2025's Best Board Game Gifts!

‘Tis the season! We’re back with a bumper stack of great board games to recommend you buy for your best pals, your arch enemies, or perhaps even… yourself? That’s right! It’s the Annual Shut Up & Sit Down Board Game Gift Guide and it’s beaming directly into your eyeballs right now. Links for any and all games discussed will be directly below! Support the Show: https://bit.ly/SupportSUSD / http://ko-fi.com/shutupandsitdown / https://www.patreon.com/shutupandsitdown See this year's full guide here: https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/2025s-best-board-game-gifts/ SU&SD’s Gift Guide ’24: https://bit.ly/SUSDGG24 Best Games ’24: https://bit.ly/SUSDFavof24 Ultimate Gift List ’23: https://bit.ly/SUSDChristmasGGuide2023 10 Games to Play with your Family: https://bit.ly/SUSDTop10Xmas 0:00 Happy Holidays folks! 1:10 The Quest for El Dorado Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYVBJ2u4xWI Top 100: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYrhTAD-D5s Buy US: https://bit.ly/44bXg9P Buy UK: https://bit.ly/3Mkpx7Z Buy CA: https://bit.ly/4pJXiOm 2:37 Flamme Rouge & Heat Flamme Rouge Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgX6l8HX16M Buy US: https://bit.ly/4pedN5q Buy UK: https://bit.ly/48w8WW8 Heat: Pedal to the Metal Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reKywaUtP44 Buy US: https://bit.ly/3KoBCbH Buy UK: https://bit.ly/3XF3gUO 3:40 Flamme Rouge: Grand Tour & Heat Expansions Flamme Rouge: Grand Tour Podcast: https://bit.ly/SUSDPod267 Buy US: https://bit.ly/4pUNvVP Heat: Pedal to the Metal: Tunnel Vision Buy US: https://bit.ly/4oGa67w Buy UK: https://bit.ly/48w3La9 Buy CA: https://bit.ly/4pTw7AR Heat: Pedal to the Metal: Heavy Rain Buy US: https://bit.ly/4a0QMya Buy UK: https://bit.ly/4oF3iXY Buy CA: https://bit.ly/3KJozBG 4:43 Sanctuary Games of Essen '25 Ranked': https://youtu.be/7_fZ4CVwHzE?si=86GYn7qB8Znona9t&t=5556 Buy US: https://bit.ly/4rFHz4D Buy CA: https://bit.ly/3KInvxV Ark Nova Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNgr-ET0buQ Calico & Cascadia Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC0vPdJs8uQ 5:59 Things in Rings Buy US: https://bit.ly/4aDlkGm Buy UK: https://bit.ly/4rJCwAo Buy CA: https://bit.ly/49ZOTC0 7:22 Strike Podcast: https://bit.ly/SUSDPod239 Buy US: https://bit.ly/49TUrxN 9:34 Agent Avenue Games of Essen '25 Ranked': https://youtu.be/7_fZ4CVwHzE?si=IwLT3hIEq3JB7GRA&t=2366 Buy UK: https://bit.ly/4plE9Tl Buy Agent Avenue: Division M: Buy UK: https://bit.ly/3MIVXJl 11:39 High Tide Buy US: https://bit.ly/48UJefi 13:46 Tag Team Podcast: https://bit.ly/SUSDPod282 Preview: https://youtu.be/lOQTbfwdPSw?si=FMDU2PZbii_CgwLa&t=359 Buy US: https://bit.ly/4rCOsnt Buy UK: https://bit.ly/4oF4pa7 Buy CA: https://bit.ly/4iHmqmP 16:21 Wizard Buy US: https://bit.ly/3XF54x4 Buy UK: https://bit.ly/3Ksu3AO Buy CA: https://bit.ly/49ZQfg4 18:56 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game Podcast: https://bit.ly/SUSDPod268 Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpfUDpd5Z7k&t=1150s Buy US: https://amzn.to/3KBPQWB Buy UK: https://bit.ly/4plsFiE Buy CA: https://bit.ly/4atws8L 21:05 New Mill Industries card games https://www.newmillindustries.com/ 21:44 Gachapon Trick [New Mill Industries] 22:12 Somnia [New Mill Industries] 23:12 Seven Prophecies [New Mill Industries] 24:24 Lepidoptery [New Mill Industries] Scout Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFZIr5feAPE Buy Scout: In US: https://amzn.to/3DeIQsP In UK: https://bit.ly/3H0Jzly In CA: https://bit.ly/3TDX1gW 25:01 Agency [New Mill Industries] 27:08 Wordy Gifts 27:25 The Game Changers Buy US: https://amzn.to/4eQjqAH 28:08 SENET Subscribe: https://senetmagazine.com/ 29:11 Crossword Puzzles Buy US: https://bit.ly/3MkkO6o Puzmo: https://www.puzzmo.com/ | https://shop.puzzmo.com/ Visit SU&SD for more cardboard antics: http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/ ~FOLLOW US AROUND, WHY DON'T YOU~ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/susd Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/shutupshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shut.up.and.sit.down Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/shutupandsitdown TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shutupshow