non-extreme, entirely normal $0,000 game of Skull

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  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo 3 роки тому +6493

    The title's not ironic, this is just a game of Skull in a pub. Go check out everyone's channels, too! (I know we played a bit fast-and-loose with some of the rules, too: we didn't always start with the right player, and Rohin should have been able to pick which card he threw away. It's just a game!)

  • @jocax188723
    @jocax188723 3 роки тому +8347

    Alt title: Tom indulges his game show hosting addiction again

    • @Stephen-Fox
      @Stephen-Fox 3 роки тому +301

      Which is always a treat.

    • @Imthefake
      @Imthefake 3 роки тому +284

      i highly encourage his addiction then

    • @Seviexe
      @Seviexe 3 роки тому +126

      Thats one proper addiction to have and we're not evil for enabling it

    • @PaulSpeed42
      @PaulSpeed42 3 роки тому +43

      And we are all better off for it.

    • @diegoparga9324
      @diegoparga9324 3 роки тому +26

      I’m onboard

  • @floobdedoop2892
    @floobdedoop2892 3 роки тому +5210

    I strongly suspect this game was invented by bored bar staff using disposable coasters.

    • @iamyoursaviour
      @iamyoursaviour 3 роки тому +532

      It's historically popular with bikers, and it's definitely played with coasters where 1/4 are marked.

    • @Colopty
      @Colopty 3 роки тому +205

      Though it can also be played with cards if you don't have matching coasters. Use number cards as unmarked coasters, face cards as marked coasters.

    • @lagautmd
      @lagautmd 3 роки тому +257

      Did in fact originate as a bar/pub game. You are essentially buying the gorgeous artwork in the boxed set.

    • @Atlessa
      @Atlessa 3 роки тому +21

      @@Colopty I thought about calling it Jacka**, and have the Jack be the "skull".

    • @lucarvee
      @lucarvee 3 роки тому +3

      @@Atlessa op what are the astrics

  • @SireDevathrius
    @SireDevathrius 3 роки тому +4839

    Ah yes, the legendary 0 thousand prize, marvelous

    • @Jupiterninja95
      @Jupiterninja95 3 роки тому +66

      working that algorithm

    • @liamblack3001
      @liamblack3001 3 роки тому +3

      @@Jupiterninja95 TRUE!

    • @Seviexe
      @Seviexe 3 роки тому +63

      Well it does somehow sound more expensive than just 0

    • @psiphiorg
      @psiphiorg 3 роки тому +24

      For the championship where they bring back the previous winners, I bet they will up the prize to 00 thousand!

    • @danatronics9039
      @danatronics9039 3 роки тому +11

      Not just zero thousand, zero thousand, zero hundred, and zeroty-zero dollars!

  • @furonguy42
    @furonguy42 3 роки тому +1416

    Its interesting to examine the different ways everyone plays a card down. Liv has them face-down on the table and simply places a chosen card on the mat, Tom holds his cards in a fan and deliberately takes a moment to choose and even when playing a "safe" flower card, picks from the middle of the fan to keep things in-question, Mark casually slides a card out from the bottom of his pile like its nothing and Rohin hides his cards behind the table in an attempt to appear mysterious at the cost of actually paying attention to what he's putting down.

    • @dig8634
      @dig8634 3 роки тому +57

      I think Mark is also deliberately not stacking his cards neatly. They seem to always be askew and it was driving me nuts XD

    • @hamoiq908
      @hamoiq908 3 роки тому +31

      Also the styles in the way they all pass or bid

  • @567secret
    @567secret 3 роки тому +3611

    Can we take the time to appreciate that they matched their card colours with their shirt colours?

    • @recklessroges
      @recklessroges 3 роки тому +176

      I noticed the "Will it soft-serve" t-shirt.

    • @flurgerbla7609
      @flurgerbla7609 3 роки тому +14

      whoaaaah

    • @tomrogue13
      @tomrogue13 3 роки тому +6

      @@recklessroges I saw that too!

    • @607
      @607 3 роки тому +15

      @@recklessroges I did not!

    • @Taranis79
      @Taranis79 3 роки тому +10

      @@recklessroges I wonder what shirt the good doctor has underneath it

  • @miriamtong
    @miriamtong 3 роки тому +645

    Tom is like the main character (or villain) who monologues all his thoughts

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +38

      Tom is the main villain of UA-cam.

    • @maxximumb
      @maxximumb 3 роки тому +45

      I wonder what it would be like if each player explained their thought process (post game) and Tom edited in their thoughts as a voice over narration, like Tom's stream of strategic narrative. The other players were much more shrewd and I missed their insights.

    • @yoymate6316
      @yoymate6316 3 роки тому +7

      tom scott would make a great mad scientist

    • @twistedtachyon5877
      @twistedtachyon5877 3 роки тому +10

      As someone who plays games like Tom, I appreciate this implication of narrative centrality. 😄

    • @JordanSugarman
      @JordanSugarman 3 роки тому +4

      No poker face at all.

  • @kolmis11
    @kolmis11 3 роки тому +2195

    This game with Technical Difficulties crew would be something to behold.

    • @laerin7931
      @laerin7931 3 роки тому +347

      Brannan would play skull every round and try to bait Tom into bidding.

    • @mukrifachri
      @mukrifachri 3 роки тому +260

      They'd just continuously conspire to make Tom lose

    • @davidelliott1293
      @davidelliott1293 3 роки тому +37

      I approve this message

    • @cosmicjenny4508
      @cosmicjenny4508 3 роки тому +67

      @@laerin7931 That is such a Gary Brannan thing to do - messing with Tom.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +78

      Everything with the TechDiff crew would be something to behold.

  • @finchhawthorne1302
    @finchhawthorne1302 3 роки тому +1824

    Surprised no one played more chaotically. Though I do love Tom being very cautious and paranoid.

    • @chamelius
      @chamelius 3 роки тому +114

      `Two of these People are Lying`:
      Still leaving its lasting mark.
      Good Innings.

    • @TheDarrellimpey
      @TheDarrellimpey 3 роки тому +31

      And so frequently wrong. :)

    • @NStripleseven
      @NStripleseven 3 роки тому +52

      “Every one of you has put down a skull”

    • @cityuser
      @cityuser 3 роки тому +6

      This *is* the non-extreme version..!

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +4

      @@cityuser And extremely normal.

  • @chamelius
    @chamelius 3 роки тому +2259

    Future Note to All:
    Tom is susceptible to the `Increment-by-one` fallacy.

    • @Tomwithnonumbers
      @Tomwithnonumbers 3 роки тому +107

      What's the increment-by-one fallacy?

    • @simonjohnston3100
      @simonjohnston3100 3 роки тому +476

      I'm guessing increase the bid by one where increasing by more is valid and strategically better

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +234

      fallacy++;

    • @IceMetalPunk
      @IceMetalPunk 3 роки тому +210

      @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 ++fallacy, for optimization reasons on embedded electronics 😀

    • @ionic7777
      @ionic7777 3 роки тому +110

      @@IceMetalPunk nah, might as well go for the causal
      fallacy = fallacy + 1;

  • @scythero1055
    @scythero1055 3 роки тому +597

    I enjoy the fact that the colours of their cards match the colours of their shirts. Things like that make me happy.

    • @deepikamsolanki
      @deepikamsolanki 3 роки тому +6

      yup! it's the little details, though i don't think Tom did this on purpose?

    • @Victoria-hp6sf
      @Victoria-hp6sf 3 роки тому +2

      are they really wearing brown and purple shirts? i can only perceive them as white

    • @kanchanchaudhary1973
      @kanchanchaudhary1973 3 роки тому +1

      timegear pfp :0

  • @stichyface
    @stichyface 3 роки тому +426

    I like this channel. Seeing Tom Scott just messing around with friends is fun. Like game garage.

  • @marshm3llow467
    @marshm3llow467 3 роки тому +277

    I thought I recognised Mark at the start, but I'm super faceblind so I didn't realise until Tom said from Cracking the Cryptic that I realised who it was! I love their channel so much, what a cool crossover moment. Exciting game, although it took me a bit to understand the logic behind it.

    • @Stephen-Fox
      @Stephen-Fox 3 роки тому +9

      A lot of liar clues in this one.

    • @Emobullymaguire
      @Emobullymaguire 3 роки тому

      @@Stephen-Fox wait what?

    • @Stephen-Fox
      @Stephen-Fox 3 роки тому +10

      @@Emobullymaguire A small joke. Mark solves sudoku on his channel, sometimes sudoku will have 'liar clues' - clues that are false (usually in a very specific way defined by the rules of the sudoku), skull is a game involving bluffing - aka lying. Ergo 'a lot of liar clues in this one'

  • @MrxstGrssmnstMttckstPhlNelThot
    @MrxstGrssmnstMttckstPhlNelThot 3 роки тому +1437

    "I am 100% convinced every single one of you had a skull on there! But for the audience can you show the cameras?"
    Not a single skull was on the table.

    • @Gruncival
      @Gruncival 3 роки тому +248

      It's fun to see that Tom Scott is the quintessential paranoid player, every group has at least one of those.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +70

      @@Gruncival He's been betrayed before.

    • @lucarr1041
      @lucarr1041 3 роки тому +33

      and later... "At least one of those is a skull"

    • @DylanSwayneHughes
      @DylanSwayneHughes 3 роки тому +4

      They all bidded that round so none of them could have had a skull or theyd be risking losing if noone else bids

    • @lukereed6405
      @lukereed6405 3 роки тому +45

      @@DylanSwayneHughes A big part of the game is bluffing by bidding even when you have a skull down. Multiple times during this game someone bid even when they had a skull down.

  • @wbfaulk
    @wbfaulk 3 роки тому +348

    I love Liv blocking her eyes to prevent herself from seeing … her own cards? (5:00)

  • @bruzie900
    @bruzie900 3 роки тому +193

    Having only just gotten into CtC I was pleasantly surprised to see Mark here. Also note that Rohin is wearing a "Will it Soft-Serve?" shirt.

  • @nognog3333
    @nognog3333 3 роки тому +897

    If I had a cent for every video about people playing skull I watched that ended with Someone betting that every card on the table was a flower and winning, I'd have two cents, which isn't a lot, but its weird that it happened twice

    • @BaronessCaroline
      @BaronessCaroline 3 роки тому +96

      Ah, a fellow overboard fan

    • @bendubz9000
      @bendubz9000 3 роки тому +83

      related - Tom Scott on Overboard would be incredible

    • @nognog3333
      @nognog3333 3 роки тому +15

      @@bendubz9000 oh my god yes

    • @zyaicob
      @zyaicob 3 роки тому +15

      wElCoMeToOvErBoArDpoLyGoNsBoArDaNdCaRdGaMeShOw

    • @giualonso
      @giualonso 3 роки тому +20

      HAHAHA those two very different tables ending the same way is very fun!

  • @camcdragon
    @camcdragon 3 роки тому +352

    I love Tom playing games I've never heard of
    Now I have playing this and that ancient Sumerian board game on my bucket list

    • @chrishill601
      @chrishill601 3 роки тому +26

      It's actually super easy to make a simple board for the Royal Game of Ur with just a pen and some pater, plus some markers, and a few dice. I think I used some d4s I had, and just did evens as zero, and odds as 1, but you could do the same with standard d6s if that's all you have.

    • @Septimus_ii
      @Septimus_ii 3 роки тому +9

      And bar billiards?

    • @camcdragon
      @camcdragon 3 роки тому +3

      @@chrishill601 i haven't thought of that tbh, but i would need a friend to play it with

    • @camcdragon
      @camcdragon 3 роки тому +4

      @@Septimus_ii right, i forgot about that one
      it's been years since i've last seen that vid

    • @MadsOcto7
      @MadsOcto7 3 роки тому +11

      Skull is also easily made with a deck of normal playing cards. Numbers are flowers, pictures are skulls.

  • @lewismassie
    @lewismassie 3 роки тому +753

    The 3D camera makes for a much simpler recording setup than the Citation Needed 'Gopro Tree' days

    • @neuvilpanindra2581
      @neuvilpanindra2581 3 роки тому +100

      I think that's a 360° camera tho but yes

    • @SullySideUp
      @SullySideUp 3 роки тому +76

      The GoPro Tree was iconic tho, worth the hassle imo

    • @JJRicks
      @JJRicks 3 роки тому +6

      @@neuvilpanindra2581 GoPro Max, to be specific

    • @dizzypro4974
      @dizzypro4974 3 роки тому +41

      I always thought it was nice to see some modern art in the middle of the table in wide shots

    • @chriskeene
      @chriskeene 3 роки тому +11

      it was confusing me as it looks just like a normal camera pointing in one direction, I can't work out how it got all of them

  • @Freedavies
    @Freedavies 3 роки тому +409

    I also love games that are worth zero thousand zero hundred and zeroty zero dollars.

    • @joshuasims5421
      @joshuasims5421 3 роки тому +40

      No thousand no hundred and nonety none.

    • @shaheenbekk
      @shaheenbekk 3 роки тому +38

      i love the phrase "zeroty zero"

    • @euansmith3699
      @euansmith3699 3 роки тому +9

      It is the $64,000 x 0 Question!

    • @Anonymous-df8it
      @Anonymous-df8it 3 роки тому +3

      Naught thousand naught hundred naughty naught

  • @thedj9553
    @thedj9553 3 роки тому +161

    I loved these back in the day, stuff like Let's Play and the Game Garage, happy to see that this type of video made a comeback!

  • @johningham1880
    @johningham1880 3 роки тому +159

    Liv may be the poker champ, but Rohin is a CARDiologist

  • @EpicGamer-yu9qn
    @EpicGamer-yu9qn 3 роки тому +208

    I have no clue what they're doing to win, but I'm enjoying it

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 3 роки тому +8

      Good relaxing material.

    • @scragar
      @scragar 3 роки тому +30

      You win the round if you're the highest bid and you're able to turn over that number of cards without finding a skull.
      You win the game if you win 2 rounds(don't have to be consecutive)
      You are out of the game if you ever get down to 0 cards by making bad bids.
      The game is about predicting what your opponents have down to see if you can figure out if it's safe to bid or not.

    • @EpicGamer-yu9qn
      @EpicGamer-yu9qn 3 роки тому +6

      @@scragarohh, that's what I was thinking but still wasn't too sure

    • @evbunke2
      @evbunke2 3 роки тому +7

      @@scragar ahh thank you. I didn't understand what the significance of flipping the little mat over was

    • @Pacvalham
      @Pacvalham 3 роки тому +1

      @@scragar If I won a round, then lost a card later, do I still have that point and I would win the game on the next round I win?

  • @g-de
    @g-de 3 роки тому +79

    Skull is a great game and that was a fantastic win! Might have been good to have the outro be your reaction when viewing the footage of what people had put down.

  • @baguettegott3409
    @baguettegott3409 3 роки тому +41

    Finally! The video of the Polygon crew playing Skull with [spoiler]'s dramatic win is one of my favourites on all of youtube. Totally down for more Skull content :D

    • @oliviapg
      @oliviapg 3 роки тому +6

      Both the videos with Brennan are gold, their games of both Coup and Skull are fantastic (Anomia is decent too)

    • @mollymauktealeaf
      @mollymauktealeaf 3 роки тому +2

      @@oliviapg Brennan in general is gold tbh

  • @StormCrow42
    @StormCrow42 3 роки тому +91

    As a slight rules clarification, generally if you skull yourself you get to choose what card/disc you lose rather than it needing to be random.

    • @j.b.dandrea3467
      @j.b.dandrea3467 3 роки тому +4

      Agreed. I've always seen it played this way

    • @munjee2
      @munjee2 3 роки тому +7

      That makes bluffing a bit too easy, if you're only losing a safe card

    • @lukereed6405
      @lukereed6405 3 роки тому +8

      The rules state that it is random always. However, I've always played with the house rule that you always choose which card you lose regardless of whose skull gets you out.

    • @NoChance18
      @NoChance18 2 роки тому +10

      @@lukereed6405 Nope, the rules for this version (and others I've played) specifically say that if you flip your own skull, you choose the card you lose.
      It's a rule to encourage bluffing on skulls late game, because otherwise it's too risky.

    • @computermaster124816
      @computermaster124816 2 роки тому +1

      Strictly, the rule is whoever's skull was hit picks the card; if it's your skull, you know which one is which.

  • @simonscarle
    @simonscarle 3 роки тому +54

    Seeing as Wil Wheaton isn't doing Tabletop anymore the one person I would trust to do the "demo a Tabletop game with my mates" format is Tom Scott. More please!

    • @ollieelastname674
      @ollieelastname674 3 роки тому +2

      Have you ever heard of Polygon? If not, they have a wonderful card and board game show called Overboard that really got me through quarantine.

  • @rufioh
    @rufioh 3 роки тому +66

    I never thought I’d see mark in a video with Tom Scott. Love it

  • @ryanoftinellb
    @ryanoftinellb 3 роки тому +80

    I'm just here for the reveal that Tom's the one flying aircraft past Simon's window on Cracking the Cryptic.

    • @shye229
      @shye229 3 роки тому +12

      him and jay foreman 😆

  • @blufferfish0896
    @blufferfish0896 3 роки тому +17

    this is clever, the key word “extreme” and the four digit number (although admittedly being still zero) helps the algorithm, whilst it’s still not being untruthful

  • @BlueCanary7
    @BlueCanary7 3 роки тому +28

    Always intrigued by games like this: so incredibly simple, and yet SO much strategy involved!

  • @visus6906
    @visus6906 3 роки тому +1

    What a fantastic game, honestly. Quite a bit of strategy, and props to Tom for trying to social engineer the final bid, but Rohan saw through the double bluff!! Fun game

  • @oliverlane9716
    @oliverlane9716 3 роки тому +317

    Really enjoyed this, but if you will do this again could you have an on screen graphic to help us keep track of who has how many cards and how many are on the table etc.

    • @mfaizsyahmi
      @mfaizsyahmi 3 роки тому +13

      Tom would have to hire Mudan to edit like that... and the chance of that happening is less than the prize of this game.

    • @mytube001
      @mytube001 3 роки тому +11

      Yes, a top-down view of the table would be nice as well.

    • @flamingfossa
      @flamingfossa 3 роки тому +12

      Actually in general any games played on this channel should give more information, the different camera angles were cool though!

    • @anonymousperson2327
      @anonymousperson2327 3 роки тому +1

      i assume next time they do this it will be with a different game but whatever game they play a screen graphic would be nice

    • @BillyBraga
      @BillyBraga 3 роки тому +8

      I think the goal of the second channel is less expensive content...

  • @MelodicaDude
    @MelodicaDude 3 роки тому +113

    "This is the techni-skull difficulties and today we're playing cerebellum needed"

  • @rocketfallen
    @rocketfallen 3 роки тому +348

    Skull's one of my favourite games, bluffing at its purest, its the part of poker that everyone likes without having to deal with the part of poker that people hate. I'd be okay if you just used this channel as an excuse to play more games like this with people. Its like Money, but not!

    • @caenir
      @caenir 3 роки тому +6

      The thing I like about poker is the chance to get really high value draws. I also find a full house to be quite satisfying (don't know why)

    • @mibadada
      @mibadada 3 роки тому +2

      People like bluffing? Couldnt be me

    • @Brent-jj6qi
      @Brent-jj6qi 2 роки тому +2

      It’s like poker if there was skill involved aside bluffing

    • @Brent-jj6qi
      @Brent-jj6qi 2 роки тому

      @UA-cam Account Unless you play some odd kind of poker, theres just bluffing and changing your bet, you cant change what cards you have or are on the table, which could mean you always lose

  • @redcloak8548
    @redcloak8548 Рік тому +1

    So I repeatedly paused the video at each players' turn to guess what they would do. So fun. You learn a lot about them. Tom overthinks, Mark plays safe, Rohin is aggressive, Liv is a bit confused but sneaky.

  • @Wecoc1
    @Wecoc1 3 роки тому +35

    This gets way more intense than I was anticipating

  • @DevilboyScooby
    @DevilboyScooby 3 роки тому +26

    I do love how Tom tried to provide running commentary while the other three were mostly poker-faced and quiet 😂

  • @GMPranav
    @GMPranav 3 роки тому +13

    6:22 It's so cool to see Tom laughing out loud like this, it's such a rare sight.

  • @berndbeispielmensch
    @berndbeispielmensch 3 роки тому +6

    Thank you for showing us the cards after each round.
    I find it funny that they covered their eyes even when they were showing their own cards to the camera.

  • @ethan-loves
    @ethan-loves 3 роки тому +13

    Aw, that was great fun! Thanks Liv, Mark, Rohin, and Tom

  • @outsideaglass
    @outsideaglass 11 місяців тому +1

    Aw I love Medlife Crisis, this was so fun! Seeing him in not-scripted form was very interesting. Great video!

  • @artlover282
    @artlover282 3 роки тому +29

    this takes me back to the good old days in Toms Mates Kitchen playing silly games.
    I really enjoyed this haha

    • @Stephen-Fox
      @Stephen-Fox 3 роки тому +8

      I forgot how much I'd missed Tom Scott videos filmed with a camera (or set of cameras) in the middle of a table surrounded by people, and at least one camera shooting other perspectives.

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 3 роки тому +13

    yay Cracking the Cryptic!! Also who remembers the Bar Billiards episode? That was awesome

  • @AA_21861
    @AA_21861 3 роки тому +26

    How does Rohin get the time to be doctor, UA-cam doctor and guest star as Skull doctor all in one go? Quite a bit of awe at his time management skills there.

  • @PhakesL
    @PhakesL 3 роки тому +18

    I've always love this type of video!
    I miss technical difficulty already.

  • @SuperZeve
    @SuperZeve 3 роки тому +9

    This is what I like to see here. Just friends hanging out doing everything from flying planes to playing cards. All for a bit of fun.

  • @fonso_s
    @fonso_s 3 роки тому +1

    Love the fact that tom is wearing red and his cards are red, the blue is blue, the white-yellowish (yellowish because of the light in her right) is yellow and the shirt looks, that looks a bit purple, has the purple cards.

  • @JT29501
    @JT29501 3 роки тому +3

    This is great content Tom (I'm already a big fan of you, Liv and Rohin!), and honestly the sort of thing many youtubers might offer on their premium pay to watch type offering. That you are making this sort of thing available for free is really fantastic, thanks!
    Also, I really appreciate how your videos are always impeccably subtitled, it's a small thing but really helpful. Thanks!
    Little edit: Also Rohin massively undersold himself at the end there, he's a witty, nuanced and knowledgeable communicator of science and how to think about science, with some shitposting mixed in..

  • @flurgerbla7609
    @flurgerbla7609 3 роки тому +3

    i thoroughly enjoyed this. You can definitely tell that Tom is comfortable with the format from the technical difficulties, but im also looking forward to seeing the more experimental videos coming up!

  • @lizzzylavender
    @lizzzylavender 3 роки тому +4

    I’d love to see more stuff like this on the channel. I love watching people play board games

  • @GermaphobeMusic
    @GermaphobeMusic 3 роки тому +30

    Can we appreciate that this 16 minute video has human-made subtitles

    • @chessmiller5661
      @chessmiller5661 3 роки тому +7

      Tom Scott makes a point of this! I really appreciate it. He's of the opinion that if you have the money to, you really freaking ought to do it because it's not that expensive, there's a large population that needs or is vastly helped by it, and so much content just doesn't doesn't do it.

  • @swarnamoti
    @swarnamoti 3 роки тому +53

    Is that a 'will it soft serve' merch Rohins wearing ?

  • @revelationofapencil
    @revelationofapencil 3 роки тому +1

    I really love seeing all the different ways you use the 360 camera, its so perfect for getting right in on these table games you do.

  • @joelstevens6394
    @joelstevens6394 3 роки тому +6

    I love how they're all colour coded with their cards!

  • @mytube001
    @mytube001 3 роки тому +60

    I would like to see a version of this where all cards have the same backs, and where a player who takes a card from another, is then able to use it and so have a larger deck to choose from each round.

    • @stacey738
      @stacey738 3 роки тому +14

      This! This is how I thought it worked until I realized the colours messed it up.

    • @rmsgrey
      @rmsgrey 3 роки тому +31

      That would be interesting, but it would produce significantly longer games - as things stand, you can't go beyond five rounds per player (and rounds must keep getting shorter), but if players kept the cards they took, you could potentially go for ever with two players passing a single flower back and forth

    • @Swisswavey
      @Swisswavey 3 роки тому +5

      Use any normal deck and pick a number to be the skull

    • @ExestentialCrisis
      @ExestentialCrisis 2 роки тому

      @@Swisswavey
      Yep. As a kid we played this and called it "aces or faces" - essentially same game with ace = skull, face cards = flowers

  • @richardpomelear7462
    @richardpomelear7462 3 роки тому +60

    Everytime I've seen this played, someone skulls themself. Don't feel bad, Liv. Edit: and Rohin.

  • @CyberBeatAustralia
    @CyberBeatAustralia 3 роки тому +2

    I'd never heard of this game before, but watched this video yesterday and thought it looked great, less than 24 hours later I have a package at my door with a copy of it, can't wait to give it a go. Cheers Tom for uploading this!

  • @edr0p688
    @edr0p688 3 роки тому +10

    God I love this channel already

  • @LunizIsGlacey
    @LunizIsGlacey 3 роки тому +2

    This is a group of people which wouldn’t be my first thought to play a game together, but it was more entertaining than I imagined it would be! Need a part 2!

  • @namename8004
    @namename8004 3 роки тому +5

    What an amazingly simple game. I had never heard of Skull before. I have more than a few questions about some nuances of the rules, but I really want to give it a try. I've played a LOT of tabletop games with varying complexity. So to find a game that I've never heard of which has both depth and simplicity is thrilling.

  • @enjiniakimiko1305
    @enjiniakimiko1305 3 роки тому +7

    That plot twist for Rohin hahahaha, what a solid redemption arc I swear 🤣

  • @vedaryan334
    @vedaryan334 3 роки тому +5

    This is so simple yet so fun . I never knew something like this existed. Thanks!

  • @Pud26
    @Pud26 3 роки тому +1

    I work as a 'game guru' in a board game cafe, and I always tell people the skill is "the game that you think poker is, before you play poker" it is pure bluffing. So happy to see this video, great work to all

  • @ashleybyrd2015
    @ashleybyrd2015 3 роки тому +13

    $0,000? That's kid money, I play for 100x that much.

  • @insayno9959
    @insayno9959 3 роки тому +2

    I love unexpected collabs between some of my favourite youtubers. Good to see Mark here

  • @Roby1Kenobi
    @Roby1Kenobi 3 роки тому +6

    Happy to see the return of Tom getting a group together to play a fun game

  • @freek204
    @freek204 3 роки тому +2

    Small rules mistake at 6:30 - If you bust by your own skull, you can decide yourself which one to discard.

  • @kickthesky
    @kickthesky 3 роки тому +6

    Skull is one of our family's favorite games to play! Great video!

  • @joshuatatum8519
    @joshuatatum8519 3 роки тому +1

    Love the crossover with Cracking the Cryptic! Two of my favorite channels

  • @MrBigStuff
    @MrBigStuff 3 роки тому +174

    Feel like this would’ve been better if they did it on a glass table, with a camera underneath for the audience

    • @Areuuseless
      @Areuuseless 3 роки тому +16

      bumping for another round!

    • @dig8634
      @dig8634 3 роки тому +20

      They would have to specifically show their cards through the table or it wouldn't work, since they stack the cards on top of each other, and they are obviously not see through

  • @CelestialVeggie
    @CelestialVeggie 3 роки тому +3

    I don't think I've ever heard of Skull, but I really like it. Thanks for introducing it to all of us!

  • @nat2r
    @nat2r 3 роки тому +5

    Liv! Such a great guest. Great to see Mark on too.

  • @Sytarie
    @Sytarie 3 роки тому +1

    It reminds me the good old time of Game Garage and stuff. I love to see Tom have fun with friends, whatever the game is

  • @metrovick5417
    @metrovick5417 3 роки тому +23

    Can we start a fundraiser to send the Technical Difficulties on a space trip in a Dragon? I want to see zero G Citation Needed.

    • @TheExalaber
      @TheExalaber 3 роки тому +2

      They already have a Zero-G special

    • @metrovick5417
      @metrovick5417 3 роки тому

      Was that at the indoor skydiving place, or did they all do a vomit comet trip?

    • @joshuahadams
      @joshuahadams 3 роки тому +2

      @@metrovick5417 one of the older audio reverse trivia shows was titled “The Zero-G special” and was full of jokes about things in space.

    • @williswcy
      @williswcy 3 роки тому

      We need to have them on air.

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 3 роки тому

      @@williswcy
      We’ve had that (it was the hovercraft bonus video), but we still haven’t had On Ice (and fortunately not Covered In Bees either) yet.

  • @theddrman
    @theddrman 3 роки тому

    Given how long it's been since Tabletop has been off the air, this REALLY struck me today. I love that you're making these videos and I hope that you do more games like this!

  • @theyruinedyoutubeagain
    @theyruinedyoutubeagain 3 роки тому +3

    Had just discovered Rohin's channel, now that's worth a subscription, for sure!

  • @BarelyNoticeable
    @BarelyNoticeable 2 роки тому +1

    10:58 That. Was. HILARIOUS.

  • @catfish552
    @catfish552 3 роки тому +5

    Good shirt choice there by Mr Francis.

  • @CrazyMineCuber
    @CrazyMineCuber 3 роки тому +1

    Dang you Tom! Now I'm addicted to sudoku after researching who you played with!

  • @Soliloquy084
    @Soliloquy084 3 роки тому +5

    I've been watching old videos of Wil Wheaton's TableTop the last couple of weeks, so I'm hoping this continues into a series.

  • @ihdieselman
    @ihdieselman 2 роки тому +1

    Ronin's description of his channel was hilarious and surprisingly accurate.

  • @adivp7
    @adivp7 3 роки тому +6

    Rohin had the winner's posture/camera composition from the start

  • @AliciaBottsfunny_stuff247
    @AliciaBottsfunny_stuff247 3 роки тому +1

    Pleasantly surprised to see Rohin here, Medlife Crisis is one of my favourite channels. And this was really fun to watch, thanks everyone!

  • @twotothehalf3725
    @twotothehalf3725 3 роки тому +6

    I actually went "Ohhhh!" at the end there; what a play.

  • @smileychess
    @smileychess 3 роки тому +1

    I went from "I don't understand this game" to "This is kind of a dumb simple pointless game" to "haha" to "OMG ICANTBELIEVEHEWONWOOOO!"

  • @rupert7565
    @rupert7565 3 роки тому +5

    All the players were incredibly in sync with when putting down skulls.

  • @faithmacdonald2292
    @faithmacdonald2292 3 роки тому

    Been binging medlife crisis, just yesterday! So fun to see all these guests and will definitely check out their channels. Tom has great taste in collabs!

  • @paerrin
    @paerrin 3 роки тому +4

    Tom putting 4 zeroes with a comma for the prize is such a “Tom Scott” move.

  • @jonsmith4540
    @jonsmith4540 3 роки тому +1

    Fantastic video again, you have a great game group which makes games of deception so much more incredible to watch and play!

  • @MarekLumi
    @MarekLumi 3 роки тому +10

    Yesss, I missed "game shows" so much on the main channel

  • @mjorozco3786
    @mjorozco3786 18 днів тому

    11:33 the showing of cards with them all having skulls makes it even funnier

  • @MineRoyale.
    @MineRoyale. 3 роки тому +13

    I know this might be a bit of an ask, but I'd also like to see Simon from @Cracking The Cryptic to be included in a future one. Their channel is not only entertaining, not only quintessentially british, but also full of talent. :)

  • @EvanSawyer4
    @EvanSawyer4 3 роки тому

    I absolutely LOVE and own Skull. It's such a fun game. This is a great start to the channel.
    I may be biased because board games.

  • @JakeFaulkner
    @JakeFaulkner 3 роки тому +4

    4:58 Liv not looking at her own card 🤣🤣

  • @amethysttalon3507
    @amethysttalon3507 3 роки тому +2

    Tom Scott plays board games with his friends is one of my favorite formats

  • @PlayingBoardGames
    @PlayingBoardGames 3 роки тому +3

    Well now I just want to get Tom Scott at our table to play Skull. Those were some good rounds of Skull.

  • @leonhardeuler675
    @leonhardeuler675 3 роки тому +1

    Liv Boeree and Mark from CTC! Tom stole my fantasy dinner party guest list. :p
    In fact, Tom would definitely be on that list too!

  • @pickleridge5656
    @pickleridge5656 3 роки тому +5

    this is the most tense 0 stakes game i've ever seen

  • @Kittensfists
    @Kittensfists 3 роки тому +1

    More game playthroughs please! Absolute blast watching you guys play this. Might I recommend Get Bit! and Coup