A PODCAST ABOUT BOARD GAMES, CARD GAMES AND TABLETOP GAMING. HOSTED BY SEAN AND RONAN AND COMING OUT OF THE UK.
Episodes
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Sean and Ronan are back in a sweltering hot London 'studio' to discuss eight games they have been playing recently and a few crowd funded projects they have backed this month.
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Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Matthew Jude is again dragged into the Pit for part 2 of our look back at the best and worst of 2019.
With Matthew the Pit boys reveal their top 10 games of last year while giving each other occasional abuse.
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Saturday May 23, 2020
Saturday May 23, 2020
In this episode we welcome the irritatingly talented Matthew Jude from This Game is Broken, Death by Monsters and Watch it Played.
With Matthew, we take a look back at last year and work our way through the highs and lows. Many a rant is had as we cover the games from 2019 with categories including Under the Radar, Most Disappointing, Not in My Wheelhouse and many more.
Next time in Part 2, we will do our top 10 games of 2019.
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Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Sean and Ronan are back in the groove and cover a bonanza sixteen games in this episode.
There are thirteen reviews, one lookback and they finish by mulling over three ongoing or recent Kickstarter projects.
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Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Sean is back, Natalie is Guest Starring and along with Ronan they take you through the games we played at AireCon 2020 and tip toe around Sean's all day hangover.
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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
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
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
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
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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Also, we are proud to announce that our Pit Stop overview videos are now part of the Dice Tower family and can be only found on the Dice Tower YouTube feed.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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