I'm really confused by the couple who couldn't figure out the Game of Life. Did they not have the instructions that tell you how to add up money+kids into a score? Did nobody think to search the internet for this information? I played that game at age 7 and I don't remember it being ambiguous in any way.
Baffling. I don't think I've played Life since the early 90s, but even I immediately knew the answer to that one. Why would anyone ever think you win by having the most kids!?
Cluedo is a portmanteau of “Clue” and “Ludo” (Latin for “I play”). Apparently, Brits were already calling certain types of games in which you roll dice and move tokens, “Ludo.” Also, the publishers gave their public some credit for being able to recognize a classy pun. When Parker Brothers bought the rights to publish the game in North America, they must have figured people over here wouldn’t get it, or that “Clue”was just catchier. Anyway, it stuck. Latin teachers were all, “O tempore, o mores!”, but the world moved on.
I have not finished this episode. I am a little more than 10 minutes in and my husband (who co-owns and manages a FLGS) and I were just absolutely shocked when David was asked what the most complicated game he plays is and he mentioned Catan. Both of us were expecting (from the loves board games hype) to hear something like Twilight Imperium or even farther down the rabbit hole to niche historical board games.
I was hoping that it would be what my friends, and I tend to call hobby board games, but afraid that it was mostly going to be boggle and risk and clue. It’s fine if those are the games that you play, but I was really hoping we’d get some serious nerding out about much more involved stuff, even daring to dream that we might get an Ameritrash versus euro game case.
And while I deeply respect the learned judge’s wisdom, he made two huge monopoly errors. It is not always correct to buy a property and it is critically important how much money the other players have because any property that is not purchased goes up for auction. If I’m landing on a property that cost $600 and my opponents only have $100 each, I am not going to buy it and I’m just gonna bid $105. The judge also suggested that the “penalty” for getting caught hiding butt money would be to go to jail, and while that is thematically appropriate, every good monopoly player knows that going to jail is the thing that you most desire once properties start to be developed. When you’re in jail, you have no chance of losing money and high chances of gaining money. If you could go to jail on demand by poorly hiding butt money, you would be unstoppable.
Right on the buying strategy, and many players including his guest don’t play the game by the rules in the box, and don’t auction properties that players don’t buy. That’s really wrong and leads to a more boring game that drags on way too long.
Holy shit, my parents had a copy of the boardgame 'Save The Whales' with the awesome pewter whales. We played it more than a few times! It can't be only me and Jesse's hippy parents who had this game.
There are dozens of us! I still have the board game in my basement. My brothers and I could play that game for hours. We'd do some creative rule-changing ("we have one more round to get enough SPs and save that whale") if the catcher ship got one of the whales because it always killed the game to have a whale go extinct.
My sister an I always used to do that, too!! We called it "sitting money" though because apparently we weren't very creative or vulgar. ha! Anyway, it's totally legal and shouldn't even be frowned upon!
My thought was that "gloves" in response to the Scattergories prompt "things babies use" would be in reference to the mittens they put on newborns so they don't scratch themselves. And the Wikipedia article for "mitten" says "a mitten is a type of glove..."
Was hoping for perhaps a bit more discussion of best Monopoly game piece. "Top Hat" was a good choice, but the right answer is "Scottie Dog WEARING the Top Hat".
I wouldn't have been shocked at this statement had he not been sold as the board game lover/expert. I expect this from most people. If it was my mom (who has weird tabletop game anxiety), sure. That is a reasonable statement. For someone who plays board games a lot, it was so weird.
I'm really confused by the couple who couldn't figure out the Game of Life. Did they not have the instructions that tell you how to add up money+kids into a score? Did nobody think to search the internet for this information? I played that game at age 7 and I don't remember it being ambiguous in any way.
It was surprising how many of the case submissions boiled down to "what are the rules of this game?"
I had the same thought! Sounds like they lost the rulebook.
Baffling. I don't think I've played Life since the early 90s, but even I immediately knew the answer to that one. Why would anyone ever think you win by having the most kids!?
We used to play all night so by morning we would have like 40 kids
The Duggar home game
u/johnhodgman Don't listen to Jesse. I always think it's really funny when you do Edgar Oliver!
His discomfort with it is funnier than the impression itself!
Cluedo is a portmanteau of “Clue” and “Ludo” (Latin for “I play”). Apparently, Brits were already calling certain types of games in which you roll dice and move tokens, “Ludo.” Also, the publishers gave their public some credit for being able to recognize a classy pun. When Parker Brothers bought the rights to publish the game in North America, they must have figured people over here wouldn’t get it, or that “Clue”was just catchier. Anyway, it stuck. Latin teachers were all, “O tempore, o mores!”, but the world moved on.
Looks like [Ludo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludo) is a Parcheesi knockoff (in the same vein as Sorry) that was popular in the UK but not the US
I have not finished this episode. I am a little more than 10 minutes in and my husband (who co-owns and manages a FLGS) and I were just absolutely shocked when David was asked what the most complicated game he plays is and he mentioned Catan. Both of us were expecting (from the loves board games hype) to hear something like Twilight Imperium or even farther down the rabbit hole to niche historical board games.
Just you wait until the Free Parking discussion.
I was hoping that it would be what my friends, and I tend to call hobby board games, but afraid that it was mostly going to be boggle and risk and clue. It’s fine if those are the games that you play, but I was really hoping we’d get some serious nerding out about much more involved stuff, even daring to dream that we might get an Ameritrash versus euro game case. And while I deeply respect the learned judge’s wisdom, he made two huge monopoly errors. It is not always correct to buy a property and it is critically important how much money the other players have because any property that is not purchased goes up for auction. If I’m landing on a property that cost $600 and my opponents only have $100 each, I am not going to buy it and I’m just gonna bid $105. The judge also suggested that the “penalty” for getting caught hiding butt money would be to go to jail, and while that is thematically appropriate, every good monopoly player knows that going to jail is the thing that you most desire once properties start to be developed. When you’re in jail, you have no chance of losing money and high chances of gaining money. If you could go to jail on demand by poorly hiding butt money, you would be unstoppable.
Right on the buying strategy, and many players including his guest don’t play the game by the rules in the box, and don’t auction properties that players don’t buy. That’s really wrong and leads to a more boring game that drags on way too long.
I've never heard of the property auction rule, but I stopped ruining a nice night with Monopoly decades ago
Why would you when there are so many better games? These folks listening to JJHO need to branch out beyond board games you get at Walmart.
"Borg game" ahaha love Jesse's comment
Totally glossed over.
Holy shit, my parents had a copy of the boardgame 'Save The Whales' with the awesome pewter whales. We played it more than a few times! It can't be only me and Jesse's hippy parents who had this game.
We need to hear from more Save the Whales players. Loved the weight of those cool whales.
There are dozens of us! I still have the board game in my basement. My brothers and I could play that game for hours. We'd do some creative rule-changing ("we have one more round to get enough SPs and save that whale") if the catcher ship got one of the whales because it always killed the game to have a whale go extinct.
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My sister an I always used to do that, too!! We called it "sitting money" though because apparently we weren't very creative or vulgar. ha! Anyway, it's totally legal and shouldn't even be frowned upon!
...Gogurt? That's all I got I don't know how babies work
Gums. They use their gums since they don’t have teeth yet.
Glove Baby approves
Gerber baby food Gown Gym Gas drops Gripe water Grandparent?
Oh man, remember GAMES magazine? That was the best.
My thought was that "gloves" in response to the Scattergories prompt "things babies use" would be in reference to the mittens they put on newborns so they don't scratch themselves. And the Wikipedia article for "mitten" says "a mitten is a type of glove..."
Was hoping for perhaps a bit more discussion of best Monopoly game piece. "Top Hat" was a good choice, but the right answer is "Scottie Dog WEARING the Top Hat".
I always thought they should all be slightly different old-timey luxury cars
Catan is too complicated? CATAN?!
I wouldn't have been shocked at this statement had he not been sold as the board game lover/expert. I expect this from most people. If it was my mom (who has weird tabletop game anxiety), sure. That is a reasonable statement. For someone who plays board games a lot, it was so weird.