Move a bird to the feeder. Tom: Micro City looks cheap and cute as all cut-price heck. Mint Works feels like the microgame for me after playing it a tonne on a holiday a few years ago. But doing anything means bidding for the affection one of the game’s four Gods, an auction that’s every bit as vicious as the main board. That said, I do love hunting for combos. But hopefully in the future we can bring that back! Though if you did, you’d miss out on the most … Read more. Hovertanks in Houston. I can see why some people would like it though. You and your companions will have to race against the flow of lava, back to the safety of the village. Isn’t that right, Paul? Sure thing. This game made our Hallowe’en. Not because it’s necessarily relevant to Clash of Cultures, but because I’ve been looking for an excuse to link to it for weeks. Ava: Sonora is new from Pandasaurus and does mark itself out from the crowd, promising an unholy mix of crokinole and a roll and write. Ava: Cash rules everything around me. What’s that? Talked to aron at gencon and he said they are working on a digital implementation too, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Tom: The BoardGameGeek description of this game literally made me fall asleep in my chair. Next week I get to choose where we go for the games news, okay? Matt: I don’t plan on leaving behind a legacy that stretches much further beyond untempered destruction? Fantasy Flight’s owned the Star Wars license for more than a year now, but all that’s meant for us is one passable card game. That’s what’s on offer here, with the cards themselves being chopped up and distributed, whilst everyone tries to build their own 8 bit inspired landscape. WARNING: PROBABLY NOT FOR KIDS OF A SMALL OR MEDIUM SIZE. I just do not like it. I think spreading that particular neurosis is worth a little vagueness. BAAA! Most appropriately used when someone gets owned in a … Tom, Tom, bring me a mug of hot lemon and ginger, a feather boa and five microphones. This sixth episode of the board games review show is entirely dedicated to just one very special person. Is this really wise, and quite where will this gaming journey take our hosts? Shadows over Camelot is one such older game we need to tell you about. Impulse is a quick-playing 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) game set in space with the game board being composed of cards that have actions on them. I’m talking bombers over Boston. The second episode of what the cool kids are calling SU&SD is devoted almost entirely to one enormous game and its expansions. And the boys are having trouble keeping cool about their new celebrity status. Quinns: Fingers slipping over oily fingers, all of you swearing, someone’s got clay in their eye, until finally the thing comes to a stop and all you’ve made is a mess. Try Vimeo! Merry happy holiday Christmas! I agree it doesn't work for every play group, but you might be surprised how people open up to it. I thought the game sounded interesting until I watched SU&SD's Let's Play. But hopefully in the future we can bring that back! Airplane tray table? Can anyone give an outside perspective? Ava: Roll and writes tend to be pretty inscrutable at a distance, so it’s really hard to say whether this one will sing, but it does promise something unique. Almost. Each action has a single numeral on it, e.g., “Command [1] ship for one jump” or “Build [1] cruiser at home”; when you boost an action, you increase that numeral. Matt: I feel I should step in at this point at make it clear that a lot of these don’t scan terribly well, and are arguably “A Crime Against Music”. Maybe Funemployed hit home more for them as 20-somethings who deal with resume issues a lot more? Ava: That’s right! You’ll be flicking pieces onto a central board, and where your piece lands decides which quadrant of your own little sheet of options you’ll be scribbling something in. It is a special treat. Sorry miss. If you ain’t come to help, then I don’t need you here! Mysterium at 12 is really surprising. Back away, get out, go home and leave me alone! For the record, this is also the only time within 2020 that I will tolerate the usage of a Z in a place where an S should be, thanks. @The_Lyghter Yes! As is proper, we played a board game for Hallowe’en. Ava: But Tom, you can ‘Grow your civilization, advance your culture and tech, and leave your mark by building wonders!’ It’s what board games are made for. The first episode of the smash internet series Shut Up & Sit Down is bristling with the very best in board games. If you’re new to board and card gaming, … Read more, About 5 hours ago from Shut Up & Sit Down's Twitter via Twitter Web App. I did play Spyfall last Sunday there and I am pretty sure I hated that one even more. You’ll play as the titular bees, finding routes to bounce from flower to flower and storing nectar in your hive. We turned SU&SD’s unblinking, cyclopic eye to look at it back in Episode 3 of this season. Tom: Oh oh here she comes. Matt: I’m not sure why you’re acting as if you won’t be both be facing the consequences for all of this? About 9 hours ago from Shut Up & Sit Down's Twitter via TweetDeck, About 14 hours ago from Shut Up & Sit Down's Twitter via TweetDeck, Post Feed | Podcastle Feed | Video Feed | Games Feed, Review: Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game. the first game we’ve covered about slicing up paper and divvying them up amongst the players, that sketch from ‘I Think You Should Leave’, Vice’s recent criticism of the civilisation video game genre’s approach to history. About 9 hours ago from Shut Up & Sit Down's Twitter via TweetDeck, About 14 hours ago from Shut Up & Sit Down's Twitter via TweetDeck, Post Feed | Podcastle Feed | Video Feed | Games Feed. It's without a doubt my game of the year, and the new art is gorgeous. I’m going to leave Vice’s recent criticism of the civilisation video game genre’s approach to history right here. In this festive half-hour we look at everything from a solitaire game, to print and play games, to one of our favourite games ever. 130 Tracks. But hopefully in the future we can bring that back! The cards in the playing area start face down, with each player controlling a card(their Home) on a corner of this area. Do you doubt they're absolutely hilarious improve artists? I think you're right; your group has to be pretty funny to begin with. YouTube not working? Matt: Cutting through your vagueness like a hot spoon through honey, I actually played a prototype of this game in Denmark last year – it’s a nice and sweet little thing. And how many audio glitches and microphone problems can you possibly have in one episode? That is me singing the STAR WARS theme. Oh oh here she comes. BEEZ! Those guys can’t rest because it might mean a kid getting stuck behind a radiator or someone eating a rock. These will be on our Twitch for 60 days after the event, and similar to SHUX we'll get them up on our YouTube once we've recovered so they stick around a little more permanently. YouTube not working? @z_a_m_w_o_w @philippawarr @moregamespls @PaulaDeming @emmalarkins Sadly this year our "stage time" is weirdly super limited? On a turn, a player adds a card to the Impulse from his hand, then (optionally) performs an action for a tech in his playing area, then (optionally) performs all the actions in the Impulse, then draws two cards and adds them to his hand. Do you go in for Hallowe’en? Quinns: TWO games based on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books have come out recently. I don’t know if that’s because I’m from Hampshire or not. A new edition of the original 2018 title, players take the role of architects building a miniature metropolis out of cards, dice, and one trusty engineer – with the twist that they can play this game in whatever small space they deem suitable. Shut up and sit down are also a great group to check out on youtube, by the way! Think again, mister! Get the honey. Watch out boy, she’ll code you up. Sorted. Try Vimeo! Tom: Having the numbers printed on the discs you’re flicking is a fun way of tempering the randomness that can put some people off these games – if you’re good enough at the flicking minigame, you could provide yourself perfect ‘rolls’ for the writing bit. Or miss. YouTube not working? Read more. Players will explore the mansion and reveal details of the items held in the room they draw from a random deck of rooms, except they might be lying to hinder you, while they attempt their own secret objective. It’s just, you know, a time associated with throwaway seasonal tat and twenty drunk people all dressed as the same Heath Ledger Joker being sick on public transport—. Tom: It’s the Kingdomino: Legacy that no-one asked for! Tom: Ava, we know so little about this game that W Eric Martin referencing the designer saying ‘your movement dial also controls how you store nectar and affects how you score points’ is actually the most detailed information available. Play a card — Select a bird card from your hand and place it face up at a perch of your choice. It’s not even the first game we’ve covered about slicing up paper and divvying them up amongst the players. It’s a deadly, brilliant wargame where everybody plays different coloured Greeks trying to build two cities. SU&SD keep talking up Funemployed but I am struggling to see the brilliance of it unless your group are great improv artists. Players score points by destroying enemy ships (one point per ship), by controlling edge spaces on the central card (one point per edge), and by taking other actions via cards.