Top 10 Board Games That Gave Me A Semi

[@Thomas-kx9op]

I don't ever remember laughing this hard on a board game video. Thanks very much for making my day!

[@BoardGameBollocks]

👍🏻

[@Dagrinch]

Officially now my favorite boardgame channel!

[@heyheyjk-la]

Right? The amount of time and care he took to come up with all the different descriptions of getting a semi really paid off and really cracked me up.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

@heyheyjk-la All my videos are unscripted and made up on the fly.

[@Thomas-kx9op]

@@BoardGameBollocks Wow, even more impressive :-)

[@pacer2310]

"Looked like it had been rescued from a Gaza hospital. " Gahdamn.

[@BrockliDawkins]

What a title. I love your direct yet humorous style, it never fails to educate and entertain. Thank you.

[@jcb-ly9sm]

I think this vid might solidify BGB as my fav no-bullshit fireside chat about boardgames. Definitely carving out a real and relatable space in an ever expanding sea of channels whose only goal is selling rainbows and blowing-smoke-up-the-hobbyists' ass. nicely done.

[@TheHyde70s]

Always apreciate sincere rage, just straight from the heart.

[@MrJanbalk]

As a French student of the english language, I must say I enjoy very much all the efforts you deploy to improve my vocabulary. I sure will have some use for these kind words when I'll visit 10 Downing Street next May. And I must confess that I mostly share your opinions about the games you present. For this and all the rest, thank you, Sir. ;-)

[@Endeva09]

Make sure that you ask Sunak if he’s still going "how did you manage to do an even more bollocks job of running the country than Boris, you absolute cockwomble."

[@dddmmm21]

In a world where reviewers find justifiable to have a meltdown on air crying because a game had one card with a Conquistador in it, this channel gives me hope....

[@Davord]

In a world where I see a comment such as yours, KZbin gives me hope!

[@abdalla_navarro4527]

Wtf you guys talking abouy haha

[@sanderhaskins2740]

​@@abdalla_navarro4527 Viticulture World expansion, two ladies crying about something that happened relatively long time ago 🤷

[@jamesdavid7782]

Preach!

[@jasonc2784]

The problem was that the actions of those cards didn't fit the theme. There wasn't a reason to include soldiers in a wine making game. I don't even think that the benefits of the cards were changed when the name and picture were. Now if the game was about conquering others like Blood Rage. Sure, it makes sense and is expected.

[@Copterman]

Lol you have made it impossible for reputable companies to work with you. But I love your irreverent humor and your brutal honesty! Never fails to entertain and inform.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

F@£& reputable companies

[@Berndr]

But he is correct, I am also a board game addict and when he talked about his experiences with Sleeping Gods and Gloomheaven I literally had chills, I might have been saying it myself... the board game in order to be good needs to do the following, flow fast with little player downtime, so others don't fall asleep waiting for their turn, use same logic throughout with rules easy to follow and understand, any scoring and calculation needs to be straight forward so we don't feel as if at work rather than having fun ... calculating 5 min a battle outcome is outrageous and exostinng!!! otherwise, it should have been a computer game ... I think he was spot-on! no many people are brave to speak their min I respect it!

[@MichaelGaskin]

If I ever have a game that I would like to market/sell, Bollocks will get the first copy!

[@commandershepard9920]

@@BoardGameBollocks Very appropriate answer and 100 % agree.

[@tiredguy2753]

Agreed whether or not I agree with his opinions , at least I know he is upfront and unashamed in his viewpoints . There is no “omg I better not speak ill of a game or the publisher will get mad at me…

[@scottw1828]

This man is single handedly curing me of getting all the 'hotness'. Seriously, i realize i have more games than i need. and am much more frugal these days. So much herd mentality and gatekeeping infested the hobby. Refreshing channel here!

[@CH-fp6gj]

I come for the games, stay for the bollocks. Keep up the great work, one of my favorite channels.

[@kevindelord]

You have outdone yourself with the jokes in this video! “Expected Usain Bolt but got Oscar Pistorius without his legs” got me so hard!

[@jamesdavid7782]

The antidote to the saccharin world of popular board game reviewers i need.

[@theshogunstein6475]

7th Continent would be the game for me if I had a list like this.

[@TheSpr0gz]

Ahh, 7th Continent: The Index Card Filing Simulator

[@BoardGameBollocks]

If I hadn’t have sold it…

[@wwsohare]

7th continent Great first time around then rinse repeat hell and just really quite Flacid after that. I love the reviews don’t agree with the top 3 but I get it and was laughing the whole way. 😂

[@angioman64]

I’ve been addicted to blowing cash on games for about 20 years and I’m only now wondering “what the fck was I thinking”? So many convoluted rule books, so much style over substance. I can’t get into my wardrobe for games, can’t get into the garage, can’t get under the bed (!?). I really need to reassess my life choices. Anyway, enjoy the weekend.

[@katieevans6017]

In the new dictatorship, the moderators at BGG would be forced to watch these videos, while Doctors looked on, recording how long they could hold on before their hearts gave out. A great website let down by the moderators need for a safe space if their latte is not served in a rainbow cup, with black milk. Any polite, alternative viewpoint to someone posting a very insulting rude, rant, will found out what I mean.

[@karatevideosandmore7685]

"Longer than ZZ Tops *ucking beard".....Holy Bullocks.... academy award show mate!

[@xthedudex]

This video just cemented BG as my favorite board game channel. I've never laughed out loud from a KZbin thumbnail. Absolutely hilarious!

[@josephpilkus1127]

You never...absolutely never, fail to satisfy. Thank you very much for this video

[@BoardGameBollocks]

👍🏻

[@thatsilvesterchap]

'Black Beard - the porno' ... Pissed myself. What a chuffing joy this was

[@PatrickJohner2013]

Omg the tears have not stopped yet! I really needed this today. Wish I could like this a million times!

[@brettkitani438]

Might be the best board game review of all time.

[@DashyDino_is_back]

Excellent ! I just dug out my copy of Sleeping Gods and reset it as I’ve not played it since starting the quests . I managed 12 before putting it on the shelf and completely forgetting about it . Time to move it on. And Gloomhaven , spot on. My copy is sat there with all the contents in nicely constructed wooden compartments with only 10 quests completed…it’s a bore fest . And the Jaws of the lion is just as dull. You think I’d have learned ….

[@olafpieters]

Brilliant video. You keep hitting the nail on the head. Never stop making these videos.

[@danielyeatts491]

I love Nemesis, my fave game, but I do agree of course that when someone dies it's a super bummer. Werewolf is like that too, sucks to be killed because then you sit around waiting for the game to end.

[@VaultBoy13]

We have a house rule that if it's early enough in the game, the player just takes another character. Basically, it's the hibernation pod that opened late rule. And, if someone has "X player cannot survive" objective, then that player # counts as dead. I do which that later versions of Nemesis had taken a look at Lifeform as inspiration for a way to keep players in the game despite their character dying. If death allowed a player to take over as the ship's computer or the ship's cat, and then within that framework they were given a new objective (specific to that role) that would be really interesting. Imagine Jonesy with an objective to get a player killed by an alien, and he has a way to lead aliens with his cards. Or imagine the ship going into a crew preservation mode that allowed it to manipulate doors, use the airlock, and maybe even check systems (engines, navigation) and share that information with a single player. I love the game, but sometimes I think Awaken Realms simply stop at "good enough" with their designs.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

@VaultBoy13 shouldn’t need house rules to fix a game

[@TheSpr0gz]

Brilliant. Thanks for that. Laughed out loud so many times I lost count; not that I was counting. Already a subscriber but I subbed a second time because it seemed the right thing to do. So many games in this list are favourites of mine and every time you mentioned one and why it was so sh!t I laughed and turned to glance awkwardly at it sat in my collection. But that's okay, different strokes for different folks.

[@BillyTheRealDeal]

Priceless!! Glad someone else has the same opinion as me for Gloomhaven.

[@axétério]

Perfect visual reaction on SW Rebellion 😆 Appreciate the individual intro for each game referencing the video topic making any available to be used apart from the others, smart

[@HarleyFirestorm]

I totally agree with what you said about Heroquest, when it first came out in 1989 I played it with a small group of people who didn't play board games, nor RPG's, there wasn't a massive choice of fantasy board games back then but because it was so simple and easy, everyone really enjoyed it. I had a big break from board games and then had kids (the wife helped with this obviously), and when I see this being crowdfunded, I thought that even though it is a simple game my kids would love it, its not going to melt their little brains, they really enjoyed it as well. Heroquest is just one of the games you can pull out and play and enjoy with people who don't want to play your copy of DUN or League of Dungeoneer's, because they aren't interested in that much depth in a game, so it has its place I suppose. Nemesis, we haven't been in the position where people die early in the game, but we have been in a position where most or all people died at the end, and even when you survive something just seems flat about the way the game ends, but its fun in between. Some people say play aftermath at the end, but by the time we finish Nemesis I have had enough. Sleeping gods, I pull the rule book out and I just don't know why, but I can't get beyond learning the rules, one day I will play it.....or not. distant skies looks a better game though and I will play that at some point. War of the rings is a hard one, I have actually bought it and then sold it, never having played it at all, and then when the sales came round a year later, bought it again, this time I will give it a go at some point, and your right I know boredom will set in at some point and its going to be a long, long game, which is the reason I never played it the first time round, I am actually waiting for a game table to turn up so I can play games like this and Mirza Noctis and leave it set up when I get fed up for another session.

[@benjaminl429]

This was great, but in future videos could you kindly lecture the audience about how we should all feel guilty for existing? Like if you are going to talk about semis, could you bring awareness to erectile dysfunction, and how they are caused by the patriarchy and colonisers or whoever the oppressor of the month is? If you are unsure how just watch any of the other major English/Lithuanian board game channels. Cheers.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Noted…🙃

[@JagWoof]

Ahhh yes. NPI. Proof that identity politics and board gaming should not mix.

[@JB-wh9ux]

How dare you. I want to be represented by cardboard and have my world view affirmed.

[@joshfrench5858]

This is refreshing in comparison to most if not all board game channels. 👍

[@saidandathrohan3119]

Gaza Hospital joke earned you a sub

[@slowmodeproductions]

I'm glad these videos are now on point with the name of the channel. Keep up the good work! haha

[@machinegundevildog5097]

You are the funniest mfer I’ve seen in some time, I wish I could play a game with you because that’s got to be the best

[@boredboardgamerkramer]

I made Sleeping Gods tolerable by ignoring the daily encounters that invariably led to cascading failure, so I could focus on exploration (the reason I was playing the game in the first place) and actually stand a chance during battles (which I generally enjoyed, now that they were winnable). It still suffered from the same failing all narrative campaign games suffer from - it would be better as a video game - but at least it was playable.

[@Ched80]

A couple of games had this effect on me: Fallout; i fell for the hype and i felt kicked in the goolies for getting it. Another was Rayguns and Rocketships; this one hooked me with the art and I blame myself for not reading the rules as it was just 1.5hrs of dice rolling and getting annoyed.

[@xsselb]

dude how is this guy not playing a mastermind villain in some triple A movie, I would actually pay to watch it and not pirate it I swear, this guy has the voice the personality and the ice cold piercing eyes of a renown handsome yet homicidal genius

[@sonofabippi]

I got halfway through before I was like, "this isn't Tom Vasel..."

[@DanWebb_BoomerManDan]

I agree with you on your take of Duel of Ages II, as I bought the whole shebang base and add-on more shit, and found it to be the same as you did. The way you described your anticipation of it made me want to play it again ("first person shooter"!) I personally have never tasted shark feces, but I'll take you word for it. Thanks for taking one for the team to give this one your personal touch!

[@volpetrolski1]

"giving me a semi". another priceless Brit expression i picked up watching BGB :-DDDD

[@TabletopFamily]

Nemesis, we homeruled it to allow players to randomly come in with a new charcter if they dont want to play the alien. Like they woke up from cyro late.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

We considered that but decided that house ruling a broken game was a cop out

[@TabletopFamily]

@@BoardGameBollocks usully I agree, home rules are dumb. Unless it's a narrative experience mostly not a wager on a competition. I think this is also why so many prefer the full co-op. I still prefer the back stabing. The new version on gamefound looks even better.

[@AJDHelix]

Never change.

[@w00dimusPr1me]

Absolutely f****** brilliant video! Pissed myself several times, had to use a kids nappy 🤣

[@demonbear55]

I recently sold my copies of Nemesis and Gloomhaven for those exact same reasons. 100% on point.

[@RedBird77]

"Rescued from a Gazan Hospital." LOL, oh my ribs hurt. Found my new home: BGB!

[@Zifferony]

While I absolutely LOVE Gloomhaven my self, I can absolutely see where you are coming from and why it may not be a game for everyone. :) You are the first person I've heard expressing negative opinions on Sleeping Gods. When you first dropped the name of the game you really got my attention and I thought - This will be interesting. - as I have the game, haven't gotten it to the table yet, but after having played through the tutorial my self I have some trepidations as to how repayable the game actually is. What I found interesting is that your criticisms had nothing to do with that :). At some point I'll play it and then I shall see if you were right. Thanks for another entertaining video that refreshingly doesn't sing the game designers' praises. :)

[@solan7978]

Sleeping Gods is VERY replayable. We got at least thirty hours of play out of it.

[@patrickvalo8822]

If normal board games channels are The Beatles, this channel is Cradle of Filth and i love it

[@Boss-zo4lw]

Their not actually a real Cradle of Filth, that would be horrible. They are one of the best contemporary dark-wave bands in the world

[@antytrend]

Nothing wrong with roll and move!

[@BoardGameBollocks]

You’re free to play monopoly if you wish

[@antytrend]

@@BoardGameBollocks 😄

[@EvangelionPower]

*Average board game video title:* "Top 10 Funny Board Games to Play with the Whole Family" *BoardGameBollocks video title:*

[@sylinmino]

It's funny, because the things you didn't like about Rebellion are pretty much why I love it! But I also acknowledge that's not for everyone. It's so dang stressful to play as either side but for completely different reasons, and that tension sticks with you the whole game. It's also interesting that you found the Empire to be the stronger faction (saying invariably they do end up finding the Rebels), because in my own playing so far, I've found in my own plays that the Empire can do some *way* overpowered stuff (I once turned Luke into a Jedi and then the Empire immediately invaded, captured, and converted Jedi Luke on the same turn, and it was one of the worst gut punches I've ever felt) but the game will still favor the Rebels thanks to those objectives knocking down the turn timer (a couple turns later I sent a decoy mission to distract Dark Jedi Luke, and then pulled a bunch of daring moves all at once and knocked the turn timer down like 4-5 spaces and set myself up for a timely base evacuation). That tension of overpowered force that you still have a chance to fight back against feels so extremely appropriate and fun.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Different strokes mate 👍🏻

[@sylinmino]

@@BoardGameBollocks by all means! Glad you still enjoy it unlike many of the other games on here! (Also I agree with you on Gloomhaven)

[@kidmarine3994]

You need to run with this theme - next up, Top Ten Games That Made Me Self-Castrate

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Top 100

[@harrymanback5313]

Best Board Game Review channel on KZbin. I hope Guy Richie casts you playing Catan with Brick Top in Snatch 2 or something. All the best from New Zealand.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

👍🏻

[@coryschlichting3517]

LOL!! I think this is one of THE best review vids ever!!! Man, I love this!

[@martinfiedler4317]

Have to watch quickly, before the thumbnail results in cancellation 😂

[@captainspoof101]

I love war of the ring mainly for the card play. The anniversary edition larger board helps a ton.

[@TheHexyBeast]

omg man this was super funny and i agree with u about a few games on the list whole heartedly especially ur number 1 mine got culled along with the ryan lauket thingy great video! Stay Hexy!

[@ibarzabal]

Thanks for the video! Your channel is easly becoming my favorite bg channel.

[@michaelmayojr.3031]

I really think that you are being passive aggressive and holding back on your disappointment of these board games. LOL!

[@MidnightCarp]

You Sir are a wordsmith of the highest order.

[@sawomirmocha2228]

I am in opposite. I like every game and have problem with finding disadvantages in them. I needed this video :D

[@didierj3836]

I'm going back to watch Snatch right away !. You don't have your tongue in your pocket, it's refreshing 👍, congrats from a f....g French guy 😊

[@GPlewright]

Hearing you talk about Heroquest being shit is an amusing antithesis to the famous Bard video.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

That bloke was on ketamine

[@stevebillups9238]

thumbs up because the thumbnail alone made me laugh. that's not so easy to do these days...

[@fastpoose]

Sheesh, My Sleeping Gods is under the bed too... Played it twice, hoping it would get better, didn't, yet still cant bring myself to sell it....why?! Jesus same for Gloomhaven too. Spent days organising it into fishing tackle boxes, played it twice.... life is too short to dig it out again😢

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Exactly this

[@stevenkennedy4130]

Best board game reviews...period!

[@dylanspencer759]

Man, what a great video. I laughed my ass off. Heroquest "random fucking bullshit" what a way to sum it up 10/10 video mate

[@Beppsta]

The Gaza hospital line had me in stitches - well played 😂

[@kevinwilson1197]

I’m glad someone else feels the same way about Sleeping Gods. About half way through my first and only solo play through I realised that a was pretty much just a pick up and deliver affair. Go here, read some txt, go there, read more text etc etc. didn’t even bother with most of the combat, just wanted to get to the end and for it all to be over. At least. Got my money back on eBay so not all bad.

[@rmarzullo87]

You are the best! Our Vinnie Jones of Board games.

[@benzrecycler]

What a great video, I'm still laughing at some the jokes - well done!

[@cyclemadness]

I assume you’re gonna do a top 10 that do pitch your tent.

[@tylercook5761]

The kickstarter for the Duel of Ages successor "Worldspanner: Factions" just ended yesterday. I'm hoping the new version is a little more fun and a little less fiddley. We'll see.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I looked at it and thought…no

[@TheGilzam]

Lol, i thought a half chub would be a compliment not a disappointment

[@NorthernerInSpace]

Awesome! I do like some of those games quite a lot but in all honesty none of them have required me to nip into the bathroom for a bit of relief. So, I guess we must be in agreement!

[@tetsucat13]

Well that's saved me alot of money this Christmas. Better you having a bad day than me. Cheers.

[@justmakingthistoreply5085]

Best reviewer in the space

[@terriblegames]

" is this a bad game? No, I quite enjoy it. Is it a perfect game? No, it's got flaws" - this is every game ever made.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Thanks for pointing out the obvious 🤷‍♂️

[@terriblegames]

you started it@@BoardGameBollocks

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Don’t be a dick

[@twentysides]

My biggest disappointment in board games was Super Dungeon Explore. I loved the style, and the game promised dungeons and smashing lots of minions and using fun powers and getting cool loot. In the end it was watching other people roll dice for most of 3 hours, and when it comes back to you the most effective thing you can do is do the same attack a couple of times, then watch other people do the same again.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I fell for that too…it was indeed dog shit

[@mysticmouse7983]

Second ed the Isle of something was called and great with revised ruleset...still appreciate you might not be bothered now.

[@Rich_H_1972]

Fucking loved this. Proper funny and accurate!

[@billeaton6495]

I wish you'd give War of the Ring another go (well, that's a bit strong, I don't really care that much). I know you had a shite time when you played it (I remember scrolling through your playthrough knowing you were going to end up hating it), but i reckon it's a masterful bit of design. There are some fiddly bits and getting to know the cards takes a while, and if you don't roll a near to average number of 6s you can be screwed. But it usually provides some amazingly tense moments and it doesn't have to take longer to play than reading the books. I'm such a sucker for the cult of the new and reviewer hype. I get ridiculously over enthusiastic about games I buy and defend them to the death even though I know the emperor is stark bollock naked, before i quietly sentence them to the gulag of the attic for a ten-year sentence leading up to ebay execution. But War of the Ring has definitely lasted for me. The more I play it, the more I love it.

[@christopher3226]

I thought the expansion to Star Wars Rebellion added some decent content. Might be worth trying since you do like it. Also, I know I am months behind with this video and you may never see this, but for a game that feels like Pirates of the Caribbean, I'd suggest CMON's Rum and Bones Second Tide.

[@piedude67]

I love hero quest but i understand its very simple. You gotta make up your own rules

[@SeerMagicX]

It's been awhile since I agreed with so many on a top 10 list. Middle-Earth Quest is the best Lord of the Rings game IMO, and has been for 15 years. Yet it gets no love.

[@Rich_H_1972]

M-e Quest is excellent. I also really like Journeys in Middle-earth too for solo play - feels like a pseudo RPG.

[@Fettigator]

I really thought that “Gay Sauna” would have made this list 🤷🏼‍♂️ … maybe it’ll make your “Full” Top Ten

[@Joe_WS]

Not wrong about the new sleeping gods being sold on the facebook group. Seen about 10 this week 😂

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Was Castles of Burgundy Deluxe last week

[@theshogunstein6475]

And Spirit Island!

[@SachiNinja]

Need some recommendations before Santa turns up, what are your suggestions looking for a medium to heavy game for those cold Christmas nights.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Wait for my Top 100 coming throughout December

[@Paul-ro6py]

Great video. We had Sleeping Gods, moved it on after a couple of plays. Have hopes for the 2nd installment. Gloomhaven is laborious, thank good for the app to do all the card management.

[@ProgressIsTheOnlyEvolution]

So which games DO you like the most?

[@Slyfox1775]

I actually had a great time playing rebellion 2vs2 .. that’s for the video . Good stuff . Was waiting for a channel to not blow smoke to get free board games

[@petergross7235]

There are a couple on here that missed for me too. Gloomhaven has a very loyal fan base, but it's just not for me. I felt like Sleeping Gods was kind of overwhelming for a game with no real story-arch. It was just a side quest free for all. Like Gloomhaven the setup and tear down was not worth it. Nemesis is cool, but player elimination does suck when it is a long game, and Nemesis is usually pretty long.

[@stevelille54]

I finally picked up a copy of Gloomhaven, I was feeling so pleased with myself 😞😂

[@jboydayz]

Bloody hell, that’s quite a thumbnail😂

[@bigmop9]

This guy is a breath of fresh air in in the space. Yeah sleeping gods was trash

[@godzilla614UT]

I jumped right to "Jew of Ages 2", which apparently was a system generated time stamp. "DUEL" of Ages. Oh my.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Ummm….not guilty

[@TheClootie]

Love this video! To be fair love all of yours. I just want to post them on board game chat/ trade group, just to trigger the regularly offended clan. Keep them coming and don’t change.

[@Slumpitch]

Haven t watched the video yet, but you get a like already, just for the title ! lol (I really don t get why this channel has only 20K subs ...)

[@drawnfunny]

Rescued from a Gazan hospital... damn...

[@marpleloo65]

Nothing worse than a game that fails to get your pocket rocket off the launch pad.

[@ap315]

Came here to say the Pat Butcher comment made me snot lager out of my nose

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Cool beans

[@KevinFlynn]

Good stuff, sadly I have several of those...

[@jessejones9392]

I wish you'd open up a little. Tell us how you really feel😊