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In our effort to answer all of your Omnibus Questions, sadly we cannot enlist the assistance of notable Canadian Keanu Reeves. In an interview with Stephen Colbert--as a joke after Keanu said something profound--he was asked, "What do you think happens when we die, Keanu Reeves?" After a pause, and the audience's laughter, Keanu said, "I know that that the ones who love us will miss us."
I SAY DAYUM, KEANU
Games Played Last Week:
01:07 -Dogs of War Second Edition (Paolo Mori, Play to Z, 2026)
11:30 -Ostia (Totsuca Chuo, uchibacoya, 2022)
21:14 -SCOUT (Kei Kajino, Oink Games, 2019)
23:12 -Valheim: The Board Game (Ole Steiness, MOOD Publishing, 2025)
30:18 -Lunar Skyline (Charlie McCarron, Dead Alive Games, 2025)
38:57 -Thebai (Dávid Turczi, Bioard&Dice, 2025)
45:58 -Wilmot's Warehouse (Ricky Haggett, Richard Hogg, and David King, CMYK, 2024)
49:04 -Fairy Tale (Satoshi Nakamura, What's Your Game?, 2008)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
53:37 Render unto us your questions! Ask us anything for Omnibus Questions
54:10 Tigris & Euphrates to be reprinted by 25th Century games, art by Ian O'Toole
55:57 Mage Knight: Apocalypse Dragon expansion; cards will not match, changed font
1:00:08 Will Riftbound be generally available?
1:00:57 Please support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag
1:01:51 Feature Game: Wonderland's War (Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, and Ian Moss, Druid City Games, 2022)
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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 possible but there's only so much you can do to heal a dodgy microphone before you start making Matt sound like a blender.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Timestamps:
02:33 - Winning Ticket
15:41 - Feya’s Swamp
37:04 - Sanctuary
This week Shelley and I build cities and fight to regain our daraven homeland. First we check out the 2-player
Timber Town by Ryan Boucher from Alley Cat Games
then we go BIG as we attempt to gain the most prestige as dwarves in
Covenant by German Millan from Devir
You can also check out our VIDEO overview of Covenant at our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@garrettsgames
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Just for reference, the population of Klaipėda, the third largest city in Lithuania is approximately 161 000 people. The number of attendees in this year's Spiel Essen was 220 000 people, meaning they managed to cram the entirey of Klaipėda and much more into just eight convention halls and every one of those people were buying board games.
I appreciate that that is maybe not everybody's jam, and aspects of it are not our jam either. But getting our mitts into a jar of Bonne Maman filled with gooey new board game releases - put a bib on me and fire up the toaster!
In this special joint episode of No Pun Included and Talk Cardboard we cover 16 new releases from Spiel Essen 2025, which you can either listen to here or partake in the video version https://youtu.be/NHVLn-ZxVWs
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On to the timestamps:
0:00 Cold Open
2:46 Intro
5:42 Night Soil (Unranked)
9:11 Bouba Kiki
14:14 Nocturnis
17:56 Formidable Farm/Formidabel!
22:00 Tax the Rich
27:44 Echoes of Time
36:30 Fearless
41:30 National Economy
48:23 Thesauros
1:00:34 biD Coin
1:07:20 Kikai/Bricolage Heads
1:16:46 Tag Team
1:26:59 Recall
1:36:14 ???
1:56:10 ??
2:03:33 ?
2:14:53 Outro
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 words? Then that’s where it is, and will be, forever and ever.
Excuse the mildly iffy audio on this one!
Have a great weekend, everybody!
<strong>Timestamps:</strong>
01:00 - Chemical Overload
07:50 - Collect!
12:45 - Tolleno
19:05 - A Carnivore Did It!
21:40 - Echoes of Time
23:55 - Pyradice
29:07 - Tax The Rich
32:09 - 3 Witches
37:53 - Agent Avenue
43:33 - Recall
46:59 - Feya’s Swamp
54:43 - Wie Die Karnikel
58:20 - Milch Mit Abführmittel
1:03:34 - Big Shot
1:08:07 - Night Soil
1:11:24 - The White Castle: Duel
1:16:58 - National Economy
1:21:05 - Railway Boom
1:23:38 - Pulitzer
1:30:28 - Sanctuary
1:34:29 - River Rats
1:39:32 - Ghost Lift
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One episode isn't enough to cover the biggest board game show in the world so JP, Davey and our special guest Mark from NinjaGeekGames returns to cover Friday, Saturday and Sunday's highlights. So get ready to jump back in, there's a LOT of games covered.
OUR PLAYERS - JP & Davey
SPECIAL GUEST - Mark Monk (NinjaGeekGames)
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Gaming Rules Pre-Essen Stream featuring JP - https://www.youtube.com/live/xYcKA9NcANI?si=NgUK6VQfiHViP3Kc
Essen Diaries - Missed our vlogs during the event, you can catch them on our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJMkOlbitmc&list=PLKzfzaHJK9iEgvZ1MGW1-d2Lhuu6ZqpHi
EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
0:35 - DAY 2: FRIDAY
46:03 - DAY 3: SATURDAY
1:18:02 - DAY 4: SUNDAY
2:03:08 - TURN 2 - The Final Turn
You can check out JP's new podcast called Just Play right here https://www.justplaypod.co.uk we'd love to have you and also on the new YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@JustPlayPodcast
ENGAGING WITH THE SHOW
- Join us on Discord
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The delicious schnitzel's are calling us over to Germany again for another round of Essen Spiel 2025 and as always we've got you covered with games, experiences and bringing to life the convention. In this first part we cover the journey over including an encounter with "Double Bake Brenda" on Tuesday, Wednesday including the press event and Thursday. Stay tuned for the next part which includes Friday - Sundays shenanigans.
OUR PLAYERS - JP & Davey
SPECIAL GUEST - Mark Monk (NinjaGeekGames)
LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW
Gaming Rules Pre-Essen Stream featuring JP - https://www.youtube.com/live/xYcKA9NcANI?si=NgUK6VQfiHViP3Kc
Essen Diaries - Missed our vlogs during the event, you can catch them on our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJMkOlbitmc&list=PLKzfzaHJK9iEgvZ1MGW1-d2Lhuu6ZqpHi
EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count
3:08 - TURN 2 - Welcome to Essen SPIEL 2025
16:27 - DAY 0: WEDNESDAY
49:18 - DAY 1: THURSDAY
1:31:58 - TURN 3 - The Final Turn
You can check out JP's new podcast called Just Play right here https://www.justplaypod.co.uk we'd love to have you and also on the new YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@JustPlayPodcast
ENGAGING WITH THE SHOW
- Join us on Discord
Tom, Julie, and Eric are back from Germany and ready to talk about games, food, crowds, and everything else they saw at Spiel 2025.
00:44 - Tired
01:50 - Official Numbers/Crowd Flow
07:09 - Travel Adventures and Weather
08:46 - What Was Different for Eric
11:31 - Food
13:35 - Eric's Birthday
15:44 - Julie's Author Signing
21:16 - Tom's Live Show
25:22 - Big Games
31:14 - How To Stand Out
35:51 - Limited Stock and How To Deal With It
40:17 - What Did We Go Home With?
44:12 - A Carnivore Did It
47:25 - Flow
50:50 - Ghost Lift
54:48 - Formidable Farm
58:22 - Leaders
59:52 - The Old King's Crown
Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com
We deliver this episode despite the officially mandated period of public mourning due to Toronto's setbacks in basesball. In Canada, public mourning is characterized by donning black jean jackets and swapping our Tragically Hip for the more down-tempo Blue Rodeo, to say nothing of abstaining from boardgaming.
Please don't turn us in for violating federal law. We might get banned from Tim Horton's.
01:44 AYURIS: An Age Contrived (Chris Matthew, Bellows Intent, 2024)
Games Played Last Week:
04:56 -X-ODUS: Rise of the Corruption (Second Edition) (Francisco Velasco E., Szilágyi L. Gábor, Yann Hilaire, Romain Lesiuk, & Bernardo Rippe, Bored Game Ink, 2026)
14:29 -Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023)
20:42 -Raising Robots: Friends (Brett Sobol & Seth Van Orden, Nauvoo Games, 2025)
24:03 -1490 Doom (Barrett Stanley, Buer Games, 2025)
30:23 -Natera: New Beginning (Eric Fugere & Hugo Tremblay-Ledoux, Horizon Games, 2025)
34:35 -Deck EXPRESS: Southern Railway (J Simmons, Pigeonhole Games, 2022)
38:07 -No Thanks! (Thorsten Gimmler, CMYK, 2025)
44:08 -I'm Out (Masato Uesugi, CMYK, 2025)
47:42 -Floral (James Newman, Edition Spielwiese, 2024)
52:56 -INK (Kasper Lapp, Final Score Games, 2025)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
57:13 Render unto us your questions! Ask us anything for Omnibus Questions
58:08 Blue Orange Games' Got Five!
58:44 Topic: Listener Hot Takes
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00:01:30 Intro
00:04:30 BooBQ Event
00:07:00 Snake Charmers
00:15:00 Magical Athlete
00:22:45 Star Wars Tournament
00:28:30 Guests at BoooBQ
00:31:30 Taste Buds
00:36:30 Portal Games
00:38:00 Dirt & Dust
00:51:00 Railroad Tiles
00:57:00 Miniature Market
00:58:30 Hood
01:10:00 Umami
01:16:30 Outro
Another year and another BooBQ is in the books. It was a great time and we had the opportunity to play a bunch of group games, eat a ton of food, and test our Halloween knowledge through Wits and Wagers, what a classic. We even got the chance to do a local constructed deck Star Wars Unlimited tournament that sucked in a bunch of new players. So, in a way, we were like a bunch of vampires and brought them into the fold
Magical Athlete is a riotous racing game where fantasy characters with wildly asymmetric powers compete in unpredictable sprints. It’s light, fast, dice rolling game that will have hilarious moments throughout the game—perfect for groups who love a bit of chaos. Dirt & Dust, by contrast, is a deck builder that leans into the solitaire play with players trying to solve their own challenges while not really being impacted by others. Then there’s Railroad Tiles, a spatial puzzle that rewards clever planning and route optimization. It’s a satisfying blend of tactical tile placement and long-term strategy, ideal for fans of games like Carcassonne or Metro.
Finally, Umami brings a unique twist to the table: a culinary-themed game that’s all about balancing flavors and crafting harmonious dishes. With elegant mechanics and a soothing aesthetic, it’s a game that feels like a warm bowl of ramen on a rainy day. Together, these four titles form a kind of tasting menu for board gamers—each one distinct, memorable, and worth savoring. Whether you’re in the mood for laughter, clever puzzles, or thematic immersion, this quartet offers a delicious spread of experiences. Just like the buffet table at BooBQ.
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This week join Jules, Adrian and Conor as they chat about what they've been getting played. Jules has been watching sumos slam in Slambo. Conor has been scaling colossi in Leviathan Wilds. Adrian shares the tale of losing at Riftbound to a literal child - because nothing says humble like being demolished by someone who still needs to be put to bed at night!
This plus our Question of the Pod recap and finally ending with what has us fired up!
Timestamps:
Up or Down [0:07:40]
Money [0:13:26]
Merchants of Andromeda [0:17:25]
Cities [0:25:45]
Slambo [0:33:10]
Leviathan Wilds [0:38:14]
Riftbound: The League of Legends TCG [0:45:39]
New Question of the Pod: What game rule have you been playing incorrectly?
Check out our Eventbrite page for all of our upcoming Game Days: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/board-game-bbq-32833304483
Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:
Up or Down https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/428058/up-or-down
Money https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125/money
Merchants of Andromeda https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436516/merchants-of-andromeda
Cities https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/402676/cities
Slambo https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/435357/slambo
Leviathan Wilds https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358737/leviathan-wilds
Riftbound: The League of Legends TCG https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436560/riftbound-the-league-of-legends-trading-card-game
SPONSORS
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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik talks with Bruce Voge III about games (and other things) they've played including:
You can get a discount on Zencastr.com using this link.
(27:01) Then, the two talk about the role of luck in game design.
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