Fallout: The Board Game (Game the Game)

Survivors Ivan Van Norman, Ash Minnick, and Joseph Limbaugh join Becca Scott for Fallout: The Board Game. Grab a Nuka-Cola and watch to see who wins as they venture through the wasteland.
Tabletop games are super fun, but learning the complicated directions and rules can be a challenge. Becca Scott is your game tutor, explaining the game mechanics in an easy to follow way, so you can get to playing the games faster.
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[@rickywilliams1586]

There are a couple of rules that were broken which is fine since this is clearly their first time playing. I'll list them so others know it when it comes up for a smoother game. 1. They had people level up the moment they got their first xp. Actually the peg needs to reach the end of the board for it to count as a level up. You're first xp's don't count as an automatic level up. 2. A player must meet a specific requirement in order for them to acquire certain companions. Example, they showed Cait in the game. In the top right corner of the card it showed a pitboy with horns. Meaning that in order for you to acquire Cait you need to be vilified. Currie was the same but had a different requirement. In the top right it showed I. That means you needed the intelligence token to be on your board to acquire her. 3. When you are shopping and you wish to sell an item the number on the top right of the card shows its value. However, when selling it you subtract 1 cap from that value. Example, Ivan sold day tripper which has a value of 3 caps. However, since he's selling it he'd only get back 2 caps. 4. Encounter is the only action that you are not allowed to take twice. You can only encounter once per turn. 5. If there are multiple players at exactly the same distance from an enemy while it's moving that enemy is to move to the person with the lowest HP. If more than one of those players has the same amount of HP then out of those players the one who went the earliest is targeted. So that ghoul would have actually gone after the group instead of Becca because Ivan has the lowest HP. 6. When fighting an enemy we know that each of the stars represents a hit. However, there's more to it. Each star that appears on the die is actually equal to the enemies level. Example, Becca fought a Mr. Gutsy at 1:05:00. The Mr. Gutsy is a level two. When Becca rolled she took 4 hits. Mean that each on of those four hits is worth 2 damage points. So she actually took 8 points of damage from that fight. 7. When a tile is revealed after exploring and there's an enemy marker on it. The enemy token is actually placed face up rather than face down. Enemy tokens are only placed face down when putting an enemy token after the previous enemy has been killed and replaced.

[@LlameStarcraft]

That's more than a couple of rules broken, lol

[@troylow6229]

can you camp twice?

[@Xayze]

Enemy times may be placed down if not killed in a fight and the enemy has a retreat special property. Like the rad roach.

[@Quincy_Morris]

Good grief. What rules did they get right?

[@mastercheif978]

Quick note for anyone learning the game who stumbles across this: Leveling occurs once the XP marker reaches the right-most SPECIAL token you have. Meaning if you only have SP, leveling is pretty quick, while having a luck token maxes out the time to level up. And just a last thing, the XP tracker doesn't start in the first hole, but rather next to the board to represent having 0 XP

[@nastykhan7746]

34:00 Supermutant discreetly digging up information in Diamond City. I'd like to see that. Piper: "...Why don't we ask a newcomer! Do you support the news?" Mutant: "Ummm... Paper weak. Strong not approve!"

[@DerFliegendeMocca]

good point mister!

[@1urie1]

34:08 "I'm a Super Mutant here in Diamond City" Everyone else: You hear explosions, gunshots and screaming.

[@KuittheGeek]

I would love to see a good group like this replay it with the Atomic Bonds expansion. I have watched this episode a few times now, and I just need to play the game again. I partially use this episode (and the rules intro) to refresh my memory on how to play.

[@gregmahler9506]

Big rules mistake. Enemies on explored tiles are placed face-up.

[@manitousnow2323]

You sir are correct!!!

[@PinlyLogic]

69th like

[@thatthingthatisaid65]

i like peanuts

[@raze21chaos]

Damage is # of hit markers times creature level.

[@brycencusson7104]

You can easily turn that into an rpg

[@lazaruslongnl9046]

Jesus, i nearly read over your subtle pwnage.

[@vilkarmooringstead5346]

Waaaait...

[@frxnzy25]

xd

[@slagondrayer447]

This would be easier if they just made it into a video game.

[@terryhutson4864]

there is a computer game

[@gorikvandroogenbroeck4943]

Terry Hutson woooooooooowwwwwwwww...........

[@T2Darlantan]

I'm 7 minutes into the rules and already sick of this game.

[@rolainiciativa]

I was thinking the same thing! =)

[@blogobre]

Fallout was going to be based on GURPS until they fell out... and they went SPECIAL

[@hidden4647]

I appreciate the way in which they tried to manage the complexity of the game, and incorporation of the fluff on every step. Distilling something as complicated as a Fallout game down to a board game that plays this well is pretty impressive. Also This is definitely one there better board game videos.

[@suzannebeach620]

A

[@nemesis666first]

Error at 13:40 : the enemy must be "faceup" when the map tile is returned faceup. Error at 46:05 : the enemy dont have an agressive symbol, so it cant attack the survivor when he is returned faceup. An other one at 1:15:15 : if the enemy dont have the aggressive symbol when he (it) is activated, there is no combat.

[@caseyaden22]

Pretty sure there was an error when the ghoul got the Curie companion because he was vilified and didn't meet the requirement of the companion

[@raze21chaos]

Also, you shouldn't show off your inventory. Cause what if your fellow players are of a different faction? Equipped items are public info.

[@ot2933]

When he pulls out curie and I’m like wow it’s only the sexy French accent robot herself but he’s just like ooh a robot cool I was offended

[@Afinati]

When an enemy is first spawned through exploration, it appears face up ... not face down.

[@yosnas1]

Afinati lol

[@christianringlstetter6814]

Enemies start the game active, they also spawn active when a tile has been explored...

[@roadytn]

Did I misread the rules? As far as I know enemies come aktive (faceup) into play when exploring a tile with an enemy symbol, aren't they?

[@madworld3572]

yes, you are right, they play in the wrong way

[@Snubmeister]

*Pushes up nerd glasses* Rad-X is actually a pill so you don't 'shoot it up' per-se

[@CaramelFae]

Snubmeister next you're gonna tell me you don't shoot up Marijuanas or smoke the alcohols. Pure poppycock

[@Snubmeister]

Drugs will scramble your brains. That's why I only do the Nuka Cola

[@johnathanmartin1504]

@Snubmeister Nuka Cola is radioactive, you know.

[@Snubmeister]

Johnathan Martin I always wondered why Quantum made me feel tingly

[@mufasao6776]

Snubmeister akchually, the medicines that combat gamma radiation IRL is more often a liquidy substance that you can put on bread to make it easier to down

[@gokoly_f8498]

I love the net runner reference in the flavour text at 4:16

[@TLRGoliath]

So glad I Finally found a channel and people who share my passion for table top games. Becca is great. Yes I love my video games to, but there is something to be said about the table top experience. Also Fantasy Flight I think has some of the best in the business. Their components are top notch and have a large catalog of great games.

[@janrupertalfeche8959]

Seeing Ivan playing with Becca Scott again gives me the ol' Game the Game feels D:

[@JohnA...]

Love that, people in the Commonwealth were trying so hard to find synths and all they had to do was give them a bath and see if they every started to smell bad, such a simple solution.

[@jerryharris876]

13:30. The first turn in that scenario CAN NOT be Explore, since the characters are not in an adjacent space.

[@sillysongs19]

have a like for the post production dude

[@Flaression]

23:35 Pretty sure he wouldn't get Curie due to needing to be idolised. I may be wrong, I don't exactly know the rules off by heart.

[@pas2vain759]

"I don't want dogmeat!" :D

[@lukechan4220]

I miss tabletop

[@julianbarriga8513]

This was great. Thank you!

[@alexanderelverd1805]

During the first part of the game, the Ghoul couldn’t have gotten the companion The companion requires you be idolised and that wouldn’t have been possible Still love the gameplay, just a little pet peeve of mine, 😝

[@panicthenrun5982]

This also bothered me ha

[@foxtrothermite6499]

Im tempted to buy this game just for the figurines, i have a knack of using them as game mementos

[@neko.pswizzle6790]

You can give us this but you can't give us 5 gold and a party

[@saraann8140]

Awesome episode :) I just bought the main Fallout game and the California expansion:)

[@AndrewCoppock]

I loved watching this (my first play-thru of yours)! I can totally see my group playing this game. I noticed that the 1st player only changed once during your game. Wasn't it supposed to change at the end of each turn? Great fun! And well done!

[@alastairbishop2450]

I think the first player changes only when the last agenda card is drawn, and a new agenda deck is shuffled and passed to the player on the right of the first player.

[@Bathorite]

Where's Wil Wheaton and Tabletop?

[@aarond.8586]

I would have thought that since this isn’t a video game, Bethesda or whoever published this tabletop version of Fallout would have done a better job at making the artwork look more appealing. I guess they really wanted to make the board game look as lo-res as the real thing.

[@andreastremerewaya]

You have so much fun playing it. All my friends just ignoring flavor text. Not such a fun for me :/ love your game. Thank you

[@roberonin7400]

hmmm i miss table top

[@meteorstrike5699]

me too

[@vilkarmooringstead5346]

Concurred

[@csabalako1788]

We all do... :(

[@JockoJonson17]

Is it gone for good?

[@roberonin7400]

haven't heard anything about a new season and keep seeing this other table top shows pop up so i am not hopeful :(

[@GoldenGamer407-bn5lw]

Great video however, when discovering a new tile on the map and there is an enemy icon you want to place the matching enemy token face up as it says in the directions on page 6.

[@krystenjenkins533]

shes a passive super mutant, so in other words shes Strong from fallout 4, shes looking for the milk of human kindness

[@TheJohnnyWonderful]

A personal thank you to everyone i the video for explaining how to play and a bigger thank you for everyone in the comments section for correcting the wrong things and adding what they missed. I think I've got a pretty good handle on it now after watching and reading, now it's time to teach my friends how to play and what we've been doing wrong the whole time!

[@Fnoffen]

But... don't you take the number of hit symbols TIMES the monster level in damage? So 3 hit markers times a lvl2 monster equals 6 damage?

[@kosumahedden6022]

Fnoffen No, that's incorrect. You take one damage per hit symbol. The level only affects the creature's hp. Say their lvl is 3, well you'd then need 3 or more vats die hits to kill said creature. But to reiterate, thier lvl doesn't affect thier damage.

[@Fnoffen]

Kosuma Hedden I went to check the rules and found the following in the Rules Reference on page 7, section FIGHT subsection 3: "For each hit (💥) shown on the dice, the survivor suffers damage equal to the level of the enemy. Before suffering the damage, reduce the total number of 💥 by the armor value of all armor the survivor has equipped." Sounds like I was correct then...

[@kosumahedden6022]

Fnoffen My apologies, you were correct about the damage. The fight section is actually on page 8.

[@Fnoffen]

Kosuma Hedden True that. My PDF-reader said 7 in the margin for unknown reasons.

[@kosumahedden6022]

Fnoffen lol no problem, I've had some of mine do that before.

[@Antenox]

Based on previous Game the Game videos: KZbin Commenters: "Stop putting new shows on Alpha! Put them on KZbin!" Geek & Sundry: "Ok, well, we already put Critical Role on KZbin. Here's Game The Game, too." KZbin Commenters: "WTF is this new crap? We want the old shows on KZbin!"

[@murrayleach5996]

Antenox yeah youtube is the most whiny of spoiled children.

[@rickywilliams1586]

Yeah because it's literally the same people. It's not like there are hundreds upon thousands of people expressing different opinions or something.

[@JermeethYT]

This was so much fun!!!

[@Colvello]

I have a question: are the objectives (missions) shared among the players? Or just the one who completed previous quests can accomplish the new missions from dragged cards?

[@garystern2294]

This was the best episode thus far

[@spacebadgerletsplay1339]

Dunno if anyone said this yet but when you explore a tile the first enemy spawns face up. Later respawns ARE fave down

[@graphkid]

Can y’all do a more detailed explanation of the factions, quests and quest tokens?

[@budfahnestock2418]

next game i'm getting at pax east this year, i need to play this with my dnd group

[@sds802]

when she took CAIT at 36:56 she didnt meet the requirements of being villified. I dont believe the super mutant starts off villified

[@wildbastian]

this was ok and all but really makes me miss Tabletop more.

[@christophergomez8830]

yes yes it does.

[@AaronShegrud]

when exploring, mobs come into play face up.

[@kaldelaque2185]

Are hits by enemies not counted as "number of hits x enemy level = hp loss"? They did it as "number of hits = hp loss". I might be wrong but I thought that was how it was supposed to be done?

[@a_cow_says]

Can't wait for this board games expansion packs

[@Dragonman0007]

50:42 Ivan: "I have to get a thing that says I can shop? Ballnuggets." Wouldn't the Feral Ghoul go towards the other players, since they're all clumped up together? Three versus one.

[@kentadeo548]

Wow, Wil Wheaton's show look so different? What'd they change?

[@gabiballetje]

Altered Carbon is by the way fantastic.

[@graphkid]

Y’all should play again but add the expansion pack!

[@Orlor]

16:22 - Can someone show me where the Railroad and the Robot is on that card? All I see is a 1+, a star and some DNA...

[@joshuaroberson1704]

Orlor they messed up, no robots on that card. Double helix represents super mutants Star represents Railroad because of the current Map (each scenario uses Star vs Shield) look at the Objective card and fine print, to see the value of Star (railroad agent)

[@BrendanPNW]

Live was a lot better. Taped speeds through a lot of the dead air and bad camera cut-tos. However, I feel a lot of the fun of Game the Game is gone with the edited version.

[@gerbster14]

4:00 Day9? How did you get trapped in that body?

[@MonkeyspankO]

Good playthrough experience. Lots of errors though, as other commentators already said. Actually, my 2 cents worth, I would suggest adding some of your own rule changes to make the game closer to the video game experience. Think of it as flavor experience. Doesn't really affect the game too much, unless you're a stickler for winning. I find playing with people who don't know FO requires a little hand holding.

[@AllCanadiaReject]

I think allegiance agenda cards should allow you to choose allegiance, rather than having to hope for the one for the faction you've been aiding the whole time

[@MonkeyspankO]

@@AllCanadiaReject yeah, like I said, it depends whether someone prefers a more random "board game" experience or wants to role play the video game. They're not necessarily the same thing...imho.

[@TsukiZer0]

3:46 best moment. Always.

[@Daniel-Strain]

Did you know that you can literally DIE in real life playing this game? On one page in the rules it says, when "you" are mentioned, there is no distinction between the "player" and the "character" - they are the same in these rules. Then on another page it says when your health reaches zero you are killed. Woah.

[@TheMaxZakh]

I feel like I am missing something. Is there anything to this game besides move, roll, reroll as much as you can?

[@onebadwestie]

Thank you for Becca cause this game sux!

[@Afinati]

An activated enemy with Ranged that is adjacent to a player will attack, not move into the player's space, during the Enemy Activation phase. If an activated enemy moves into a player's space, it will attack.

[@kosumahedden6022]

Afinati actually, an activated enemy will only attack a player that's in it's space when it activates. It only attacks when it moves into a player's space if it has the aggressive trait.

[@kosumahedden6022]

If it doesn't have the aggressive trait, then when it moves into a player's space it doesn't attack that turn.

[@yosnas1]

With ranged attack, if enemy is already faced up and activated from an adjacent tile, enemy will attack.

[@yosnas1]

Kosuma Hedden you are confusing two rules.

[@davenn7597]

Fantasy Flight Games is such a pro at board games i love most of thier games

[@adzi6164]

13:46 aaand bam, a mistake. Enemies on just Explored tiles are placed faceup.

[@lazyhistorystudent2561]

Where can i get that glorious power armour helmet?

[@MegaMatthew84]

First Agenda card you flipped was Railroad and Super Mutants - not robot.

[@rumelismorende8177]

The show is improving. I'm willing to keep watching to see if it keeps it up.

[@billykidd8206]

if a show has been going on for 3 years. I think it's safe to say they know what they are doing.

[@danielchannel1917]

I want a 10hr video with her saying only superm't'n

[@chrisperrien7055]

Becca really favors Famke Janssen in the walkthrough, she should try for Jean Grey in any new X-men shows Its an alright game, the California edition adds some more variety, the game play rules can be clear as mud in some instances there are some rule variation suggestion discussions on BGG

[@dominicomucci3014]

I'd love to play a board game with her so awesome and knows the rules. Looks fun no one i know is really into them lol

[@anthonyamurri9278]

I actually really want this

[@ryanjohnson7354]

Where did this guvnor thing come from? American's seem to always say it when it comes to English people.

[@kingdamager7370]

I just use a d20 version. Mix and match and be creative and you have an excellent rpg game every fallout fan loves.

[@Darleer]

This sow lacks the production resources that make Tabletop great. But its content and potential are actually really good! Would love to see more

[@riverbank7971]

Fallout- you're doing it wrong...your fun is wrong!

[@danyjacco4853]

It is specified in the rule book that monsters spawn ''face up'' in each revealed tiles... Dont know why you guys keep putting them face down

[@zacharywestbrook6773]

The music hugely improves the viewer experience.

[@kenhuff404]

I can't hear your sarcasm. I was removed from the game when the music came on. So loud it made it hard to hear the people. I came into the comments to see if anyone else had commented on it.

[@zacharywestbrook6773]

You can't hear my sarcasm because there was none. I really liked the music, maybe a bit too loud, but it was fine.

[@TangorVon]

reeeeee he said this pip boy........ i died a little bit inside

[@patrickmousel8393]

I just want to know what the heck is up and to the left of camera that they (mostly Joseph) can't stop looking at. CSPAN? Sportsball? It must have been riveting.

[@channelname937]

Guys! They turned the board game into a video game!

[@noteyez7463]

This game looks fun - can't wait for my kids to get older........you guys should play the new fallout shelter board game... looks awesome... i'm just waiting for it to become available.....

[@slagondrayer447]

They cloned Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day into Becca Scott. I am ok with this.

[@danteshydratshirt2360]

to me it seems they took the worse elements of both...Becca is eye candy but nothing else

[@markojankovic-personal351]

Much better than either. IMO

[@lockjaw467]

I would be more okay with this if OwlBear was around.

[@MrLeighKemp]

I don't think you understand cloning and/or how babies are made.

[@57thorns]

A comment on the game itself: It seems several cards come up over and over, close enough that you would learn them even in the same game. What replay value is it in a game where you know the results of your options?

[@moldy_gecko]

When I play sorry, the board is always the same... what replay value is in it for me? Honestly, I could tell you what was going to happen with those cards without even having to know what they say. Similar to FALLOUT franchise, you get a hard and rewarding option, a compromised option, and a give up option.

[@erl7466]

yeah this is cool and they’re having fun which is great. people need to relax and just not watch if they don’t like what they’re seeing.

[@DevilboyScooby]

What was Joseph looking up at? It's like he was playing to a security camera.

[@temporaryhalfdecentname8452]

I’m assuming no-one in that room has ever actually played a fallout game other than the guy on the right before to have no clue who Dogmeat is (again the guy on the right seems to have actually played fallout and at least knows who dogmeat is), what a stingwing, that dragons aren’t in the game, what rad-x is, what perks are, what jet is (admittedly it only originated in fallout 2) or what any of the letters in S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stand for

[@Afinati]

With a laser rifle, you do not pay to remove hits. You pay one cap per hit in order to avoid having to discard the rifle.

[@Antonuma]

Game the game was always better with Ivan :)

[@lazytv4318]

Is Ivan wearing a meeple necklace?

[@toskaroska318]

Have you guys done D&D's? Like maybe Assult of the Giants?

[@jonfulkerson2437]

The music made me think I was playing The Sims.

[@parkerthefloridian817]

They should of made the green peg health and the red peg radiation.

[@nastykhan7746]

The first one to understand all the mechanics - wins!

[@captaintalon4485]

Where’s the “is Becca cheating cam?”

[@MaggotKing556]

At 16:23 you have a Star and DNA symbol. That's a Super Mutant logo not robot

[@gregputnam7243]

I hope the Post-Production-Editor-Effects (technical name) guy at least was in the running for getting his wings. They put a lot of effort into this video

[@bella_iris]

Ivan is awesome.

[@yeoshaoqi9824]

i want tabletop back pls

[@anarcyboy12]

Her: "let's shoot up some rad-x" Me af: "ummm..."

[@djwadsa2387]

Where is part 2