Smosh Solves the Pandemic (Board AF)

Smosh (attempts) to solve the pandemic. The board game, obviously. Wait- what did you think we were talking about?? We’re celebrating 15 years of Smosh all November long! Thanks for being our favorite pizza place!
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[@Simon_Simone]

I love these games that have everyone on the same team

[@ehsaanaminuddin4885]

Well said

[@vanessa3550]

I especially love the strategy this involves. I have pandemic at home and will play it every once in a while and it's always this collaborative effort "Oh so in your turn you'll do xy because you have that ability, and I'll do this instead and then next round we can try and meet to share this card" etc.

[@WardNightstone]

they can weirdly be more stressful then competitive ESP THIS ONE

[@sh11death]

Yes! This. I hate picking sides.

[@warlorddk2070]

I recommend Pandemic, Hanabi, Magic Maze and Similo :) All great cooperative games :)

[@DiamondRocksIt]

“We’ve given up on America” Where have I heard that before 🤔

[@samsmile744]

Hi diamond

[@nevergonagiveyouupbaby1539]

Bro stop being everywhere

[@nonediblecandy1931]

Can I get a shoutout?

[@ryleebrownn8165]

The president perchance lmao

[@steamer1]

Every Republican Ever

[@arson4003]

I love the fact that Shayne was giving good advice to win and they didnt listen, so they lost

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

His name is now Shane Fauci

[@pvic6959]

them: :o

[@bestcommentuwilleverseeiny5220]

Because people are so divided when cooperation was the answer the entire time.

[@animeye]

I feel so much for Shayne at the end. I know that face of "We've lost, and none of these fools even see it" all too well.

[@--___---]

Nobody: Someone: Istanbul Sarah: I've been there once

[@honeycats5828]

reminds me of garrett

[@rajatkapoor1289]

@@honeycats5828 why?

[@parsagoldar5960]

For 12 hours!

[@humanrealname1226]

Been a long time gone, Constantinople

[@fatmambodje2944]

Hey I wanna

[@RaeofLight13]

I feel like I’ve never seen Shayne so into a game and deep thinking prior to this. Former Calamity Jane is a new person!

[@Babodor123]

Yeah imagine a pandemic

[@zainabkamal8034]

Janet*

[@highdivinity8243]

Man, next episode, Ian’s gonna have a green Mohawk with how fast he’s changing hairstyles

[@shihalya]

....and sometime soon, he shaves his head

[@issa5806]

Why did they lowkey ignore Shayne about how little cards were left, and Sarah could have possibly won the game

[@winfield1775]

Yeah that was annoying

[@Grayfox541]

Well, Ian was aware too.

[@Triairius]

They really did. Then Sarah was taking all the discussion time acting like the game is unwinnable, seemingly because they called her Typhoid Sarah. They could barely talk to each other without her injecting before someone could respond with something helpful. Like, it's a PvE game, so you don't have to play it with your guard up like it's a PvP game.

[@Nothanksimtired]

To be fair... Didn't Sarah literally read that card out loud around 4:12? That feels like it's on everyone a bit because it's cooperative and she really did read it at the very beginning.

[@timlong4791]

I'm personally fully on board with you guys playing more complicated games. Though I do have to wonder how I'd feel if I hadn't already been familiar with Pandemic.

[@rodentfairy]

yeah i’m so confused and halfway done with the video hahha but it might just be me

[@timlong4791]

@@rodentfairy I'm certain you're not alone. If you revisit 0:55 after watching a lot of the video the game should start to make more sense.

[@vanessa3550]

@@rodentfairy Na from experience anytime I do play the game with people that are new to this it takes a round to get into the dynamics and that's with people actively playing. I'm sure when you are just watching people play it can be even harder to grasp.

[@boodesultan12]

They should play the mind

[@andreal3239]

I’m unfamiliar with the game but I enjoyed it, it’s like learning a game as you play except not worrying about making mistakes because you’re not actually playing

[@stacilynne7794]

“Imagine what a pandemic is like” Has flashback of this entire year 😳

[@farahm3379]

It’s so cute how Shayne is so focused I’ve never actually watched him try😂

[@randomwonders6320]

I actually didn’t think shane would be good at this game but it turns out he’s the best I guess he’s looking smart funny nice and perfect

[@tiffanylastinger3925]

he's often the one winnning and comprehending the best in board AF what do you mean

[@christinepadasdao9343]

spreads disease on Seoul Ian: "BTS i hope you're safe" aww

[@jamespooh2]

YES more games like this please. I love the chill fun games too but sometimes we need some strategy

[@jamespooh2]

Yes! Ify is perfect for boardAF. He has so much past hosting experience and knowledge. I'm hype for this

[@MUFCZONE]

He's boring tho 🤷

[@0oVale15]

As Latin American, when Ian said “do you guys not at all care about South America?” 6:15 I felt that HARD 😭

[@bibidaly8008]

6:09 "I don't know what the f*** to do." ... Same Spencer.... same

[@SJO87]

Spencer: "Way to go Paul!" Love that video 😂

[@bonekill476]

Technically, with Shayne being in Tai Pei, he and his friends are safe while the world dies of the pandemic.

[@nevermind507]

3:49 Did Ian just say “BTS I hope your safe” I-

[@aphroditae898]

yes i think most of them like, or at least know about, BTS

[@yeonjuns_toes4567]

3:49 THAT'S SO SWEET IAN, WE STAN🥺

[@BunnyYujin]

Smosh fans that are also army's are the best people, I don't make the rules.

[@azucar4645]

Is Ify an official new member of smosh? I hope he is, he's such a great addition

[@anniebell6846]

We can only hope he did the voiceover sooooooo thats a good sign.

[@stootacus2539]

I thought he was going to be an Achievement Hunter with the videos of theirs he was in, but who knows :)

[@edulak]

I been asking for weeks. I Hope so.

[@randomwonders6320]

Favorite part of this whole thing was Sarah just constantly saying I went there

[@TheVannash23]

Nice to see Shayne actually playing the game instead of trolling like always

[@kenziecvrter]

6:35 Spencer & Shayne’s interaction there is funny af to me idk why 😂

[@scarlethromero4332]

Ify: ”if I burn Santiago ” Everyone: oh no your word choices today Me: like Santiago hasn’t been burned before 🙄

[@tylersena6925]

I enjoyed this game more than I thought I would. I want Damien to play though.

[@Goofy_Toons]

Swap Damien with typhoid Sarah and they would of won

[@dimilton3166]

@BootyHoleBandit YES! YES! Always the female☹️

[@autumn3246]

that moment when smosh did more in this board game to stop an imaginary pandemic than the us government did to stop a real one....

[@NK-pr9xy]

Like what?

[@NK-pr9xy]

Produce 2 vaccines in record time?

[@misterd.924]

Shayne is surprisingly cooperative in this game

[@HoTrOds0are0ForEver]

This game is awesome. It is so balanced that saving the world usually comes down to just a couple of moves. I've lost more then won but it is a great game and should be played if you like board games.

[@vanessa3550]

I find that if I play just with one other person I tend to win more often then loose, even with the maximum epidemic cards. But with more players I start loosing a lot more but it also is more fun. Also I have yet to win a game where no medic is present, their ability tends to just be to valuable to go without.

[@ajsparks87]

The editing on this video is on point. Also, it's so cute how they all decided to party together when they realized they'd lose :D

[@kingzeus4754]

My god Ian’s midlife crisis intensifies mine.

[@sachinrane4716]

Losing made this video more fun, That party till we dye idea was just epicly funny

[@nateroy1690]

Board AF and TNTL are by far my favorite things you guys do

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

"we've given up on America" Election 2020: I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move

[@anttheman77]

To bad both presidential candidates are both equally bad in there own ways. America still in a tough spot

[@Jay-st6sl]

@@anttheman77 *Too

[@mythicalthings1796]

I mean you guys literally elected a cop as VP. A corrupt cop.

[@Musashi944]

@@anttheman77 nope. There is always lesser evil

[@anttheman77]

@@mythicalthings1796 She’s eventually gonna be the president. Don’t think Biden has the 4 years of being president in him; with his medical conditions and all.

[@lisalecompte2239]

“Then you can help me clean up that Middle East... let me reword that” 😂😂😂

[@tuxegirls]

I literally always lose pandemic for this same reason-being careful and avoiding outbreaks and all of a sudden there’s no cards left

[@MusicDude690]

Thank you for bringing back Board AF. Thank you for playing a real game instead of the normal party game stuff.

[@cashews1016]

“I think Ify’s next move should be to move to Asia” - Shayne Topp 2020

[@DryBones271]

Can you guys do more real Life Among Us.

[@sshishegar]

Those were so good!!

[@NK-pr9xy]

Yes, please à

[@yasminportiaquiano6786]

Serious Shayne is doing some stuff for me 💖

[@ovlong8128]

I can’t help but feel like Damien would have loved this

[@carriehodlik8424]

Spencer is really going for that Steve Harrington look, isn't he?

[@samlugtu1056]

You can see at their faces that they’re still having fun at the beginning and being completely stressed out at the end.....

[@bialessa6317]

Thank you, lieutenant Derrilicious for cleaning my town. São Paulo will be forever grateful.

[@ToadimusPrime]

Wow that spread so fast in America. I'm talking about the game, obviously.

[@iphantomplanet]

I would love to see them play Pandemic 2 as a series

[@psicoparkita]

Iffy just fits in so well, he's such a cool guy

[@semiformaldehyde]

my favourite smosh member, Sarah "I was in Istanbul once" Whittle

[@Leanimal]

This was so much fun to watch. Shayne was so into it.

[@Fr0stbite1801]

You know, I THOUGHT they'd have done this game sooner. Pandemic kinda went viral during the whole "We're in quarantine and everyone is playing tabletop games and starting their own Dungeons and Dragons podcast" era of 2020.

[@NK-pr9xy]

I don't understand this phenomenon. Why celebrate a real-life Lansbury with this game and binging the movies? Why relive the trauma for fun? Humans are messed up

[@Anaprince]

I'm only 5 minutes in and this is already too complicated for me LOL

[@margohughes7074]

I love how Ify has just... become a smosh member, Idk if this was intentional but I love him so I’m not complaining

[@Blondip]

I appreciate Ian saying "BTS I hope your safe" we love a supportive ally! :)

[@Blondip]

As well as Koreans 😌

[@BoardGameSanctuary]

I love cooperative games. Its like you're trying to solve a problem together much like escape rooms!

[@lorele.i]

I want to see this played again!! Maybe new people, or the same gang to redeem themselves

[@themicahnism]

This game is so hard, it’d be great for y’all to play the legacy version of this and make it a series.

[@luizamendes9019]

It's so trippy seeing the smosh cast saying the name of your city ngl

[@billkling378]

I like how the title is Smosh solves the pandemic and the they LOSE

[@Bobasketches]

Are sea levels rising part of the game? Yes actually people don’t realize how close climate change and global pandemics are related.

[@bambiquartz]

15 years is unreal i feel ANCIENT

[@samiheard2573]

Ian really pulls off the blonde hair, I ain’t gonna lie

[@pinkcharpie]

i love that sydney is the australian city for the pandemic in the game, because as we all know, it should be melbourne

[@martendschrage]

The game seems fun. You might have won if Sara would stop looking at the cameras.

[@ash3814]

I played this game with my family a lot and I don't think we've ever lost by running out of cards

[@boywcurtains7355]

when the scientists can’t solve it so smosh does

[@NotQuiteCupid]

We need a sequel to this where they win. The ending was UNSATISFYING! YOU CAN DO THIS NEXT TIME GUYS!!

[@kobrona]

Alternate title: Spencer tries to make 'thats hot' happen for 26 minutes straight

[@spennser]

It’s going to happen

[@RustyMackk]

Ian looks like Homelander if he didn't have superpowers and was just a normal guy

[@violetak.melendezmelendez4194]

They say the disease start at Seoul Me: not my babies!! Then Ian says: Oh no BTS I hope your safe. My reaction: 😲jhgddv jhbyhfffedgfv !!!!

[@rjheiselt1222]

Plz make this kind of intro a permanent thing. It’s even better than the one for GTS

[@christophermoore9436]

I feel like if any countries would survive an apocalyptic event or a pandemic, it would be the Scandinavian countries

[@cassandrac4592]

why tf is there just montreal for Canada? that's not even the capital lmao

[@Jay-st6sl]

Because there is nobody there

[@cassandrac4592]

@@Jay-st6sl bish I live in Ottawa lol

[@mikeshields6746]

Most countries don't even have a city on the board.

[@cassandrac4592]

@@mikeshields6746 yeah that's true too, especially the european countries oop

[@issadelafuente9278]

I love how Sarah says "I've been there once" everytime someone says Istanbul. Lol

[@vanmitchell846]

AT THE END OF 2020 EVERYONE YELL JUMANJI!

[@WhskyBcn]

I just realized that Jackie, Tommy, Sarah, Ify, and Spencer are slowly but surely becoming members of Smosh and Smosh Games.

[@NickRichtarcsik]

I wonder if Sarah's been to Istanbul?

[@beenk8926]

not constantinople?

[@Alvin-pq7yr]

Sarah doesnt need to pull one more card at the end of her turn (@ 18mins), since she draw the epidemic card, it stops the next card drawn

[@rk9sbpro83]

Yeeeeaaaaahhhh, here's the problem why it was so hard for them. Pandemic is 2-4 players, and the main difficulty with 4 players IS running out of cards because you go through them so quickly in relation to how many turns each player has throughout the game to cure the diseases. So with 5 players there's no way any of them have enough individual turns to do what's necessary to discover all the cures.

[@quintanmiller82]

Can anyone tell me where Ify got his shirt from? Finding an anime shirt you like is comparable to finding a 4-leaf clover.

[@gamehound6348]

I love how Ian looks like a little kid playing on his tablet at the adult table lol

[@desta7661]

Okay here are my takeaways from this video: Out of context, Smosh would have gotten cancelled for their bad phrasing, ahaha. Shayne's doing great in this game, as he usually jokes around in Board AF (a bit understandable because they're playing a very complicated game). I love everyone's contribution and coorperation in this game. Lastly, why is Manila below Philippines?? That is all!

[@rae_izu]

it took 12 minutes and 16 seconds into the video for me to notice that Ian’s hair is blonde but holy shIT BOY YOU LOOK SO GOOD I NEVER THOUGHT ID SEE YOU WITH A DIFFERENT HAIR COLOR AND IM SO EXCITED YOURE ROCKING IT

[@dougedwards2535]

I 100% want some more of this game

[@iphatbass]

I would really like to see hour long version of board game videos!

[@Samblakemorephillips]

I'm getting Tabletop flashbacks

[@smoshkate5359]

This game is the game of our life right now 🤣🤣🤣

[@ronswanson.]

Hey smosh I just wanted to say you guys have helped me through some really tough times not just in the pandemic

[@Cataibanezo]

Ify: Ok so if I burn Santiago Me: hey!!! What did I do to you!!!

[@mattotis8412]

Me : Throws in a bonus card to cure the remaining diseases and save the game. That card...MORE COWBELL 😊

[@kathleeneckhoff6747]

Anyone in the video: Istanbul Sarah: I’ve been there before Sarah and Spencer: For 12 hours Me when I hear Istanbul: *starts singing Istanbul Not Constantinople and jams out* Also...love the sound made every time someone says quarantine specialist

[@lucifer68661]

I like how Shayne is really good at strategy in this game, but then he is not good at most other game. I think the reason for that is that in other games he decided to be the funny crazy guy for our entertainment.

[@Brooke-ov4bo]

Hiii I’m so early Courtney couldn’t say hoo hoo

[@KingAbbadon]

God that shut up sound brought back memory's

[@yosmith100]

At first I didn’t like this game...now, I actually want y’all to play this again!

[@ashleythayer3090]

Anyone else think “shit we are screwed” when Ian said he was the scientist?

[@crisnakashita]

Spencer : how don’t you know all the citys. Didn’t you take spanish classes? Also spencer: paraguay is a city 🤡

[@THE_RIOTIEE]

The US government is total using this as a tutorial of how to deal with a pandemic.

[@frb6956]

Who clicked on this hoping the world had been finally saved 🤣❤️😢

[@mrpoltergeist1412]

Let the record show: Paraguay is a country, not a city