Reviewing ALL FOUR of Stefan Feld's City Series!

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0:00 The Stefan Feld City Collection by Queen Games
1:06 Hamburg
8:21 Amsterdam
13:54 New York City
18:45 Marrakesh
25:07 tl;dr Tom and Quinns, what cities should I buy?!
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[@GreenGearStudio]

As a Dutchman, I can confirm that our entire economy is cube-based

[@ko9]

As a fellow Dutchman, we are fueled solely by cheese and cubes are the best way to eat cheese.

[@DeyaViews]

As a Dutch non-man, I require the yellow cubes during the Feed Your Workers phase of the day, so that I can go on and be a... politician? Entrepreneur? Go-getter. For the rest of that day.

[@falconJB]

Interesting. As a non-Dutch man I assumed was tulip-based.

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

@@falconJB Cubes are longer-lasting.

[@anonvideo738]

@@falconJB No, those are for the pope (not even kidding)

[@Tivizzz]

I will never know how you guys managed to find Tom, but please never let him go.

[@IstasPumaNevada]

Don't worry, Quinns invested in an excellent pair of manacles. (He had to get new ones after Paul got away; this time he did his research, including getting a subscription to Manacles Monthly.)

[@ryanshatkin8906]

I think he probably rose out of their garbage disposal after a spell goes wrong and now he just refuses to leave like a ghost haunting the channel, but like haunting in a good way

[@novatheorem]

FACTS

[@bodybagbilly]

Tom is like if Quins and Paul had a kid together who was raised by Matt doing wacky characters the whole time.

[@ddade11]

An absolutely true statement. Tom has been a spectacularly wonderful addition to an already brilliant group of people.

[@luigiscazzari4724]

I haven't seen Quinns so excited since the invention of the color beige. Also, congrats for the closest thing a board game review got to Groundhog Day.

[@YaamFel]

You.should watch the tash-kalar reviee

[@sebasculin3739]

The Time Stories review does this

[@venisontron]

I truly appreciate that you did your research and knew that New York City consisted of five states, and that their currency was the gulden. Not many game reviewers take the time to learn about the country of New York City.

[@danpsou]

The best part about Quinns' joke on Tom's loneliness, is that I laughed out loud and there was no one to ask what I was laughing about. So I decided to make this comment.

[@cloudkitt]

Same!

[@danielhowsley6561]

I see what you did there

[@ramieres85]

This made me laugh out loud while being alone in a room

[@edrichburnop991]

That last bit was so perfect... SUSD understands my boardgaming soul. Do I want these games? Some of them, kindof. Do I need these games? No. Will I even like these games? Probably not. Am I strangely attracted to them anyway like a fly is to the light? YES.

[@RuNacken]

And than to end with Quinn's cat-like hissss. This was gold.

[@PrimatoFortunato]

The need to hoard cardboard is nothing to boast about, Edrich. I believe I'm doing you a favour by publicly stating it's a stupid and expensive urge you'd be better off trading for...whatdoIknow... Reading more books? playing an instrument?

[@edrichburnop991]

@@PrimatoFortunato No worries :) My response was mostly meant to be tongue in cheek in the same spirit as the video. I thoroughly enjoy playing the games I actually own just as much as I enjoy reading books, playing instruments, hiking, cooking, writing stories, watching movies, etc. Life is short, I don't fault anyone for wanting to experience as much of it as they can while they have the chance. Sure I'm guilty of losing perspective from time to time but I consider the urge to explore, to disassemble, to understand, and then to create among the better aspects of my nature and that's what I get from boardgaming. It can be expensive but it's a drop in the bucket compared to buying guitars and cinema lenses. I'm not planning on giving up either of those either -- for the same reasons.

[@chrishenry6818]

@@PrimatoFortunato yeah no unread books on the shelf or instruments in the corner here... Teehee

[@PrimatoFortunato]

I'm glad to hear that. As board Game hoarders who have more cardboard than time and friends to play these expensive boxes we should support each other :D

[@ashleyturner6644]

Today on Shut Up and Sit Down, Tom reenacts a Stefan Feld adaptation of Groundhog Day and Quinns is a silly boy in public.

[@RuNacken]

...but if Quinn looked closely, he might just spot... mister Stefan Feld.

[@danielrosser3854]

This review is an absolute masterpiece of the form.

[@Potatis1337]

The water spray bottle did it for me

[@MrKidtendo64]

"We don't think it's racist, we just think he's really tan" Hahaha, that tickled my soul!

[@JessWLStuart]

Quinn: "Tom, I've had an accident..." Tom: "I think I can smell it!" Quinn: "No, that's just England!" ROFLMAO!

[@rb4551]

can you type everything else they said? Thanks.

[@schuechen]

@@rb4551 Repeating the jokes in the comments is a time-honoured tradition, and I will not have you mock it!!!11one

[@Fractus]

Starting each game by repeating the same mechanic themes had be in stitches ...and also had me side-eyeing my own collection.

[@pernellvaughan8535]

I never would have expected board game reviews to be capable of being this entertaining. Way to raise the bar with this absolute masterpiece, SUSD!

[@Maseiken]

Feverishly searching my house for Mr Stefan Feld to ensure I'm not a nameless pawn in the Feldiverse.

[@Norm-R]

The joke about how its hard to make fun of other countries when the UK is falling apart is the exact same way I feel about making fun of the UK when the US is falling apart.

[@HistoritorJimaldus]

Hey at least trump isn’t in charge anymore

[@Elleraiser]

we fought for independence specifically so that we could justify saying "at least we're not the UK," we earned that right

[@skiddwister9143]

@@HistoritorJimaldus How does that make it better?

[@simonadams]

@@skiddwister9143 orange man bad, inflation and $6 eggs good

[@HistoritorJimaldus]

@@simonadams it was trump’s massive covid spending that went mostly to the richest that caused the majority of the inflation

[@joeferreti9442]

Most of them are old games in a less nice version than original and sold for 3 times the appropriate price. Also, it's very confusing to name games after city names and then change up which game is named after which city every few years. :/

[@adsilcott]

I've never paused a video so many times only to be delighted at what I read -- silly emails and texts, and increasingly crappy fake plane tickets. What wonderful details!

[@jamesodwyer4181]

This episode had too many moments of comedic genius to list. My lungs can't handle it XD

[@NathienSK]

Most their reviews are entertainmen and information. One reason you can actually rewatch them and still enjoy it.

[@RuNacken]

I loved the boarding passes. "Class: no"

[@brandbryson3616]

The repetition intro bit is classic.

[@jacklenoirgmail]

It works for Agricola, caverna, Coimbra, Prague Caput regni, Hansa teutónica, Catan....

[@jacklenoirgmail]

@@shortydancer the same

[@jonathankatz9259]

As a major Stefan Feld fan and someone who is pumped about Marrakesh, I absolutely loved this review, one of the best videos you guys have made! PS it's three keshis per turn, for those scrolling past :) (because the keshis you choose to drop in the tower are the actions you take, whether or not you actually draft those keshis).

[@brogansmith1342]

Well, I'm about to start watching the review. I don't know much about these games, but I happen to be looking for a game where the winner is the player with most victory points at the end of a fixed number of rounds, and on each round you're gonna get a weird, slightly randomized handful of resources, as if the game was giving you pocket money. But because you can't hang on to these resources between rounds, players are gonna be panickedly spraying their pocket money across different areas of the board that they think or hope represent bargains or savvy investments because the offers on this board are always changing. A game of tactical decisions but built atop a wobbly waterbed of random chance with just enough player interaction to make it feel like a shared experience, but mostly you're just gonna be playing by yourself.

[@JonTripp115]

My hope is that the availability of Hamburg will eventually result in the price of a secondhand Bruges becoming more reasonable, but I'm not holding my breath. Also: I thought the Marrakesh action that gets you 10 dates would lead directly into another joke about Tom's loneliness. ("That's more dates than _you've_ had in the last 5 years!") Missed opportunity.

[@Pinstripedood]

18:30 the two of them staring and trying not to laugh got me good

[@LegoAssassin098]

They also just announced 7 and 8 recently - Patliputra and Nassau I just like the connected picture on the side of the boxes.

[@tychoclavius4818]

Don't do it!

[@Raveler1]

My favorite joke is one you sailed over - New York's "five states"!

[@MauiTaha]

Quinns: Look at all the Hamburgers, living in the moment The actual people of Hamburg: Rigorous attention to detail, nothing achieved without tonnes of planning, every appointment set months ahead in stone

[@JakobPapirov]

After a long day and week at the University studying for a math exam, I decided to unwind with some SUSD. How fortunate that this video was just released!

[@nickhuston7934]

Well, Quinns got his wish. They made an Essential version of Marrakesh to drive down the price, along with an expansion. They’re making an Essential edition of Amsterdam as well. However, Queen Games has been going to cons with a banner/display listing all TWENTY games they plan on releasing in the City Series, with more possibly coming after that! Nassau, Kathmandu, Patliputra, Manila, Gengenbach, Sevilla, Osaka, Kingston, Berlin, Hong Kong, Urbino, Lyon, Galway, and Bangkok.

[@ddade11]

Got to thumbs up a video where I am openly chuckling at the ending. Brilliant production and content as always.

[@joeljanzen8121]

Thanks for the great review x4! I love the usual Quinns + Tom energy :D

[@PitterPatter20]

All of these games look like a great time and all of these games are _at least_ $25 more expensive than I'd be willing to pay for them, even factoring in the environmentally-friendly premium.

[@TheLofren]

the new york game not only costs 100 dollars, they sell a "deluxe components" expansion that just comes with slightly better wooden tokens than the cardboard ones ( the buildings and the transports) that costs even more money

[@lionslug]

The sheer panic on Tom's face during the intro was hilarious

[@kapazoglu]

This was a scathing review 😂 So much fun to see Tom's and Quinn's banter gel so well.

[@MarkB-uu5we]

Guys love your videos, this is fantastically produced, and love your humor. Right down to the subtle stuff like Tom knocking over the blue skyscrapers like dominos in New York City. But from a very helpful and slightly serious perspective, using the same “politicians, entrepreneurs, go getters”, the pocket money comments being sprayed around (gold guys!) and the $100 discussion and the similarities actually helps me a helluva lot. While it is obviously done in humour, just these things in themselves tells me so much - they are different games but similar in many contexts, and so for someone who initially wanted all of them, Your review has done something other reviews haven’t, and that is that “oh… ah…” moment where I get the similarities and the differences. Rather than getting all of them, I’m best aiming for one (probably New York at the moment) because before watching your review I didn’t think there were any real similarities. Thanks for highlighting those. And the discussion on $100 games is very relevant, you were very balanced in your assessment here as well as pointing out Feld’s original classic and what it sells for. Great stuff Quinns and Tom, don’t know how you come up with some of this awesome material but thanks for giving us these reviews.

[@oddbird9144]

The "New York" ticket being unclear about how many times to write New York is such a good understated bit

[@tommykay7427]

Despite both my eyes and ears are bleeding from the overdose of Euro-ness. SUSD still makes it worth by the sheer enthusiasm and humor. Even though nothing will ever make be play these games, my hat is of to you 26 minutes of great fun, thanks! :)

[@sebastiantrost6409]

Those emails are hilarious XD

[@daniellemusil6871]

I went into the video wanting all of these games. I left wanting none, but with an absolute new found obsession with you two

[@Ainar86]

To keep up with the spirit I have now watched this video 4 times and I feel like a...politician? Entrepreneur? A Shut Up & Sit Downian go getter!

[@scottcameron174]

Quinns taking a trip around Brighton was incredible

[@JosephFlemming]

wow those are so expensive! the Deluxe version were only about 20$ more... I thought there would be more of a price differential but I guess producing stuff in Europe plus the shipping debacle has really launched the prices for Queen games through the stratosphere.

[@joelface]

Never had so much fun watching a review for 4 games I have absolutely no intention of ever playing.

[@cupajoe24]

I'm not sure if "building sky scrapers on each of New York's states" was a joke but it did make me laugh

[@SamiPaju]

This one really cracked me up. Thanks for making my day!

[@AaronAndSusie]

This was the funniest/ best review in a long time. Well done gentlemen!!

[@Judge021979]

I LOVE Marrakesh! Brilliant design, loads going on - and now I've got the teach down, its pretty smooth. May be my game of the year.

[@jankogo]

Yes, fur sure. I would say it is definitely worth it´s high price. Reminds me of Trajan but more colorful and thematic.

[@Judge021979]

@@jankogo Its a premium product in a luxury sector. If people pay it - it isn't overpriced.

[@jankogo]

@@Judge021979 Agree 100 %.

[@Razorwindsg]

I keep seeing Tom's face on the Amsterdam card on 12:54, I can't unsee it now

[@MjrLeegInfidel]

Might be your most brilliant review...purely insightful and cheeky

[@danthemede323]

I'm kind of new to boardgames. This channel and BoardGameBollocks are my favourite channels. Keep up the good work :)

[@justandyisok]

“Juicy and stupefying like an orange injected with Ny-quil” the reason I’ve always enjoyed y’all.

[@TehEeveeGeneral]

I'm really happy Quinns got some time off to visit the shops and cafés of Brighton. 😊

[@SebastianPirling]

The intro joke couldn't have been more Englandy, and this TODAY, on holy lettuce day! I'm dying.

[@kumqwtf]

Funniest review you guys have done for a long time. Absolutely loved it

[@stuartreed944]

I have a deep dark depression and you guys make my soul sing and my mouth LOL. Thank you :)

[@mchagawa1615]

Thank you for the review, always a lot of fun to watch :D

[@matthewrichardson1805]

Fantastic SUSD delivery, guys, bravo!

[@daveburck7076]

I love your work. Very entertaining and I love seeing the games! Love it!

[@Goblincow]

Hahaha how did I miss this one. I guess I thought these games looked boring but turns out this review is very funny. The reveal of the second Stephan Feld really got me.

[@lkjkhfggd]

I liked Castles of Burgundy a lot that I was inspired to start getting every Feld game out there. No game has stuck around like CoB, unfortunately. Though one shoutout from me would be Aquasphere, which I think has a pretty cool theme and tense gameplay. Bruges definitely didn't wow me when I played it. That spinning resource belcher mechanic in Amsterdam looks very interesting though. Definitely want to give that one a try.

[@darrenq1067]

I like the new rules additions Hamburg in particular, choosing the colour of the cards drawn . The artwork/graphic design, oh no though, I'll keep Bruges and it's amazing artwork.

[@darrensmith8487]

There is a certain charm in desperately digging for a card colour in Bruges. I think I'd miss the joy of finding it and pain of missing out, only to reveal it at the end.

[@Aaackermann]

There are houserules with which you can play the hamburg rules with your bruges copy. So no need to get this horrendous abomination of an overpriced ugly boardgame. Sorry, I just hate this new "design" and love the original sooo much! I will never get rid of it!

[@themultifish]

Wow, this episode had me properly laughing out loud several times. Especially when they got to Marakesh... Every joke landed so well for me >

[@ltendler3]

😂 what a great video. thank you. I needed this smile on my face.

[@007bistromath]

Glad to see they fixed the bug with cube towers, I was really worried about Quinns ever since Shogun.

[@Skycroft1000]

This review made my day. Thank you.

[@annominous826]

That combination of just genuine delight and excitement and then also merciless mockery is so quintessentially British, like tea breaks at noon, or burning down your own country to spite Europe. I love it. By the way, I'm always available as a garbage disposal for unwanted board games. Free of charge!

[@tigriscallidus4477]

Absolutely great reviews. Thank you for these. Great video a lot of fun.

[@MurphMers]

Damn it that was helpful! Great job gentlemen

[@Grimscribe732]

The imminent arrival of my gaming table is a perfect reason to binge all the SUSD reviews I missed in the last 12 months.

[@timjacobs5057]

Really cool! Which one did you order?

[@fairlyodd922]

In the winner is the player who amasses the most victory points in a fixed number of rounds. And on each round you're going to get a weird, slightly randomized handful of resources, as if the game was giving you pocket money. But, because you can't hang on to these resources between rounds, players are going to be panickly spraying their pocket money across different areas of the board that they think (or hope) represent bargains or savvy investments, because the offers on this board are always changing. In this game players are making tricky tactical decisions on top of a wobbly waterbed of random chance. And there is just enough player interaction to make it feel like a shared experience, but mostly you're just going to be playing with yourself. And the board may look a little bit humorous, but if you look closely you just might see yourself Mr. Stefan Feld. In a bit more detail, players in represent... politicians? ...entrepreneurs? ...ian go-getters who are going to be...

[@TedTheTree]

Well you guys look like you have lots of fun making these videos...kinda a game in it's self;

[@guiatem]

Not only some mechanics on this series are similar to the 3 Century games, but Quinn also chose tiles to cards on his review of that series.

[@JosephFlemming]

I heard Marrakesh is like Trajan without the mancala player board. something I only dreamed about! So looking forward to it!

[@raphaelg7122]

We bought 2 of these games at the kickstarter and amsterdam in particular was really tough for us. In the end we kinda got it but I really wish we could have more games like this with systems that don't become hard/impossible to learn the first couple of games. Also the fact that Amsterdam and Hamburg look _so similar_ really was surprising. The colorblind-friendly design is nice but it would have been nice to have something a _bit_ different.

[@scyldscefing3913]

Exceptional review(s) gentlemen. Thanks.

[@thomassabourin1]

Very nice review! Very instructive.

[@daanschenk6442]

7 & 8 where also announced today on the Dice Tower news 🤯

[@ethicalzombiegaming]

They really needed someone like Ian O'Toole to justify the price.

[@ymagier3d]

Hot take I don't like Ian O'Toole design

[@darrenmcguire7023]

Vincent Dutrait would legitimately make all of these games look better.

[@rb4551]

Its queens, they slap the name feld on their game and call it a day.

[@jmbootz]

@@darrenmcguire7023 or Michael Menzel…who did Bruges.

[@perspicacioussimpleton7288]

@@ymagier3d That is quite the hot take. Ian O'Toole is among the best in the business, as is Vincent Dutrait. Personally, I wish I had the money for the Vital Lacerda games since they're all so gorgeous. For now though, the only game I have with O'Toole's art will be the Ra reprint, which looks wonderful, and the only Vincent Dutrait art I'll have is Atlantis Rising, which I am okay with, but damn it, how I wish shipping costs weren't so high to get the Quest for El Dorado international edition!

[@luiscarlosqg]

Great review. Now I feel like playing Hansa Teutonica.

[@marekbugiel6893]

Love this review.

[@nokeeo]

This video is absolute comedic gold.

[@cwaddle]

Brilliant video, both for review and for comic value

[@3dreamsequence]

I've missed watching you guys. Even if I have no interest in the game whatsoever, I still enjoy watching your reviews!

[@thumper8684]

What I look out for in a $120 borad game is a lovely diorama, that if you were a tiny person you could visit and have a fun day out.

[@denycast]

Your Reviews are for me like a good movie. I grab some Snacks and watch them.👍

[@gavin7683]

when tom was moving away and quins reached for something i thought for sure he was going to handcuff them together.

[@adamthebatmanwest]

Great review!

[@nickhuston7934]

I almost feel bad for saying this, but they also announced at Essen #7 and 8 in the City Collection, Pataliputra and Nassau. #7 is new (supposedly), and #8 is supposedly a reprint of Rum and Pirates. I apologize if this was said already, as I didn’t scroll through the other 100+ comments.

[@shadowscribe]

That caption at 5:38 :) Had you but known you could have made retooled the review about wishing to be anywhere else.

[@anthonystrickland7049]

Last week, a friend at our game night offered me a game he was getting rid of. It's on my couch because I don't have room for it on my shelves. I felt that last bit in my soul.

[@JosephFlemming]

i will need to purge more games from mine to fit these four beasts!

[@anthonystrickland7049]

@@JosephFlemming the idea of purging a game from my collection is akin to the feeling I get when playing a legacy game. It got to be a standard for me to be the one to tear up cards and place stickers. My discomfort was half the enjoyment of the experience for the table.

[@michaelbonet9062]

Jersey City is apparently massive according to Queen’s version of NYC.

[@ethicalzombiegaming]

The WhatsApp messages from the Tom never responds to, missed calls and everything is to good. The man just wants to play Hansa!!!

[@APerson863]

This is the kind of susd humour that I love

[@qba919]

who doesn't want to play Hansa, really

[@bencecserkuti7110]

I would like to formally request a personal daily newsletter from Tom. Whatever the price, I will pay it.

[@samgeisler7033]

Hearing a vine boom in an SUSD video hit me like a train

[@Cap_Olimar]

Oh its the Castles guy, its like my Mom's favorite game when I come over.

[@gregcondon5127]

Quinns, you are amazing, so much love for you :) Tom, stay weird, you're growing on me like the quiet guy at work who talks intensely about chainsaw carving and always smells like lavender, I wasn't sure at first, but the place is now no longer the same without you!

[@lunamiles6516]

this is like prozd's eurogame skit but 4 times and $100 each

[@FemmeSensei]

Love love love this :)

[@robertthurman9866]

Laughing out loud, funniest video in a long time.

[@EdKauffmann]

ah yes, all the magnificent staten island skyscrapers...