Teaching A Board Game

love to explain games
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hey Show More and mobile folks. this ever happened to you? i feel like most people are on board for games when they're brought up but often there's one person who falls into one of these two categories (you're cheating or this is complicated). anyway i hope you're having a good thursday and that you have a great weekend
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[@PhilJamesson]

here's another video about a board game kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqazYpqvn5iKbJY

[@givant]

Yeah wtf, am gonna get banned from /r/youtoubehaiku for posting this

[@pzokz]

I stopped half a second before the end, it was so long.

[@andraszodon]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ2ZoZR_j7CZfsk I found this channel today, and at first I thought it was you playing the clown!

[@thisissostupid61]

I think this a good middle ground if you want to fall somewhere between a minute and 10mi video essays.

[@matteogauthier7750]

Long is good

[@chuckm1961]

As someone who teaches games very regularly, that was extremely accurate and painful. I have gotten every one of those reactions. Especially the sly smile with “you never told us that.”

[@SeiferVII]

That reaction especially was too real.

[@MowMan7]

That one hurts the most.

[@DeathnoteBB]

What’s most painful for me is the wild leaps of logic nobody even implied were a thing. “Okay so all the pieces are the same. Now you can roll.” “I got a 3. So I go 6, because I’m the car.” “What the fuck is wrong with you”

[@thehobbit1116]

I HATE the “you never said that”. Yes, I did. Twice actually. You just haven’t been paying attention the whole time and now you’re upset at me that you don’t know how to play

[@headphonic8]

lol my aunt tried to pull that on me. "You never told us that rule!" She shut up quick when I said "then how did my mom know it?" Some people are just weirdly over-competitive in the very first try of a game.

[@danielwoltanski1413]

There's always that one person: "This is confusing" lol

[@dan-gy4vu]

Only 2 person i know are NOT that. Because both of them is the "you are cheating" guy.

[@thecstineman]

I’m that person!

[@tvdavis]

My birthday last year. Every. Damned. Game. “This is confusing!” From the same person, who was not impaired in any way. Everyone else got it, but this one person was confused by Telestrations! For gawd’s sake: You draw something, then you pass it, then you write what you think someone else drew! There’s TWO FLIPPIN’ RULES!

[@g8kpr3000]

@@tvdavis Can you explain telestrations again, I'm confused.

[@riverriverchang5487]

Me lmaooooo

[@abstractdaddy]

Ah I see you correctly used the auction, a man of taste.

[@hperantunes]

And you're a composer and animator of taste.

[@andrewwilson565]

Two of my favorite channels in one place. Now that’s convenience!

[@SacredDaturaa]

Hilton a savory kind of taste you might say... I wonder if there's a word for that

[@jx8148]

Wow umami

[@fraudulentfem7322]

If I recall correctly you need to start the bidding at half the face value of the property.

[@SomewhatAwesomeGames]

Holy crap, this is accurate for anyone who has taught people a board game. I hated you 2/3 times.

[@OctoberFallz]

I get frustrated every 2 weeks trying to teach my friends how to play.

[@DonRoyalX]

4/3 times for me

[@konayasai]

Is that two or three times, two out of three times, or two thirds of one time?

[@shadowling77777]

@@konayasai we will never know

[@Dirgimzib]

This is me and my buddies in a nutshell. All that's missing is "Yeah, that's the rule." *20 minutes later* "Oh wait actually, you were right. Too late now though, so we'll just keep playing with the wrong rule. Maybe next time."

[@NinjarioPicmin]

or you just forget one minor detail, then continue to play without it but swear to play it right the next time, but you forget again. rinse repeat

[@SeiferVII]

I feel attacked.

[@k1ng401]

We were killing our Pandemic Legacy 2 game till we realised we were placing a rule wrong, now it’s just gotten wayyy harder 😂

[@vrubert3]

Phil, it's Vinnie, from high school. I'm proud of you. That's all.

[@PhilJamesson]

vinnie, my man, thank you

[@CAT-tt4wu]

This is wholesome

[@saeedahmedmahin1593]

@@PhilJamesson now this is confusing

[@brendanswords4659]

@@saeedahmedmahin1593 lmaooo

[@Snoopey0]

My friend is a saint. He comes around, reads the rules, and teaches me how to play every new board game I buy

[@iFreshCrispy]

This is so precious!! That friend is a keeper

[@JR-White]

Are they looking for new friends

[@thenixorone4965]

I love learning the rules

[@Scruffi]

hah! That's a really good friend.

[@NinjarioPicmin]

that could be me. i know the rules to so many board games that i will never ever play in my life it is honestly insane xD

[@SimonALa]

The most relatable and perhaps important and key aspect of the writing in this sketch is how the teacher is trying to keep the super welcoming and friendly attitude throughout the ordeal, so as to give a good vibe so that newcomers to the board game hobby will want to play more games.

[@ryner2331]

“Easy for you, or easy for US?” AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THE DREADED WORDS OF IGNORANCe

[@significantfoliage2932]

This is almost too realistic. Also I've never done an auction in monopoly and am now scared I don't actually know how to play monopoly

[@Njald]

Most people don't know the actual rules.

[@EmpressJess]

Yep, this is a commonly "overlooked" rule. It's in the rulebook and you've been playing it wrong, just like most everyone else.

[@g8kpr3000]

Use the auction rule and don't put money into free parking. The reverse is why monopoly takes soooo long to finish. The same people who moan about 5 hr monopoly games are the same people who are adamant that you HAVE to put money into the centre of the board. Monopoly is a game as but eliminating your opponents. If someone lands on free parking and gets $1,000. You have just rewound the clock an hour.

[@danfelder8062]

Auctions are key to making the game go fast, because it accelerates the rate at which property is acquired.

[@Pe0ads]

Steven Gassira sweet sweet capitalist utopia

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

I will hug my DM after seeing this

[@TwentySeventhLetter]

You can only imagine how this sort of thing goes when literally all the rules are at the mercy of 1 person

[@KoryLunaa]

Same, I see his pain now

[@corphish129]

"Which die do I roll?"

[@DrKlendazu]

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[@cookieaddictions]

My family just talks while I explain the rules and then spend the whole game asking how to do anything and saying the game is confusing.

[@k1ng401]

😂😂😂 relatable

[@thespiderchillinginyourwalls]

yeah my mom goes on her phone while I'm explaining the rules then complains about how confusing the game is when we actually plau

[@benjamindement5141]

Too accurate!! When they sincerely believe you're trying to swindle them and so you have to refer to the booklet EVERY TIME!!

[@eriscyl]

“Are you just making up rules as you go along?!? LMAO” Every time I teach someone a game, they make this joke and wait for me to laugh.

[@lecorbak]

" laughs in pain

[@Homedepotorange]

As the board game guy of my friend circle this speaks to me

[@hihi123hiful]

Daniel Barclay board game guys need to unionize under the tyranny of their disinterested friends

[@TommyCallaway]

I was hilariously infuriated by this.

[@krrr.4902]

I want to laugh but the angry tears won't stop pouring down.

[@aliasadi7099]

I felt it when he said: *WHEN DID YOU SAY THAT*

[@3v1lp1ngv1n]

Let's play something short! Twilight Imperium it is.

[@ПешкоМихаил]

*cries in casual*

[@domoniche1]

Na, too short. The Campaign for North Africa

[@henryvs]

I just finished playing this! Great Game!

[@zunuf]

Every single time I'm playing a board game and somebody walks by: "Oh watcha playin?" "It's called ______. It has cowboys/pirates/farming/etc..." "Oh so it's kind of like monopoly" "... um... not really..." "Well it looks really complicated." "... Ok, thanks for stopping by..."

[@arichardson0972]

I manage a board game cafe and I get too many "Is that game like Catan?" because X game has hex tiles.

[@griffoncs6431]

Hahaha "it looks really complicated." I see you've met my sister.

[@johnded3874]

>something simple this time. Heh ok I will, you guys ever heard of Pathfinder?

[@reafdfsagassg]

what about Advanced Squad Leader?

[@davidtoth8975]

@@reafdfsagassg Camapign for North Africa anyone?

[@MaxHimbigger]

>pathfinder >complicated Weak, GURPS is a real mans RPG

[@killm360]

Lisboa anyone?

[@KoryLunaa]

@@MaxHimbigger Hipsters*

[@krystinekimes]

The way you say why would you go six is so polite

[@AndrewNicholsSeattle]

I feel like some people who are up for a game are only interested in the rules if you can explain it in 5 minutes. So many people lose interest.

[@alomustar2142]

To be fair, five minutes is a pretty long time to explain the rules (at least, to explain enough of the rules that you can start playing).

[@seangrabowski6827]

*Looks up from a ~30+ min explanation of a Heavy Euro* Oh you sweet summer child.

[@matthewross7635]

*Laughs in Twilight Imperium*

[@aspin-the-askal]

@@alomustar2142 ? I don't think five minutes is at all a long time to explain the rules. I would worry its hardly enough. Its not about learning enough to start playing, its about learning the rules necessary to create a strategy and actually learn what would and would not be advantageous to do. Imagine you've created a strat and have been playing with it for 30 minutes and the one thing you depended on to make it work is actually forbidden. Could've saved the heartache with explaining the rules thoroughly...

[@razordrive3238]

William Scully I feel like it largely depends on the type of audience you are working with. People who are familiar with the sort of game being played, but not the particular one, will benefit more from a lengthy and in-depth explanation because they have the context and basic understanding of how the game is played needed to make use of that extra information. A more casual group on the other hand that is either unfamiliar with the genre or is just not super invested in to gaming in general will likely be unable to follow the full rules due to not having the context needed to understand why many elements are important, or may simply not be terribly focused on winning the first game. In that case, its better to get to the point and get the game rolling, guiding them through some of the first steps and letting them take charge once they get more comfortable with the game as a whole. Ultimately even if you do take the time to fully explain the rules, first time players will always be at a disadvantage from not knowing things like “card y is super powerful, but is easily countered by cards x and z. It is really important to not let anyone know you have card y until z and x are used”, so usually I feel its better to get the basic concepts down, and then explain more as things happen in the game and people ask questions.

[@skelfrog4049]

the delivery of the line "No, fuck you." at 1:14 is pure gold

[@AwesumBear]

I love how patient the middle guy is.

[@checkmate5338]

All the actors appear the same. Are you guys all brothers?

[@PhilJamesson]

we definitely have the same DNA

[@skoffs]

This is too confusing

[@webmastervds]

Dammit. I was waiting for the r/whoooosh here

[@cheese_man4952]

Vidhur Divakar 1:15

[@ericfolsom4495]

@@cheese_man4952 OMG you deserve all the likes!

[@tranced42]

1:20 I’m laughing so hard at that “nice”

[@gonzales7010]

omwrecker thresh?

[@VikingSchism]

Oh my god this is so painfully accurate. The amount of lines in this that I have heard word for word when trying to get my family to play is too high

[@MitchellTF]

...This needs a trigger warning for anyone who has ever tried to teach a board game, ever.

[@Fuduwahluz]

"When did you say that?!" threw me into severe ptsd flashbacks

[@0RedTree0]

I come back and rewatch this periodically

[@wrightexe1]

Heeeeyyy... are you future president Ace Watkins?

[@mikeharris1987]

Right? I feel like I'm a voter getting catfished

[@JamesMiller69]

One of your best sketches

[@fatmn]

Mr. President, please make sure our school children are required to take gaming-related courses every year through high school. Good gaming skills make successful adults.

[@omarz2145]

This was my exact experience trying to teach a friend how to play Mario Party. I'm not trying to deceive you I'm explaining basic rules of the game.

[@shoofle]

Is that Ace Watkins, the first gamer us president?

[@TheTwistedKris]

Monopoly is so terribly houseruled that I always have to quiz before playing with someone new. The only acceptable houserule is the game ends when 1 person bankrupts.

[@grimboslizzdagrizz]

My PTSD from board game arguements has just been triggered...good job 👍

[@Weckacore]

On the other side, being someone who plays LOTS of games, being explained a game by someone who only plays one--they leave out everything...

[@beardlessdragon]

Yeah, this is a pet peeve of mine! I don't mean to imply I'm a master at teaching games by any means, but some people explain things in a really confusing order like not first telling us how to actually win/end the game, explaining effects of things before actually saying what a turn looks like and what you can do, etc

[@magnusanderson6681]

I played a card game with my grandparents. "So you can play tricks which are like 3,4,5 or numbers in a row or sometimes you can play cards of the same suit and you're trying to get tricks of 7 which is 200 points unless its an unclean trick which is only 100." _argues with friends who have been playing this game with them for years about what exactly is an unclean trick and doesn't find a conclusion_ "And basically you want to get points with your partner and play all of the stuff in your hand." Game does not end when your hand runs out Cards must be same suit and in order, not one or the other Tricks are not the only way to get points, and you lose points based on different cards in your hand There is a wildcard that can stand in for any other card

[@ignaciotorres5028]

Yeah the teacher in this video is doing an awful job. I mean, yeah the other two are morons but they look worse because we all know how monopoly is played. Why would he give recommendations on how to play before explaining the rules as if the recommendations were obvious

[@seanbeck1370]

I can feel this one in my soul and it hurts

[@BrezelCeviche]

Yes, thank you! This happens to me every time! Whenever I tried to learn a new game, there is always some guy who "knows" how to play and keeps cheating the whole time! So annoying!

[@SaraSG1]

... Oh no. I'm "This is Confusing".

[@Hogy58]

im mad at u

[@SaraSG1]

@@Hogy58 I'm sorry! The world is just very bewildering!

[@Hogy58]

@@SaraSG1 its fine i was probably talking too fast anyway

[@devinbaird2470]

It's fine to be confused and ask questions to better understand the game. It's only when the confused player gets "complainy" about the game is when I have problems. I've been confused about a lot of games and essentially spend my games learning the first time. Then the next time I play I'll have a better understanding and can try to be more competitive.

[@vetlemakt]

This. Is. Good. Perfect timing, great tempo.

[@chj.schwarz]

thanks for reigniting my monopoly hatred, this will fuel my cold heart for another week.

[@kado51393]

"No... Fuck you!" At first this video spoke to me. Once that line hit though, it screamed to me. Never subscribed to a new channel so fast in my life until now.

[@nthungdev]

Love the tight angle making the scene even more uncomfortable as a person who explains the rules

[@Pluike]

This is what happens when you try to teach your parents how to play mario party.

[@beardlessdragon]

"You press this button to roll the dice and it'll move your character for you" Video games are just too complicated for me

[@NoriMori1992]

I mean to be fair there are a _lot_ of different elements in those games, and some of them behave quite differently depending on various factors, so I don't blame anyone for finding it confusing.

[@pokefurnoX454]

When an old lady asks for your help to cross the street 1:15

[@ericfolsom4495]

omg you made me nearly laugh out loud and I'm at work!

[@beardlessdragon]

LMAO

[@Pluike]

I remember trying to play tic tac toe once, I ended up with my hands in three different toasters.

[@Njald]

Last time I played tic tac toe, I convinced a super computer to not destroy the world.

[@louisng114]

Why did you lie to the new player? You play as the houses and buy the metal figures as you go.

[@ricktyman4709]

Why was he shaking his head happily at the end?

[@DerKleineThilo]

Just dont play Monopoly. EVER

[@Munchkinesisk]

The first rule of Monopoly is... ^

[@tsthemaster4084]

It's been a solid year or two since I've seen this. Remembered it, went to it, laughed again as I FELT each and every one of those lines. Literally setup a game for some kids and my sister walks up to it going "This looks confusing, are the kids going to have fun with this? I don't think this looks good, it looks too confusing for them, kids do you want to play this instead of X-Box?" I was so mad, but had to hide it. The explanation I could see them just assuming it would be hard and all the excitement they had before had left (Memoir '44, a WW2 game with a bunch of army dudes on the board). Good news is, after a while, they DID get into the game and enjoyed it.

[@TheMrTangamandapio]

what do you mean free parking doesn't award me any money? i've always played it like that. no, i've never finished a monopoly game in my life. no, we need to use paper tokens for houses, there's not enough and i want to buy some. no, i won't trade you any property for any reason, i don't trust you. this is boring, we've been playing for hours and no one has a monopoly! I bid the price you just said plus one dollar. I will keep doing this.

[@hunacean]

Ugh, my mom does the this game is confusing bit all the time. She is a Juris Doctor. She went to law school for 7 years. It's her job too. It is beyond me how she finds Carcassone complicated.

[@Guts_Brando]

Never knew Loki had a KZbin channel

[@beardlessdragon]

The worst for me is when someone else tries to piggyback on explaining it. Not like correcting or adding something I forgot, but jumping into the explanation. It's very confusing for the learners to have multiple people throwing rules at them

[@ladenbin]

This is beyond science.

[@RimmyDownunder]

goddamn this is on target.

[@plant4567]

Yes sir 🇰🇿

[@D_nat]

This is phenomenal, Phil.

[@ericfolsom4495]

*Busts out game I bought for my 2 nephews for Christmas, they're excited to try* *my sister walks by* Sister: this looks complicated, are you sure they can play this? It looks like it'll take forever. *sees excitement and fascination drain from 2 nephews' faces* this video speaks to me

[@kylemckiernan1445]

God I relate to this so much. You try to explain rules as you go along and then the other players accuse me of only telling rules when it's "convenient"

[@themaster408]

I've seen this skit many times and yet it is just as wonderful, funny, and painful as it was the first time

[@lordgates9180]

This channel needs more attention. Thanks for the chuckle, sir.

[@Imamakemovies]

This captures the frustration so good!

[@morromenos1016]

This is so painfully, excruciatingly accurate.

[@The_True_J]

1:01 the ammount of times Ive heard this line! Its like I suddenly have to prove my integrity to not take advantage of someone who has never played a game so that I can just get a win. I dont play games to win unless I know that you know how to play. If you don't, then I will give you actual good advice. You can show my your hand, and I will help you make a good decision. I am capable of understanding how I would make a move if I didnt know you had that card.

[@mattisuber222]

Had me rolling! What an excellent sketch!

[@perrygrosshans8537]

That was amazing. And....so frustrating, LOL!! Great video!

[@marcusaurelius6307]

I am the guy who is confused by everything in the game.

[@Tw0shedz08]

This video is 100% pure truth. I stopped collecting board games for a long time because of these types of players

[@matsis01]

0:31-0:46 is teaching board games distilled to perfection

[@blu5725]

This is way too realistic. I have flashbacks to when I tried introducing my friends to dnd...my God...

[@SignatureStampsFan]

I hate how accurate this is.

[@tenknq]

I RELATE 100 PERCENT. I love this video if that wasn't clear 😂

[@Momohhhhhh]

The "fuck you" really punctuated it

[@danielreed3718]

Me: Wanna play a board game? Person: *Does this* Me: *Quietly puts the board game away* Ex Friend: What’re doing? Me: Revoking your membership in my life.

[@blu3_enjoy]

yeah that last shot is golden, love this video well done

[@Colderslave]

The dead eyes at the end sum it up so well...

[@MisterFatOne]

I never saw you before and I'm.. saddened? I normally sit on my PC, rather motionless or emotioneless except for like.. beeing angry at games or laughing at actual comedy films... long story short, I laughed, snorted and blew air out of my nose really hard from your video. Thank you, it's like .. comedy based on real life.. well that's what it is.. but so.. you know.. funny. Damn dude I suck at writing, your video is awesome, you are awesome and I love you, peace out

[@MyFunnyVids888]

I'll literally get my family down for a game and eventually they'll shut up for me to start explaining the game and then they'll start talking over me about something random. I simply just stop talking and every explanation, sit down, and do stuff on my phone till they're done. Happens every time. Im not gonna fight for the frickin metaphorical microphone because they wanna interrupt me after they just told me to stsrt explaining the game

[@cheezeret]

Should have included one more character, the "you never told me that rule" guy. Great sketch!

[@onkelpappkov2666]

Uh... when did you say THAT?

[@pepsimanbooster]

playing Monoploy after 10 hours of DnD

[@Yerfdog1]

"Do you want to buy it, you really should?" "No! Fuck you!" haha classic.

[@derekfurst6233]

I think of all the games where I've encountered hellish house rules, it's Clue. I've played with people who let you ask any player any question. And I always insist: "no you have to ask the player to your left, and if they don't have anything, it moves to the player to their left"

[@nickknife9681]

You, Mr President, are a great board game teacher.

[@thisislucia1558]

When you can make a great, accurate video with only "me, myself, and I" in the video. Very impressive, take my upvote.

[@artstsym]

There’s a reason I’ve gotten Cash ‘n Guns out more than any other title. People look at a box filled with guns and they will shut up to be given the chance to point them at one another.

[@camologeek]

Same reason i bought it too XDDD

[@Esskeau]

This is so accurate. So very, very painfully accurate. I started googling "how to teach board games" because I thought there was something wrong with me and how I taught board games. I'm apparently not an idiot, and I thank you for this.

[@ZombieApocalypse09]

Whenever this happens to me I have an existential crisis about halfway through and just start quietly putting the game away.

[@longfang_1764]

2:16 this is the face of desperation

[@isaacgaming8186]

Felt this on an incredibly personal level 😂😂

[@martinidamian]

Oh man I fell you. Forgot to add the part when that player runs out of money and goes "well this game is broken and no fun without money!"

[@onkelpappkov2666]

I feel like this when explaining music theory basics.

[@tobynsaunders]

Holy shit: who have you been spending time with? edit: Your parents. Ok.

[@TheKensta88]

This is painfully accurate.

[@cipherpunk7409]

I seriously wanted to cry by the end of this.

[@OctoberFallz]

This is how I feel everytime!!!

[@tycolvin1268]

I tried to teach my parents how to play Scythe one time. Games should take about 2 hours, maybe more if it's your first time playing. It took us four days, playing for about 2-4 hours per day, and most of it was like this. In short, bad decision.

[@camologeek]

For a first time player or a person who doesn't play euros that much, scythe is a nightmare. It's my favorite game btw!

[@C3R341K1LL3R]

old comment but i would highly not recommend playing a giant euro like scythe with non-gamers