Let's Play A FAKE ARTIST GOES TO NEW YORK | Overboard, Episode 8

What happens when you add a hidden role mechanic to a drawing challenge? You get A Fake Artist Goes to New York, an artsy game where one person doesn't even know what they're trying to draw!
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[@elizabethgorman6467]

I was waiting for a round where all the cards had FAKE written on them and it was just chaos with a very random and vague category.

[@tillyqtillyq3750]

What if the word passed out was Face or Fame or another word that's only one letter away from fake. Then everyone who got a real card would have a moment of shock and they'd have to talk that out discreetly xD

[@kadebrockhausen]

One card is an actual card and the others all have fake cards

[@mackenziedillon295]

LET CHAOS INSUE

[@user-xh7bx4je1v]

The category is just “animal”

[@doodlecrazydc]

I thought that was dolphin at 1st

[@larhyperhair]

This is how all Brian's friends got so good at painting sad clowns

[@fredericoa.c.]

Or jazzy-fellas

[@user-cn4qb7nr2m]

A super fun thing to do in this game is in final round just give everyone a "fake" card and watch as they all exclaim "-yeeeees! I get it!" "-Oh you get it?! Yeeeeees!".

[@jhubeJELLO]

this is if you completely want to destroy everyone let's do it

[@redrooster3420]

this is fucking brilliant omg

[@calvinjohnson6242]

I’ve done that

[@capuchinosofia4771]

You are a genius

[@cameronsmith3047]

That's almost as insane as making everyone innocent in ttt

[@maggsmarineverdancy7262]

"Watch our One-Night Werewolf episode to see Brian completely destroy Simone's ability to trust!" had me dying

[@mikehenderson7907]

He straight up gaslit them over whether he said Pat.

[@taakotuesdays]

@@mikehenderson7907 I watch that video once a month because of the chaotic bde radiating off of Brian during the last round

[@notspidey4698]

@@taakotuesdays bdge

[@JamesCPotter13]

The fact that she was RIGHT in the first round is my favorite.

[@rb4121]

To be honest, in another iteration of Werewolf, I managed to do the same thing. At the end of a very intense game, four (of I think 16) people were left standing, only one of them a werewolf, but nobody was aware that the werewolf had a partner. That - was me. I was also the seer. In this iteration, you could be elected mayor, so in case of a draw the mayors vote was worth more than that of any other person. I had set everything up from the beginning of the game. I had signalled my partner which people to kill as a werewolf, I had my own little hive of people I had managed to inform that I was the seer, so they would protect me in the daytime (until I systematically fed them to the wolves, that is), and it all had come down to that one vote. Earlier I had my hive set up to elect one specific mayor, a simple villager, and now I only had to convince her that her last ally was actually a werewolf, so I retraced my steps, including how I had basically elected her because I knew she was innocent, so she believed me I was the seer. The look on her face when she realised that I was partnered with the werewolf, and that she had just killed them all, was priceless, but she never trusted me again in any game ever after. Fun times.

[@curiousteddie]

simone rationalizing something as being an ancient greek art reference is SUCH A MOOD

[@duncanurquhart5278]

simone saying "i get it!" to anything is basically my cue to give up on interpreting it

[@z-beeblebrox]

It leads me to believe that the key to winning this game is drawing a 'reference' so obtuse everyone struggles to understand it until someone pretends/misinterprets it as valid, and then going to bat for anyone who gets accused of being fake

[@taakotuesdays]

It’s so on brand

[@panampace]

I thought it was a dolphin crab. And I don't even know if a dolphin crab is a thing

[@mtsmcr]

i got that it was a greek vase, but had no clue how it related to the prompt

[@How_did_you_get_that]

"our camera guy" You have a name Clayton.

[@rachelrachel9152]

I just noticed that and was about to comment it!!!! Poor clayton he didn't know how important he was then

[@Thelunawolf731]

@@rachelrachel9152 ikr! He was a player in the first few videos and has now been resorted to camera man? What happened there polygon?

[@zephyr5481]

@@Thelunawolf731 Something about him "not being fun to watch". A bit of bullshit, but it's their company

[@rottnmilk]

@@Thelunawolf731 he's back again in the newest overboard episodes, hope he continues appearing

[@sanguivoir6923]

@@zephyr5481 Yeah it seems like they're just kicking all the introverts and keeping the extroverts in. Sad :(

[@animanya394]

“I appreciate us six adults being undone by circles.”

[@russell.bishop]

Look, just give everyone but one person a FAKE card and watch the acting unfold.

[@dofw.mp4330]

like ttt without traitors

[@potmki6601]

why not just everyone? can you imagine?)

[@tychoderkommentator2989]

@@potmki6601 Because that one persons distress would be awesome and it wold prevent circles everywhere.

[@hewhogoesbymanynames]

Accidentally did this in Spyfall (similar game but with talking). It was funny, but didn't last long because in that game you can accuse at any time.

[@thisisnotapplejuice]

"no words" " *nO WoOorDs?* "

[@lilyhope432]

God that was so funny

[@grain_death]

WHAT THE FUCK DID HE DRAW

[@Mirm003]

16:27

[@Kvalln]

"There we go! You guys get it!"

[@alyssashih2895]

TheGnarlyToaster a cheesy joke

[@patrickquion4447]

"The famous dolphin vases from Ancient Greece"....ashdf osajfd ;ksajf of course. those ones

[@ryenap8709]

Same lol. I immediately thought, "This is the most Simone thing to ever guessed"

[@shaun.2322]

I thought it was a bottle...like a bottle nosed dolphin 😂😂

[@professionalworm789]

Ryena P. I thought it was a shark

[@TheSnurtBurglar]

Amphora?

[@moisescarrillog2396]

i legitimately thought it was the alien queen from echo the dolphin

[@therealsamtheman]

SPOILER FOR THE LAST GAME He drew the same thing twice because they used the same texture/model for clouds and bushes in the early Mario games, so he drew a cloud up high and a bush on the ground *mindblown*

[@darkxarth]

Came here to explain that, too. Glad you had already done the work.

[@Matthias129]

@@Stowneyo Care to point out when Jeff says it? He says he'll explain when the round is over, and "look at the placement," shortly before, but can't seem to find him *literally* saying what OP did.

[@KuantumSuicide]

Came here looking for a comment like this, haha Also, the GameCube drawing was genius

[@humanbean4037]

spruce bingsteen you obviously don’t know what literally means XD I for one found this explanation very helpful and I’m glad at least some people don’t gatekeep

[@tiagodarkpeasant]

and the mistery is why nobody realised he was the fake artist, it was a known reference for marios bros but has nothing to do it waluigi

[@cindertherabbit]

Polygon: Karen "Two Ovens" Han My brain, forever: I AM A MAN..... WHO OWNS *_FIVE OVENS_*

[@ace_case7251]

Lol I thought of that too

[@spiderwishing]

just gotta say thank you so much to whoever on the polygon team makes the captions. as someone with an auditory processing disorder, it makes enjoying these videos so much easier :D

[@UltimateKyuubiFox]

Roman Hauksson-Neill In fairness, someone who needs captions might not have ever heard that theme, thus being unable to mentally conjure it from a memory they don’t have. Hearing ‘sad trombone music’, even if they don’t know what a trombone sounds like, tells them the mood of the music and thus the context of the intended comedy.

[@nadir6929]

@@UltimateKyuubiFox Also, as someone who's from Europe, I just had to google what Curb Your Enthusiasm is, but I understood the comedic intention of the music perfectly fine.

[@nightvaleskeeper]

Same! 💜

[@Himewna]

same hat!!!

[@TUNANurseAnesthesia]

i also have an audio processing disorder, captions help so much

[@intraum]

"a roux" killed me

[@mvwinf]

I’m so glad simone got it 🥰

[@jaywarden2009]

I feel like simones sad clown tear was underappreciated

[@samaraisnt]

she got a booty wiggle :0

[@rainahh3845]

Yes!!! They even marked it as "crying audience", and I'm like ??? No that was so perfectly subtle. It's the most subtle possibility for drawing clown makeup!

[@rileymichelle4926]

I was thinking Tears of a Clown and thought it was brilliant

[@WeatherInOrlando]

It's surely Pagliacci and the doctor, right?

[@WTFPr0m]

Pat's jump-spin j'accuse is the best professional wrestling finisher of 2019

[@ev.8972]

Brian ‘roux’ joke is under appreciated

[@starstruckmetal1225]

Wasn't that Karen's joke

[@xiaxiyan6158]

Linzei E. Nah she meant it like a “ruse” and Brian repeated it to mean “roux”.

[@slauthordraws3363]

simone appreciated it lol

[@andrelli82]

16:07

[@Kitanne]

"You earned that booty wiggle!" Jenna's support of Simone's perfectly played round was friendship in its truest form.

[@Normanette]

Brian's expression of absolute panic and his subsequent improvisation at the "No words" rule were so priceless !! Thank you for these vids pals !

[@thebestame3582]

Simone: "No that makes sense. I see you Jeff. I respect you" *Jeff is revealed as the obvious faker* Simone: *LOSES ALL RESPECT FOR JEFF*

[@thescaredshadow]

So this is basically Secret Hitler, if Hitler went to art school?

[@RashidMBey]

Underrated comment.

[@RashidMBey]

@@tiniepuppie I think they know.

[@lazprayogha]

You sir, has earn some respect.

[@intereality]

@@tiniepuppie Hitler, now there was a painter. He could paint an apartment in ONE AFTERNOON! TWO COATS!

[@Zyphent]

Similar mechanics though Secret Hitler borrowed the mechanic from other games like Resistance and Battlestar Galactica too.

[@paradoxacres1063]

I still fondly remember the _"That's Despicable. Me?"_ moment *:)*

[@norge0209]

Paradox Acres That was SO fantastic!!

[@paradoxacres1063]

@@norge0209 It was. Definitely the most memorable moment of that video/episode *:)*

[@taakotuesdays]

Paradox Acres idk what you mean I think about Brian gaslighting everyone and then winking every goddamn day

[@spider_plantt]

brian: says the phrase "disparate parts" me: full body spasm as my mind forcibly projects "thumbnail" by louie zong into my unsuspecting mind

[@cottontaelle5863]

thicc mood on this one

[@CoryMck]

Is that what Pat thinks motorcycles look like?

[@TheSongwritingCat]

I thought it was supposed to be a machine gun.

[@TheGodzillaRobot]

I had no idea that was a motorcycle until they said it.

[@peasaladdeluxe6392]

Ik its been two years but. drawing a motorcycle in one line is very hard

[@thatonepersonyouwontremember]

@@TheSongwritingCat I thought it WAS the terminator

[@jerryakatony5724]

I new it was a motorcycle

[@vivianadealba2784]

“I like to add an element of chaos to everything I do” 😂😂

[@interrexclamacion]

Brian is the best artist. Yet he can't think of anything to draw. Simone knows what to draw but it's so dang obscure.

[@noodroid6736]

1) i kept thinking "i miss jeff!" bc i put on the polygon plays jackbox videos lately for background noise. yay! hi, jeff! 2) simone and jenna kill it every video with their fashions. jenna gives off the chaotic neutral of outfits vibe and simone looks like the pta mom who is about to kick another mom's ass into the sun. 3) brian and pat look great as always but thats not shocking. 4) HI KAREN ITS GREAT TO SEE A NEW FACE!!! hope you enjoy polygon! congrats on your new job! we're rooting for you! finally, simone referencing ancient greek claywork is such a damn mood.

[@ace_case7251]

Literally same.

[@alyssashih2895]

“See you in hell Simone I WAS THE FAKE” I didn’t hear that the first time 😂

[@Lewa263]

Oh, this game reminds me of the game that I learned from a Chinese friend in grad school. He didn't know what the game would be called in English, so I have no name for it. But it was like this, except instead of drawing a line, you say a sentence about the thing on your paper. One person has a different word from everybody else on their paper but has to blend in. And because everyone has a word on their paper, nobody knows if they're the faker to start with. It's very fun, as long as whoever writes out the words doesn't pick completely dissimilar things to write.

[@jesstalks7755]

I've played that, some people call it Exquisite Corpse.

[@Lettersforhartigan]

@@jesstalks7755 I'm sorry, but that is not what Exquisite Corpse is, mate.

[@narrativematters4100]

There has been a depressing lack of Polygon's resident fashion icons on KZbin lately. Brian looks good in the suit, but it's the same suit, mainly. Thank you, Polygon.

[@chaosincarnatea8755]

Well please look at Simone

[@katiekawaii]

BDG: "I like that we're kind of making a mood board of this character" 😄

[@Pinkstarclan]

that fake-letting-go-with-the-pen with the tiny circle in round 2 was genius

[@silkshines00]

I'm very happy to meet Karen! I hope she shows up in more videos, I always like new additions to the video team

[@deadnamedeadnameson6391]

ooohhh pagliacci. i just thought karen was calling rorshach a clown and i was like hell yeah

[@DharmaSimone]

Deadname Deadnameson lol same tbh 😂

[@meat_rainbow]

I went digging in the comments for someone who appreciates that as much as I did. Spot on!

[@OfftopicStuff]

i saw it as a reference to the comedian...but yeah, makes sense

[@jackroberts2704]

Similar to Arlechino, the servant clown sometimes to two masters

[@blouiaie]

them calling each other “fake” for every small confusion is like kids calling people simps for having basic human decency

[@urmumlol7465]

This is basically a mix between Pictionary and mafia, and it’s great

[@marvelholt21]

I knew the first one was brian because he said absoultely nothing and kept staring into the camera or not being in frame

[@sirsmarf]

The whole time when it was Pat's turn for Dolphin I was just saying to myself, "Draw a gamecube. Draw a gamecube." I looked away to fill up my drink, and then I turned back and saw a gamecube and lost my mind.

[@clairecohen3178]

"I like to add an element of chaos to everything I do” is kind of the theme for everyone in this video, no? I love this series so much, and this was an awesome ep so thank you!!

[@spockedandloaded]

Pat's contributions are always such a gift

[@Valtharr]

I was waiting for someone to draw a GameCube, and Pat did not disappoint

[@nicolle2126]

imagine playing this and all your friends are from art school and know how to draw without lifting their pens

[@AnnoyingAsianWitch]

But how do you keep it obscure enough for the fake artist not to figure out?

[@alyssa-vi4jt]

Instead of lifting your hand you can make a time limit

[@writerofsorts8668]

watching overboard episodes makes me feel like i have friends lmao. your happy atmosphere penetrates our screens. so thanks for forty minutes of laughter and joy.

[@Torblis]

:) wholesome but sad, and I agree completely

[@user-uy1rg8td1v]

You should go to a boardgame meetup and make actual friends. :)

[@ibbxzx2963]

at 36:30 i asked aloud, "waluigi is trapped inside a bell jar? does waluigi have depression?"

[@miriambloom2923]

Waluigi and Sylvia Plath jokes are the best niche

[@setk1189]

Pat drawing a gamecube is exactly what I would've done for Dolphin, I'm so proud.

[@edslushie570]

I just noticed that in round 2 Jenna said “That specific car” and how that made it less suspicious, as if she knew what the car was from/ what the prompt was.

[@wilszan5240]

If you like knowing the hidden role before it's revealed Round 1: Brian Round 2: Jenna Round 3: Jeff Round 4: Karen Round 5: Jenna Round 6: Jeff

[@jackforde3314]

You guys should make a shirt that say “The Notorious BDG” and sell it as merch

[@Fopenplop]

has simone always been 7 feet tall

[@charissadubin9355]

Fopenplop I’m guessing she wasn’t born that tall, that would be awkward

[@jonathandpg6115]

@@charissadubin9355 id feel bad for the mom

[@commandrogyne]

bold of everyone in the replies to think that Simone was born

[@taakotuesdays]

Commandrogyne she’s existed since the beginning of time that’s why she knows all of this history and ancient literature bullshit

[@tenacityxl]

Elizabeth Powell every inch is a century of her life that she has experienced

[@squaresandstuff6385]

I have giant crushes on both Brian and Jenna and.... they're just.... so beautiful in this video

[@isa-belva]

brian suspecting simone to be the fake felt like betrayal considering she understood and laughed at his "roux" joke

[@notspidey4698]

The ace attorney reference after Pat's spin-around "wait a fuckin minute" killed me

[@allyfischer5221]

this show is the love of my life and i'm so happy it's back

[@MrZombieZealot]

My favorite part of these videos is just watching the Polygon team have fun together.

[@weir9996]

I thought Brian's Mac and Cheese was a really bad Urkel, referencing his classic catchphrase "Got any cheese"

[@android19willpwn]

I will say, Brian was very obvious on that first round but somehow managed to go completely unnoticed.

[@doctorofthepepper]

I 100% thought Brian was drawing Mac and Me

[@chocolatesauxe]

No, that movie is cursed

[@rachelrachel9152]

That would have been a great deep cut

[@Valdevia]

That perfectly cut big yoshi voice at the end

[@Shannovian]

"Two roads diverge in a wood." A yellow wood, you philistines!

[@zyaicob]

Last stanza

[@DarkJewel191]

Simone in that outfit is a big gay mood

[@LexingtonCurtis]

hi shae

[@DarkJewel191]

@@LexingtonCurtis oh no my gay secret

[@EL-jq1sq]

Oh I've really missed Overboard and the other let's playing series, so this was a treat! And welcome Karen!!

[@mayor3767]

i love pat in polygon videos!!!! please more pat!!!!!!

[@imadethistowatchcontent]

Mood: pat dramatically huffing that expo, spinning around, and staring intensely at the board.

[@dimensionalremi]

i really appreciated karen's "i think we should be doing something more interesting" and her and jenna just standing there with their arms around each other for a while. that was cute

[@IanFabry]

I’m liking AND commenting, that’s how much I’m happy and engaged in the fact you’re continuing to produce this series!

[@myabella7104]

Yay overboard!!!! I've been waiting!

[@FrenchToast663]

i am preparing

[@AM-ow3gn]

Did a big "YEEEEEESSSSSS" seeing this in the feed!

[@myabella7104]

@@AM-ow3gn mood

[@kerollaynemoreira7536]

"If it makes more sense in retrospect, it's only cause we're projecting meaning into it" DAMN JENNA

[@elfi643]

Brian's "noOoo wOrds" kills me

[@SlimeMage32]

Seeing the explanation at the end of each round is amazing, how do they make so many references to random topics?!

[@visualheroine]

Ohhh Clayton relegated to "Cameraman" lol

[@Hannah-xh2cc]

what cracks me up is Clayton edits these videos so he wrote that about himself

[@rachelrachel9152]

@@Hannah-xh2cc aw clayton, it's ok we all know who you are now

[@nixel1324]

7:35: You can see Simone walking towards BDG with her arm in slapping stance, and the camera conveniently cuts before she reaches him.

[@swary9045]

I was sitting here thinking I'd make an IT reference for the clown, and totally didn't pick up on the actual IT reference until the very end

[@Eclipsed_Archon]

That crying Clown reference, I appreciate that a LOT, that was GENIUS

[@macavity7716]

...i didn't get what the apple was for until they explicitly said "macintosh."

[@Torblis]

Oof

[@chaosincarnatea8755]

Lol I didn’t even know they mean Macintosh I thought it’s was a Mac book

[@waewae]

@@chaosincarnatea8755 Isn't that--- what mac is short for?

[@LS-jj4sy]

Referring to Clayton as simply "our cameraman" seems cold

[@viv6700]

“no words!” “nOoo WoRds~”

[@liamfoskett5220]

Omg I totally got Jeff's clown thing, that was incredible

[@squidias]

I am OVERJOYED for more overboard!!!

[@edgymoss]

this is the first video i saw w karen han and bdg together and to think they’re engaged now. thats crazyy

[@calicokity1]

Yoshi... Everyone looking GORGEOUS this fine Saturday! In addition, Pat. Just... Pat this whole game with the deep dive.

[@baldbeardedbassist]

See how quickly their camaraderie turns to suspicion under the pressure of deceit!

[@ecogeek234]

30:08 Are we sure she just didn't draw Griffin McElroy??

[@TheDoubleGrin]

I thought the same thing, hahaha

[@davideparis8039]

Simone being stunning as usual

[@mariavendora5545]

Karen is really cute/funny!! I love seeing new Polygon crew additions, hopefully she can be in more videos!! (also i want her jacket so bad omggg)

[@Wubbs64]

This series plus BDG=Reason I am subscribed

[@inthebeam6231]

In my opinion as a viewer, these kinds of games are more fun to watch knowing who the hidden person is. The suspense of knowing something most of the players don't know, looking at the game through the eyes of the hidden outsider, that's far more exciting than than the brief moment of surprise when their identity is revealed.

[@mariavendora5545]

Agree totally! I loved when they did that with that werewolf game on overboard (forgot the name). Hopefully if they do this game again they can put the liar for each round in the description?

[@matthillfromcollege4109]

Maria Vendora good call

[@chumbrella8802]

i think i like this way more though? it's like you are playing along with them, trying to find who the fake is rather than seeing how the faker can lie through the whole game

[@matthillfromcollege4109]

chumbrella another good call as well

[@mariavendora5545]

@@chumbrella8802 I'm pretty sure thats why in the other overboard video they put the answers in the description, because there are both ways of enjoying the video! I totally see your perspective, I just personally like seeing how good/bad they are at lying and how close the others are to guessing lol

[@justinmontana3710]

35:00 I love so much that Jenna looked at Pat in shock, only for him to be immediately validated by Karen

[@corvicore6813]

30:15 IT'S GRIFFIN !!!!!!!! "i need to *commune* with my dolphin brethren" "why"

[@mayac69]

BGD diverting all attention from themselves like an evil mastermind.

[@cottontaelle5863]

brian gavid dilbert

[@noctuadiscipulum9715]

Himself*

[@valhalla_1129]

@@cottontaelle5863 Gayvid*

[@curranstedman606]

@@noctuadiscipulum9715 bold of you to assume bdg has a gender and isn't an ancient Eldritch being

[@patheticnecromancer224]

curran stedman bold of you to assume “Brian’s” name is even Brian

[@helenemller-jensen4552]

The way brian says ~no words!~ 16:40 is priceless!!

[@thegreenfish21]

As soon as I saw Jeff's second line on the last I knew he'd mistaken it for Mario and tried to draw a cloud and then a bush because they're the same shape in Mario Bros.

[@rachelrachel9152]

Thank you for explaining bc i still hadn't got what jeff's stuff was supposed to be

[@the_kashka]

"My art degree's crying under my bed right now." *Weird flex, but okay*

[@donnahellmuth1015]

that gentle "yoshiii" at the end

[@charlottedorey4364]

POLYGON! WE WANT MORE OVERBOARD!

[@Electroporcupine]

My favourite part is that whoever edited this didn't understand when Brian said "Curlicue" and put it as "Curly-Q"

[@chickenskink1]

Wait what? I thought as a non-native English speaker that I had just learned the new phrase "curly-q bullshit"

[@harpoonlobotomy]

@@chickenskink1 As a native English speaker, I just learned that 'curlicue' is a word.

[@chickenskink1]

@@harpoonlobotomy nice! Ok I feel less stupid thank you

[@kilo3989]

I've never in my life heard someone carry so much panic and disheartenedness (?) as Brian when he realized he couldn't use words.

[@Torithegreat]

I’m proud that I understood what Jeff was drawing every time lmao

[@benfrede7991]

so you're telling me this is pictionary spyfall amazing

[@AdamOfIngolstadt]

i love how the most replayed section is Pat going "I can't believe you call these people!"

[@frog_goblin]

Coming back to this video several years later, I STILL stand by Simone in loving clowns. Underrated love