Let's Play DECEPTION: MURDER IN HONG KONG | Board Game Club 

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You see, this episode was funny because Adam said Burb instead of Bird, and you would have expected him to say Bird because it's a Bird, but he said Burb

Adam: I've done it! I nailed the murderer and the weapon! Two wins in a row *is* a streak! I might just save this New Year's resolution after all... Old Blankets: Hold my clickety-clacks

In Blair's defense, there are literally stores at so many malls in the US that sell different decorative blades and swords.

As a server I can 100% say that EVERY restaurant has oil soaked rags 😂 Oil gets from the stove or fryer to your cutting board, and you clean it up with a rag.

1st game felt like a slow but inevitable win for good. The 2nd game was madness throughout.

"People who larp may be more reserved." Absolute proof Sully hasn't met larpers.

Adam's elation to his devastation...classic

To be fair, the 2nd murderer could have easily been a chef at fast food resturant, therefore also explaining the untidy clothing of the victim and the oily rag from wiping surfaces.

Blankets and Brooke snatching Victory from Adam's grasp made my day!

I must say, Teri's plan to take over the channel by driving Adam mad is going swimmingly...

How could they be mad at Teri at the end?? She clearly gave them great clues because the first guess was correct! They only lost because Sully was able to guess Blair and Teri had nothing to do with that 😄 Totally undeserved rioting at the end there

My wallet is already crying, and I’m still at Adam’s explanation of the game.

In Terry's defense, every restaurant kitchen has oily rags - mostly do to deep fryers. Great game!

fitting that the forensic scientist was Ms Teri (Mystery). 😉😂 that ending was hilarious. great job guys. next time try playing with the expansion too.

" I'm carving your name into this one Teri " What a glorious ending

WAIT. HOLD THE PHONE. Teri's on BGC! Let's go baby! I literally just asked for this on the last House Rules episode, so I'm going to pretend that you all granted my wish, even though this was obviously recorded well in advance. Super excited for this!

As someone who lives in Florida, I know that you should never underestimate the danger of a green iguana, legitimately scary sharp serrated teeth and deep claws. Love your guy’s content, keep it up :)

The ending of this video had me in stitches, the rage on display was unreal

Board Game Club 2022 Stats (only YT) Weeks: 33 Games: 50 Laurie: 17-31 Sullivan: 13-35 Brooke: 11-8 Adam: 10-38 Jon: 8-8 Carley: 7-4 Tom: 7-11 Blair: 7-16 Rosie: 4-21 Isaac: 3-7 Dom: 3-8 Teri: 1-1 Ken: 1-8 Isa: 0-1 Tilly: 0-10

Yes! Big Tezz getting in on the action! Waited so long for this game and Teri's in game debut! What a time to be alive!

Number of games Adam won: 11 Number of games Adam lost : 40 Games BGC played total in 2022 : 54 Number of times Adam WILLINGLY chooses yellow: 14 Number of games Adam wins BotC: 4 Number of games Adam's wins in other series: 13 Number of games Sully has broken his resolution to always win: 46 Number of games Laurie has won BotC in 2022: 0 Has Adam played Diplomacy with Dom yet? Yes: No: ✓

Ahh I was SCREAMING for Blair to use the “school” excuse for notebook.

A friend of mine got this game a few years ago and it is pretty fun, especially when you get really into it. Most of the time, our explanations began with, "What had happened was....[crazy ideas]"

That was tough. Restaurant clue so strongly pointed towards cheesebirber

A big part of this game is how fast Forensic Scientist places clues. I never-ever have them all placed immediately! It's a crucial part of this game. Rulebook explains it really well that players should discuss between placing each bullet. (In fact, a good house rule is for players to "request" analysis of a specific new clue, but this reduces player agency of the Scientist.)

I love how they didn't go like "oh, *power*, Brooke has a mountie hat, officers in canada use that! They have power over people" and instead went "Oh, power, that's electricity"

I absolutely love that you did a round of live Deception! It is one of my absolute favourite games (introduced to me by NRB!) and I love that you can play along and try to solve the crime as a viewer! Brilliant move to let Teri be the silent forensic scientist so none of the on-screen personalities had to spend most of the episode in silence too!

I paused at 35:52 and I can’t stop laughing at the perfect pose Adam’s in

Laurie's clues/weapons make him look like an old grandma who was a cop turned criminal

Now, hear me out... every episode of bgc is like my version of friends... i grew up watching freinds as it happened, but i was like 8... now im thirty and i am in love with this group of friends, with the main players, and a rotating whos who of regulars. I just adore it, and wish i had it... better than Friends

Still waiting for Blair's british accent for 100K 👀

I don't understand the hatred for the restaurant clue. having worked in a restaurant, it instantly clicked as like a grease rag for cleaning fryers even if Teri didn't intend it that way

So pumped to see you guys play this in person! I'd make some joke about my wallet being in danger if I didn't already get Deception after your virtual episodes alone! Keep up the great work!

Wow i was not prepared for this! I thought the clues had to be somehow wrong bec anything but sword+leaf is indefensible but in the end not only did it all make sense - they absolutely hive-minded towards the exact story Tori was telling. Awesome stuff I would've absolutely blown my guesses on sword+leaf and [hair]net+saffron.

On the "break immediately" rule, it's also supposed to be communication as clues are placed and that being a part of how forensic shows what's important so they compensate. But I think it's a really valid rule at a table, because it stops second guessing overtalkers from just going but A, but B, but A, but B in an analysis paralysis loop. Combined with the "no disruptions" it gives everyone space and keeps the game from being highjacked by someone who wants to spend all night on solving it no matter. How hard you enforce those rules really should depend on how much you want to make sure everyone gets to talk and how much you want the game to end (so you can re-rack and play again if you like to)

Knowing the item and clue made this a lot more tense when they would accidentally slide over it.

I'm honestly surprised it took this long for Adam to go full toddler tantrum at the end of a game.

Safron flowers are indeed purple, however the spice is not made out of the flower's petals. It's made of the flower's stigma/style (the filament thing in the middle), which are orange/crimson. That's also why it's such an expensive spice, it's around US$ 30.000 per kg. Imagine having to plant and harvest that many tiny filaments, the amount of work just to get 1kg of this thing.

You can absolutely jump in during a presentation, because the game is over at the end of the last presentation at the end of the third round.

Great vid. Good to see in action before I introduce it to my group. Two rule clarifications: 1. The murderer and accomplice both open their eyes at same time. (That is, the accomplice knows everything the murderer knows). 2. Players MAY interrupt presentations to play their badge and attempt to solve the crime.

With my friends it always devolves in every killer choosing severe injury and afterwards everyone arguing how every single weapon actually could bring severe injury, luckily that wasn't the case here. Also what a nice colourful set of cards.

The urge to impulse but this game and force my friends into playing it with me is strong

The ending was amazing great on sully for getting a w. Watching house rules it's refreshing seeing him win here

I became convinced to buy this after the Board Game Masterpieces, and it's become a favorite at my game table, cool to see it on the official BGC table. Also when are we getting another Board Game Masterpieces video? Miss that series

Hi guys, regular viewer whose fallen behind a bit and Board Game Club has kept me sane this past week when I've been off I'll so thanks a bunch.

School would've been a better location to represent the notebook. I'm assuming she used woods so that they would assume notebook = paper... paper comes from trees...

Good swords require a bit of research to locate, but if you live somewhere like the US where weapons aren't terribly hard to get, then it's damn easy to get just any random sword. At the mall, there's like a whole store filled with swords and knives and stuff. Mostly only good for decoration, but you could still kill someone with one. And you could just order a sword from Amazon. So, Blair is right, swords aren't difficult to acquire.

Nice to see Teri getting to play. Hopefully she gets a chance to cover the table in thumb tacs. We want jt

I bought this game soon after watching Adam's 'Board Game Masterpieces' episode on it. It's definitely my favorite board game (that I own so far), and I'm so glad that they brought it back to an actual in-person BGC! Also YAY Teri Time! As a forever-Forensic Scientist (I play this role the most so that I can teach my friends), I completely get the struggle of trying to convey a worldview that makes sense to everyone, it's quite tricky. Fantastic job!

Absolutely love this game. After watching the online game NRB did, i had to get it for myself. Love to see how people play.

I mean a fryer has oil and you would use rags to clean up the Fryer Oil, That doesnt seem TOO far fethced

I love this game, ever since you played it before online I picked it up and it's been a main staple of our board game evenings.

You get an interesting view into everyone's psyche when you play this game. What's a great clue to one person might be a really bad clue to someone else. I don't think there was anything wrong with Terri's clues. Terri thinks differently than I do, and that's part of this game's elegance. Because once you get an understanding of your forensic's line of thinking, you get better. . . . . . . Me, on game two, I'd take a look at oil soaked rag + plug and I'd say "Clearly this person died in an accident". But maybe for this group of players, accident would point much harder at, say, being eaten by a lion, crashing your zeppelin (Oh, the humanity!) or even Blair's Tequila. Knowing the forensic expert is important, but so is the forensic expert knowing their investigators. And with so many weapons and clues on the board, I think it's always forgivable if the clue giver misses something "obvious" in someone else's clues. That's part of the fun, and feels like the whole point.

Seems like a fun game, but would have been great if there was some urgency to solve the case earlier. There just seems to be no reason not to wait till the last round. You can interrupt during a presentation to solve the crime so the last presentation would not have been wasted. I also think they went for ending the game right after the last presentation to create some urgency. I think it might have made for an interesting and a bit more stressful end of game moment, especially if the last presenter is the murderer who could just end his presentation right away and claim victory.

I’d genuinely watch the play this game on a weekly basis, the video flew by and was so funny and interactive!

Brooke: “Who gives an eight year old a sword?!” Well, everyone, that would be me.

I audibly gasped for next weeks game! Can't wait!!!!!!!!

Muffin Time?! Oh hell yeah! Video is 3 hours long. "Wow! They must play a few rounds of it!" Nope. 1 game. Can't wait!

I thought oil soaked rags and resturant made sense!! Also power... and plug.. power plug.. goodjob Teri, you are seen. P.S Blair is right, it is VERY easy to get swords in America they have "decorative" ones that arent super sharp but still pointy

Spoilers Why were they so angry at the end... they nailed it in one guess! A shame about right after though... Also, I think the murderer and accomplice are allowed to discuss together at the final stage. That way the murderer doesn't accidently pick them.

I was SO convinced on the second one it was gonna be the drink of tequila and headphones. I picture this untidy guy relaxing at a bar at a restaurant (thus not dining), while listening to headphones. The power being the headphones, relaxing, etc etc. I was like how is nobody looking at this.. then he guesses the answer and then it gets flipped on him and it was a roller coaster of emotions lol

Man i really missed this game, thank you for reminding me how intense can it be

Side note, we had to get everyone to take their arms off the table. because people could "feel" when someone moved to point at their cards.

Love these Deception games! It does seem really hard to win with a large number of players and without the additional 'victim that can be guessed' dynamic. I've not played them yet myself but played the Noir series and games with that a similar dynamic like The Chameleon - if you guess the word then you still win. You're playing Muffin Time next? Oh lord, good luck. Might end up being your longest game yet if it's anything like the first time I played it!

1:08:13 is Adam and Laurie raging at tarry 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

Meanwhile I think woods and shiv make perfect sense. And it has nothing to do with the fact that not far from where I live, there's a jail/correction centre in the middle of the woods. With signs that say "don't pick up hitch hickers". A shiv is a common jail weapon after all.

i’m gonna need more of this ASAP

looking forward to muffin time, should be carnage! Another good board game club, Well done on the kickstarter and keep up the good work NRB

Hi Adam - love the concept of board game club and how the whole group enjoy playing the board games. Viewed all of your play through videos of board game club. Condottiere video was super fun to watch. Can you and your group do such video playing Tammany Hall or El Grande or 7 Wonders (with Leaders and Babel expansion). It will be fun to watch the group enjoy such classics

Absolutely perfect that Sully is the murderer and Brooke is the accomplice in the second game.

Are we sure that Teri isn't just a disembodied arm? Just kidding, thanks for the help with the game and all the behind the scenes stuff Teri!

"No Mr. Bond I expect you to floss" - Laurie's unfinished joke at 7:10

The funniest thing about this is how comically easy swords are to acquire if you really want one, and their constant defense of the sword of not being easy to acquire. You can go to like, any prop place anywhere to get a fake sword that you don't even have to put an edge on to stab someone with it.

I *really* want another episode of Chinatown!

Very excited for this!

Deception: Cheeseburger in Hong Kong 😂

I'm honestly surprised and a bit disappointed that the "human waste" thing didn't get spun into an "EAT SHIT, BLAIR" joke.

"You don't suffocate people with rats..." add this to some kind of quote book of NRB

This was a really fun game to play along with!

On the matter of obtaining swords, up until about 10 years ago they used to sell swords in a store insides Cinderella’s Castle at Disney World. Universal’s Islands of Adventure had a store with swords later than that. Heck, a seller at New York Comic Con had a display last time I was there. To counter my own statement, these are not common locations either.

"Looks like Barney" I'm dead

Congrats on another awesome video! Y'all's videos have added dozens of games to my collection wishlist! It'd be fun if you made an Everdell video! My fiancè and I were thinking of getting it, but all the playthroughs I've found are really dry.

It's Board Game Club time again! GET ON BOARD!

These videos have really helped me get through COVID quarantine without my friends Thank you so much

Considering how entertaining they can be now, it's gonna be even better when they have the budget of a million subscribers sized channel. The direction and the talent is there after all.

I'd love to watch you guys play Sherlock Holmes consulting detective. Think it would be great to see Sully act out the parts of the different characters in the cases 😂

I am happy that Laurie gives the example of BDSM dynamics. Love to see D/s explained in such a neutral and useful nuance.

in blair's defense, swards are pretty easy to get in America, I knew a guy in school with two swords, and I've had more that one opportunity to buy them

Amazing finish!

Thank you Teri!

was wondering at the start if this was filled at the same time as Hues and Clues. Glad that Barney comment answered that for me xd

Blair had such an easy out in the first game, how I would've phrased it is, "*In comparison* to things like the obsidian sword, knife glove, nanomachines, and laser shark, sword is one of the easier things on the table to get, and therefore pointing out that it's hard to get would be weird. I don't even know where to get a steamroller, is there a steamroller store? I don't think so, but there are, in SOME parts of the world, blade stores."

How nice... Even Teri wants Adam to play Monopoly. 😆😂

I consulted my copy of Deception a few feet to my right just to be sure and based on the wording I believe the murderer and accomplice both open their eyes at the same time and know who each other are. This means next to nothing now, of course, just wanted to point it out.

the funny part about swords in america is every major truck stop sells them, and they are not allowed on trucks!

1:06:00 legitimately, I thought Adam was Blair's accomplice 😂 talking about "pairs" to throw off the trail, or randomly trying to make others waste a guess on Brooke etc, man was playing 3rd accomplice there 🤣

Hey, I'd just like to say that I'm incredibly upset, furious even, that you guys have cool board game club-slash-eateries in the UK. I've never seen anything like that here in the states. I'm so jealous.

Get on Birb!

Oh snap Deception's an all time great game! Time to strap myself in.