Bunny Kingdom Review - In The Pocket of Big Rabbit

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[@mrkulade]

I enjoyed the finger to carrot edit more than I expected to.

[@weinnoergele]

Do you mean the carrot I am eating right now?

[@sandropazdg8106]

And I hated it

[@carla8478]

Yep, I lost it laughing out loud at that.

[@BlissBatch]

Oh, wow, how did I miss that‽ Haha!

[@arazos3535]

Amazing indeed

[@elsanto2401]

Watership up and sit down is a joke worth calling attention to

[@MrBongoking]

I’m going to be very disappointed if we don’t get a dial back to it in future reviews. I was in stitches over ‘a sperm with a beard’

[@theeholliday]

Sounds like this is the best game of thrones game.

[@TheShapingSickness]

The actual ultimate best game of thrones game.

[@FeyTheBin]

Nah man, Monopoly is still at the top

[@OverlordZephyros]

They have been saying that to 2 recently games they review lol

[@TheShapingSickness]

@@OverlordZephyros that was the joke 😅

[@kellinwinslow1988]

Looks like it's better than Game of Thrones actually ended up being. I'll have to buy it to play with my niece.

[@Fredreegz]

“This is a family show, and this is a family game!” Absolutely, and I think bitterly arguing with one another until you’re red in the face perfectly captures the essence of ‘family gaming’.

[@Alex_K221]

Fred Raybould Of course. That is every family game. Ever play Monopoly?

[@barbarapeterson4010]

NAILED IT.

[@maxmustermann-zx9yq]

gotta play it with the uncle that will complain about big carrot secretly ruling the barrows

[@barrackobama2216]

played with a FAMILY GUYYYYYY AHAHAHAHAHAHAH I SAID FAMILY GUY!

[@TheHobbit28]

For me this is the best boardgame channel on KZbin. It's not just the games you review, it's how you do it. Sometimes I'm not even interrested in a game but I watch the vid because it's so damn entertaining. Keep up the good work!

[@Showsni]

Oh, they multiply a lot because they're rabbits. Of course.

[@tahunuva4254]

I'm just lapin up these puns.

[@thejensonater4492]

Tahu Nuva nice one!🤣

[@marcushead9985]

"You little scrote" -Quintin "Quinns" Smith, while reviewing a family board game, February 2020

[@kane2742]

Also: "I look like a sperm with a beard." - Tom

[@DensetsuVII]

It took this review to help me realize why I love Tom's inclusion in the group. Quinns loves the competitive cutthroat stuff I despise, Matt likes the weird things I sometimes like, and perhaps, just perhaps Tom likes the collaborative more positive good times I adore. It's the board gamer trinity and I'm so happy it's here~ Truly Tom, you are one of us now.

[@mydemon]

SUSD in 2016: "Faïf" SUSD in 2020: "Feef" The comment section: *relief*

[@tahunuva4254]

Relïef

[@TehEeveeGeneral]

the finger at 1:46 looks suspiciously out of place... but I can't quite put my carrot on it.

[@lyreparadox]

Do your neighbors ever question what you're doing in the garden wearing skin-tight spandex and bunny ears?

[@countjondi9672]

their neighbors are british, they won't comment on it, but give it a snide look whenever they pull a teacup from their lips.

[@rennysama9752]

As a brit, I find my neighbours never have any problems with all the spandex and bunny ears in my back garden.

[@thejensonater4492]

Count Jondi as an enthusiastic British person I can inform you that the British are not as stuck up as you may have thought!!! I frequent in bunny ear spandex and my neighbours do quite enjoy watching from their conservatory as it so happens!!!

[@ValkyrieTiara]

Matt: "You're constantly...hate drafting." Me: "Ahh yeah I bet Quinns does love it, huh?"

[@default6287]

the outdoor carrot duel clip was completely hilarious god damn you guys make amazing videos

[@Last_March_of_the_Gents]

Honestly came back to this video 3 times just because of that

[@TheFractusman]

Seeing this made me look up the Loony Quest video. Which starts with "We voted to stay in the European Union! Yay!" and then I was sad.

[@alexandercoll1045]

I don't understand the emotions this video stirred up in me.

[@paulszki]

Mid-Review Turn Around Song was "Rydeen" from Yellow Magic Orchestra from Japan! It's from 1979 and super influential for electronic music and it's such an awesome song still! I don't know what to do with my emotions now. Waaaah!

[@peterfiser]

^ A man of culture right up there ladies and gents ^

[@Ledabot]

AND ITS IN AN ANIME

[@Ledabot]

There we go now nobody else needs to comment that

[@alejandrorivas4585]

@@Ledabot which

[@Ledabot]

@@alejandrorivas4585 Hibike Euphonium

[@MelodieMalicieuse]

2 grown people at my home and we love Bunny Kingdom with 2 players. It's our favorite game for 2 or 4 players. Easy to learn, to play, and not wait. Very good !

[@jeffmcleod3829]

Shout out to 12:04 for the sound effect as Quinn’s and Tom take their carrots. THAT is some dedicated video review making right there

[@howardgreenwich490]

My 10 year old daughter ADORES this game and we play it at least once a week. She picked up quickly on the evil part, taking things away from me in the draft and chuckling about it. She always shows me which cards after the game is over. Your review is spot on - as a two person drafting game, its brutal and decision-making is excruciating. As much as it looks like there is no luck involved, there is - each of the many strategies to winning depends on getting the right cards, sometimes THE right card, and that depends on their sequence in the deck. Still, I think Bunny Kingdom is more interesting and strategic than Ticket to Ride, arguably the most popular of the family strategy games.

[@friedrichschumann740]

How by any means is a random sequence in a deck not luck involved? Well, unless all the cards are laid out open in sequence - which they have to be since no luck is involved.

[@z-beeblebrox]

Machiavelli greatly approves of how you're raising your kid

[@Me2893me]

@@friedrichschumann740 I could be wrong here, but I think what he means is that the random variables do not determine the winner of the game. Rather they create a need to adapt to the situation best to thwart your opponent and maximize your own gains. Thus the game is uses variance quite extensively but that does not inherently create a luck driven game.

[@MystiaBird]

Loved this review! Informative, funny, it had drama, it had enough costume budget to make Cats jealous, and your editing and lighting is always on point (I feel like it doesn't get enough recognition). About the game though, I also think it's not really a fit for me, and I find it hard to find who it could be for. It's not enough for my dedicated gaming group, but is too much for my family. I think it may fit on gamer groups who like meatier stuff but don't want to sit there for 3 hours with a heavy brain burner while still feeling somewhat engaged, but that's a rather specific venn diagram.

[@TheShapingSickness]

Cats lmao

[@VorpalSlade]

'Watership Up and Sit Down' is the best joke on this entire channel.

[@Andyfines24]

So much brain power for multiplication. Bunnies are now the smartest mammal due to their expertise in multiplying!

[@Arrowstorm122]

Expertise in multiplying? But I thought this was a family game?

[@Varis78]

Nothing multiplies like rabbits! :D

[@mrscruffy8045]

Yeah, i mean, i never played this game, but from the review, i am left with the impression, that it is about making like 2 choices each turn and doing a lot of multiplications before, during and after each time you made these decisions. When your game requires a calculator (or an on paper-version of it), well, i dunno... and before you can even start to crunch the numbers, you first have to collect them. The art seems very nice in style and execution and i can see, how some fun can be had from that alone, when it´s done this good. But still: If the game works anywhere close to how i imagine it, some IT-lab theme would have been probably more fitting to the mechanics. As is, it seems to me to be mostly sort of a trick, to get people to play (and possibly enjoy) this game, who would otherwise not touch a board-control-game involving lots of math (like, say, a less colourfull war game with armies instead of bunnies and complicated combat mechanics with lots of stats).

[@realsushrey]

Oh the carrot finger edit, just fanstastic.

[@TheShapingSickness]

13:59 is my favorite scene of all of SUSD

[@MrPoppyBros]

the sheer amount of quality videos you've been putting out lately is crazy, fantastic work!

[@theBoonarmies]

My kids and I play this game for whole nights every week. it freaking rules

[@IIIWITHOUTaNAMEIII]

A frickin' boardgame review and I'm sitting here getting goosebumps while you talk about letting things you love go.

[@2CrowStudios]

also gymnopedie no. 1 is a song that does that too. :)

[@alexmillette1054]

Yeah that shot of the board at the end with the music was impressive and beautiful. And it’s just a god damn board game review.

[@Sagartkothari]

Such an entertaining video review. SUSD is the epitome of tabletop reviewing currently. Excellently written and well produced.

[@dwnvwdjvn]

I have only played this game once but I found that all 3 players tried different paths to victory and we all ended up extremely close to each other with our final scores, which made for a really exciting finish. Art work was sublime as well...

[@Oblivion776]

Matt: "Okay Sainsbury's, I'm going to need the three most phallic carrots you have."

[@barbarapeterson4010]

I'm preeeetty sure those carrots didn't look like that when the boys first got their hands on them...

[@Chris-ro2pu]

Watership Up & Sit Down is the best joke this channel has ever published.

[@spartnmarcen5110]

My wife and I picked up this game around Christmas after seeing this video and oh my word. It is awesome. The two player version makes the game more cutthroat than a full Monopoly game. We typically love cooperative games and story ones like Call to Adventure the most so it was a surprise to enjoy this as much as we did. I feel like the simplicity helps mitigate it somewhat. We just got my dad to play it too with us and he loved (and crushed us) it. Definitely a keeper. The art style is just lovely throughout too. Expansion is on the list to get!

[@jamesodwyer4181]

For a moment I thought I was watching Monty Python reviewing board games. I love the humour you all bring to the table! Having this pop up in my feed made my morning, thank you

[@barbarapeterson4010]

My husband bought this game for us to play, because he thought I might like it. I freakin' LOVE it! We played it 3 times yesterday (the 1st two times, we were playing it wrong). We already have the expansion, and I told hubby we have to play it today. He happened to be watching your review this morning, and I was watching along with him. You 3 are BRILLIANT!!!! Now I have subscribed to your channel, and I can't wait to read your reviews of my other favorite board games. Keep doing what you're doing, it is a public service to all of us quarantined during CV-19!!!

[@MarkFaldborg]

Board game advocacy through saying "You can have it if you like." is brilliant. I usually try to find a way to gift them a new copy if people like one of my games, but if they keep my old copy I get to make room for more games!

[@gromit8023]

The most appropriate video ever! Just sat on the sofa with 2 brand new bunnys!:)

[@TundraWolfe]

I gotta say, this is probably one of the best videos I've seen from you guys in quite a while. The editing, the goofs, the overall tone and message: all if it was spot-on and hilarious. Kudos!

[@Kevin-bb7wk]

watching Tom and Quinns battle it out with carrots was hysterical.

[@Hudsonbba]

16:50 Absolutely beautiful ending point Matt!!! Bravo!!! Easily one my favorite vids y’all have ever made!

[@Chereebers]

Watership up and sit down. Bwah!!!

[@jesterbonbon]

I have come back to this video multiple times just to watch the watership up and sit down skit, it is my favorite thing and I laugh every time

[@ghuulmusic]

Fantastic review! Loving the frequency and energy of 2020, keep it up!

[@larsgeerts6243]

I gotta say guys, you have been so damn productive! Really lovely to see, I love your videos so much

[@itaintjust]

16:57 oh god those bunnies in the sky are dead, aren't they?

[@NyanCath]

I love the battling of the opinions and the inclusion of all 3 of you in a review! enjoyable to watch and informative 🐸

[@SamClemensRIGL]

"We've all had jobs, Tom, we all know what capitalism is." Also, I always forget how bleeding tall Matt is. It makes all those shots where he's scrunched beneath a table look unbearably painful in retrospect.

[@christianorton7486]

Our family's favorite game by far. Well over 100 games logged.

[@Pablo-iz1ew]

The Carrotfinger got me good. You guys are my favorite podcast as well. Thanks alot!

[@foxbomber5]

I enjoyed the review and really need a gif of that carrot fight.

[@SkotopicVisionary]

This really is your art. Beautiful comedic review

[@andycollins6148]

Always good to watch after a long day of work 😊

[@rutulianjoe]

One of the best structured and most inventive reviews you’ve done recently

[@plardoesstuff1735]

I bought this game on a whim about a year ago when I started watching your channel. It’s one of the best games I’ve ever played

[@MakillaGorilla3]

I almost spit my drink out when you cut to the Street Fighter knife fight outside 😂

[@rmcunningham3874]

OMG PLEASE make Matt's art film a running gag! There's just so much you could do with that joke.

[@timtabor1181]

An absolute riot. Thank you for making your game review a truly enjoyable experience!

[@graypistachio4141]

Thanks for the laughs! Dying from ear infection... this video was like medicine

[@LatenightLyle]

I just adore you guys. All the carrot marks on Tom made me laugh so hard, I couldn't appropriately explain why I was tickled to others at work in any way that made sense.

[@nebojsabokalovic3718]

Fantastic review...very entertainment, lots of fun to watch and very professional in same time

[@reddish22]

This was one of your best videos! Bravo!

[@susanrobertson984]

Is this truly SUSD's first Bunny Kingdom review?!? Oh my!

[@theosoler6624]

Great review! Loved Tom's turnaround song

[@artboymoy]

JFC I died when you guys dressed up. I'll have to look more into this game as I play a lot of casual games with friends who don't play a lot, and the art looks great.

[@Zackackle]

If ever you guys get tired of reviewing board games and feel like branching out into reviewing, I don't know, 90's pachinko machines or amateur wrestling circuits...I truly don't think it would matter. Whatever you guys do I know it would be hilarious and entertaining and I'll be here watching 'til the sun burns out.

[@gershsgaming8673]

More carrot-dueling, please. Like, three videos from now, I just want to see Quinns stab Tom with a carrot and then after a pause continue the review like nothing has happened.

[@lkjkhfggd]

This review kept me away from Bunny Kingdom for a long time. Glad that a friend finally convinced me to play it as it is a great game at any player count.

[@emmaplaysgreen2849]

So happy that the white and black rabbit scene stopped when it did, if Bright Eyes had started playing I would have gone straight back to being a traumatised 8 year old watching Watership Down for the first time.

[@chrisclarkson3608]

First time‽ You went back there?

[@maxmadden545]

oh my god i love this youtube channel.

[@thrallj]

The production of the video is terrific 😎

[@TTIOttio]

Oh damn, I recognise that music from the end (the "If you love something you have to let it go") bit but I can't place it D:

[@danielgaldamesorellana5871]

wow, loved this review

[@djberdahl964]

This is my favorite review and I think I've watched 80% of the catalogue. Gg mates

[@dannyv6655]

Yo that ending was so great!

[@dwnvwdjvn]

You guys make being completely bonkers look easy... great work.

[@petercapsanis5839]

My favourite Matt review so far!

[@wedgeex]

I frequently do the "let someone borrow a game and then let them keep it" thing. But I always wait until I can find it on sale again and just get myself a new copy.

[@jesseclark7105]

6:12 Was honestly half expecting Bat-Critic-Man.

[@Symbioticism]

Ah, fantastic, finally a review from count carrot finger!

[@feildpaint]

The ending got me crying dude

[@TraceofHatred]

God I love that mid-review turn around jingle xD

[@symbioid]

Impressive that this video came up on my recs 3 years later, and shortly after the death of Ryuichi Sakamoto. And it has YMO's Rydeen as the Turn Around music. He left his mark, even on board game reviews. RIP. Doff of the hat to a great choice of songs, and to the great composer.

[@Squirt5004]

When can I expect the “mid review turn around song” to make its way on iTunes?

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

I like Tom's addition to the team. He is a great fit.

[@SilentBeutlin]

Is Tom staying? Cause Tom good.

[@radical_dog]

Yes, he's no longer an intern.

[@BristlyStranger]

Great! Thanks Matt, another game I have to buy. I haven't got time to play all of them you know!

[@Merlandese]

Watership Up & Sit Down Quinns as Hazel Tom as Fiver Matt as the Black Rabbit of Inlé Tom: "Quinns, look... the game field... it's covered with blood!"

[@burntbeardgamer5437]

i had a dream that you guys were at my house and you told me to subscribe.... you got it guys

[@kellinwinslow1988]

We just started playing games like Hero Quest, Dungeon and Star Trek Panic with my 10 year old niece(we're slowly working up to the Doom board game). She's working on her math skills so this should be a great game that is fun and educational. That's a rare thing. Going to buy it due to your review and Dice Tower talking about it as well.

[@Sandw1chBoy]

Sounds basically like a lighter, smaller version of Seven Wonders but with a physical board. Which sounds just fine to me since Seven Wonders is one of my all time favourites.

[@chewiewins]

I lost it at the Watership Down & Shut Up comment and could not stop laughing.

[@moertin]

Enjoyed Tom trying and failing to look nearly as intense as Quinns there at the end

[@jessicaread5309]

This is a PERFECT review of the game. After having played the game 3 times now, including the expansion, it’s a love/hate relationship.

[@theoneandonlyjs19]

I don't think I'll ever be able to play Gymnopedie no.1 without thinking of fortified bunny castles now

[@truce11]

Music was so good... Good mood choices. Where'd you get the royalty free music?

[@king6dutch]

Hmm whats that piano tune at 17:08? John Vervaeke has that as his channel theme (examining the meaning crisis, which you all should watch)

[@willjohannesen9239]

This is art.

[@DavidtheBard1]

The mid review turnaround jingle sounded like legit British new wave synth-pop. Waiting patiently for the album drop from Depeche Tom

[@kaleem_k]

Yellow Magic Orchestra, "Rydeen"

[@YuliaLinderoth]

"THIS IS almost INTERESTING" Can relate to that argument when I try to discuss things I enjoy with my friends.

[@voyager5333]

Love the review as always! Please do one of Nemesis ;) You'll have a great time for sure.

[@voyager5333]

Wow guys, what a coïncidence. I'm asking for a Nemesis review and 1 week later, there it is. That's great :)

[@eduardoregatieri]

Dudes you are awesome. 14:00 is the best part by far