Dream Crush Review - Those Who Are About to Gush Salute You

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[@danprueher2762]

Frances is Elijah Wood. He played an early draft of it and asked to be a character in it.

[@iirsmv]

Oh thank God I thought I was going insane

[@mrsmi1ey]

THANK YOU. Quinns just kinda glossed past that and I thought I was going crazy.

[@1objection]

He looked like his character in "Come to Daddy".

[@mikec64]

I'm not going to tell anyone this. Not knowing really increases how disturbing it is. (But I'm glad I know! Thanks!)

[@cactuscat6677]

i had to do a double take, i love this

[@MrDizuki]

". . . but that's not where I'm at right now. After the year we all had, I miss my friends, you know. I miss what they like. I miss what they don't like . I miss them surprising me and I want to play a game where I can look up at them and think about them and prove to myself that I still know who they are." Man, if that isn't a heavy thought I was not ready for. I'm not going to lie, that kind of brought a tear to my eye.

[@nickpotgiesser6956]

Not my cup of tea at all. But 100% agreed with that thought.

[@royedwards2366]

I get why some people would relate to that, but a little pandemic wasn't going to stop my friends from socializing with me. Don't know why it HAD to stop you from being able to interact your friends but since people viewed wearing masks as a violation of their rights I've learned that humanity is idiotic and can't handle a little pressure.

[@nickpotgiesser6956]

Or... hear me out... I worked in nursing homes and was trying to protect the vulnerable that I worked with...

[@jacforswear18]

@@royedwards2366 half my friends moved away and I couldn’t travel to see them. A bunch of my friends had vulnerable family members they needed to prioritize seeing over me. Some of my friends were pregnant or sick and weren’t willing to risk in person social interaction. Like, most of us HAD to stop seeing people. It’s not that hard to understand.

[@harleyjones6222]

@@royedwards2366 Or you could, like, sympathize with people who struggled during the pandemic and not be an unfeeling monster?

[@geraldgerund]

"A lifetime of movies have taught me that eventually my harassment will be received warmly." Just perfect.

[@131scavy]

Quinns very classily turning steadily more and more into the Alton Brown of board games, Hawaiian shirt and all.

[@MeanderBot]

The puppets too!

[@KurtMcAllister42]

hopefully without being a republican. well i guess in quinns' case it'd be a tory.

[@Maylott]

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that.

[@jedipoz]

Hmmmm, he has a lot of unitaskers though....

[@frankharr9466]

Thank goodness it's classily, eh? That can go bad so easily.

[@23ReivaX]

I grudgingly played this a few months ago. It was way, WAY more fun than I thought it would be. We played it with the crushes face-down so we could reveal them at the end.

[@Smithsonian45]

I honestly thought "Frances" at 3:04 was Elijah Wood for a hot minute

[@garyv83]

Wait, it isn't!?

[@flintsteel]

Came here to say this!

[@DullDishwater]

It definitely is. I believe he was involved in this game somehow.

[@Jester_851]

Specifically it appears to be his character from the movie Come to Daddy

[@octopus44445]

I thought it was his character from I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore

[@TheyDarthElmo]

Wait you didn't just find the game taped to your ceiling I feel so lied to and betrayed right now.

[@thechevyferrari9559]

The number of ceilings I’ve been checking for good card games…

[@shutupandsitdown]

@@thechevyferrari9559 Good card games ARE everywhere, Quinns just didn't find THAT card game on THAT ceiling at that time.

[@jamesjacobthomson6198]

I feel let down. Like that card game. After Quinns hit it with the broom. :(

[@grahamhall9814]

@@shutupandsitdown crap! That's deeeeep.

[@flaetsbnort]

@@shutupandsitdown it was a reenactment

[@Rise-gp6ok]

The sheer joy that must have been experienced spritzing Quinns in the face.

[@Kierkergaarder]

The wife I assume?

[@Mellonote]

The Wife™

[@TheBioRules]

When he was adding the extra cards on leading to "divorce" I was slightly worried for a moment, then his wife sprayed him in the face with water and all my fears were removed

[@beesforbreakfast]

WHOA HEY this is a family sh - oh nm I see now

[@Kingaby]

I say "thanks, helpful wife!" out loud every time an off-screen stage hand does anything for a video, it's been an excellent year for that.

[@johanneskrenner8908]

The first time one of my games makes it into a SUSD-review, it's being airhorned. Is this a good sign?

[@foodforfaeries]

Considering they were all air horned as a nod to their Deservation of airtime I reckon it's a solid sign ::>

[@MortlachNL]

Love the Discount Jeff Winger look!

[@RuNacken]

Good catch Abed!

[@scrub_jay]

EVEN HIS SHADOW

[@dorianr4770]

yes! I was thinking Jeff Winger too!

[@Jinglestv-xz1hu]

Quinns' partner with a spray bottle is one of the most entertaining new characters on the show.

[@thejeqff]

Legitimately got choked up at 10:22 when Quinns started talking about why he reviewed this board game. Don’t think I’d fully realized how much I just want to have fun sitting around a table playing silly games with friends again. Looking forward to checking this game out.

[@Eagle3302PL]

Yeah, recently me and some friends went to a local park, spent a few hours chatting and threw a frisbee around, seeing each other for the 1st time in over a year. It was the happiest day I've had since 2019.

[@cidlunius1076]

I can't imagine a moment where Quinns hasn't lost it.

[@jesseclark7105]

The spray bottle is hands-down one of the best bits you've ever done.

[@KurtisRainboltGreene]

Can we make the "Quinn's spitting because he's been spritzed" sound into the Twitch sub notification?

[@IstasPumaNevada]

I will never be disappointed by a review of a game you're so happy and enthusiastic about. :) Seriously, your engagement and interest in the game, and eagerness to share it, matter more to me than what game it is.

[@RyanNolet]

Great review. Thanks for being genuine and vulnerable in your videos. I love crunchy complicated games, but not all the time, so having a fun simple game when I just don't have the brain power, or the emotional strength to lose after four hours is pretty wonderful. ps. no thanks is sooo good.

[@ViktorVildras]

Thanks for being around guys. Your entertainment helped during the quarantine, however, you have also reawoken the love of board games I had as a kid, much to the chagrin of my family. Also blood for the algorithm gods!

[@christopherchild4022]

Can we also call attention to the fact that the deck of dream crushes is apparently very diverse and realistic? Cool!

[@styfen]

The Mondo games version of The Thing is an absolutely incredible traitor game on a different level to most others. Every time Leigh's dopamine tattoo looms into view with that squirt bottle I wince and experience the opposite of what that hormone is supposed to do.

[@catherinetaylor556]

We have had a great time with this game - laughing and being silly. Especially when my friends became disturbed by how invested I was in my ‘dream crush’

[@wizzlefrizzle]

The part at 10:21 about missing interacting with your friends really hit me in a way a wasn't expecting. Thank you.

[@dickoon]

This made me laugh more than any SU&SD review for the last couple of years. Excellent work.

[@MrIrrationalSmith]

Is that Quinton Reviews on the keytar? EDIT: Okay, Frances is *literally* Elijah Wood.

[@DoctorPoo]

We’ve been playing Heartthrob for years and added an additional round that uses a growing deck of homemade cards that players write every time we play. Glad a new version is out.

[@oephenia1368]

I do wish it was referenced in their promotional material though as it's pretty much a 1 for 1 copy! (I understand the company is now defunct so that's why they could get around releasing it)

[@travb920]

Us Flip the Table fans are so glad you enjoyed this game Quinns! It's a great remake of the old game Heart Throb, which was tied for the best game Flip the Table ever found. Such a great convention game.

[@briansobb19]

8:55 I just startled all my coworkers with my sudden burst of laughter!

[@briansobb19]

Damn if this isn't one of my favorite SU&SD reviews ever

[@amalgam_reynolds3522]

Not exactly my kind of game, or more importantly, not really my friends' kind of game, but I loved this video. All the right amounts of wacky, funny, energetic, and informative. I legitimately did feel a pang of regret seeing Tinners' Trail set up and then not reviewed, however.

[@ivandjokic6013]

There are times in this video that Quinns looks a lot like a young Anthony Stewart Head. I think it's a combination of the glasses and slick back hair.

[@Noblemartel]

Oh god I see it

[@beesforbreakfast]

Also, like ASH, every right-thinking person in the world wants Quinns to be their troublingly Electral combination of dad, best friend, and side-piece

[@Captain1nsaneo]

That sneak at the end was a fantastic touch.

[@beretperson]

Me: *refuses to be within a mile of a location that has been know to have at least 1(one) bee in the past* Also me: "I would marry a beekeper."

[@flaetsbnort]

they'd _keep the bees_ away from you!

[@Kingaby]

This was a truly hilarious review, my wife and I laughed out loud throughout. Was that Elijah Wood?!

[@dksocal]

Beer and Boardgames did a play through with this that was hilarious. If you’re on the fence about getting this game, watching that vid will push you over.

[@MrTroxel]

This was an odd choice but I loved it. I'm actually kinda interested in playing it. Also the spray bottle gag was great.

[@christopherchild4022]

That was 101% better than it should've been. It actually was one of the best reviews SUSD has ever done.

[@kapazoglu]

oh god, I didn't know I could get teary over a boardgame review

[@JakeMcaulay]

Just reminds me of the Board James episode on Dream Phone 😂. Also holy crap you did the best Duane Benzie from Spaced impression.

[@RentonBrax]

Not only did Quinns go to the foot crushing site, he spent enough time there to understand the search optimization.

[@brandondraheim3149]

Hope that spray bottle is full of pear juice

[@Johnsemgawl]

I am buying this game now. Would never have looked at it twice without this video

[@beretperson]

They did it. They made bisexuality: the game

[@francescotamburini5790]

I just bought this game and I’m gonna play it on holiday with a group of very close friends I haven’t met since the start of the pandemic. I’m so excited.

[@experimentego]

I was drinking a custard milk tea and then 01:49 happened and I exploded custard in laughter and now my partner is livid at the disgusting mess I've made, as they should be. Thanks.

[@BoogerBear1982]

You sold me on this game. Going on vacation in Maine with my sister and four neices and I think this will be perfect when there are foggy days. Thank you!

[@kmccormick1029]

Some games appeal to the fantasy of fighting dragons. Some appeal to the fantasy of having friends. This new fantasy is different, but I wont be sold till I see the inevitable SDSU expansion.

[@CyGershman]

Shut Down Sit Up is Matt Lee's new fitness vertical. I’m very excited for his workout videos.

[@tristanhandley1622]

How he got through almost thirteen minutes without making a "you got the dud" reference is beyond me.

[@zachfriedrich6146]

Can’t wait to get back to reviews where you guys are all on screen together. My voyage with SUSD started with the dead of winter review and I said to myself “what the hell am I watching!?”….now listens to SUSD podcasts daily and is glued to KZbin waiting for new content. Thanks Quinns, Matt, Tom, Ava, and everyone else involved at the show you have definitely made the pandemic a lot less…pandemic.

[@gorem8]

I love games. All games. Big, small. 30 min sessions of fun, 12 hours of space conquest... Sometimes we just need an excuse to laugh, and using boardgames to do it is just better. Hoping for that one to get localized for pt-br, that fits perfectly with my friends.

[@hollyching7686]

I got this game and played it a few times and nobody really cared for it. However one of my friends came up with the idea for each player to draw a contestant instead of using the ones from the box and now this game is a hit 100% of the time!

[@nekkowe]

WAIT, THE PUPPET, AT THE END THERE--

[@ratbaby3107]

All the crushes look like increasingly elaborate celeryman characters

[@erikgoddard4570]

Thank you for the lightness! I'm happy you are able to game with friends again!!

[@michaelgreenwell86]

I give this review a 3/10- not enough puppet Quins

[@dorianr4770]

sometimes you want a complicated game. sometimes you don't. I'd be much more likely to play this than a really complicated game. I just want something fun and chill.

[@SnoopyThe4th]

quinns stretching his reviewing muscles and asserting his dominance over the boardgame review community again. and can but sit and watch in silent awe. smashing review

[@spawnof200]

quinns: i havent lost my mind also quinns: d r e a m c r u s h

[@ferdman6143]

*love* how well-used quinns's copy of billionaire banshee looks :D

[@christopherchild4022]

"...a lifetime of movies has taught me..." Dyin'.

[@ExhaustedElox]

We're not going to talk about how that's CLEARLY Elijah Wood as Frances at 3:05?!

[@aegresen]

Yeah, that definitely threw me off!

[@nickprueher5888]

🤔🤔🤔

[@kioarthurdane]

Made by Mondo, the design company partnered w/ Alamo Drafthouse based in Austin, Texas… I'm a 1000% sure that Frances ~IS~ Elijah Wood. Also, shout-out to local ATX IG model "Lane". I'm shocked that they couldn't also sneak McConaughey in too.

[@nickprueher5888]

The door is open to Matthew

[@78endriago]

6:38 so dale's goal is to do nothing an inherit a farm. wow, that is some low ambition right there.

[@zosoknight]

You don't know, he could have five brothers and he's working really hard to study horticulture and sustainable farming practices so that his parents pick him as the kid to get the farm. Otherwise his older brother will inherit it and sell the land off to a corporate farm conglomerate. You typically don't just inherit a farm unless the current farmers/parents know you will actually give a shit about said farm. Otherwise they'll sell off the land whilst alive and just spend all the cash on a new house in Arizona or something.

[@78endriago]

@@zosoknight Occam's Razor - the more assumptions you make, the more likely you are to be wrong. if that were true, then the card could have said "his goal is to earn the family farm"

[@DrewCross]

Absolutely loved this video. And i promise you, Tanner won't come out of the game Jumanji-style. He's too busy liking this video. Cheers, Drew Cross (the model for Tanner)

[@mattcurr9931]

I would not be the slightest bit surprised if that actually was Elijah Woods with the mo

[@nickprueher5888]

🤔

[@KieranOklahoma]

Sounds like a great NPC generator for my next game of Chronicles.

[@TwoToneTrumpet]

This is the first board game review in ages I had to pause to laugh. Well done Quinns.

[@charleshammel8541]

That palpable, heartfelt exasperation towards the end tho...

[@diSTUD013]

Did anyone else notice that Elijah Wood was on one of the crush cards?

[@trduity]

I bought wavelength thanks to Matt's review and it's everyone's favourite; this feels like it would be a solid second place

[@revimfadli4666]

I wonder if you'd like Kepo, it's basically Dixit meets Wavelength, with coop and competitive modes And a cute alien plushie first player marker

[@TsetTsyung]

Huh, this game actually sounds intriguing. Quinns, hang in there buddy. Love and hugs to you all at SU&SD.

[@Atariese]

I really do believe i would have a lot of fun with this... admitting that to my friends or what this actually reminds me of however, is a little scary >.>

[@reutermo]

You can tell me what it reminds you of to work up your courage to tell your friends!

[@samuelpierce7664]

Please share

[@alamos52]

10:22 is beautiful real talk. Thank you for sharing that. Also all around amazing review. Masterful

[@kjhanson73]

This is easily the funniest SU&SD review since Flame Rouge. I'm not sure the game is quite so family friendly oriented though. 🤣🤣

[@CraigCrouse]

My girlfriend is wondering if your angel wing begonia is real, if so she's gushing over that.

[@CraigCrouse]

Also sick ginseng ficus

[@Quinns_Quest]

@@CraigCrouse Haha, your girlfriend has a good eye for plants! Yeah, the begonia is real, although it's currently being supported on both sides so if I ever move it from that corner it'll need support or it'll topple over like a piece of string. The ginseng plant is actually my favourite plant that I have- it was the first plant my wife and I bough together and it's just been getting more and more gnarled and awesome for six or seven years now.

[@dorianr4770]

aw, Quinns... I feel you. about missing friends and all.

[@thecoolerrats7144]

This sounds great. i was just about to say sounds like a fun fog of love without the hurt and then you recommended Fog of Love!

[@TheKamisilva]

It's honestly been a long time since I've agreed with a SU & SD review (this time being no exception) but I will always watch them because even if our tastes don't align SU & SD presentation always makes for an entertaining and often time insightful perspective into the hobby I enjoy.

[@JuanPVolpin]

What?? Quinns is evolving!!... Quinns has evolved into Willie Tanner!

[@jessd8161]

So kinda made this exact game for my dad as a gift a couple years ago. Although, true to those horrifying 80s games, i made all the ‘suitors’ creepy adult men 😬😂

[@super_7710]

After the Gettin' Divorced stage, you can do a New Game+ where you just skip straight to Gettin' On

[@bsw051]

I have zero interest in this game. But this video is gold. Great job. Second thought would be good couple game. Third thought I almost teared up at missing your friends. Truly genuine.

[@giljunior7037]

This seems like an absolute blast to play and to watch if I'm being honest.

[@kev_whatev]

Heartthrob Quinns doesn’t exist, he can’t hurt you 4:28 *Heartthrob Quinns*

[@jeffreymishra-marzetti9194]

So much fun. I'm just crushing on you and your reviews 🤣!!

[@neiljohnparin4474]

4:41 Quinns looks like Jeff from Community

[@randym5824]

My daughters have a game like that, only it's about horses.

[@FuzzyLogic0]

Do you have the name of that?

[@Zizhou]

Those are some ambitious horses, writing memoirs and opening board game cafes...

[@IstasPumaNevada]

@@Zizhou And the public urination charges seem a bit unnecessary.

[@eandeclub909]

Is there hundreds of them?

[@AustinKiefer]

I literally got ad where SU&SD was doing a MONDO commercial on this game ... on this exact video

[@AndyRhodes1]

This video is really fun. The host is quite charming and entertaining. I am going to a board game event tonight where we are supposed to play this game. Now, I'm looking forward to it more than I would have otherwise.

[@Leterren]

8:39 was a plot twist I was not expecting

[@dietervlaemynck2578]

Two of the biggest reviews in a long time coming up? Can't wait!!

[@georginatoland]

The only way this game could be more fun would be if the crushes were replaced by horses from that silly horse game from AwSHUX. ❤️ 🐴

[@parkersimpson4023]

Quinns got extra points in my book for that Shin Godzilla on his desk 🖤

[@alfredbaeumer3643]

Loved the change of pace and your pitch.

[@christopherhealey8807]

thanks Quinns! I play boardgames to the narrative experience with friends and I miss it too. Nice review

[@cameronross8812]

Seems like this would honestly be a great foundation for a speed dating night. Play a round together before or after the sit downs, or maybe both.

[@skinflutey]

I keep dreamin', dreamin' 'bout my dream crush I keep believing he'll call me when I'm home alone He's gonna make my dreams come true My bed has room enough for two Yeah I keep dreamin', dreamin' 'bout my dream crush I keep calling, but no one hears Please help dry up my tears Yeah I keep dreamin', dreamin' 'bout my dream crush

[@tomevans1245]

I feel personally attacked by that Brass joke

[@seanharrison9171]

I don't think this game specifically is for me but I absolute love the vibe. I like some silly chill games

[@andrewbroeker9819]

I swear, that angel wing begonia refuses to stop

[@spacemancoco]

WTF is Elijah Wood doing in a dating board game?!?!?! 3:05

[@Dwarph]

Oh man, please do a playthrough of this with the su&sd team!