Games of Essen 2025 - RANKED

2025-11-06T20:24:32Z

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Not going to go through these all individually, but:

  • Chemical Overload - what’s that, cover? It’s 2010 again and women have to show cleavage? No thanks, there are enough great games that I don’t feel any urge to support this stuff.
  • Tax the Rich - took a look at this one. Didn’t speak to me. Also I don’t love the pastels.

I didn’t hear about any of these at the show except for Tax the Rich and Night Soil, not even Feya’s Swamp. (Maybe someone mentioned White Castle Duel but I have no interest so I’d have forgotten about it at once.)

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2025-11-07T19:35:15Z

On this FULL CAPS CHUNKY episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are talking about all of the games they played at Essen 2025!

This is an audio-only reupload of the video we just put out on the main channel - so if you’d like to enjoy a physical tier list alongside these wobbly words? Then that’s where it is, and will be, forever and ever.

Excuse the mildly iffy audio on this one!

Have a great weekend, everybody!

<strong>Timestamps:</strong>

01:00 - Chemical Overload

07:50 - Collect!

12:45 - Tolleno

19:05 - A Carnivore Did It!

21:40 - Echoes of Time

23:55 - Pyradice

29:07 - Tax The Rich

32:09 - 3 Witches

37:53 - Agent Avenue

43:33 - Recall

46:59 - Feya’s Swamp

54:43 - Wie Die Karnikel

58:20 - Milch Mit Abführmittel

1:03:34 - Big Shot

1:08:07 - Night Soil

1:11:24 - The White Castle: Duel

1:16:58 - National Economy

1:21:05 - Railway Boom

1:23:38 - Pulitzer

1:30:28 - Sanctuary

1:34:29 - River Rats

1:39:32 - Ghost Lift

Neither of the two games I liked are here :clown_face:

(Waddle and Take Time)

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I think out of this and the NPI list Limit sounds the most interesting.

I did also like the sound of sanctuary enough to get that one too.

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