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

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!

Timestamps:

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

On this flexibly numerical episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are, you guessed it, talking once again about games with CARDS, BOARDS, and DICE! In exactly that order - each game picking up a new component like a hungry Katamari.

First up is Duel for Cardia - a perplexing little two-player dueller that lets you hop back in time to un-win your opponent - swiftly followed by 20 Strong, a solo-only game of clobbering a wolf. Or escaping a dream! Or becoming an alien. It’s a modular game system, you see.

Finally, we’re chatting about Vantage - an open-world board game that’s one of 2025’s biggest! And Tom’s feeling all confused about it…

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Timestamps:

02:12 - Duel for Cardia

11:23 - 20 Strong

25:37 - Vantage