I Ran A Board Games Tent At A Festival And This Is What People Played (With Dr Hope's Sick Notes)
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I'm joined by Dr. Ed Hope to share the Top 10 Board Games that we taught at Camp Wildfire.
Check out Ed's channel: / drhopesicknotes
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:15 Camp Wildfire
02:03 Honourable Mentions
05:17 Ten
06:02 Nine
08:19 Eight
09:57 Seven
11:21 Six
14:01 Five
15:57 Four
20:40 Three
22:17 Two
25:27 One
30:40 Reflections
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Thank you Jon and Serena from everyone at Camp Wildfire; it was an absolute blast! And for putting this video together too, which captures what I love so much about doing the board game lounge; seeing people sharing fun moments. See you soon for the top 5 catheter collab :)
I didn't know you play board games :D I love your channel! Board games are the best
@@missitheachievementhuntres560 Thanks! You'll probably start noticing the board game components in the videos when I explain cell biology :)
@Dr Hope's Sick Notes Nice, there are a few games with that theme :D I'm surprised you didn't make a ideo about the board game pandemic this past 1,5y :P That was a shot on open goal (This might be a bit of a dutch saying translated)
I'm looking forward to watch your videos on board games, @Dr Hope!
I came into the board game tent in Camp Wildfire 2019 thinking “hey I like board games” and saw a shelf full of games that I had never heard of. Ed introduced me to Rhino Hero, Santorini, Skull and Avalon all in the first day and my mind was forever blown. Thank you so much Ed, you’re the best! And wonderful to meet you, Jon, thanks for all your patience and help at this year’s festival!
I was the one that blew over the tower in Rhino Hero 😂😂 Can confirm that I now own both codenames and Rhino Hero thanks to Ed 👌🏻 I have since learned my lesson and not blown the tower over since 🤦🏻♀️😂
That was my favourite part of this whole video! It looked like an amazing night and a moment no one was going to forget. Do you have any other favourite board games?
Have you seen the Super Battle version of Rhino Hero? It still fits on a pretty small table but the towers that get built are much wackier!
Somebody buy this woman a SNORKEL!! Haha so classic. Just brilliant!!
I once played Rhino Hero on a rooftop patio, we had to have three guys moving around the table to body block the wind.
Turns it into a team game!
Thank you for the new way to play Just One. Love that idea of trying to do a solid round of everyone getting it correct. Brilliant.
You guys have great chemistry and just the love for simple party games really shines through. I sort of class my self as a bit of a gamer, but really I just like to see people have fun and enjoy themselves. I just smiled all the way through this video as that's exactly what I was seeing.
Yeah, it's infectious seeing people having a good time like that. I'm glad I could capture it.
Love to see worlds collide like this, and also wonderful to see people having such great fun.
This festival sounds like so much fun!
Thank you for creating and running such an inclusive space. Both times I went to the tent as a solo and was introduced to a group of lovely people and had a fabulous time. It's wonderful that you can just drop in, meet other festival goers and that there's such a huge range of games as well.
Amazing space, and a great video. Can't wait for CW next year! 👏
Thanks for being a part of it! By far our favourite tent dwellers are those who like to join onto a group, it's what gives the tent its spirit. And I expect it's thanks to the friendly atmosphere that Camp Wildfire manages to create.
I Love Camp Wildfire and part of that is down to Ed and the board game infirmary. Well done Jon and Serena for being such enthusiastic teachers! I have learned several games in this tent over the years and only know Ed's house rules for at least 2 of them! See you next year? #wewillfoxyou
This is an absolutely amazing video. Amazing stuff. Everyone in the hobby should watch this so that they can understand why Great Western Trail etc etc are weighted where they are.
Thank you Casey 😊
Perfect round idea for Just One - now that is genius!
I had my first visit to Wildfire at the board game tent at weekend one! I had some good games of Codenames, and I got introduced to Just One and A Fake Artist Goes to New York. Really hoping to be back next year!
Such an underrated video, I could watch both of you talk for hours!
Man... that looks like both an AMAZING festival, and an amazing attraction you created as well. JEALOUS!
You guys are ready to run a boardgame cafe, now just learn the food and drink menu plus how to carry trays without spilling drinks. You nailed all the games ;)
I’ve been binging your videos the last week and loved them all but this one is its own unique standout. Just loved the positive vibe, all the examples of how quickly good games can bring strangers together, and the friendship between the two of you both relishing how well it went. Bravo!
I loved this video sooo much. I watch gaming videos every day, lots of them and this was very funny but more importantly for me inspiring to find new ways to introduce a wider audience to the hobby.
I absolutely love introducing new folk to the fun in all sorts of settings, most recently I had a group of wedding guests in the late evening craving for games of these sort. Your experience gave me so many ideas for future opportunities. I also teach so sharing games with pupils on the odd occasion can also be great fun. Thanks
Hope you repeat this - maybe next year, or a family Christmas get together version although I know you’ve done a funny video similar to this where you match games to different people; granny, Aunty, kids etc which was really good.
Thanks for your comment, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. It's been a nice reminder to do this experience and remember what it's like to share games with people. I will certainly consider another video like this at some point, I just won't necessarily be able to offer the footage of people playing that this video has.
Great suggestion for Just One. I will definitely include that to the next group play. Rhino Hero is a great game for adults. Like most Haba games it's targeted to much younger players. However, it's a great alternative to Jenga. Another Haba game we love is Animal Upon Animal. Thank you for sharing this list and sharing the joy of games with others.
Animal Upon Animal can basically become a drinking game with adults, which may or may not be recommended!
But that can be said about many games. Even Rhino Hero, which was in the video.
What an absolutely superb video - unique topic, genuine friendship and a setting that I’d bloody love to try. Top quality stuff, Jon!
Thank you, I'm pleased it's gone down so well 😁
Great video guys! Looks like a great festival.
finished the mind during lock down and celerbrated like we'd won the world cup
Rightly so! Congrats! Onto The Mind Extreme now? 😂
Nice! My girlfriend and I have failed on level 11 twice! It was like losing the world cup final
Yay!! Just love love this!!! So great to see you at the festival! :)
I loved this video! You have a great chemistry and your passion for the games and how they bring people together is totally infectious. I was laughing with joy to see it. Watching this was a great way to start my working week. Thank you!
And that was a lovely comment to read, thank you. Glad you enjoyed it, it won't be our last video together 🙂
Great video and kudos for being such great ambassadors for the hobby. As someone who has taught and played hundreds and hundreds of games of Happy Salmon at conventions it would fit perfectly in this list and in your tent (and especially on those blankets outside).
I haven't played it! Thanks for the recommendation
@@DrHopeSickNotes No problem. It is teachable in literally a minute, plays in 5 minutes or less and if you get one of each color (green and blue fish) you can combo it together to handle up to 12 players. It is a game that once it is up and running will draw people to it because it is loud and active. Like you said about Codenames you can teach one group and the same game can just cycle people in and out for a long time on its own. Wits and Wagers is also solid as an easy to teach game for mixing small groups into one group together, "the trivia game for people who hate trivia games". Seeing Just One as your top game makes me feel even worse for having left it on my shelf of shame for so long. I only finally broke it out recently after owning it for a year and a half and it has been a go to for 6-7 player game nights since.
Okay, I’ve followed Dr Hope’s Sick Notes for a little while and this festival sounds brilliant!
I’ve never heard most of these and now I definitely want to check out the games you two mentioned! ❤️
Love this! Looks like so much fun!
This is so cool! Well done :D
What a delightful video! Thanks, guys.
Brilliant partnership! Hitting FOMO hard that I missed the event! Looked like a wonderful atmosphere
Such a great video. few of my favourites in there, Wilderness sounds great!
I miss going to festivals, hopefully they will be opening up more next summer
What a jolly brilliant idea to have at festivals
This was a super interesting experience to hear about!
this was great, thank you.
Super content, great interaction between you two. Would love to see more of it!
We've filmed another video together, coming soon 🙂
That is Awesome, and Wildfire was a good one. I was working there too at the screen printing tent. I went passed the board games tent at least twice a day. Next year I’ll bring you a beer.
Deal! 😂
That's Riot Jazz Brass Band! I frickin love those guys 😍
👌🥳
Jon, please do more videos like this one. It was not long enough for me to get tired, nooooo! It was fresh and fun to watch, and was content of absolute good quality! Thank you and Dr. Hope!
Thank you. Do you mean another conversational Top 10 with Dr Hope? Because that's achievable. But it's a bit harder to do another video that has the festival footage in!
do other festivals @@actualol
What a great video. Basically the ultimate party game recomendation list.
Good video, well done lads
This looked like SO MUCH FUN!!!
Thanks Big Potato! We couldn't have done it without you :)
Awesome video!!!
this looks like so much fun, i wish my country had something like this
I haven't even watched the video but this festival looks like the coolest thing ever: tons of cool things to do and people actually being social and not idiots.
Amazing video guys! If I was there, I would have been happy to volunteer as a rules teacher as well.
Some other games that I’ve used in a similar setting involving people who don’t play a lot of boardgames are:
- Strike (Dice chucker that has lots of stand up moments)
- Fuji Flush (UNO-killer for large groups)
- Time’s Up (Always a classic party game)
Thanks for the tips! I'd love to try Strike in this environment.
I love the idea of skipping a rule during an explanation, if it's probably more likely going to add unnecesary complication e.g. The Mind.
So, was wondering if you would skip the rule in Just One about passing on a guess if you don't think you'll guess correctly, because you lose an additional card for a wrong guess?
Ah yes, I'd even forgotten that rule since we ignored it entirely! I didn't bother teaching the point scoring in Just One at all after a while, no-one seems interested in it! It's like Scrawl/Telestrations in that respect.
What a great list. These are my kind of games: easy to teach, quick to play and learn, addictive and crowdpleasing
Camp Wildfire looks like so much fun!
Dobble, or Spot It! over here is so much fun! My six and three year old can both play it against dad, and competitively. They love it. My three year old learned it by just watching me play against his big sis. We'd give him a card to "play" and he'd say "tree" and we'd tell him that's not on his card and one day he said "lips" and won the card and then won the next card and suddenly he got it! I was so proud.
I adore Rhino Hero. I love pulling it out at conventions and watching people walking past slow their steps and eyes widen and they're in.
Great video😎👍
How come this doesnt have more likes?
Well, this is lovely to watch
Thank you so much for this inspiring video. We are a boardgame Café in Hamburg, Germany and although everything is much more non-tenty around our place, we still get similar reactions when new gamers catch the beauty of the hobby. Having a whole weekend with this pure joy seems just perfect. And yeah - when Just One came out we thought „how come this game hasn’t been around for years?“
Would love to hear more about the collection you took along for the festival. We knew and own all but one game mentioned in this video but maybe there are hidden gems?
Our hidden gem is: „subtext“ and yes it should work in a tent as well. Our pitch; here is a game in which you draw and the worse you can draw the better. And everyone always reacts: „yeah, I’m in!“ Has worked in absolutely EVERY group at our place so please try it if you don’t know it yet.
Greetings 🤘🏻
We may make another video with all the games we took, so will save that until then. Thanks for the Subtext tip!
Aw, I would absolutely love to attend a festival like that: where there are tents, and a forest, and boardgames, and bugs )) And it is exciting to hear about games people played there
What a great and nice surprise!
If you like the idea of Camping & Board Games check out the Strange Games Festival in Sussex. My favourite camp game this year was Blood on the Clocktower :D
1:03 What a perfect day looks like to me
This is so wholesome. I miss getting together with all kinds of people. Hope we can go back to that soon.
Feels like a distant memory for me now too!
Fully intended to make it to the board game tent but somehow didn't manage it. Top of the list for Wildfire 2022!
I took Dobble on a camp with a bunch of my colleagues and after the camp every single one of them ordered a copy of it.
First minute in : what the F*CK IS THIS?! What a great video guys!
Thank you 🙂
Awesome list. It made wanna have a family of 8 to play with, lol. How about Hive for chess lovers? I think it might get some success as well.
Anyways, great vid!
P.D. It's true: like with music, there's a game for everyone.
I couldn't agree more!
Concept would be a sick one.
Yeah would be perfect. Needs a decent sized table though.
Oh wow my friends went there this year
Regarding the best Tom Hanks movie, my guess is that the person who said "The Terminator" meant "The Terminal".
FWIW, I'd put a number of Tom Hanks' movies ahead of Forrest Gump, including Catch Me If You Can, Apollo 13, and Sully (all based on true stories, interestingly enough).
Not sure if you had the game but 'Muffin Time' is amazing. Created by Tom Ska/Eddie Bowley/Elliot Gough/Big Potato
I would of loved to have gone to this
The Crazy Eggz and Dobble links aren't working. I like the looks of Dobble and Rhino Hero. I like the spirit of this video.
Stand-up Maths did a great video about Dobble and then took it to a mental level: th-cam.com/video/VTDKqW_GLkw/w-d-xo.html
At BGG Con they have a giant version of Rhino Hero. It always catches the eyes of the crowd as people need to stand on chairs and tables to place the next level.
I would have thought outside Happy Salmon would have been a hit too.
Please add Hali Gali and Cobra Paw to your tent next year. They take like 5 seconds to teach and are real crowdpleasers.
Uh, okay....to be young and wild! Ya'll had fun! Do your thing.....🙂❤❤
Looks like a lot of fun! Tell me about that interesting looking microphone on your jacket?
It's a Rode Wireless Go 2. They both transmit to a small receiver which plugs into the camera.
@@actualol Thanks!
I have to admit, I only know about Dobble because of Matt Parker's video about it.
Nice 🤓👍🏻
You guys were awesome, I didn’t spend much time in the tent because I couldn’t sit still long enough but it looked awesome every time I walked past. Next make it bigger and include Carcassonne 😇
4:33 sounds like you need to level up and head to a gaming convention ^_^
I wonder if Happy Salmon would work at an event like this. Probably would need to teach it outside due to the limited space, and the noise the game makes :P
I toyed with it but worried the noise would annoy everyone else in the tent. Maybe next time!
It seems so fun. I'd like to go next time. But I'm from Brazil. Do you guys have any idea when will it happen again?
It will be running two (maybe three) weekends next year. Last weekend of August, first weekend of September.
@@actualol I was planning on going to the UK in August to visit my boyfriend. Sounds perfect. Thank you
me and my best friend straight up bought tickets for wildfire because of this video 🤣
Amazing! I hope you have a brilliant time 🥳
Covid really isn‘t a thing in the UK anymore I guess.
But yeah, this just sounds like exactly the Festival I would Go to, sounds and looks amazing.
I was intrigued by the Lacuna Coil card game that hit kickstarter, Horns Up - it sounds like a heavy metal concert themed version of Saboteur from the description, and in theory if they had waterproof cards etc, that could be a kind of meta one that could be played at festivals. Kind of hate the name though, even as a rock fan...
How much of the choosing of games for this is a war against footprint? It's something that I'm kind of curious about in modern game design in that where it's made for the US audience, there can be a substantial amount of space required, while for people in Europe (and presumably more expensive places to live in the US like New York and San Francisco), some of the games start to become things they can't physically fit at home because they just won't have a big enough table. If you were to do a small foot print top 10 I suspect it would be pretty similar.
There is a phenomenon called 'overchoice' which I suspect is a real problem with boardgame cafes - when people see a large selection, it's basically overwhelming so they plump for what they know or can't make a choice at all. I suspect that may be one of the things about your setting that helps people in in that you can't have tons of games lining the walls like works or art, you just have to have a curated set that is intentionally welcoming. If that is true, I don't think it is going to be easy for boardgame cafes to replicate, as they kind of need to have the more niche titles too.
Thanks for a fun video, I'd be interested in how you go about picking which games should be there - I'll be honest, I was expecting Diamant/Incan Gold but I wonder if that may occupy a bit too much space? Also curious if you had considered games like:
-Welcome To The Dungeon
-Love Letter (or maybe the new Infinity War version)
-Bloody Inn
-Fuse
-Dixit
-Small Detectives (it's a game that Hasbro should frankly buy and rebrand as Cluedo Express)
-Bang The Dice Game
-Hanabi
Yes table space was a very big issue, and many games were dismissed for that reason. Often the best games can be played in people's laps or hands.
I think that overwhelming choice problem is real. We tended to jump in and offer a recommendation which took the pressure off of them and worked well.
As for picking, it was just from experience and knowing what games were simple to teach and don't take up much space. Also I tried to avoid using games with small pieces that could be lost.
Fuse and Bloody Inn would be too complicated for me to want to teach in that setting. Dixit might work and Welcome to the Dungeon, but they aren't my favourites so would generally teach something else instead. I'll check out the others, thanks!
@@actualol did you guys do happy salmon?
We didn't, but probably should have!
Surprised not to see sushi go
Yeah, Ed used to have it in the library and decided to take it out because he found it too long to teach. Requires a fair amount of table space too.
At 10:52 he says "I previously had (zero) as well" what is the board game he is mentioning there. Zero? Cero? Sero?
Tsuro! Yeah, that's a tough one to get from listening 😂
Meanwhile two states in Australia are still in lockdown.
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Ah the Brit’s, weird and also very relatable for some strange reason.
So his name... is Dr. HOPE!?
No Pandemic in UK ? 😅