1261 – Sushi Go! | Bored Game Unboxing

Episode 1261 – Sushi Go! | Bored Game Unboxing

 

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SCOOTER: Friend…where are we? No, that’s it. Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time for a podcaster who’s here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff so you could fall asleep, to keep you company while you drift off. This show is very different, but I’m really here to help you. I’m here to apply for the position and believe me, it’s a remote position, as remote as you want. I can be as remote as you want to be, to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-sib, your bore-cuz, your bore-bestie, your neigh-bore. I’m a strange but friendly person…or, I don't know, ‘strange’ isn’t actually the right word. Different, but maybe you’re different, too, so that might mean this show…you say, yeah, I’ve felt a little bit different in my day.

 

When I say ‘my day’, I mean past, present…every day that I’m thinking about, which is normally not the present. Yeah, I think about the day differently because I’m thinking about today. I’m thinking…you know, I think about things a bit different all the time, on multiple strands. I know that there was one famous computer company that’s now a phone company and more that said…I said, think differently. My brain has…it says, I took that in a different direction than just ‘think differently’. It said, in order to think differently, we’ll have to think all ways and then find out which ways are different. My brain never says stuff like that, but it must have had some plan like that. Oh boy, that was a pointless meander and a superfluous tangent. So, if you’re new here, I’m so glad you’re here.

 

This show is a bit different, so give it a few tries. See how it goes. Basically, I’m here to ease you into bedtime and then eventually you fall asleep, but mostly I’m here to keep you company and distract you from whatever’s keeping you awake. Now, the show is not for everybody, but for most of the regular listeners — what up, my regular listeners? — they say it takes two or three tries to get used to the show. But if you already know this podcast isn’t for you, that’s okay, too. I mean, I would say give it a few tries for most people, but if you’re already positive this is not gonna help you, sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou has a list of other sleep podcasts and stuff on there.

 

So, what I’m gonna do here is…the structure of the show coming up; we have support, that’s how you get to listen…structurally what we got coming up, if you’re listening to the free, ad-supported version, we’ll have a little support, then a long, meandering intro meant to ease you into bedtime, then later on we’ll do…a board game unboxing I think is the plan for this episode. Yeah, that’s…what else? Yeah, that’s the structure of the show. That’s why I’m here. I’m really glad you’re here. Thanks again for coming by, and thanks for making the podcast possible, my bore-friends.

 

INTRO: [INTRO MUSIC] Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? Well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest. What I’m going to attempt to do is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake. It could be thoughts on your mind, things you’re thinking about, thoughts about the past, the present, the future, so, thinking thoughts. Thoughts, it could be feelings, anything emotionally coming up for you related to those thoughts or feelings that are just there.

 

It could be physical sensations, it could be changes in time, temperature, routine, you could be traveling, you could work a different work schedule, you could have something coming up, be going through something, getting over something, be in the middle of something, whatever it is. The only reason I go through some of that stuff is to let you know you’re not alone. I know what it feels like for me in the deep, dark night, and I can probably relate to how it feels for you, and maybe there’s some similarities there. But not only that; there’s enough people listening right now…not only are those people listening on your side, some of them have been through something very similar to whatever’s keeping you up at night.

 

There’s enough people listening, and they care too 'cause they’ve been through it or something close to it, and they say, yeah, no, I know what that’s like and I really hope this podcast can help you. So, it’s important because, I don't know, there’s something tricky about the deep, dark night, at least for me, whether I’m in a house full of people, I got my dog nearby. Whatever it is, it just feels slippery and lonely, and when I say ‘slippery’, I think you know what I mean. So, that’s one part, but the other side is I really hope this show can help you fall asleep or help you establish a nice bedtime routine or introduce you to another sleep podcast or something else that can help you get the rest you need and you deserve, because that’s the other keystone of the show, is that you deserve a good night's sleep.

 

You deserve a bedtime you don’t have to dread, a bedtime you could look forward to and feel neutral about, and a bedtime that works for you so you can get the rest you need so your life is more manageable and eventually you could be out there sleeping on a fairly regular basis…a good night’s sleep, and flourish. That means our world’s a better place to be in, and that’s pretty important to me, because I know how it feels when my life does not feel manageable because of sleep and other stuff, and I just want to…if I can help be a part of that for you, it really would be my honor. But we do it in a very different and kinda silly way. What I start off doing is I send my voice across the deep, dark night.

 

I use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, and superfluous tangents, which means my voice is not traditionally soothing, this podcast is very circuitous and…ovular logic that…I don't want to say that ovular logic was invented on this pod…it may have been invainted in this pod and not invented there, but…and then when…I’ve had my ovular logic…'cause it’s not quite circular logic. That’s what I mean. But they said, that’s not an oval, when they…actually when we got it all mapped out at one of the…turns out, the Imagination Institute is just an attraction at a theme park. I went there; I said, can we take a look at this? They said, sir, do you have a paid FastPass? No, I’m kidding. I’m just doing a bit there.

 

But they said, that doesn't look anything…I said, figment…isn’t this…this is my presentation on ovular logic. It said, that’s not an oval. It looks like a combination of swirly…what are those called, swirly straws? But that’s the kind of logic we use on this podcast. It’s like…is that what’s it called? Swirly straw, right? It just sounds weird. Spiral…it’s not a spiral straw. Squiggle straw? Maybe. No, I think it is swirly straw. I don't know. I know I have a couple in the old drawer full of stuff that…I got a couple swizzle sticks, some swirly straws, other…chopsticks — yeah, so I saw; check — occasionally different BBQ sauce, tomato packets, probably one fortune cookie…what else do we got in there? A straw…oh, a regular straw…the old run-of-the-mill straw. No offense.

 

I’m just saying that…I don't know. But stuff like that, it’s in there. Also, that’s the kind of stuff in my brain, as well. My brain is like that drawer. Then there’s…then you pull…I did this the other day 'cause I was trying to find a quarter-teaspoon. I said, oh boy, what’s…? Then I didn’t even want to look. I said, well, there’s the quarter-teaspoon. I don't need to look any further under there to see what else other than swizzle sticks and swirly straws and…so, what was my point there? A pointless meander and superfluous tangents are where…what I go on. When most people get to this show, they don’t like it because it’s very different, or they’re not sure or they’re skeptical.

 

Probably skeptical is the most common way to get to the show, 'cause one, you’ve probably tried a ton of different stuff to fall asleep, if you’re anything like a lot of people listening to this show. You maybe even spent a ton of money on it. Then, you may have heard of the show before or someone might have told you about it, and maybe they were enthusiastic but they couldn’t quite explain what it was. But they said, I don't know, it’s…I finally found something that works for me. Or you read a review online or you just…it came up in a search and you say, what is this? I thought it was gonna put me to sleep like some sort of calm journey. You know, adventure to the inmost cave, or whatever. I say, I don't…anyway…you say, no, this is…he’s more like…he’s not a guru; he’s a self-proclaimed goo-brain.

 

So, that’s why people are skeptical and doubtful, and maybe even some part of you is like, I don't know about this. I say, just give it a few tries and see how it goes. But that’s a common way to get to the show. This is also a podcast that doesn't follow a lot of the traditional podcast conventions. It’s slow to develop, barely ever gets started, barely ever goes anywhere, it’s not here…it’s here to kinda barely be listened to, just kinda barely take your attention off of whatever’s keeping you awake. It’s something outside of yourself where you have no stakes and you could just kinda follow along with my nonsense. But nothing will be incredibly entertaining. Or, it’ll be…you say, it’s kind of like…I guess ‘light fare’ may describe it. I don't know how else to say it, but it’s like a out-of-focus picture.

 

So, you can kinda just barely listen, but you could listen, too. But there are people who listen to me as low as a mumble and then there’s people who listen along and kinda barely pay attention, or people that are active and they say, uh-huh, there goes Scoots again. That’s my goo-brain. ‘Go, go, go, goo-brain’ I’ve never said before today, but…yeah, so, I’ll just watch him go. He’s going around in what he defines as ovular circles even though there’s more than a few right angles and abrupt turns. So, I don't want to brag, but I’d say, I’m pretty good at abrupt turns. I mean, not in a vehicle; I’m just talking about in my day-to-day actions. I bring…I’m bringing abrupt turns everywhere. That’s honestly on my to-do list, is slow down…on my daily check-in thing, move slower. So, I’m working on it.

 

I figure I got, whatever, 80,000 hours of abrupt turns and sudden movements in…you say, how many…? I say, you name it. You want me to…? It’s not totally…it’s somatically, involuntary, purposeful, abrupt turning. You say, how would you sum yourself up? Abrupt turn. What are your qualifications for this position? Abrupt turning. They say, really? I say, where am I gonna be? I’ll be abrupt turning…I mean, it’s about a 51-49 benefit-to-cost ratio, but the 51%, that’s where…what are we doing here? They say, you’re doing nothing here, sir. Luckily, this is another employment agency in your mind. Okay, so, people just barely listen; that’s one part of the show. But this is also…I’ve been making the show over ten years now. When I started the show, the idea of a sleep podcast was just something I was curious about.

 

Like, how come there isn’t something silly and goofy to put people to sleep? But this podcast actually doesn't put you to sleep. It keeps you company while you fall asleep. So, there is no pressure to fall asleep. That’s why the shows are just over an hour and there’s over six hundred ad-supported, free shows you could listen to whenever you want to build out your own playlists or stuff like that. Then the people that are willing to pay for the show, there’s thousands of different versions of the shows and bonus shows and stuff like that, because then you have no pressure to fall asleep. You say, I got plenty of time. Scoots is gonna be here keeping me company, and I’ll barely listen to him.

 

Because the thing is there’s people who are listening who just can't sleep at all, and I learned that in year one of the show, and that’s very important for me to know I’m here to the very end to keep you company whether you’re awake or asleep, whether you’re listening or not. It’s just really important for me and for…some part of you probably know, well, he’s gonna be there chatting away. I don't need to listen, but I could listen. There’s people that listen when they need a break during the day or people that listen for their job, because they need a little bit of background noise that’s kind of engaging, and maybe it’s just…music or something else doesn't work for them. So, it’s a podcast that doesn't put you to sleep and you don’t listen to.

 

I’m here to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-sib, your bore-bud, your bore-bestie, your neigh-bore, your bore-bud, your bore-bor, your Borbie, your bores, your bore-bruh, your bore-sib, your bore-cuz. I’m here to be your friend in the deep, dark night and keep you company while you drift off. The other thing that throws people off is the structure of the show, and it’s intend…it’s developed in a very intentional way. Then if you become a regular listener and you find that you don’t like listening linearly, you can switch it up. So, I’ll kinda explain why we do the stuff we do and then how you could change it up. So, the show starts off with a greeting; friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. That’s so you feel seen and welcomed in, and you say, okay, I could check this podcast out.

 

Maybe it’ll work for me. Or for regular listeners, it’s something familiar and different every time and something they look forward to. ‘Cause I say, hey, glad to see you again. You’re part of this strange, sleepy community in the deep, dark night. Good to have you back. Then there’s sponsor support, and again, that keeps the show free for anybody that wants to listen for free. If you prefer a ad-free experience, you could pay and get it directly at Sleep With Me+. You could get it by referring people to the show. It’s pretty labor-intensive, but you could download the episodes for personal use only and cut the ads out, but that’s gonna take longer than the other two. But most people, they just like to listen linearly to the free, ad-supported show.

 

Then there’s a long, meandering intro, and that’s not meant to put you to sleep. We’re like, ten or…probably over ten minutes into it. This intro is meant to ease you into bedtime. So, a lot of people are listening as they’re getting ready for bed. I just heard from somebody that said, yeah, the only time I can't hear you is when I’m brushing my teeth, but I kinda know that I don't necessarily need to hear you. Or they’re in bed getting comfortable or they’re doing some sort of other wind-down activity…that’s just what’s been shown to work, is something to help transition you from being awake to asleep. So, that’s what the intro does. Now, there is a small percentage of people that fall asleep during the intro and we’re happy for them, or you’re in bed with a partner who’s asleep or a pet who’s asleep. Great for them.

 

And there’s a small percentage of people, 2%, that start the show between twenty and thirty minutes, but there’s also people…if you listen all night, you’re probably better off subscribing to the show or if you like story-only versions or stuff like that. But that’s, again, once you become a regular listener if you decide you want something more customizable. But for most people, the intro’s here to ease you into bedtime. It’s different every time but it’s familiar, again, and that’s what’s important, because whatever it is that keeps me awake at night can adjust to stuff. I can have…I need something familiar but with some familiar repetition so you say, okay, I’m home, but at least Scoots is not gonna talk about the same thing. He’s talked about goo-brains and ovular logic and swirly straws before, but never in this order.

 

At the Great Straw Institute, I got…I was only there for a few minutes 'cause I said, order? I’m out of order. This whole place is out of order. That’s why I’m here, to org…help you org…and they said, you’re probably not…I said, who could be more qualified to organize swirly straws? They said, this person. They’ve got a degree in straw organization and storage. I say, okay, perfect. I’m glad you…see how helpful that was? Now you know you have the right person for the job. So, that didn’t work out, either. I thought that was gonna…believe it or not, I really thought that was gonna solve all my problems. Just the idea of having…I said, I’ll have a office, right? No, you’ll be working in the straw…okay, but I’ll have a desk. Well, you’ll have a cubby at the Straw…the Institute…Straw Institute.

 

Man, things are start…finally…but I think I’m more qualified to go off topic and put people to sleep. So, I don't even know what I was…oh, so the intro goes on and on and on to ease you into bedtime. Then there’s support, and then tonight we’ll be opening one board…or, well, a card game, I think it is, that I got used. We’ll see how long that takes and we’ll go from there. That will be about forty-five, fifty minutes, and then there’s thank-yous at the end of the show. So, that’s the structure of the show. That’s kinda how you can move around or adjust. You could build playlists depending on your podcast app, episodes you like. Make sure smart speed and vocal boost or any features like that are turned off, 'cause that’ll throw off the speed of the podcast.

 

Some people like to slow the show down in their podcast app depending on what app you use. But at first, just see how it goes. I’m here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff. I work really hard. So do a team of people, because we all care, man. It really is an honor to be able to try to help you get some rest. So, I’m glad you’re here. I work really hard. I yearn and I strive. I really hope I can help you fall asleep. Thanks again for coming by, and here’s a couple ways I’m able to do it for you for free twice a week.

 

Alright everybody, it’s Scoots here. It’s another board game unboxing, or card game unboxing, in this case. I picked this game up, a used game. So, I don't know if…it looks great. It comes in a tin, a tinny-tin…not by the…not the game in my tinny-tin-tin, but it is. This game’s in a tinny-tin-tin, which I actually like. I got this…this is a highly well-reviewed game. I think I’ve given it as a gift before. Never played it that I know of — this is a caveat — and I bought it at Rocket Reuse, one of our…whatever you call them. It’s not a…yeah, it’s the kind of game in a tin you buy at a second-hand store where they may or may not have raspberry berets, depending on what’s in stock. But this is the kind of game I got at a second-hand store, and I bought quite a few games there over the years.

 

So, we’re gonna go ahead and read through…read around the tin, or the box in this case, and open it up and go from there. This was only…well, I don't want to say the price just because maybe you’re gonna buy the full-priced game. But I probably got it for 50% off. It even has…what do you call that on there? A price tag on there. But the name of the game is Sushi Go! Sushi G-O!, exclamation point, though. It’s Sushi Go! It’s by GameWright and it has the GameWright…what do you call that, logo? Which is a smiling face with a jester hat. I’m looking at the top of the box. The box is about the size of two decks of cards. It is made from a tin-like material, and I’m holding it in my hands. It’s got…it’s black with red cubes and rectangles that are rounded.

 

Behind the S and the exclamation point are leaves, and it says ‘the pick and something card game’. The other part is blocked by the price tag. It also has smiling sushi and…oh, a sleeping sushi, too, so…and winking sushi and half-smiling, singing…oh no, those are…maybe those sushi are…actually…okay, so, there’s two sushi roll…no, these are sushi. I don't see any rolls yet. Oh, there’s some rolls up front. But yeah, there’s two sushi that are winking, two sushi that have…Suzy sells sushi by the seashore, surely. But yeah, then there’s two sushi with a kinda half-smile, then one with a wavy thing and…that looks like it could be blushing, one that…its mouth’s open. Then there’s two with their eyes closed. They could be singing or snoring in sync. Those two look a little more dumpling-like.

 

Then there’s a piece of shrimp. It looks like tempura. That one’s smiling, then something that looks like a avacado that looks like it’s sleeping, then two other pieces of sushi. One is asleep and then another has…its eyes are doing something. Okay, then on the two long sides of the box we have what looks like the thing they use to roll…a sushi mat, and that says ‘Sushi Go!’ exclamation point, with the sushi in-between ‘sushi’ and ‘go’, and on the other side is maybe a avacado? I don't know. Then on the short ends is ‘GameWright’ and one, two, three, four, five pieces of sushi. Maybe one’s a dessert flan sushi? It has a strawberry on its head, and that’s on both ends. Okay, then the teaser on the back, eh? Sushi Go!, exclamation point, the pick-and-pass card game.

 

It says, pass the sushi, not necessarily on the left-hand…pass the sushi on the left…normally…this is only a game, 'cause normally I don't know if you’d be passing sushi. Here’s a thing…this is a little change in subject, but my chopstick skills really came under a…what do they call that? Not a microscope but the other one, where I found people commenting on my chopstick…I don't know if they were calling them skills. So, if you’re left-handed…I don't know, I don't think I’ve always used this chopstick technique, but I could not undo it. But then…so, we were eating one of the best meals I had at a restaurant, and it was a sit-down…but it was a noodle place.

 

You can reach out to me; I’ll tell you, because I don't want to…but yeah, everybody…people…so, we ate a bunch of different things with the chopsticks and some of it was delicate work, like kimchi, which is…if you’re picking pieces of kimchi with chopsticks, it’s gonna take some delicate work, in my opinion. I think we had broccolini next? Again, also gonna be…but so, apparently I hold my chopsticks a bit more like a tweezer, like Uncle Ebenezer. Look who’s in the freezer; it’s Scoots using his chopsticks like a tweezer. But…well, I guess I could say what restaurant I was…I was eating at a Momofuku. That’s one of David Chang’s restaurants, and we were eating at a noodle place. But so, what was my point there? Huh. Oh, my chopsticks; so, basically…I don't know. So, I don't know, I hold them much more delicately?

 

I used to have a lot of issues with chopsticks. I was like, don’t you have any left-hand chopsticks? But similar to if you’re using right-handed scissors and you’re a right-handed person…I realize that they’re just sticks, so I realize that, but…and then at some point I must have stumbled on this current technique I use. Here’s the thing; much like sleep and writing and improvisation and talking to humans and performing on stage, if you’re thinking about how you’re gonna use your chopsticks, it’s not…as soon as someone points out how you use your chopsticks…it takes a lot of work to do it. But again, one of the best meals I’ve ever had. Also very…it was a unbelievable deal. Everything I had was spectacular, but particularly things like kimchi and broccolini that you just expect to be, you know, good but not memorable.

 

I mean, I would daresay the best broccolini I’ve ever ordered in a restaurant or any…of all…any cruciferous vegetable, and that was just the start…that was just for starters. Okay, anyway, so…but so, I used chopsticks and everybody wanted to point out how I was using my chopsticks and then try to do it, which they couldn't do. So, I don't know. I guess I…it was one of those situations where I felt both esteem and like, should I be overthinking this or am I actually doing…? I said, well, it works. I’m able to eat broccolini. What did we have? Oh, yeah…well, I won't get into the rest of it, but…okay, so back to Sushi Go! Man, I could go…I’d have to travel again. Okay, so this is the pack-and-pick…pack and…I almost said P-I double S by accident. Not even…packing…pick-and-pass card game. Pass the sushi, not on the left-hand side.

 

It doesn't say it, but that just makes me think of the song. It’s a fast playing card game. The goal is to grab the best combination of sushi dishes as they whiz by. Is this anything like that kitchen game, Overcooked 2? ‘Cause oh boy, do I love to play Overcooked 2. Score points for making the most maki rolls or for collecting a full set of sashimi. Discover your favorite nigiri and wasabi to triple its value. Oh, dip…be sure to…oh, there is dessert. Be sure to leave room for dessert, or…and if you also…if you eat at Momofuku, the noodle place, at least, make sure to leave room for dessert. I did it; they had a soft-serve combo with a miso cookie. I mean, they didn’t have it as a combo. I made it a combo. Or you’ll eat into your score…gather the most points and consider yourself the sushi master.

 

Okay, this also has…kids learn strategy and probability. There’s 108 cards. There’s rules of play. It’s age eight plus. It takes fifteen minutes, two to five players, and it’s games for the infinitely imaginative…we must have opened a game of theirs before, 'cause it’s from…they’re in Newton, Mass. on Bridge Street. You could e-mail Jester at gamewright.com if you need to get ahold of the jesters. I can't quite read the names of the creators. Maybe they’re in the box. Okay, so now the box is open. Should I count the cards first to see if I got 108? It has a GameWright catalog. Wow, I don't know if this game was ever played. I think it was sold unplayed.

 

It has a thank-you registration card, it has the rules of play, and…yeah, let’s…nothing more sleepy than a sleep podcast and Scoots trying to count cards…I mean, count the number of cards and do math. Okay, so, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten…this is the most counting we’ve ever done. I don't know. [COUNTS FROM ELEVEN TO FORTY]. So, in a perfect world, we want fourteen more cards. Forty, right? [COUNTS FROM FORTY-ONE TO FIFTY]…one, two, three, four. So, I’ll put these back in one side and I’ll take out the other cards. I’m pretty confident we got them all, though. [COUNTS FROM ONE TO NINETEEN]…seventy-four, right? Just keeping you on your toes. [COUNTS FROM SEVENTY-FIVE TO NINETY-EIGHT]…ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. So, we have all the cards.

 

That’s cool. Okay, so let’s look at…the backs of the cards all have…a autumn leaf? Is that a maple leaf on the back, there? They’re a maroon color with some orange. Autumnal colors, I’d say, some half-circles and circles. They say GameWright, and all the backs of the cards are the same. Oh, that’s wasabi, dude, not avocado. I didn’t…okay, so that’s the first one, wasabi. Next; nigiri, times three. It has…much like a playing card, on the top-left corner is a mini-version of the wasabi, who’s resting its eyes. Then in the middle of the card is the wasabi, eyes closed, sitting on a plate. It might be on a conveyor belt. So, like a traveling sushi place. I haven’t been to one of those in a long time. There used to be one on College Ave, but it’s…hasn’t…it’s been closed for quite some years.

 

Then also now…the last time I ate there, I had no idea that I couldn’t eat shellfish. So, yeah, that’s that one. It also has a nice egg yolk-color background. Oh, and I just happened to have a sashimi x three equals ten. So, I don't know if it equals ten if I have a times three, but there’s three pieces of sashimi, one that’s kind of…what is that, a coral color? Then one that’s an orange-ish color, and one that’s pink and white. I knew that was a dumpling. So, there’s a dumpling; those are the ones that looked like they were sleeping. The dumpling is resting on a piece of green and on a red plate. Oh, the sashimis were on a piece of wood, and the dumpling says, one, three, six, ten, five. Okay, next we have a pudding. End…most; six. Least; negative six, and the pudding is on a red plate. It has a strawberry on top.

 

Okay, then we have the same pudding card, then we have a maki roll, but there’s two on the upper-left of the maki roll, and it says, most; six over…six divided by three or six/three. Then we have a squid nigiri; that’s a three. That one’s on a wooden thing, but it’s a little bit different. The sashimi was on a little bit of a raised one. This one’s got a round…I don't know how to describe it. Then we have sashimi, dumpling, sashimi…oh, here’s tempura. Tempura times two equals five. There’s two tempura on a piece…on a wax paper or whatever that parchment paper…some other kind of paper. They’re happy together. Then we have a dumpling, dumpling, dumpling…oh, salmon nigiri. This one’s winking. It has a piece…it looks like it’s wearing the salmon as a hat. Tempura, salmon, pudding, maki, tempura, maki, dumpling.

 

Here’s chopsticks; the chopsticks are in a cup. The cup is smiling and the chopsticks…it says, swap for two. Then we have sashimi, maki, dumpling, dumpling, tempura, salmon, salmon, wasabi, maki, dumpling, salmon, chopsticks, maki, salmon, maki, salmon, tempura, tempura, sashimi, squid, maki, tempura, maki, maki, chopsticks, squid…oh, there’s a egg, so I knew we’d…you know, you gotta stick with this. If you’re new, you might be saying, are you gonna go through all 108 cards? I say, yeah. The only game I never got through is Gloomhaven, and that was only 'cause I don't have the kind of storage I would need. I couldn’t organize it. Egg nigiri…that one, it’s wrapped, too, and it’s got kind of a…it doesn't look unhappy. It kinda looks like it’s wearing a babushka, the rice.

 

Then chopsticks and maki, and that was the end of pile one. We’ll run through pile two here. Tempura, maki, sashimi, maki, tempura, sashimi, sashimi. This is like song lyrics. Tempura, maki, maki, sashimi, maki…this could be…what is that called? Code…silent numbers? Number station? Maki, salmon nigiri, maki, pudding, wasabi, salmon nigiri, pudding, pudding, pudding, pudding, maki, maki, egg, dumpling, sashimi, tempura, egg, squid, egg, egg…sounds like I’m talking about Aegon Targaryen. Egg, maki…it’s a deep cut, man, Aegon. Egg, sashimi, wasabi, sashimi, squid, pudding, wasabi, maki, maki, egg, dumpling, dumpling, salmon, tempura, wasabi, maki, tempura, maki, sashimi, pudding, pudding, sashimi, dumpling, maki.

 

Now, if you were following along at home and counting, I did add obviously…'cause it’s a number station, there was extras in there. So…okay, so, honestly, I have no clue how this game is played, not a clue at all. So, I have no idea. So, I can't even posit a strategy. Okay, so the contents are 108 cards, and there’s fourteen tempura, fourteen sashimi, fourteen dumpling, twelve maki, eight maki…oh, there’s two maki rolls and then three maki rolls and then one maki rolls. So, there’s twelve double-maki, eight triple-maki, and six single maki. Again, I could be saying these words incorrectly. Ten salmon nigiri, five squid nigiri, five egg nigiri, ten pudding, six wasabi, and four chopsticks. So, I take it the chopsticks ones allow you to change out your cards and then the wasabis double or something your power.

 

Okay, so set-up; you gotta shuffle all the cards, obviously. Depending on the number of players, in a two-card game, each player gets ten cards dealt to them. Three players; nine cards. Four players; eight cards. Five players; seven. Hold your hands…cards in your hand secret from your opponents. Then you’re gonna place the rest of the cards face-down in the center of the playing area, and you need a piece of paper and a pencil to keep score. Designate one player as the scorekeeper. Probably not me due to math and handwriting. Okay, let’s just look through here. Okay, we got quite a few things. So, how to play; the gameplay takes place over three rounds. So, you start a round. Everyone chooses one card from their hands that they would like to keep and places it face-down in front of them.

 

When each player has done this, they reveal their chosen cards. Okay, after revealing your cards, pass the remaining hand face-down…after revealing cards, place your remaining hand face-down to the player on your left. So, pass the sushi to the left-hand side or whatever’s in your hand. Everyone picks up their new hand and the next turn begins. Now you have a new and smaller hand to choose from. The face-up cards remain with you ‘til the end of the round when they are scored. It’s helpful to group cards of the same type together using wasabi. If you choose a squid, salmon, or egg nigiri card and you already have a wasabi card in front of you, then this nigiri must be placed on top of the wasabi. This is to show that the nigiri has been dipped in wasabi and has tripled in value.

 

You may have multiple wasabi cards in front of you, but only one nigiri card can be placed on each wasabi card. So, this is interesting 'cause you’re gonna have to guess? This is all about guessing? Huh…and doing math, I guess. Using chopsticks; if you have chopsticks in front of you, you may take two sushi cards on your future turn. Here’s how it works; choose the first card you would like from your hand as usual. Before everyone reveals the cards, call out Sushi Go! and take it from your hand, also playing it face-down. Then all the players reveal their cards. Before passing cards, put the chopsticks back in your hand. This means they will now be passed on and other players get to use it. You may have multiple chopstick cards in front of you, which you can only use one per turn. Interesting.

 

So, the chopstick one would be good if you knew you were gonna have a sushi and a maki, right? Or, not a maki; a sushi one, right? Or nigiri. Sorry. That’s only if you have it in front of you, so you have to guess again. Ending a round; when the final remaining card of each hand is passed on, simply place it face-up with the other cards you have collected. So, here’s a piece of advice; play the sushi…I mean, play the chopsticks early, 'cause the earlier you play it, then…right? Or you could play…if you don’t have…if you don’t get…and then if you play a chopstick and you don’t get a wasabi on the next hand, you play…or you don’t have…you know what I’m saying? That’s how you play…that would be my strategy with…I’d be wasabi-focused.

 

Ending a round; place it face-up…simply place it face-up with the other cards you have collected. Often this final card won't be much use. Sometimes somebody will have to give you something valuable. Note the cards you have collected as follows. Okay, here’s where you score. Maki rolls; each player adds up the maki roll icons at the top of their maki roll cards. The player with the most icons scores six points. So, there’s a maki round. Only one will win. If multiple players get the most, they split the six points, ignoring any remainder. You gotta split it evenly. No second-place points are awarded. The player with the second-most icons scores third…three points. Wow. So, if you come in first and you share it with somebody, you kinda get hosed. ‘Cause what if three people have the most? Oh, it gives me an example.

 

Okay, but if the player with the secondmost score is three, if multiple players tie, they also split the points. So, you get one. No matter what, no remainders. So, let’s see, the example is Chris has five, Phil has three, Amy has three, and Lisa has two. So, Chris gets six points, Phil and Amy get one point each, Lisa gets nothing. That’s just…don't worry, Lisa, that was just for maki, so don't worry. Then the maki rolls talk. Rock and roll…we got six points. That’s how we roll. So, this is kinda like Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer. Really rolling with laughter here. Okay, then a tempura…a set of two tempura cards scores five points. A single tempura card; worth nothing. You may score multiple sets of tempura in a round. I guess my next question would be, so, the set has to be on top of one another? I guess so. I don't know.

 

A set of three sashimis cards scores ten points. A single sashimi card or a set of only two is worth nothing. You may score multiple sets of sashimi in a round. All this is…this is hard to do, though. Now you tell me. The more dumpling cards you have, the more points you score. So, if you have one, you get one point. If you have two, you get three points. If you have three, you get six points. If you have four, you get ten points. If you have five, fifteen points. Doesn't say they have to be a set, though. We’re trying to collect three sashimi cards. Raw deal, man. Nigiri and wasabi…a squid nigiri is three, or with wasabi, nine. It is…oh, it has to be on top of the wasabi, though. The salmon; two, but on top of wasabi, six. An egg; one. On top of wasabi; three.

 

On top of wasabi…all covered with sushi, I lost my…some…my poor something, and would you like to have sushi with me? Wasabi covered with no nigiri scores nothing, and that’s bolded every time. Oh no, only over here. A chopstick card scores nothing. Starting a new round; announce the scores from the previous round for the scorekeeper to record. Discard your cards face-up beside the draw pile. The only exceptions are the pudding cards, which you keep in front of you to be scored at the end of the game. Deal every player another hand from the draw pile equal to the amount from the last round. Pudding; interesting. Ending the game; after the third round is scored, there will be some cards remaining in the draw pile. These are ignored. Now it’s time for the pudding cards to get scored.

 

Players with the most pudding cards score six. If multiple players tie for the most, split the points. Ignore remainders. The player with the fewest pudding cards, including players with none, loses six points. If multiple players tie for the least, they split the lost points evenly. The player with the fewest pudding cards…oh wow, so, including players with none loses six points. Wow, this is…the proof of this game really is in the pudding because the player with the fewest pudding cards loses six points, including if you don’t have any. So, you gotta play a pudding card early, at least one. Okay, so here’s the example; Chris has four…I wonder how our friend…Lisa’s in trouble, holy…Chris has four pudding cards, Phil has three, and Lisa and Amy have zero.

 

So, Chris has the most, gets six…Lisa and Amy both lose three points. On the rare occasion all players have the same number of pudding cards, no one scores anything. In a two-player game, no one loses points for pudding. Points for pudding…only the points for the most pudding are awarded. The winner is…whoever has the most points after three rounds is the winner. In the case of a tie, whoever has the most pudding cards wins. Pass pudding…pass both ways. These are variants of the game. You could change how…alternate which way you pass the cards each round. Rounds one and three, pass to the left, and round two, pass to the right. Two-player variant; you could have an imaginary player that alternates. Deal three cards. Put the…oh, put those down in-between you.

 

Choose one player to be the first…when you’re in control, draw the top card from a dummy pile and add it to your pile. Your hand? Your hand, and choose one card for yourself and for the other player. Reveal all the cards. That’s too confusing for me. Then they have a word from GameWright at the end. What do we got here? We’re huge fans of eating sushi here at GameWright HQ, so we fell in love with this sushi card game by Phil Walker-Harding. I’m gonna have to start using…wearing my glasses when I record these. Created a unique and immediately approachable take, just like a great meal at a sushi bar…the game is by Phil Walker-Harding. The illustrations are by Nan Rangsima, and then special thanks to Peter Kinsley for the two-player variant.

 

Alright, we still got a little bit of time, so let’s look through this GameWright 2020 catalog. Let’s see, so they have preschool games. They have one called something…Outfoxed is one of the games, a cooperative who-dunnit game. Then there’s a lot of games that aren’t…there’s another one; Hey, Not Right Now, Please: Go Back and Sleep Under My Bed. That’s a game where you send everybody to sleep, all the…what are those called? All those little dust piles. Then there’s a Little Hands Card-holder for holding hands for little kids. Looks like a fan and a taco. Chill Out, the refreshing game of ice and dice. That’s ages five and up. Guju Guju is a fruit frenzy card game. Rat-a-tat…Rat-a-tat Roll, a numbers dice game. Looks like it takes place in New York City.

 

It’s got a kitty cat, Statue of Liberty, hot-air balloons, cards, dice…an emoji dice, it looks like. Rat-a-tat Cat is a numbers game with cards. Maybe it teaches you numbers? Monkeys Jumping On the Bed is a bananas card game. Wig Out is a wild and hairy card game. Chomp is a game about the circle of life. Okay, then we got…oh, one comes in a…Slamwich, a fast, flipping card game. This is ages six plus. It’s a sandwich game. Or you can buy the collectors’ edition which comes in a lunch box, and each piece looks like a piece of bread. Then we have Maze Drop, an instant maze of infinite possibilities. So, I don't know what that is. It kinda looks like DnD a little. I mean, it has the same words in it, but I don't know. Okay, these are all ages eight and up. Metro X, the rail, R-A-I-L, and write game. It looks like some sort of math-type game with connections.

 

One to six players; so, you could play that alone. High Low Flip; that’s a game of highs and lows. I don't know. Punto; a point-to-point card game, but it has dice-like numbers on cards. Long Cow, an udderly ridiculous card game. Long Cow. It comes in a fake milk carton. It has a cow sound effect, and that’s all I know. Also, I know that I had a…made up a fake business once. I think I talked about this, but it’s been a long time. I used to make up fake resumes for comedy purposes back when I was a lad in school. Luckily, I honestly…so, I had…I ripped them up or made sure I got rid of them, which I didn’t need to do, but…so, we would…when I lived in New York, I lived with roommates, and I don't know if it was my idea or somebody else’s idea, but we had a resume party.

 

It was a joke, but you could only get into the party if you brought a resume. Then we put everybody’s resume up, but everybody brought their real resume except for me. I mean, I was host, but I made up a fake resume and put it up just to see if anybody would read it, you know? One of the businesses was Udder Delight, which was U-D-D-E-R Delight, and it was a fake ice cream store. Then also, another fake business I made up was called Salmon Rye. So, S-A-L-M-O-N R-Y-E, like ham on rye; Salmon Rye. I can't remember…I think that might have been a sport fishing business. Also, I had a shepherd…a fake shepherd business. This was…this is why my…where I’m an alumni at. I mean, I’m a big supporter of the school, but yeah, I tried…I did…I tried to do fake updates — this was before the podcast — for the alumni updates and the alumni directory.

 

I can't remember what the shepherd business was called. I kinda felt a little bit bad with that one, 'cause a person said, really, you’re a shepherd? I said, no. You make enough calls for alumni directories, you’re gonna get ahold of a Shepherd. So, I felt a little bit bad. I don't mind lying on a fake resume that I’m gonna rip up or just entering it into a form, but that person, I was lying to them directly. ‘Cause they were like, yeah, I’ve been working for this company that makes alumni directories for a long time and I had no…I’ve never talked to a Shepherd. I said, but yeah, there’s shepherds out there, so, the day has come. So, I probably owe that person an apology. This was literally like twenty years ago at least, but I wish I would have…it’s probably in the alumni directory. Okay, let’s get back to it, though.

 

Iota; that would be a good one, Iota…like for another fake business. This is a great big game in a teeny, weeny tin. Then Go Nuts for Donuts; a pastry-picking card game. Twin It, the double-dashing card game. Sushi Roll is a Sushi Go! dice game. There’s A Moose in the House, a very silly card game, then there’s Zeus on the Loose, a game of mythic proportions. Then there’s Sushi Go! Party; that’s a deluxe pick-and-pass card game. That must be…it’s a deluxe version for parties. Then Sushi Go!…I say, how many of these game could I play alone? Talk about a introvert. I think only the math game. Let me see…yeah, Metro X. Yeah, I play games alone because I prefer to be by myself. I mean, I’m just kidding. Well, not really. Okay, we got a couple more. Oh, now I know why I recognized the game…this is a game we play.

 

Okay, so next up is games eight plus. Shifting Stones; that’s a game of tiles and tactics. Then Qwixx card game; that’s a fast family card game, Qwixx. Oh, we still have more of them. But Qwixx is the game I was thinking of. I try to carry that with me when I travel with my daughter. Okay, Sleeping Queens; that’s a royalty…royally rousing card game. Oh, there’s the tenth anniversary edition and then the original edition. The tenth anniversary edition comes in a tin. Not by…not the sushi cards in my tinny-tin-tin; that’s what somebody once said to me. Then there’s Boochie; it’s a whole new ball game. That’s some sort of physical game. Scrambled States of America; it’s a mad-dashing geography game. Bloom; that’s a wild flower dice game.

 

Dragonwood, a game of dice and daring, and then Qwixx, that’s a fast family dice game. That’s a popular one. It’s pretty fun. Somebody gave it to me as a gift once. I’m very thankful. I put them in the…so, we have…what is it? Qwixx and then there’s another one, and I keep them all in the same dice cup. Not Boggle but something else, a different company. Trash Pandas, really? A raucous racoon card game. Okay, now we’re bumping up to ten plus. Dragon Realm, a game of goo buddies and gold. Whosit? That’s a cooperative guess-who game. Cahoots; yeah, man, me and Scoots were in cahoots with…that’s a cooperative hint-and-sink game. Whosit? and Cahoots sounds fun. Loot; that’s a plundering pirate game. Then Sneaky Cards: Pay It Forward, and then Sneaky Cards 2. It doesn't have any other explanation.

 

It looks like a ninja…something about ninjas. Ages ten plus…abandon all artichokes, ye who enter here. That’s what it says at the place where people…the one place where people don’t want…if someone had a sensitivity to artichokes, they’d say, abandon all artichokes, ye who enter here. That’s a heartless card game. Oh, artichoke hearts; that’s funny. There’s also a leek and a bell pepper, eggplant, broccoli, a beet, and a artichoke. Forbidden Island; adventure if you dare. Forbidden Desert: Thirst for Survival. I really like these names. Tiki Topple, a tactical game of totem domination. Forbidden Sky looks like…I don't know. Marshmallow Test…I’m not even kidding. Marshmallow Test, the delayed gratification treat-taking game. Oh, so that’s like that marshmallow test, but made into a game. Interesting.

 

In A Pickle; that’s a deluxe what’s-in-a-word game. I don't know what that means, but it comes with a fake pickle jar and a pickle. Port-o-Party…Port-o-Party…so, these are party games. Splurt, S-P-L-U-R-T; think fast, say it first. Splurt. Splurt it out, yeah. Joe Nameit…oh, it’s like Joe Namath. Not your average party game. That’s ages twelve plus. So, to play a party game, you gotta be around ten or twelve, by the way, kids. Just don’t start playing party games. Hit List; one clue, six seconds, six answers, thirty seconds. One clue, six answer…thirty seconds. Say It, the game of crazy combos. Combos really take the hunger away. Or, it used to be. Now it’s a game. I mean, it doesn't have anything to do with Combos, though. That’s It; that’s just the right party game. But whats a Combo? They do sell them still.

 

It’s basically a hollowed-out…a pretzel stick…or, you know…well, so you know Trader Joe’s has…what are those called? They have ones with almond butter and peanut butter. Pretzel pillows? I don't know what they call them. A Combo, just in case you were never a part…I’m part…they never say this…I’d rather they call us the Combo generation than Generation X. You say, I’m part of the Combo generation. I watched cartoons full of commercials my whole life, and then TV shows. But a Combo was kinda like one of those pretzel bite…I don't know what they call them. They’re hard, so a pretzel bite, to me, sounds like a soft pretzel. I don't think many people eat pretzel sticks anymore. Pretzel log? But so, it’s just a small…never mind. It’s full with…'cause you probably don’t know what Cheez-It is, either.

 

That’s what I give my dog on a treat when she goes in to…Koa. I say, give her extra cheese. She deserves it. But a Combo is like a pretzel with…like a Twinkie but a pretzel with Cheez-It-type material inside, sometimes flavored. I was a big pizza Combo fan. I mean, not a big one, but those were the Combos I most remember. Where was I? Combo game…talk about crazy…I was crazy for Combos. Combos; it’s coming back with podcast sponsorships, maybe. Maybe not. Okay, we’re almost done, though. That’s It; just the right party game. That’s ages ten…three players. In A Pickle; that’s…oh, that was…the first one was In A Pickle Deluxe. This is just In A Pickle regular. It’s a what’s-in-a-word game. Sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt your esteem that you’re not deluxe. You’re deluxe to me. Then, speaking of M&M…never mind.

 

Hello My Name Is party game. Is that really what it is? Hello My Name Is party game. Oh, it is. My Name Is…no ‘party game’. Hello, My Name Is…yeah, party game. It’s some…that’s all we know. Ages twelve and up, of course. Three players…Think and Sink; this is the great minds think alike game. Twelve plus, three to eight players…Think and Sink. With that, that’s the end of our coverage of…opening of Sushi Go!, but now it’s time to queue up another episode. Scoots is gonna thank some people. But yeah, goodnight, everybody. Thanks for listening. Sleep well.

 

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Bored Game Unboxing

 

Krazy Straws

https://www.thrillist.com/culture/the-boozy-history-of-the-straw

https://www.philebrity.com/blog/2017/12/1/made-in-philly-the-krazy-straw-who-knew

https://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/trends-news/article/history-of-the-straw

 

Sushi Go! Game / Gamewright

https://mojo-nation.com/sushi-go-creator-phil-walker-harding-accessibility-creativity-future-sushi-series/

https://www.vox.com/22840711/sushi-go-party-card-game

https://dreamstobecome.com/2016/01/18/game-time-sushi-go-is-fast-risky-and-deliciously-fun/

 

Momofuku

https://blog.resy.com/2023/07/momofuku-ko/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/dining/momofuku-ko-closing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.G00.aY8f.r5TQxpuNHapt&hpgrp=ar-abar&smid=url-share

https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/momofuko-ando-noodles-ramen-history-postwar-japan/

 

Philadelphia Roll

https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/aapi-heritage-month-queen-sushi-madame-saito-philly-roll

https://www.shogunorlando.com/history-of-the-philly-roll/

https://sushiuniversity.jp/basicknowledge/the-perpetual-evolution-of-sushi-rolls-throughout-the-world

 

DOWN TO BUSINESS

Applying for the remote position of Borefriend

I always think differently

 

Deep Dark Night United

Karl W Memoriam

 

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INTRO

You could be getting over something or be in the middle of something

I can probably relate to how you feel right now

It might feel Slippery and Lonely

It would be my honor to be there for you

Ovular Logic might have been invented here

The Imagination Institute said my ovular logic didn’t look like an oval

That’s not an oval, that’s a swirly straw

Swirly Straw? Is that right?

The old drawer full of alliterative sticks and stitch

That one drawer full of takeout sauce and straws

Skepticism is probably the most common reaction to the show

I’m not a guru, just a self-proclaimed goo brain

Go Go Goo Brain!

There goes my goo brain Scoots again

I’m pretty good at non-driving abrupt turns

On my to do list: slow down and less abrupt turns

I’ve definitely done 80,000 hours of abrupt turning

I bring my great abrupt turning skills to any hiring opportunity

Some of you out there won’t fall asleep, and I’ll keep you company

The importance of the Wind Down Activity

I need quasi-repetitive structure

Who could possibly be more qualified to sort swirly straws?

 

STORY

Card Game Unboxing

A game in a tinny tin tin

I bought it used at Rocket Reuse

This is the kind of game I bought at a secondhand store

I probably got it for half price

The name of the game is Sushi Go!

Built by Gamewright

2 decks of cards

The box is a tin-like material

Red cubes and rectangles

Oh, there’s already sleeping sushi in this game as is

Saying sushi this much is gonna be a real tongue twister

Those sushi look more dumpling like

A sleeping avocado

A sushi mat

Is that a dessert flan sushi??

The Pick and Pass Card Game

You don’t have to exclusively pass the sushi on the left hand side

My chopstick “skills” were under the microscope recently

One of the best meals I’ve had

I was picking at kimchi with chopsticks

Ok, I’ll say it, it was at Momofuku

I hold chopsticks like tweezers

Left handed chopsticks are rare

As soon as someone points out how you use chopsticks, it becomes impossible to use them

The best broccolini I’ve ever had at a restaurant

Man, what a tangent

I almost said Pack and P-I-S-S

Is this anything like Overcooked 2? I love that game

You’ll learn strategy and probability

Do I in fact have 108 cards?

Maybe this game wasn’t ever played

Nothing sleepier than counting cards live on tape

I will be counting all the way to 108

In a perfect world, it’ll be 2 stacks of 54 cards

We do in fact have all the cards

Is that a maple leaf on the back?

Oh, that’s wasabi, not avocado!

Is that wasabi on a conveyor belt?

I love a traveling sushi restaurant

I knew that was a dumpling

The sashimi was on a piece of wood

Maki roll

Squid nigiri

Tempura x2 = 5

Ooh, a winking salmon nigiri

Here’s chopsticks!

Oh, there’s eggs!

Of course I’m going to go through all these cards

This egg nigiri looks like a babushka

This is like some weird song lyric

Igg-on Targaryen

I have no clue how this game is played

Keep your cards secret from your opponents

I shouldn’t be the scorekeeper for both math and handwriting issues

How To Play

Play your card and pass the new hand to the left

Oh, so it’s all kind of about guessing?

Here’s some advice, play the chopsticks early

I’d be wasabi-focused any round

Then there’s a separate Maki Roll points round

How do you break ties?

2 tempura cards are worth 5, one is worth nothing

3 sashimi is worth 10, and nothing else!

Oh, now you tell me this game is hard

On top of Wasabi, all covered with sushi…

Announce the points before beginning the next round

“Nothing” is bolded every time in these instructions

But you keep the pudding cards out in the front until the end of the 3rd round

Pudding cards are only counted at the very end of the game

Whoa, the fewest pudding cards loses 6 points!

The proof really is in the pudding

A word from Gamewright

The inventor was Phil Walker Harding and it was published by Gamewright

Let’s look through this Gamewright catalog

Some of these titles aren’t very sleepy

Chill Out – and ice and dice game

Ratatat Roll

Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Wig Out

Chomp, a game about the circle of life

Slamwich – is this like Egyptian Rat Screw?

Maze Drop – kind of DnD ish

Metro X – whoa, you can play that alone

Long Cow, an udderly ridiculous card game

I used to make up fake resumes for comedy purposes when I was a lad in school

The college resume party I threw

I was the only one that made a fake resume

I made a fake shepherd business

I also tried to do fake updates for the alumni directory

Iota, that sounds like a fun game

Sushi Roll – a sushi go dice game

Zeus on the Loose

Sushi Go Party – the deluxe version for parties

How many of these games can I play alone? Just Metro X?

Kwix Card Game – this is how I know Gamewright

Sleeping Queens

Not Sushi Cards in my Tinny Tin Tin

Scrambled States of America

Bloom, a wildflower dice game

Trash Pandas, a raucous racoon card game

Dragon Realm, a cooperative game

Loot, a pirate treasure game

Sneaky Cards Game

Abandon All Artichokes, ye who enter here

Thirst for Survival

Tiki Topple

These are great names

Marshmallow Test, the game

In a Pickle

Porta-Party

Splurt

You’ve gotta be 12+ to play party games, kids

Hit List: One clue, 6 answers, 30 seconds

Explaining the snacks Combos

Maybe I can help Combos come back

Hello My Name Is…

Think & Sync

And that’s it, thanks everybody 

 

SWM+ THANKS

Allison, Bonnie, Clark, Emily, Faith, Jessica, Diane, Nicola, Trevor, Alison, Melissa, Michael, Jessie, Kristin, Caitlin, Brian, Matthew

 

SUMMARY:

Episode: 1261

Title: Sushi Go! | Bored Game Unboxing

Deep Dark Night United: Karl W Memoriam

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SWM+ Thanks: Allison, Bonnie, Clark, Emily, Faith, Jessica, Diane, Nicola, Trevor, Alison, Melissa, Michael, Jessie, Kristin, Caitlin, Brian, Matthew

Notable Language:

• Slippery and Lonely
• Ovular Logic
• Swirly Straw
• Self-Proclaimed Goo Brain
• Go Go Goo Brain
• Somatically Involuntary Purposeful Abrupt Turning
• Pack and P-I-S-S
• Egg Yolk Color Background
• Tempura
• Maki
• College Resume Party
• Not Sushi Cards in my Tinny Tin Tin
• Cahoots
• Abandon All Artichokes, ye who enter here
• Splurt

 

Notable Culture:

• • The Imagination Institute

• Inspector Gadget

• • The Great Straw Institute
  • “Raspberry Beret” – Prince
  • Sushi Go game
  • Momofuku

• Overcooked 2 video game

• Game of Thrones

• “Pass the Dutchy on the Left Hand Side” song
• “On Top Of Old Smokey” song
• Combos (snacks)
• Eminem

 

Notable Talking Points:

• You could be getting over something or be in the middle of something
• I can probably relate to how you feel right now
• It might feel Slippery and Lonely
• It would be my honor to be there for you
• Ovular Logic might have been invented here
• The Imagination Institute said my ovular logic didn’t look like an oval
• That’s not an oval, that’s a swirly straw
• Swirly Straw? Is that right?
• The old drawer full of alliterative sticks and stitch
• That one drawer full of takeout sauce and straws
• Skepticism is probably the most common reaction to the show
• I’m not a guru, just a self-proclaimed goo brain
• Go Go Goo Brain!
• There goes my goo brain Scoots again
• I’m pretty good at non-driving abrupt turns
• On my to do list: slow down and less abrupt turns
• I’ve definitely done 80,000 hours of abrupt turning
• I bring my great abrupt turning skills to any hiring opportunity
• Some of you out there won’t fall asleep, and I’ll keep you company
• The importance of the Wind Down Activity
• I need quasi-repetitive structure
• Who could possibly be more qualified to sort swirly straws?
• Card Game Unboxing
• A game in a tinny tin tin
• I bought it used at Rocket Reuse
• This is the kind of game I bought at a secondhand store
• I probably got it for half price
• The name of the game is Sushi Go!
• Built by Gamewright
• 2 decks of cards
• The box is a tin-like material
• Red cubes and rectangles
• Oh, there’s already sleeping sushi in this game as is
• Saying sushi this much is gonna be a real tongue twister
• Those sushi look more dumpling like
• A sleeping avocado
• A sushi mat
• Is that a dessert flan sushi??
• The Pick and Pass Card Game
• You don’t have to exclusively pass the sushi on the left hand side
• My chopstick “skills” were under the microscope recently
• One of the best meals I’ve had
• I was picking at kimchi with chopsticks
• Ok, I’ll say it, it was at Momofuku
• I hold chopsticks like tweezers
• Left handed chopsticks are rare
• As soon as someone points out how you use chopsticks, it becomes impossible to use them
• The best broccolini I’ve ever had at a restaurant
• Man, what a tangent
• I almost said Pack and P-I-S-S
• Is this anything like Overcooked 2? I love that game
• You’ll learn strategy and probability
• Do I in fact have 108 cards?
• Maybe this game wasn’t ever played
• Nothing sleepier than counting cards live on tape
• I will be counting all the way to 108
• In a perfect world, it’ll be 2 stacks of 54 cards
• We do in fact have all the cards
• Is that a maple leaf on the back?
• Oh, that’s wasabi, not avocado!
• Is that wasabi on a conveyor belt?
• I love a traveling sushi restaurant
• I knew that was a dumpling
• The sashimi was on a piece of wood
• Maki roll
• Squid nigiri
• Tempura x2 = 5
• Ooh, a winking salmon nigiri
• Here’s chopsticks!
• Oh, there’s eggs!
• Of course I’m going to go through all these cards
• This egg nigiri looks like a babushka
• This is like some weird song lyric
• Igg-on Targaryen
• I have no clue how this game is played
• Keep your cards secret from your opponents
• I shouldn’t be the scorekeeper for both math and handwriting issues
• How To Play
• Play your card and pass the new hand to the left
• Oh, so it’s all kind of about guessing?
• Here’s some advice, play the chopsticks early
• I’d be wasabi-focused any round
• Then there’s a separate Maki Roll points round
• How do you break ties?
• 2 tempura cards are worth 5, one is worth nothing
• 3 sashimi is worth 10, and nothing else!
• Oh, now you tell me this game is hard
• On top of Wasabi, all covered with sushi…
• Announce the points before beginning the next round
• “Nothing” is bolded every time in these instructions
• But you keep the pudding cards out in the front until the end of the 3rd round
• Pudding cards are only counted at the very end of the game
• Whoa, the fewest pudding cards loses 6 points!
• The proof really is in the pudding
• A word from Gamewright
• The inventor was Phil Walker Harding and it was published by Gamewright
• Let’s look through this Gamewright catalog
• Some of these titles aren’t very sleepy
• Chill Out – and ice and dice game
• Ratatat Roll
• Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
• Wig Out
• Chomp, a game about the circle of life
• Slamwich – is this like Egyptian Rat Screw?
• Maze Drop – kind of DnD ish
• Metro X – whoa, you can play that alone
• Long Cow, an udderly ridiculous card game
• I used to make up fake resumes for comedy purposes when I was a lad in school
• The college resume party I threw
• I was the only one that made a fake resume
• I made a fake shepherd business
• I also tried to do fake updates for the alumni directory
• Iota, that sounds like a fun game
• Sushi Roll – a sushi go dice game
• Zeus on the Loose
• Sushi Go Party – the deluxe version for parties
• How many of these games can I play alone? Just Metro X?
• Kwix Card Game – this is how I know Gamewright
• Sleeping Queens
• Not Sushi Cards in my Tinny Tin Tin
• Scrambled States of America
• Bloom, a wildflower dice game
• Trash Pandas, a raucous racoon card game
• Dragon Realm, a cooperative game
• Loot, a pirate treasure game
• Sneaky Cards Game
• Abandon All Artichokes, ye who enter here
• Thirst for Survival
• Tiki Topple
• These are great names
• Marshmallow Test, the game
• In a Pickle
• Porta-Party
• Splurt
• You’ve gotta be 12+ to play party games, kids
• Hit List: One clue, 6 answers, 30 seconds
• Explaining the snacks Combos
• Maybe I can help Combos come back
• Hello My Name Is…
• Think & Sync
• And that’s it, thanks everybody