Tom is leading the way towards a new style of board game review videos: surrealist comedy. This is incredible, look out for copycats coming out soon enough.
Add my voice to the chorus: Tom, I really appreciate that the hardest thing to do in creation (at least for me) is to edit down. I’m sure you could have made a wonderful 20 minute epic on this little gem, but the self-discipline to get it down to 5 really draws attention to the best parts of your style and reviewing capabilities. Good job.
I love No Thanks! I remember travelling the world in my unencumbered younger days, and this was the perfect icebreaker to waste an hour or two with strangers, sitting on a backpack and waiting for a bus to anywhere.
"Ah, great, only 5 minutes, exactly how much time I have before I have to run." *keeps pausing every 2 seconds to see what the phone changed into next*
I think there is a lot of value in reviewing smaller great games, since these are the ones that will more frequently be brought to the table, especially with new gamers. No Thanks, Cockroach Poker, Skull, Diamant, Oriflamme, and Las Vegas definitely get more plays long-term than any other game I own (~150).
I normally listen to susd reviews while doing other things with my eyes, but after seeing that switch used as a phone I was glued to this review. What a cavalcade of great visual gags. Did you ever manage to beat ascension 20 of Slay the Spire?
It’s great to see Tom growing in confidence and creativity every time he’s on camera or editing. I don’t know how he’s able to pack so much visual humour and insight into 5 minutes of video. Amazing addition to the SUSD team.
This is one of my favorite card games. So simple to teach and everyone I've played it with loves it. Once players understand how it work it turns into a very "meta" game which is really fun.
This is the funniest SUSD review I’ve ever seen. I love Quinn’s non-sequitur jokes and metaphors more than my child, but this is just so much lunacy in five minutes.
Kicking off the new year of reviews right with oh-so-many goofs! Huzzah! And I really appreciate the note about teaching a game the way you learned it; so many times I introduce a game to my family and my brother immediately goes for the rulebook to see if I've "missed something", it kinda hurts...
Not even 24 hours after the video came out I go to into a charity shop and spot this game, new in a wrapper for only £1.99 I didn't think this would be a game I'd look into, but for £1.99 with a Shut Up & Sit Down recommends of course I had to buy it.
And here I was just wondering if/when SUSD was gonna come back from holiday. What a lovely little treat. Welcome to 2022! Had to do a double take on that cold one you cracked.
I recommend giving it a try with the tokens open if you haven’t! It’s a different feel we here you share in each other’s agony and ecstasy and it’s fun to watch the beans flow around the table.
One of the shortest reviews in a while but damn, if it isn't just dripping with quality. I feel like the gags per minute on this one is at least 3 times that of previous videos.
We just got No Thanks for Christmas this past year and have enjoyed it but, thanks to your review, I just realized that we had been playing it incorrectly for months now. We have not been taking 9 cards out every round! I don't know how I missed that when reading the very short rule set but that is going change up the strategy considerably.
You can use a standard deck as well. Just rank the suits, so clubs are the value on the card, spades are 10 + card value, diamonds are 20 + card value, and hearts are 30 + card value. Pretty easy to remember after the first couple of cards.
Just got this game over Christmas, it really is a great game, I plan on gifting a copy to friends and family. Watching people agonize over when to take a card with a pile of chips on it is fantastic.
HOLY COW TOM!! That!! That, my good fellow, was an incredible review!! A stunning achievement! And for a game I've adored for over a decade already! Fabulous!
There's also a "Tiny Tins" version of No Thanks. It really is tiny, but still easily playable. There are slightly fewer cards, so it only goes up to five players. Otherwise, it's the same game: quick, fun and easy to teach. I'm pretty sure this version is out of print, though.
@@revimfadli4666 My reply keeps disappearing. Maybe because it contains an external link. So here is my comment without the link: @Revi M Fadli The cards are even smaller. And they're round. Here's a link to the BoardGameGeek page for this version: [LINK] . The picture doesn't give a sense of scale, but the dimensions are listed: 2.17 x 2.17 x 0.71 inches / 5,5 x 5,5 x 1,8 cm. Apparently, this was only a Dutch thing. The game is language independent, though - and I'm Dutch. :-)
A move I really enjoy in No Thanks! is cupping one hand over the other with all my tokens and threateningly shaking them at a thinking opponent, as if to say, "I can do this all day".
This game can easily be played with a standard deck of cards and some pennies. The cards in No Thanks go 3-35. Remove all face cards from your standard deck. Clubs go 3-10 (remove the ace and 2) Spades go 11-20 (add 10 to the value on the card) Diamonds go 21-30 (add 20 to the value on the card) Hearts go 31-35 (add 30 to the value on the card, remove the 6 on up)
While this is a wholly unique and wonderful thing on it's own, there's some real Cool Ghosts energy in this. Tom's steering the rudder on board game reviews and I'm happily along for the ride.
The shot with Tom frozen on the couch and his doppelganger walking behind him was very well done
Actually there are two Toms, it was part of a special Kickstarter…
What a fantastically well made video
Yes. Not instructive, but amusing.
The editing is on fire!
Tom is leading the way towards a new style of board game review videos: surrealist comedy. This is incredible, look out for copycats coming out soon enough.
He somehow reminds me of Hbomberguy
@@revimfadli4666 there's a bit of similarity in the surrealness for sure
@@ShineChromatica he also looks like a younger version of Harry
Leading? Maybe, I feel he taps into the early SU&SD style that makes me wishPaul would do a guess appearance.
Very Monty Python.
As much as I love the 10 and 20+ minute SUSD videos, it was a nice little change of pace getting this bite-sized review!
OMG the editing and writing in this review was off the charts! So incredibly well made!
I couldn't help but picture some astonished scientists showing actual charts to Matt and Quinns
That enthusiastic opening of the can at the end....LOL
A baked bean can no less XD
TH-cam rolled into a Coors Beer ad right after that! 😂
Every review Tom does I like him more and more. Would definitely work through a four pack of Heinz with him and no thanks.
That's as sure as sausages!
Came here to say this
Yep hes now my favourite
Add my voice to the chorus:
Tom, I really appreciate that the hardest thing to do in creation (at least for me) is to edit down. I’m sure you could have made a wonderful 20 minute epic on this little gem, but the self-discipline to get it down to 5 really draws attention to the best parts of your style and reviewing capabilities. Good job.
I saw the "change the phone between every scene" joke coming the second this video started and it STILL got me. Gold
Did not ge that one on the first view, thanks menioning.
I definitely didn't have to go back and rewatch the beginning to see what you meant.
How did I not see that the first time?!
With that many great gag per minutes. I will have to say "Yes Please" to more of those SUSD reviews
I love No Thanks! I remember travelling the world in my unencumbered younger days, and this was the perfect icebreaker to waste an hour or two with strangers, sitting on a backpack and waiting for a bus to anywhere.
I’ve got plenty of games, but this is the one that I always come back to and love to teach people
ok the changing phones is brilliant, but that gag of him sliding his foot over the edge of the couch was laugh out loud funny
"Ah, great, only 5 minutes, exactly how much time I have before I have to run."
*keeps pausing every 2 seconds to see what the phone changed into next*
This video is pure art.Tom is so good at Shut Up & Sit Down
Sometimes the older great games can be forgotten about so it’s great to see one get some love.
Probably my favorite video of yours. Great script, editing, timing, gags, everything!
I think there is a lot of value in reviewing smaller great games, since these are the ones that will more frequently be brought to the table, especially with new gamers. No Thanks, Cockroach Poker, Skull, Diamant, Oriflamme, and Las Vegas definitely get more plays long-term than any other game I own (~150).
I normally listen to susd reviews while doing other things with my eyes, but after seeing that switch used as a phone I was glued to this review. What a cavalcade of great visual gags. Did you ever manage to beat ascension 20 of Slay the Spire?
It’s great to see Tom growing in confidence and creativity every time he’s on camera or editing. I don’t know how he’s able to pack so much visual humour and insight into 5 minutes of video. Amazing addition to the SUSD team.
If you own 6 Nimmt!, you already own this game.
I love how the phone changes to a random new thing every time the camera cuts away
This is one of my favorite card games. So simple to teach and everyone I've played it with loves it. Once players understand how it work it turns into a very "meta" game which is really fun.
This is the funniest SUSD review I’ve ever seen. I love Quinn’s non-sequitur jokes and metaphors more than my child, but this is just so much lunacy in five minutes.
Bringing new meaning to cracking open a cold one with the boys.
Wait a minute... Did you put Emmanuel justo for the benefit of your mexican fans??? I love it! I absolutely love it.
Holy shit, this is my favorite review I've seen on this channel. Well done.
Kicking off the new year of reviews right with oh-so-many goofs! Huzzah! And I really appreciate the note about teaching a game the way you learned it; so many times I introduce a game to my family and my brother immediately goes for the rulebook to see if I've "missed something", it kinda hurts...
The density of jokes in this video, both in the script and the editing, is surreal
Short, sweet, and to the point. Very well done.
Not even 24 hours after the video came out I go to into a charity shop and spot this game, new in a wrapper for only £1.99
I didn't think this would be a game I'd look into, but for £1.99 with a Shut Up & Sit Down recommends of course I had to buy it.
And here I was just wondering if/when SUSD was gonna come back from holiday. What a lovely little treat. Welcome to 2022!
Had to do a double take on that cold one you cracked.
Tom, you never cease to both get me excited about trying a new game, and laugh uncontrollably at the end of the review.
Simple phone gag, but still made me laugh out loud. Classic Tom
First review of 2022 and I am ready for it!
1:39 I applaud your choice of the most superior font, Wingdings!
Love this short, punchy format. Super well edited as always 👍
Love the short format, a fine move!
Every bit of Toms videos make my whole day. The phone bit at the beginning made me laugh hard enough to fall off my couch.
That sofa leg thing is hilarious and made my day better thanks!
I recommend giving it a try with the tokens open if you haven’t! It’s a different feel we here you share in each other’s agony and ecstasy and it’s fun to watch the beans flow around the table.
Agreed. Playing games where you "hide" what is actually public info is just a waste of brain cycles.
Also the variant where you always remove the 10, 20 and 30 plus 6 randoms.
Man, thanks for being on SU&SD.
Big ups on the switch/cat/game case phone.
Can’t help but say yes please to this review
Love your work
I'm really enjoying having Tom's descent into utter madness so thoroughly and precisely documented.
No Thanks is my mum's favourite game. I think that sums it up. Easy to learn, fun, always a few laughs.
One of the shortest reviews in a while but damn, if it isn't just dripping with quality. I feel like the gags per minute on this one is at least 3 times that of previous videos.
My family had received this game for Christmas and have had a blast with it since
Thanks to a stunningly good review it's already sold out on Amazon in the US. With great power comes great responsibility Tom!
This video made me smile and laugh throughout. Thank you for making it.
We just got No Thanks for Christmas this past year and have enjoyed it but, thanks to your review, I just realized that we had been playing it incorrectly for months now. We have not been taking 9 cards out every round! I don't know how I missed that when reading the very short rule set but that is going change up the strategy considerably.
Thank you for bringing the dumb fun I needed today!
You are hitting these videos out of the park! Keep doing it your way, Tom, they are a fabulous dose of unexpected comedy and quirky wit 😀
Tom’s new flat looks lovely
Tom continues to climb the SUSD power rankings
Tom performs the "Riker Maneuvre".
What is that smiling thing at 4:15? It's adorable!
I bought this game last week. I approve of this video.
Buy a 6 nimmt!/Take 5 deck and you can play this game for free too
You can use a standard deck as well. Just rank the suits, so clubs are the value on the card, spades are 10 + card value, diamonds are 20 + card value, and hearts are 30 + card value. Pretty easy to remember after the first couple of cards.
This review was amazing. The editing comedy is top notch.
Just got this game over Christmas, it really is a great game, I plan on gifting a copy to friends and family. Watching people agonize over when to take a card with a pile of chips on it is fantastic.
HOLY COW TOM!! That!! That, my good fellow, was an incredible review!! A stunning achievement! And for a game I've adored for over a decade already! Fabulous!
Tom was just made for these short, highly edited, gag-a-minute reviews.
Perfect timing! Just hit lunch time for me. Perfect to eat lunch and watch some su&as :)
“If you’re looking for something small, peppy, light, fun, and dumb-“
But Tom, I already have you!
Tom is quickly becoming my favorite board game reviewer. Love your review style!
There's also a "Tiny Tins" version of No Thanks. It really is tiny, but still easily playable. There are slightly fewer cards, so it only goes up to five players. Otherwise, it's the same game: quick, fun and easy to teach. I'm pretty sure this version is out of print, though.
Does it have The Crew-sized mini cards?
@@revimfadli4666 My reply keeps disappearing. Maybe because it contains an external link. So here is my comment without the link:
@Revi M Fadli The cards are even smaller. And they're round. Here's a link to the BoardGameGeek page for this version: [LINK] . The picture doesn't give a sense of scale, but the dimensions are listed:
2.17 x 2.17 x 0.71 inches / 5,5 x 5,5 x 1,8 cm. Apparently, this was only a Dutch thing. The game is language independent, though - and I'm Dutch. :-)
This is like if Brian David Gilbert did board game reviews
I actually watched a video of a different Tom (Tom Scott) playing this game a few weeks ago, so I was pleasantly surprised to see this!
Brilliant video. I hope the review dice comes up Tom more often.
It makes me wonder if Tom is actually all alone and pretending to hear Matt...
No thanks is great. I never say no thanks to no thanks.
A move I really enjoy in No Thanks! is cupping one hand over the other with all my tokens and threateningly shaking them at a thinking opponent, as if to say, "I can do this all day".
If Tom, Ava, Matt and Quinns are doing reviews these days, whose faces are on the other two sides of the die?
Puppet Quinns and a worm
As far as I can tell it has a blank side and an extra Tom.
the dreaded evil opposite SUSDers, antiquinns and mattn't
This game can easily be played with a standard deck of cards and some pennies.
The cards in No Thanks go 3-35.
Remove all face cards from your standard deck.
Clubs go 3-10 (remove the ace and 2)
Spades go 11-20 (add 10 to the value on the card)
Diamonds go 21-30 (add 20 to the value on the card)
Hearts go 31-35 (add 30 to the value on the card, remove the 6 on up)
I love this game! Especially since two of my friends are those "planning 2 turns ahead" players. :D
A brilliant game! Gave it to my nieces and nephew at one of our family vacations and they actually put away their iPads to play it. :)
Love the short reviews!
Dear god...
Loved it.
That evoked a genuine LOL 😂
Cracking review - No Thanks is the jam.
Thanks Tom, best Regards from Germany.
What a nice review! The only thing that could have made it better was ending with a song by Emmanuel!
I do absolutely love this game... almost as much as I love Tom's reviews! Well, maybe not that much, but it IS a great game.
That reviewer dice had such Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared energy 😅 also did he actually use lube to make the counters all gross in his hand?
Awesome video, cheers Tom
This video was outstanding! I laughed aloud more than a few times while watching it instead of working.
Somehow Tom may be my favorite SU&SD host now. He's continuously knocking these videos out of the park.
I love everything you make, this is just brilliant!
As everyone else is saying, this is an absolutely brilliant video
While this is a wholly unique and wonderful thing on it's own, there's some real Cool Ghosts energy in this. Tom's steering the rudder on board game reviews and I'm happily along for the ride.
The gags in this sent me hahah
I never thought I would see Emmanuel in a su&sd video
Holy heck... A perfect finish 10/10
This boy's a genius
you can also play this with a few bits and a 6 nimmt! deck if you have one.
How could a 5 minute review of a boring looking card game with a boring title be any good? The answer is Tom. Always Tom.
Fantastic final gag!
This review is out of the world! Love it! :D
I feel like this video has reached some sort of Tom Nonsense SIngularity and I love it!
one of the best videos possibly ever
Amazing video, as always...