The NINTH EVER Shut Up & Sit Down podcast has arrived like a beautiful steam train! It's impressive, quite long and harnesses only rudimentary technology.

Several days after recording it, we've arbitrarily decided that this one has the theme of reigning! We've got detailed impressions of new, absurdly tricky card game Reignaissance Man, we discuss the problem with ruling imaginary nations, and we discuss the games we'd banish from our kingdoms if we could. We're so classy that we've even managed to coax the fabulous Leigh Alexander back as a special guest! It's as if she never left.

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The SU&SD podcast has once again arrived like a great big board gaming burrito: Fiery, fresh and surprisingly dense*.

In our eighth instalment Paul and Quinns are joined by Matt Lees as they thoroughly deconstruct Egypt simulator Kemet, senile dementia simulator Mascarade, and Police Precinct! Which simulates literally no policemen or women who have ever existed.

They also find the time to quiz Paul about Risk Legacy, bully Quinns about Cube Quest and take on the tricky subject of wargaming, before diving headfirst into this month's mailbag.

*Rejected adjectives for this analogy: Lukewarm, creamy, gassy.

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Paul: Yes, yes, we have a seventh podcast for you, for all of you, even you there, at the back. Please form an orderly queue here and pick up your free copy.

In this podcast we bounce from topic to topic like kangaroos on trampolines in an earthquake, touching on the glorious Galaxy Trucker, the wicked Revolver 2, the svelte Netrunner and the august Augustus. We also slip a slimy tentacle into our mailbag and see which of your questions adhere best to our mucus-coated membranes, answering queries on topics from Cosmic Encounter to Mice & Mystics.*

We also invite special guest Leigh Alexander on, to talk about why indie RPGs are so interesting and how we ended up roleplaying an inappropriate, awkward and surprisingly supernatural sexual encounter.** Is there any other podcast like this anywhere out there? You already know the answer to that.

*NB: Our answer to the Mice & Mystics question is really disappointing. Sorry about that. Sorry.

**Apologies in advance to Sting.

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Oh, no. Having survived month one of the new site, the boys are trying to make their podcast more professional. The result? A regular feature they can't decide on, musical stings they're wielding like cattle prods, and a special guest! Of Brendan.

On the plus side, we're serving up HOT CHATTER about so many new titles! Lords of Waterdeep, Tokaido, City of Remnants, The New Science, Police Precinct, Kingdoms, Netrunner (again), Relic (again), and A La Carte! Which is a cooking game for children from 20 years ago. Sorry.

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In this VERY SERIOUS podcastery from renowned "Men of letters" Paul and Quinns, we answer the questions that some people, somewhere, might want answered. Are board games cool? When is it about American-style boardgames? We also wonder if there's a The Matrix board game but there isn't.

On the way we discuss all sorts of hot releases, including Relic, Talisman, Netrunner, Labyrinth, Last Night on Earth and even PERUDO! Because reasons.

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