On this scenic detour, Tom and Matt are chatting about RULES! What are they? Who made them?! And what do they want with my PIN number?!?

This is a companion podcast to the most recent video on the YouTube channel - ‘The Board Game With No Rules’ - and is a more loose and daft excursion into the wild world of rulesless games.

Timestamps:

None, it’s just RULES!

On this advanced episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are once again settling into the pod-thrones to yap about “some games wot they have played”.

Nova Era challenges players to develop a healthy civilisation, 3 Chapters is a set collection AND trick taking AND drafting game all squished into one box, and Creature Caravan is a gentle ride through a terrifyingly large deck of cards.

There’s lots to like! Three whole games to like, in fact. Board games! Who knew?!

Thanks for listening, everyone!

Timestamps:

01:38 - Nova Era

15:39 - 3 Chapters

26:52 - Creature Caravan

On this floriferous episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are yappin’ about Barcelona, Bluebells, and Board Games!

Cities is first up on the docket - a city-building game that’s real dinky and designed by two of our favourite small-and-simple designers. Following that, Matt continues his recommendation of Floristry from our video review into the podcast world, and Tom talks about his mixed feelings towards ‘The Morrison Game Factory’...

Thanks for listening, everyone!

Timestamps:

02:32 - Cities

13:12 - Floristry

24:43 - The Morrison Game Factory

On this microscopic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are yammering on about a few of the rather interesting games they’ve played over the past few weeks! Expeditions: Around the World is like if Ticket to Ride had only one train going spare, and Penguin Party has got Matt all excited. Diatoms is an algae-based puzzler with nifty pattern-based-scoring, and Crafting the Cosmos has you making LIFE ITSELF?!

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

Timestamps:

02:34 - Expeditions: Around The World

09:19 - Penguin Party

19:09 - Diatoms

31:41 - Crafting the Cosmos

On this long overdue episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are hosting an intervention for one particular publisher… and also talking about some board games!

First up is a chat about Daitoshi, the latest ambitious and busy design from site favourites Devir, followed by some nattering about the “area-control-deck-builder-mutation” Altay and “tic-tac-toe-em-up” Architects of Amytis!

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

Timestamps:

01:59 - Daitoshi

17:40 - Altay

33:17 - Architects of Amytis

On this refreshing burst of Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt have a bouquet of nifty games to natter about!

First up is a chunky chat about Pagan: Fate of Roanoke - a two player head-to-head witch hunt with flecks of Netrunnner. Is it any good? Yes! Should you buy it? Maybe…

Then, a double-bill of yapping about Shuffle & Swing; a mice-based eurogame of making human instruments - followed by a sneak peek of our upcoming video review for Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon.

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

Timestamps:

01:46 - Pagan: Fate of Roanoke

17:32 - Shuffle and Swing

26:29 - Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon

Sorry! Tom forgot to upload this episode of the podcast because he was on a plane. A plane! In the sky! How do you expect us to podcast under these conditions?!

On this dromedary episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt natter about a collection of - YOU GUESSED IT - boardgames.

Resafa! It’s a game about camels and irrigation and cards and POINTS! PlayProp! It’s a game of trying to get corks into a cup and screaming! Elfenroads! It’s a game about gently meandering down winding fantasy paths until an errant ‘cart orc’ ruins your day, or week, or possibly year.

Finally, the dynamic duo chat about another characterful couplet; Dracula vs Van Helsing - a two-player duelling game we'll review in a few DAYS time!

Thanks for listening everyone! Have a great week!

Timestamps:

01:41 - Resafa

12:41 - Elfenroads

20:30 - PlayProp

25:56 - Dracula vs Van Helsing

On this far-flung episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are getting eaten by minotaurs in Corps of Discovery: A Game Set In The World of Manifest Destiny, as well as bending metals in Mistborn: A Game Set In The World of ‘Mistborn’. They also talk about Fromage: A Game Set In The World of Brie, and Triqueta: A Game Set In The World of ‘Three Goats and a Wolf or Two’.

Thanks for listening everyone! Have a great weekend!

Timestamps:

02:00 - Corps of Discovery: A Game Set In The World of Manifest Destiny

15:10 - Mistborn: The Deckbuilding Game

26:46 - Fromage

33:14 - Triqueta