trying to explain a board game

[@SpaceLordof75]

Me, starting to explain a game:”We all start with 5 dollars…” Player:”Wow, this is complicated!”

[@ryzikx]

what are dollars?

[@unsightedmetal6857]

@@ryzikx The name for the standard unit of currency in the United States and Canada, and possibly other countries.

[@lebushymustache3999]

@@seof13 A country is a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.

[@GoldFrogUS]

@lebushymustache3999 what a government

[@alexwoogie462]

@@lebushymustache3999 what's a nation

[@OjamaIndigo]

The “let’s just start I’ll learn as I play” when they know absolutely nothing about how to start is painfully accurate

[@JossieMimo]

There are games where that's valid, just fewer than people think.

[@Pikaton659]

I mean, if you play enough board games, it's not actually that difficult to pick things up as you go. Most games in the same genre share a majority of their mechanics with only small variations

[@valentin2488]

That's because it's more easy to understand the rules that way.

[@aboaljod59]

And when they lost, you call you a cheater because they don't know about specifically demanding rule changer 😂😂

[@valhatan3907]

Thats my technique in most of the games I've played. I mean, we understand more with live practice, right?

[@-jakey-]

The lengths some people go to avoid learning new things is remarkable

[@vaakdemandante8772]

some people most of the time but most people at least some of the time - laziness is universal

[@cam4636]

^This. 99% it's not that they can't figure it out, it's that trying to figure it out is too much work for them. Especially if it's for someone else instead of their own gain.

[@kingcrimson4133]

@@18s what's with the random ぬ. it's not even from the same language. it just says "nu" it doesn't even mean anything

[@Helm-0]

Well to be *fair* , board games are pretty stupid

[@123TeeMee]

I feel like learning board games you have to put all the information together while you’re learning it, to figure out how you’re going to play, while with other things you just have to be able to recall it some time in the future

[@switchxb]

Imagine being friends with Sung Won and you see some shit you said to him get put on blast in a video

[@theradionicrevival8068]

He's like the Taylor swift of friends

[@matrixphijr]

@@theradionicrevival8068 Now I’m imagining him singing all his content. Can’t say I’m disappointed honestly

[@dustin266]

The absolute look of disbelief when he asked what cards were had me on the floor.

[@HappyCheeryChap]

What's the floor?

[@CubiStudios]

The way he said “What” after the pause

[@18s]

Dont Translate 😠 ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପିତ କାରଣ ତୁମେ ଏହାକୁ ଅନୁବାଦ କର ଯଦି ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବ ନାହିଁ, ତେବେ ତୁମେ ସବୁଦିନ ପାଇଁ ଦୁର୍ଭାଗ୍ୟ ପାଇବ | ଅଭିଶାପକୁ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବାର ଏକମାତ୍ର ଉପାୟ ହେଉଛି ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ ମୋ ଚ୍ୟାନେଲ ରେଜିଷ୍ଟରକୁ ସବସ୍କ୍ରାଇବ କରିବା | ぬ 😅

[@jakem72]

My mom acts like all of these and she wins EVERY GAME every time because she's a genius. I don't begrudge her the win, I mind that she wants me to re-explain the game to her every turn while she is winning.

[@angi216]

Awww that's so cute ☺️ Sneaky mama

[@ethanpetersen810]

My Dad is exactly like that.

[@manai2683]

I..how..huh?

[@ashamansedai]

My uncle bought this game so he, my dad and I could play and it came in this tiny box that could fit in a palm. We unfolded the rules and took 9 hours to barely understand how to play, at which point it was time for dinner. So the next day we got together to play and broke about 5-6 rules accidentally, which we realized halfway through and had to again take out the rules to see what was going wrong. We then started a game properly after lunch and finally completed it in time for dinner. Don't remember the game but we literally shoved it in the deepest, darkest reaches of my uncles game stash and swore to never touch it again with a ten meter stick. By the end we were all crying and laughing intermittently and completely hysterical. It was traumatic.

[@hansgretl1787]

Truly, one of the board games ever made

[@valhatan3907]

I'm more impressed by your patience, you tried to learn about the game for like-a whole day? Just to seriously play it in another day. If it were me, I would just gave up after 9 hours of learning it.

[@ashamansedai]

@@valhatan3907 I mean, I was more on the sidelines since I was like 12-14 and there was only one set of instructions. It was mostly my dad and uncle discussing the correct interpretation of the rules like it was an ancient text and me trying to understand it. I didn't have a phone at the time, the Tv had either Thomas the Train engine or Chugginton and my ebook didn't have any battery left so I really didn't have anything else to do but listen.

[@marinvracevic]

You have to tell us the game now

[@ahiskali1]

I'm betting on Arkham Horror

[@Thepotatogoddess]

I tried to explain THIS EXACT GAME to my grandma and brother and it was honestly the worst experience of my life. They were on their phones the entire time so I got angry and gave up.

[@grzegorzowczarek3016]

People think that boardgames are hard and overcomplicated because: 1. they played mostly monopoly and its game with 0 decisions per minute. 2. attention span of most people degraded to levels of new born puppy. If you cannot listen carefully for like 5-10 minutes you are the problem not the game.

[@cuyospartan02]

@@grzegorzowczarek3016 maybe it’s because most board games are boring and/or lame? Why do you think chess or cards are the most played games and not whatever board game needs want people to play?

[@grzegorzowczarek3016]

@@cuyospartan02 Because they are hundreds years old classic of abstract games? Also many objectively boring and lame boardgames like Monopoly are very popular so it's not only about popularity. Huge parts of very popular popculture are trash - a lot of music and books. There are so many good games out there. But to enjoy them you have to: listen, put you phone down, do some math. It's too much when cardboard competes with Tik-tok.

[@Patryc]

their loss it's such a good game

[@Stathio]

@@grzegorzowczarek3016 It's not possible for something to be "objectively boring". That's not how objectivity works.

[@Bedinsis]

Watching people play Codenames on twitch, I managed to compile the basic outline of the game into three sentences: There are two teams, red and blue, both which contains a Spymaster. The Spymasters know which cards are red and which cards are blue. The Spymasters must provide clues to help their team identify the cards of their color.

[@dika_hilman]

Me be like: TLDR, let's just roll the dice and see what will happen 😂

[@ninfan6434]

Kid named Innocent Bystander:

[@boxylemons7961]

This is literally me when I try to explain anything to my parents. Yes, not just board games.

[@TinyWarriorAnimations]

As Sungwon collects and plays many board games, this one feels personal.

[@FrogSpatula42]

"If you don't want to play, you don't have to play" is a trap. It means you will immediately be brutally excluded socially and treated like a dumbass in my experience lmao

[@thenewdoc4599]

I work at a board game shop and this is my life every day

[@ThMrksman]

Good thought about game design tbqh: there are people who don't mind taking an L on the first game just to learn the rules, so if the game isn't drawn out and the rules can be clearly established within a single game then maybe that'll make for a good game.

[@legogenius22]

This wasn't the first time they had this conversation, nor would it be the last. Constantly confused but utter simplicity, within the impatient as fuck zone.

[@MaraCares]

I am fully the guy going "I dunno, I dunno" lol why is this so accurate

[@cy_pher]

"What are cards?" and then the following dead silence always kills me.

[@RedKincaid]

I feel a tiny bit called out because I did this exact thing when my brother tried to teach me, you guessed it, codenames. It was way back but I should probably apologize

[@Alex-fc8xn]

This was me trying to get friends into D&D a few years ago. Ended up never playing with them, and now the friends I play with are ones I made through D&D itself

[@ripphunter8872]

This is exactly how it feels working at a store of retail and trying to teach grown humans how to use the checkout or explain that the product they think is for a price the price is actually for the object directly next to it on the shelf if they were just read and use their fucking eyes ever UGH

[@ripphunter8872]

Also I just want to say with everything going on and do not work for this company, I work for my customers and my customers only.

[@Kewlausgirl]

Holy crap, that was so accurate. It also highlights those people that get together to play a game and 'briefly' read the rules... Then just end up changing the dynamics of the game so much that you might as well be playing something different! 😅😂 I once went to a coworker's place for their birthday and he had a mix of work friends and friends over. We played a few quick board games and card games... One of the games was Cards Against Humanity. I was only a bit tipsy at the time but I was soooo lost and so frustrated because I'm a person that plays a large variety of boardgames... And I know Cards against humanity really well (and played it too much at one stage and now absolutely hate it!). They all had no clue how it was really played and the game was so unbalanced because once someone one a round, the starter would just pass onto the next person whose turn it was to start. Not the person who won. So it went on a lot longer than it should have. And the rules were all over the place... it irritated me so much because i couldn't even figure out what the heck their stupid version was. after going through this for a bit...i got to some stupid rule that didn't exist, and i cracked it exclaiming :"what the hell? Have you guys even actually read the rules!?" And they all looked at me.. Every single person. And was like. "Pfft no why i need to do that?" And I'm like "dude how the hell did you learn the game"... "How did you all learn the game!?" And they all looked at me and were like "what are you on about we just learnt from our friends". And I'm like "but if what if there's something you guys don't agree on... Don't you ever check it??" And they are like no never had a reason to. I'm like crying internally. Every part of me wanted to throw everything on the ground lol. I just couldn't imagine not checking the rules - even if you both come across different rules with how you think it works. People just don't bother checking if that's even right. I don't know how they never came across other people with different rules or the actual way to play the game.... But it made me so glad for my own board game friends! My partner is the one that actually takes the time to read the new board game, spend time explaining it to everyone, and we all check as we go along. I swear this and other experiences of playing card games/board games with other people that just don't bother checking the rules... Dealing with these people both friends, work colleagues... The like. It's made me fact check or not rely on what people tell me. People are the worst at making up absolute bull and just don't know when or how to admit they don't understand something or how it works. It's the most frustrating thing. And i just prefer to double check myself. This video really triggered me lolol 😂

[@Ellie-rx3jt]

Um, that's not how the card tzar works according to the official CAH rules. "After the round, a new player becomes the card tzar" is literally all there is to it. You can house rule it that it passes to the player to the left, or you can house rule it that the previous round's winner gets it, but neither are official rules.

[@ellem8990]

Ooof, never experienced anything that bad, but I for sure can relate to being frustrated that people just decide to make up rules randomly. I think it's ok to add your own rules after you're already familiar with the game and you want to make it more interesting and most importantly, everyone agree with the changes, but just making stuff up without any rules is annoying. Usually there's a good reason for why the specific rules exist for a game, like how they affect the duration or fairness and I can't believe people don't even realize that much about games....

[@numimio]

This happens very often when you want to teach someone something on Tabletop Sim.

[@znaj7335]

"What are cards?" Yeah just stop explaining by then.

[@lunerlichen]

In that situation I try and explain the rules through my turn, Ik it’s usually left to the dealer or whatever, but in a scenario like this the only way I’ve ever gotten across to those types of ppl is explaining what I’m doing while I’m doing it throughout the turn and trying to squeeze extra rules into my explanation while playing my turn even if it doesn’t necessarily apply yet, like not touching a certain card or needing however many of something

[@gutsyt123]

“What is a pallet?” - Michael Scott

[@taylorwickham]

Imagine playing codenames with 3 people

[@lilyhalter8443]

Why can I relate to both lmaooo, also codenames is one of my favorite board games

[@leifd.sewell8304]

This is like explaining a game to my grandma

[@DaMoniable]

The fact that this is codenames is driving me crazy omg you get a board that shows where special agents are, and you have to get the other players to guess all the spots by making them guess the pictures or words that are where the agents are located based the board, while the other players do the same with their board, all while trying to make sure that no one guesses the spy agent! OIHF:IOJDSOIJFOIHASOIJSDG:JR:OIUHES:OIJFR:OHIGT:OIJCV:INT

[@LueLucifer]

Me and my brothers had no problem explaining board games with each other. My eldest brother showed me by demonstrating it. For Example Chess. The Pawns can only move one space forward like this.

[@Dark_Slayer3000]

That's why you explain games on the internet where you're not interrupted xD

[@eagletscosplaycloset3793]

I hate how much this is me before trying anything new

[@OceanSSShark]

This is even more hilarious after watching the Trash Taste episode, Connor would do this

[@dylanrashid4691]

My dad trying to explain chess to me

[@Pinstripedood]

The best is, "No, it's fine I get it I get it." and then having to ask about every function of the game as you're playing through.

[@TheSlamSociety]

It absolutely wrecks me when he reacts to not knowing what cards are, in tears of laughter

[@poyloos4834]

I used to be horrible at explaining games to people, to the point where me being their introduction to it has caused them to lose interest in it solely because of my horrendous teaching. So bow, I set up a date with when they want to play a game I like for the first time, and I contemplate for HOURS about how to best approach explaining it in the most understandable, not dummy, but generalistic and efficient terms. Like civ 6. I mulled over how to explain how all the yields worked for hours, until I was able to say concisely something along the lines of “there’s six yields, that can be divided into three categories in how they’re handled. You have local yields, that only affect the city they’re gained from, food and production. Having more food yield makes your citie’s get more citizens faster, and production, which is what you use to make units, wonders, districts and so on. Next is global non-cumalitive yields, acience and culture. They work the same, but affect different things, that being the tech and civic tree respectively. The more you make per turn the faster you research things. Last is cumulative global yields, faith and gold. They are used to purchase things, the difference between them is what they can be used to purchase.”

[@cam4636]

Me explaining the menu in a foreign language to my dad Me explaining how electronics work to my dad ...Me explaining anything in the world to my dad

[@containsbromelain9371]

And then when you get to the really complicated games that take about 2 hours to play even if everyone knows how to play

[@t-shades7148]

I will let you explain the whole thing then be like "Yeah I didn't get a word of that. I'll fuck it up as I go...I mean figure it out..."

[@craftboy338]

As the person in my family responsible for learning any new board game then teaching everyone else how to play (or re teaching after we all forget how to play) this is extremely relatable.

[@MauiTaha]

This exact situation near ruined our last Christmas. A relative who was way too much of a control freak to be the one having to learn instead of the one saying how it was gonna be. Some people, man.

[@moisessalazar365]

Code names goes crazy

[@camilacarnevale2152]

I'm exactly like this with this exact game. I have no patience for it 😂

[@Sityu1991]

Ugh, the pain is real.

[@DevotedDisciple-x]

This is like trying to explain Risk to someone 😂

[@konkyolife]

I think he got, the point, I think he got, the point LOL

[@crimsonraen]

Hahaha Holy shit, it hurts how fucking truthful this is.

[@masamune8775]

I think codenames will be pretty confusing if you play without learning the rules esp if you become the mastermind

[@SnowblindOtter]

I feel like every time I try to get into a D&D group, the DM is doing all of these roles himself, while I'm just trying to patiently understand what the fuck is going on.

[@JayBlooBird]

The flip side of this is me staring intently at my friend explaining the game for a half hour, nodding and congratulating them on how good they’re explaining, when I know damn well as soon as the game starts, I’m just going to mirror whatever they do until I do something wrong😂

[@joshgerber718]

It’s a tough life being the second guy… 😔

[@ScarnStudios]

As someone who loves this game and has tried to explain the EXTREMELY EASY rules, I get this a lot. Then 2 minutes into the game they say "ohhhhhh I get it now"

[@DanielGervais]

Brilliant and accurate! Joyeux Noël!

[@batatino8805]

This is SO REAL

[@parthl]

codenames is a great game

[@brentwall6109]

I feel heard.

[@aadadevoide]

👀 Surprisingly accurate.

[@downwardsaerial2239]

As the one who loses the ability understand english as soon as someone starts describing the rules of a board game to me i found this hilarious

[@pillowy9726]

You forgot the part where they’re on their phone

[@22Tie22]

Codenames is a really good game!

[@Ghost-lk2fc]

This has been my exact experience trying to explain this game to my mom. It's like she stops listening before I even start talking. After explaining the rules, I ask her if she understands and she says, "Yeah, I get the gist of it." I ask, "Okay so should we start then?" She responds, "Y'know... I'm kinda tired, let's watch a movie." We only have 4 players so the game everyone was expecting to play is now off. She then asks me to pick a movie, I do, then she says it's boring and turns it off halfway through and picks a different one with a 3.1 star rating and a plot that is so stale and watered down, I'd sooner watch the demise of a McDonald's drink dispenser _with popcorn_ and enjoy it far more. This exact scenario has happened a few different times with a few different games. I can't win. 🥲

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[@5MadMovieMakers]

There's gotta be a balance between no explanation and too much explanation when introducing a game to new players. Scientists are still debating where this balance is to this very day.

[@skyenathanson9637]

One scientist is attempting to explain the balance to another, but his partner said he would quote “figure it out as he went along”

[@dika_hilman]

Actually, the scientists have already found the solution. The new players are just too lazy to listen to their explanations.

[@beapinkie9]

So what you do is you put up a “how to play” KZbin video and play that for everyone to lazy to read the rule book

[@ALadybugDreamsOfAFarm]

Personally I make it depend on how complicated the game is. We're playing Orchard or Spooky Stairs, you'll get the full load of rules (which is like two sentences). We're playing Horizon Zero Dawn or Black Angel. I explain the goal first. Then we set up the game together as I explain the components and then I explain all the different steps as we get to them.

[@5MadMovieMakers]

@@ALadybugDreamsOfAFarm that's a good delineation

[@TheMusicalOtaku01]

"So the goal is not to die." Everyone else: "Too complicated. Let's just play Uno."

[@saiyanroyalty229]

Omg the agony of accuracy

[@bilalgill6722]

But I don't have Uno!

[@LtFoeHammer]

And then they don't even play Uno right.

[@bretginn1419]

Pretty much. Can never get anyone to play Risk because everyone considers it too complicated and I'm just like "How?"

[@Hyndergogen9]

Come on, have you tried to stay alive before? Shit's fucking hard, Uno is much easier than not dying.

[@UnicornStorm]

don't forget the helpful other player who already knows the rules and interrupts you constantly to explain something that's not necessary to know at that point

[@Merilirem]

That person probably gives spoilers for movies and anime.

[@pentbot]

"Don't forget to tell them about [weird esoteric rule exception that only occurs once in every hundred playthroughs.]"

[@TheKayzor]

God I have a friend that does this all the time... people never want to play boardgames with them because he sits down and explains ALL the rules, not the ones you need to do a first run at the game.

[@Pit1993x]

Depends. Sometimes it makes sense and I like doing that myself and I also like if someone complements my own explanations. Sometimes the "main explainer" doesn't realize some player(s) had a misunderstanding at some point and interrupting and going back to re-explain or give additional context goes a long way to save time in the long run. It's just how and when you do it. :)

[@tylerroche8120]

@@TheKayzor this must be me because I can't imagine playing a game without knowing all the rules

[@SirHippolord]

The most frustrating thing about this is that codenames is actually incredibly easy to explain lmao

[@Kawaiisikkusu]

Explain it right now then 😶

[@fmga]

5x5 grid of cards on a table with words on em. 2 teams of 2. Each team has a person that can see the map, which shows where the red, blue, neutral, and assassin cards are. those people then alternate giving one word clues for the other person on their team to guess cards on the table by touching them. Each clue you also say a number that says how many words are related to that clue. If the person on your team touches the Assassin card, You auto lose, but other than that the first to get all their cards first win.

[@AHoomanBean]

@@fmga I don't know I don't know I don't get it.

[@skr33nsav3r]

What's a card?

[@chucklestorm]

@@fmga you can guess more than the number correct? If you're feeling spicy OR if you think an earlier clue goes with a word on the board.

[@sebastiancohnify]

God, that “I dunno, I dunno” bit at the beginning is the most dead-on accurate impression of my dad 3 words into a game explanation I can imagine. One of the smartest guys I know and his brain absolutely shuts down when it comes to learning a new game.

[@FringePrincess]

@brokenbrainint.you might have a point there, this being from insecurity 🤔

[@carlotta4th]

I grew up with a parent who reads EVERY LINE of the manual and won't let us start the game until they're done. It's not fun. It's okay to get the basic idea and then figure it out from there--just depends on your preference.

[@ClockworkWyrm]

"One of the smartest guys I know and his brain absolutely shuts down when it comes to learning a new game." THIS! My dad is an engineer who designs packaging lines for major food manufacturers and for some reason he always thinks he's too old or too dumb to figure out new game mechanisms like the conveyor belt system that is card drafting. It's honestly baffling to me.

[@brycewalburn3926]

My theory is that this is a result of not wanting to even play a game if you don't feel you have a chance to win. My mom does the exact same thing. They're laying the groundwork to make themselves feel better about losing to someone who already knows how to play.

[@JonathanTMishkin]

Whoa, do we have the same dad?

[@coolrat3816]

this is like when streamers skip past the tutorial and all the dialogue and then say "whats going on this is so confusing"

[@danielbueno8474]

Shit man, you just summed up every big streamer playing Outer Wilds perfectly.

[@redfeatheredreptile]

mmmm pain. i know why they do it but come on. if its not a no-brain fps or something can it really hurt to go through a tutorial?

[@coolrat3816]

@@redfeatheredreptile not only that but during the game they don't read the dialogue or the literal UI tooltips telling them where the objective is and they act frustrated lmao

[@blueyandicy]

@@coolrat3816 it's literally the most frustrating thing ever

[@creamu2roblox]

Your first mistake was watching streamers

[@isaac_aren]

And the sequel: Everyone plays with different house rules but they refuse to discuss which rules to follow before starting

[@Macandcheese1818]

Uno be like

[@mutsgarfield6887]

And this is why me and my friends made up our own version of "bullying" (like uno but with normal playing cards), and i just suggest that any time someone wants to play "bullying", and it works quite often. Still takes like 15-30 minutes to explain because of all the stupid rules and edge cases we came up with

[@cranberryrosebud]

A: "You can't do that!" B: "Yes, I can." A: "That's not how the rules work, though." B: "But we always play like-" A: "Yeah, but *we* don't." B: (look of complete shock over the fact that someone else doesn't use a rule that isn't even in the book) Every time I play anything with my friend (she's B).

[@notaburneraccount]

@@Macandcheese1818 *I fkn swear* 😤 all of a sudden it's stacks and no one established that in the beginning?! y'all are cheaters smh

[@racsofischer7601]

my family getting together to play uno when they all play with different rules : -"let's have fun!" me: - "should we maybe take 5 mins for everyone to say their house rules so we don't get surprised mid game when everyone doesn't play by the same rules ?" them : -" what do you mean ? everyone knows how to play uno" me (can't even anymore) : - "mhm sure..." *10 mins later everyone is shouting at each other because no one uses the same rules* *me sighing in my corner*

[@joshingle5934]

I can feel the soul leave my body when I finish explaining the rules, then one person in the group looks up from their phone and goes "Sorry, what was that?"

[@hinata27]

reminds me of a friend who would talk while we watch a movie or series and then would ask "what did the character say?"

[@foxbear60]

We ban phones & tablets during certain game days for that reason. Not the entire time, but while rules are being taught and during games where there's constant interaction. Some friends just don't get that they have to "actively play" tocbe able to play.

[@LizStaples]

Different learning styles sets difficulty level of such a task at maximum, if you can conquer teaching a complex table top game to a diverse group you have mastered teaching more than most professors.

[@raichu5458]

I definitely struggle to stay away from my phone when playing a game with long gaps between turns where other people are APing hard. But I don't get on the phone during a teach! wtf that's rude

[@foxbear60]

@@raichu5458 - I appreciate players like you. ☺

[@perspicacioussimpleton7288]

You're a master at capturing the many frustrations of being a board game enthusiast.

[@chillmadude]

it's almost as if he's a board game enthusiast himself!

[@andyparkhurst6137]

Yeah I found this extremely relatable. It's basically the difference between people who are excited by something new to learn vs people who are terrified of looking stupid for not getting something instantly, hence all the "I don't get it, whatever, let's just start" comments. "Board Game Enthusiast" is synanmous with "Coach" more or less.

[@FlameEcho]

This skit is so real it's traumatic.

[@joelmonteiro1419]

The part where the player picks up the tile and asks about it mid-explanation hits me so hard.

[@18s]

Dont Translate 😠 ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପିତ କାରଣ ତୁମେ ଏହାକୁ ଅନୁବାଦ କର ଯଦି ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବ ନାହିଁ, ତେବେ ତୁମେ ସବୁଦିନ ପାଇଁ ଦୁର୍ଭାଗ୍ୟ ପାଇବ | ଅଭିଶାପକୁ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବାର ଏକମାତ୍ର ଉପାୟ ହେଉଛି ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ ମୋ ଚ୍ୟାନେଲ ରେଜିଷ୍ଟରକୁ ସବସ୍କ୍ରାଇବ କରିବା | ぬ 😅

[@TheChimpWP]

I've never related more to one of your skits as much as this, all the time when I ask someone if they want to play a board game they'll agree but then act like I'm putting them through some mental torture or something and I'll ask hey you want to do something else and they say no I'm fine but it's clear they aren't interested AAAHHHH please just say no in the future

[@bretginn1419]

Same. I'm on the verge on giving up bringing some board games because everyone else considers stuff like Risk too complicated and won't even let me try to explain the rules.

[@gabemerritt3139]

Yeah, some people get really uncomfortable if the game is more mechanically in depth than monopoly

[@quartz_gg9090]

@@bretginn1419 Risk isn't even that complicated and for the like 2 rules that are, for a first playthrough or two you can just house rule to ignore them so everyone can understand the base game. Did mobile games rot their brains or something?

[@Delcat42]

I think some people are really afraid of looking stupid and have a chip on their shoulder about it. They assume it's going to be painful, so they shut off entirely and try to skip the painful part. It's a fun and joyous time for all

[@anjafrohlich1170]

@@Delcat42 That

[@donaldshults8957]

You have performed a public service with this one. “I dunno” guy is my literal nemesis

[@Pixelusually]

I dunno, I dunno

[@yuzmanito]

probably because you are boring af at explaining

[@willjackson5885]

Teaching boardgames to people who don't play boardgames is pretty tough. I tried to teach my family Catan for Thanksgiving, since I thought it had pretty straightforward rules. My brother figured it out easily, but my parents acted like it was rocket science.

[@whoeveriam0iam14222]

Dad looks at his resources and wants to build a settlement but he doesn't have any place for it Builds a road but starts looking where to place it after he pays for it and it's hovering it above the board

[@andersonneil2293]

Naw, boardgames are harder than rocket science for parents. My dad used to be a rocket scientist, for the life of him can't comprehend a moderately complicated game

[@chucklestorm]

Why start with Catan XD it is indeed not the most straight forward board game for beginners. You should introduce people to the game 'poison' (if you hate them or want them to hate each other) or Love letter. Maybe Coup. Catan has too many moving parts. And also the strategy for victory can be pretty in depth.

[@MysteriousC]

I've played plenty of board games, even map-building games, and Catan is far too much for me XD

[@stevenluoma1268]

Same experience with dominion

[@EternalSushiMusic]

The 'what, no? I wanna play! 🥺' is painfully accurate

[@johnrogers9262]

10 minutes into a game you told them would take an hour... "Is this almost over? I can't wait for this to be over"

[@mulatinho27]

​@@johnrogers9262We all have friendships to maintain, but in this occasion my heart just tells me to say "it is actually over, you won, congrats"

[@gingerinajacket8519]

@@johnrogers9262 "Would you like to do 1 round or 3 rounds? Rounds take 9 turns, so you might get tired of this by then." I say in a game I am very obviously cagey about showing them because it requires them to think and strategize. "We can do 3 rounds, yeah!" One says as by turn 4 they are both like "Maybe we should just do one round"

[@LoveTheLilac]

The Passive-Aggressiveness in this is so beautiful, I can hear the ghosts of hundreds of conversation past

[@18s]

Dont Translate 😠 ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପିତ କାରଣ ତୁମେ ଏହାକୁ ଅନୁବାଦ କର ଯଦି ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବ ନାହିଁ, ତେବେ ତୁମେ ସବୁଦିନ ପାଇଁ ଦୁର୍ଭାଗ୍ୟ ପାଇବ | ଅଭିଶାପକୁ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବାର ଏକମାତ୍ର ଉପାୟ ହେଉଛି ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ ମୋ ଚ୍ୟାନେଲ ରେଜିଷ୍ଟରକୁ ସବସ୍କ୍ରାଇବ କରିବା | ぬ ❤

[@dakotalee6990]

Really appreciating that these videos aren't in YT short format. I see you ProZD, and I appreciate you.

[@18s]

Dont Translate 😠 ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପିତ କାରଣ ତୁମେ ଏହାକୁ ଅନୁବାଦ କର ଯଦି ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବ ନାହିଁ, ତେବେ ତୁମେ ସବୁଦିନ ପାଇଁ ଦୁର୍ଭାଗ୍ୟ ପାଇବ | ଅଭିଶାପକୁ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବାର ଏକମାତ୍ର ଉପାୟ ହେଉଛି ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ ମୋ ଚ୍ୟାନେଲ ରେଜିଷ୍ଟରକୁ ସବସ୍କ୍ରାଇବ କରିବା | ぬ 🎉

[@chestercs111]

My favorite is when you forget to tell them a rule and then they violate that rule during the game and then you have to say "oh actually you can't do that" and then they say "you never told me that" and then they think you didn't tell them on purpose so you can win

[@sebastianrochefort6763]

This is basically my brother and Dad

[@InterferenciasRG]

THIS. Even with my game group. This has happened to me too many times

[@asailijhijr]

Whenever I encounter that, I let them do the illegal thing and tell them that I forgot the rule. We keep playing and we'll restart if the game state gets three or four steps out of normality.

[@Naokarma]

@@asailijhijr That's fine whenever the game doesn't basically break from doing whatever it is.

[@WCGamesOfficial]

The entire reason my family no longer plays games with me

[@lebbo88]

"Why is it called Codenames?" "I.... don't know actually." FEEL THAT!

[@adancein]

Oh no they are evolving

[@hoodiesticks]

​@@adancein The bots have discovered sarcasm. It's only a matter of time before they discover uwu speech and achieve maximum cringe

[@alexf225]

@@adancein The first one got me laugh actually.

[@TheJasonmanguy]

I always figure it was because you were giving a code name to your agent to find your target. Not because the cards are code names but you are giving code names.

[@adancein]

@@hoodiesticks Being a spam bot probly already is maximum cringe imo

[@ConnorNolanTech]

The number of times I'll explain a thing to someone and they'll interrupt with "Well, I don't know anything about that" I'm just like "... Yeah, but *I* do, which is why you just *asked* me to explain it to you" is too high for me to count

[@einjarhen7959]

If you have a dollar for everytime that happens, how rich would you be?

[@go-away-5555]

@@einjarhen7959 I would be able to buy gloomhaven

[@nicreven]

god i hate that

[@18s]

Dont Translate 😠 ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପିତ କାରଣ ତୁମେ ଏହାକୁ ଅନୁବାଦ କର ଯଦି ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବ ନାହିଁ, ତେବେ ତୁମେ ସବୁଦିନ ପାଇଁ ଦୁର୍ଭାଗ୍ୟ ପାଇବ | ଅଭିଶାପକୁ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବାର ଏକମାତ୍ର ଉପାୟ ହେଉଛି ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ ମୋ ଚ୍ୟାନେଲ ରେଜିଷ୍ଟରକୁ ସବସ୍କ୍ରାଇବ କରିବା | ぬ 🎉

[@NovusIgnis]

This is literally my experience trying to get my friends to play Codenames. I hadn't even begun taking the components out of the box and my friend's wife was already whining and acting like she isn't smart enough to form a complete sentence let alone learn a simple game.

[@hunacean]

And Codnems isn't even that complicated. Imagine if you busted out Dead of Winter or something.

[@lauracruz2021]

​@@hunaceanor worse, Nemesis lol

[@andros1486]

Me whenever I try to show someone how to do a hadouken or a dragon punch

[@AngelShrimpChips]

Teach them the Campaign for North Africa next time

[@sok8921]

My mom when we try to play any new boardgame:

[@JustinTotino]

Came to comment this exact thing.

[@adancein]

@Checkmark Holy shit these friggin adbots are getting worse and worse

[@Bioniclema90]

My mom when I try to explain literally anything and then my mom gets upset that I used a slightly technical word that she doesn't understand, and then I get mildly upset and then both my mom and dad bitch at me for being "condescending"

[@homuraakemi103]

She’d take it better than if the ad bots were real people when I report them…

[@bwood6337]

(Basically) this is why I can't watch movies with my mom.

[@athousandfeethigh]

Haha, you've made me realize explaining boardgames is very much like showing someone a movie you like

[@starboyq]

Except you are the movie

[@swordzanderson5352]

@@starboyq And the genre depends on the listener: If they are open-minded and have their ears opened, it's slice-of-life. If they are are like this, it's a comedy. If it's ANY worse than this, it's a murder horror.

[@jamesdewane1642]

Okay, there's this lab in China... -You're a racist

[@DNLKTV]

Commenting "And NOW the fun part begins" at like 1 hour mark is sooo common for when I show a movie I like.

[@18s]

Dont Translate 😠 ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପିତ କାରଣ ତୁମେ ଏହାକୁ ଅନୁବାଦ କର ଯଦି ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବ ନାହିଁ, ତେବେ ତୁମେ ସବୁଦିନ ପାଇଁ ଦୁର୍ଭାଗ୍ୟ ପାଇବ | ଅଭିଶାପକୁ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବାର ଏକମାତ୍ର ଉପାୟ ହେଉଛି ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ ମୋ ଚ୍ୟାନେଲ ରେଜିଷ୍ଟରକୁ ସବସ୍କ୍ରାଇବ କରିବା | ぬ 😅

[@jakorako1632]

One of my friends once asked, "Why do we always have to listen to all these rules? Why can't we just play and figure it out?" So I just looked at the new game I was about to start teaching, looked back at him and said, "Okay then, play." He stared at the board for a minute and then called me an asshole.

[@krit2023]

Nice one! let he taste his own medicine.

[@zr_1234]

Tbf I seem to learn better by playing as I go. I'll listen to the rules and the whole thing confuses me until I'm actually playing and learning. Then it all clicks for me.

[@krit2023]

@@zr_1234 Listen to the rules and learning while playing is OK. But... I don't think playing without listen to the rules is a good way to play.

[@talhabasibuyuk]

@@krit2023 the best way is to listen to the rules and then play a warm-up round to better understand the mechanics.

[@adamrobinson6951]

@@zr_1234 Not a bad idea, but someone has to understand the rules well enough to set up and start the game. Typically you want more players to know what they're doing than don't, to ensure the new players have plenty of examples to follow. It always sucks when someone doesn't pay attention to the few minutes of explanation, then claims the game wasn't fair because they didn't know they could do something.

[@DreadPathZone]

I literally tried to explain codenames to my parents and this is damn near a word for word script of how it went down

[@aquaintsound]

Same, it's haunting

[@marcusager974]

I see you have the "disinterested dad" mentioned in Shut Up and Sit Down's boardgame teach video XD

[@3dreamsequence]

Haha probably not wanting to feel stupid

[@b10rn]

That "I don't know, I don't know...", and shaking your head in frustration, feels incredibly familiar.

[@ChillavaKirby]

This guy is so good at making relatable humor that I somehow feel like I’m both of these people at the same time

[@juwankane5150]

There’s only 2 ‘characters’ in this yet it encapsulates me explaining to my partner, her brother, and both of her parents so accurately it’s a little scary. Fear at a new thing, defeat before we’ve started, absolute confusion at the most basic part of the game, wanting to start before knowing how, asking an obscure question it doesn’t matter if you know. Sung Won does it again, absolutely perfect video. Joint top with Aunty Donna’s board game video.

[@gideoncheung8731]

It isn't humour, just pain.

[@YZee-ij1uv]

So - and I only just picked up on this - but there are three people - look at the different camera angles and the way he turns his head to talk to each of his two friends in turn...

[@metrophidon]

@@juwankane5150 There's actually three characters: the one explaining the rules. the one with the kitchen behind him. and the one with the door behind him.

[@18s]

Dont Translate 😠 ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପିତ କାରଣ ତୁମେ ଏହାକୁ ଅନୁବାଦ କର ଯଦି ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବ ନାହିଁ, ତେବେ ତୁମେ ସବୁଦିନ ପାଇଁ ଦୁର୍ଭାଗ୍ୟ ପାଇବ | ଅଭିଶାପକୁ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବାର ଏକମାତ୍ର ଉପାୟ ହେଉଛି ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ ମୋ ଚ୍ୟାନେଲ ରେଜିଷ୍ଟରକୁ ସବସ୍କ୍ରାଇବ କରିବା | ぬ 😢

[@shaikz98]

When no one listens when you try to explain the rules then 10 mins in they’re like “you never said that”

[@testoftetris]

My response to that is usually just "I apologize if I forgot to mention that during the teach," and then depending on the game I'll give the person a one-time chance to bend the rules a little. Usually they're grateful for the forgiveness and acknowledge that I did, in fact, mention the rule that they totally forgot about.

[@owenf5222]

“You don’t tell us some rules on purpose so you can win, don’t you?” “…The rulebook is twenty pages long, that rule barely ever comes up and wasn’t necessary for us to start playing so I brought it up when it came up, and the rulebook is RIGHT THERE! You could have read it for yourself at any point during the last thirty games!” In his defense he actually did make a point of reading the rulebook for all the games we played after that, but boy did that one make me mad 😅

[@thundersheild926]

I feel that. I have a friend who does that to me constantly. I even post the rulebook and a how to play video before game night and he still does that to me.

[@DrShak2009]

This is so accurate. Only things missing are the host having to constantly remind everyone “it’s fun, trust me” and that one person who was on their phone the whole explanation getting mad because of a rule you explained 3 times disrupting their whole game.

[@buzz092]

I had a friend like this but who wasn't even on a phone, this was back in around 2009 and she would just suddenly say "I'm sorry I stopped listening a couple of minutes ago, I need you to go back"

[@wellendowedplatypus9024]

Replace "on the phone" with "very drunk only two glasses in" and you will know my pain. We can never play anything more complicated than goddamn Catan...

[@cutthroatink]

Those friends who are always on their phones, same for showing them a movie you like and they spend like 2/3 of it looking at their phone saying "no its ok keep it on im watching" and when its over "wow that movie was so confusing i had no idea what was happening, not a very good movie imo"

[@MikeAsbestos]

"PLEASE, I am BEGGING YOU to STOP giving hints when you're the code speaker"

[@lydiacastillo7097]

As a math teacher..... YUP

[@dragonfan8647]

The inverse also sucks. When you ask how to play a game and they say: "You'll learn it through playing." And then the whole time you have absolutely no idea what you're doing or what the win conditions even are

[@t.j.8388]

This is the most accurate representation of teaching anyone a board game ever

[@victoriamarfina9819]

Or teaching in general 🤣

[@SabeyAubriTeeAnaNaki]

6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

[@razjml]

@@SabeyAubriTeeAnaNaki "The dragon is by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the father of souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon."

[@SabeyAubriTeeAnaNaki]

@@razjml Dragon cute, pls pet dragon!

[@joedenham8595]

I am irrationally angry over how accurate this is. It hurts my everything.

[@andyblanton6570]

This Thanksgiving, I tried to explain uno to my family. They thought it was so ridiculously complicated that I had to be making up rules like the reverse card reverses order of play.

[@brandonwithnell612]

reverse??? now your just making up words

[@WhatSmada]

2wacky4turkey

[@zeebug]

That would be so painful

[@EdKolis]

@@brandonwithnell612 "Oh I know what reverse means! I studied Latin in high school. It means to win second place in a game." 🤦‍♂️

[@catwiththepower]

lmfaooo

[@Middcore]

We tried to introduce my mother-in-law to Catan. She was grumpy and willfully obtuse about it the whole time and we basically held her hand through the whole game so she ended up winning. Then suddenly she liked it. We have never played a board game with her since.

[@Oppurtunafish]

people who take wins and losses so seriously are the biggest bummer man. For me the whole point is to enjoy the highs and lows of the journey, not the end result. Plus spending time with people that doesnt involve electronics lol

[@gagrin1565]

​@@Oppurtunafish I completely agree. It's nice to have a somewhat challenging game and I'd be disappointed if the people I played with weren't at least trying to win, but the point is to enjoy the process, not crush the souls of the people you're playing with.

[@Pandaman64]

@@Oppurtunafish seriously I'm so fucking happy just to successfully get a board game to the table, I can't be arsed to care too much when I lose.

[@tirsden]

"We have never played a board game with her since." This is the only correct choice, be sure that stays true.

[@tuluflulu]

Ugh, In-laws.

[@beeisland]

The silence after he said "What are cards" sent me into a different dimension. It felt like time had stopped.

[@AnimatedIdiotGuide]

Literally the hardest I’ve laughed in a long time

[@restorasenrisei9991]

As the resident 'Explain the rules' guy for my own group, this... is painfully relatable.

[@restorasenrisei9991]

Okay, I won't.

[@WestExplainsBest]

Teachers relate to this all too well.

[@neilmanansala399]

This is so painfully accurate, it hurts me. As the main “board game person” of my friend group, peoples’ lack of attention spans has led me to almost not really want to play anymore, and just watch videos of people playing board games - and then just kinda fantasize what it would be like if I was there 😅 Ik that sounds really sad, but I do love my friends - they just have the attention span of a squirrel 🐿

[@pedroscoponi4905]

Honestly, bad attention spans I can deal with, but people who want to hang out but aren't interested in the actual game, now there's a lion I can't kill.

[@kurtdupree1254]

You should try Meetup groups, or local game shops. That's where I have found 90% of the gamers in my city

[@LizStaples]

As a squirrel brained friend I appreciate you, my best friend is nuts for board games (she has another circle of people she shares that passion with) me I’m like life has enough rules im good.

[@zairman]

@@LizStaples Same. Plus I'm a major introvert, and playing board games with people, even friends, is just exhausting. It's a miracle I leave the house to get food.

[@LorianandLothric]

Join a board game club

[@eb7389]

Italian parents, ladies and gentlemen. They apparently know and understand every single rule and variant of Briscola, probably one of the most confusing and unclear games I've ever had knowledge of in my life, but the moment you ask them to play Clue they are all "uuuugh this game is too hard let's just play Monopoly and make up the rules as we go"

[@lyndislegion287]

Same with Germans and Skat lmao. Pretty much every one over the age of 50 knows how to play it and do play it regularly, but they don't have any interest in playing other games

[@leol2254]

briscola is actually very easy to learn until you get to the fucking 5 player variation hOW

[@AegixDrakan]

Oh my gosh I'm flashing back to high school, where Briscola and Scopa were the only card games allowed at the school (a theft got Magic banned). And I didn't really like Briscola but played it anyways as a result. XD

[@zacmalm3048]

I think it's more that every group has that one friend who has zero patience for new experiences, and will end up making it *your* problem. Instantly a skeptic for anything newer than Catan. 😆