Hello and welcome to the Shut Up and Sit Down Podcast, a podcast all about board games,

the people who love them, and a third thing that gives this title a kind of rhythmic

pace that we haven't found yet, but we're zeroing in on it.

My name's Quintit Smith and I'm joined today by Tom Brewster.

I think normally the third thing is just board games again, isn't it?

I know, but it's dumb. That's a dumb joke.

And what are the people tuning into this podcast right now?

I hear for serious discussion about board games.

I want them to feel like they've come to the right place as well.

They have, maybe.

Don't say maybe, be confident.

And fine. They have.

There we go.

Today on this very serious board game podcast that occasionally has jokes and gags and goofs,

we're going to be talking about three board games for you.

We're going to be talking about a hoi, an asymmetric pirate game from later games, the makers

of root.

We're going to be talking about 3,000 scoundrels, a game that has literally 3,000 scoundrels

in it.

And we're going to be talking about dead reckoning, a pirate game that, and there is a theme

on this podcast.

There's a theme.

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