On this Edenic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Matt and Tom strip down to their bare cheeks to chat about games wot are all about “Outside, like birds and that”.

First up is Nature; a game that takes 2014’s Evolution and 2020’s Oceans, and hydraulically compacts them into one biodegradable box. Not just one box, mind, but a whole ecosystem of modules and traits that’ll get your neighbourhood zoologist all hot under the collar.

That’s then followed by a slice of Perch - a surprisingly lethal “pigeon control game” in which you stack birds atop a vicious fountain. I’d imagine it’s what those pesky sky rats would be doing with their spare time too, if they weren’t so busy defecating

Finally we hitch a ride on the great grey car of the savanna in Tembo - an elephant road trip that’s way more cruel than it has any right to be. Tom’s taken great pains to crack this one open, and feast on all the delicious game-goo contained therein.

Have a great week, everybody!

Timestamps:

01:46 - Nature

16:58 - Perch

24:41 - TEMBO: Survival on the Savanna

On this absolutely soaked episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are getting drenched in two positively sopping releases.First up, our intrepid explorers plunge into the depths of Thesauros! It’s got scubas, it’s got sharks, it’s got sunken treasures! All wrapped up in a slate-grey layer of project management and fund allocation.

And following the adventurous land of ‘The Ocean(s)’, our lads point at a few seagulls, bins, and plant pots in the cosy Welsh town and game: Tenby! Who will have the most porches?! Who will find the most relevant landmarks? It’s all to play for in the quaintest Tenby-builder on the market today.

Have a great week, everybody!

Timestamps:

01:16 - Thesauros

17:30 - Tenby

On this slippy ol’ episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are chatting about Emberleaf; a game of woodland creatures amassing honey and battering bandits! “Like Pooh gone all vigilante on them asses”.

Our dynamic duo then seek to area control eachother in a WORTH WRESTLE! Whose critical opinion on this luminous box will come out on top? Neither, really. They’re both pretty chill about the whole thing. Everyone’s allowed opinions - even YOU!

Have a great week, everybody!

Timestamps:

01:19 - Emberleaf

16:20 - Wroth

On this post-apocalyptic episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, we’ve got the last remaining swigs of game in this here canteen - don’t gulp it all to yourself, now! Share nicely…

First up is Phoenix New Horizon, a game of building post-apocalyptic power networks and trying to get a promotion. That’s followed by a slightly spoilery chat about Regicide Legacy - a game that asks the bold question; “What If Regicide, But Legacy?”. The pod’s rounded off with a quick chat about Zenith’s standard two-player mode, and spicy four player variant! Just like… never mind.

Have a great week, everybody!

Timestamps:

01:49 - Phoenix New Horizon

17:57 - Regicide Legacy

27:13 - Regicide Legacy Spoilers

33:31 - Zenith

On this gloopy episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are donning their Memory Marigolds and getting elbow-deep in the past; recalling titles played all the way back in November 2025 (imagine!).

Expect rambling thoughts about a whole cluster of games played at PAXU 2025, and a few other sneaky additions to the lineup last-minute.

Have a great week, everybody!

Timestamps:

01:14 - Epona

10:19 - Joyride: Full Throttle

13:42 - Petiquette

17:32 - Wiggle Roulette

20:34 - Pick ‘n Packers

28:31 - This Is Not A Game About A Pipe

34:43 - No Loose Ends

On this ticked-off episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are rambling about the box-ticking bonanza ‘Tend’ as well as the chronologically questionable ‘Take Time’!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:

01:19 - Tend

23:31 - Take Time

Website Copy: 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 Streak and Magical Athlete!

You may be expecting that this podcast thumbnail would show the promised board of 12 Rivers (which you can find here) and instead shows a picture of Hurley - the not-a-hotdog from Hot Streak. This is intentional, and important.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:

01:14 - 12 Rivers

12:43 - Hot Streak

26:41 - Magical Athlete

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 from the billing!

Excuse the occasional odd buzzing on this one - we tried to scrub it as much as possible but there's only so much you can do to heal a dodgy microphone before you start making Matt sound like a blender.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

Timestamps:

02:33 - Winning Ticket

15:41 - Feya’s Swamp

37:04 - Sanctuary

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 out on the main channel - so if you’d like to enjoy a physical tier list alongside these wobbly words? Then that’s where it is, and will be, forever and ever.

Excuse the mildly iffy audio on this one!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

<strong>Timestamps:</strong>

01:00 - Chemical Overload

07:50 - Collect!

12:45 - Tolleno

19:05 - A Carnivore Did It!

21:40 - Echoes of Time

23:55 - Pyradice

29:07 - Tax The Rich

32:09 - 3 Witches

37:53 - Agent Avenue

43:33 - Recall

46:59 - Feya’s Swamp

54:43 - Wie Die Karnikel

58:20 - Milch Mit Abführmittel

1:03:34 - Big Shot

1:08:07 - Night Soil

1:11:24 - The White Castle: Duel

1:16:58 - National Economy

1:21:05 - Railway Boom

1:23:38 - Pulitzer

1:30:28 - Sanctuary

1:34:29 - River Rats

1:39:32 - Ghost Lift

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 picking up a new component like a hungry Katamari.

First up is Duel for Cardia - a perplexing little two-player dueller that lets you hop back in time to un-win your opponent - swiftly followed by 20 Strong, a solo-only game of clobbering a wolf. Or escaping a dream! Or becoming an alien. It’s a modular game system, you see.

Finally, we’re chatting about Vantage - an open-world board game that’s one of 2025’s biggest! And Tom’s feeling all confused about it…

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Timestamps: 

02:12 - Duel for Cardia

11:23 - 20 Strong

25:37 - Vantage

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 podcast? Matt and Tom are chatting about a whole bunch of cosy games that surprised them, with a bit more pep than might have been expected…

We’re talking Frogs and Rabbits and Crows in ‘A Wild Venture’, Trains and Cars and Passengers in ‘Railroad Tiles’, and Lakes and Lakes and Lakes and LAKES in Cascadia…. Alpine Lakes!

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Timestamps:
02:54 - A Wild Venture
16:20 - Railroad Tiles
27:43 - Cascadia: Alpine Lakes