Sixty six podcasts. Can you imagine such a thing? Try and picture sixty six podcasts lying jumbled-up in a big pile. You can't, can you? Well, today we've made things even stranger by releasing the 67th SU&SD podcast, a spoooOOOoooky Halloween special in which we forgot to do any Halloween-related content of any kind. Instead we talk about how Matt's been groovin' on Gloomhaven , Paul "actually really quite likes" Azul , Quinns did his Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 review and there's even talk o...
Nov 10, 2017•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 67
Our 66th ever podcast has been removed, hot & crispy, from the aging oven of our minds! In this instalment Matt, Paul and Quinns try and unpick all of the games they played at SHUX 2017. That means chat about Shifty Eyed Spies , Bargain Quest , Hanamikoji , Edge of Darkness , Space Base , When I Dream and Quinns getting a bit aggressive about Meeple Circus ( again ) . We also preview the upcoming expansions for Inis and Lords of Vegas , which we had literally no idea were going to be playabl...
Oct 27, 2017•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 66
Drop everything! Our 65th ever podcast is live, Paul is talking about A Dog's Life and Quinns is on about something called Yummy Yummy Pancake . These are the releases you've been waiting for, right? ...No? Not to worry. We've also got Quinns' exclusive thoughts on the new Netrunner core set and Paul's advance review of Unearth , as well as chatter about Legend of the Five Rings , Donner Dinner Party and Cities of Splendor . Also, Quinns has finally played the game that Paul called Uwe Rosenberg...
Sep 13, 2017•1 hr•Ep. 65
Buckle up, everybody! The 64th ever Shut Up & Sit Down podcast is here, and it's something of a round the world special. It's Quinns and Paul in the driver's seat once again as they discuss their journey Between Two Cities with the new Capitals expansion . Paul's desperate to discuss the weird creatures he met during Train Heist . The pair examine the fast cars and small components of Pit Crew . Quinns abruptly remembers that he has the first expansion for Captain Sonar , and talks about tha...
Aug 16, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 64
You know what doesn't get enough kudos? Bags. Big ones, small ones, soft ones, leathery ones. Where would we be without bags? Walking home from the shops, clutching cucumbers to our chest with onions in our armpits, that's where. Our 63rd podcast is all about great games with some great bags. Paul's been building (and cursing at) stained glass windows in Sagrada , Quinns has been carelessly eroding his car in the amazing Automobiles (see our review of that one here ), and this time we remember t...
Jul 14, 2017•1 hr•Ep. 63
OH MY GOODNESS our 62nd podcast ever is here! This episode is all about older games, so why not join Paul, Matt and Quinns as they creep across the board game scene like a pack of daring botanists through primeval jungle, jealously cataloguing and scrutinising all that they find. Paul's been inspecting the darling buds of Bruges , a Stefan Feld classic that we're expecting a reprint of any day now. After that, Matt and Quinns continue their analysis of the bloomin' brilliant Tigris & Euphrat...
Jul 02, 2017•57 min•Ep. 62
Who's hungry? The 61st ever SU&SD podcast is here, and it's an uncomplicated buffet of board games. Do you like it when we talk about board games? Then this is the podcast for you! You can start by letting Matt, Pip and Quinns whet your appetite with talk of the questionable New York Slice and the evocative chaos of Kitchen Rush, and afterwards they can spill the beans on the excellent Secrets , the spicy NMBR 9 , and the first expansion for Not Alone . For the cheese course, you can listen ...
Jun 16, 2017•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 61
You told us the three games that you were most excited about at the UK Games Expo, and we listened. Now it's time for you to listen as Matt, Pip and Quinns discuss their early impressions of all three: The Godfather: Corleone's Empire , First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet and Barenpark . But that's not all! Straining the very limits of what can be squeezed into 60 minutes of chat such that this podcast threatens to split open like an overstuffed sausage, you'll also find discussions of ...
Jun 16, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 60
In this shellshocked edition of the SU&SD podcast, Matt, Paul and Quinns crawl out from their writing-trenches to discuss the mammoth feature we published this week: SU&SD Take On The BoardGameGeek Top 100 . As a postscript, they discuss the dozens of phenomenal games that are cruelly, criminally absent from BGG's fabled list. Are you disinterested in crimes against arbitrary inventories? Not to worry. Matt also chats about his tiny dice in Star Wars: Dice-Tiny , Paul discusses the impra...
Jun 01, 2017•1 hr
Here's a question for you. What contains Fields of Arle , Spoils of War , Conflict of Heroes and Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs ? That's right! The answer is "A fistfight over an archaeological dig site in Northern Germany." But another valid answer would be the 58th ever SU&SD podcast, wherein Paul and Quinns discuss all of these games. What's more, Quinns reveals the results of his months-long experiment using the BG Stats app . After all of that excitement the boys relax by dipping into the...
May 12, 2017•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 58
Quickly, man the battlements! The podcastle is under attack from deadly waves of silence. Secure the chat parapets, and brace the gates of opinion! In episode 57 of our award-winning podcast Quinns offers thoughts on I'm the Boss! , the first Sid Sackson game that this site has ever covered, while Paul takes a look at the new edition of Citadels , the first game to ever appear on SU&SD. Quinns has also played an advance copy of the much-hyped Century: Spice Road , while Paul rounds off this ...
Apr 28, 2017•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 57
The stakes have never been higher! In this, the one and only 56th episode of the SU&SD podcast, renowned street warriors Matt, Paul and Quinns take a break from their usual areas of discussion (inner-city brawls, knife fights, how to stare down a local tough from sixty yards) to chat about board games, of all things! Quinns has played new Days of Wonder beautypiece Yamatai , the group chat some more about the excellent Flamme Rouge , and inspired by Paul's Mythos Tales review there's a discu...
Apr 14, 2017•53 min•Ep. 56
You guys love podcasts! We literally know how to do them! With episode #55 of the SU&SD podcast we're committing to getting these bad babies out twice a month. If you like what you hear please do share it among your friends! So what's in this one? Ooh, only Quinns discussing the electrifying yet accessible escape rooms of Unlock! (which has a free demo available online ), the insanity of Magic Maze (which also has a free print-n-play version) and the challenging slumbers of When I Dream , wh...
Mar 23, 2017•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 55
In this temporarily-educated instalment of the SU&SD podcast, Matt, Pip and Paul gathered at a hotel during the 2017 Game Developer's Conference. Their mission? To discuss the hot questions of the day. Should liches be banned? Are humans secretly terrible at games? Why can't I have my raven back? When is an asteroid frustrating? Should SU&SD be on Pinterest? And most importantly, why do the world's best board game designers think the future is great for players? We also reach into the ma...
Mar 08, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 54
Like the plot of every time-travel movie ever, Matt and Quinns have officially gone too far into the past and may never be the same again. In this unusually raunchy edition of the acclaimed SU&SD podcast the pair discuss/complain about some titans of the 80's and 90's- Space Hulk , Blood Bowl and Magic: The Gathering . Meanwhile, Paul offers much more sedate comments on Scythe and Santorini . Finally, the group discuss some folk games sent in by an anthropologist... which are played by monke...
Feb 18, 2017•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 53
Get your pod-plates ready! We're serving up another steaming hot pot of chat. Matt, Paul and Quinns discuss deck-building burgle box that is Clank! , they return once again to the irritatingly more-ish Black Stories , Quinns chats a bit about Deception: Murder in Hong Kong and they discuss the standalone expansion for Welcome to the Dungeon . We hope you left room for seconds, because there's also a reader mail that asks what games Matt and Quinns organised at their respective weddings last year...
Feb 01, 2017•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 52
We don't want to tell you how to live your life but you might want to put on a tie or a string of pearls or BOTH before listening to this very classy podcast. The results of the inaugural Pearple's Choice Awards are in and noteworthy hosts Paul Dean and Quintin Smith discuss the games that won Best Expansion of 2016, Best Reprint and (of course) Best Game. They chat about some old classics they've played over the festive season, like City of Remnants and Galaxy Trucker . Finally, they want to te...
Dec 22, 2016•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 51
Hold onto your listicles, Paul and Quinns are celebrating the 50th ever Shut Up & Sit Down podcast (by recording a podcast (they are unimaginative)) and we want you to join us! In this tawdry tornado of numerology the site's aged founders discuss Spyfall 2 , Tyrants of the Underdark and the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game (which has numbers in it) before dropping their respective top 5 board games of 2016. We'll warn you now, make sure you're sitting down when you hear Quinns' number one. If...
Dec 15, 2016•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 50
In what's surely our most mathematically pleasing podcast ever, today Paul and Quinns discuss 6 games (2 of which they'd recommend) before answering 4 emails and examining 2 folk games. What's next in this sequence? Why, your enjoyment of course! Games discussed in this cast include the bucolic visions of Dream Home and Cottage Garden . We've got two spritely deck-building games, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle and Aeon's End . We've also got two interesting spins on existing classics, 4 Gods bein...
Nov 16, 2016•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 49
Like a domestic Sisyphus, Paul and Quinns continue on their quest to play all of the things! Quick, listen to this podcast before their boulder of relevancy rolls back down the side of Mount Internet. This month games discussed include Pax Pamir ! Conan ! Game of Thrones: Hand of the King ! A Touch of Evil ! And litttle Schotten Totten ! Of course we've got our usual special features in the form of listener mail and the Folk Game of the Month, but there's even more besides. Always keen to go the...
Oct 19, 2016•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 48
Like a Jaguar (the car) or a jaguar (the cat), our 47th ever podcast is an absolute classic. Paul and Quinns discuss board games ranging from Vast: The Crystal Caverns , to Twilight Struggle , to Aquarium and The Dragon & Flagon . They answer reader mails! They review three idiotic folk games. They discuss their love of vegetables and their problems with jam. It's everything you want in a single, mid-sized audio file. Do you agree with Paul and Quinns on these folk games? Do you own a real-l...
Sep 21, 2016•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 47
Oh dear! After a metaphorical explosion of our recording equipment at Gen Con '16, this is all we could salvage from our two live shows. Please don your protective masks and take turns passing the blasted husk around. The first 30 minutes of this ash-smelling podcast feature Paul, Quinns and our miniatures columnist Eric Tonjes discussing some highlights from the show, including the Runewars Miniatures Game , Pandemic: Reign of Cthulu , Arkham Horror: The Card Game , Conan and the real-time tile...
Aug 24, 2016•55 min•Ep. 46
Oh god, it's too much. Asmodee has announced a new edition of Citadels - the first game SU&SD ever reviewed - and Quinns has a hangover that's lasted all day. Is our end near?! Not yet, it's not. In this episode Quinns proves he's young by playing the Pokémon Trading Card Game , Happy Pigs and Via Nebula , while Paul proves he's not by playing Meuterer , Mission: Red Planet and the profoundly apt Great Dinosaur Rush . We receive correspondence from our Antarctic SU&SD fan , and end with ...
Aug 02, 2016•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 45
Hot diggity and a lack of dignity! It's the second podcast we recorded live at the 2016 UK Games Expo. This time we offer definitive feels on Spiel des Jahres-nominated games Karuba and Imhotep , as well as chatting about Beyond Baker Street , Yeti , Coup: Rebellion G54 and a game jam winner called Lantern . We also ask an important question: Have you started building your mausoleum? Beyond Baker Street , Karuba , Imhotep , Coup: Rebellion G54 , Yeti , Lantern...
Jul 13, 2016•48 min•Ep. 44
Long and spicy like a hot dog, the 43rd EVER SU&SD podcast is HERE! Quickly, consume the whole thing before it starts disintegrating and leaking board game mustard into your lap. In this cast Matt, Paul, Pip and Quinns met up with 300 fans in a sweaty room at the UK Games Expo to discuss what they'd been playing. That meant The Ravens of Thri Sahashri , Ice Cool , Treasure Hunter , the Horses & Stagecoach expansion for Colt Express , Codenames: Pictures , Czech Games' new game Adrenaline...
Jun 29, 2016•1 hr•Ep. 43
Strap on your jackboots! It's time for a veritable military parade of a podcast, impressive and pacy but nonetheless going on for slightly too long. Games covered include A Feast to Die For , Quadropolis , Fairy Tale , Pandemic: Contagion and Dear Leader , as well as the long-awaited second half of our spoiler-filled Pandemic Legacy chat! Don't worry about that particular minefield. It's very clearly signposted at the end of the podcast. Following a startlingly unprofessional link from Paul, we ...
Jun 15, 2016•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 42
Psst! Down here! Climb into this cramped cave of chat with us. There's room for one more person. In what could well be our most feature-filled podcast ever, Matt, Paul and Quinns discuss Torchbearer , Merchant of Venus , Dragon Farkle , The Red Dragon Inn and the concept of playing board games in virtual reality, before getting down to (yet another) peculiarly erotic folk game. But wait! There's more! Quinns snagged video game designer Soren Johnson of Offworld Trading Company to discuss civilis...
Jun 01, 2016•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 41
Matt, Paul and Quinns have met once again to create a board gaming Voltron! Albeit one with three hearts and no brain. Games discussed in this prestigious 40th episode include And Then We Held Hands , Ra , Through the Ages , FUSE and A Fake Artist Goes to New York . If you're looking for the Tuesday Knight Games podcast featuring Matt, you'll find it right here . We also chat about board game boxes and sustainability and end with a lovely interview with Plaid Hat's lead designer and lead art dir...
Apr 20, 2016•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 40
Paul, Matt and guest star Jonathan Ying come to us LIVE from GDC 2016 discuss the hottest new board games! And by "hottest" we mean "weirdest" (and by "new" we mean "old"). Designer Tim Fowers stopped by our lounge to demo his games to us, the sneaktacular co-op Burgle Bros and deck-building word-builder Paperback . Fantasy Flight designer and friend of the show Mr. Ying showed us Brawl , a real-time card game that just this month enjoyed a reprint. There's also Dancing Eggs , which we inflicted...
Mar 23, 2016•50 min•Ep. 39
Welcome back to the podcastle! Not to be outdone after listener Alex Cannon contributed a jingle for last episode, Matt's made yet another jingle. Ready your body! Lube up your ears. It's got a harmony. You've been warned. As for games, we chat about Liar’s Dice , Arboretum , the new editions of Archaeology , and Elevenses: The Card Game of Morning Tea AND new releases 504 and Power Grid: The Stock Companies . Plus our folk game of the month, of course. It's not just Friedemann Friese who can pa...
Feb 17, 2016•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 39
