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SU&SD Reviews: 2025 - Shut Up & Sit Down
Thank you so, so much to the kind folks who keep this daft little site pottering along every year. You’re the absolute best. The bees knees! Shut Up & Sit Down literally wouldn’t exist without kind fo...
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This site wouldn't exist without the continued generosity of people who want it to succeed and grow. Thank you, so so much, for taking the time to watch this video, and/or chuck us a couple quid!
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Kind folks! Lovely people! Help keep SU&SD truckin’ this winter, and get yourself a BUNDLE OF BONUS BITS to watch next week!
Preferably sprawled on the sofa, packed with cheese(s) and wine(s). Just a little suggestion from ‘Doctor Christmas’
Preferably sprawled on the sofa, packed with cheese(s) and wine(s). Just a little suggestion from ‘Doctor Christmas’
December 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Kind folks! Lovely people! Help keep SU&SD truckin’ this winter, and get yourself a BUNDLE OF BONUS BITS to watch next week!
Preferably sprawled on the sofa, packed with cheese(s) and wine(s). Just a little suggestion from ‘Doctor Christmas’
Preferably sprawled on the sofa, packed with cheese(s) and wine(s). Just a little suggestion from ‘Doctor Christmas’
HELLO! If you're looking for an extra squeeze of SU&SD, then both Tom and Emily have recently guested on the fabulous @shelfstablecast.bsky.social !
It's a fantastic, laid-back, and highly tangential approach to board games - and we're big fans. Go take a listen! Right now!
Links below!
It's a fantastic, laid-back, and highly tangential approach to board games - and we're big fans. Go take a listen! Right now!
Links below!
December 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
HELLO! If you're looking for an extra squeeze of SU&SD, then both Tom and Emily have recently guested on the fabulous @shelfstablecast.bsky.social !
It's a fantastic, laid-back, and highly tangential approach to board games - and we're big fans. Go take a listen! Right now!
Links below!
It's a fantastic, laid-back, and highly tangential approach to board games - and we're big fans. Go take a listen! Right now!
Links below!
IT’S THE ANNUAL SHUT UP & SIT DOWN BOARD GAME GIFT GUIDE! Your one-stop shop for all manner of gift material for literally any person you could think of… so long as they have at least a passing interest in board games. That’s probably important. Enjoy!
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2025's Best Board Game Gifts! - Shut Up & Sit Down
‘Tis the season! We’re back with a bumper stack of great board games to recommend you buy for your best pals, your arch enemies, or perhaps even… yourself? That’s right! It’s the Annual Shut Up & Sit ...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
IT’S THE ANNUAL SHUT UP & SIT DOWN BOARD GAME GIFT GUIDE! Your one-stop shop for all manner of gift material for literally any person you could think of… so long as they have at least a passing interest in board games. That’s probably important. Enjoy!
www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/2025s...
www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/2025s...
Podcast! This week, Tom and Matt are finally tackling the dynamic duo of Hot Streak and Magical Athlete! Spoilers; they’re both absolutely fabulous. The games. Though the lads do have their moments.
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Podcast #286 - THE BIG WET SPRINT - Shut Up & Sit Down
On this free-flowing episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about competitive marble-pilfering simulator 12 Rivers, as well as a double-bill of absurd racing games in Hot...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Podcast! This week, Tom and Matt are finally tackling the dynamic duo of Hot Streak and Magical Athlete! Spoilers; they’re both absolutely fabulous. The games. Though the lads do have their moments.
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This week's video sees Matt truly haunted by a gigantic box of cogs and space-travel fiddling. Is Galactic Cruise a holiday worth pursuing?
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Galactic Cruise: Epic Journey, or a Waste of SPACE?
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November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This week's video sees Matt truly haunted by a gigantic box of cogs and space-travel fiddling. Is Galactic Cruise a holiday worth pursuing?
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Back by popular demand, Matt returns with special guest Dani to delve once more into Slay the Spire. Cozy up: It's time to get DEFECTIVE.
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Returning to Slay the Spire - ACT 1
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November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Back by popular demand, Matt returns with special guest Dani to delve once more into Slay the Spire. Cozy up: It's time to get DEFECTIVE.
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Find us at PAXU:
Fri, Nov 21 • 5:30-6:30pm • Main Theatre (Grand Ballroom B)
Sat, Nov 22 • 11:00am-12:00pm • Mothman Theatre (Grand Ballroom A)
Sat, Nov 22 • 12:30 - 1:30pm • Autographing Area (Queue Hall)
Drop by the Play to Z booth #3335 to check out Animal Rescue Team!
Fri, Nov 21 • 5:30-6:30pm • Main Theatre (Grand Ballroom B)
Sat, Nov 22 • 11:00am-12:00pm • Mothman Theatre (Grand Ballroom A)
Sat, Nov 22 • 12:30 - 1:30pm • Autographing Area (Queue Hall)
Drop by the Play to Z booth #3335 to check out Animal Rescue Team!
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Find us at PAXU:
Fri, Nov 21 • 5:30-6:30pm • Main Theatre (Grand Ballroom B)
Sat, Nov 22 • 11:00am-12:00pm • Mothman Theatre (Grand Ballroom A)
Sat, Nov 22 • 12:30 - 1:30pm • Autographing Area (Queue Hall)
Drop by the Play to Z booth #3335 to check out Animal Rescue Team!
Fri, Nov 21 • 5:30-6:30pm • Main Theatre (Grand Ballroom B)
Sat, Nov 22 • 11:00am-12:00pm • Mothman Theatre (Grand Ballroom A)
Sat, Nov 22 • 12:30 - 1:30pm • Autographing Area (Queue Hall)
Drop by the Play to Z booth #3335 to check out Animal Rescue Team!
Podcast! Tom and Matt are circling back to a couple of the games they picked up at Essen, as well as shining a light on one particular game that’s got a special place in Matt’s heart forever and ever. Why? It’s horses, again.
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Podcast #285 - Second Servings - Shut Up & Sit Down
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 ...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Podcast! Tom and Matt are circling back to a couple of the games they picked up at Essen, as well as shining a light on one particular game that’s got a special place in Matt’s heart forever and ever. Why? It’s horses, again.
www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcastle/po...
www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcastle/po...
Vantage might be one of the most talked about board games this year - but do all its promises of open world wandering have us hungry for more?
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Review: Vantage - Shut Up & Sit Down
In this week’s video review, Tom’s having a poke around in Vantage - one of the biggest games this year - literally! Over 1,000 cards are packed into this massive box that promises a truly open world…...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Vantage might be one of the most talked about board games this year - but do all its promises of open world wandering have us hungry for more?
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www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/revie...
Podcast! If you’d like to have our ‘Games of Essen’ video in an audio-only format, then we’ve done and gone whacked it into the podfeed.
Twenty Two of the very shiniest Essen releases covered in just under two hours. Phew! That’s a lot of cardboard!
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Twenty Two of the very shiniest Essen releases covered in just under two hours. Phew! That’s a lot of cardboard!
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Our Top 22 Games of Essen 2025! - Shut Up & Sit Down
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 o...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Podcast! If you’d like to have our ‘Games of Essen’ video in an audio-only format, then we’ve done and gone whacked it into the podfeed.
Twenty Two of the very shiniest Essen releases covered in just under two hours. Phew! That’s a lot of cardboard!
www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcastle/ou...
Twenty Two of the very shiniest Essen releases covered in just under two hours. Phew! That’s a lot of cardboard!
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Games of Essen 2025 - RANKED
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November 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Podcast! This week, Tom and Matt are talking about games that get exponentially larger and larger until they threaten to explode all over the table in a big mess that’ll take AGES to clean up. WE WARNED YOU ABOUT THIS!
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Podcast #284 - Exponential Cards - Shut Up & Sit Down
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 p...
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November 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Podcast! This week, Tom and Matt are talking about games that get exponentially larger and larger until they threaten to explode all over the table in a big mess that’ll take AGES to clean up. WE WARNED YOU ABOUT THIS!
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www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcastle/po...
Podcast! In this episode, Tom and Matt are having their prickly outer shells soothed by a veritable bubble bath of cosy games! We’re talking Wild Ventures, Railroad Tiles, and Alpine Lakes on the most RELAXING episode of a podcast EVER RECORDED!
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Podcast #283 - The Grumpy to Cosy Pipeline - Shut Up & Sit Down
Usually the moniker of ‘Cosy Game’ is a snug portent of mild-mannered fun - a thoroughly whelming box that’s pleasant enough, but doesn’t tickle us for more than a couple plays. But this week on the p...
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October 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Podcast! In this episode, Tom and Matt are having their prickly outer shells soothed by a veritable bubble bath of cosy games! We’re talking Wild Ventures, Railroad Tiles, and Alpine Lakes on the most RELAXING episode of a podcast EVER RECORDED!
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www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcastle/po...
It's time for Hansel and Gretel to get SOUPED - this week's review is a delightful card game
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This Tiny Box of Fairytales Packs a Mean Punch | 3 Chapters Review
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October 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It's time for Hansel and Gretel to get SOUPED - this week's review is a delightful card game
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Just 2 days left on the Dogs of War Gamefound! Updates during the campaign have revealed the new event cards mechanic, loads of Edu's insane art, and a TTS mod and TTS playthrough if you'd like to try before you buy.
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Dogs of War by Play to Z - Gamefound
A shattered realm. Six feuding Houses. You, a Dog of War, shift battles, forge betrayals, and seize glory to rise as the ultimate victor.
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October 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Just 2 days left on the Dogs of War Gamefound! Updates during the campaign have revealed the new event cards mechanic, loads of Edu's insane art, and a TTS mod and TTS playthrough if you'd like to try before you buy.
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
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Oh boy, if it isn’t that time of year again! Tom’s gone and gotten himself addicted to a giant, knotty board game again. Please wish him a speedy recovery.
October 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Oh boy, if it isn’t that time of year again! Tom’s gone and gotten himself addicted to a giant, knotty board game again. Please wish him a speedy recovery.
FUN STUFF: We've been hard at work resurrecting a SU&SD favourite - Dogs of War! A game we fell in love with more than 15 years ago is finally coming back under our new inprint - SU&SD Presents. Check out the details and our video announcement below:
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Dogs of War by Play to Z
A shattered realm. Six feuding Houses. You, a Dog of War, shift battles, forge betrayals, and seize glory to rise as the ultimate victor.
gamefound.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
FUN STUFF: We've been hard at work resurrecting a SU&SD favourite - Dogs of War! A game we fell in love with more than 15 years ago is finally coming back under our new inprint - SU&SD Presents. Check out the details and our video announcement below:
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Lock up you hobbits, there's a new king in town: We've reviewed Fate of the Fellowship, and it absolutely rules.
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Review: The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship - Shut Up & Sit Down
It feels like we've reviewed a cool HUNDRED of these games, but this week we've got something a little bit special - a Lord of the Rings co-op based on Pandemic, and one of the most comprehensive and ...
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September 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Lock up you hobbits, there's a new king in town: We've reviewed Fate of the Fellowship, and it absolutely rules.
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Two players ONLY! You are absolutely FORBIDDEN from listening to this episode of the podcast in the presence of more than one other person! If there’s three in the car right now, then Susan is going to need to take a HIKE!
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Podcast #282 - Two Player Town (Population Two) - Shut Up & Sit Down
This week on the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, we’re talking two players! Tag Team is a head-to-head brawler, and Suna Valo is exactly the same, but for farms! Finally, Matt waxes lyrical about General ...
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September 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Two players ONLY! You are absolutely FORBIDDEN from listening to this episode of the podcast in the presence of more than one other person! If there’s three in the car right now, then Susan is going to need to take a HIKE!
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www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcastle/po...
Scum on the frontier; Frontier Scum.
Alfred Valley's back with a spitwad rules summary to get you hyped about this rootin' tootin' acid western roleplaying game.
Alfred Valley's back with a spitwad rules summary to get you hyped about this rootin' tootin' acid western roleplaying game.
September 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Scum on the frontier; Frontier Scum.
Alfred Valley's back with a spitwad rules summary to get you hyped about this rootin' tootin' acid western roleplaying game.
Alfred Valley's back with a spitwad rules summary to get you hyped about this rootin' tootin' acid western roleplaying game.
Listen, we know you’re certainly busy playing Silksong. Lord knows we are.
But if you’ve got 10 minutes spare for the ol’ analogue fun - the cardboard times? Well, Tom’s gone and made a video about noughts and crosses. It’s better than it sounds, honest!!
youtu.be/-hDEAwFMfo8
But if you’ve got 10 minutes spare for the ol’ analogue fun - the cardboard times? Well, Tom’s gone and made a video about noughts and crosses. It’s better than it sounds, honest!!
youtu.be/-hDEAwFMfo8
An Extremely Comprehensive* Review of Tic-Tac-Toe*
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September 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Listen, we know you’re certainly busy playing Silksong. Lord knows we are.
But if you’ve got 10 minutes spare for the ol’ analogue fun - the cardboard times? Well, Tom’s gone and made a video about noughts and crosses. It’s better than it sounds, honest!!
youtu.be/-hDEAwFMfo8
But if you’ve got 10 minutes spare for the ol’ analogue fun - the cardboard times? Well, Tom’s gone and made a video about noughts and crosses. It’s better than it sounds, honest!!
youtu.be/-hDEAwFMfo8
Podcast! This week, it’s what we’re calling a ‘Solo Tom Special’, for a nippy rundown of all the weird odds and ends recently played but scarcely covered!
Nary a single dud in the bunch, here; a spicy selection of recommendation!
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Nary a single dud in the bunch, here; a spicy selection of recommendation!
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Podcast #281 - Tom’s Game Gauntlet II: The Return of ‘Game Gauntlet’ - Shut Up & Sit Down
It’s just little old Tom this week on the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, and he’s taking you through a bunch of odds and ends that might otherwise slip through the metaphorical cracks of the metaphorical...
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August 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Podcast! This week, it’s what we’re calling a ‘Solo Tom Special’, for a nippy rundown of all the weird odds and ends recently played but scarcely covered!
Nary a single dud in the bunch, here; a spicy selection of recommendation!
www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcastle/po...
Nary a single dud in the bunch, here; a spicy selection of recommendation!
www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcastle/po...
The finale of Board Games Direct is HERE! And we've got an interesting selection of boxed THINGS to show you! This episode focuses on games to play co-operatively or on your jolly lonesome - with an exciting peek...
August 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The finale of Board Games Direct is HERE! And we've got an interesting selection of boxed THINGS to show you! This episode focuses on games to play co-operatively or on your jolly lonesome - with an exciting peek...
We're trundling towards the end of Board Games Direct, but we've STILL got a bunch of exciting new games to show you. A brand new version of Cascadia?
August 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We're trundling towards the end of Board Games Direct, but we've STILL got a bunch of exciting new games to show you. A brand new version of Cascadia?