Robert Hovakimyan

NEXT WEEK, IT’S BOARD GAMES DIRECT!

Presenting over 50 new releases across a whole week of videos, Shut Up & Sit Down want to show YOU what publishers have been cooking with cardboard.

🚨Our Summer Sale Spectacular is here! Check out our biggest sale EVER — live this week only. 🥳

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I love the 3 Colors series!

I'm sad to miss seeing everyone at Gen Con! Check out Bitewing Games booth to see 5 new titles I was the graphic designer on - I got to work on all of the great games on that front table! 🙂

You mean like @bitewinggames.bsky.social 👀

Thanks! I think you might like this one then :)

Most Anticipated Board Games of 2025, Part 2 - Bitewing Games Nick shares 15 more of his most anticipated board games of 2025 including a tiny rippable game, a big swampy game, and everything in-between.

Today Nick shares 15 more of his most anticipated board games of 2025 including a tiny rippable game, a big swampy game, and everything in between.
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Can't wait to finally try this game! It's been on my wishlist for ages-- ever since I played and really enjoyed Gunkimono!

Cannot wait to start seeing Rheinlander content. Such a hidden gem.

Love this game, and Ali did such a great job with the art 😍

Excited to announce our next Kickstarter coming later this summer.....new versions of two Knizia classics, both with art from Ian O'Toole: RA the Dice Game and Rheinlander!

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SPIEL Essen 25 Preview Hundreds of new games will be introduced at SPIEL Essen 25. This preview covers games debuting at that show or recently released or (for smaller publishers) released since 2024.

Two of my games will be at Essen this year!

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Every week I promise myself I'll stop reading BGG comments and every week I break that promise 😭

box cover of the new Blood Rage Valhalla standalone expansion from the Gamefound page.

So I've been teasing about working on "some Blood Rage" thing since like ... 2020?

And I have. Slowly. Quietly. With lots of breaks and time to bake.

BLOOD RAGE: VALHALLA is a standalone sequel game to Blood Rage, taking place after Ragnarok.

I'm not sure how much I can spoil yet.

Stay tuned!

YouTube video by Rolling with the Beard Shuffle and Swing board game review

Great new review from Rolling with the Beard of Shuffle & Swing by @robhovak.bsky.social 🎷
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JYv...

Tigris & Euphrates or Yellow & Yangtze

It was great to meet you as well! Shuffle & Swing is by far my least Knizian game haha, but maybe there's a kernel of Knizia in there.

Let Me Not Then Die Ingloriously You know that moment in every ancient battle scene, whether in film or video games, where the lines have collapsed and now the burly infantry boys are fighting one on one, everybody mixed together …

Iliad is a brutally clever two-player duel from Reiner Knizia, turning the ancient battlefield into a series of wagers to secure the favor of the gods. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/06/17/i...

I love that Quinns is doing your how to plays! He's incredibly likeable and makes the games sound so fun to play. What a man 😍

What kind of games are you looking for these days?

There’s a LOT of pressure for a game design to be good when the art is this fantastic.

Invoke legendary deities and battle for control of ancient Ireland!
Moytura is from designers @djackthompson.bsky.social and @trevormbenjamin.bsky.social (the duo behind Undaunted, War Chest, and more) and illustrated by Harry Conway, @asmeesh.bsky.social, and @brigetteidesign.bsky.social
ALSO GOOD

YouTube video by Bitewing Games Mythos Collection — Wave 2 Teaser

BIG NEWS!
Check out the grand reveal of our next two Mythos Collection games ⚡️
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It was Moytura!

Yes to all of this!

How do you go to bed at night? If a collection isn't at least 10% Knizia, it's eternally cursed. This is backed up by scientific evidence from chat GPT.

YouTube video by Homo Ludens Paolo Mori - Boardgame Design and History

I was lucky enough to sit down with Paolo Mori to talk with him about game design and history. Get ready for a lot of hand gestures 🤌
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Bus!!! Really want to try Nor Pac-- it sounds great.

TCG where you dont rotate cards to mark actions is a largely untapped market.

Cannot wait for folks to see the cover of one of the unannounced games 👀 It may be one of my favorite covers in boardgames ever