Board James SEASON 1 (2009-2010) 

I can relate to the pain of James trying to get other people to play his complicated board games.

The Mr Bucket segment should win an emmy or a tony or whatever award they give for buckets.

I have underestimated Board James for so long, and now it's as big as AVGN for me. You truly are the man, James.

"I turned you off!" "Oh, but you turned me ooonnnnn" is still one of the greatest lines in media history.

0:00 Mouse Trap 2:36 DragonStrike 10:29 Crossfire 14:24 Fireball Island 17:06 Weapons and Warriors 23:02 Deadly Danger Dungeon 29:24 Hero Quest 33:30 Mr.Bucket No need to thank me.

Man, they were genuinely having fun at the super unfair board game James made himself. That was a wonderful moment to capture on film lol

i appreciate how james turned an innocent board game review series into a psycological horror series within 8 episodes

As a D&D addict Im always impressed by how dope those Dragon Strike minis are

Witness the slow descent into madness.

Everything started with an inoccent board game reviewer. Then it all scalated to Christopher Nolan levels of WTF.

RIP Boo (2007-2020) The cat of nerdom

"I thought I turn you off" (From a distance) "Oh but you turn me on" LMAO

I'm really getting that authentic 2009 experience

"Damnit, kick the bucket." FUCK. If we only knew lol

God, I can't believe it's been 10 years since the start of Board James.

I dont understand how and why James/AVGNs subscribers dropped and hasnt peaked since then. This man, busted his Rump and pioneered RU-vid, amongst a dozen otheres. He set the bar for content and what it takes as a Creator. 90% of the videos nowadays are "Reaction" videos, heck even reaction of reaction videos. Then otheres who sit in front of the Camera, not talking to the viewers/subscribers, as if they just carry-on in there Average life and pressing record. James went way way beyond that, all of his research, schooling, editing, producing, amongst so many other things. Not to mention the 40 some odd thousand people who tried copying his work, that wasnt even quality, just quanity. He took it upon himself amongst all the hours/days/weeks of work. For just some other idiots crapping out a video an hour kind of thing. Its highly agitating whether you were a fan of James or AVGN or not. He deserves much more credit for the hardships he's endured. @James, I hope for the best to you. As I wish you can get the budget/funding for the work that you really want to do. Like movies or even something through RU-vid Red. I'll tell you all this much. 2017 RU-vid -- the viewers and the greedy mongrels of you to corporates a.k.a. Google this is the Tipping point of RU-vid in general. Thank you James, for the many many years of great Content

Mike's smug af face when he says "here, roll the dice" ~21:59 XDDD Lost it.

Everyone knows it, and I'm not afraid to say it, Board James has topped AVGN. Now, don't get me wrong I could watch AVGN videos all day long(and have) but Board James really took it to another level.

"Are you sure nobody is listening at the door?" "No. I promise there is nobody here." "At the window?" "I told you I looked. There's nobody at my window..." Cracked me up.

"I think it was going for my balls" that line cracks me up every time, I can imagine it took many takes to say that with out laughing.

45 min of straight cinemassacre pleasure

This is one of my favorite series!

I like how you can tell when it's just James and Mike playing they're genuinely having fun

I would love it if, when Board James eventually ends, it turns out the whole series was a homebrew DnD game.

Mike is a great actor. Makes me laugh everytime!

The Mr. Bucket one is awesome. He gets the absolute perfect balance of taking it seriously and making fun of it. Brilliant.

I forgot how well shot and genuinely creepy the Mr. Bucket video was. For something that sounds just so dumb and silly in concept to end up being so good is just amazing. Kudos James.

12:46 "Hey stop touching my balls!" Somehow I don't think that's the first (or last) time James has said that to Mike.

Board James of this year has been some of your best work. If you ever decide to end it, do something similar to it.

10:10 "AND YOU BE THE WIZARD!!" my favorite Board James line of all time

6:57 I like how the lady only laughed for a pretense and was actually embarrassed to be there.

Deadly Danger Dungeon is like the board game version of Dark Souls.

Deadly Danger Dungeon: the Dark Souls of board games

I miss the Board James segments. I wish that there was a comeback series. I don't that that'll ever happen, but a man can dream.

"Whaddaya want me to do, cast a death spell on 'em?" " Of course! "

I'd love to give a huge thank you to James for this wonderful series. Thanks to him I've descended into madness of board games too. I guess you can say I've become a Board James myself.

the cat is cute in the Weapons and Warriors :-)

I used to play dungeon and dragon with out knowing what DND was. Me and my neighbors used yu gi oh cards and made our own card game turn based DND style game using the kitchen tile pattern as the board with random land cards as transitions areas. I wish one of us actually knew what dnd was at the time I’m sure we’d loved it.

7:16 haha "Look at this madness... who's this guy??" James is such a naturally funny, sarcastic dude, the funniest shit he says is the normal, non-shtick type of lines

This is what you called Entertainment Gold!, it never gets old man.

that moment when you realized that Mike was the hippy from the avgn Texas chainsaw review lol

Mike is really awesome, I watch his Twitch and we talk to eachother. Real funny and cool dude

my favorite fucking quote from this video is "i could've made my own pieces out of clay or something but that was before I gave a fuck about anything"

"DANK CASTLES" He did it before it was cool

Board James deserved a movie more than AVGN.

Ahh, that phone call with Mike. Such a retro shot. It's like a 90's sitcom, I love it.

You know, after watching these I realize that MFM wasn't even close to a terrible friend, but a true one.

Still play Fireball Island when I can get friends over. Had this for decades. Love it for game nights!

"Have you ever seen a wizard going around wearing a dead animal on his head?" Literally everywhere in Native American and Pagan culture.

WoaH! Board James started in 2009? It seems like just yesterday!

After Crossfire and Weapons and Warriors, I kind of understand why he killed Mike.

Years later this is still excellent and something I come back to often when I need entertainment. Thanks guys for having these on YT now.

Cross Fiiiaaaa!!

"Just crank that shit!"

That Crossfire episode ending is so awesome, I can't even find words for it!

Mike looks so young,James just doesn’t age

Mike's Board James debut is some of the best stuff that ever existed :DDDDDDDD

12:05, The Man himself makes his appearance, with a somersault no-less!

13:50 That face, the face... I can't stop staring at it. James has the best facial expressions!

The dragon strike clip was hilarious and its definitely got that D&D vibe to it

What started as an innocent series on retro board games, has become very dark indeed.

I liked Board James more when it was innocent.

I'm so happy I have been a fan since I was 8 years old, now I'm 17 still re-watching his work. My favorite is Board James. While his other work I love just as deeply. The legend of his career (Angry Video Game Nerd) and the bullshit man are my Childhood characters I love deeply. I've never had a RU-vidr have this kind of Childhood effect on me. I think it's because of James Rolfe's Personality that makes me happy. He's so kind in real life, while his Characters are so different from himself (just like a character should be.) If he ever sees this comment I would be real happy, since I have all the DVD seasons of Board James and The Angry Video Game Nerd (including the movie.) He's basically my Childhood actor I adore watching. He's on the same level as Jim Carrey, since he's my Childhood actor as well. I'm really happy that I've watched him over the years!

Weapons and Warriors actually seems like a dope game if you just buy two sets and give both players one of everything.

"Who wants to play the game!? JUST CRANK THAT SHIT!!" Still one of my favorite quotes!

Board James! When Board James is bored, he plays some board games!

james does horror so well i got chills

Oh my freaking gosh. That Mr bucket was a flashback. I had that toy and i LOVED IT

You really should release a PDF of the Deadly Danger Dungeon board so we can all play it!

What happened to the Crossfire commercial?

I like how Mike's onscreen persona is never too far away from his Buggs Bunny, even when he's not in a costume

I’ve been watching this vid for five years every time I’m “board” and it never gets old

At 21:58 when Mike said "Roll The Dice" then rock music played....shit got real

I played Deadly Danger Dungeons on Tabletop Simulator, I managed to get the talisman before dying . That's as far as I went

36:50 It's so funny how Mr. Bucket just blatantly approaches Board James Balls.

Still one of the best series, started the board game reviews on RU-vid. Love the sheer reviews themselves, couldn't afford to buy a lot of board games when I was young, but I love them and hearing about all these classics.

I always crack up at Mike in the Crossfire Board James

I like old James movies. They have something "feels like home" about them =) Was greate watching these (I only started following Board James this year).

@31:56 "AAAHHH, this is HELL; this is HELL!" I lose it every time!

When I saw the "Fireball Island" review, I noticed the firejewel piece. The game company actually recycled that game piece from another board game called "Lazer Attack" from Milton Bradley. I had that game as a kid back in the 1970's. The game had a "Death Star" with a spinning light in the center and the players had clear, plastic, spacecraft that had to move around the board mining those gems. They then had to fly in close to the space station and jam the gems into the laser ports of the space station and if the light came out of one of the gems when you spun it, you won. You would play the game in the dark and the effect was pretty cool because when you would spin the light, it would illuminate your ship and make it glow if it hit it and cause you to lose all your gems. I still have one of the gems and I think one of the space ships from that game that I now use as model scenery for miniature wargaming. Anyway. I thought that I would share that.

0:00 Mouse Trap 2:36 DragonStrike 10:29 Crossfire 14:24 Fireball Island 17:06 Weapons and Warriors 23:02 Deadly Danger Dungeon 29:24 Hero Quest 33:30 Mr.Bucket

Will there be 12 days of shitmas this year?

Just realized Mike did the voice for that head scratching hippie in the Texas Chainsaw AVGN. This coming from the Crossfire episode. Nice.

The ABSOLUTE APEX of RU-vid content.

I know Im ten years too late, but I'd play Dragon Strike with you, James :'(. My name is also James

Who knew "hyper reality" meant 90's fmv

Heroquest, Dragonstrike, and Weapons and Warriors were my favorite games as a kid. We played them so much. Seeing the Heroquest pieces all mixed together triggered me. I always bag my components neatly so they don't get damaged.

13:57 "I'm done now, I hey yeah" lol!

Dying of laughter after that Mr. Bucket episode oh man you guys must have been laughing your ass off when you made that 1.

Also known as - James' descent into maddness

the finale is still epic and hilarious 12 years later. 🤣

There was a game I had in the 90s called Hero's Quest, I loved the game! It was another game that eased people into Dungeons & Dragons.

I still laugh my butt off at the Mr. Bucket episode, and the possessed Mr. Bucket with his creepy gear grinding and dinging bell, and Jame's reaction to all of it. I'm sitting over here having a giggle fit.

07:13 This Video MUST be released on DVD - or Blue Ray. :)

Just watched the whole season and it's just too awesome! Congratulations and thanks for being so creative James, Mike and everyone involved!

I dig your "GORF" t-shirt! I love that old arcade classic!!!

plotwizt. the last episode of board james is gonna be him waking up from the chair

All my friends were like Mike when we tried to play Hero Quest..

After watching the Dragon Strike portion, I realized I once owned this game. I had the feeling of nostalgia trying to work its way through but I can quite pinpoint when I owned it... pretty sure I just played with the pieces and watched the movie several times as I didn't have anyone to play it with.

my mom got me this game (Dragon Strike) as a kid...I didn't have any friends to play it with..so all my experience with the game is just the VHS tape and looking forlornly over all the cards, placeholders and miniatures I never got to use in an actual game of Dragon Strike..