The BRUTAL Pokemon Board Game - Master Trainer

[@M3G4T3RR4]

"You'll lose so many battles, it begins to make sense that every player is forced to play as Ash Ketchum."

[@ashtondesiongco3644]

Shots fired

[@bruhmomentus8049]

M3G4 T3RR4 XD

[@justinsmolik2834]

ROTL LMAO

[@RuneblowEX]

I LAUGHED SO HARD WHEN I HEARD THAT

[@seanofthesun5362]

Ah yes. I just adore how he chose to poke fun at Ash’s constant Pokémon League losses. Will he ever break that streak?! (Hopefully not. If he does fulfill his “Pokémon Master” dream, he’ll most likely finally start aging again, and eventually cause a chain reaction that will make the whole Pokémon universe collapse, killing the franchise as a real-world side-effect of that chain of events. And who needs that? (And any of you Genwunners don’t count; it’s partially your fault that the franchise still exists anyway, with your love forcing them to continue making games. Also, in response to your claims that their design team is losing creativity: Voltorb! Muk! Magnemite! Ditto! Ring a bell?)) Sorry about that little rant, I guess I got a bit ahead of myself. 😁

[@thateuphonistinthecorner5846]

LOL "You'll lose so many battles it makes sense that every player has to play as Ash Ketchum" Nice roast you snuck in there.

[@SpookyTree255]

I lost it at that part, literally laughing for an entire minute.

[@VGMusicExplorers]

Yeah, caught me off guard as well. :p

[@Dracomut]

I don't quite get the joke, Ash hasn't lost many battles at all. Honestly he is one of the more competent trainers in all Pokemon canons.

[@JaxonUm]

Dracomut hahahahaha wut do you mean?

[@Dracomut]

Exactly what I said, Ash is a strong trainer and has not lost a lot of battles so I do not understand the joke

[@valeriegouldheithaus719]

Ash, Ash Ketchum, Satashi, Gary’s rival, This Kid, and that guy from the anime who looks like Red.

[@SlasherDex]

Character diversity

[@christianu5076]

Yes. That is correct.

[@alexanderwillick4521]

They're all the same person

[@kira_the_sniper6376]

@@alexanderwillick4521 that's the joke

[@En-112]

Alexander Willick *YOU JUST MADE A BIG MISTAKE. PREPARE FOR THE WOOSHERS*

[@smashmallow1012]

"Ash, Ash Ketchum, Satoshi, Gary's Rival, This Kid, and the guy from the anime that looks like Red." What is this? Kingdom Hearts where everyone is the same 5 people?

[@theunemployedyouth9311]

It's so confusing 😵 I had to replay the games when I was older to understand kingdom hearts.

[@skourpi142]

Kingdom hearts is just the definition of complicated.

[@risuwolf]

I love how they said, "You'll lose so many battles, it'll make sense that every player if forced to be Ash" 🤣

[@MountainMemelord]

Xehanort, Terranort, Young Xehanort, Aquanort, Ansem, and Xemnas.

[@ryangirard]

Players can play as: Ash Ash Ketchum Satoshi Gary's Rival this kid and the guy from the anime that looks kinda like Red... That's so diverse.

[@fossilfighters101]

+

[@davidfoote8498]

8-Bit Ramen wait a second WERE IS THE GUY GARY WANTS TO SMELL LATER

[@michaelcabangbang]

8-Bit Ramen The guy who keeps losing the Pokemon League the Guy whos WATER-DARK TYPE POKEMON LOST TO A FIRE TYPE MOVE Gary is here, @$# IS A LOSER!

[@JaredThe]

I can't believe they didn't include "Guy on a poster in Mimikyu's tiny room." He's a classic!

[@BradCook]

200TH LIKE!!!!!!!!!

[@Lucarioguild7]

this game is brutal I've played it, I don't even know why the minimum threshold is 20 power, after like 5 hours we decided to work together because we all wanted to go home and cry because this game violated us

[@BaDMrFr0zty]

you was playing it wrong...

[@devinkerr5474]

Reminds me a lot of the Firefly board game when it came out. We knew it would take a while to play, but after 3-4 hours everyone had suffered 8 cases of terrible luck and none of us were even half way to winning

[@orbbb24]

The reason that this is one of the best board games ever is because they actually put indents into the board so that the pieces all stay in place. Not enough board games do this!

[@vanillaicecream2385]

151 pokemon

[@cryolockdown]

This is a major throwback, I was really young but somehow I remember that I played pretty much via these rules. The only difference was that we agreed that if you have an evolution line complete, it became yours and the other was not able to trade it anymore haha

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

A fair house rule.

[@AdorabubbleDragon]

We have a house rule that your starter pokemon evolution couldn’t be stolen, since it is very clear about whether it could or not

[@Jeimix]

When I was a kid, we also made this rule 😂

[@rjbourgeois5490]

Nah gentlemen agreements are for kids. Theres no loyalty or respect when it comes to board games.

[@thebigmermaid]

"You'll lose so many battles, it'll begin to make sense that every player is forced to play as Ash Ketchum" brb dying

[@bbb_888]

LOL!!!! Quote of the Year :)

[@tiwi71]

timestamp?

[@simbos]

10:45

[@GoldenDragon-hr2fd]

Savannah Irwin TIME MACHINE DO IT AGAIN

[@ryanvann2459]

simbos7 Hughghghg

[@TheMaz878]

Who wants to see JWittz livestream this game just for the fun of it?

[@keeyotaka]

I do XD

[@Verte7]

TheMaz878 let's make this happen

[@MirthMouser]

Yesss~!

[@dontaisthiccer8010]

Pleaseeeeee

[@AdeptArcanist]

Yes please!

[@MandyMan24]

I bought that game at a charity sale once in my early Pokemon days. I was too young to understand how it worked and no one to play it with so I just looked at the pictures all the time.

[@Serjo777]

Idk why, but the _"so I just looked at the pictures all the time."_ part made it sound really sad :/

[@hummingbir6]

This guy should be a storyteller, sounds tragic and nostalgic, but equally evocative with childhood sentiment, an ephemeral time for infinite happiness and frolic.

[@rivalnevam6937]

exactly.

[@basillah7650]

You can play board games by yourself just play more than one player yourself

[@KitsuneGod28]

I never played this game to be honest none of my friends had this. We all played the Pokemon games on GBC, GBA & Nds.

[@sizzlemawgaming7439]

My group has a drinking game based around the rules for this game. No one makes it to the league. Ever. Lol

[@jociepelfresne6257]

Pls share the rules 😂

[@megapunk1474]

Share the Rules!

[@jacobgutierrez6256]

Share

[@ElWeebDelBarri]

I'm late but please share! Hahaha

[@JoNassRasierer]

Share

[@dexis9412]

"You'll lose so many battles that it will begin to make sense why everyone is forced to play as ash" One word... Savage

[@PeanutTechno]

Don't think burn heals are gonna save ya from *that* ! XD No wonder his name is Ash.

[@natel3250]

Don't forget the fact that there are 6 players, but only 4 legendaries. 😂

[@YouremadbigL]

Nate L I think how the trading is supposed to work is that each player NEEDS to pick one of THEIR OWN Pokémon and then the players trade with the selected Pokémon. A person an only select their own Pokémon, and will have to accept whatever the opponent offers. It's not thievery.

[@ClasherofWorlds]

Frank A while it's true that they do swap Pokemon but do you really think it's a good deal of someone uses the trade card, and trades their margikarp for their mewtwo, that's a forced scam

[@TheFrio937]

Based on wording its a Teamrocket card.

[@NickCharles]

The legendaries are generally a bad idea IMO, you are much better off trying to get a 2nd stage evolution with the +5 bonus. Dragonite, Alakazam, Machamp, Gengar, Victreebel, etc. These will be as powerful as the best starters with a 12 or 13 base attack. Then if you fight Gary you have a shot to beat him even if he gets a 5+8 bonus with a +4 and +5 attack bonus on yours. Legendaries by comparison are weak, and generally I would only use them if I'm behind and need to risk it for a quick victory (ie my opponents all have better options than I do).

[@TheFrio937]

Also, the Trade rule makes your starters immune to trading so getting it to stage 2 could help.

[@tristanneal9552]

"You'll lose so many battles, it'll begin to make sense that every single player is forced to play as Ash Ketchum." Lmao savage af, I'm dying.

[@YvesCFC]

Wonder which top comment you stole that from?

[@tristanneal9552]

Lmao I posted this within the first few hours of the video being posted, I didn't steal anything. Why you gotta hate?

[@PonyPlays2014]

We always called the figures: Orange: Ash Honey Yellow: Ash Mustard Pink: Ash Ketchup Pale: Ash Mayonnaise Blue: Ash Blueberry Jelly Green: Ash Guacamole

[@KyureiProductions]

PonyPlays2014 kind of reminds me of “Clue”.

[@MadMax-yq9ix]

Pink is supposed to be ash fry sauce

[@lucasrg9238]

@@BabyMahdy no, Baby, ash mayonnaise is not an instrument

[@chich-ai]

Pink is supposed to be Gum Ash

[@AfroAtze]

I disliked this comment because I didn't find it particularly funny or engaging.

[@mariic2]

8:41 "You win, right?" "Time Machine!" "Wait, what?" "TIME MACHINE!"

[@seanstange8704]

I got that reference

[@mickybrousseau]

so you are the reason why this game is number one trending on ebay

[@NickCharles]

It's TheJwittz effect xD

[@krimzocastfireball3743]

michael brousseau how much is it. I need it!

[@Courg]

michael brousseau lol

[@nullplusone8579]

200th like on this comment!

[@deezawsomenutsupdated5176]

michael brousseau H

[@SneakTheOcto]

“There’s a chip for every single first generation Pokémon. 150 colorful coins for you to collect!” Mew: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@woooshbait5398]

Mew is always excluded :,|

[@woooshbait5398]

@Spencer Wells we know still even long after he was introduced he is still ignored

[@BrickZero]

I always saw mew, celeby, jirachi, etc. As bridge pokemon. The link used to complement the transfer into a new gen or a half baked excuse to retcon why the pokemon have never been seen in one region or another.

[@thebigcheese1122]

Be original

[@dizzy_jump]

The Game: *Yes.*

[@epepo]

This video is 7 years old so this probably won't be read, but there's a fan made version of this game that's free, and you can print it yourself. It removes the time machines, adds gym battles, type advantages, etc. Its really fun, but still a bit too long

[@Sifeus]

I actually scrolled the comments looking for this. I've heard nice things about the fan ... balance patch... or wahtever to call it.

[@bloodyxlocust]

Will try googling for that… I’d love different variations of this game.

[@TheInfinityMaster1]

10:43 JWittz: "You'll laugh everytime someone gets time machined *into the shadow realm"*. I just love that Yu-Gi-Oh reference and glad that is still being used even after all these years. Never get tired of it! :D

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Infinity Master Oh yeah. With the new movie and show, the Duel Links mobile game, and the Abridged Series, it's no wonder we still make references to it. "It's really more of a Purple Realm ...." ~ TDG

[@pkthundaaah]

Infinity Master I'll use my trap card, KUNAI WITH CHAIN!!!

[@KannyKat]

Barrel Behind The Door.

[@the__wolf5087]

I don't know why that picture of James holding the guy at gunpoint made me laugh

[@AnalSeepageForDummies]

the__wolf Yeah, it is definitelt hilarious but I am actually glad they banned that episode. Having Team Rocket hold a real gun and threatening someone's life is a bit too messed up although it is kind of funny when the warden threatened Ash lol

[@clydefrosch]

yeah, too messed up. even though there wasn't a cartoon without guns, machineguns, rocket launchers and other weaponry in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s

[@DairunCates]

...But to find a copy of this game, I'd need a... I'd need a .... TIME MACHINE!

[@bryanzarazua7221]

DairunCates underrated comment

[@Tinga336]

I have a copy

[@abbycollins]

What TIME M A C H I N E

[@kekleon-Gamer]

A drop in center I attend just found the game recently, all though we don't have the instructions

[@Ghostrider6A]

I won the game via an eBay auction on Saturday.

[@Cirrus5005]

Got this as a Christmas present in the 90s. I was definitely that older brother that recognised the wear & tear mark on the back of the Mewtwo legendary card so that little brother would never know how I - miraculously - always knew which one he was. What a game. Definitely played it wrongly to begin with but got the hang of it in the end and as young kids, you need stuff with complexity that's gonna challenge you and teach you to lose.

[@AllButJustForgotten]

Wait a minute, I've STILL been playing it wrong? I thought the die is rolled for Elite4 Card Trainer and they get the corresponding attack bonus without the dice roll on top. Which makes sense as Gary becomes the only near-invincible one. If they get the dice roll on top of that the game is absolutely bonkers. I'm gonna check the rulebook when I get home since Hasbro's servers hosting it are loading it very slowly. Edit: holy crap yep. Still been playing wrong hahaha

[@raiyanchowdhury7898]

Rudy Myer l

[@Ephraim225]

No, actually, you were playing it perfectly, getting the die roll on top is complete bonkers

[@lickilicky64]

so basically you've been playing with the mercy rule the entire time

[@britefeather]

@@raiyanchowdhury7898 same

[@Blast112]

We've always played it that way too!! Just makes sense?

[@robertwilcox4985]

That dis on Ash was absolutely perfect.

[@tackthewise6421]

Robert Wilcox where

[@mmmmmm-xc1zg]

That One Rigelian Knight in the begining

[@truegreen7]

This is a reeeeaaaally cool game actually. I kinda need to play it now.

[@ventuswill2847]

Gud to know, fakeblue6

[@omarrpika252]

Hey Truegreen7!!! 🙋😉

[@thatdad1897]

Truegreen7 Bro You're one of my favorite KZbinrs and you're commenting on one of my other fave KZbinr's videos? YAY

[@Tigermink03]

What is up, Homie Sceptile I?

[@walrusmedia4035]

^When another successful KZbinr comments.

[@leab0401]

"As you get time machined into the shadow realm" I see what you did there.

[@CodeHonLoL]

"You'll lose so many battles, that it'll begin to make sense why everyone plays as Ash Ketchum." 8-year-old me is dying of laughter

[@BJGvideos]

Clefairy makes more sense than Meowth considering the history.

[@TBkite]

I thought it was gonna be eevee instead of meowth

[@davidfoote8498]

BJGvideos yea but eevee would be better than meowth

[@viviisthebest]

meowth should have been eevee

[@suckieduckie]

we always switch em for poliwag, bellsprout, and a nidoran if we play with 6.

[@DoubleVintageGaming]

It should have been eevee and jigglypuff

[@mitchellkois1601]

I have a distinct memory of having an Ivysaur token from this game in my Lego box when I was a kid. But I have never seen this board game. Where did I get that token?

[@Other_Kev]

You stole it from a friend and blocked it from your memory

[@RandoRules]

Everyone has that unidentified Pokémon figure in their lego box

[@jamesbrawn5458]

I had this game given to me as a birthday present (I think I was around 8 years old). Had an absolutely blast on the rare occasion I got to play it with my friends, although we never got to the Elite Four as we had more fun just battling each other and trading Pokemon. Found the game again about 5 years ago and realised what a frustrating game it is! We calculated before the game that the only realistic way of 'winning' was to own a Pokemon with the double evolution bonus, and to have attack bonus cards. This meant that for about 20 minutes, we were rocking back and forth one the blue and red paths to pick up the said pokemon and item cards. But then by the time both of us got to the Indigo Plateau, we were going around again and again desperate to just be able to face one of the Elite 4. The first person to have a go failed, but then due to unlucky rolling on the part of the other player (also in the Plateau) was able to return and have a second go, this time to win. So for the loser, they spent most of the game searching for the Pokemon and items needed, only to be stuck in the purgatory of the Indigo Plateau.

[@SkulShurtugalTCG]

I played this ALL THE TIME when I was a kid!

[@Tim-007]

Hi there Skul.

[@DippypantsGamesnStuff]

Tim Legdeur hi there tim

[@nekonomicon9938]

SkulShurtugalTCG you didn't play it right though did you?

[@Tim-007]

Dippypants Hello.

[@chrisshep7564]

Alola, sir!

[@elocfreidon]

Three house rules: 1. Replace Pikachu, Meowth and Clefairy with Pokemon that have 2 evolutions. 2. The pokeball card lets you choose which bonus (if you want) to use after the die roll. 3. Only add the bonus the Elite Four dice roll represents, not the dice itself.

[@sternis1]

That's similar what I was going to suggest. Add a couple of house rules and the game might be playable. In addition to those rules, also add a limit on how long you can be in the Indigo Platue, like if you pass the second Enter Final Battle twice, you will immediately enter the battle (even if you don't land on the spot) Generally, I would say this game is as backstabby as Munchkin. When used to play it a lot with my friends in high school, and every time you went into the final battle for the last level, you had all the others ganking up on you.

[@garretth.251]

I play the second house rule with my daughters. Also, I never realized you could Time Machine someone else's roll, so we inadvertently had a house rule that Time Machine can only reroll your own rolls (though that includes rerolling the Elite Four die if you are the one controlling the Elite Four member.

[@OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa]

I'd like to suggest a fourth house rule: You can only time machine your own dice rolls, not other players'.

[@sonicrunn3r895]

OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa Here's a better idea for one, before the first turn, remove all time machines from the deck

[@hotwax9376]

Here's a better idea for a rule: you can't use a Time Machine card once somebody wins an Elite Four battle.

[@ViviBlue-db2br]

CAN WE PLEASE SEE THIS GAME STREAM IT

[@ShuraEssays]

Longest stream since MatPat streamed all of Fnaf SL in one day... that was 5 hours.

[@HerodotusVon]

Vivi23 Blue23 this needs to be done lol

[@javidiaz94]

In order to make this game shorter and not too broken my friends and I play with following rules: - You can only trade pokemon of the same color (rule added later in the official Johto game) - Time machine only affects your own rolls, not your opponents'. - If you evolved a full family of Pokemon they cannot be traded. - We removed half of the "Fight" event cards from the deck, because in the final phase of the game they're annoying to all players and nobody wants to lose their item cards. Hope you enjoy them ;)

[@phoenixelysia]

my family had a similar ruleset, but the only pokemon we trade-locked were legendaries and starters/starter lines, everything else was fair game. We also used paper and added our own, original pokemon into the game, like Ho-oh and the beasts, all with 10 power, Absol and salamence with 8 each, and the two "ocs" i remember, Kurvo (a bird with 12 power) and Celestien, a legendary eevee evolution with 20 base power (but u had to roll 3 same numbers in a row to catch it) (i was maybe 6 when RSE was out, so there were more than the original 151 for us.) Game is definitely more fun and less of a Monopoly-scale event if you bend the rulebook.

[@patyos2]

For the time machine yeah the rules regarding that were clarified in later expansions that it can only be used during your own Pokemon Battles but you can still use it to make players reroll captures.

[@Merry_Haddock]

@@phoenixelysia Its advantage furthermore the ones with the great starters since Pikachu, Clefairy and Meowth are not useful against the Elite four anyway. We also played that you can't force a trade on a fully evolved line.

[@dsproductions19]

Funny how you mentioned Monopoly, as most people actually play it wrong and use house rules that extend the game substantially. The main rule most don't seem to know is that if a player lands on a space and doesn't buy it, it goes up for auction starting at $0, meaning that you can buy properties without ever landing on them (and for a cheaper price). Also, when you go bankrupt from debt to a player, all of your assets go to that player, not the bank. There are others, but those are the main 2 I noticed.

[@breadgehog]

"Time machined into the shadow realm" is my new favourite phrase.

[@shadowdarkness2345]

Breadgehog ahhh dragon ball and yugioh nice.

[@JeffreyFromJJJjoyce]

Ash, Ash Ketchum, Satashi, Gary's Rival or the guy in the anime that looks like red 😂😂😂

[@TheDeathMare]

Supriorguy that is the joke

[@spectrelex3051]

Jeffrey_city ikr that's was pretty funny.

[@summermermaidstar756]

Jeffrey_city Satoshi not Satashi.

[@OtterInsanity]

Jeffrey_city You forgot about "This Kid"

[@aceandromeda3886]

that hurt me so much the way he pronounced it considering he's such a big fan

[@isayahcurtis9070]

Well clefairy was supposed to be the original mascot

[@jaymess8802]

isayah curtis definitely Gengar and nidorino

[@BeefGeneral]

Jay Mess Rhydon before those two

[@woooshbait5398]

Rhydon was the first pokemon gengar and nidorino are the first exemple of a battle they never was supposed to be the mascot

[@bettinab733]

poor eevee

[@wingedhussar1453]

​@jaymess8802 not mascots just concepts

[@Jersgrl29]

"You put a gun up to their head and force them to trade with you" Me:Magikarp for Mewtwo Other:But why? Me:JUST DO IT OR I'LL SHOOT Other:ok...

[@whecketsumber7924]

And thus the 6 magikarp fisherman was complete

[@heartfitness9224]

The trade doesn’t say pick your opponents Pokémon to trade they get to choose

[@surfinshinji6845]

This game is available for TableTop Simulator through Steam Workshop! Haven't played it to know if it's any good or not but I thought it would be cool to try and tell people about :D

[@ernestsarmiento2666]

Surfin' Shinji

[@beanburrito4405]

Can you play against other people? :/

[@nicholasgeere5125]

Surfin' Shinji whelp, im getting table top sim

[@SugarSyrupQueen]

It's way better in TTS. There's even fanmade addons that add more Pokemon from later generations and such. It's no less brutal though.

[@101Eevee101]

Oh man PLEASE do more of these JWittz

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

I found this game about a year ago for $45. It was a great deal. It's even complete! Good game, too. Long endgame, of course, but...

[@flosohobobro1650]

PKMN Trainer Mark dang I seen one in my grandmas shed was the one you got brand new?

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

@@flosohobobro1650 Of course not. But it has everything and is in good condition.

[@dragonmaster3030]

@@pkmntrainermark8881 I was just looking for one, personally I want both the first and second, they have different flavors and many people don't appreciate monopoly levels time spending so I want both because of that, different flavor and time required. The ones Ives seen for the original go for around 70 ish dollars with like 20 buck delivery fees. Do you think that's worth it for a game before my time.

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

@@dragonmaster3030 So $90 for the original? It's a pretty fun game that can go on a while, so if you play it at least a few times, I think it'll be worth it.

[@dragonmaster3030]

@@pkmntrainermark8881 it's been awhile since a board game ever really intrigued me like this one has, and on top of that it's a rare bit of history

[@Iinneus]

I definitely want to see those second and third generation Master Trainer games! I would love to know if the series evolved into a less brutal or _more_ brutal game, and I'd love to see those other Pokémon board games as well.

[@andimjustalex]

2nd gen butchered it with the gym leaders mechanic and don't get me started with gen 3. They just get more simple, basic and boring as it goes on. This one is by far the best.

[@ShadowyNeko]

I do possess this game.. It did ruin friendships it was worse than a game of Mario Party god so many fond memories

[@jay13982]

This and Monopoly.... Lol

[@psychedashell]

This and Munchkin.

[@readifsussy7428]

Gary wins master trainer without doing anything

[@noahegler9131]

Fools! You do not know the dark power that is Diplomacy!

[@shadedcycle]

Games that look innocent, mario party... Pokemon master trainer trilogy Most games look fun on the outside but when you start... it’s very brutal. I know because I have Pokemon Monopoly: Kanto Edition

[@arthurvergolino6859]

i had that game. i was destroyed during the great moving of 99... many good soldiers were lost that week... master trainer, lego mans, teh card album... many, MANY stickers.... and dont even get me started on the blue eyes white dragon card found crushed after moving... poor soldiers. may the god of the 90's have them...

[@QWERTY708100]

I never understood the appeal of Blue Eyes or Yugioh that matter, but I feel sorry for you. Ripperonis.

[@rib_rob_personal]

Yu-Gi-Oh made more sense to me than the Pokémon card game, and it was fun. I lost all the time when I was a kid, but it was interesting since I actually knew all the basic rules (I didn't understand any other card game at the time).

[@victini9595]

well the Yu-gi-oh anime was all about the card game so it was easier to get a grasp on how to play the card game compared to playing the pokemon card game. I recall only collecting pokemon cards for the shake of collecting.

[@TocoAndKdog]

Goodbye 90's you wont be missed lul

[@RickRaptor105]

I played this recently with my sister. When we realized how broken the Elite 4 were, we had to conspire together so one of us was equipped with as many attack buffs and legendaries as possible so we could finally escape the Indigo Plateau.

[@cherrychocolate1434]

I worked at Goodwill over the summer and someone actually donated a Pokemon Master Trainer game. Unfortunately, store policy says we aren't allowed to sell board games that are already open, so we had to throw it out. But I took a few of the Pokemon tokens home with me. Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, Chansey, Vulpix, Snorlax, Nidoran F, Nidoqueen, Dragonite, and Arcanine. I'm sad I couldn't get either of my favorite Gen 1 Pokemon, Vaporeon and Ninetales.

[@ChristineSimsOfficial]

Cherry Chocolate wtf?! I see old games at goodwill all the time. I just bought perfection few months ago and it definitely wasn’t unopened. Had all the pieces but surely it wasn’t sealed.lol. This is why I work at value village. And yeah, it came into our store last year, but we aren’t stupid and put it in the showcase for what I believe was $100. It sold really fast so I couldn’t buy it. Have to wait at least two days before we can buy anything.i totally would have tho

[@ChristineSimsOfficial]

Also, if you get in that predicament again, you can take it out of the trash and get away with it. Lose job, but no other penalties. My coworker got fired for taking something that was thrown away and it went to court and he won against the company coz he played it as dumpster diving.lol. It’s kind of a weird concept when your stealing trash.lol

[@PhoenixAngel429]

Wow, your Goodwill sucks. My local one sells opened board games.

[@21coute]

I kinda get why. If the board game is open there's a 98.67% chance that pieces are missing. Some games have a lot of pieces and it would take a long time to have an employee check to see if they're all there. If the game is missing pieces it could be unplayable and effectively trash. Now maybe somebody would want it to replace pieces from their own game but I still think it's not worth it to have incomplete board games taking up space on the shelves. Employees should be able to take home things that Goodwill throws away though.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

@カプ・テテフ most Goodwills have rules like that. The theory at mine is that someone would pocket a piece from a game (so it couldn't be sold) and then take it home and get the game/item/whatever for next to nothing before any customers have a chance to buy it.

[@AeoTheAwesome]

Definitely gives us more videos like this. Was very interesting.

[@andimjustalex]

He should do a video on the V-Trainer toys

[@MathyMegaMan]

This was actually the first board game I ever bought myself. I saved up 20 whole dollars way back in 1999, and I still have it to this day.

[@Theparliamentofatlas]

we made this a drinking game. We all ended up on the floor.

[@DannyDog27]

Wait when did you drink?

[@charlieconley1348]

Crollingin Meishkin whenever you lost probaly

[@iriszeldaana]

This video goes viral and your subs skyrocket Pewdiepie: TIME MACHINE. Jwittz: that's not how it works- Jacksepticeye: TIME MACHINE Jwittz: stop saying- Markiplier: TIME MACHINE

[@Finchyay]

We want a video of you playing this with people, the max number if possible.

[@keystone5750]

I wonder if JWittz will ever do a video on all the different takes on Master Trainer in the Tabletop Simulator workshop. There's a ton of custom expansions, full reworks, and wholly custom games based off Master Trainer. There have been people adding mega evolution, gym trainers, evil teams, there'd be so much to talk about.

[@Justforchaz]

Where can I find that

[@Zakuzu]

I feel like this would be fun to watch a stream of with a group of friends honestly. (probably with some modified rules to help ease the pain)

[@chinoz219]

i imagined gamegrumps playing the game.

[@Zakuzu]

Oh man now I want that to happen so badly

[@elijahpadilla5083]

Your likes are Mew. You're welcome.

[@OtakuDaiKun]

I was pretty sure that time machines could only be used by actual battle participants. I don't recall the elite four getting the dice roll added to their score. My favorite part of this game is that we allowed the trading of dead Pokémon. It made things even more cruel.

[@thehoodedman9740]

OtakuDaiKun BLAZE?!

[@snootycapybara3683]

Yeah I remember it being the elite four got one of those three values added to their base attack, but not adding the dice roll they got as well.

[@saego]

I just read the rules and, yes, they get the roll and the value. I do, however, read time machine as only being able to be used by the participants in the battle.

[@onlinegametime]

OtakuDaiKun me and my friend made a really good Pokémon board game couple years ago that’s easy to fallow and challenging at the same time. The downside it’s not easy to get the license to put it out and we would get mostly a small % profit it took a year and a half to fit and work on it. Changing the theme for it harder to make work. I’m working on a different theme by myself. When my friend is marking the Johto region expansion. We just play the Pokémon game with are group of friends, family, & people at cards shops to see if they like it and for feedbacks. So far for 2 years of it everyone says it’s a bit confusing in the beginning but is super fun in the middle and end game. We haven’t gotten a really negative review for it yet. They only ask when will we add the Johto region. Game time last for 45min-2hours and is for 1-5 players. It’s fun and we both Really hope it becomes a game we see in stores one day

[@shadow_4111]

If we had this in my old middle school game club it would destroy my friendships

[@CapnShades]

Honestly, if your friends will break up with you over a game, even if it's Mario Kart or Smash Bros, you need new friends. XD

[@Jcend]

Ace in the Hole No one wants to play Brawl with me anymore because I play metaknight and they get mad time to get new friends XD

[@CapnShades]

Yeah, they need to grow up. I don't wanna toot my own horn or nothin', but my brother was kicking my a** the other day in Sm4sh and I came back next time stronger than ever. I also discovered the true power of Aura that day, if you catch my drift. ; )

[@alexanderbadillo704]

Nah if you use meta knight then i understand why they hate you

[@Absolute_LUNA-C]

A Single Cheeto Puff T I M E M A C H I N E

[@Prince_Smugarina]

Master Trainer: Where Nuzlocke began.

[@jordanpritchard5226]

And where friendships get assassinated.

[@FirstLastname604]

2:16 - 2:23 if this isn't the greatest moment in Jwittz history, then I dont know what is

[@drakensilver1146]

I think the best decision my friend ever made was turn anytime you lost or missed a Pokemon is that you took a shot. I had this game for years and I bought it at a garage sale. I dug it out a couple of years ago and that's exactly what my friends and I did.

[@phoebe5]

Draken Silver did one of you die from alcohol poisoning?

[@drakensilver1146]

no, but the hangovers were pretty bad.

[@92bagder]

theres a pokemon drinking game you can print out, its kinda fun, i just had it printed and laminated at office depot

[@elfofcourage]

It's like Mario Party, if Mario Party was a board game. LoL

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

elfofcourage in real life

[@lucasyoung9594]

YESS!! I loved this game so much!! I used to play all the time. We usually never ever finished the game, instead we just collected the Pokemon, which was fun in itself. Sometimes we went the whole way. I would totally play this game again if someone had it on hand. I had no idea the time machine could be used on opponent's rolls!!!

[@d-heroforte8037]

This is probably harder than being an actual pokemon trainer lol

[@Friendbndew]

Forte I'm liking the profile picture ;D

[@d-heroforte8037]

haha thank you! XD

[@zoruamaster2495]

Forte vgc sounds easier than this insanity

[@remixtheidiot5771]

Forte all hail rngesus.

[@BigBrotherMateyka]

It's like Pokémon meets Game of Thrones.

[@SubjectToChangeEnt]

Meowth as a starter may be a bit of a stretch, if not a sensible stretch given Team Rocket. Clefairy, however, makes a surprising amount of sense since it was intended to be the face of Pokemon before Pikachu assumed that role for a variety of reasons.

[@hjones6829]

I suspect that, wanting to appeal to the widest audience, they tried to draw equally on the games and the anime. 6 starters, 3 from games (makes sense to use starters), 3 from anime (the most popular + consistent were Meowth and Clefairy/Pikachu, assuming they chose these before they had decided which would be the protagonist pokemon - or it was originally 5 then they added Pikachu after the change)

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Why not Eevee, though? Wasn't that Gary's starter?

[@estebandsandovall]

Nicholas Farrell i thought the same, the 3 Og starters, pikachu and eevee from the Yellow version/anime and clefairy cause it was the pokemon meant to be ash starter in the series before pikachu.

[@ClefairyRox]

@@nicholasfarrell5981 Gary's starter in the anime was actually a Squirtle. This was only revealed by Brock and Misty during the Johto League when he sends out his Blastoise in his battle against Ash. He also wasn't shown to have an Eevee until RIGHT BEFORE the Johto anime started, and despite making a cameo in one of the Johto openings, it only appeared in a single episode as an Eevee. It had more screentime as an Umbreon.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

@@ClefairyRox ah. I guess my thinking was influenced by the Yellow version.

[@Jestloo]

I clicked this thinking, “Aww yeah! I have this game!” But then I realized, “wait... Mine’s the 2nd, Johto version...”

[@Aphelion87]

It's ok he has a second video about the johto game

[@Jestloo]

Legend of awesome productions Oh! He does? Thanks for telling me. 😁

[@mtas2272]

He also has 1 for Hooen!

[@defaultdan7923]

at least it isn’t 3

[@firetail006]

And I thought calculus sucked...

[@angelwhispers2060]

Terry yes seriously you want to force a child to learn math. Give them this game they will learn basic math whether they want to or not. Or get them into a friend group that is seriously competitive about main series Pokemon games. Between IV breeding. Stab bonus type advantage type matchup multi type calculations... yeah in the days before the internet had a chart graphic for everything yeah Pokemon with the way to make sure your kid grew up with a very strategic mind. Or got really good at losing

[@pqRachel]

I had this game and it's probably simple nostalgia talking but it was super fun. I probably didn't actually play according to the rules or anything but oh my god I forgot this was a thing. Don't know where the game went probably sold in a garage sale or something but gosh did I enjoy this game.

[@LSparkzwz]

I remember this game very well, my cousin had this and we'd play it every time. His big brother would try to watch over us and make us follow the rules (with little success) but by the end of the game we'd just have a fight. Every single time.

[@polarbeargloves]

I had to rewind the character descriptions to realize it was all just Ash.

[@karlysol2829]

Me too

[@JakeGoesOnline]

Would you consider playing this on a livestream?

[@TheJWittz]

+JakeGoesOnline absolutely! I've been working on getting tabletop streams going since our move, hoping to have them ready by the early Summer

[@water_rosefunk6711]

JakeGoesOnline when the reply has more likes than the comment

[@JakeGoesOnline]

obviously it does. one the person who uploaded the video is extremely popular, two the person who uploaded the video responded, three he gave an answer people would like.

[@willow7610]

TheJWittz may god have mercy on your soul

[@hobojoe0858]

Tabletop Simulator on Steam has a version of this in it's workshop.

[@zacharymohammadi]

“It took 4 and 1/2 hours” Axis and Allies players: pffft those are baby numbers

[@shards7992]

The Campaign for North Africa player *turns around* AMATURES

[@sanguisbumb6138]

Shard S Europa Universalis: I am god

[@noahegler9131]

Diplomacy: AMATEURS!

[@grog6300]

Pssst I've played a 16 hour one shot D&D Campaign.

[@CeltickenderPlayz]

Jwittz I think this has been the best video, in a loooong time. Congrats for adding in comedy, your channel is going to start growing again

[@StarkMaximum]

So I watch this video from time to time, and I know part of the enjoyment JWittz gets is from the sheer chaos and brutality of it, but is it possible a few house rules could make the game much less agonizing? I have a few simple ones. -Forced trades have to be between Pokemon of matching colors, if there's no match, you can't force a trade with the card. Manual trades can be whatever the players agree to. -Trainers in the Indigo Plateau are immune to any and all cards played by opponents on them. Alternate take: Immune to any and all cards played by opponents *that aren't also in the Plateau.* -Alternative to the previous rule: Time Machine can only be used on your own rolls. I think those were all the broken things he talked about, and they seem easily fixed. Does that make the game more enjoyable, or is having your balls crushed in a vice part of the appeal? (I won't kinkshame.)

[@TheZebbga]

Surprised no one is mentioning Pokemon Diamond and Pearls 10th Anniversary in North America today. I mean I only know that because I was on Diamond a while ago and I noticed it was like a week of my 10th Anniversary of getting the game. I mean all my Game Boy files are gone at this point so my oldest save file is 10 year old. I also got the game about three months earlier than anyone else because the DS wasn't region locked. So that is fun.

[@itskenny5427]

wait the one where it involved a TV?

[@jellomonster531]

TheZebbga has it already been 10 years ☠️ omg

[@TheZebbga]

Yep , 10 years have passed. Weird isn't it. It doesn't seem that long.

[@ryanmullins4648]

TheZebbga i never played the sinnoh games yet i sort of grew up on them with cards and the anime

[@jellomonster531]

TheZebbga it feels like 5 years ago to me xD

[@michaeltabaka8957]

Aww, I have a love/hate relationship with this game! It's so fun, but it can be very unforgiving. I can also confirm that game can take nearly forever to finish, as I remember starting a game at around 10pm and not finishing until after 1am. Unfortunately, one of my dogs got to the figurines, and so I now have a headless orange figure and a yellow figure I like to call "Legs" (I even still have the mutilated body). The other ones are fine, but at least it gives some story behind my game.

[@mayor4797]

Thank god there's someone in this comment section that's played this game

[@Viper505repiV1]

If I were playing and managed to get to the end, get into the Indigo Plateau, beat the Elite Four, then beat Gary, and immediately afterwards someone used a Time Machine card I'd probably my flip the board and they'd get a fist stuck in their head.

[@ethanedwards3357]

Viper505repiV1 Well.

[@jeffmatrachisia3827]

I mean perhaps this is months too late but you only have to beat one “Elite 4” trainer (including Gary). So you’re not doing 5 back to back battles in this game, you just gotta win one. Of course, winning one isn’t that easy either, but I mean if it was all 5 then heck, forget 4 hours, this game would take DAYS (considering each loss would knock out your Pokémon and you gotta revive them).

[@xolotlnephthys]

Also very late but me and my brother had our own house rules: The trade event card was allowed to be ignored, and if we wanted each other's Pokemon to fulfil an evolution line, we'd allow the trade. We battled with teams of 6. For Indigo Plateau, we'd have to battle all 5 Elite 4 in a row (rather than a randomly selected one) with a team of 6, with power items having permanent effect (but only 2 allowed as per) and transferable between the team of 6. We were nice to each other.

[@kylecampbell565]

A house rule I'd install is only being allowed to use time machine on yourself

[@doesntmatter8769]

I would remove that card entirely

[@Traysandor]

Pokemon the Board Game: More like Dark Souls. (When our family played Monopoly, we had the free parking jackpot, and usually only played until either someone went bankrupt or we got too bored to continue, then counted up properties and cash to determine who won, if it wasn't obvious - like someone getting sent to Boardwalk with a hotel on it, GG)

[@gamefreaksmosh7]

now i want to play this game. DUDE, what if : Twitch plays Pokemon Master Trainer!

[@alolanfigment9822]

theres even more rng than monopoly

[@bbb_888]

I still have this game!! Anyone want to play with me?

[@alolanfigment9822]

i made a paper version of pokemon master trainer (with all the 108 cards and 150 chips 2), because the only left are probably on ebay, so i looked up everything about the game, and after a long day of nothing but pokemon master trainer, its 95% ready, all i need to do is colour in the rest of the backs of the chips

[@bbb_888]

It's probably waayy faster to buy it on ebay. Yeah, it's more expensive, but you need to understand the value of time.

[@alolanfigment9822]

(also im under 18, and im really fast at writing)

[@SunoharaTheMan]

The Gen 3 Master Trainer is actually really good. It's still very luck based and reliant on having strong Pokémon, but it's way more balanced and easy to win. You should check that one out, it's a great board game in my opinion!

[@kdo1123]

There is a version of this on table top simulator.

[@TakuroSpirit]

kdo1123 Why am I not suprised?

[@JT_Soul_Tha_God]

1:03 my god I forgot that I even owned one of these until I saw you remove the cover. I remember removing all of the chips from the holes in the board! This brings a tear to my eye. Thank you.

[@harmhoeks5996]

I can remember having great fun with my nephews with this one. Changes made to the rules: no 7-hand max, catching for other players when you fail, defeating all of elite four in 1 go (but without the dice roll added, only the attack bonus added) and no trading or at least not on something you evolved.

[@harmhoeks5996]

Time machine only your own rolls, logically

[@patyos2]

Believe some of those rules were not clear and people would fill in the gaps with their own rules. Like the Time Machine didn't mention that you could interrupt another players turn to have them re roll, Instead most people I know had Time machine only affect others players if you use it during your own battles so only people within the battle could use time machine. As for the + 4 + 5 cards the rulebook gave you an example how to use them but it never explicitely said that you couldn't use more then 2 during battles so you could place 3 or even 4 item cards with +3 or +4 +5 if you wanted. And the Final Battle xD Most people wanted to beat the whole Elite four like in the Video games so yah that made it quite long but with the Multiple use of + 3 4 and 5 it was more about who had the most Plus cards would win xD

[@frottlemi5301]

Harm Hoeks it feels like Magic: The Gathering a little. they had cards that were not very specific starting out and people would use them to their advantage. these cards in this pokemon game should definitely have been more specific on when you could use them. it would have settled a lot of fights in my house and i assume many others as well

[@harmhoeks5996]

Additionally, players were not allowed to capture/steal other people's evolution l.

[@PatNatOfficial]

Looks like a great premise with a poor execution. Great video, you've been killing it lately!

[@PatNatOfficial]

Also, that ash joke was amazing

[@UltrabotUltimus]

The game grumps should play this

[@jumpyweasel3720]

Ultrabot Ultimus definitely

[@PhoenixAngel429]

I'd love to see that. XD

[@InfamousArmstrong]

Nah, Normal Boots.

[@marzanachowdhury5354]

Ohhh man I miss this game 😭 def didn’t play it right but was such a magical time of my childhood. I think it was either 2004 or 2006 when we were moving (we moved a lot back in the day) and my mom got the bag of toys mixed up with the bag of trash and accidentally threw away all the Ash Ketchum’s and the cards 😭 we still only have the board split into 3 parts and maybe 70% of the chips survived the years. I was distraught when we moved to our new house and didn’t have all the pieces anymore. We resorted to just playing pog with the remaining chips until my little brother was born and destroyed several of them 😪

[@talktowaz]

I remember this game!!!!

[@TheOtherLink]

same, used to play it with my friends almost daily

[@MegaMegaMiner100]

my second grade teacher had it for indoor recess

[@Natrix95]

I actually still have this board game. Missing a few Pokepogs and maybe a rival card, but it's still there.

[@moonstruck8505]

I have this and it isn't missing any pieces and is in overall pretty good condition. I loved playing it with my Dad when I was younger, but we threw in a bunch of home rules to make the game more managable.

[@walrusman151]

Noah Rebert Yea, exactly the same 👍

[@frostieisme]

I actually own this board game. I'm looking at mine now, lol

[@Tazel1337]

frostieisme me too

[@MultiClittle]

wow really? that's awesome rofl

[@vutava8292]

Same here.

[@khyronkravshera7774]

frostieisme I have two copies.

[@kindlamb774]

frostieisme me two got at garage sale 8 years ago

[@Igneel-hq4dg]

You should play this on a stream!

[@firerulezz116]

I didn't think Time Machine worked on others, huh...

[@traininggrounds9450]

Same I don't think we played it that way. I don't remember it being too hard.

[@The757packerfan]

Agreed. This game was just way too easy, so we threw it away, because we would just use our cards only on ourselves. Which means whenever we lost a battlle to an Elite4 we would just Time Machine and win and there was nothing our opponents could do about it. We didn't know we could use it on opponents.

[@Kelocyde]

It doesn't. He's just dumb.

[@Lh0000]

Actually the card can affect other players, it says you can re-roll a dice roll, it never says it has to be YOUR dice roll, just A dice roll, any dice roll.

[@Screch]

@@Kelocyde You should only be able to play it on your turn and your own rolls. His interpretation is wrong.

[@Sappysappster]

You should livestream this game with friends :]

[@Sappysappster]

Think of the ad revenue :O!

[@justsimplycloud-justacomme8265]

The Revenue! :O

[@qwilliams1539]

All that juicy KZbin ad revenue! :O

[@Sappysappster]

Mmmm,delicious :)!

[@bradyveltin9048]

I would love to hear about the other two gens

[@Kyubimask1234]

I'm so sad, when my parents moved and cleaned out our board game collection, they donated this game. To get any copy costs $100+ nowadays

[@BJGvideos]

Kyubimask1234 Thrift store find.

[@chasegordon4479]

Kyubimask1234 thrift stores never have full sets for stuff like this

[@dillonturnquist2753]

This is one of those things from my childhood I forgot about, but when I instantly saw the video all the painful memories flooded back

[@awsomesaucekirby]

this game is on tabletop simulator

[@JohnD27018]

i now really need this game, but the friends part is going to be a little bit harder...

[@gennik7966]

can you live stream this

[@scizorking938]

Oh My God plz bro

[@TrixterCharizard]

Gennik PLZ

[@emchammer1831]

Yeah, me and my brothers have deemed this game as very broken we always ended up working together towards the end. Thank god we got Pokemon Master Trainer 2 which is a MUCH more stable game.

[@KzudemRiM]

love that you call out catan and monopoly at the beginning

[@BlazingAzureTheta]

I actually had this board game! I barely played it as intended though, I just played it as if I was playing the game boy games, with gyms in the cities and all.