Obscurio - GameNight! Se7 Ep21 - How to Play and Playthrough

[@blarneystone38]

You have to appreciate Dave's commitment to playing the game properly. He literally argued in favor of himself being the traitor because that was what made more sense

[@antibullshit]

I would watch this group play anything, including a harmonized humming session🤣

[@Warriorking.1963]

What a cool game! The components are... classy and stylish, and the game looks like a load of fun! Yes, I really, really like this one; thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[@void_presence]

minor correction: cohesion markers don't just 'leave,' they go to the player(s) who picked the wrong door--keeping track of people who keep picking the wrong door, helping identify the traitor

[@DitaSvarupaMusic]

He mentioned it later in the game.

[@RoyalPurple667]

Deborah AND Aaron? w00t!

[@GirlyGamer-BoardGameGran]

This episode was so much FUN! Thanks so much everyone. You all help my work day go so much faster. Really appreciate the time and effort that goes into these episodes.

[@Nain1982]

Deborah is a great guest for the show! btw, loved her at that Silver Lake movie she's in! Hadn't seen Aaron in a while. Nice to see him come back.

[@hoolio197900]

I have mysterium and deception and will still likely buy this one. Thanks for your playthrough

[@Sir_I.I_William]

I've never really commented on the editing of Game Night videos, but man it's good editing. The term professional comes to mind.

[@Briesi]

looking forward to get my hands on this game.always glad to see Deborah

[@starbyray7828]

What a great game to watch the Team play!. So entertaining. I immediately thought of Mysterium when Aaron was first explaining the rules. I absolutely laughed out load when you all did the whale noises..... that was so so funny! I think if I had been playing I would have been torn between accusing Dave or Aaron of being the traitor lol. BUT I would have taken Lincolns side as He knows both the best from long association lol.

[@gooddaysgames_1252]

I love watching this "show". Great work to all involved.

[@5Incognito]

It was fun, specially that my top 5 favourites are there, original 4 and Debra, the 6th guy was fun too. But, I was stunned that you guys didn't even recall Belratti until the very end, for me it was the very first game popped in my head, it's very similar, but alot simpler, but it has the mechanism of changing role as Debra wanted. Some games I don't like much but I kinda got into it because of you guys, realistic, natural, fun, and friendly competition, not just for the show. 👍

[@jones00]

Deborah is awesome. 58:15 "Explain faster, traitor!"

[@Warriorking.1963]

🤣

[@gamingxmachina6718]

6 people? NANI! Honestly this was great, would love to see more games with more people like this.

[@JackieFox1976]

In the next to last round (after the traitor was revealed) you guys were discussing the hints before the traitor chose the misleading clues, thereby maybe leading that person to pick cards that reflected what you were thinking? Regardless, fun to see Deborah and Aaron again -- and definitely fun seeing you not listen to Lincoln!!!

[@alexandregarcia4911]

Great! Of course that for the riddle preparation players do not have to close their eyes, the grimoire just has to keep its card secret. Fun video and fun game!

[@dkiprijanovski]

Great game, wishlisted. Great video! :D

[@EliottAdkins]

Mayhaps the beginning was unclear, but on the last round/room, I interpreted that the wizards could not communicate at all, and thus shouldn't have been able to discuss the clues on the options, etc. Having said: this looks awesome, and was another great video with fun guests. This was definitely been added to my shopping cart as a result

[@PaulPaulPaulson]

As i understand, they did not reach the last room

[@scottsmartky]

Yes, they didn't make the last room. That's what they were talking about having to be unanimous the final round because they knew the last one was going to be huge trouble with that rule of no talking.

[@iLoveChopin]

Bless Dave. I love him

[@bigwi7613]

Right when i saw the layout and the meaning of the game i remebered that I just watched Escape Room and ofc miss Deborah was amazing in it and i really hope shes in sequel.. somehow.. like she knew the trap and was sent by (not) goverment 😁. Game looks a great fun to have with friends.

[@Sicofy02]

Is Deborah wearing a Board Game Geek t-shirt? Too cool! Loved watching this and always enjoy the post-game discussions. Thank you! :)

[@samuelcasales4795]

31:35 OMG That was hilarious!!

[@Snikk82]

"Is it Michael Jackson at the armory?" I laughed a bit to hard at that joke

[@xXN0cturnXx]

Here is a thing i came up with, cant say if it makes sense as i havent tried yet: Either do the fingers thing or get Nr. 1-7 tokens for every player and put them in front of them. You can figure out something cool, theme wise or just buy some regular numbered tokens or whatever. Also get some earmuffs for everyone - when they need to close their eyes: 5 seconds-10 seconds after demanding everyone has to close their eyes the traitor opens his/hers. then he gets to pick his places by pointing with his finger on a number in front of him / by showing the actual number with their fingers...whatever you like. If you dont want to play with earmuffs you could actually start some theme wise loud music (as loud as u can do wherever you live) and turn it off after everyone opened their eyes. now here is my biggest issue with the game: the ability of seeing. not everyone can see quite well, and that is why people possibly want to keep the book with the different places in their hand or rather only use the book for the timer and put the different places face down somewhere. lay them out later, where the traitor would see it, i guess somewhere on the board itself. also you shouldnt sit very next to each other (shoulder on shoulder) because you will notice movements.

[@TheCagedRaven]

OMG! I loved watching this video. This game looks like so much fun!

[@Bigfish19692008]

Really enjoyable playthrough. Well done to all of you. Obscurio is now on my wishlist. Just need to find a few like minded people to play it:)

[@joegrim7907]

This group of players are amazing!

[@rickthompson3843]

I'm not familiar with Christoph but man does he have a great voice. Is he on other GameNight! episodes? Also the game would benefit from a soundtrack app. I don't think the traitor would give himself away as much.

[@scottjacoby2594]

I think the traitor is necessary to guarantee (well nearly guarantee...he traitor could have very bad cards to choose from) that there will be at least 1 or 2 cards similar enough doors to split the voting. Without the traitor, every round will be completely random and more likely that the correct door will be obvious.

[@danteshydratshirt2360]

yes to me the traitor element seemed necessary but it was weird that the traitor only knows partial information as to what they added and not the actual correct picture/clue

[@scottjacoby2594]

dante ferno yeah, i think to make the traitor more effective, have the traitor know the correct door, choose 1, 2, or 3 similar looking cards without knowing the clues, the clue giver prides the clues not knowing what cards the traitor picked, and then the clues are revealed to everyone.

[@Blakestefer]

@@scottjacoby2594 100% agree with this way of thinking.

[@P_E_P_1966]

Great vid & game :) Thanks all ! P.s. Cool game mechs & functions & templates & ... Awesome

[@aliceplaysboardgames1888]

Lincoln: Remember I´m married to her. I´m pretty good at gleaning... Still picks the wrong one Hahahaha THE BEST!!!

[@boardgamegeek]

Gaby Villalobos I did say it would have been best if I was asleep ;-). -Lincoln

[@meeplereport7436]

I wish they had left out the speed component of this game. Everything else is awesome about it!

[@BrandonGraham]

I find that time is essential in many hidden traitor games. The longer people have to talk through things, the more likely they are to find the bad guy. For instance, the forums for Deception: Murder In Hong Kong are filled with people who don't keep up the pace on the rounds complaining that the game is too hard for the murderer. But, taking the traitor out of this game wouldn't be the worst thing.

[@austinpowersfasjer]

So the 'making noise during the traitor picking fase so no one can hear the traitor moving' actually revealed the traitor. Lol typical xd

[@werewolfkai]

a fault in most traitor games like this

[@OrichalkosTV]

Might be better to have a track play during those phases so not to easily give the traitor away

[@chuckm1961]

@@werewolfkai An extremely easily corrected ‘fault.’

[@evatar4052]

its like Mysterium and Murder in Hong Kong had a baby!

[@jdaniel602]

Love that she shuffles. Even though it doesn't matter. I liked this game. Im gonna buy it.

[@Blakestefer]

Huh? The shuffling does matter.

[@goyasolidar]

I wonder if you could repurpose Dixit cards for this game.

[@Blakestefer]

That's what some people do with Mysterium.

[@MajinWamu]

That was a very exciting intro! Loved it!

[@MrN0b0dy85]

This game looks incredible

[@psiblade84]

Mysterium with a traitor and also with a real time aspect (with the hourglass). I don't know but it seems like a game that is trying to do many things and as a result doesn't feel tight enough..

[@Therisktaker3]

Great playthru as always. I think the game is interesting, but agree that it may be too brutal. Either remove the traps or the traitor, but don’t keep both. This is like deception murder at Hong Kong, meets Dixie, meets mysterium. With so many people I think the game becomes harder because there are too many opinions and it can really splinter the game. I would like to see how this would play out with less people. I would definitely house rule the game to make it more enjoyable without being crushingly difficult. Thanks again.

[@PanikGames]

It seems like the tokens in front of the players is more for discouraging players from tanking every time than clues of who is the traitor.

[@nellgwenn]

This looks like a fun game.

[@jimmyjim2]

SPOILERS: On the last round even if you there had been a split of 3 to 1 on the doors then the only way to win would have been if the door with 3 on was correct....I think. If the door with 1 on was correct then 3 tokens are lost and it's game over which forces you all to pick one door. So therefore both of the last 2 rounds needed to be unanimous in a way. Great game, but looks difficult!

[@seanmorgan2257]

This looks like a very good game, unfortunately i dont get to play multiplayer games very often

[@2Paulin2]

I have one question, english is not my mothertongue: which game Lincoln means after 01:13:50? I could´t understand it.

[@MunchhausenPL]

I believe he said "Greenville 1989".

[@2Paulin2]

@@MunchhausenPL Shure? I think it doesn't sound like Greenville

[@MunchhausenPL]

@@2Paulin2 Yeah, I am pretty sure, both games have simillar mechanics.

[@tyjcol18880]

Deborah from ESCAPE ROOM. HOLY CRAP. She plays board games.

[@Duxa_]

I was deciding between Mysterium and this game, wow am I glad I went for Mysterious. This closing your eyes portion would not go well with most gaming groups.

[@happyhoney2000]

Really want to buy this game but it’s not for sale on amazon in the uk :(

[@dkoudrin]

This one felt a bit weird, it's like Mysterium but with some convoluted mechanics that didn't seem to add much to the core fun of these types of games.

[@SmoothGummi]

This was actually the first play through from them that I watched the entire episode of from start to finish. I was so intrigued. Ended up buying it and can’t wait to play it with my group.

[@Sir_I.I_William]

Good to see/hear Aaron again ... He should have been doing what Nikki was doing this game I think. Always letting an experienced player do that role would be best I think.

[@mcty19]

I think your gaming group makes this game seem more enjoyable than it may be. Can I play with you guys? Jokes aside, it seems like more than half the time is spent with the Nikki and Dave playing and everyone else just waiting with their eyes shut.

[@theunamiable]

My partner, who picked Die Fledermaus in the outtakes, also identified The Magic Flute here. Has the giant Cthulhu "mini" been there long? Haven't noticed till now. Half sad I didn't get it, since I KSed the game. Anyway, this game looks cool, but probably a bit too fiddly.

[@aowright13]

That was a lot of fun.

[@henrikpersson5256]

It's a little like a mix up between Mysterium and Big Book Of Madness

[@TheMrE]

I still don’t know what is going on with the black levels on these new videos. Is it a software issue or is it maybe an issue with new cameras and there’s nothing that can be done?

[@SubZeroCommander]

No clue, check your gfx card driver, install & reboot! Or call IT Crowd ! ;P

[@TheMrE]

@@SubZeroCommander I see no detail on Aaron's shirt for instance and took me 52 minutes to realize that Cthulhu was behind Lincoln. The dark levels are off in these videos to the point where shadows are pushed to pure black and detail is simply lost.

[@TheMrE]

@L Vader You're missing the point

[@mars4ever]

Played yesterday and we lost, this is bloody difficult!

[@WebMonkey741]

Deborah might know a thing or two about escape rooms! 😉

[@gbdomingo]

Dave is so quiet! hahaha

[@smolle8906]

is it an option to play with a traitor ? Seems convoluted.

[@ghostface15m]

What about 2-3 players? Thanks

[@Lucklaran]

This seems like a fun game, and the artwork is nice, but there's a reason I'm not sure I'd buy it for my family. With only 4 players, half your players are not really working towards a win. I get that the "book" player is trying to help, but I feel that would rely upon a decent knowledge of the players. In other words, knowing what clues would be most useful to the players, how they think. We have some "abstract" thinkers in our house, and while I don't think they'd actively try to sabotage the game, the things they would consider good clues might not be as "useful" to the other players. Also, I'd be curious to know how this works with only 2 players.

[@Rik77]

Really like the look of this. But might be a little fiddly.

[@LiejantoWijaya]

Hi Debra! Yay...

[@darkehorse71]

Mustache-less Dave!

[@Snikk82]

I miss mustachio Dave

[@MattCrawley_Music]

Looks like a better version of mysterium

[@spiderfingers86]

Maybe, but it looks rather clunky

[@Spanner1971B]

@@spiderfingers86 Mysterium is my absolute favourite board game, but even I think that also has some Clunk! I think this would work better with the Grimoire on a corner with the book as a Shield. ( I appreciate Nicky was in the middle for the camera.)

[@spiderfingers86]

@@Spanner1971B true, but downtime hasn't been that bad for Mysterium with my game group. Seems like Obscurio would have more, and more often. But it comes down to who you play with what your tastes are

[@Blakestefer]

@@Spanner1971B but if the traitor is then on the other side of the table it will be difficult for them to see the grimoire and book.

[@Blakestefer]

The traitor aspect seems tacked on. Dave had to make little to no effort to fool them, and sometimes he just played a round completely blind. I feel like I'd house rule it to where the traitor knows the correct door each round. Otherwise I just don't see how people could consistently deduce who's leading the group astray, since the traitor doesn't have perfect knowledge anyways; at that point anyone might as well be the traitor (as Aaron was the most harmful to the group in this session).

[@danteshydratshirt2360]

probably needs an app to cope with the parts that people need to keep their eyes shut and the traitor making their decisions

[@perfectloveweddings]

21:55 he looked down and saw her card...

[@thetasworld]

36:14... And so it starts

[@timgrossman8346]

Who else would love to see Black Angel?

[@Fluffusmaximus]

I guess Deborah knows how to exit an Escape Room. Hmmm.

[@MrLylebjorn]

FEWER tokens, not less tokens. #dontletfewerdie

[@MsBestPilotEver]

How is 3 to 2 a tie in the second vote?

[@boardgamegeek]

JuuGelis BuuGelis it’s 2 for Dave, 1 for Christoph and 2 for Me. I did a poor job of convincing folks. -Lincoln

[@otaldobullet]

Nobody voted on Cristopher o_o

[@RoderickEtheria]

Dave laughed during one or more of the traitor turns. What is to laugh at when not seeing anything, especially when the laughing starts not when Nikki starts looking through the cards but directly after the traitor is allowed to look? I'd have definitely sided with Lincoln about Dave being guilty.

[@leecorby5662]

feels like a meta way to play the game that isn't in the spirit of what the game is about. bit like lincolns saying he always does that hummin in other games. but there was somethin to laugh at. the other players weird noises

[@Sir_I.I_William]

The closing eyes part, and all that happens during that phase, kind of turned me off a bit. To bad they couldn't have found another way to do the same thing.

[@relfeaj91]

Did I mis a token at 44:31?

[@perishcurfew]

Yeah, only 4 of 5 people placed their tokens, the TRAITOR didnt place his token on the board.

[@spiderfingers86]

So Mysterium with a traitor

[@Spanner1971B]

Mysterium 2.0

[@Dalmatinac3]

So like if similar mechanism games keep coming out we are gonna call them all Mysterium 2.x now?

[@camilleharris9217]

Clarification in the printed sheet: you cannot use the marker to point to anything on the printed sheet- dems da rulez...

[@bushibayushi]

Deborah is both awesome and beautiful ;)

[@pequadcob2009]

Dave was obviously the traitor... He was way too quiet during the work-together phase. Normally he would have been very vocal, lol.

[@improg]

I don't mean to make Aaron feel bad but his intuition was off completely in this episode. It happens to everyone.

[@5ammy13]

7:29 cough a bit? Left aghast in 2020...

[@edictzero]

Seems like the traitor should always pick 2 so he can know 2 cards that are false and can argue for those

[@gspotgregg967]

This is my favorite Danny Dave-ito video because he doesn't talk as much as usual

[@baraka99]

Too much prepping before each round... definitely not for my play group

[@Briansip2]

Doesn’t expect to see karen page here

[@billstephens396]

I am so in love with Deborah... Not with the characters she's played in TV... But with her right now... A geeky gamer girl... What is sexier than that?!?

[@billstephens396]

@stenobro For one, everyone is just an individual... For two, Deborah is a very beautiful individual... And for three, I would prefer to "hook up" with her over anyone else... She is good at these board games and she could help me get over my losing streak... LOL