NHL Players Pick Their Favorite Board Game of All-Time | Puck Personality

The stars of the NHL discuss their favorite board games of all-time
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[@MaxP98]

The way Hart says Sorry 😆

[@manrocket5984]

It’s a Canadian thing

[@jacobn.3387]

Lol it’s very Canadian

[@juanjosepazmino5886]

typical canadian

[@h4rt76]

“swoory”

[@trumanzerse1169]

His team should say sorry

[@randomshortz17]

Pastrnak looks absolutely blasted always

[@hvitekristesdod]

Sometimes chess players be like that… I should know lol

[@juanjosepazmino5886]

why does pasta always look like he had his eyes burned in puck personality

[@Miniapplesauce]

I want to know where Pasta goes for his offseasons, looks like a blast

[@spencerhamm9163]

I like how Tkachuk just ripped his past self apart

[@Tomatohater64]

I'm with Sid on this one. I played Risk all through undergrad school in our dormitory - Binns Hall. Every Friday evening 4-6 of us guys would "conquer the world." It'll always be my # 1 board game of all time.

[@jimmykostiuk8197]

Pastrnak looks like he crawled out of the sewer to be in this video

[@BricksontheLoose]

Matthews just named the only one he could think of 😂

[@h4rt76]

the canadian accents are coming in strong here.

[@whitneysmiltank]

Maybe because most of them are canadian.

[@Thathockeybro]

Whose???

[@h4rt76]

@@Thathockeybro everyone who is canadian.

[@calebelenbaas6903]

@@h4rt76 the dude who your channel is named after

[@h4rt76]

@@calebelenbaas6903 yeah ik.

[@dappermessifc5378]

Pasta always looks high asf in these videos

[@Joetheshow15]

It should surprise absolutely no one that Sid likes Risk and Matthews picked Candyland lol

[@maya_dpg8065]

Klingberg the goatt 🐐🐐🐐, being the banker in monopoly was an easy W.

[@bradysherrod5639]

Yes!!! Catan is a great game! I was also very surprised that anyone said mastermind!

[@raylechasseur9815]

one of the best

[@gdavies4]

What's catan? I've never heard of it until now 😃

[@juanjosepazmino5886]

jamie benn: ketchup chips: the game

[@finlehto-2648]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@brickuz]

As a boardgame connoisseur I'm deeply troubled by their preferences but now I also understand why life in the bubble was such a hard time for them...

[@blarbkanopcious4243]

What’s wrong with their preferences?

[@brickuz]

@@blarbkanopcious4243 We've simply learned so much about game design since e.g. Monopoly and Candyland but strong marketing still keeps them around. Today there are thousands upon thousands of boardgames with more sound mechanics, clearer themes and all this without being more complex (Monopoly is for instance more complex and plays longer than e.g. Settlers of Catan that was mentioned... which was a positive exception). I don't blame the players though I just find it unfortunate that games like Monopoly still are what we put in the hands of kids just because it was "the known thing" a few generations ago.

[@blarbkanopcious4243]

@@brickuz I guess my question was about why the newer games are seen as better-designed than the older ones. I'm glad you mentioned both Monopoly and Catan since I actually love both of those games, so if you think the comparison will work, let's compare those two! What do you find lacking about the design of Monopoly?

[@brickuz]

@@blarbkanopcious4243 There are many problems but the main three are: - Roll and move: Input randomness (e.g. these are the random cards you were dealt, now you build a strategy you control with those) is generally considered good for variability but you want to avoid output randomness (you cannot influence the outcome of an action) since that removes agency for the player/removes meaningful options. Roll and move creates output randomness (you cannot influence where you'll land and that outcome is core for the game). Compare this to a dice game like Yatzy where you can influence the dice by rerolling some and decide what scores you'll take... so it's not a problem with dice itself. This is why you find basically no pure roll and move games among modern designs except for some games very specifically targeted towards children. Modern options include drafting dice or cards for movement, picking where you want to go but pay more for more attractive options (e.g. bidding) or having abilities to modify the result (e.g. "I play this card that allows me to modify the result by +2"). - Dominant strategy: A dominant strategy is a strategy that will beat all other strategies and can only be beaten by "more luck". Usually this is avoided by implementing "rock, paper, scissor mechanics" (strategy A has an advantage against strategy B but a disadvantage against strategy C etc.). In Monopoly you want to buy everything you land on except utilities and especially buy and develop red and orange properties since these has a much higher landing risk than others (strictly statistically). What a dominant strategy does is once again to take away agency from the player. - No push towards an end game trigger: Most games in general pushes the game forward. For example in Settlers of Catan you can gain points in but not lose them (worst case a subset of them can be transferred to another player) and anything you do to help yourself will (potentially) award you points. So the game will naturally progress towards the end game trigger. When a game lacks this it can basically drag on forever (even without someone trying to do this), a player can actively stall the game (for Monopoly, mostly a problem when everyone knows who'll win but one player refuses to forfeit the game... which is not an official end game trigger btw.) and/or a player can technically lose the game long before it actually ends which is just frustrating (Risk is another famous game with this problem). One interesting quirk in Monopoly is that late in the game you want to be stuck in jail as much as possible so it's even beneficial to delay the game. There are attempts to solve these and other flaws but many of the flaws are so built into the core game of Monopoly that it makes the "improved versions" something that don't even resembles Monopoly anymore. And once again; it's perfectly okay to like Monopoly I'm just sad that I think most people like it because they've not been exposed to better games, not because Monopoly is actually the best game for them. I know my kids who've been exposed to tons of games have left Monopoly in the closet for many years now, parents to my kids' friends have asked what their kids played here because their kids now ask for it and adult friends who've been over for casual gaming nights have suggested Monopoly, been exposed to something else, asked where they can buy it and, as far as I know, not gone back to Monopoly again. That's my issue and that's what I assess is happening here .) One last comment: Game design was not a big topic too long ago so it's an area that's still rapidly improving even though boardgames have existed since forever. There are still old gems like chess or more recently e.g. Catan, Puerto Rico, Alhambra, TIcket to Ride, Carcassonne etc. but many old games have been surpassed mechanically simply because people can be paid to spend time on researching this today which wasn't possible when e.g. Monopoly came out.

[@thanos2588]

Jamie Benn: the game where if you win you get a good treat. Cause I’d pick ketchup chips every time

[@patward8542]

I’m surprised that no one said Clue. You really had to put some thought into it to solve the murder. They even made a movie about it.

[@yoloyogi9729]

Why does pasta look like he is drugged up

[@hawksfan8870]

I used to love playing Candy Land with my sister and grandma when I was younger!

[@rmb_dev]

Anyone knows, what's going on with Pasta???

[@williamwoodsworth441]

Cool video, nobody said Ticket To Ride

[@Qwerty-fj3hn]

Such a fun game

[@williamwoodsworth441]

@@Qwerty-fj3hn I love it

[@Exel997]

Sasha ja Afrikan tähti cama!

[@Jets1]

Awesome!!! I love these!

[@walleclyde8759]

Scheifele, want to meet up and play Catan sometime. HAHA All jokes aside, I absolutely love Catan.

[@oliverludwig6148]

Nobody mentioned 'The Campaign for North Africa' by Richard Berg?

[@emilystry3718]

brendan gallagher’s answer is legendary

[@gyrate598]

This video made me realize how many versions of Sorry! there are

[@bigdaddyd6592]

Catan is actually really awesome. Just started with my family a couple years ago

[@fohrum4757]

Yes! Settlers of Catan is hands down the best board game ever! Ive definitely played well over 100 games haha

[@mikaelalewis7215]

Sad that nobody said Clue:( That’s my favourite board game but Catan is a close second

[@Rachy2049]

The players who said Settlers of Catan have my respect

[@kami3000]

I bet Niederreiter told Aho about the Swiss version of Super Tock 6.

[@spatnhpen6920]

Jamie benn: any board game that involves ketchup chips

[@AndrewsArchives]

Chabot is right, Mastermind is way underrated

[@TV-zi6fb]

I swear I get smarter every time Manson speaks in these vids 😂

[@snowman22ism]

Game of Life for the win

[@noelmarkkanen9882]

Barkov and afrikan tähti

[@cgsnipezz6447]

Cool videos

[@seansaville5664]

Risk, is best. Catan is great. Mastermind is a classic and of course chess.

[@alexnas9634]

Settlers of Catan is probably the best board game ever, i LOVE monopoly but that game i found ANYONE can like and play

[@ATotalDork]

I know as a Blackhawks fan I'm supposed to hate the Blues, but O'Reilly is making that _really_ hard with the Star Wars Monopoly... I'll just pretend he's still a Saber

[@whoneedsdefenseanyways4418]

Hate the team, not the players. That's what I like to think :D

[@patricks6745]

My boy Sid playing Risk!

[@Scipio227]

"I started playing chess, actually...I don't like it." Thanks Pasta

[@Eastonman03]

“Monopoly takes too long” says every person ever who’s never played monopoly correctly

[@tonyp9313]

I don't play correctly. I invent rules to make the game even shorter. That still takes 3 hours with 4 players. So I need to make the games even shorter.

[@wsmith2401]

aggressively on brand answer for crosby

[@francescov6822]

Where is the comment about Benn playing with chips and ketchup?

[@sebastienperreault.15]

Jamie Benn: Monopoly Ketchup edition

[@marymartin7183]

My favorite board game was Monopoly

[@trumanzerse1169]

Pasta needs a nap

[@autumntaylor-andrews4201]

I've heard of monopoly but never played it, But I wanna play it

[@tonyp9313]

That's great that you never played it. It's a trash game.

[@machinegunc1325]

Who agrees they should do their favorite video game or fav game to play with the boys

[@spinthatwheel5584]

We miss toews on this show...

[@BILLY-nn7rq]

Carter hart was like sooory

[@juicewrld5916]

i have a monopoly game called pondhockeyopoly and its just monopoly except hockey version

[@siralex7136]

у Орайли крутой пиджак))

[@jamesalexander1570]

For me it's either Terraforming Mars or Viticulture

[@skylar9129]

Pasta looks like he is high and needs a nap

[@melvynobrien6193]

TABLE HOCKEY, Coleco or Munro.

[@rn55884]

Jamie Benn: the ketchup chips game

[@mathysletourneau3329]

Rip ticket to ride

[@dougl1758]

Check out No Rolls Barred for great board game coverage including Board Game Club every Friday. It’s lots of fun

[@zZach___]

Shoutout to anyone that knows Heroscape

[@ricefor10men93]

“ I like to play on my I pad”

[@kidbanzz6260]

What your favourite bored game?

[@tristanford9196]

Monopoly monopoly monopoly monopoly monopoly

[@emilystry3718]

tkachuk’s answer is soooo me

[@dallaswaldner1070]

Mathew Tkachuk is a nice person

[@adriany.8090]

Please do favourite fruit of all-time

[@skylar9129]

theres not many to choose from

[@Datsyzerberg]

ORielly looks like Capt America on a Die Hard bender

[@rosethefirechieftess1683]

Mine is Chinese checkers or mastermind or mancala

[@willbreaden]

The disrespect to life

[@iiNJenn]

Catan and Avalon 100%

[@joeroganreal]

interesting that candy land is popular among the americans. why am I so incredibly shocked

[@shanielcabral]

Candy land is elite

[@waynethera2712]

Give me Crockinole any day of the week or scrabble

[@gamergod3378]

I knew atleast one of the finnish guys would say afrikan tähti

[@mr.frenchcanadain4608]

First go black hawks

[@Reaperguy67]

You are not first

[@iannnadiawildeboer7132]

No one said clue

[@nickmac89]

Catan

[@goontender_lowercase.]

Sad no one said uno, ig it's a card game

[@lisakumnik4110]

Carter Hart my family plays sorry

[@RichMulholland]

This is a deeply distressing list

[@jimbeam4140]

This is called Puck "PERSONALITY" so not sure why they put Draisaital in these videos.

[@jimbeam4140]

@Abeer Rahat He has no personality

[@RagsLighthouses]

I dont know why I was expecting games like Scythe but im disappointed

[@SRMkay]

Sœry or Trouble

[@pigout2690]

I thought ALL Canadians would say Sorry

[@phile5437]

Sorey

[@brentod1679]

I'm very swoooory to tell you Carter hart, but Patrkck kane is an old man and pasta has covid lol

[@E_34WAXER]

Did they tell everyone to just say manopaly

[@kushkrazegaming]

No one said nhl monopoly?

[@aamirlila2428]

barkov lmao

[@highfive2935]

Today I learned hockey players have terrible taste in board games.

[@ExpectoPatronum28]

No one said Pandemic..

[@yabbaguy]

Someone said it! And it's a team game too - which sounds cheesy until you actually take it on and you quickly realize how intense it gets.

[@Joseph-if8bs]

Hahaha

[@whitneysmiltank]

Man, monopoly is probably the worst game of all time (any type of game).

[@tonyp9313]

I would have to agree. I played it 2 years ago with friends. The games take really long. After 1 game if you do finish it, nobody wants to do anything else.

[@jeremynelson5311]

Kanedy Land

[@bardownzallday9944]

Conor mcdavids favorite game is mastergrind

[@markboss924]

first

[@Reaperguy67]

Not this time kid

[@markboss924]

@@Reaperguy67 of course this time

[@Reaperguy67]

@@markboss924 😂nope. Even if you are . It doesn't add anything to the discussion of the video.

[@bobzyurunkel]

Checkers lol

[@gino7492]

good god afrikan tahti looks like the most racist board game lol

[@eliaspullola.2664]

it's not but they just changed the board for some reason. it used to have robbers that stole your money and they changed it to panthers that for some reason steal your money.

[@dl2k671]

Fr idk if it is but it looks super dicey lol😳😂

[@noelmarkkanen9882]

its not racist and its very good game

[@erkkijunkkarinen9303]

It was designed by 19-year old Kari Mannerla in 1951. Mannerla had never visited Africa so the game is comically inaccurate, has some racial stereotypes and has a very colonialist style where the players go to Africa to take gemstones and bring them back to Europe. It has terrible game mechanics and hardcore boardgamers loathe it, but it is a very nostalgic game as pretty much every Finn has played it. It is very easy to learn so it is often the first proper board games kids learn to play.

[@haz6349]

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