Episodes
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Episode 146: Small Box Game Pit Fight
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Ronan and Eleanor team up to take apart seven small box games and run you through those to embrace and those to avoid in this Small Box Games Pit Fight.
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Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Episode 145: Solo Game Pit Fight
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Just Ronan this time around as he gives a rundown of six small box solo games he has been playing over recent months and ranks them in his order of preference.
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Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
Episode 144: Top 10 of 2010
Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
Every year we take a look back one whole decade and give our picks for Top 10 games of that year.
This time it is 2010 and we tell you about the classics that have held up, the hidden gems and the growers.
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Friday Feb 14, 2020
Episode 143: Pit Spit
Friday Feb 14, 2020
Friday Feb 14, 2020
Join us as we take an in depth dive into twelve more games we have been playing in recent weeks. Including Maracaibo, Paladins of the West Kingdom, La Stanza, Yukon Airways and more...
Apologies for the long delay between episodes and the change of venue halfway through, hear all about the ups and downs of recent months as we explain a few things.
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Friday Dec 06, 2019
The Game Pit: Episode 142 - Pit Spit
Friday Dec 06, 2019
Friday Dec 06, 2019
We're back with another Pit Spit episode.
Sean and Ronan run through 12 games that they have been playing of late including Marvel: Champions, Horrified, Rumble Nation and Abomination: Heir to Frankenstein. They also take a look at two current KickStarter projects that have caught the eye.
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Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Episode 141- Glancing Blows Pre-Essen 2019 and Interview with Isaac Childres
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
We try out a new format called Glancing Blows, based around early impressions on games we have played once or twice. Ronan is joined by Ellie and Rachel to discuss nine new releases or games due to drop tomorrow at Spiel 2019.
We also have an interview from Chris O'Regan, esteemed video game podcast host, and Issac Childres, designer of Gloomhaven.
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Monday Oct 21, 2019
Episode 140 - Essen 2019 Treasure Hunt Part 3
Monday Oct 21, 2019
Monday Oct 21, 2019
For the final time this year Sean and Ronan share their musings on twelve upcoming releases due to debut at Spiel 2019. For each game your intrepid hosts have done their research and without having played these titles they make an informed guess on whether they are Treasures or Traps.
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Friday Oct 18, 2019
Episode 139 - Essen 2019 Treasure Hunt Part 2
Friday Oct 18, 2019
Friday Oct 18, 2019
Sean and Ronan are back once again after ransacking through the information on the upcoming releases at Spiel 2019. They have picked eleven games to pore over and try to make a decision on whether these games will be Treasured for years to come or Traps to capture the unwary.
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Monday Oct 14, 2019
Episode 138: Top 10 of 2018 with Matthew Jude
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Matthew Jude is again a 'guest' in The Pit to finally discuss our Top 10 very best games released in 2018.
Join us for eighty six minutes if the finest the gaming could give you from last year.
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Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Episode 137 - Essen 2019 Treasure Hunt Part 1
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Sean and Ronan have been rooting through the upcoming releases due out at Spiel in Essen 2019.
As is tradition, they have chosen twelve games to preview and attempt to discern whether these titles are Treasures worthy of your eye or Traps destined to disappoint.
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Monday Sep 23, 2019
Episode 136: Pit Spit
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Sean and Ronan descend into the pit carrying twelve games they have been playing recently. Some will be thrown into the bone midden while others will be placed carefully in the Trophy Hall. Which games make the cut?
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Monday Sep 16, 2019
Episode 135 - Review of 2018 Part 1 with Matthew Jude
Monday Sep 16, 2019
Monday Sep 16, 2019
Sean and Ronan are joined by Matthew Jude to chat about the best and worst of board gaming in 2018. A few awards are handed out but the Top 10s will have to wait for another day due a technical difficulty.
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Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Episode 134 - Pit Spit
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Ronan and Sean reunite and discuss the generally lighter games they have been nibbling at during a collective slowdown in gaming over the past few months. Games old and new and chewed over, holiday plans mentioned and plans are made for more episodes soon as the games are starting to flow again.
Thursday Jul 25, 2019
The Game Pit: Episode 133 - UKGE 2019 Battle Report
Thursday Jul 25, 2019
Thursday Jul 25, 2019
With the boys taking turns at being stricken, This time Ronan is unable to crawl into the pit.
However, fear ye not! Natalie has stepped into the breach and joined Sean to discuss the UK Games Expo 2019 and the games we played there.
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Saturday Jun 01, 2019
Episode 132 - LoBsterCon XVII Revisited
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
With Sean nursing an ailing ear it is time for Pouria and Chris to step up and fill the big shoes left behind.
The three of us recap eighteen games we played over the weekend at LoBsterCon XVII in Eastbourne. Covering games old and new, long and short.
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Sunday Mar 31, 2019
The Game Pit - Episode 131: Council Chamber Top 10 of 2009
Sunday Mar 31, 2019
Sunday Mar 31, 2019
Sean and Ronan are unearthing modern classics in this episode. Joined by Pouria they each give their Top 10 games published in 2009 and the reasons why these titles are still great after a decade of plays.
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Monday Mar 18, 2019
The Game Pit - Episode 130: Pit Spit
Monday Mar 18, 2019
Monday Mar 18, 2019
With the format name, Pit Spit lingering to Sean's disgust the boys return to chat about games played, more Kickstarter shiny stuff and whatever else comes to mind.
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Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
The Game Pit - Episode 129: Picking Over the Bones
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Sean and Ronan are chewing through six in depth reviews this time around in The Game Pit.
Going through the ordeal this time are; Blackout: Hong Kong, Architects of the West Kingdom, Captains of the Gulf, Robin Hood and the Merry Men, Pandemic: Fall of Rome and The Flow of History.
Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
The Game Pit - Episode 128: 10 x 10 2019
Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
Sean and Ronan return to discuss their 2018 10 x 10 Challenge in which they tried to play ten separate games ten times over the course of the year. They chat about lessons learned and choose ten more games for this year's challenge.
Friday Feb 15, 2019
The Game Pit: Episode 127 - Pit Patter
Friday Feb 15, 2019
Friday Feb 15, 2019
With Ronan banished, Natalie once again steps into the Pit to discuss three family game and three more involved games (and Sean's magnificent cooking).
Discussed today are Fireball Island: The Curse of Vulkar, My Little Scythe, Jungle Race, The Grimm Forest, Legendary Encounters: X-Files and Mr. Cabbagehead's Garden.
We also hear from the big man himself, James.
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