Our 5 Favourite New Card Games in 2021!

[@Bllurr1]

There is definitely a special magic when more than one person physically collaborates on these. Glad to see it come back.

[@Churro_Douglas]

Yeah I have been waiting a year for Quins and Max Gland to collab!

[@Ditocoaf]

"Getting weird fast, like a SU&SD simile on roller skates" Bravo for that one.

[@MrJdecoy]

My wife and I played Regicide. We beat it on our first playthrough. We laughed because of all the "it's super hard" reviews. We haven't won since.

[@MichaelNerman]

On the podcast they mentioned a similar experience. I think they beat it on their second game.

[@TigerVent]

Haha that's awesome! I love Regicide

[@trapper0707]

Probably played some of the rules wrong ;D

[@Bloodlf]

I have 4 wins out of 24 games on bga

[@joaquinperezblanca6242]

Hardest card game ever😢. Great video guys. Greetings ftom Spain!

[@tardersauce3578]

Regicide is the game I wanted to make with a card deck as a kid but I wasn’t smart enough to design the rules for

[@Dreadpirate404]

this is a profoundly relatable comment

[@badgersfrommars]

Same for us TS35

[@fishyfish1917]

relatable

[@Yous0147]

this is a profoundly profoundly relatable comment

[@miles2804]

@@badgersfrommars But you created it 👀

[@adsilcott]

I would pay real money for a deck of cards illustrated by Mr Crotch Goblin. Those illustrations were hilarious!

[@ripplebrook3419]

Future SUSD merch?

[@MarlinFisher]

Yes please! Or at least a full review so I can make a copy. ❤️

[@dmsssmd]

Society

[@Schelome]

I was so ready for the top 5 cards. I must know. This is critical.

[@luiscarlosqg]

So was I.

[@jacforswear18]

same! i was very invested after that stellar 13 of Wasp card!

[@countecristo2579]

I feel unfulfilled.

[@jeanotrilow5647]

Be certain, one of them must have been a 10 from Spicy. My personal favorite is 10 of Wasabi.

[@jeremygrimmer5890]

Same, they need to finish!

[@ChristopherZAR]

The max gland part literally had me in tears, been a long time since I've truly laughed out loud at a youtube video, thank you!

[@tahunuva4254]

Plinkett vibes, weirdly enough :P

[@13josephphelan]

A lovely Toast of London reference

[@jkerm2727]

Max Gland is the next Cal Chuchesta and I said it first.

[@MattTheSpratt]

@@jkerm2727 don't worry, nobody was going to say that.

[@GretSeat]

I felt the same. It's his like super loud outfit and that ridiculous smile likes he's from weekend at Bernie's. Oh man. It was good

[@andrewwdavvid]

The King of Carrot Flowers. I cannot believe you have done this to me, Tom Brewster.

[@afonsorufino4867]

A Neutral Milk Hotel reference in a SU&SD episode is just pure perfection

[@munchmoo6586]

I just want to thank the whole team at SUSD for outputting great content, and helping people make choices on their board game purchases. Really great channel, really great work, and it always makes me happy to watch. Keep up the good work! :D

[@robertkerr3151]

When I noticed Tom lurking during the intro🤣

[@MozilloGames]

The green screen and vfk work in this video is truly sublime. It TRULY looks like these two people are in the same room, which is madness. No one has been in the same room for decades.

[@khelseachristie2466]

Are they not in the same room?? It definitely looked like they were and they interact with the same objects.

[@benironside1264]

@@khelseachristie2466 😅😅 I hope after 10 months you have realised your mistake

[@digidested2000]

I am so disappointed that I'll never know what the best 4 cards are. :(

[@sodcactus]

Yay, multiple peoples in the same video. In the same room!

[@Botanica_Gaming]

Lots of the board game channels have virtue signaled their terror of the virus to the max

[@andrewphilos]

@@Botanica_Gaming it's not virtue signaling if not doing it might kill you.

[@damianstevens1675]

@@Botanica_Gaming or just followed the national rules….

[@readilium3432]

@@andrewphilos Under 65? Zero co morbidities? Chance of surviving CV= 99.92% -Oxford University.

[@readilium3432]

@@damianstevens1675 Lol Rules. Not laws, mind you. Just do what you're told...BECAUSE you were told. How is that shot working out? Oh, it drops to less than 40% efficacy after a few weeks and is vitually useless against Delta, Gamma, Lambda, etc? D'oh!

[@DoctorEth]

When I first clicked the video and saw Tom's excited face in the corner I didn't dare get too excited because I just came from a Captain Disillusion-video and briefly wondered if they'd suddenly gotten really good at rotorscoping and it was just VFX trickery xD It warms the heart to see you being silly in the same room again!!

[@tocseoj]

I came from the same CD video 😳

[@MartianKyo]

And this is how I find out he has a new video....nice job KZbin.

[@JonathanFitt]

Team videos are back! This was really good and reminiscent of early SUSD (but better quality). Tom is definitely great value for money, his solo reviews during the lockdown were always really innovative and it’s great to see him work like a funny bon-us multiplier.

[@OranjeDiscoDancer]

I love the look of Oriflamme and Royal Visit. In other words, I love extremely pretty games with manageable strategy.

[@AndyGoldman]

Tom's look at 3:03 made me laugh out loud, loudly, for real.

[@AndyGoldman]

Next lol: "like a bout of explosive gas at a dinner party."

[@damiangonzalezlopez7898]

The kidnapped puppet...just disturbed me.

[@Goombalove3000]

I love how much fun team SU&SD seem to have filming together :D

[@lawzer]

This was the last place I expected to see a Neutral Milk Hotel reference, but thank you.

[@bwah9481]

Yes! Oriflamme is getting some love! It’s a game that took me by surprise.

[@tylerrapillo377]

Who would have thought a year and a half apart would lead to this beautiful chaos

[@nicholasmaccheyne3995]

Glad to see you guys taking on sponsors/ads. You guys deserve whatever money you can make however you can make it. Congratulations!

[@Arcadio89]

14:29 Quinns this is a family show! 😆 PS: The return of Max Gland was hilarious. SU&SD have the best running jokes...

[@tosteson1]

1. Glad you were being safe. 2. Great to see you filming together again.

[@thinusconradie4297]

"Good value for money, that boy." Still has me in stitches after several views.

[@leftistfrog404]

I really missed SUSD reviews with more than one person in a room, what a brilliant video, cheers guys!

[@kjoonlee]

As a Korean, the tigers in Spicy made me buy the game; they’re based on old Korean folk art of tigers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minhwa

[@codgodthegreat]

This was a great video, and while I'm definitely interested in several of the games covered, I was also strangely intrigued to get a glimpse at some of Quinn's books at the start of the Fantasy Realms segment (I've had books on the mind recently). So I spent a little time squinting at the titles (and googling images of covers for confirmation) to add them to my to-read list. Since I've identified them all now, at risk of seeming weird I figured I might as well list them here for anyone else who's similarly interested to save them the time: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty Mordew by Alex Pheby In a happy coincidence, two of these are among a set of books I ordered a couple of days ago for extra lockdown reading, so now I'm looking especially forward to those arriving.

[@Omnidoom]

"Senlin Ascends" is the start of an all-time great series, imo. The fourth and final book is out in November.

[@konstie]

@@Omnidoom thanks - next book on audible!

[@JamesWPomeroy]

I LOVE The Goblin Emperor, one of my favorite books ever.

[@patrickmcardle1920]

Mordew is from a small English publisher called galley beggar press

[@panpang7457]

@@konstie ㅐ99ㅐ.ㅐㅐㅐ

[@Rawyr]

The skitting around on this one was excellent. The review never stopped or slowed in pace to fit in jokes, it all just flowed really well. This might be the best SUSD script I've ever seen, well done

[@bryanbeasley6037]

Love these smaller game / card game reviews. Maybe a top 5 board games under $30. Please keep these coming.

[@hastyscorpion]

Did Tom call a game “ eminently edible” ? I don’t know if that is a trait I am looking for in games.

[@mikesheehan]

"I can't believe you've done this" Quinns slipping in a classic Vine there maybe?

[@danflak6363]

Vine?! Bro that thing existed before Vine was a seed.

[@mikesheehan]

Oh ok, learn something new everyday!

[@yoiang]

Thank you very much for another one of these! Especially the inclusion of Regicide, I’m visiting London for a few more days and had some time to sit in Kew Gardens, perfect chance to give the solo mode a play and it was a ball!

[@Neeber]

God, it's good to see you guys doing reviews with each other again. Easily one of the best reviews just in terms of pure entertainment value in a long time.

[@partyfists]

This is probably my favorite SU&SD video this year.

[@Hitman-os1sp]

Oriflamme reminds me of love letter / citadels cross? Looks good!

[@smartkrafter2853]

Oh My God Quinns fighting Max was HILARIOUS 😂😂😂

[@SNEEZ]

tom running down the hall at 10:45 was too much for me

[@shinypigeongames]

Thank you for the Regicide recommendation, I've been thoroughly enjoying playing this brutal game! It's such a neat game design for a standard deck 🤯 Also, the wasp card looked pretty solid, so I would like to request the rest of Quinn's favorite cards of the year 😅😂

[@timmckinstry1547]

And there I was looking for new podcasts recently. What a well placed plug.

[@JDexia]

You guys are still so hilarious after so long. Amazing work and a clear love for the topic

[@mikusPL]

Joker at 21:34 saying "Society" is the best.

[@adamwoods6373]

I'm glad I hopped on the Regicide Kickstarter. It's an enjoyable game + a very pretty deck of cards.

[@VerenaFuchs]

11:37 The title "Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb zwei (two)” is based on the song and movie ”Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins (one)” from 1954. „Blonde Hans“ is Hans Albers, the main character in the movie who also sings the song.

[@thechevyferrari9559]

The bound-up Quintin Strings in the corner is such a good Easter egg.

[@d20plusmodifier]

Probably the hardest I’ve laughed this week.

[@danflak6363]

The standard reference Pear is my highlight of 2021.

[@unlimitedrabbit]

When Tom said "take it in turns" I cannot help but complete it by saying "to act as a sort of executive officer for the week."

[@emilianofisanotti9639]

The acting at 5:39 !! Chef's kiss!!!

[@maks7425]

One of the best you have done in a while! And that says a lot

[@MattTheSpratt]

also the skit in the deli shop had me reminiscing about Brighton, i lived in Burgess Hill from 13 to 26 years old and i Adored being able to hop on the World's End train stop and be in such an exciting, massive city in 15 minutes all of the eddies and backstreets, both of the laines, the mahjong group who would regularly meet in the North Laine Brewhouse, effin Snoopers' Paradise, and my dearly departed Marwood cafe god i miss Brighton so much

[@PeterHaderlein]

Hilarious and fun. Such great energy having the two of you together on this one.

[@anthonyschuh2775]

Yes! A BGA sponsorship! Been on that site since 2012

[@HotSauce47]

“Give it a try, or don’t! it’s just very good” The best kind of sales pitch 😂

[@jasonpapworth4428]

Love the chemistry here! Bravo guys! Keep the gold coming!

[@giladkay3761]

Lol I laughed so hard at the random "finding a game in a shop window part" Also, never felt so guilty at watching a video in my life, I'm off to listen to the podcasts

[@Kahedro]

Great video! What a twist that I'd heard of most of these already from your podcast but still a fun watch

[@FrazNinja]

I absolutely called the last game you were going to pick!! Lovely to hear a lot of the podcast chat become video review :)

[@bestatstartrek6695]

You keep getting better and better. Best review ever

[@TheRealCodeBlack]

I got Fantasy Realms back when SU&SD's podcast covered it a month or so ago, and it's been a big hit for pretty much every audience I've tried it with. The fact that it's an extremely self evident teach that only needs a few sentences and a basic knowledge of how to add and multiply to understand makes it really take off.

[@AlephN]

It deserves mentioning that Board Game Arena is currently partnered with Asmodee (to my knowledge) and includes volunteer work from programmers who contributed to BGA when it was still fully independent.

[@17thknight]

Asmodee is pure evil

[@onedeadsaint]

@@17thknight what does asmodee do that's evil? I'm unfamiliar with the company.

[@foxborowatcher5222]

Great review of Regicide. And I saw the King of Carrot Flowers passing by!

[@mikewebb2703]

Tom has been a tremendous addition to these videos!

[@golgarisoul]

I caught up with the su&sd podcast a day or so ago! Good stuff.

[@JYockey]

Really enjoying your getting the local townsfolk and merchants involved in the review videos

[@sergioaugustoknapik7953]

It's been awhile since I watched something that made laugh loudly. I needed that. Thank you.

[@pontiuspilot00]

Hmm... 🤔 Maybe Tom should see about trying to work with the Regicide team (Like they did with the Monikers team) to Kickstart his rather "saucy' illustrated deck for the game 😁👍

[@spetz911]

More games! I need these for the upcoming game night. Thank you!

[@2dTones]

Can I just say Tom has gotten really good at this? This is a Tom appreciation post

[@kairigby9129]

During the Fantasy Realms section around 8:30 was an Age of Mythology tune playing subtlety in the background? It gave me quite the wipelash as I frantically checked those nearby me for someone cheakily playing it in the library.

[@mrtheasley]

The greatest thing about this video is that it is a video of great things.

[@MrJakewray]

That artwork for shamanz is beautiful

[@tomatomodest2487]

The jar card is a reference to a story where anansi has to trap wasps in a jar to control stories

[@demonicgrub1025]

Gotta say thanks for the recommendation on regicide, I printed out the pdf for that the day I saw this video, and I've already been playing it and loving it. Easily one of the best games you can play with a 52 card deck.

[@michaelwelsh6671]

Quinn’s for crying out loud get that Olly Moss print framed. True story I spotted that on one of the first SUSD reviews I watched and knew I had found my board game brethren.

[@tomswiftodst]

Board Game Arena has been absolutely fantastic in this last year! The premium has been totally worth it, and if you have a consistent group, only one person needs to have it, so you could definitely split it a couple ways to make it even cheaper. They seem to come out with a new game every single darn day, and not like no name games either, some real big hitters like Viticulture, Lost Ruins of Arnak and Castles of Burgundy. It also does a lot of very finicky games well, we play 6 Nimmit super often and it becomes such a quick quick game since it does all the maths and organizing for you. Huge recommend!! btw I did listen to the podcast guys 🤗

[@KaramelKushhh]

Y’all bring me so much Joy🤗

[@MrSomebunny]

I need 1 of those jumpers..

[@cwb95k]

This was one of my favorite sketches (is it ok to call it that? I'm not trying to say you're like SNL...) and quite informative. I'm glad to see BGA growing. I have a premium membership and love using the venue to learn new games (sometimes adding them to my collection later). Perhaps one day we will meet in a game room....where wil lose terribly.

[@travisbicklejr]

Great video! Love the time stamps!

[@chrismichael9556]

This is a great series. So glad you did another one of these.

[@jasonnewell7036]

Oh, the puppet taped up behind the pot plant! That elicited a chuckle.

[@mitchpedicelli5063]

I do listen to the podcast and I highly recommend it.

[@RyanEdwardsVA]

Fantastic video. The coffeeshop bit got me good.

[@siil7535]

the age of mythology music at 8:10 i love it so much

[@patatomasher8825]

This vid was so much fun, good job!

[@brandonmackey1414]

Wow I just found this channel and I love it! So many interesting new games I'm finding. You guys should review Legends of the Three Kingdoms (aka San Guo Sha). I prefer the classic version (with roles) but all of the versions I've played are great. Keep up the great videos!

[@Tanks.With.Teeth.Malloy]

I've been stalling for ages to get The crew and Fantasy realms. I think now is the time to take the plunge.

[@Atariese]

I cant wait for max gland to do his own review... that guy looks like a fun time ^.^

[@louisxyz1]

This was powerfully delightful.

[@demonicgrub1025]

I was legitimately relieved when you passed over shamans for slot #5. I wanted to love the game so much, then my brothers and I played 3 games in a row, and realized that each of the games was pretty much entirely determined by our hands, with far too little player agency, and it felt absolutely awful while you were losing. Bad hand? You get to watch the player with the good hand activate all the powers and get further ahead. Think you have a chance to come back? Wrong! their better hand has allowed them to entirely dictate the course of the game, and now you are stuck desperately trying to claw your way back with half the resources they had.

[@calembourman2295]

You guys prove it once more : SU&SD reviews with two members of the team are even better :)

[@shadowreaperjb]

So glad you guys are able to film together again

[@bubblepipemedia3414]

Also I really do want a top card art list. I think the details and quality of card game art is underrated

[@anotherone5235]

We don't deserve videos like this, but we need more videos like this.

[@DreadedVikingPenguin]

Loved seeing you two back together again!

[@LightandFire676]

3:03. The exact moment when Tom became my favorite member of Shut Up and Sit Down.

[@LightandFire676]

For those curious, it was Reference Pear until now.

[@willwitters8587]

I think we're due for some more "Card Games That Don't Suck". Those help get people who "don't like" games into gaming! (Maybe a video on Euchre?)

[@EzFlyers10]

Tom is killing it. Such a good 3rd member

[@THESP-rz3hg]

Making up for lost time with the frenetic banter. A Fine Move.