Hello and welcome to the very 145th episode of the Shut Up and Sit Down podcast, the podcast all about board games, board games and the people who love board games.

My name is Matt Lees and I am joined by Ava Foxfort. I love board games, board games and the people who love board games. My name is Matt Lees and I am joined by

Ava Foxford. I love board games. And Sir Thomas Brewster. I also love board games. They're cool.

Correct answers in round one leaving both teams with a tie. So today's episode is quite exciting

in the fact that we are going to be leaving our

atmosphere to the cold, chilly embrace of space. And it's going to be, there's going to be stars,

there's going to be planets, there's going to be all of those things, and more. And we've got

two games we're going to be talking about that take place coincidentally in space. Cryo from Zaman

Games, Zedman Games, as they prefer to be called, sometimes a game designed by Tom Jolly and Luke

Lorry and also Moonrakers from Ivy Games designed by Austin Harrison and Max Anderson.

These are two games that come in blue boxes

and feature bits of cardboard

and sometimes bits of plastic.

That's all the facts.

And everything else is just going to be opinions.

And those bits are surrounded, don't forget,

by space,

empty space inside the box that we will dive into and enjoy, question mark. Indeed.

And let the question mark take control. What does that mean? That doesn't mean anything,

but we could put a sting in somewhere.

So Cryo caught my eye a while ago when it was first announced with a very striking piece of cover art of a spaceship crashing down into the atmosphere of planet.

It has a wonderfully distinct illustration style running throughout the game in terms of the work on the cards and the work on the board.

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