#52: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Theme
Board Game Barrage24 Tammi 2019

#52: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Theme

Sometimes you're not looking to win or lose, you're looking for an experience. A lot of games promise to deliver thematic gameplay, but what does that mean for the mechanics? Does it have to be one without the other? Before we set the mood, we talk about Nusfjord, Paper Tales, and Nemesis.

03:25 - Nusfjord
09:43 - Paper Tales
15:25 - Nemesis
25:34 - Thematic Games We Like
26:08 - Mansions of Madness: Second Edition
29:58 - Nothing Personal
31:16 - Gloomhaven
31:35 - Android: Netrunner
32:05 - Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
33:19 - Captain Sonar
36:45 - The Resistance
37:48 - The Grizzled
39:19 - Dune

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#96: The House of Bounce

#96: The House of Bounce

Uh oh, you're not enjoying the game you're playing. Now what? Is it okay to excuse yourself? Maybe it's better that you just call it rather than continue to have a bad time. This week we're talking ab...

14 Marras 201955min

#95: Holiday Hits

#95: Holiday Hits

Where has the year gone?! It's almost time to start packing our bags for various family gatherings, and inevitably the most important question becomes ... what games are we taking? Whether it's specif...

7 Marras 201956min

#94: Even When You're Losing

#94: Even When You're Losing

It took us almost a hundred episodes, but we finally reveal how to have fun with your friends even when you're losing. Specifically, we're talking about games and mechanisms that help us enjoy our los...

31 Loka 201952min

#93: Tap Tap, No Take-Backs

#93: Tap Tap, No Take-Backs

Blue Tank's back to talk take-backs, so take that to the bank. It's bound to happen, someone makes a mistake on their turn and desperately wants a do-over - but how do you handle it? It's a delicate b...

24 Loka 201959min

#92: Chasing the MacGuffin

#92: Chasing the MacGuffin

We're joined by the Blue Tank for a quick look back at SHUX, before we dive into a discussion on games that are better than their mechanics suggest. These are games that we might describe as not very ...

17 Loka 201956min

#91: SHUX 2019 Live with Quintin Smith

#91: SHUX 2019 Live with Quintin Smith

Shut Up & Sit Down's very own Quintin Smith joins us live on stage at SHUX 2019! We play a rousing game of Hundreds of Horses, discuss some games from the convention, and lay out the unspoken truths o...

10 Loka 201952min

#90: Timmy, Jenny, Spike

#90: Timmy, Jenny, Spike

Mark Rosewater, head designer for Magic: The Gathering, defined three player archetypes back in 2002, and we figured it'd be fun to see how we can apply them to, not just board games, but your three b...

3 Loka 201949min

#89: Classified Information

#89: Classified Information

Inspired by BoardGameGeek's new system for classifying board game mechanisms, we give our thoughts on the changes, as well as talk about classification in general. Somehow it always leads to heated di...

26 Syys 20191h 2min

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