Board Game Reviews Ep

[@ripjaw56]

This is the one game you've reviewed that I've actually played

[@darkmentalmaster]

Legit

[@MatthewKang806]

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[@MatthewKang806]

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[@dan70338]

Same

[@eok1138]

Same here

[@nicevideos2252]

I played this with my family when growing up. This is so nostalgic

[@Cryingobi]

same broo

[@GhostRiderLSOV]

Same here too. My dad really liked it. And if he had the joker in his starting hand, he'd keep it till almost to the end to make (not always) a big play with it. :P

[@chickenmanphil]

same

[@kringhetto]

Same!

[@nicevideos2252]

@@GhostRiderLSOV omg mine too! We always fought about it lol

[@DoktorDiskord]

I don't know why but my family always pronounced this game as "roomy cube".

[@owen______]

Same

[@BrightBlueInk]

My family does "rummy-cube" which I think is what they're going for--basically, it's Rummy but with tiles/"cubes" instead of cards. But looking at how it's spelled... It's actually not that clear.

[@thatoneginger]

@@BrightBlueInk can confirm. My great grandma called it Rummy “cube”. She did the Sunday NY Times crossword in pen, so I trust her.

[@joaopedrosambatti2474]

My family says it like roomy cub

[@ssp_2015]

That's the correct pronunciation

[@carykh]

OH MY GOSH I used to have this game at my old house, which means we must've owned it since before I was 6-7-ish. All I know was that the Joker face piece really freaked me out, to the point I couldn't even play the game 😭

[@youtubeviolatedme7123]

There's a game I play with my dog called "Tummirub." Is that similar to what you're talking about here

[@Anton-ie9ue]

Lol

[@pizzalover9932]

I play that game with my kids

[@crimson90]

Eat your cereal.

[@bongoboi1395]

We play that except don’t follow the point system, it’s just whoever can get rid of all of their tiles first.

[@duckwantbreads]

The problem with not following the point system is that it makes the "pick up every turn until you can go out" pretty much the only viable tactic. The point system discourages people from hoarding tiles because it can backfire and leave you with 100s of points.

[@Zyvux.]

Used to play this all the time with my family until i realized the winning strat is to not play your hand and keep drawing tiles until you can win in 1 turn, we stopped playing after that lol.

[@sweeney7163]

My girlfriend‘s family is the exact same, lol. She and her father cannot stop grinning while they collect enough tiles to win in one turn 😂 Which is why I love the idea of a time limit per turn, which is how prozd presented it here, since that makes such moves pretty much impossible

[@yaman2503]

Man you Just destroyed my life

[@the_quackadero]

i never realized this. I am going to destroy my grandma in this game the next time I visit her lol

[@Maussiegamer]

yeah but then you cant use the tiles someone used using your tiles thst you laid plus it would be incredibly boring

[@brentje9759]

That's why the time limit is here. 4:25 To prevent this kind of shenanigans.

[@TheExpertArcher]

I always thought it was pronounced “Rummy Cube”

[@kafuu_chino]

It is

[@darkgrundi9543]

@@kafuu_chino is it tho? i mean why would you pronounce it that way if you call "cup" cup instead of cupe. The E makes the difference doesn't it? Same with something like "Rope" and "Rob", the E tells the tone.

[@websterguy]

@@darkgrundi9543 The official website has a video in which it is pronounced "rummy cube"

[@crimson90]

@@darkgrundi9543 Its foreign word.

[@caspervandewarenburg106]

It's actually created by a romenian jew who immigrated to palestine so we are probably all pronouncing it wrong :)

[@flutechannel]

He finally did it. I love this game

[@Ed-bu6pc]

Bit random but I just wanted to say that I did not expect to see you comment on a ProZD video. You are an inspiring channel and I really enjoy watching you play your pieces

[@JuanxxSgunxx]

I used to play this always with my grandma when i was a kid

[@TheRookCrows]

Same it gets pretty heated in my family

[@chrisscott9329]

same here, we dropped the time per turn because children

[@Lu-iw2io]

Oh the nostalgia. I used to play this with my grandma basically every day after school. We played so much the pieces started to get worn off, but not only that, we kept playing so much more I started to remember the worn-offness of each piece. For a few weeks, no one could figure out why child me won basically every round, even when my brother and my grandma played seriously.... Until they noticed that I basically got every joker in every round. Good Times.

[@Squantle]

I’ve played Rummikub countless times. It’s really great for a quick fix board game. It’s not a huge timesink and is stupidly easy to pick up for the first time.

[@Ballam456]

Rummikub’s been the one game I’ve been playing through the lockdown with my family. Honestly an absolute staple for board game players.

[@PedroSardini]

Holy shit! It’s THE grandma game!

[@alexdiamantis9141]

I am blown away. I used to play this game with my grandpa like a deckade ago before he passed away. I wasn't able to find it since and couldn't for the life of me remember the name. Thank you!

[@felix3127]

me, quietly when i saw the notif: finally, a game i have mastered

[@ThatAintMud]

The tiles are so thin nowadays! When I played this with my parents as a child in the late 90s the tiles were much thicker!

[@HaloInverse]

Apparently, there are several variations of Rummikub in current production. One of them, "Rummikub Club", has tiles thick enough to be easily stood on end (like Mahjong tiles). The "Rummikub Vintage" and "Rummikub Select" versions might also have slightly thicker tiles (closer to the original).

[@anoekterpstra2308]

I agree with the chat here: the time limit and scoring system are what makes it challenging. I have found a tactic that forces your opponent to also keep grabbing tiles whilst not being able to place new ones. To start: Keep grabbing pieces, and keep doing so until you could make rows and sets from 70%+ of your own stones. This takes quite a few turns. If you played this right, your opponents either ignored your hoarding or have also stacked up stones. Now first, place your thirty point minimal, but no more, and end your turn. The next turns, only place stones whose type or copy is already on the table, as to not aid your opponent in placing new colors or rows. First, try and lose the stones you can't make a set of yourself. Lose the 13,12,10 quickly, they cost you most points. If you have the possibility to place 3 and 11's only from tiles on your rack, try placing those last, it makes it difficult for other players. If you do this tactfully, you will have lost most of the stones on your rack within a few, or one or two, turns, while also being quite far into the rounds. Unless an opponent has been using this exact tactic, they should now be overwhelmed by the sudden increase of pieces on the board, and not be able to place them all within the time limit. If you don't use the time rule, your opponent(s) will still be confused and will try to place the most obvious stones first, which you can then observe and use to plan the placing of your last few stones. By this point, you have won. Important: the joker has the highest penalty, so you don't want to keep those till the last moment. Yet, placing them early would erase the effort you put into limiting your opponents options. I suggest placing them the round before you think you'll win. It encourages the opponent to throw their best stones in the ring, allowing you to win. The only downside of this tactic is that it requires patience, and unless your Rummikub opponent is also an adapt or patient player, they will likely get very annoyed by this op strategy. Do not try on kids unless you like to bully kids, you monster.😂

[@garrethatch5362]

This was very nice and nostalgic to watch seeing you review a game from my childhood

[@sirdryden42]

I’ve always pronounced it “rummy-cube”

[@RickJames1983]

Same

[@doubledevelo370]

I've always pronounced it (roomie-cube) tho you're probably right (considering it's a play on rummy)

[@Tokyoriot36]

What’s nice about this game is that it’s basically a VERY simplified version of Riichi Mahjong. So you get a lot of the fun of that game without the extreme complication. It’s a great one for sitting around for hours with salty snacks and maybe a movie going in the background.

[@Smiththebat]

My grandma showed me this when I was a weee boy and I’ve loved it ever since. There’s also a rule about having a certain point threshold for a starting hand, if I remember correctly...

[@Smiththebat]

As in you can redraw your hand if your tiles don’t add up to a certain number

[@agiar2000]

My wife, her mother, and I just played this together yesterday! It was quite fun! Also, I think that the _HARDCORE RUMMIKUB_ players might tell you that "Rummikub" is pronounced "ruh mee kyoob". ;)

[@absentmindedfool789]

Italian Jewish boy here.....you are spot on and everyone in my family treat this as a war. They’re conquering the battlefield and I’m down in the trenches looking for a six

[@DragonKnight90001]

God... now thats bringing back memories of school

[@MrMcstrong]

Can be played with cards and is also known as gin rummy or something similar.

[@markdeadwyler902]

Not really

[@MrMcstrong]

How isn't it possible? Card decks have 4 suits with 13 values + 2 jokers. If you want to play this game with the same rules, you can discard a suit and the kings. Otherwise, the gin rummy rules are the same with the exception of the fact that you don't keep adding cards to your hand. Manuevering cards on the table seems to be dependent on where the game is played.

[@sagebauer1077]

This game is basically smashing gin rummy and mahjong together. And gin rummy was based on mahjong. So its kind of funny haha

[@naomidierckx5467]

my family never ever used scores. You empty your rack first, you win. And forget about the time limit. xD Really boils it down to what makes the game fun. The thinking & pulling off placements and stuff.

[@partyplayer2153]

Same we do it based off of who goes out first... there's scoring?

[@nisim04]

fun fact: most of us didnt watch this for the review- we just like watching other youtubers talking about the things we already know about :D

[@Georgeyporjey]

I play this game so often with my brothers and my grand grandad. Absolutely love this game

[@guidoferri8683]

It's basically simplified mahjongg

[@FrostWhisker]

Love this game! We ignore a few of the rules and just play with house rules and it makes it much more fun. (For example, we can play on other tiles for the first turn, and we use the joker for any tile, and we don't use a time limit)

[@Maussiegamer]

same we also dont have a time limit because its way more fun to do a really complicated move

[@puxydow6650]

I didn't even know about the score and the meld rules. It's just a fun game where you had to cleverly find and make sets so you can finish first.

[@Rivalinfantry]

I've played this many times and have now just found out there is scoring

[@peachy7859]

this game is pure nostalgia for me, it makes my day hearing your review!

[@intrepid1160]

This was the only game my family knew and was willing to play. Really fun to think twenty tiles ahead at times to think of ways to get rid of specific tiles. We called it rummy tiles and had a nicer set than the basic rummikub one. We use some house rules too. 25 points to come out rather than 30, no time limit, and no scoring (first to place all wins, everyone else loses).

[@nathanresendez4034]

My gf, my Mom, and I play this all the time. We call it Rummi-cube so damn we have been wrong

[@matthewduran7059]

I also come from a family that calls it Rummi-Cude, you are not alone!

[@Chugalg]

That's because it's called rummi-cube. You aren't wrong, proZD is!

[@ZigCade]

my dad always calls it Rummi-cube and i always correct him lol

[@chickenmanphil]

its pronounced rummy-cube, so you were right

[@ZigCade]

@@chickenmanphil its pronounced rummikub? its literally how its spelt.

[@michaelwallace9461]

Love rummikub, my wife introduced it to me when we first got together. Never bothered about scoring at all, just number of games won.

[@luciegerbaux6515]

Damn I played this with my elderly neighbor throughout my childhood. Thanks for bringing me back great memories 😔✊🏼

[@pizzalover9932]

This is one of the only games my family plays on game nights and it is so weird comparing the real rules to the family rules.

[@kiddsaga]

ProZD, i am genuinely thankful for your channel's existence, you're one of the funniest and in general best content creators on this platform.

[@Octo-Genius]

My mom and aunts loved this game and played it together at like every single family gathering I remember as a kid. I never played it, but, the tiles are instantly nostalgic for me.

[@Phox-in-a-Box]

Used to have a set of this with really nice Majong-style tiles.

[@AJ-Ducray]

This is my favourite board game of all time! Mostly because it's so quick to learn, and you can play a single quick game, or multiples, but it doesn't necessarily drag on for hours (looking at you, Monopoly).

[@soogasooga]

Is the actual game rule that the joker must be replaced by the exact tile it represents? It seems like it'd be really annoying to remember what the tile represents - for example if you had like red 7-blue-7-joker, does the joker represent the orange 7 or the black 7? For example, in the one in the video, he had a black 4-5-joker. Whenever I play, you can do whatever you want to the board as long as it's a valid board. So for example if you had a black 3, you could put that in front of the 4-5, and then use the joker however you wish.

[@Freaki1705]

I don't know what the official rules are, but everyone I played with had this rule: There have to be all 4 7s before you can take the joker. For example, if I lay down blue 7, black 7 and a Joker, and the next player happens to have a yellow 7, they can put it down, but cannot take the Joker. Then, if I get a red 7 the next round, I can switch it out for the Joker. The 4-5 rule you exampled after actually works like that, because you can manipulate however you like, as long as there are always at least 3 tiles together.

[@RacistZebraa]

I played the same rule as you. As long as the sets are valid sets at the end of your turn it doesn’t matter what replaced the joker. If you wanna completely take apart a 7-7-J group and make it three runs of 5-6-7 then that’s completely fine. Makes it simpler that way

[@ProZD]

according to the official rules, yes. in the case you mentioned, the Joker could be replaced with an orange OR black 7

[@pachebelscanon]

My Family, especially my mom's side, loves to play this game and vie played it since I was very young. We modify some of the rules slightly though like we don't do the negative points thing, the winner just gets the the sum of all the other's points and the person with the most points at the end wins. We also don't do the time limit and penalty thing, which does mean some turns do take a while (and I mean a long time lol) but it also allows for creativity with big moves because you need time when you're breaking and taking from like 6 different sets or runs.

[@lordoverpies9503]

One of my favorite boardgames because I always annoy everyone by constantly staring at the board and pulling off insane plays destroying entire runs just to play one tile.

[@wilee1008]

i played this game evrey time i with my grandtmother when i would visit here, she would all ways try to shovele the stones during my turn and only wanted to go fore a second round if she won. thank you fore bring up good old memories.

[@Myeauxyoozi]

Nice to review a classic once every now and then.

[@ElectricFury]

I played this a lot with my grandma when I was younger. Good memories.

[@gotopher]

Grew up playing this game. Love it to death!

[@bekker5000]

Definitely a classic. Spent many of my holidays as a kid on camping trips playing this game with my parents and my siblings. The good ol' times.

[@queasyjuice1234]

Hey prozd! I have recently sent you fan mail so I'm very excited for you to open it! Wanted to say that I am very excited for refrigerator sempi also! So cool to see one of your characters as a youtooz figure!

[@miinya8592]

Ah this was my families fave boardgame. when i was a child we didnt have the 30 points rule to make it more kid friendly you just had to be able to make a set to come out. (Also no time limitations) it was always amazing to think about how you could break apart sets and recombine them. I love this game!

[@norvelled]

I actually play this with my parents every week. My mother has a Rummikub group that meets up and they bet with small change. Before COVID we would meet up with my grandfather. It was a great way to get everyone together and also great to keep their minds active.

[@sourwitch2340]

The scoring system seriously reminded me of the way Uno is supposed to be counted; and of why I HATE using that rule.

[@juliamavroidi8601]

Love Rummy, but never got why they made a board game version, when it's way more convenient as a card game. Only situation that the board game comes handy is while playing with children whose hands are too small to hold all the cards

[@Cryingobi]

My parents always called it rumikubi and I still love it

[@Maussiegamer]

honestly better name

[@theodoratomuta140]

Omg I love the game! Classic game for my Romanian family. We pronounce it as Rummikub but a funny nickname for that is “Remmi” 😂, and how I play it is different but fun game :))

[@theodoratomuta140]

If you have the same color and same number we call it an “Atu” which means you have extra 50 points, and when you put tiles down it’s around 45 points, I believe. It has been a while since I last played it

[@onlylilyhere]

Great memories playing this game with my grandparents, don’t think we ever did anything with points though

[@TheNachoBro7]

This is a family tradition of ours to have a "Rummikub night" where we stay up late drinking, eating and playing Rummikub

[@SpiritaeliaWolf]

Oh my gosh I remember these tiles.... In terms of this particular game though, you can play basically the same thing using two decks of normal playing cards (just two jokers). Instead of needing 30 points you need 51. Also in order to put your cards down, you need at least one string of cards (eg 3 4 5 all clubs). You start with 14 cards for each player, and each turn you pick up one card from the deck, and discard one card into a pile face up. Instead of picking up from the deck you can take one card from the discard pile, but only if you have cards put on the table by that turn. You can also add cards to other players group of cards, but again, only if you have cards on the table already too. Eg if another player has three sevens, you can put down a seven on their group of cards.

[@lior_theboom]

I play this game all the time with my family and you've done a great review.

[@sersmiles1635]

my family got this 3 years ago, now every relative has a copy and plays it during meet ups

[@Neakenator]

I love Rummikub. It's the classic family game night board game, working across all age groups. My grandma told me it, and I still play with her often. :)

[@bobymcgee]

We played this with my vovo all the time! We had a big red beanie that we would shake around and it was very loud but it made a pleasing sound

[@rpgamera]

My grandma taught me this game when I was like, 6. I miss her a lot, but just seeing this brought me back to memories of visiting her old house, and sitting around the kitchen table with cans of Pepsi and trying to understand the ability to swap melds. I got into riichi mahjong a lot more recently, and forgot how much of a good easy gateway Rummikub is into it! (PS: Pressman Toys pronounces it like "Rummicube" but apparently "Rummicub" is also valid, depending on where you're from. :D )

[@con8459]

Being a pretty good Rummikub player, I’m very glad that you decided to cover this.

[@jaspermaij3753]

We play this game on the weekly with the fam, we all love it

[@PforPanthera]

When me and my siblings would visit my grandmother for a week during the summer we would play this game with her every day. It was so fun!

[@kleox6138]

it's called "okey" in Turkey and it's the most popular game here, most cafe's have this.

[@OneRichMofo]

It's not the same. I'm part Turkish and the rules of this are different. But yes, okey is derived from this game. Edit: for instance the bit starting at around the 2 minute mark isn't a thing in okey

[@spykid1121]

Never thought I would see this game in a board game review video. I play this with my family occasionally but no matter how many times I've played it I always forget the rules.

[@vanessaeve925]

I had this game as a kid and loved it. I think we ignored the 30 pt meld rule and just played if we had the matching sets or runs. I think we also ignored the original scoring rule and just counted number of tiles left and that's how we counted points. I'm honestly surprised. I thought this might be too casual for you but I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@JingleJangle256]

When my family played Rummi (that’s what we called it), we never did the 1 minute timer or the negative point count at the end. We played until every combination could be made and didn’t stop until every player finished their racks, unless you physically couldn’t.

[@ZeekTrep13]

Hi there. You should review this game called Arboretum-mainly because I have played it a few times and like it, but I still find it pretty complex and I don't want to do the work to understand all of its complexities :) It is a card game (8 suits, numbered 1 to 8, I think) that involves taking turns drawing cards (from a shared draw pile or anyone else's discard pile) and placing them in your zone to build your "arboretum". You want to build your arboretum in such a way that you can score runs through cards that are connected in ascending order. However, one interesting and tricky aspect of the game, is that at the end, you have to win the right to score a given suit based on the cards in your hand (i.e., the cards you DIDN'T play). Anyway, even if you don't review, maybe you'll enjoy playing it one day. Thanks!

[@d1d2k3g]

you have no Idea how weird it is to see you review this childhood classic! half the rules you explain here we never used when playing it because it's a lot more fun to see who can clear their hand the fastest!

[@nathanwalters9169]

I used to play this game with my great grandma it was her favorite

[@shadowflamegaming5598]

I just played this last weekend. Also your pronunciation triggered me so hard, lol.

[@spicycalamari8891]

My Grandma introduced me to this game. Still play it when family comes over for Christmas.

[@myboy_]

This is one of my favorite games! Played Jin Rumi forever, once we got rummikub play it all the time

[@derfriede]

That 1 minute time limit must be new. My grandma would have loved as she made up a similar after my brother would take his time to reform the table until he won often taking 5 to 10 minutes.

[@papertiger4525]

My grandparents always liked this game, but I never understood it too well as a child. We’ve been playing it in quarantine though, and I’m quickly becoming a massive fan. We don’t exactly do the point system (any run/group can get you out at the meld), and we let turns go on as long as they need for people to think, but it’s still pretty great! I honestly think it’s a lot better that way for lack of stress, especially with the initial meld being a one-and-done idea instead of trying towards thirty.

[@Trainlevel2]

I got introduced to this in high school I think. Loads of fun for me and my family

[@trixgooderham7085]

I used to play it with my family all the time. It's one of the few games that i like playing with people (because i usually don't play well with other). I miss playing rummikub

[@franciscodelreal3207]

Man this brings back memories. I remember I would go over to a friends house and our parents were also friends. They loved playing this game for money. So you would pay 25 cents to join the game and every time you had to pick a tile from the pool you would pay 5 cents. And the first person to clear their rack would win the money. Those were good times I would win a few games and come back home with a pocket full of coins.

[@PetelProduction]

Whenever we play it at home, we never use points at all. Each turn you either put a set or sets of tiles, and rearrange other tiles if you want, or take one tile, and whoever finishes first win. Much more simple and more fun, IMO. I didn't even know there was any point system to the game.

[@zeigeis]

We play at our house with pretty alternate rules that change the dynamic of the game a lot. Essentially instead of building sets together from everyone's pool every player has to complete sets on their rack, and the turns being drawing a cube or taking the last discarded cube, and then discarding a cube from your rack or the one you drew. The game ends when someone can finish a turn with their entire rack being made up of sets. It makes the game more personal but it's also a bit more calculative with what to discard and counting the chances of getting a number or if it has been discarded already by a player. Idk where those rules came from but it's also pretty fun. Also there's no points which is also fun

[@ProtomanBlues87]

My grandparents always got so mad when I would manipulate the entire board in a single turn just for confusion sake. We also had a house rule of three 1's count as 30 points in initial move.

[@Arkholt2]

This is my parents' favorite game, and I remember playing it quite a bit growing up. I know they still play it together all the time, and anyone that visits them for a long enough period is probably going to play it with them at some point. I don't remember there being a scoring system. I guess we never used it. I didn't remember that there was a time limit for a turn, either because we never used that. I'd say for maximum fun just ditch those two things. It's a really solid game that's easy to pick up but can involve some really deep and complex strategy.

[@xVancha]

If anyone's interested, this is totally a game you can make yourself with a sheet of paper and a marker. Also "kub" sounds way better than "cube". I don't usually land on the side of advocating a word needs to evolve, but rummikub is definitely one of them.

[@kailenmissen4465]

Used to play this with my Grandma and family. We used to have so many arguments about the rules. Like being able to swap a tile on the board for a Joker.

[@SatyreIkon]

Man, I played Rummikub a TON as a kid. Takes me back... 😊

[@BrightBlueInk]

Oh heck yeah, this is one of the games my family had growing up! I've always liked the feel of the tiles. Board games are one of the few "geeky" interests of mine I've gotten my mom into as well, and now that I think of it, I wonder if it was thanks to games like this being available in more mainstream stores, so that trying out more "hobbyist" games aren't as intimidating as getting into, say, video games?

[@CyborgX7]

somehow feels validating to hear he liked the game my family played so much growing up

[@Merelynonsense]

We still play this game every year, with a couple of house rules. The version we use is really old and the box spells it as Rummy Cube, it’s always super fun

[@Vendavalez]

Certainly easier to convince someone to learn how to play and actually play this than mahjong. I have never achieved that :(

[@KoroDog]

Instead of learning to play rummikub so my grandma will be happy i will just watch a funny internet man play it

[@WaterbenderKatara22]

I love rummy games- I used to play one on Hoyle Card & Board Games, it’s so fun

[@dikkedorus]

It is probably my favorite game to play, happy to see you enjoy it too! The 30 rule is stupid, but I find that as soon as you can "go", the large amount of collected tiles makes for a nice flurry of activity when all the new tiles "come in". The scoring is kinda stupid; I've always just kept track of remaining points, least points over N games wins. It is kinda fun that high value pieces become "dangerous", so you start prioritizing the double digit ones first.

[@MenardiChan]

So it's basically a cube version of Rommé? Rommécube - ah, I see where the name is going :D This seems like a really nice family game, even though (probably mostly for nostalgia reasons) I prefer the card version over it, since that is what I always played back home with my family (and still do from time to time)

[@Freaki1705]

We also still play the card version in my family (even though we have a different name for it)

[@evaecho111]

I love this one! I used to play this with my friends c:

[@AleNutri2211]

The fact I just played this with my wife and son about a couple of hour ago just makes this video even more interesting now