This is really making me wish the NRB team would tackle some Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective! Maybe a lil' mini-season of dectective games would be fun, but for god's sake, if I don't get Dom Allen in a deerstalker I'm going to start sending letters...
I think this one needed the visual element of all of the cards so we could agree/disagree on the descriptions, sometimes a mystery element is needed but when the game lacks a board I think the audience needs something to watch. I was much more interested in Laurie's take because of the visual
I'm generally in agreement as UA-cam is more about the entertainment of it all, but a small part of me enjoyed trying to put together the facts based on the descriptions of the rest of the team. Then again I'd play it with my international friends who all speak good English but as a second language and watch the chaos unfold :D
I had a hard time following the game, and a big dry erase/conspiracy yard board visual on the table i think would help both the players organize their thoughts and help the audiance follow. You'd have to make rules about not just drawing the pictures on the cards, but i think it's solvable.
That could defeat the purpose of the "reveal" card mechanic, for example Sully could have drawn what the stencil looks like in part 3 or Tilly drawn the map in part 2
I feel robbed of seeing Dom in a wig doing a coffeezilla impression, but I suppose his incredible predictive powers as he displayed in the checkers video would have the game be over in under half an hour. This video was a really enjoyable watch though
A few days later, I realize what the stencils were actually for! They don't make fake ID cards. They add lines to the names on *real* ID cards. Lines across the top and bottom turn K into B. One line across the top turns H into A. etc.
If I remember from playing the game, I don't believe you are supposed to read the four questions until after you read the overarching question and work through the details of your cards, as the four questions more or less guide you as to the details worthy of your attention and how to progress through the logic of answering the final question.
Also, in case anybody sees this comment and doesn't realize upon playing, you are officially allowed to attempt to draw things you see! They could have reproduced the ID forging marks in case three, for example, which could have helped inspire a more accurate understanding of the situation.
I only knew about "salt bae" from seeing the image out of context, and then seeing the Marvel Snap Sandman card based ON the meme...what a strange time to be alive.
This truly represents the experience of going to an escape room with your friends... Start: *sharing clues, listening to each other* , "Sometimes I think I could be a detective🙂" , *looking for details* A few moments later: *losing communication* , "I- I thi- I- ok. well..." , 'what are we doing?' , "I think there's been a crime 👆🤓" , *laughing at each other* Then: *chaos* , *yelling at each other* , 'CLUE!😭' , *trying to get control*, *overthinking* , *confused screams* Later: "I think if (they gave us all the clues) we showed all cards, we still wouldn't be able to get it😭" , 'Clue?🫠', *too many pieces, very little solutions* Ending: "Should we just guess/brute-force it?😃"
The contrast between this episode and the House Rules crokinole episode couldn’t be more stark. Not a single bit 20 mins in in this episode compared to a 57 minute long bit last episode. Keep rolling the episodes and I’ll keep watching.
I'd love to see you occasionally playing some older games that you either didn't play when they first came out, or they were released before Board Game Club started. Such as Burgle Bros, for example. :-)
I'm really not sure what to think about games like those, they seem relatively popular from the amount of different 'oneshots' like those lining up the shelves at the boardgame stores, but it always felt weird to pay a hefty price for something I could pretty much play only once, because you can't even replay it with different people, really, I don't think. Does anyone have experience with them? Would a single session like that really be fun enough?
Really depends on the game, but also what your game group / the people you know are like. I've found that, especially for games like this where there are a couple scenarios included, if you have friends or family that like to loan games around to each other, you can get a lot more mileage out of this kind of game. You play scenario 1 with a group, one of them borrows it and plays scenario 2 with a different group and you still get to play scenario 2 unspoiled, repeat for however many people in your group might have another group they'd want to play the game with AND however many scenarios there are. Works especially well if it's _the group_ buying the game rather than one individual person. Everyone's paying a little less and more people are getting enjoyment out if it. (Also applies if you'd ever consider reselling or donating the game after you've played through it) Of course, if your group isn't the kind to do things like that, then it's much more about whether you think the single or few experience(s) is/are worth the 50$ or whatever it costs. I very much understand the trepidation to pay top dollar for a game with little to no replayability. You know you best, but since you seem unconvinced of how "worth it" they are, my reccomendation would be that, unless the game seems *absolutely amazing* to you, it's probably best to steer clear of "limited number of plays" games, at least if they're on the pricey side.
Investigative-style entertainment media is always much more difficult to craft into a "replayable" experience; not just board games but other media as well, things like whodunnit movies are most entertaining on the first watch because knowledge of the content sort of spoils the curated experience of the whole thing (even though movies are better about reapproachability for a curated experience in general since there's always little details you miss that you pick up on a 2nd or 3rd viewing). There are certainly ways to create replayable investigative entertainment, such as with randomized or building-block elements but they aren't as engaging as a one-shot experience. With all that said, the value of a one-shot entertainment media needs to ensure that the satisfaction you get from piecing together all the clues needs to greatly overshadow the satisfaction of playing a more traditional replayable media, and honestly I'm not sure if this one hits that mark (of course without knowing what the other scenarios contain) since the only objective in this game is to answer a few questions on a card. Seems a bit anti-climactic. The objective needs to be more engaging in entirety, like Decorum requiring players to deduce what the other players' hidden objectives are with limited information sharing.
@@ThornShadowWolf Thank you very much for the insight. And yeah, considering that it's more like we've gathered together as people who had no one else to really play with, I guess that wouldn't be the best choice. Maybe one day I'll try one that looks especially interesting for a themed evening.
Are forklifts interchangeable with cranes in British English? Or is it just Holly not knowing the slight difference? Regardless, seeing the Idiot Detective Agency in action was fun.
Unless there's some very local regional situation, that's just Holly XD Maybe not so much not knowing as not being able to find the word forklift in the moment? But they're definitely distinct in British English generally speaking.
@@McBehrer So you can listen to 31:20 and it sounds normal to you? If so that is *medically* concerning. That's some extreme distortion, has nothing to do with "the device"
Query: Anyone know where to go to see about requesting a certain game to be played? I have been hoping that they might try a few of my faves/unplayed listings. Would love to see such games such as, Vault of the Dragon | -F-UNFair | Tiny Epic Games and so forth.
So I think some games translate into videos better then others. I don't think this one did. I'd imagine that playing the game might be fun, but watching people describe the images as you did, well I don't think worked as a video in this format.
I know he's probably very busy, but please let Tom know that we miss him on BGC! Hope he and you all are well!
Tom's legit my favorite member of NRB
@@Mr_Leo_DSdon’t let Dom see this
U should have watched Holly and Toms goosebumps stream the other day on Twitch!
@@pudetouch I will have to check them out, thank you!
@@pudetouch The No Rolls Barred Twitch? There are no saved vods there.
Teri lightly bullying them throughout makes this video. She is finally getting revenge for all the silly French accents and impressions.
Rumor has it that Teri is a descendant of Chief Inspector Jacques Clousaeu.
"As the Indian government haa failed to take care of this priceless artifact, the British Museum has decided to confiscate it"
I see we've learned to keep the props/potential choking hazards away from Holly's side of the table!
This is really making me wish the NRB team would tackle some Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective! Maybe a lil' mini-season of dectective games would be fun, but for god's sake, if I don't get Dom Allen in a deerstalker I'm going to start sending letters...
I think this one needed the visual element of all of the cards so we could agree/disagree on the descriptions, sometimes a mystery element is needed but when the game lacks a board I think the audience needs something to watch. I was much more interested in Laurie's take because of the visual
A wild Hermit appeared!
yea agreed
Cleo should be on BGC or the hermits should make a channel like this
@@cookiedudegamingand yet not unexpected
I'm generally in agreement as UA-cam is more about the entertainment of it all, but a small part of me enjoyed trying to put together the facts based on the descriptions of the rest of the team.
Then again I'd play it with my international friends who all speak good English but as a second language and watch the chaos unfold :D
I love this type of game! Competitive games are always good craic, but I love seeing these mystery, problem solving team games too !
With this sort of game I’d want a big dry erase board so I can write notes and create a timeline
God, yes!!! I have trouble keeping track of things without notes 😂
A cork board, red strings connecting people of interest
100%, especially for names (that third act with the doctored names) and dates (which might have assisted the team in act 1)
I had a hard time following the game, and a big dry erase/conspiracy yard board visual on the table i think would help both the players organize their thoughts and help the audiance follow. You'd have to make rules about not just drawing the pictures on the cards, but i think it's solvable.
That could defeat the purpose of the "reveal" card mechanic, for example Sully could have drawn what the stencil looks like in part 3 or Tilly drawn the map in part 2
Thank god Rosie wasn't in this one. It would be quite hard to solve a crime if the only clue you got was "bbq chicken pizza" 🤣
😂😂😂😂😂 hen pizza omg
@@emilyrln Hen pizza moment
I feel robbed of seeing Dom in a wig doing a coffeezilla impression, but I suppose his incredible predictive powers as he displayed in the checkers video would have the game be over in under half an hour. This video was a really enjoyable watch though
A few days later, I realize what the stencils were actually for!
They don't make fake ID cards. They add lines to the names on *real* ID cards.
Lines across the top and bottom turn K into B. One line across the top turns H into A. etc.
Laurie's face at 38:47 lmao. That's the best response to that whole debacle
So the real reason crime is so bad in the world today is because our crime solvers get distracted by theorizing about Salt Bae.
Posted just as I get in from work. Impeccable timing!
This was really fun to play along with! Funny that the first mystery was the most difficult 😂
I think all of Lauries cards should have been on screen throughout
I like how this game has a storyline to follow!
If I remember from playing the game, I don't believe you are supposed to read the four questions until after you read the overarching question and work through the details of your cards, as the four questions more or less guide you as to the details worthy of your attention and how to progress through the logic of answering the final question.
Also, in case anybody sees this comment and doesn't realize upon playing, you are officially allowed to attempt to draw things you see! They could have reproduced the ID forging marks in case three, for example, which could have helped inspire a more accurate understanding of the situation.
Glad to see Holly being featured more often again
Detective Inspectors Musgrave, Blake, Steele, and Brown, reporting for chaos, sir! 😂
Bring back the mini interviews mid-game! I miss them!
Yes please!
Who needs Scotland Yard when you have the NRB crew to solve crimes !
This video is the most I've laughed at a UA-cam video in so long! Honestly the shitshow that was Act 1 was so entertaining!
I only knew about "salt bae" from seeing the image out of context, and then seeing the Marvel Snap Sandman card based ON the meme...what a strange time to be alive.
WOOO ITS THE BEST TIME OF THE WEEK!!! ITS BOARD GAME CLUB!!!
This truly represents the experience of going to an escape room with your friends...
Start: *sharing clues, listening to each other* , "Sometimes I think I could be a detective🙂" , *looking for details*
A few moments later: *losing communication* , "I- I thi- I- ok. well..." , 'what are we doing?' , "I think there's been a crime 👆🤓" , *laughing at each other*
Then: *chaos* , *yelling at each other* , 'CLUE!😭' , *trying to get control*, *overthinking* , *confused screams*
Later: "I think if (they gave us all the clues) we showed all cards, we still wouldn't be able to get it😭" , 'Clue?🫠', *too many pieces, very little solutions*
Ending: "Should we just guess/brute-force it?😃"
this sort of game is real hard to show off in this format I think, but I'm HUGELY looking forward to next week...
The contrast between this episode and the House Rules crokinole episode couldn’t be more stark. Not a single bit 20 mins in in this episode compared to a 57 minute long bit last episode. Keep rolling the episodes and I’ll keep watching.
we love the bits though
If you’re into deduction style games you should check out Return of the Obra Dinn and The Case of the Golden Idol as well as Perspectives of course
Every week I wait for an NRB content ❤ love them
This type of game is right up my mystery loving alley! 🎉
1:06:31 Holy moly Sully really showed off with figuring out that 7 segment display one there. Man's got the smarts.
Can we get "I am inevitable" sassy Sullivan as merch?
Or "I am inedible" with a slug getting poisoned by salt 😂
I'd love to see you occasionally playing some older games that you either didn't play when they first came out, or they were released before Board Game Club started. Such as Burgle Bros, for example. :-)
I woke up
HOLD IT!
I turned off my alarm
HOLD IT!
Can you please let me finish?
HOLD IT!
I'm really not sure what to think about games like those, they seem relatively popular from the amount of different 'oneshots' like those lining up the shelves at the boardgame stores, but it always felt weird to pay a hefty price for something I could pretty much play only once, because you can't even replay it with different people, really, I don't think. Does anyone have experience with them? Would a single session like that really be fun enough?
Really depends on the game, but also what your game group / the people you know are like. I've found that, especially for games like this where there are a couple scenarios included, if you have friends or family that like to loan games around to each other, you can get a lot more mileage out of this kind of game. You play scenario 1 with a group, one of them borrows it and plays scenario 2 with a different group and you still get to play scenario 2 unspoiled, repeat for however many people in your group might have another group they'd want to play the game with AND however many scenarios there are. Works especially well if it's _the group_ buying the game rather than one individual person. Everyone's paying a little less and more people are getting enjoyment out if it. (Also applies if you'd ever consider reselling or donating the game after you've played through it)
Of course, if your group isn't the kind to do things like that, then it's much more about whether you think the single or few experience(s) is/are worth the 50$ or whatever it costs. I very much understand the trepidation to pay top dollar for a game with little to no replayability. You know you best, but since you seem unconvinced of how "worth it" they are, my reccomendation would be that, unless the game seems *absolutely amazing* to you, it's probably best to steer clear of "limited number of plays" games, at least if they're on the pricey side.
you could always try to resell it, though its mostly up to luck at that point
Investigative-style entertainment media is always much more difficult to craft into a "replayable" experience; not just board games but other media as well, things like whodunnit movies are most entertaining on the first watch because knowledge of the content sort of spoils the curated experience of the whole thing (even though movies are better about reapproachability for a curated experience in general since there's always little details you miss that you pick up on a 2nd or 3rd viewing). There are certainly ways to create replayable investigative entertainment, such as with randomized or building-block elements but they aren't as engaging as a one-shot experience.
With all that said, the value of a one-shot entertainment media needs to ensure that the satisfaction you get from piecing together all the clues needs to greatly overshadow the satisfaction of playing a more traditional replayable media, and honestly I'm not sure if this one hits that mark (of course without knowing what the other scenarios contain) since the only objective in this game is to answer a few questions on a card. Seems a bit anti-climactic. The objective needs to be more engaging in entirety, like Decorum requiring players to deduce what the other players' hidden objectives are with limited information sharing.
@@ThornShadowWolf Thank you very much for the insight. And yeah, considering that it's more like we've gathered together as people who had no one else to really play with, I guess that wouldn't be the best choice. Maybe one day I'll try one that looks especially interesting for a themed evening.
@@thebestdamager7400 thank you for the response, that roughly confirms my thoughts. I guess sooner or later I'll get one just for novelty of it.
Fury of Dracula! Let's goooo!
This felt like its own house rules, but I don't know what the rules were.
Disappointing lack of flesh-eating necromancers in this case...so far
I mean, you had Salt Bae (?) shriveling up slugs with his salt…
I laughed so hard at act one that my ribs hurt 😂😂😂😂
Just aggressively scoured the internet for an image of Act 4 cause I wanted to see if I could answer the questions but to no avail 😔
This was shot at the end of a day, wasn't it
PLEASE do act 4. i need it so much
I'm glad Holly is back. I haven't seen her for a while and I missed her.
NRB:CSI 😎
Hands on hearts, were you guys drinking during this? If so, please do so again!
Are forklifts interchangeable with cranes in British English? Or is it just Holly not knowing the slight difference?
Regardless, seeing the Idiot Detective Agency in action was fun.
Unless there's some very local regional situation, that's just Holly XD Maybe not so much not knowing as not being able to find the word forklift in the moment? But they're definitely distinct in British English generally speaking.
Let's goooooo!
Wow I didn’t see this coming! Get on board
The start in under 5 minutes. Now theres a rarity.
badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger ...
Salt bea is the descendant of lots wife from the Bible lol
(She was turned into a pillar of salt allegedly)
The “allegedly” at the end is *chef’s kiss* 😂
Nega... nagerash... not gonna work here anymore anyway
Idiot Detective Agency merch when?
fun game, but ya definitely don't need to add a 'kh' in ahmedabad, lol
Let's get salt bay on the show
5640 Lexie Vista
man the audio is especially rough in this episode, more than most. almost unwatchable
no, it sounds just fine. must be your device
@@McBehrer So you can listen to 31:20 and it sounds normal to you? If so that is *medically* concerning. That's some extreme distortion, has nothing to do with "the device"
Good job team Solve Bae
Query: Anyone know where to go to see about requesting a certain game to be played? I have been hoping that they might try a few of my faves/unplayed listings.
Would love to see such games such as, Vault of the Dragon | -F-UNFair | Tiny Epic Games and so forth.
Fantastic video, though I got so annoyed watching them faff about that I restarted the video halfway through Act 1 so I could take my own notes.
Holly wearing her man’s flannel ❤️
Please play Tokaido or Namiji and I will subscribe to your patreon.
Kolkata yayy
i am in love with Tilly
So I think some games translate into videos better then others. I don't think this one did. I'd imagine that playing the game might be fun, but watching people describe the images as you did, well I don't think worked as a video in this format.
Seventhst!
Communist monopoly 4 please.
Could have used a bit more visuals. Just listening to people describing things doesn't make a good video I fear.
Love it, but a bit bland
Like Custard.
You haven't even watched the whole video 😂
First
Got it
First. Please. ❤❤❤
30:30 “If you’re watching Salt Bae” “he’s not watching!”
Bet he watches House Rules though, everybody watches House Rules 😂
...I don't 😅
7:30