Let's Play UNO! | Overboard, Episode 24

Only one of us gets sent to the Uno shadow realm in this episode. Join the Polygon video crew as they attempt to maintain healthy work relationships while playing UNO, the most contentious game known to humankind (after Monopoly, that is).
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[@polygon]

Please comment if you believe that you should be able to play MULTIPLE cards during a turn in UNO I'm trying to prove something (that I'm right)

[@indie_anna]

agreed

[@Kaikailea]

I'm sorry but not being able to play multiple cards per turn is weird. How else am I supposed to completely bypass the uno rule by placing two cards of the same number at one time and win. How else are you supposed to do the epic strategy that is stacking +2 cards on your hated neighbor. I don't know any other way to play

[@cookiecaffine855]

no, you absolute fools, that ruins the fun spirit of uno by putting down multiple cards at once, that is the one homemade rule I cannot abide by

[@FanOfMostEverything]

Uno isn't high school cafeteria Mao. There are hard and fast rules.

[@doc8186]

yes

[@grayyson]

even in a game with no hidden roles, pat not knowing how to play uno felt like some advanced mind game

[@derrilazkia1002]

Ah yes, the hidden-role mind game called "secret nitwit", where you pretend to be clueless about how the game works so your opponent underestimated you

[@ethanmacleod1721]

@@derrilazkia1002 “is it a train?” - Pat

[@lillygaddy6450]

@@ethanmacleod1721 "is it a train?" Immediately made pat my favorite person in the world

[@symphonicstorm317]

BDG getting shunted into an alternate reality where he is the only real person is maybe the most Unraveled thing to happen outside of Unraveled.

[@vitormelomedeiros]

THAT'S SO TRUE THO AJXJSNNXKS

[@leafy9417]

Just Brian Things

[@DeronHargrove]

I felt like there was a reason and this is it lol

[@DanielGalimidi]

Brian's unraveled so many games that he even does it by accident now. He's too powerful, will anyone stop him?

[@heartache5742]

that was really scary in ways i haven't been scared before

[@vellusviridi]

Watching six different people with five different sets of house rules play UNO together

[@revsdoeschem]

The knowledge that Pat has never played Uno is furthering my theory that he escaped during the Area 51 raid

[@joannasthings]

god, that was last year wasnt it. it feels like its been years since...

[@revsdoeschem]

@@joannasthings 2020 has lasted 5 years at least

[@thomaspurple3318]

and also the fact that he won on his first try.... suspicious

[@ApathyMonger]

I thought I'd played as a kid, but none of this feels familiar at all.

[@Airwavehero]

I’d watch that web series

[@insertnamehere8888]

"Normally we would explain the rules first, but its UNO." Yeah, that's fair

[@ejthenobody]

Yeaaah, heheheh.

[@left8277]

And all of them understand different rules, it's perfect chaos

[@sandorrclegane2307]

Is that a Celeste pfp

[@insertnamehere8888]

@@sandorrclegane2307 possibly

[@jdbeier8520]

The thing about uno, everyone knows the rules, but there is so many house rules that they try to play

[@shingeperson6953]

I like how where they normally explain the rules they say “Everyone knows how to play Fucking Uno!” And then immediately tell us that pat doesn’t know how to play uno.

[@dig8634]

And then continue to explain UNO! Great bit honestly

[@twothreebravo]

And like them, as they went along, I realized I didn't know how to play Uno either apparently.

[@nahometesfay1112]

@@twothreebravo No it's the game that's wrong House rules 4evar

[@chrisdray5325]

Let's play America's favorite game: "Guess who's hosting based off of camera quality"

[@HurrayTsk]

Brian and Clayton?

[@CT-1255]

Brian or Clayton

[@VVarlock_]

100% Clayton since we also see his hand

[@sid6484]

I didn’t realize stacking bonuses was a house rule my family had. It’s not a true uno grudge til you make your sister pick up 16+ cards

[@WarKeineAbsicht]

It's a house rule pretty much every family has, which is why it's so weird that it's not an official rule. Official Uno is wack

[@theyofmanynames]

I used to stack when I payed at school. I made my opponent pick up over 20 cards once, and _still lost._

[@AlexStarkiller1]

It's even an option in that switch board game pack!

[@dig8634]

You can stack in some versions. The steam version lets you pass on a +2 if you have one yourself, making it a +4. The steam version also lets you jump in if someone plays an identical card to the one you have. The steam version is actually pretty great, with lots of rules you can add or remove based on what you want. They mentioned playing more than one card, which is an option, and you can turn off the challenge thing with the wild cards, or make it so that you draw until you can play. I assume this version actually has the ability to change these things, but maybe Polygon just didn't realize? Seems weird to make a UNO game without adding options for such frequently used rules.

[@notellieblake]

Yes! We played with this rule at a party I went to and someone had to draw 64, it was wild

[@ronniepeters3178]

pat "immune to psychological warfare" gill

[@EmiZViolet]

But boy can he dish it out.

[@daftodil589]

"hey"

[@emilyhong2311]

“is it edible?” “is it not supposed to be alive?”

[@VAB0L0]

He's a veteran of the psychic wars, after all

[@choc795]

The exact opposite of simone

[@localman8914]

we're one step closer to getting the gang to play monopoly

[@jeddonaldson7526]

Oh jesus,that would be great and completely make them hate each other infinately

[@katastrophe6460]

Imagine they have a guest like Brennan again who just creates an evil hotel hellscape over the Yellow area.

[@genderenigma8276]

You want to make them kill each other?! I'm in

[@lionsmith3944]

You want them to kill each other? get them to play azul.

[@Minihood31770]

They should find a copy of the leftist monopoly parody "Class Struggle"

[@The_Jovian]

Brian being banished to the Shadow Realm for not playing Uno right is exactly what I would've expected from polygon playing Uno

[@freddyteaches]

We weren’t disappointed

[@kappaross6124]

Feels pretty Blaseball honestly

[@crazydragy4233]

Probably my favourite part of this video haha

[@terraulf]

I'm sad that Brian David Gilbert isn't using his amazing gaming setup to gain the utmost advantage in this highly competitive game.

[@l.h.8151]

I'm sad that he just wrote his name as Brian Gilbert. Like, that's a completely different person

[@elliejordan3233]

@@l.h.8151 same. Even if he couldn’t use that many characters, he could’ve at least done BDG

[@wellspokenrambler]

the joy of this comment is that, because of exceptional circumstances, you could either be talking about a 16 square foot green-screen-lined cardboard prison... or an exercise bike. And you'd be right either way.

[@dig8634]

@@wellspokenrambler I'm sorry, I'm unfamiliar with what this is referencing? The bike part that is. Is that a BDG-channel thing, or have I forgotten a part of the BDG lore I always should have known?

[@DanielGalimidi]

@@dig8634 He has a channel on Twitch where he works out every weekday while cycling on an exercise bike. He always plays a game while doing so, cycling harder for a minute if his character dies in the game. Why? Because he wants to get in shape and hold himself accountable by streaming the process to the Internet. He's been doing this for a few months now, after the Unraveled about how bad his stamina was. It's very entertaining.

[@itsrainbow123]

The way Simone left Brian in the abyss is the perfect revenge for him gaslighting her earlier in the series what a power move

[@l.h.8151]

Deep in my subconscious I hear echoes of "I know that Pat was the drunk"

[@itsrainbow123]

@@l.h.8151 i hear that late at night when I'm trying to sleep lmao

[@l.h.8151]

* involuntary wink to nonexistent camera *

[@user-pd2mp8nk5g]

“Internet personality quits job because co worker beat them in uno without knowing the rules.”

[@rayg.7861]

This...aged?

[@DanielGalimidi]

Start of the video: everyone dunks on Pat for never playing Uno before. Not two minutes later: everyone realizes that they've forgotten most of the rules for Uno or played it with so many house rules that it no longer resembles the original thing. Also, Pat's getting real good at the game real fast. Is this karma, or what?

[@Taurusus]

He didn't have any bad habits to break. Pat had a clean mind, a rich, earthy loam 'pon which to lay a foundation of realisation that everyone knows how to fuckin' play Uno.

[@corvidae2741]

@@Taurusus hell yeah!

[@nvrndingsmmr]

@@Taurusus Straight up loam, dude.

[@ClownOwO]

The fact that clayton’s cards were over pat’s face confused me more than it should have

[@jasminelee3935]

Yeah at first I was like aww that's cute that they're showing us what pat has so we can see how bad he is

[@ThisIsTheTowne]

Took me way to long to figure out who's cards were showing...

[@octopus123]

@@ThisIsTheTowne γεια! Didn't expect to see a fellow greek here

[@leahl5007]

I know rightttt

[@akittycat2448]

Honestly I want a rematch of betrayal at the house on the hill

[@l.h.8151]

I want Clayton, Jersh and Karen to be involved in a Wavelength

[@aimelle3]

@@l.h.8151 Karen isn't working at Polygon anymore so that won't happen.

[@l.h.8151]

aimelle3 oh I didn't know that

[@Didelphis_]

There is a betrayal at the house on the hill mod for tabletop simulator, so that would work!

[@emmad799]

only polygon could turn uno into a game about alliances and deceit

[@incorporealrn]

Idk abt you but alliances and deceit is a part of any uno game

[@glooperscooper]

Yeah, I think that's just how the game is played

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

Don't forget holding future grudges from Uno in other games, like any good family unit would.

[@tobiascam945]

The nuclear vibes of BDG's "the rat bastard thing is true again" is sending me

[@clairejeter8274]

its wild that they are playing uno as it is intended and not any sort of house rules variant

[@waluigifuc]

yeah uno doesn't know how to play uno

[@danielconnor8516]

What even is that challenge part tbh. That looks really boring. I thought you can pass on and accumulate the +2/+4 punishment if you have a +2/+4 card.

[@vitormelomedeiros]

@@danielconnor8516 That's way better

[@VossLikeTheWater]

@@danielconnor8516 If a +2 is played, you can stack another +2 and pass the buck. If a +4 wild is played, you can either stack with other +4, and/or you can challenge (as the wild card in some rulesets can only be played when you have no other option.). The challenge basically states that you believe the person who just borked you has other cards they could have played INSTEAD of the Wild/+4. It shows their hand because it's displaying that they did or did not have the cards needed to use that wild/+4. Not a thing they're doing, but other interesting rules are the 7/0 switch, which indicates that either the entire table rotates their hand clockwise on a 0, or you must trade hands with somebody on a 7.

[@whitetrash8613]

@@danielconnor8516 The thing is, all of those are totally house rules, just like there are in monopoly. They are not invalid and personally I agree Lol I myself play without the challenges, If the +4 is in retaliation, because It's almost like personal defence; so you can stack +2 and +4. The +4 can stack with the +2 normally but for you to stack a +2 over a +4 the colour of your +2 needs to be the same colour that was called for the +4. (For example, if I play a +4 and call blue, if you have a +2 of that colour you can keep the ball rolling)

[@kath8710]

of COURSE brian is the type of person to use hi-spamming as a game strategy

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

What's even funnier is that someone caught onto him and coded to prevent a BDG-level event from happening again. And to keep their Shadow Realm clear.

[@mattieice4785]

I like it when Overboard plays obscure card games like these.

[@castanea5100]

As much as i agree with you, uno is NOT an obscure card game

[@DanielGalimidi]

@@castanea5100 That's the joke.

[@chrismanuel9768]

I like it when Overboard plays

[@mattieice4785]

@@castanea5100 That’s the joke

[@demonschnauzer1555]

“I’m just going through a really psychological time in my life” has got to be the funniest excuse I’ve ever heard

[@maiwisdom9839]

Brian even managed to get surreal horror into this series

[@TheGodOfInsanty]

That "clap for the fans" has revitalized my spirit in these trying times

[@kuiperchaos121]

Confused grandpa is trolled by the rest of his family during game night (2020, colorized)

[@emilycarbone6604]

When Overboard is back in person, I will pay money to watch you all play a Spoons tournament

[@oliviaallred8077]

my friends and i played tackle spoons where they were across the room and yeah that ended with lots of scrapes and a black eye or two

[@SongbirdOfficial]

idk why but "When are we playing Dos?" destroyed me

[@Dabednego]

I played Dos once and IT destroyed me

[@triccele]

DOS is a real game, it kinda stresses ne they joke about their existance

[@AlexK-jp9nc]

Dos is uno with 6 pages of rules

[@marias-i3333]

I thought they were joking about DOS and then I saw it at target yesterday and _that_ destroyed me

[@triccele]

@@marias-i3333 they were, I'm pretty sure they don't know about its existance

[@inkterp5322]

these are the weirdest rules of uno i've ever seen. basically what i'm saying is that it's right on brand for polygon

[@vitormelomedeiros]

and they're technically the right ones, i hate that uno does not know how to properly play uno

[@jocloud31]

@@vitormelomedeiros Yup. The "official" rules are the softest version of the rules and it's hilarious that no one in history has ever played the game by the official rules, except when forced by a computer to do so

[@Marsaw]

I wish this had UNO’s official wacky rules where 0 rotates everyone’s hands and 7 makes you switch hands with someone else.

[@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

i fucking love that version i played it irl a few weeks before quar started and it was SO GOOD. at the endgame it was two people left who only had 0s and 7s left and it was incredibly chaotic

[@Rvax13]

UNO: The Movie

[@alacnaythegreat1054]

@@Rvax13 UNO: the movie happened nearly exactly 4 years ago, since it was during the last US election.

[@kilo3989]

This is just The Great Game of Mao--except it obviously isn't, because the only rule I can tell you is this one.

[@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

ahh mao is a great game too. too bad it's impossible to play online without tabletop simulator

[@daello8227]

This is it. This is the overboard episode that will lead to the destruction of Polygon.

[@taakotuesdays]

the best part is that it was filmed during election week, which is why it's Like That

[@tleilaxu42]

Achievement Hunter barely survived their brush with Uno.

[@Saturn-gs6wl]

For playing spoons my family had to make a rule that you couldn't *take your wedding ring and use it as a weapon when grabbing* , that rule was made because of my grandmother.

[@bethanyclaire4926]

"Whoever manages to hustle in a game of uno, they deserve it"

[@t.m.gacutan5523]

I love how judgy the info boxes are lmao "this weak ass version"

[@cwovictor3281]

You can tell Brian is a child, because he's wearing stripes.

[@fifteefoolish4879]

that felt like a fever dream from the uno hell dimension (and the uno shadow realm temporarily) and i adored it

[@sarahwilliams8438]

"Clayton clearly has an aimbot for the uno button" is not a phrase I ever expected to hear but I guess 2020 just hots different

[@lephusian]

I'm convinced that if you can't see Brian's hand, it's spamming the UNO button.

[@ryanne.5172]

I’m glad to see that in a time when so much has changed, UNO still makes you question your friendships and feel like you’re alone in a shadow realm.

[@thedocblock6421]

Pat: How do I play Pat: 8:35 Pat: don't worry guys I figured it out.

[@blouiaie]

the video team is getting increasingly better at destroying their trust in each other

[@kurboe283]

Love how Brian is still acing the nail varnish even during these trying times

[@fynnsternis6432]

The attempted bamboozling of the audience when they constantly apologize to each other when playing cards but we all know that none of these people regret any of their actions.

[@KizuRai]

The different perspectives between everyone else and brian made me laugh so hard

[@calamitywindpetal]

My friends and I play a fun version called "Cheaters Uno" where you can cheat as much as you want as long as you don't get caught. If you get caught, draw extra cards.

[@collin4555]

"trapped in the UNO realm" Oh, you mean the unoverse?

[@MildExplosion]

"Uno 2: Tuno" is the most underrated line of this video 😂😂😂

[@LifeWKai]

I can almost see the animatocw of Brian and Pat saying "Everyone has Uno, it came with your Xbox." "Well I have the oldest Xbox." "No you don't, I got mine day one!"

[@MrsMistofelees]

My friends and I would play “stupid uno, a mix of house rules that involved sluffing, playing multiples, stacking draw twos, and combining colors and numbers so that you could play a purple 11 or orange 17. It was mayhem.

[@nushike]

we're learning everyone's home uno rules today

[@randomsmd16]

I'm actually really satisfied that Patrick won his first ever game of UNO. Starting off strong.

[@KyrieFortune]

everyone's asking for you to play monopoly, but deep down what this world needs is polygon playing the most chaotic game of SCOPA ever to exist

[@astrohaute]

every time josh laughs an angel gets its wings

[@fionakaiser9870]

The fact I was going through my Spotify recs and was like “is this BDG?” Because the singer sounded like him and I look up the band and it IS him. Amazing. Also the song was a bop.

[@fionakaiser9870]

@Kasia Pruss his band is called the Altogether

[@MrOnionRing]

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to revisit some of the games you have previously played.

[@EmiZViolet]

Wavelength! Also new Jackbox. I NEED to see them play Talking Points.

[@HJ-of4bn]

“in this weakass version”

[@Jeffing_Around]

Simone has finally achieved her true form as the Maximillion Pegasus of UNO and sent Brian into the Shadow Realm.

[@sloane2222]

you know it’s a real uno game when five minutes in people are still debating house rules

[@Sagalink]

Hey can we just take a second to appreciate the Overboard logo animation? I know its at the start of every video but I only just paid attention to it now and it is SLICK!

[@chickenskink1]

bdg whipping out the word Dadaist within the first minute

[@Sceusell]

21:52 “go broke or go home” on par with “head I win, tails you lose”

[@loolermeister8578]

That was obviously said as a joke, but you gotta know: an UNO sequel exists, and yes, it is called DOS.

[@triccele]

I said the same thing

[@beigebagels4344]

I have the DOS pack at home, which is never played. It sits next to the UNO pack, which is also never played.

[@agustinblasco9100]

The uno speed tech gamer talk made me laugh so hard I needed that thanks guys

[@user-iv4dt1yg9f]

Finally I found one thing in common with me and Pat: Never played UNO

[@agent_8167]

Bruh Wanna play sometime or something?

[@MiseFreisin]

not anymore :(

[@FluffyPacifist]

The game Dos DOES exist, we have it at our house. It has different rules than Uno and goes much faster, mostly because you can play multiple cards at once. It's fun!

[@ink7761]

This is a segment called: Bring Back Gill and Gilbert

[@deepslatetiles]

banger comment

[@andrewfleenor7459]

Ooh, buddy. :( Sorry.

[@samanthamansfield6693]

Uno is such a house rules game and can be so wack to watch others play! lmao! However: I love watching the Polygon Gang play anything!! Thank you for content!!

[@joshmeserve5333]

Uno video is proof we’re not watching to learn anymore

[@LeviKaplanSkolnik]

If Clayton thinks Spoons is bad for physical injuries, I'd like to see him try Irish Slams lmaooo

[@matthewcool2638]

I’ve seen people play “knives” it works exactly like spoons but with knives instead

[@ToppyTree]

BDG: Right back at ya Me, an intellectual: Here's looking at you kid

[@Jeevesie1988]

Definitely played with Josh's multiple card house rule during my childhood!

[@uhhok8296]

You have to count cards while playing spoons, if you don't you're missing out

[@amekat]

thanks clayton for distributing brian’s messages from the void

[@jupitersdragon5058]

I...I don’t know what’s happening. Is this a fever dream?

[@haliku9705]

Pat was too powerful so they had to censor him with an Uno deck

[@bonedamage]

I didn't even realize "multiples" was a house rule. I've never played UNO that didn't allow for insane combos. If it's your turn, you can play as many cards in a row as you'd like, as long as you are able.

[@philipdowdell3429]

I own nearly the same shirt that Brian is wearing and it feels like the only time I will be close to his fashion sense

[@elizabethedwards1682]

"I'm going through a really psychological time in my life" is perhaps the funniest thing Pat has ever said, and there's some stiff competition for that title

[@Wyrmknave]

Is Patrick Gill out here referencing insane 1980 musical The Apple?

[@pliable-head]

He and Jenna referenced it on one of their Twitch streams! Basically confirming to one another that they felt like it made the most sense that out of everyone, it would be the two of them who had seen it....

[@Uncommon_Nonsense]

I love the intermittent Polygon PowerPoints that some people's facecams briefly devolve into.

[@isabeladesa649]

uno is a good game to make up rules for as you play, it would be cool if the online version was a bit more malleable

[@pallasproserpina4118]

There is an online version, though the specifics escape me, that has a number of toggleable house rules

[@RainaThrownAway]

This video starting in the middle of a round has a certain energy that feels extremely fitting for 2020.

[@callumm.2298]

im a simple person. I see overboard, I click immediately and prepare to rewatch it 100 times

[@kellys8284]

I know that everyone usually has house rules for Uno, but I haven't heard of half of the rules in this version lmao

[@matthewcool2638]

These are literally the official rules

[@viv6700]

oh no, when he smiles, brian is starting to look like lin manuel miranda

[@PinkGoldPetch]

iconic, fabulous. do this again, uno mas

[@pedroscoponi4905]

The most contentious Overboard is UNO... that is, until they play Settlers of Catan. >:)

[@cardboredboxer]

I can't believe a gaming channel with 1.21m subs has played a reverse card on me

[@FFigueira]

"this man has never played uno before that is depressing"

[@icefeather1128]

AT LAST! Uno, the game for ruining friendships!

[@Dr.Boring]

These videos are so good and have been an absolute beacon in a challenging time. I feel like I'm hanging out with some friends. The way their personalities play off eachother is so funny.

[@uncleflansy5621]

I will from here on now refer to the reverse card as the 'NO U' card.

[@sazorjon1343]

Jennas grinning Peace sign has sooooooooooooooo much power... I'm scared and in awe

[@DuskArgentum]

Wow, I can't believe they're still playing Uno, 2 months later. The cycle never ends.

[@jcprofit]

After reading the description: I hope it’s not Brian

[@CRT.v]

welp

[@Abby-rc9rd]

I’m glad we ended on Tuna. What a strong bit to leave us with

[@triccele]

And yet, DOS is a real game

[@LS-jj4sy]

"What is Uno?" It's just crazy eights, pat

[@saxrendell]

In our house growing up we played a version of Uno using regular playing cards and we called the game "Blackjack" (no relation to the gambling game called Blackjack) that had pretty much the exact same rules but using normal playing cards, so you had to follow the number or the suit. We also had the rule that you could put multiple of the same number down at once but not the same suit. Playing a queen skipped the next person, playing an 8 reversed the direction, and you had to pick up 2 or 3 when the person before you played a 2 or 3. These also stacked, so you could end up picking up 12 or more cards at once if it landed on you and you couldn't put a card down. Playing a black jack made the next person pick up 5, unless they could cancel it out with a red jack. The ace was a wild card you could put on anything except a 2, a 3 or a black jack, and let you choose the suit going forward. Also, you had to say "last card" when you were on your last card. I've been playing this since I was about 3 years old and it wasn't until I was a teenager that I realised Uno was the same game. I've never in my life played with an actual Uno deck.

[@sarasewsstuff]

My family plays something we call "bastard switchem" which is similar: you can play anything that's the same suit or the same number, you can play an ace at any time and say the new suit you want, pick ups on 2 and 3 and you can stack a 2 on a 2 and a 3 on a 3 to pass on the pick up, and a jack lets you play a second card of the same suit, but if you play a jack without a second one you have to pick up one, the same as you would if you couldn't play a card at any other time. And you need to say last card, obviously. But you can't go out on a jack or an ace.

[@saxrendell]

@@sarasewsstuff ah interesting that you couldnt go out on a jack or an ace in your version, as it was a common tactic for us to hold onto an ace or two so that when you came to your last card you were far more likely to be able to play it. And if you were able to play two cards at once for your last turn it negated having to say last card or get caught out

[@jordanleighton6893]

Ngl, I feel like the lack of stacking was disappointing. Nothing else was tho

[@jordanleighton6893]

Also don’t you normally get to say uno before playing the uno creating card? Edit: they finally learn a minute before the video ends lmao