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Bonus Bits: SU&SD Play REBIRTH
Tom and Matt are joined by the fabulous Dani Standring for a potter around in Rebirth - the turbo-chill Knizia hangout that earned itself a Shut Up & Sit Down review a while back! Enjoy!
Newsletter No# 92
Okay, this might be the one. Shut Up & Sit Down has had a hot-and-cold relationship with GMT Games over the years; entranced by the potential contained in those boxes packed with systems and stories, but put-off by the fiddle and faff. ‘A Gest of Robin Hood’ could break that curse - with a sharp...
Newsletter No# 91
What a stunner! This labour of love has taken a whoppingseven yearsto make the journey from idea to table, and you canfeelthose many years of effort oozing from itsbeautiful pores(yuck).Remarkably, though, these years have not manifested in bloat, but instead oodles of refinement andcharm. See, The ...
Bonus Bits: SU&SD Plays Floristry
We teased last month that this one would be on the channel so feast your eyes and ears on our playthrough to go along with last week's review.OH! And we’re joined by the incredible Dani Standring!
Newsletter No #90
This month on the endless Reiner Roulette we’ve been checking out Rebirth - a chunky and very pleasant box from Mighty Boards. It’s immediately delightful and interesting, but underneath the wrapper of theme it plays in a way that borders on abstract.Each turn players will place just one tile on...
Bonus Bits: Tom is Addicted to The Bazaar
Tom has been down an absolute rabbithole with his recent obsession, "The Bazaar" - a freaky new auto-battler that should NOT be sold to anyone with a remotely addictive personality.Check out this bonus playthrough/natter if you're interested - but consider yourself warned! This stuff is ...
Bonus Bits: Matt's Quiche Crime
We decided on a whim to make a quiche for a video, and then edited the whole process down into something silly. It went BADLY.
Bonus Bits: We Play Black Forest
Matt & Tom enjoy a leisurely playthrough of one of our favourite games of the year.Join us for plenty of BEEF and GLASS.
Bonus Bits: The Games We Miss in 2024
Tom: I wanted to make this a bumper issue to kick off the new year, but ultimately felt I should put all of that energy into making some really solid main-channel videos. We’ve got three in the bag already! Wonderful!Next month should be different - but for this month please enjoy this quick littl...
The Sleepy, Snoozy, End [Start!] of Year Special: SU&SD Newsletter #87
Note: This newsletter was meant to go out just before Christmas, but we didn’t get things shaped up in time. Please enjoy this somewhat meager issue to kick off the new year,packedwith the hubris of December 2024 Tom.Tom: You know, every single time I get back from PAX Unplugged, I proudly suggest...
Bonus Bits #11
Tom: Hello! As a little extra Bonus Bit in-between newsletters, we've filmed a playthrough of Joyride - the game featured in our latest review! Check it out right here.I'm joined by the ever-lovely Rob and Kylie for this one, and I'm sure they'll be back for similar videos in the fut...
Arcs Session Report
Finally,someoneon the team has been playing an Arcs Campaign - though they’ve requested we keep their identity a secret as part of an ‘Arcs Anonymous’ program. If you or a loved one has a problem, then there’s a way to find help.That person has written and recorded a dinky ‘session report...
Bonus Brain Worms!
Secondly,we recorded a little bonus podcastthat we’re tentatively titling ‘BONUS BRAIN WORMS’! We wanted to have a space to chat about the games that might have slipped through the net of our coverage, and a tidy extra podcast episode felt like the right place to do it. Let us know if you want...
Let's Play: Galaxy Trucker!
Tom: We’ve got three little bonus bits this month!First up, something simple - a fun playthrough that myself and Matt recorded for our Top 100 Episode on Galaxy Trucker! Enjoy watching us fall apart completely in space.
The Scoop Spillzone: SU&SD Newsletter #86
Matt: It feels like an age since we got back from Essen, but we’ve still got SO MANY games left to check out and play. If you’ve been keeping up withour podcastyou’ll have heard us chat a little about alotof them, but as we start to wind down 2024 we’ve still got so many games buzzing in our...
Scoop City U.S.A. : SU&SD Newsletter #85
Tom: This newsletter? It’s all about the SCOOPS!I’m writing thisjustbefore the team engages in some Essen - the biggest, themost Germanconvention ever to grace god’s green earth. I can’t believe that the sitenever went to Essenbefore 2023? They haveso many games there. We love those!Matt: It...
Bonus Bits - Shapez 2 is Really Good.
Tom: I’ve been absolutely inundated with brilliant video games this month, getting that kid-in-a-sweetshop feeling whenever I look at my Steam library. Rather than write at length about them, I figured I’d make a breathless little video explaining the joys I found in just one of them.
Short Form: SU&SD Newsletter #84
Tom: I think this is going to be a slightly shorter, sharper newsletter than normal - I’m trying to get us back into a nice steady rhythm after taking a few loopy detours recently - past Wilmot Boulevard, through Arcs Alley - we’re just on the left there, thanks.It’s a fitting tempo, actually,...
Bonus Bits - ARCS: Extras & Errata
Tom: This month, I’ve made a little extra video going through some of the leftover thoughts and feelings I had after putting out two whopping great vids on Arcs! If you’re hungry for more, take a watch (or rater, a listen) right over here:
The Wilmot Special: SU&SD Newsletter #83
This newsletter can also be consumed in an audio format further up the page._____________________________________________________________________________Before anything else,a massive thank youto each and every one of you reading this, new and longstanding. We could not do what we do without you a...
Summer Drive!
Thank you SO MUCH, donors new and old, for helping us keep this SU&SD train rolling!
Let's Play: Barenpark!
Tom: Bears! Bears! Bears! Myself and Matt played some Barenpark and we’d love you to watch it and have a chill time. I totally biffed it in this game, it was a complete nightmare. Not a relaxing experience for me, but it might well be for you, who knows?!
The UKGE Roundup Episode!: SU&SD Newsletter #82
Present Tom: I can explain! I promise!This newsletter is comically late. It’s been through a time vortex and has popped out the other end all greasy and weird. I wrote all this immediately after UKGE, but then two things happened in quick succession thatpropelledthis newsletter into the far futu...
Not A Tier List Video
Secondly, I didn’t make an AllPlay tier list video. Well, I did? It’s complicated.We almost got the Barenpark playthrough sorted in time for this month but main channel vids took priority! I thought about pushing this newsletter back a bit to accommodate that, but I want to try and get these out...
THE DUELLLLL!
Tom: We’ve got two great chunks of video for you folks!First up, myself and Emily went head-to-head in a NYT Connections DUEL! I absolutely cackled watching Emily’s edit of this, and I think it’s a good blueprint for some fun bonus bits going forward. As always, let us know what you think! We...
