Shut Up & Sit Down

Paul, Leigh and Quinns took part in a one month, one hit-one kill watergun assassination game. We present their exhaustive, exhausted review.

The adventures of Fuse (Matt Lees), Beetle (Leigh Alexander) and ZB-33 (Quintin Smith) continue! Although "adventures" might be a strong word.

It's our eighteenth ever podcast! A rushed one this time, as Quinns, Paul, Matt and Brendan do their best to review five games in time for an Emergency Agony Aunt Segment.

Brendan's Correct Way to Scratch by Shut Up & Sit Down

Our diary of fancy new role-playing game Star Wars: Edge of Empire begins! Starring Leigh Alexander, Matt Lees and Quintin Smith being bossed around by Paul Dean.

The sweet boys of Shut Up & Sit Down discuss the Megagame they attended. What's a Megagame? Drop everything you're doing and watch this ruddy video immediately: http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/v/susd-play-megagame/

It's an erudite week for team SU&SD, as their gaming reduces them to hitting one another with clubs, failing to cross mountains and not yet understanding the Star Wars RPG.

The world's most hyperbolic board game podcast returns, with a trip report from Game Developers Conference '14!

Podcast #14: That Heart-Restarting Moment by Shut Up & Sit Down

A hot new board gaming podcast, from SU&SD! For more board game coverage, why not pop over to www.shutupandsitdown.com

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 Night Werewolf and The Coup, and get in a terrible fight regarding the mad mansions of Mansions of Madness.

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 games, AND devote an entire, loving segment to the board game we've played more than any other- Descent: Journeys into the Dark. What's your favourite broken monster, readers?

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 Rooms and a Boom. All of this discourse clocks in at a marathon 90 minutes. Fitting, because we talk about the Olympics, too. Oh, and finally: Regular listeners might detect an attempt to make our podcast marginally less shambolic. And they're be right.

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 so classy that we’ve even managed to coax the fabulous Leigh Alexander back as a special guest! It’s as if she never left.

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 wargaming, before diving headfirst into this month’s mailbag. *Rejected adjectives for this analogy: Lukewarm, creamy, gassy.

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 our mucus-coated membranes, answering queries  on topics from Cosmic Encounter to Mice & Mystics.* We also  invite special guest Leigh Alexander on, to talk about why indie RPGs  are so interesting and how we ended up roleplaying an inappropriate,  awkward and surprisingly supernatural sexual encounter.** Is there any  other podcast like this anywhere out there? You already know the answer  to that. *NB: Our answer to the Mice & Mystics question is really disappointing. Sorry about t

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 children from 20 years ago. Sorry. Lords of Waterdeep, Tokaido, City of Remnants, The New Science, Police Precinct, Kingdoms, Android: Netrunner, Relic, A la carte

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

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 again. Android: Netrunner, Libertalia, Guts of Glory, Puzzle Strike, Fortress America, D-Day Dice, Ghost Stories, Mission: Red Planet, The Resistance: Avalon, Agricola, Village, Mage Knight Board Game

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, Puzzle Strike, Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition), Spartacus: A Game of Blood & Treachery, Core Worlds, The Cave