Kabuto Sumo - You Don't Understand Circles

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[@christianorton7486]

I don't love the game, but I do love that it captured my 8- and 10- year old's little game hearts. I bought it a month ago, but it's almost always out on the table. Easily our most played game this year. And despite how good or bad it is, the fact that it's gotten us to turn off the telly and spend time together makes it a winner.

[@AllplayHQ]

That's some of the best praise a game can get! Cheers to many more matches.

[@SamiPaju]

It’s a winner in our family as well. My daughter is 4 and she enjoys it. But I can also easily bring it as a filler when playing with my heavy euro loving adult gaming friends :)

[@KoenHeye]

That's what I thought as well. This game may not be the best dexterity game but it will appeal to children and it looks like a fun family game!

[@michaelslack8900]

This more looks like Tom is just giving a tour of his home

[@adsilcott]

And showing off his musical tastes.

[@micahbf]

That TV over the stove tho

[@RuNacken]

@@micahbf Yeah, that's posh!

[@CyGershman]

I love how clearly proud Tom is of his first apartment. Congratulations, Tom!

[@underdog353777]

Shit, that's his first apartment? Could do a hell of a lot worse

[@giacomogiacomo1090]

Needs to change those kitchen tiles and take away the flatscreen above the cooker.

[@CS-hr2zu]

Fair enough...GRANDAD!

[@CapturePlay]

Flat out crying with laughter at that, especially given the age banter on the podcast.

[@MarcusBeirne]

The timing on that was just perfect!

[@wilbermusicman]

I was cackling at this one!

[@DanielSolis]

If it eases your mind, I quite liked this format and length for a review. Didn't feel rushed or unstructured at all. Nice work!

[@thejfreak93]

That Quinns bit was peak comedy gold.

[@JJEMcManus]

I’m intrigued by this game in a way I cannot describe. OTOH I showed it to my wife and she asked why Daniel Radcliffe was reviewing a board game.

[@alwaysardent1125]

I completely lol'd. Thank you. Hahaha

[@joshsimons7214]

LOL

[@gqsnowman]

This is a game you can play with a friend you haven't seen in a while. You can talk. You can drink beer. You can goof around. This is niche board game checkers. It's not amazing, but it's easy and you can play it with anyone quickly. It's welcome in my collection. My other dex games are huge affairs. Junkart? AMAZING, but quite a production and stressful and if someone bumps the table, the game is ruined. Meeple Circus? A riot. But even more stress inducing from the timing, and it has the table bump problem too. Kabuto? A bit sturdier, less thinky, WAY less stressful. It's like if a dex game was a relaxation technique. No outrageous highs, no real lows, just time with people you care about and fun shapes on a little platform.

[@salepien]

My thoughts exactly. It might not be the game that makes the evening but it might well be the one to save it.

[@adamlong9728]

I'm very intrigued by it and I think it's the "fun shapes on a little platform" that really does it for me. Personally, I find the colors, shapes, and artwork all quite beautiful.

[@ClaeFace]

This is one of the most friendly games I’ve seen, and has definitely snuck its way into my wish list. I feel like I could play this with literally anyone and it would be comfortable as either the focus or the background

[@FrazNinja]

after hearing you defend this on the podcast a few episodes back, i'm so happy it made it's way to a video review!

[@Sand_Bard]

I always enjoy Tom's reviews when it feels like you've been cornered by your odd cousin who is odd and cool in equal parts.

[@strugglingon]

That grandad line made me crack up. Good job, Tom.

[@CoreyHardt]

Tom, your delivery and edits on "Fair enough, grandad" made me laugh harder than any video review in recent memory. Thanks for that, great work.

[@pip.turner]

Tom giving off big Tim Rogers energy in this video, which can only be a good thing

[@christianbyard3913]

HELLO. And welcome to board games

[@Weldingization]

Absolutely kinetic editing turns a dusty old 'board' 'game' 'review' into something I couldn't stop watching until it's all through. Game looks fun and all, but heck, this is a good video.

[@DrMcFly28]

6:41 Years weren't kind to Tom Vasel...

[@ryanthewired]

Klask would be a good alternative for an exciting dexterity game that fits on a normal table.

[@MrRichardMoran]

LCD Soundsystem poster and a War on Drugs t-shirt? Previous sightings of Los Campesinos merch? Tom clearly has impeccable musical taste.

[@webslinger9]

I’ve played this with 2 and 3 players. All times we had fun. We just ignored the special wrestler cards and did the junior league which is more straight forward. Instead of having to learn extra rules, you just get the signature pieces and go.

[@oil3]

I love the ActionButton-esque delivery style here. I was half expecting to see Tim Rogers pop in for a cameo.

[@stefanopaolini1345]

Best Tom's review... So far! The growth is astonishing and so promising ** The gag about the hole for the dexterity games made me make noises

[@MarkFaldborg]

Is that a wilmots warehouse blanket? I approve!

[@acerumble4991]

Shoutout to the real star of the review, Smiley Cube

[@pip.turner]

Wilmot 😍

[@markthomas3130]

The accuracy to which a computer can reproduce a Welsh accent is giving me an existential crisis. Par for the course with a SUSD review to be honest. Great video

[@cooperf9355]

This was Tom’s best review yet, great editing as well

[@Tivizzz]

What a fantastic video. Adding my voice to the choir, the editing is out of this world and reminds of how early episodes of Archer were constantly cutting from a scene to another in way that turned those cuts into laughs.

[@DWRoelands]

*SMASH*....fair enough....GRANDDAD. Tom is wonderful and I love his energy.

[@DunFiddlin]

I ordered this on the 5th Nov after watching the video, and it just arrived in the UK (12th Nov) from the US, well packaged and immediately got the thumbs up from my wife

[@martind2520]

Backed the Kickstarter for this game based upon this review, when it arrived it got played four times the first day. Which is more than many of the games I own have ever been played.

[@goodgoodmike]

for being "unstructured," that was brilliant

[@Maseiken]

I heard Daft Punk is playing at Tom's house. Tom's house. He'll show you the ropes kid, show you the ropes.

[@DooDooDaddyTV]

The War on Drugs merch!!! LCD Soundsystem poster?? I like you Tom

[@Noonycurt]

Nacht der Magier (Magician's Night) is a similar game, but played in the dark with luminescent pieces. :)

[@martinkremer412]

Thanks Tom

[@tiestvilee5889]

Hey Tom, this is my favourite of your videos so far. You just seem really at ease with yourself, and so the video comes off as 'effortless'. Nice job! (Oh, I liked the actual content too ;) )

[@mitchstanek7809]

Love these off the cuff messy reviews. Perfect for the memorable quick spotlight games like kabuto sumo ans railroad inc.

[@MusicalMethuselah]

This actually looks pretty fun: a lot of forward planning and a little bit of luck.

[@dksocal]

I heard Quinns's critique in Werner Herzog's voice.

As mentioned in the video, the game gets WAY better if you play it fast. Less thinking, more playing. It tends to drag out and never end otherwise. I can recommend houseruling that all push the pieces inside the brown outer ring to increase the impact. (Saw quackalope suggest it, have tried and enjoyed it). On three players, as one was eliminated, we imposed final rush - two pieces pushed per turn to end the game quickly and start again. I would encourage house rulings in general. The game is light and not to be taken too seriously. :)

[@yourbellboy]

! ! ! how is no one talking about the pic-perfect thumbnail of this review? ? ?

[@jumpmonkey11]

Tom, you're a gem. I love the energy of your videos.

[@marcm3]

The pacing and editing of this video were quite excellent. It was a very fun watch. Good job and thanks for the review. If I ever find it easily and cheaply, I'll definitely consider picking it up, because it does offer something that looks interestingly unique.

[@mariktarnavskiy]

30 sec into the video : “ok, take my like, ye handsome basterd!”

[@Architectofawesome]

Kabuto Sumo ASMR when?

[@PiercingArrowz]

Best review from SU&SD ever! 10/10 🪲🐞🦗

[@jacobe6458]

The student has become the master.

[@lopezmt5]

This game has great accessibility. This really has a "zen" feel about it - a "quiet simplicity" to it.

[@ethanreimund2549]

congrats on the new space

[@tahubob]

Tom killing it again, and that's a great LCD Soundsystem poster you have there! 👀

[@williamthompson8136]

That's some good B roll

[@TalenLee]

I've shown Kabuto Sumo - just online, I don't own a copy - to six people, and four of them went 'oh this is great.' The four that did we re all parents, and ALL of them pointed out that it'd be useful for playing with their kids.

[@SamiPaju]

Kabuto Sumo is absolutely amazing with kids (mine is 4 and plays it already). But in addition to that, it’s also a nice filler when playing with more serious gamers. These things combined really make it worth having. If you have kids, that is :)

[@terriblegames]

looks like it could be a cool time killer between bigger more beefy games =)

[@mikemckenzie1397]

This is pure distilled chaos and I love it

[@torsneyt]

Tom's best review by far

[@Scarxful]

Tom I just love you and your reviews!! :'D

[@faxanadu13]

Love the review, the reviewer, I’ll look forward to re-viewing this review.

[@MrBigCookieCrumble]

This new guy is starting to grow on me honestly. Nice video!

[@MrBernaar]

Another nice review in a different yet familiar style. Well done!

[@Sihoiba]

Excellent editing on this video Tom!

[@SethBartonSEF]

That's weird. I was playing a 2p pusher for the first time in 30 odd years this weekend. Great review, thanks Tom.

[@vuuvovuuv]

love the tim-rogers-y-ness of this

[@michaelschlobohm8877]

Tom I'm concerned at the amount of house plants you've seemed to have acquired during this past year... Are you ok buddy? Blink twice if you need help. Is Quinns holding you against your will? We want to help...

[@benjaminrosa1418]

At 1:36, i started listening to Gymnopede Nº1 from Satie, but i still listen The Dissappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya.

[@paddykelly6338]

Tom is splendid as always. Great stuff.

[@petrbroz7145]

I have no earthly idea what kind of drugs this review is on, but I love it.

[@jackspottiswood4077]

Nice LCD soundsystem poster :)

[@zachfriedrich6146]

SUSD please a sweepstakes/contest of some kind where the winner gets to play a game with all of you.

[@beretperson]

This game looks delicious.

[@DasBrieger]

My friend's dog Pepper awarded it the "Pepper Award for Most Delicious Game"

[@drl317]

I can't stop watching this review and I don't know why!

[@MickONeillEng]

Wonderful review!

[@FatCastro]

I see Tom taking aspirations from Action Button and honestly? Yes please. Just don't make 10 hour reviews that almost get you killed. Please.

[@metallsnubben]

Was gonna say, this had a distinct Tim Rogersian flair to it

[@asphaltOnline]

Great review - I think it's pitched perfectly. Kabuto Sumo is absolutely no more or less than fun than it looks. I happen to really like it - super-easy to set up and play, and very quick to reset and try a new character or different tactics. If it looks fun to you, you'll probably like it

[@metallsnubben]

In the words of Brian Limond: I like Turkish Delight. I do. A lot if people don't like Turkish delight, I mean Fry's Turkish delight. The type with the chocolate on it and the purple wrapper. But I like it. A lot of people say "ugh Turkish delight that's disgusting. How can you eat that? It's like eating perfume, it's like eating old women's perfume. Like lavender water, or rose water or whatever it is. How can you like that?" But I like it. I like turkish Delight. I don't like it enough to get it for every day, or every week. In fact I can't remember the last time I got a Turkish delight. But every now and then, I'll be in a shop and I'll walk past the shelves with all the chocolate and I'll see a Turkish delight and I'll get it. It's nice, I like it. I like Turkish Delight.

[@michelplokker114]

Tom I loved this review was laughing out load multiple times!

[@colingerber5319]

The Chancellor is always watching from the mantle…

[@BrentWalker999]

Wonderful review

[@brianlong9100]

PitchCar is a FLOOR GAME, Tom!

[@frankharr9466]

That was interesting. I'm intimidated my dexterity games, but I might want to give this a try.

[@tbrick4756]

I like this guy…

[@laurimaijala4984]

Damn. I was NOT supposed to buy new games before I have played the previous ones...

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

"Stay hydra" (Captain America intensifies)

[@bwah9481]

lol the zoom in on the minion

[@MarcusBeirne]

Tom said "Kabuto Sumo" no less than eleven times in that review! Eleven whole times! That's 1.29 Kabuto Sumos per minute or one whole bug, a thorax, and three legs per minute!

[@jsibleytube]

How is it that this guy is even better at making these game review videos (or whatever they are) than the guys who actually invented the art form (and then stupidly brilliantly hired him)?

[@ryanstandlee7305]

Yes Tom, great work.👍

[@bootblacking]

"Tom Vasel" 🤣

[@brutus_salazaar]

There is something satisfying seeing a bug in a thong... honestly, that is enough of a selling point to get this game on my radar - sometimes you just need something that is "camping outside" friendly - small real estate needed and easy to play. Include a beverage of choice and I am sure the hilarity of bad pushes and bug roleplaying would erupt soon enough like a pub brawl with bad football in the background... Nicely done Sir Tom!

[@tomswiftodst]

Two things , one, Tom's editing continues to be fantastic. Two, when will we get a Tom's top game video??

[@SirWerebear]

Seeing my local game store in a Shut Up & Sit Down video was kinda surreal.

[@Elucidarian]

Good stuff, Tom, again. Carry on.

[@CountD42]

Off topic question: what's the thing hanging above Tom's range in his kitchen? It looks like an oven hood combined with a television.

[@peterclarke7240]

I was wondering the same thing.in terms of "what" It is, It looks like a tv with a splash screen in front of it... But that doesn't answer the more important question of "why..."

[@KingAmroth]

This reminds me of Abalone. Surprised it didn't pop up in reference.

[@zablack987]

Tom, you're awesome, I love you!

[@lockonandfire]

+1 for the Tom Fan Club. Fundamentally clever critique that is also incalculably silly - that's what has always appealed (to me) about SUSD!

[@rakino4418]

Tom, would I be wrong in thinking you've been watching Action Button reviews by Tim Rogers? You're channelling a lot of Rogers energy here and I love it

[@AhJong0]

Great review, short sharp and fun.

[@bettermoodboardgames]

"You are one of the bugs" killed me! 😂

[@jasonsthings7212]

6:09 to see young boy absolutely wreck grandpa

[@nick_hansolo]

Great vid. What a champ

[@OverlordZephyros]

Giants: Citizen Kabuto I thought this was a boardgame about that game 😕

[@pouchsurfer997]

I love Tom