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

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  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6580

    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!)

  • @floobdedoop2892
    @floobdedoop2892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5343

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

    • @iamyoursaviour
      @iamyoursaviour 3 ปีที่แล้ว +550

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

    • @Colopty
      @Colopty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +220

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +265

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

    • @Atlessa
      @Atlessa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @lucarvee
      @lucarvee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Atlessa op what are the astrics

  • @jocax188723
    @jocax188723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8449

    Alt title: Tom indulges his game show hosting addiction again

    • @Stephen-Fox
      @Stephen-Fox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +301

      Which is always a treat.

    • @Imthefake
      @Imthefake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +286

      i highly encourage his addiction then

    • @Seviexe
      @Seviexe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

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

    • @PaulSpeed42
      @PaulSpeed42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      And we are all better off for it.

    • @diegoparga9324
      @diegoparga9324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I’m onboard

  • @SireDevathrius
    @SireDevathrius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4910

    Ah yes, the legendary 0 thousand prize, marvelous

    • @Jupiterninja95
      @Jupiterninja95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      working that algorithm

    • @liamblack3001
      @liamblack3001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Jupiterninja95 TRUE!

    • @Seviexe
      @Seviexe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Well it does somehow sound more expensive than just 0

    • @psiphiorg
      @psiphiorg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

    • @danatronics9039
      @danatronics9039 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @furonguy42
    @furonguy42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1473

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Also the styles in the way they all pass or bid

    • @Ramboost007
      @Ramboost007 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Liv's style comes from poker: in most casinos, you're not even allowed to lift your cards up from the table so your only choice is to slightly lift them up to peek

  • @567secret
    @567secret 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3652

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

    • @recklessroges
      @recklessroges 3 ปีที่แล้ว +177

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

    • @flurgerbla7609
      @flurgerbla7609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      whoaaaah

    • @tomrogue13
      @tomrogue13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@recklessroges I saw that too!

    • @607
      @607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@recklessroges I did not!

    • @Taranis79
      @Taranis79 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @kolmis11
    @kolmis11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2217

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

    • @laerin7931
      @laerin7931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +355

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

    • @mukrifachri
      @mukrifachri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +268

      They'd just continuously conspire to make Tom lose

    • @davidelliott1293
      @davidelliott1293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I approve this message

    • @cosmicjenny4508
      @cosmicjenny4508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

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

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Everything with the TechDiff crew would be something to behold.

  • @miriamtong
    @miriamtong 3 ปีที่แล้ว +674

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

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Tom is the main villain of TH-cam.

    • @maxximumb
      @maxximumb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      tom scott would make a great mad scientist

    • @twistedtachyon5877
      @twistedtachyon5877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @JordanSugarman
      @JordanSugarman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No poker face at all.

  • @chamelius
    @chamelius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2304

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

    • @Tomwithnonumbers
      @Tomwithnonumbers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      What's the increment-by-one fallacy?

    • @simonjohnston3100
      @simonjohnston3100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +484

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

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +235

      fallacy++;

    • @IceMetalPunk
      @IceMetalPunk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +211

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

    • @ionic7777
      @ionic7777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

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

  • @finchhawthorne1302
    @finchhawthorne1302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1844

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

    • @chamelius
      @chamelius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

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

    • @TheDarrellimpey
      @TheDarrellimpey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      And so frequently wrong. :)

    • @NStripleseven
      @NStripleseven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      “Every one of you has put down a skull”

    • @cityuser
      @cityuser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@cityuser And extremely normal.

  • @scythero1055
    @scythero1055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +610

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @Victoria-hp6sf
      @Victoria-hp6sf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @kanchanchaudhary1973
      @kanchanchaudhary1973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      timegear pfp :0

  • @stichyface
    @stichyface 3 ปีที่แล้ว +430

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

  • @marshm3llow467
    @marshm3llow467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      A lot of liar clues in this one.

    • @Emobullymaguire
      @Emobullymaguire 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Stephen-Fox wait what?

    • @Stephen-Fox
      @Stephen-Fox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@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'

  • @bruzie900
    @bruzie900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +912

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      Ah, a fellow overboard fan

    • @bendubz9000
      @bendubz9000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      related - Tom Scott on Overboard would be incredible

    • @nognog3333
      @nognog3333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@bendubz9000 oh my god yes

    • @zyaicob
      @zyaicob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      wElCoMeToOvErBoArDpoLyGoNsBoArDaNdCaRdGaMeShOw

    • @giualonso
      @giualonso 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

  • @wbfaulk
    @wbfaulk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +360

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

    • @leonardjulius6098
      @leonardjulius6098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hahahahaha good catch

    • @alexharrison2743
      @alexharrison2743 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's so funny and oddly wholesome???

  • @camcdragon
    @camcdragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And bar billiards?

    • @camcdragon
      @camcdragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @camcdragon
      @camcdragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @MadsOcto7
      @MadsOcto7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @Freedavies
    @Freedavies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +414

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

    • @joshuasims5421
      @joshuasims5421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      No thousand no hundred and nonety none.

    • @shaheenbekk
      @shaheenbekk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      i love the phrase "zeroty zero"

    • @euansmith3699
      @euansmith3699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It is the $64,000 x 0 Question!

    • @Anonymous-df8it
      @Anonymous-df8it 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Naught thousand naught hundred naughty naught

  • @lewismassie
    @lewismassie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +759

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

    • @neuvilpanindra2581
      @neuvilpanindra2581 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

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

    • @SullySideUp
      @SullySideUp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      The GoPro Tree was iconic tho, worth the hassle imo

    • @JJRicks
      @JJRicks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@neuvilpanindra2581 GoPro Max, to be specific

    • @dizzypro4974
      @dizzypro4974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

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

    • @chriskeene
      @chriskeene 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @thedj9553
    @thedj9553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @MrxstGrssmnstMttckstPhlNelThot
    @MrxstGrssmnstMttckstPhlNelThot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1457

    "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 ปีที่แล้ว +253

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

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@Gruncival He's been betrayed before.

    • @lucarr1041
      @lucarr1041 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

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

    • @DylanSwayneHughes
      @DylanSwayneHughes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@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.

  • @EpicGamer-yu9qn
    @EpicGamer-yu9qn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +210

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

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Good relaxing material.

    • @scragar
      @scragar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @evbunke2
      @evbunke2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @Pacvalham
      @Pacvalham 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @johningham1880
    @johningham1880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

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

  • @simonscarle
    @simonscarle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @StormCrow42
    @StormCrow42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Agreed. I've always seen it played this way

    • @munjee2
      @munjee2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @lukereed6405
      @lukereed6405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @ryanoftinellb
    @ryanoftinellb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      him and jay foreman 😆

  • @baguettegott3409
    @baguettegott3409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @mollymauktealeaf
      @mollymauktealeaf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@oliviapg Brennan in general is gold tbh

  • @rufioh
    @rufioh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

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

  • @blufferfish0896
    @blufferfish0896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

  • @DevilboyScooby
    @DevilboyScooby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

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

  • @redcloak8548
    @redcloak8548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @MelodicaDude
    @MelodicaDude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

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

  • @berndbeispielmensch
    @berndbeispielmensch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @visus6906
    @visus6906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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

  • @GMPranav
    @GMPranav 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @mjorozco3786
    @mjorozco3786 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @Wecoc1
    @Wecoc1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This gets way more intense than I was anticipating

  • @ethan-loves
    @ethan-loves 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @rocketfallen
    @rocketfallen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +350

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      People like bluffing? Couldnt be me

    • @Brent-jj6qi
      @Brent-jj6qi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @Brent-jj6qi
      @Brent-jj6qi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @TH-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

  • @flurgerbla7609
    @flurgerbla7609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @SuperZeve
    @SuperZeve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @JT29501
    @JT29501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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..

  • @outsideaglass
    @outsideaglass ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @artlover282
    @artlover282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @PhakesL
    @PhakesL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

  • @richardpomelear7462
    @richardpomelear7462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

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

  • @revelationofapencil
    @revelationofapencil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @GermaphobeMusic
    @GermaphobeMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

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

    • @chessmiller5661
      @chessmiller5661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @lizzzylavender
    @lizzzylavender 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @AA_21861
    @AA_21861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

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

  • @fonso_s
    @fonso_s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @enjiniakimiko1305
    @enjiniakimiko1305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @LunizIsGlacey
    @LunizIsGlacey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @joelstevens6394
    @joelstevens6394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @CyberBeatAustralia
    @CyberBeatAustralia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @namename8004
    @namename8004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @Roby1Kenobi
    @Roby1Kenobi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @edr0p688
    @edr0p688 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    God I love this channel already

  • @insayno9959
    @insayno9959 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @vedaryan334
    @vedaryan334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @smileychess
    @smileychess 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @oliverlane9716
    @oliverlane9716 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @flamingfossa
      @flamingfossa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @anonymousperson2327
      @anonymousperson2327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @BarelyNoticeable
    @BarelyNoticeable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    10:58 That. Was. HILARIOUS.

  • @nat2r
    @nat2r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @joshuatatum8519
    @joshuatatum8519 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @kickthesky
    @kickthesky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @ashleybyrd2015
    @ashleybyrd2015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

  • @CelestialVeggie
    @CelestialVeggie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @Pud26
    @Pud26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @amethysttalon3507
    @amethysttalon3507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @MrBigStuff
    @MrBigStuff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      bumping for another round!

    • @dig8634
      @dig8634 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @mytube001
    @mytube001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @rmsgrey
      @rmsgrey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @ExestentialCrisis
      @ExestentialCrisis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @faithmacdonald2292
    @faithmacdonald2292 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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!

  • @metrovick5417
    @metrovick5417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They already have a Zero-G special

    • @metrovick5417
      @metrovick5417 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @joshuahadams
      @joshuahadams 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      We need to have them on air.

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @catipolX
    @catipolX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    its a delight to know that tom is subscribed (and friends) with what I thought were people of my niche hobbies like cracking the cryptic

  • @swarnamoti
    @swarnamoti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

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

    • @nuancedhumour
      @nuancedhumour 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It is! Well spotted!

    • @swarnamoti
      @swarnamoti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@nuancedhumour nice to see it

    • @husseingusslia2353
      @husseingusslia2353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Surprisingly few people spotted that

    • @swarnamoti
      @swarnamoti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@husseingusslia2353 true

  • @AliciaBottsfunny_stuff247
    @AliciaBottsfunny_stuff247 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @catfish552
    @catfish552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Good shirt choice there by Mr Francis.

  • @lordvile6518
    @lordvile6518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that was such a nice video tom. your second channel slowly becoming better than your main channel

  • @theyruinedyoutubeagain
    @theyruinedyoutubeagain 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @theddrman
    @theddrman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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!

  • @paerrin
    @paerrin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @jonsmith4540
    @jonsmith4540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @rupert7565
    @rupert7565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @freek204
    @freek204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @adivp7
    @adivp7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @Sytarie
    @Sytarie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @twotothehalf3725
    @twotothehalf3725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @nickp5744
    @nickp5744 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a wonderful idea. Love and props to you all. Long may these videos continue!

  • @MarekLumi
    @MarekLumi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @Sir_Uncle_Ned
    @Sir_Uncle_Ned 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I loved this. The confidence of that one reveal had me laughing way harder than I should have been!

  • @Soliloquy084
    @Soliloquy084 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @viccie211
    @viccie211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like the new channel very much Tom! Looking forward to future videos :)

  • @pickleridge5656
    @pickleridge5656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @hermimonk2748
    @hermimonk2748 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! This a favorite game of mine, glad to see you play it! I really appreciated everyone revealing their cards to the audience too!

  • @PlayingBoardGames
    @PlayingBoardGames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @igorgylycheyev9294
    @igorgylycheyev9294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the spirit of the tom scott altar is on rohin's side