Thursday, October 15, 2026
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I finally remembered to write a review of the memory card game Trio, also known as Nana to some! The post Trio Review appeared first on Board Game Review .
The Board Game Family Tile-laying games are some of our family's favorite board games. There's something satisfying about watching a colorful puzzle slowly come together over the course of a game. And when a game adds…
It has been over a month since my last post. Couple of reasons for this. Firstly, I’ve had a few issues with my computer, which, by the fact that I’m writing this, you can see I’ve managed to sort. Secondly, I’ve spen…
The Board Game Family Card games don’t usually explode onto the family gaming scene overnight, but that’s exactly what happened with Flip 7. Since its release in 2024 by The Op Games, this little push-your-luck card g…
Earlier this year I decided to host a small game day for the contributors of Lautapeliopas. I’ve been doing yoga, and the yoga school rents out the place. It’s a lovely place and good for small gatherings. For the fir…
For-Ex had the “why on earth did you buy this game” letter on back of the box. I’m exactly the kind of person to buy a game after reading that. I played the original four times before passing it on. It was a weird gam…
I usually start my long reviews with a little atmospheric, story-like intro, and whilst this game certainly lends itself to such, I thought an explanation of what’s to come would be better suited. You see, this didn’t…
We played Guàn Dàn yesterday. John McLeod (of Pagat.com) was visiting Tampere recently and recommended this Chinese climbing card game to me. According to him, it’s very popular in China right now. It has a couple of …
Creeping from room to room, trying not to make the slightest noise, I made my way towards the cockpit. The tension filled the air. My shipmate was on the opposite side of the ship, we’d split up long before and that w…
The Board Game Family The Rubik's x Tetris crossover combines two of the most legendary shape-based puzzle games into one fun ride. The goal is to restore all six iconic Tetris Tetriminos to their original forms. As s…
One of Yasmin’s Asgardians and an easy paint for me, as I just followed what I did for Thor… more or less! Primed Black and the dry-brushed all over with Pale Grey Blue and then White… I think you know what’s coming n…
This has been a good week of games. We started with afternoon games on Monday. One player dropped out, so the original plan of a four-player game of Imperial turned into a three-player game of Indonesia. I had not pla…
Sat on my shelf for over a year, gathering dust and sticking its tongue out at me in disgust, as I have continually failed to give Age of Comics any recognition in that time. Finally, I managed to get a game or two in…
Get the flags out. Hoot your horn, Give me a big round of applause… I’ve finally painted another unit for Bolt Action! Volkssturm! The old, the young, and the unfit. The scrapings from the bottom of the barrel. I thou…
This week has been good for board games. On Tuesday, I met a friend for a two-player game of 18GB: The Railways of Great Britain, and yesterday we played another game of Indonesia. Two-player 18GB is a fine 18xx exper…
The Board Game Family SaltCon Spring 2026 is only a couple of weeks away and the excitement is building. I've attended our local board game convention near Salt Lake City, Utah for 15 years and have loved seeing it gr…
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m experimenting with speed/contrast/Xpress paints, call them what you will, in order to try and increase my output of minis, and I thought this would be a good point to show you two of the …
I wanted to do a redraw of the Chicago & NorthWestern board. I own the original Winsome Games edition. The Rio Grande version has a nicer board, though it’s a bit plain and doesn’t include the most obvious usability f…
We had a great game session yesterday. We played Indonesia! The appearance of the new third edition made me realize Indonesia would be a great match for my current game group, so I quickly reacquired a copy. I got the…
Not a very productive year, 2025, certainly not from a hobby perspective anyway. Fourteen posts was all I managed, which to be honest, was probably close to the number of games I actually played too. With my daughter …
Let’s start by saying just how much I dislike painting Spider people. I hate it! That suit drives me crazy… so much and yet so little detail. I think this is the third or fourth I’ve done now and I kept putting him of…
Painting has been a bit sporadic over the last few months and the couple of things I’ve completed have been done in a hurry, of which Toad here was the first. Pretty simple with just two main colours, one of which is …
The Board Game Family Forget the regular preamble to a board game review. We'll cut right to the chase – Skull is an absolutely hit with everyone we've introduced the game to. It's a short game packed with strategizin…
Don't miss the AWESOME Shorts Dani Standring did for Board Games Direct:
The Board Game Family “I can name that tune in 5 notes.” “You go ahead and name that tune!” That’s exactly what I thought when reading the rules to 25 Words or Less, a new game from The Op Games. Since most of our rea…
Hello! Basically every single year I’ve worked for Shut Up & Sit Down, I’ve typed out the words: “it’s been a weird year” …and 2025 is proving to be absolutely no exception! We’ve just put out a sponsored video onto t…
Shut Up & Sit Down is delighted to announce a partnership with Play to Z to hunt down the board game treasures that we think belong in every collection. " SU&SD Presents " is a brand new line of titles that places a s…
Tom: Hey folks! We wanted to kick off the year with an update that goes over what Shut Up & Sit Down is going to be up to in 2024. This is the kind of thing we normally reserve for the newsletter, but we wanted this t…
Tom: October! Spooky Month! This one’s packed with TREATS! No tricks, I promise! It’s candy! Go on, bite it! BITE IT! Mmmmmmmm. Yum. Isn’t that nice? Tasty Tasty Cardboard. Videos! Let’s talk about those! We’ve got ab…
Hi folks! We wanted to put out a quick announcement that the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast is going to take a very small break, for a few weeks. A spread of bad luck with recording, a few bouts of illness, some planned h…
Tom: September already? Summer literally collapsed in front of my very eyes here in Brighton, where the weather took a harsh left-turn into dribblesville. It’s SAD over here all of a sudden. But I’m HYPE about this mo…
What have you been playing lately? Anything you've revisited that you haven't played in ages?
