Tales of the Arabian Nights | Game the Game

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Come on a journey with us to fullfill your destiny! In this week’s Game the Game, host Becca Scott is joined by Aki, Paula Deming, and Laura Sams to play Tales of Arabian Nights by Z-man games. This groundbreaking storytelling game, takes players to the lands of the Arabian Nights alongside Sindbad, Ali Baba, and the other legendary heroes of the tales.
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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[@alexandrap.8938]

YES!!! There are not enough gameplay videos of this game!! Thanks for making it!

[@harounmartin2142]

Hi girl

[@ianmeza9216]

Paula is such a charm, she enjoying so much of the game made me enjoy it so much more

[@pastafarian7779]

"Mecca gonna feed Becca" lol 17:00

[@thedailycampix]

This game introduced me to Paula Deming and Things Get Dicey. Holy crap the humour's right up my alley. Instant subscription! I'll have to check out the other two guests, as well! Thanks Becca! Also uh right yeah the game it looks fun i'm play it

[@shallendor]

Paula was also part of a group that did greek gods in high school called Zeus School.

[@FictionRaider007]

By my diagnosis the Deming Dice Curse may be just as lethal as the Wheaton Dice Curse.

[@mrjohndoee]

The faces Paula makes are just the cutest!

[@CaiRobinson]

Seems like a game built around the journey and less about actually winning, that is neat

[@Gojoseon]

For the record, if someone does something they couldn’t/weren’t allowed to do (hopefully by mistake) and no one noticed it at the time, that someone gets to keep the original result. It’s in the rules! :)

[@isaacalien]

This would be an interesting Legacy game

[@nickvandam1214]

Oh awesome Paula is on this one!

[@seanmorgan2257]

Thanks for the play through Becca, this game now looks really interesting.

[@nickvandam1214]

I bought this game after watching your playthrough. We had such a great time playing Tales! Also love Paula! such a great addition to the group!

[@thinkEdem]

You haven't really enjoyed the nuances of this game, until you go insane and the other players make you to "Enter an Elephant". From that point on you cannot unsee all the innuendos in this game... (Also, whenever we played, the player choosing Sinbad always ends up with the Pull of the Sea quest, it's hilarious...)

[@Gojoseon]

Right on the tail of the live-action Aladdin movie I see! Great episode. :)

[@NdoNosCI]

I love the talent you bring on for your shows. They seem to meet so many different types while meshing well together,

[@jeffreym68]

One of favorite all-time boardgames, even though it was tough to convince the Eugene crowd to play in often. Nothing like having 5 conditions at once!

[@Some_Guy_In_Ohio]

Wow, I actually GOT the notification this time! Maybe I can beat the "Tabletop was better" crowd today... \scrolls down Wow, I didn't even beat the baizuo duelists. Fun looking game, though. I've heard about this one before, always wondered how that Choose-Your-Own style book worked in practice. Heh, used to have a bookshelf dedicated to all the CYOA-style books of my youth...

[@bigkittytank]

this was fantastic - I don't know if this would be a good game for my group, but thank you for letting me experience it vicariously :)

[@edwindrood2816]

Great episode!

[@pendragonpoe]

Oh my god. For once their playing a game I know. And it's my favorite tabletop game I've ever played.

[@andychan114]

Just felt like watching some Game the Game and found a new episode released :D

[@nickvandam1214]

A joy to watch

[@bartconnolly6104]

@19 mins Becca kills the false Prophet of Mecca and goes home for christmas :)

[@breakhart]

just came here for the nostalgic feeling. I own the game, buy it second hand though. played it so many times with my friends that I can remember almost every storyline on the books, it was fun 😁😁

[@richardshort2001]

Becca, slayer of all prophets

[@helmswake2339]

👍Awesome

[@darthchewee]

I find it funny Laura voted to remove the sword when that when she didn't obey her own cards that turn as well. Imprisoned states you always encounter a jailer so there is no way she could have encountered a genie.

[@mikepictor]

links to the channels of your guests would be nice.

[@michaelnichols361]

This! I tried googling Aki and got stuff about Acute Kidney Injury?

[@jarrellsanchez348]

twitter.com/MxGiniInABottle in case yall were still searching for Aki

[@DwaineWoolley]

What mic are you using? The audio is freaking amazing

[@pslanez]

In traditional stories actions have consequences that teaches certain morals. In this game the consequences are random, no one learns anything but the stories are hilarious, unpredictable and much more interesting

[@richardshort2001]

Let me run out and buy this game where I might not be allowed to move my own piece for the whole game after the first turn!

[@jessicathayer3151]

I can’t find this game anywhere!

[@ichifish]

Z-man republishes it once in a while. I waited three years for the edition I got, so... yeah... But it's begging for a digital adaptation, so maybe that'll come up?

[@roquea.deleon6175]

This game seems really fun just all the random stuff that happens lol

[@ichifish]

For anyone playing Tales at home I highly recommend the work-of-love digital encounter matrix at www.hlasnet.com/bgg/totan/#_home It's not shown in this well-edited video, but cross-referencing can be a pain in the butt.

[@MrSthotwhelz]

A Trellis episode would be fun

[@evilbob840]

I love this game, but I haven't seen it in 20+ years (I'm pretty sure it is somewhere at my parent's house). Also, I'm 90% sure efreeteh means female efreet.

[@Funcore]

🧞‍♂️ Pinball Arcade - Tales of the Arabian Nights playlist kzbin.info/www/bejne/d52cqGt6h8qEfZo

[@jeffrainwater4084]

"Mecca gonna feed Becca" 17:10

[@themajesticgoose6715]

i think the destiny die was weighted or something because they rolled the minus so many times

[@bittupoddar7540]

Are you seriously not going to play betrayal legacy and complete the series

[@Faladrin]

They kept saying Mecca, but I'm pretty sure they meant Becca.

[@BoardGamesBel3araby]

Сan you make game the game for bang the dice game @geekandsundry

[@GuruChaz]

I was going to take this to Christmas gathering but it looks too complicated to deal with. sigh

[@littlebluecubes]

Whoever thought it’s okay to play this game on this massive table, let alone film it this way....

[@matthewmaugeri3594]

Paula is the new Wil Wheaton

[@discard-dead]

Matthew Maugeri I’m okay with that

[@dwnvwdjvn]

Poor Paula...spending the best part of two hours cursed as a sausage... horrendous fortune with the dice.

[@bartconnolly6104]

@1:11:36 there is that "Dirty Girl" cackle again Becca!

[@KevinHoekman]

Never forget to roll when you're ensorsceled.

[@madquest8]

Animated Becca winked at me!!

[@usmansabir3897]

Possibly the unluckiest playthrough I have seen of arabian nights lol

[@MyPisceanNature]

It seems quite the fun game, but holy crap did they all roll bad.

[@louiesamuel9189]

17:30 You encountered a false prophet in Mecca? Is this a game or history?

[@yugiohsc]

goddamn I was gonna run a game like this XD

[@jamesanderson5465]

I've been looking on and off buying this game for literally 10 year this play threw made my decision. I will say the company that made this game in no way made this game accessible at all much like white wolf. First that as an American that has to buy a product in British pounds and buy a product that they may or may not choose to print is bs. But the fact that two of the players got debilitating persistent penalties much not to their own actions or despite their benevolence action.

[@NdoNosCI]

Stop showing fun games, my backlog is full ;)

[@chadsprague3697]

These poor unfortunate souls

[@Pomerable]

I miss Wheaton...

[@Mark-OutWest]

20:37 bargain with a serpent? WTF? 24:50 I thought you made her a he? Agenda forgotten already?

[@MattEdwards1]

Millions of disabled men and women around the globe are thrilled at the smugly-delivered replacement of the word "crippled" with "incapacitated". 🤦‍♂️

[@Doncergio]

Yeah that comment was weird to me too.

[@Bardic_Knowledge]

I don't understand why the avoidance of the word "crippled." Honestly, I don't.

[@trekadam30]

I don't either. I'm a cripple & a dwarf. I'm so tired of the self-induced lexiconaphobia in this country. STOP FEARING WORDS! It just makes things worse & more annoyingly PC.

[@Variocom]

Literally the definition is "a person who doesn't walk properly." And based on what the card says, and the fact the character just got their butt kicked by an efritti... that's probably a fair assessment

[@Thrythlind]

One of my friends played this solo a few times but was disappointed because the copy he had wouldn't let you win if you were a woman. Looks like they've updated that. I should tell her.

[@irdsqrgitro]

Unfortunately, there is no Sana which is way more relevant than Riyadh, Riyadh is wasteland shithole that's history is no older than 200 years, while Sana'a is the City of Sam 2500 years old and the crucible of civilization in Arabia, both Ancient and Medival

[@EAfirstlast]

this was actually kinda hard to watch as people pretty much fail at every single quest

[@reamick]

Couldn't someone have taken pity on Aki and told her to stop reading "without skill"?

[@DaDunge]

2:10 Not about winning?! Oh that's it! Where is Will Wheton? At least he never said such nonsense.

[@sethbeebe7957]

Fredrik Dunge I mean he did say “Never lose sight of the fun of a game in pursuit of victory” or something along those lines

[@skyblazeeterno]

we dont want this bs, we want the final parts Betrayal Legacy

[@TheShadesOfBlack]

Fine, Ill say it. This game kinda sucks. I like the concept but the fact that it's entirely random encounters with random results means there's not even a hint of a cohesive story. It feels like a mad lib. You encounter a [noun] and its very [adjective]. Plus the fact that you react before you hear what's happening means that your actions just feel random. Plus every encounter option doesn't feel meaningful. "i help the angry efreet" "the angry efreet says he doesn't want your help. The end" I love the idea of this game, and it's super cool how the events are based around where you are. But I just don't understand why this game is such a beloved classic. I'd rather just grab 4 Choose Your Own Adventure books if I wanted something pre-written. Or if you really want to have fun playing your own story, pick up a role playing game! Go check out tabletops old videos on RPGs. There was one that focused more on storytelling than anything else, I don't remember the name but. Or just grab good ol' d&d for a rich and complex world that always has something new to discover. I just don't think this game is as fulfilling as just spending 2 hours on a d&d session.

[@MarkWilliamson-kc6lh]

Really enjoyed this one. Thanks. My only grumble was the PC brigade with changing cripple to incapacitated. not a fan of political correctness. just say it like it is

[@Xxx_EvilSmurf_xxX]

Count your blessings that you’re so privileged. We live in the real world though.

[@mikeyjones4193]

Paused right after this happened to comment on it. That one girl is a real fun killer.

[@droppedelbow]

"Not a fan of political correctness".... It's always nice when someone is brave enough to stand up and say "I don't like it when people choose their words to avoid offending others!". Good on you for fighting against the awful concept of taking the feelings of others into consideration. What a hero! (/s if you didn't get that). Cripple has a history of being used as an insult against those with disabilities. Why does it bother you so much if someone tries to use words without those types of associations? Do you also lament the loss of the words f****t and n****r?

[@mikeyjones4193]

What a stupid comparison. You're comparing words like "the N word" and "the homophobic F word" to the word cripple. The formers were used almost solely in terms of discrimination. Where the word cripple has an unrelated definition. Saying it is offensive to even use the word cripple is as stupid as expecting people to not use the words vegetable or fat because they are words that at some point have been used in ways that offend somebody's feelings, when they have their own definitions outside of that.

[@richardshort2001]

I have also read Tales of the Arabian Nights, it however is not one of my favorites. I found it akin to reading the Bible. Interesting to study, not remotely entertaining. Glad I've read it; will never do so again.

[@billstephens396]

Oh, so you've read a work means you're an "expert"? That makes me an "expert" on ALL Stephen King's writings because I've read a couple of them... He's a hack writer... Prove me wrong...

[@Samael1113]

Considering he takes most of his inspirations from, and is trying very hard to be the next, Lovecraft, it is not an unfair statement. He's reasonably talented-ish, but he had the benefit of writing in a time when everyone forgot about Lovecraft.

[@skyblazeeterno]

he needs severe editing

[@billstephens396]

@@skyblazeeterno I agree...

[@earlofbroadst]

Legally, the definition of expert is "the person in the room who knows more about the given subject than anyone else in the room." So if you are in a room with 4 friends, and you are only one who has read the "Lord of the Rings," that would make you the expert in the room.

[@cunningmancrowe5483]

... professional role player? ffs

[@trekadam30]

I know, I tittered at that too.

[@sebasculin3739]

I love the people on this show and their diversity, which is why it confuses me that this game was chosen. Its highly insensitive, is cultural appropriation and reinforces a lot of negative stereotypes. The box art alone shows that.

[@madquest8]

"I have chosen to make Scheherazade male." yeah... you can't actually change the sex of established characters from the Arabian nights. So sorry to hear that you have a mental illness Aki All the best with your treatment. (Later Aki starts calling Scheherazade by female pro/nouns... a clear sign of instability. LOL)

[@93JP]

madquest8 I quit watching when she said “crippled” shouldn’t be a word used in the game when it was on a card...

[@kurth1375]

@@93JP thank you i thought i was the only one annoyed by that.

[@jhochges]

It's a make believe game, get over yourself and your bigotry.

[@Celebrian666]

the game has an actual mechanic for gender, it's literally a token you flip as you choose on your character sheet. And being trans is not a mental illness, so nice to see a bigot in the comments

[@Samael1113]

Paula is very attractive. Though, to be fair, so is every one at that table, but Paula really catches my attention. (This also seems like it could be a game I'd really get in to - the developing narrative mechanic is great, though it could probably stand to be streamlined a little)

[@Margar02]

So nice that your only contribution here is to voice your level of approval for these womens' appearances.

[@Samael1113]

@@Margar02 I would like to think so, considering it is paying an honest and positive compliment to individuals, without expectation of any reciprocity or intrinsically diminishing their person-hood or other talents, and by no means was restricted to just their appearance, unlike your reply.

[@Margar02]

@@Samael1113 so, you happen to be well intentioned. That's nice. But are you going to potentially date any of them? It's of absolutely zero consequence to anyone if you refrain from that comment. But by making it, you ARE contributing to a larger societal problem: people feeling the need to judge (even if it's good) and commentate on a woman's looks, relationship potential (she's not. Not to you, anyway), and status. Would it matter if none of the women here were attractive? Would it diminish the over all quality of this video? I am not trying to paint you as a villain, just trying to open your eyes to how these kinds of public comments ultimately cause harm, even if not direct person to person

[@Samael1113]

@@Margar02 No, you are being hyper-vigilant, white-knighting and looking to create conflict where there is none. And contradicting yourself in the process, while inferring connections that don't exist in either of my previous comments while willfully ignoring clarifications (or do you not know what reciprocity means?). Once again, Nowhere did I bring or imply gender in(to) the equation either, nor did I diminish the personhood or imply the 4 people at that table were untalented or that sexuality had any influence on that talent. That is all your doing - singling out and projecting your insecurities and negativity on to random positive energy in the KZbin comment sections - a place where, in this specific instance, it probably wouldn't take long to find actual derogatory statements about gender or physical appearance or how Becca isn't Wil (and is a poor substitute for him) - considering I still see it regularly 3? 4? years after Tabletop was cancelled and they slotted GtG in to fill the void. I paid a nice, broad compliment and moved on. There was no harassment, or seeking to aggressively engage and take their time, no stalking on social media. Most people enjoy receiving random, unsolicited non-reductive compliments with no expectations attached. If you do not, consider yourself an exception, and stop speaking for those who are quite capable of speaking for themselves. By continuing those actions, you are stripping agency and person-hood from those you claim to speak for, without their consent.

[@birms3287]

Samael 11 How dare you find women attractive! Especially when theyre not hyper sexualized and objectified!