26 Cities 1:25:40 Outro
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 absolutely fascinating and packed with CGE’s specific, odd tendencies. Following that tall act is Sol: Last Days of a Star, a game that sits on the complete OTHER end of the spectrum. Pilot your ‘sundivers’ away from a dying star, as you desperately eke out turns before everything is gone forever? The perfect way to spend a Thursday evening.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Timestamps:
01:44 - SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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