It's part 2 of our entirely amazing Star Wars adventures! In this session our team of heroes arrive at a space station, kill an orc (kind of), succeed at crime (mostly) and (almost) begin working as a team. I'm calling it now. There is no way this ends well. If you missed part 1 we should stress that we haven't retreated into a child-like fantasy world and are in fact playing the new Star Wars RPG . Newcomers will definitely want to check out part 1 where our story begins. The dramatic caper of ...
Jul 29, 2014•24 min
Podcast #18, "The Turbocast", has been sighted in the Earth's atmosphere! Not to be confused with podcast #17, the Megacast, the Turbocast sees Team SU&SD compressing 60 minutes of board game chatter into a super-dense 30 minutes. We recommended you pop your ears before listening so the change in pressure doesn't cause your head to collapse like an egg. The games that underwent this revolutionary treatment were Trains and Stations , Lords of Vegas , Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective and ...
Jul 22, 2014•31 min
Have you ever considered the humble scratchcard? Brendan would like you to. There's a ceremony involved, you see. Like a papery King Canute, you must take joy in coaxing a tide of wealth forward, and agonise in watching it retreat. Within the scratchcard, perhaps, is all of life. A written transcript is available here .
Jul 10, 2014•15 min
And now for something a little different. We want to provide an exhaustive review of the new Star Wars: Edge of Empire Roleplaying Game , which means we're going to have to spend lots of evenings being crap in space. So why not let you guys in on it? Presenting... SU&SD's Amazing Star Wars Adventures! Starring Leigh Alexander as Beetle, wannabe bounty hunter! Quinns as ZB-33, her jury-rigged protocol droid! And Matt Lees as Fuse, a grumpy fish with lots of bombs. Our first session was mostly...
Jun 12, 2014•30 min
Hopefully by now you've all enjoyed the majestic clusterbump that is our video report of Watch the Skies . This was a " Megagame " that featured dozens of players posing as world leaders, scientists and dastardly aliens, in something like a model U.N. turned up to 11 until the tables start exploding. While videos of Matt accidentally declaring war on outer space are all well and good, we also promised a podcast where we'd discuss the design of the thing. And here it is! More than an hour of anec...
May 27, 2014•1 hr 5 min
Fwssh-pop! A new Shut Up & Sit Down podcast has dropped out of hyperspace, its hull slick with enthusiasm, and its bulbous cargo bays heaving with games. In this episode Paul and Quinns are joined by Mike, Reference Pear's personal assistant, to discuss the ludicrous architecture of Ugg-Tect , shapely card game Pairs , the somewhat astonishing Monikers , as well as a sneak preview of this week's Lewis & Clark review. From there, the podcast slingshots along the Kessel run to arrive at a ...
May 14, 2014•59 min
Oh my goodness it's a PODCAST! Rarest of all the pods. Gather round and hear Quinns and Paul talk of the giggly Jamaica , the confusing Rivals for Catan , the tricksy Great Fire of London 1666 , the long-awaited Race for the Galaxy: Alien Artifacts and lots more. But that's not all! Paul's back from GDC and is full of tales of daring-do, like the time he chased Warren Spector into a toilet and made him buy a copy of Quantum . And of course, we answer your choicest questions. Enjoy, everybody! Oh...
Apr 09, 2014•1 hr 6 min
The Shut Up & Sit Down podcast has been sighted again! Quickly, catch it before it disappears back into the Thames in search of tasty nutrients. Ah, it's a fine specimen this time! Paul and Quinns discuss Richard Garfield classic RoboRally , they're playing Rex again, they've found time for Time 'n' Space , given a blood test to Blood Bound and were briefly riveted by Rivet Wars . Ah, look! Between the gills! It's also got a lengthy segment where Paul and Quinns discuss the books of board ga...
Mar 05, 2014•1 hr 6 min
It's the very first ever podcast of 2014, and we're celebrating with never before seen audio quality! Not that you can see sound. Unless you're a bat! Do any bats listen to the podcast? We just don't know. If they WERE listening, they'd hear Paul and Quinns are talking about new year's resolutions, and all the games they played over the holiday season! Games like the deeply hyped Yedo , the deeply excellent Timeline , the deeply deep Power Grid , the deeply creepy One Night Werewolf , and the de...
Jan 15, 2014•1 hr 2 min
Our very TWELFTH podcast has arrived! Twelfth doesn't look like a proper word, does it? Twelfth. What are all those consonants doing? It sounds like a Lovecraft monster. So: Quinns is back from Board Game Geek con, and he's fit to BURST with news of Nordic LARP , sinister physical games and a board game designer who's inexplicably gorgeous in person. Following this vital draining, the boys spend far too much time on the best question you guys have ever sent in, discuss venerable releases One Nig...
Dec 05, 2013•1 hr 6 min
That's right, babies! You asked for more regular podcasts on your subscriber questionnaires, and we're doing exactly that. The system works! Ignore that clattering and keening coming from our servers. Right now, in this moment, the system works. Packed into podcast #11 are discussions of Freedom: The Underground Railroad , Keyflower , Space Cadets , Rattus and Cosmic Encounter . We discuss whether Trains has made Dominion redundant, answer a bushel of questions on the subject of imbalance in gam...
Nov 13, 2013•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 11
What's this? A scant three weeks since the last SU&SD podcast, a new one has slipped into the world like a newborn babe: Dirty, noisy, desperate for attention and a little bit intimidating. We've got so, so much chatter in this one. We've got new releases like Dread Curse , Cube Quest and Legends of Andor . We confirm whether Seasons has displaced 7 Wonders . We even discuss games so new you can't even BUY them yet, which is a first for us: Space Cadets: Dice Duel , Nothing Personal and Two ...
Oct 29, 2013•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 10
The NINTH EVER Shut Up & Sit Down podcast has arrived like a beautiful steam train! It’s impressive, quite long and harnesses only rudimentary technology. Several days after recording it, we’ve arbitrarily decided that this one has the theme of reigning! We’ve got detailed impressions of new, absurdly tricky card game Reignaissance Man , we discuss the problem with ruling imaginary nations, and we discuss the games we’d banish from our kingdoms if we could. We’re...
Oct 09, 2013•58 min•Ep. 9
The SU&SD podcast has once again arrived like a great big board gaming burrito: Fiery, fresh and surprisingly dense*. In our eighth instalment Paul and Quinns are joined by Matt Lees as they thoroughly deconstruct Egypt simulator Kemet , senile dementia simulator Mascarade , and Police Precinct ! Which simulates literally no policemen or women who have ever existed. They also find the time to quiz Paul about Risk Legacy , bully Quinns about Cube Quest and take on the tricky subject of wargam...
Aug 07, 2013•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 8
Paul : Yes, yes , we have a seventh podcast for you, for all of you, even you there, at the back. Please form an orderly queue here and pick up your free copy. In this podcast we bounce from topic to topic like kangaroos on trampolines in an earthquake, touching on the glorious Galaxy Trucker, the wicked Revolver 2, the svelte Netrunner and the august Augustus. We also slip a slimy tentacle into our mailbag and see which of your questions adhere best to ...
Jun 18, 2013•56 min•Ep. 7
Oh, no. Having survived month one of the new site, the boys are trying to make their podcast more professional. The result? A regular feature they can’t decide on, musical stings they’re wielding like cattle prods, and a special guest! Of Brendan. On the plus side, we’re serving up HOT CHATTER about so many new titles! Lords of Waterdeep, Tokaido, City of Remnants, The New Science, Police Precinct, Kingdoms, Netrunner (again), Relic (again), and A La Carte! Which is a cooking game for chil...
Apr 30, 2013•51 min•Ep. 6
In this VERY SERIOUS podcastery from renowned “Men of letters” Paul and Quinns, we answer the questions that some people, somewhere, might want answered. Are board games cool? When is it about American-style boardgames? We also wonder if there’s a The Matrix board game but there isn’t. On the way we discuss all sorts of hot releases, including Relic, Talisman, Netrunner, Labyrinth, Last Night on Earth and even PERUDO! Because reasons. Relic , Android: Netrunner , Love Letter...
Apr 12, 2013•42 min•Ep. 5
Quinns : The technology behind podcasts is beyond us, as stars are beyond the humble antelope. I’ll tell you what, though! Paul and I can totally put a mic on a table and shout at it for 60 minutes. Poor mic. Hit play! That is, if you’d like to hear us talk about The Resistance: Avalon, Libertalia, the X-Wing Miniatures Game and so much more! So many games! You couldn’t even carry them all at once! The Resistance: Avalon , Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game , Libertalia , Eclipse , Puzz...
Mar 26, 2013•1 hr•Ep. 4
Paul : As well as bouncing between topics like a pinball between flippers, this is an important podcast for us for two reasons. First, we’re announcing an exciting thing and second, we’re also asking you, our audience, an important question about a decision we’re thinking of making. But we won’t make it without consulting you first. Does that sound dramatic? Hopefully it’s whetted your appetite and stimulated your curiosity gland, but BE WARNED - mostly we just talk about games a...
Mar 26, 2013•59 min•Ep. 3
Paul : Yep, that’s right, your eyes do not deceive you and nor do your ears. Shut Up & Sit Down is back and tightly, trimly encoded into a 64kbps podcast, streamlined for your pleasure. Just like your lunch break, it’s almost but not quite an hour long, far too fattening and ultimately nothing more than the briefest respite from the black and tentacled horrors of reality. In this second podcast, between sips of tea, we talk about two particularly wicked games that we hold not...
Mar 26, 2013•56 min•Ep. 2
Paul : What is this?! Why, it’s the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast! At last, you can enjoy SU&SD while shelling crabs, or during an exceptionally banal bout of lovemaking. As our chat bubbles (and meanders) like a mountain stream, we touch on some of our viewer responses, beautiful hexagons, a dream about plants, some of our recent experiences with birds and so many games! Topics of discussion include Mage Knight, Race for the Galaxy and the deliciously devious Sha...
Mar 26, 2013•52 min•Ep. 1
