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#95: The Danish Crisis

Shut Up & Sit Down

Shut Up & Sit Down

Leisure, Games

4.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2019

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode of our award-winning podcast, Matt and Quinns talk about their trip to Danish board game convention Fastaval.

Games discussed include the superb Hansa Teutonica (02:56), the as-yet unannounced Deep Blue (12:02), the also-unannounced Auto (15:50), Flamme Rouge’s unnamed campaign expansion (24:05), That’s Not Lemonade (35:43) and Mid-Life Crisis (45:23).

Finally, we close with a discussion of Fastaval itself, and what makes it so magical (59:18). Is it the terrifying, viking-like cleaning crew? Is it the black tie award ceremony? Is it the unparalleled gender equality, or the world-class roleplaying games?

It's all of these things, and more. Huge thanks to the organisers for choosing us as this year's guests of honour.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everybody and welcome to the very 95th ever episode of the Shut Up and Sit Down podcast.

0:17.8

A podcast all about board games and that's it.

0:21.6

Honestly that's kind of it.

0:23.2

My name is Quentin Smith and I am joined by Matthew Lee's.

0:26.2

Hello, it's me Matt Lee's and board games.

0:29.5

You brought board games with you.

0:31.2

I have.

0:31.7

In spirit.

0:32.4

Yes.

0:32.9

And physically we're in my house so we're surrounded by board games because I'm an incredibly

0:36.9

messy man.

0:37.9

Working as a board game journalist is kind of like living tetris, you know, where boxes

0:41.8

come, they arrive, you need to get rid of them because if you don't, you're going to

0:46.2

be crushed to death.

0:47.2

Yeah, you have to line them all in one flat row and then they disappear.

0:49.6

I know, no one knows that except us.

0:52.1

This is going to be an unusual episode of the podcast because it's all about our recollections

0:56.4

of festival.

0:58.6

Table top convention you probably haven't heard of because it is Danish.

1:02.1

Mm.

1:02.7

The land of Denmark, the home of Hamlet and Ham.

1:07.5

Danish Ham.

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