I have the utmost respect for BDG after Simone yelled at him, “You’re a coward, Brian David Gilbert!” And he simply looked her in the eye and said, “I am.”
Can that be edited to only target season 8? Honestly, the first four-five were great and the downhill started with after that. But if you are picking on Season 8, I am down for this.
Brian’s like “I don’t want to challenge our guest so early” when I KNOW Brennan would duel anyone at that table to the death the second a gauntlet was thrown
@@not_an_author8972 Correct. Confodimus faciem tuam would be "We stab..." or "We have stabbed your face"; confodiemus "We __will__ stab (your face)". It's also possible that fodere is imperative, which would make it "Get stabbed in the face". Latin is a beautiful language.
Brian's disappointed son face when Brennan couped him Also the fact that brennan is a sociopath just sitting there eating cookies like a james bond villain
What makes it funny is they didn’t even play the game correctly. You are supposed to reveal and place in front of you every card of yours that gets killed
@@samplautz5586I went to a boardgame cafe and 2 different groups I played with DONT show the killed card and just shuffled it back to the deck honestly more chaotic lmao
@@DeathnoteBB "Then perish" is great, but this is in fact the most quotable Overboard of all, probably. My personal favorite is Brennan's evil: "Brian, whatever am I to do?"
This was a super enjoyable episode. Beautifully chaotic. Brennan made a really interesting and bold addition to the dynamics. Great job as always, I'm excited to see more overboard.
I'm slowly becoming more and more convinced that Brennan's 'DM' voice is just his regular voice and he has to put in actual effort to not talk like that
@@makennarousseau7320 I've also noticed that some of his characters, lunch lady Doreen specifically, sound a LOT like some of the funny voices Jim Breuer does in his stand-up.
"Now if this were a REAL war, I would get Brian's coins." "Does that... do you wanna- but you're not even checking the rules, do you wanna check the rules? You're sure?"
I’d like to point out Pat’s genius: The “Then perish” bit is famous, but it was born by Pat “accidentally” revealing himself as a contessa, *but* that was proved false on the next turn when he revealed he had an assassin the whole time instead! High IQ play.
@@mr.e7541 I believe you may have misunderstood op. Pat never outright said he has a contessa, but he still sewed that thought with his Pat "Pokerface" Gil moment
@@mr.e7541 ...then what was the point of your first reply? Are you just being semantic over the word reveal? Because I dont think that really excludes what you apparently agree with?
@@Ezekiel_Allium just the clever word play. The fact that he didn't say he had one. He said well I won't say I don't have one. He didn't 'accidentally" let it slip that he had a Contessa. Even purposely. He just didn't deny it. He wasn't really being deceptive
It was the right move to take him out. If they just tried to ally with him a little more, he would have won the whole thing. It would be great for entertainment purposes tho.
@@Viscidsquare040 I love how this the prince explicitly states that betraying alliances is bad for this reason, but people who do that are sometimes still called Machiavellian or real politickers
This was filled with twists and stakes to match any television drama. The promises? The betrayals? The grudges? T H E N P E R I S H????? And all coming together in a climatic standoff. Amazing.
@@lstsnwfll But he sure was a hell of a character. Plus, Brian had been suspecting Brennan of lying since the beginning, might as well strike first. And Dukes are most likely to take each other out since they get rich the fastest and therefore and coup one another. It was bound to happen eventually
Pat actually had an assassin when Simone went to assassinate Brennan, which makes his whole interaction at 17:00 even more wild. Pat does not have a Contessa, but still manages to make it look like he messed up and accidentally revealed his card. You can *see* the panic on his face and his entire demeanor shifts as everyone immediately pins him as having a Contessa! By simply pretending to be a bad liar (or actually being one, I legitimately cannot tell) he has put himself in position for Brennan to rely on him, and he immediately switches gears to set up the iconic "Then Perish" moment. Pat is either the best or worst liar of our entire generation, but no matter what his improv skills are insane.
"Then perish" is obviously amazing, but I think it's even more so due to how it's set up with Brennan's unnervingly sensual delivery of "I'll do fuckin' anything". The audio boosting on that line is just the icing on the cake.
Coup is a really brilliant game, but gets a bit tired after a few dozen games with the same group. I’d really love it if they also played Cosmic Encounter though. All the bluffing and deal making plus the rules change a bit every game.
DannoHung If you’re getting tired of it as is, why not add some house rules? A new role that allows you to look at a card? Perhaps you allow yourself to trade influence for a large sum of money? Maybe you add a third card for everyone but lower the cost of everything? There are so many ways that you could spice up the game, I’m sure you could find something you like.
"Tell me, how much is it worth to you to perhaps talk to your friend the contessa about perhaps interceding on my behalf? I'm a very wealthy man I think you'll all agree" Hard cut to "I... CAN'T do that??"
brennan is technically a man (two men) of his word; he said to brian “i will not kill you on the next turn”. he DIDNT, and asked brian if he wanted karen gone or wanted to wait, and when brian said that he could wait, he did. and no longer had loyalty to brian.
@@crimson2209 yeah that’s fair, but it was specific wording with a Look and that makes me think it was purposeful. maybe i’m just too used to seeing him as a dm tho
Brennan played Brian EXPERTLY. He promised not to kill him NEXT turn, and then got Brian to tell him to delay his killing for a turn, allowing him out of the time frame of the agreement
This was the first video I had seen of coup being played, and despite seeing many other coup videos and coup expansions since then, it remains the most entertaining to watch so far, despite my having watched it 5 times. I would love to see this cast return for another game or two of coup, especially Brennan, because he really adds a special element to the personalities. His duke persona was awesome, and makes it worth re-watching if only to watch the range of the other's reactions to his 'dukely' decisions. Priceless
It was really fun but... It was so frustrating to watch because omg those rules were so wrong! That's not how you play at all... Check out the rules online. You can't block for other people other than yourself. Only thing you can block is foreign aid as a Duke. And when you reveal your influence card, turn it up and place it on the table. It only goes back into the deck, if you didn't lose.. So if you were called out and that influence card was true. Or if the ambassador/inquisitor tells you get rid of the card, which you shuffle back into the deck and redraw. If you lose your influence card because you were assassinated or called out, then you place it face up on the table to reveal what your card was. That way as the rounds go on, it's easier to start seeing who is isn't who they say they are, and who is. It's like poker where they reveal their hand, except that they are still in the game, and you use that information to figure out who is bluffing, who bluffed before and they were lying.. And so on. It becomes so much more of a brutal and calculating game. I love coup. I play board games with a group of friends, and we play this game all the time, normally as either a starter or casual game in between board games, before we start one of our more longer board games like agricola or caverna... XD
@@Kewlausgirl didn't pat also lose an influence for getting called out on his assassination only to later show that he had an assassin the whole time? Is that a legal play?
Miss birdie BFA in illustration lmao but there’s always overlap. My thesis was on the Cornish Arts Colony and those painters and sculptors were also definitely Theater Kids.
brain saying "IM QUITTING POLYGON ENTIRELY" made me laugh harder 2 years later then it did 2 years ago. also same with patrick saying among us which i hate myself for snickering at
I've watched this video so many times and I just noticed at 21:37 that Brennan has two mugs, a coffee mug and a snack mug (presumably filled with almonds) edit 22:46 it's chocolate pretzels
When I played this game, another player tried to assassinate me. Someone else claimed earlier that they had a contessa, so I made a deal with them to block my assassination in exchange for couping a player of their choice. They agreed, blocked the attack, were called out by the assassin player. Turns out they didn't have a contessa, so they lost that card. Assassin player then preceeded to try to kill my card, but I informed them that I was blocking it with my contessa. The called me out, I revealed I was telling the truth. Couped them the next turn and killed the guy who lied to help me with the assassin I drew to replace my contessa I was forced to show, winning the game and losing my friends at the same time. Was it worth it? Your damned right it was...
@@davidpeacock8276 That ruling is only really on the website not the game itself so I just go with the more fun you can block any you want because it's so much more interesting
@@Dakarai_KnightI'm reading the rulebook from a new copy and it states 'The Player who is being assassinated may claim the Contessa and counteract to block the assassination.' But I like your variant for more interest.
I would like to clarify on Brennan’s statement that “being stabbed in the face isn’t even lethal”; I am an anthropology major focusing on warfare, I’ve look at a lot of skeletons and I can tell you that getting stabbed in the face is DEFINITELY LETHAL (you can survive given the placement but it’s much more likely that you’ll die)
Coming back to after this after binge watching all of Dimension 20, I can safely say the polygon gang only scratched the surface of the iceberg that is Brennan being a conniving bastard.
This game as a TV show Brennan - Evil King, the main antagonist for Season 1, until being ganged up on in the finale Brian - Brennan's slimy assistant trying to eventually betray him, but gets executed before he can make a move in the episode before the Season 1 finale Simone - Empress who was too powerful for her own good and got assassinated, the protagonist until she meets her end at the conclusion of Season 2, at which point the 3 morally grey characters take over Pat - Strategic warrior with a small militia, gets by through bluffing, pretends to have an army as one last-ditch gambit, but Jenna sees through his lies right before the Season 3 finale and destroys him Karen - Queen who serves as the main antagonist of Season 3, allies with Pat and waits out the fighting while amassing an army Jenna - Femme Fatale who rises to power through her successes, protagonist of Season 3 who attacks Karen before she can prepare her armies and wins the war EDIT: I am so proud of this community, people are still commenting in hopes of receiving a full version of this comment a year later.
18:21 "You'll do whatever i want?" "Yes!" "Then Perish" 24:10 "And when only the two of us are left I'll stab her into the front, not the back." 24:26 "I'm sorry!" "You're not sorry. No one is sorry for what they've done to me."
*spoilers* I knew jenna was going to win because she was the only one who made neither enemies nor friends. she just accrued wealth until she was able to strike.
Well she also was in control of the table socially. She, from the beginning, walked everyone else through what was going on. She played the people and spoke up regularly. She played the game less on her turn with actions and more on everyone else's turn with her words. So it was her control of the table that let her win I think. The second viewing you certainly catch her masterful play. I dig it
@@calebsimmons8539 Yeah, usually people who try to go this route tend to draw suspicion by being too quiet. By speaking up regularly while measuring her own actions, she gives the appearance of being far more involved than she actually was.
I still gotta respect Simone's incredibly bold gambit of saying Pat should keep her alive because she can protect him with a contessa when she *just* had one of her characters assassinated by Karen in the same turn rotation
6:03 *The Duke’s Alliance* _Wealth for some, tariffs for all!_ 6:46 *The Triumvirate of Dukes* _Wealth over courage and loyalty!_ 11:48 *Karen Patrick Alliance* _confodere faciem tuam_ (to stab your face)
They didn't play it wrong since they had a ton of fun and it was super entertaining, but they made several very large rules mistakes (or house ruled things they didn't mention) but for anyone watching this with the idea of learning how to play: 1. Contessa cannot block assassinations against other players, only when the person targeted claims to have a Contessa 2. When you "lose influence" either by being caught lying or being the target of an assassination/coup you flip over the card in front of you. It does not get shuffled back into the deck. This makes more information available as the game goes on.
Ok thats what i was wondering when he first lost the assassination play he just shuffled it back in. As for blocking for others ive seen that as a rule going back and forth for different people
@dovalslayer23 the rules very clearly state "the player being assassinated may claim being contessa to counteract and block the action". They played it wrong
The base game rule is contessa can assasin-block for the holder only, captain/ambassador can steal-block for the holder only. A duke can coin-block anyone (obviously). But *anyone* can challenge any card claim, even as a third party to the play.
Man, I've watched this video like 8 times, and it never gets old. Now, to be fair, it was only able to happen because they were playing the game wrong (you aren't allowed to block on behalf of other people, only to protect yourself,) but still, I had never before seen, and have not seen since, a three-way-kingmaker scenario. This group is amazing, this game is amazing... they were meant for each other.
I love that you guys are playing one of my favorite games. 2 quick clarifications (that don’t matter, because they had fun playing) 1) contessa cannot block an assassination when you’re not the target 2) when you lose an influence, you place the card face up (you don’t shuffle the card back into the deck) Last note: Pat’s best move in that last bit would’ve been to just take 1 coin and (if all other players adopted a similar strategy) he wouldn’t be the first to 10 coins and thus wouldn’t be the first forced to coup
Amina This is technically incorrect. Paying three coins is part of the action as assassin, when proved you don’t have the assassin, you can’t actually perform the action. Thus getting the 3 coins back. It says this in the rule book under challenges. “If an action is successfully challenged the entire action fails, and any coins paid as the cost of the action are returned to the player”.
Also am I missing a rule because jenna didn't get rid of a card when she was wrong about Brian not having a contesa meaning she would have lost when she called out our main duke.
Jenna did really well with her Contessa. She stayed out of the drama, didn’t try to get greedy and antagonize any Dukes. Because her Contessa had basically zero financial or military ability other than protection, she kept her head down and made it so she couldn’t be assassinated.
Fully agree. I played this with some classmates a few weeks ago and won with an assassin and a contessa, economically a terrible hand, just by laying low.
And once again, Brennan was right. Personal emotion must fall to realpolitic. Pat took out Simone with fewer coins as opposed to Jenna with more because his decision was guided by emotions rather than rationale, and this dug his own grave.
Having just watched Brennan's rant about snacking with Matt mercer and Aabria Iyengar, I appreciated that he was snacking all throughout this video. Chocolate covered pretzels looks like. 😀
10:55 “Perhaps you could talk to your friend the Contessa about interceding on my behalf...” “... I can’t do that?” I fuxking died laughing - his *face*!
For those considering picking this up, a few rules notes: 1) When you lose an influence card, you flip it face up in front of you for the rest of the game instead of shuffling it back into the deck (though the way they play could make for an interesting house rule, it becomes harder to keep track of information that way). 2) When a player is attacked (assassin or captain), no other player may use counter abilities on their behalf (contessa, ambassador, captain), though anyone may challenge the attacker (you can always challenge any claim, no matter who’s doing it or why). This is not balanced to be a game of alliances, it is a game of strict self interest combined with the occasional spite call (Simone). None of this is to say I found the video any less fun, but it always helps to point out errors in play when missing them can lead to a less than optimal experience for someone unfamiliar with the game.
Thanks for explaining! I'm not sure if I'd like it better with or without the "using defensive abilities for others". Also, shouldn't Jenna have lost a card after 11:28 when she called out Brian's Contessa?
Thank you! As someone who has played this game before I was wondering if I had learned it all wrong but no. When Simone didn't use the contessa she claimed to have to save herself I was like what???
From the rules: Blocking: If another player takes an action that can be Blocked, any other player may Block it by claiming to have the proper character on one of their Influence cards.
Coup is such an amazing game. It’s so simple, but it quickly gets complicated purely based off of how the players play. It’s one of those “perfect” games
I do want to just throw all the money at them to make this into a real show, or theater production with a five minute monologue from Brian David Gilbert about the sorrow of Brennans betrayal followed by a dream ballet death scene. I was going to say that would make my day, but it would make my life
I have the utmost respect for BDG after Simone yelled at him, “You’re a coward, Brian David Gilbert!” And he simply looked her in the eye and said, “I am.”
lolshoc I love how she said that then later Jenna absolutely dragged her for also being a coward
9:48 is where this is. Since ive rewatched the entire thing 6 times to find where it is cuz i cant focus enough for the whole video at once
@@YourRyeBread
Thank you, I'm on my 3rd watch, trying to find it.
By BDG do you mean : Big Dick Gillbert
Evangelion fans be like.
"You turned on me! YOU TURNED ON ME!"
"Brian whatever am I to do?"
Acting skills, intrigue and drama that puts Game of Thrones to shame
Can that be edited to only target season 8? Honestly, the first four-five were great and the downhill started with after that. But if you are picking on Season 8, I am down for this.
Also the “I’ll do fucking anything” “then perish” is on the early GOT level drama list
"I'm quitting Polygon entirely!"
Shame of Thrones
Patrick saying "THEN PERISH" was the sickest mic drop moment in any Overboard episode I've ever seen
I clapped when it happened
Even better with his giant bomb t-shirt
I think I actually screamed out loud.
I SCREAMED
I saw it coming and I was still surprised I CHOKED
the smash cut between "im a very wealthy man, wouldnt you agree?" and "oh, i cant do that?" SENDS me every time
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I keep picturing this exchange at the UN. “Oh I cant bribe or extort them? Oh sorry lol gg”
@@EEEEEEEE mn❤❤❤
Brian’s like “I don’t want to challenge our guest so early” when I KNOW Brennan would duel anyone at that table to the death the second a gauntlet was thrown
Absolutely. Brian, if you know this man, you're saying that for your sakes, not Brennan's. xD
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@@EEEEEEEE so true bestie
FUN FACT: Karen and Pat's alliance motto "Confodere Faciem Tuam" roughly translated means "Stab Your Face".
Jack Ferry wouldn’t it be better translated as, “to stab your face”?
@@not_an_author8972 Correct. Confodimus faciem tuam would be "We stab..." or "We have stabbed your face"; confodiemus "We __will__ stab (your face)". It's also possible that fodere is imperative, which would make it "Get stabbed in the face". Latin is a beautiful language.
@@RaggedVentures latin is overrated
@@solarprogeny6736 Latin is UNDERrated.
@@sophiad548 latin is adquately rated
Brian's disappointed son face when Brennan couped him
Also the fact that brennan is a sociopath just sitting there eating cookies like a james bond villain
And talking like one
Wait... Brennan IS a James Bond villain
Armourduck
Brennan: _plays like a james bond villain_
Other players: _kill him_
Brennan: =:0
Well he is all the bad guys
The first time Brennan ate whatever is under the table I thought he had just popped a coin in his mouth.
same
forbidden snack
This further would prove the theory that Brennan is a Dragon
PrankHan Chocolate pretzels
power move
Brennan saying, "Are you going to check the rules?" was the moment the Polygon crew truly met brennan
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What makes it funny is they didn’t even play the game correctly. You are supposed to reveal and place in front of you every card of yours that gets killed
@@samplautz5586I went to a boardgame cafe and 2 different groups I played with DONT show the killed card and just shuffled it back to the deck honestly more chaotic lmao
@@saltyluna3712you are supposed to reveal. Also you can only block an assassination attempt on yourself, not on other players. Same with stealing
@@samplautz5586Yes no one checked the rules haha
Brennan getting SO into character immediately is just so Brennan of him
i don't think it's a character, i think it's just Brennan "there is no corner of my heart which I will not turn over" Lee Mulligan being himself
Everyone’s talking about “then perish” but “perhaps my goose is cooked... or perhaps not” is so powerful
alyson ament It’s because everything Brennan says is powerful
@@DeathnoteBB you're right and you should say it
@@DeathnoteBB "Then perish" is great, but this is in fact the most quotable Overboard of all, probably. My personal favorite is Brennan's evil: "Brian, whatever am I to do?"
I think it's caught, not cooked, but I agree, it's an underrated line
@@beholdnonsense5100 it's definitely not caught, it's cooked. He says cooked, the common phrase is cooked, it's all cooked.
This was a super enjoyable episode. Beautifully chaotic. Brennan made a really interesting and bold addition to the dynamics. Great job as always, I'm excited to see more overboard.
I'm slowly becoming more and more convinced that Brennan's 'DM' voice is just his regular voice and he has to put in actual effort to not talk like that
@@makennarousseau7320 I've also noticed that some of his characters, lunch lady Doreen specifically, sound a LOT like some of the funny voices Jim Breuer does in his stand-up.
have you seen the star trek episode of black mirror? that's what it reminds me of, the captain.
Dustin Martin that’s exactly what I was thinking of!
Ikr????? Is he human?????
I believe he's said before that he struggles not to talk like that all the time
Underrated moment: Brian trying to come up with a pun on "duke" and ending up with "don'k't"
And "duken't" was right there.
or “i duke not”
@@eclownery😮wsxex😅. ❤😅ee no😊
One year later and I still can't get over how this feels like a dramatic movie, not an episode of overboard.
top ten stressful work days
Coup does this so much, especially when the people playing are over the top personalities
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@@polygon do not play diplomacy then
Pat setting up and perfectly executing "THEN PERISH" was such a power move.
HEY wait do I know you
@@rman2406 no
Reminds me of princess bride
He completely commited too. "I'll do fucking anything"
The only successful assassination was when Patrick single handedly murdered me by dabbing
Lmao
"You're a coward, Brian David GIlbert!" -SImone De Rochefort, 2019
This video has too many good lines, I can't quote them all, but Brian going "I'm quitting Polygon entirely!" is very me when I'm betrayed in a game
It sounded so much like something said on the playground in elementary school
I want this moment as a gif
Dylan Mohan yeahhh! That’s what I was thinking of
Dylan Mohan dude literally the same thought the second she said it. the tone is just so perfect!
"Now if this were a REAL war, I would get Brian's coins."
"Does that... do you wanna- but you're not even checking the rules, do you wanna check the rules? You're sure?"
I’d like to point out Pat’s genius:
The “Then perish” bit is famous, but it was born by Pat “accidentally” revealing himself as a contessa, *but* that was proved false on the next turn when he revealed he had an assassin the whole time instead!
High IQ play.
He didn't say that he had a Contessa he said I will not contest that I don't have a Contessa.
@@mr.e7541 I believe you may have misunderstood op. Pat never outright said he has a contessa, but he still sewed that thought with his Pat "Pokerface" Gil moment
@@Ezekiel_Allium yeah I know that was my point
@@mr.e7541 ...then what was the point of your first reply? Are you just being semantic over the word reveal? Because I dont think that really excludes what you apparently agree with?
@@Ezekiel_Allium just the clever word play. The fact that he didn't say he had one. He said well I won't say I don't have one.
He didn't 'accidentally" let it slip that he had a Contessa. Even purposely. He just didn't deny it. He wasn't really being deceptive
god damn brennan is good at playing bad guy, hes like a board game heel but more whimsical. the cut to him saying "i can't do that?" is poetic cinema
It was the right move to take him out. If they just tried to ally with him a little more, he would have won the whole thing. It would be great for entertainment purposes tho.
@@angel_cat betraying Brian hurt him a lot in the end since no one trusted him anymore
Yeah but every time he calls us 'gang' I feel a light in my soul
Somehow, despite being a really nice person, Brennan always ends up being a cackling supervillain
@@Viscidsquare040 I love how this the prince explicitly states that betraying alliances is bad for this reason, but people who do that are sometimes still called Machiavellian or real politickers
This was filled with twists and stakes to match any television drama. The promises? The betrayals? The grudges? T H E N P E R I S H????? And all coming together in a climatic standoff. Amazing.
I play coup pretty frequently with my friends and roughly every third game goes about like this, including the quotable lines.
“I’m gonna call you out.”
“Then you’re still dead.”
Pat TRULY ICONIC Gill, everybody.
hehe, yea. that guest guy really made a s2pid move by killing his ally when all 4 of the other players are still in the game.
@@lstsnwfll
But he sure was a hell of a character.
Plus, Brian had been suspecting Brennan of lying since the beginning, might as well strike first.
And Dukes are most likely to take each other out since they get rich the fastest and therefore and coup one another. It was bound to happen eventually
Pat actually had an assassin when Simone went to assassinate Brennan, which makes his whole interaction at 17:00 even more wild. Pat does not have a Contessa, but still manages to make it look like he messed up and accidentally revealed his card. You can *see* the panic on his face and his entire demeanor shifts as everyone immediately pins him as having a Contessa! By simply pretending to be a bad liar (or actually being one, I legitimately cannot tell) he has put himself in position for Brennan to rely on him, and he immediately switches gears to set up the iconic "Then Perish" moment. Pat is either the best or worst liar of our entire generation, but no matter what his improv skills are insane.
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It’s the only way one can defeat Brennan.
"Then perish" is obviously amazing, but I think it's even more so due to how it's set up with Brennan's unnervingly sensual delivery of "I'll do fuckin' anything". The audio boosting on that line is just the icing on the cake.
The Duke Triumvirate collapsed so beautifully
Thats toxic masculinity, babey!
Just like the real original triumvirate lmao
Anna Carollina I can’t think of anyone less toxic that bdg
@@ottocast6525 Try not to sink too deep on parasocial relationships
just like the real Triumvirates did
Better story arc and closing then Game of Thrones. I could legit watch a weekly series of this game alone
FWANIboy I had the same thought. I actually would love to see the story of this episode play out over eight seasons instead
Brennan's early death and thd dissolution of the Three Duke Alliance clearly setting the stakes high.
Coup is a really brilliant game, but gets a bit tired after a few dozen games with the same group. I’d really love it if they also played Cosmic Encounter though. All the bluffing and deal making plus the rules change a bit every game.
DannoHung If you’re getting tired of it as is, why not add some house rules? A new role that allows you to look at a card? Perhaps you allow yourself to trade influence for a large sum of money? Maybe you add a third card for everyone but lower the cost of everything? There are so many ways that you could spice up the game, I’m sure you could find something you like.
simone yelling "YOU ARE A COWARD, BRIAN DAVID GILBERT" made me feel a special kind of way
It sounded like middle school drama and I love it
whenevwr simone talks I feel a certain kind of way lol
@Paranoid Android thank u for adding the timestamp!!
"Brian, whatever am I to duke?" would have given this episode the Emmy it deserves
"Tell me, how much is it worth to you to perhaps talk to your friend the contessa about perhaps interceding on my behalf? I'm a very wealthy man I think you'll all agree"
Hard cut to
"I... CAN'T do that??"
Bribery is ILLEGAL? What kind of hippie world is this?
"so you'll do anything?"
"i'll do anything"
" *then perish* "
brennan is technically a man (two men) of his word; he said to brian “i will not kill you on the next turn”. he DIDNT, and asked brian if he wanted karen gone or wanted to wait, and when brian said that he could wait, he did. and no longer had loyalty to brian.
i don’t think that’s him being a man of his word, it was just statistically a bad idea for him to do either
@@crimson2209 yeah that’s fair, but it was specific wording with a Look and that makes me think it was purposeful. maybe i’m just too used to seeing him as a dm tho
Brennan is so cool
Lawful Evil, if I've ever seen it.
Brennan is def lawful evil in coup
simone's hubris when dramatically exclaiming "the pussy's option!" and then the regret when everyone is immediately upset is incredible
I adore her and that line was amazing, she shouldn’t be ashamed
@@Honeey-moth +
god, i identify with simone so much on that one holy fuck
Brennan played Brian EXPERTLY. He promised not to kill him NEXT turn, and then got Brian to tell him to delay his killing for a turn, allowing him out of the time frame of the agreement
This was the first video I had seen of coup being played, and despite seeing many other coup videos and coup expansions since then, it remains the most entertaining to watch so far, despite my having watched it 5 times. I would love to see this cast return for another game or two of coup, especially Brennan, because he really adds a special element to the personalities. His duke persona was awesome, and makes it worth re-watching if only to watch the range of the other's reactions to his 'dukely' decisions. Priceless
SAME! I love watching Brennan, too
It was really fun but... It was so frustrating to watch because omg those rules were so wrong! That's not how you play at all...
Check out the rules online. You can't block for other people other than yourself. Only thing you can block is foreign aid as a Duke. And when you reveal your influence card, turn it up and place it on the table. It only goes back into the deck, if you didn't lose.. So if you were called out and that influence card was true. Or if the ambassador/inquisitor tells you get rid of the card, which you shuffle back into the deck and redraw.
If you lose your influence card because you were assassinated or called out, then you place it face up on the table to reveal what your card was. That way as the rounds go on, it's easier to start seeing who is isn't who they say they are, and who is. It's like poker where they reveal their hand, except that they are still in the game, and you use that information to figure out who is bluffing, who bluffed before and they were lying.. And so on.
It becomes so much more of a brutal and calculating game. I love coup. I play board games with a group of friends, and we play this game all the time, normally as either a starter or casual game in between board games, before we start one of our more longer board games like agricola or caverna... XD
@@Kewlausgirl didn't pat also lose an influence for getting called out on his assassination only to later show that he had an assassin the whole time? Is that a legal play?
"You turned on me... You.. TURNED on me!"
"Brian, whatever am I to do?"
"I am quitting polygon entirely."
It wasn't even "Unraveled" that finally broke him...
Well this aged like milk.
@@FrostSylph I read this and wept
:(
foreshadowing :,(
17:42 "I saved him before, he killed me! Don't listen to anything he says right now! As a ghost, --" -- Banquo, Macbeth Act III, scene iv
There are English majors in this comment section, hell yeah!
Oh my god this is so good 😂
Let’s play a game called English major or theatre kid
As a former Banquo/Ghost of Banquo, thank you for this.
Miss birdie BFA in illustration lmao but there’s always overlap. My thesis was on the Cornish Arts Colony and those painters and sculptors were also definitely Theater Kids.
That hard cut from when Brennan tries to bribe Simone, then immediately finding out he can't do that is just *chef's kiss* 😙👌
This comment has 666 likes, *chefs kiss*
@@lettuce8635 😈😙👌
1000th like
there should be a card that let you give coins to other players
10:48 for context 11:04 for the bit
brain saying "IM QUITTING POLYGON ENTIRELY" made me laugh harder 2 years later then it did 2 years ago. also same with patrick saying among us which i hate myself for snickering at
brennan kicking ass in the first half of this game was preparation for a crown of candy.... fellow dim20 stans where u at
This does have incredible Crown Of Candy Vibes. He went full TPK Mode DM here.
Can a king coup?
@@erikabautista7072 I think a King can't coup but a Count can coup.
Dim20 in the dooooooome!
their conversations in this are incredible but i especially love simone and pat's "i'm gonna take foreign aid!" "no you're not." "okay!"
why does the contessa look like sexy high-society BDG
because BDG is already a sexy high-society version of BDG
jhubeJELLO BDG is the special edition of himself
BDG! BDG! BDG! BDG!
Bold of you to say he isnt alrwdy sexy and high society
it's a tall order, but i think this might be the most iconic episode of overboard
I've watched this video so many times and I just noticed at 21:37 that Brennan has two mugs, a coffee mug and a snack mug (presumably filled with almonds)
edit 22:46 it's chocolate pretzels
He is a little podling for sure.
it’s in his rider. a mug of chocolate pretzels or he walks
@@strongbongus guess he's off keto again
He's a snacker! He needs his snacks!
14:26 he sneaks a snack from under the table hahaha
When I played this game, another player tried to assassinate me. Someone else claimed earlier that they had a contessa, so I made a deal with them to block my assassination in exchange for couping a player of their choice. They agreed, blocked the attack, were called out by the assassin player. Turns out they didn't have a contessa, so they lost that card. Assassin player then preceeded to try to kill my card, but I informed them that I was blocking it with my contessa. The called me out, I revealed I was telling the truth. Couped them the next turn and killed the guy who lied to help me with the assassin I drew to replace my contessa I was forced to show, winning the game and losing my friends at the same time. Was it worth it? Your damned right it was...
Contessa can only block an assassination attempt against the player who has the contessa. It cannot block for others
If I were your friend I wouldn't get mad at you over that
And now we know the name on Brennan Lee Mulligan's secret RUclips account.
@@davidpeacock8276 That ruling is only really on the website not the game itself so I just go with the more fun you can block any you want because it's so much more interesting
@@Dakarai_KnightI'm reading the rulebook from a new copy and it states 'The Player who is being assassinated may claim the Contessa and counteract to block the assassination.'
But I like your variant for more interest.
I’m extremely happy that Brennan Lee Mulligan and Brian David Gilbert are friends #ThreeNameFriends
I need an episode of dimension 20 with bdg right fucking now
@@abstellkarma3072 OK. ruclips.net/video/-ulIYMA0sqg/видео.html
@@abstellkarma3072 there is, bdg did a live episode with them
@@abstellkarma3072 I assume you already watched Dimension 20 Live? He was a guest in that ruclips.net/video/-ulIYMA0sqg/видео.html
@@jsondotjason I don't have dropout and was afraid of spoilers but now I'll definitely watch it
Underrated moment: "Perhaps this is where my goose is finally caught.... Or perhaps, not."
oh my god this video was everything. Simone's faces, the editing, the SUSPENSE, THEN PERISH. GOD THANK YOU POLYGON
and never forget the brennan....he was a key part of this WONDERUS video
I would like to clarify on Brennan’s statement that “being stabbed in the face isn’t even lethal”; I am an anthropology major focusing on warfare, I’ve look at a lot of skeletons and I can tell you that getting stabbed in the face is DEFINITELY LETHAL (you can survive given the placement but it’s much more likely that you’ll die)
‘As an expert on rats, there are rats.’
You’ve got selection bias. All the bodies you study are dead!
I appreciate the fact checking here, as I was also wondering the same thing
Brennan switching wildly between high class British, his normal accent, and the extreme New Yorker accent gives me life.
All I could think this whole episode was “if you introduce yourself as Duke Mirage, my pants are already off”
I believe this is from bdg’s castlevania episode?
@@scratch9349 indeed it is
Why hello, my name is Duke Mirage and I have taken interest in this comment. You should definitely ignore my username
Do it for the duke!
The mirage of dukes
i'm so upset by how attractive everyone is at polygon, it's a bisexual nightmare
“There’s nothing wrong with two intelligent attractive people from being together.”
-Michael scott
My whole life could be described by “it’s a bisexual nightmare”
Bightmare
BIGHTMARE
The volume in this BUS is ASTRONOMICAL
Yeah. Err. A nightmare... 👀
Play the extension.
PLAY THE EXTENSION.
*PLAY THE*-
(Challenges an assassin)
(Fails)
they NEED to play this again! I'd watch a five hour Coup marathon with these people
Can we all stan the Karen-Pat alliance? The one alliance that lasted the whole episode!! Thank youuuu
Coming back to after this after binge watching all of Dimension 20, I can safely say the polygon gang only scratched the surface of the iceberg that is Brennan being a conniving bastard.
This game as a TV show
Brennan - Evil King, the main antagonist for Season 1, until being ganged up on in the finale
Brian - Brennan's slimy assistant trying to eventually betray him, but gets executed before he can make a move in the episode before the Season 1 finale
Simone - Empress who was too powerful for her own good and got assassinated, the protagonist until she meets her end at the conclusion of Season 2, at which point the 3 morally grey characters take over
Pat - Strategic warrior with a small militia, gets by through bluffing, pretends to have an army as one last-ditch gambit, but Jenna sees through his lies right before the Season 3 finale and destroys him
Karen - Queen who serves as the main antagonist of Season 3, allies with Pat and waits out the fighting while amassing an army
Jenna - Femme Fatale who rises to power through her successes, protagonist of Season 3 who attacks Karen before she can prepare her armies and wins the war
EDIT: I am so proud of this community, people are still commenting in hopes of receiving a full version of this comment a year later.
Jeremy Tewari extremely underrated comment, I laughed out loud （＾ν＾）
Ya'll have TV shows that change Main characters with seasons? What are you trying to do, make the next game of thrones?
Forgetful Cloud Obviously, that’s why none of the characters are likable by the last season
Hello there
I’d would read a 100k fic about this
18:21 "You'll do whatever i want?" "Yes!" "Then Perish"
24:10 "And when only the two of us are left I'll stab her into the front, not the back."
24:26 "I'm sorry!" "You're not sorry. No one is sorry for what they've done to me."
MUCH better than game of thrones lol
*spoilers* I knew jenna was going to win because she was the only one who made neither enemies nor friends. she just accrued wealth until she was able to strike.
and thats why capitalysm will live forever
Well she also was in control of the table socially. She, from the beginning, walked everyone else through what was going on. She played the people and spoke up regularly. She played the game less on her turn with actions and more on everyone else's turn with her words. So it was her control of the table that let her win I think. The second viewing you certainly catch her masterful play. I dig it
@@calebsimmons8539 Yeah, usually people who try to go this route tend to draw suspicion by being too quiet. By speaking up regularly while measuring her own actions, she gives the appearance of being far more involved than she actually was.
I still gotta respect Simone's incredibly bold gambit of saying Pat should keep her alive because she can protect him with a contessa when she *just* had one of her characters assassinated by Karen in the same turn rotation
6:03
*The Duke’s Alliance*
_Wealth for some, tariffs for all!_
6:46
*The Triumvirate of Dukes*
_Wealth over courage and loyalty!_
11:48
*Karen Patrick Alliance*
_confodere faciem tuam_
(to stab your face)
"Clayton IS the rules" - summary of every Overboard ever
"You don't make the rules! You are not God, the machine is!"-Brennan Lee Mulligan
to quote bdg and patrick in the dark souls bosses unraveled, “DO IT FOR THE DUKE”
Choose your Fighter: Karen "Sculpture Bug" Han or Patrick "Then Perish" Gill
SCULTPURE BUG, SCULTPURE BUG, SCULPTURE BUG!
*T H E N P E R I S H*
Karen “least likely to throw a coup” Han
Patrick “Poker Face” Gill
Karen “Two Ovens” Han
They didn't play it wrong since they had a ton of fun and it was super entertaining, but they made several very large rules mistakes (or house ruled things they didn't mention) but for anyone watching this with the idea of learning how to play:
1. Contessa cannot block assassinations against other players, only when the person targeted claims to have a Contessa
2. When you "lose influence" either by being caught lying or being the target of an assassination/coup you flip over the card in front of you. It does not get shuffled back into the deck. This makes more information available as the game goes on.
Ok thats what i was wondering when he first lost the assassination play he just shuffled it back in. As for blocking for others ive seen that as a rule going back and forth for different people
@dovalslayer23 the rules very clearly state "the player being assassinated may claim being contessa to counteract and block the action". They played it wrong
The base game rule is contessa can assasin-block for the holder only, captain/ambassador can steal-block for the holder only. A duke can coin-block anyone (obviously). But *anyone* can challenge any card claim, even as a third party to the play.
Though the rules don’t suggest you can block other people’s Assassinations, I wouldn’t play it any other way.
Man, I've watched this video like 8 times, and it never gets old. Now, to be fair, it was only able to happen because they were playing the game wrong (you aren't allowed to block on behalf of other people, only to protect yourself,) but still, I had never before seen, and have not seen since, a three-way-kingmaker scenario. This group is amazing, this game is amazing... they were meant for each other.
im going to need "YOURE A COWARD, BRIAN DAVID GILBERT" as reusable audio from now on
Is brennen just dm’ing his whole life? Just 24/7?
the man's been DMing for over two decades now, I'm pretty sure he's physically unable to turn it off at any time
nobody’s talking about “simone?” “… in what way?” and that makes me SO sad
"Simone, look away"
"Okay." *Turns* "Wait, why??"
Simone is my whole vibe throughout this game.
Is is bad that i consistently come back to watch this for the sole reason to hear Brennan say "Brian, whatever am I to do?"
Brian:“I’m quitting polygon entirely!” This hits a bit different now
On further review, I *really* like Simone's nasally stereotypical-nerd-who-misread-social-cues "I thought we were goin' hard" at 3:51.
it's soo amy from b99
I love it SOO much
I want that on a T-shirt.
"That's toxic masculinity baby!" -Patrick Gill 2019
I need an actual shirt that says "I'm a Duke born in February and I love horses"
"Deal with it"
@@ElyOrSomething Pretend I liked your comment, I dont wanna mess up the 69 likes
@@LifeWKai wise decision
@@ElyOrSomething wholesome 100 reddit gold no emoji 😠😠😠
i love how you can REALLY tell that brennan plays dungeons and dragons
You know that you had a good line if Brennan lee Mulligan starts clapping.
I’m so happy this series is being uploaded regularly, it’s so good!!
me too i love it so much!!!
14:26 I striaght up thought Brennan ate one of the coins
i know this comment is 7 months old but when i read it i actually started wheezing, and not in the fake internet way. thanks
you can’t prove he didnt
Eat your dice, Brennan
pat is SO funny i love pat SO MUCH i love his "then perish"
Pat: "So you'll do anything?"
Brennan: "I'll do fuckin' anything."
Pat: "Then perish!"
Pure gold
The Triumvirate of Dukes was literally:
Brian: Pompey
Brennan: Caesar
Pat: Antony
Simone saying "shouldn't have killed me" gave me a strong killed-off-players-are-vengeful-ghosts vibe
Brian, Pat and Brennan bringing in that Big Duke Energy.
I love that you guys are playing one of my favorite games. 2 quick clarifications (that don’t matter, because they had fun playing)
1) contessa cannot block an assassination when you’re not the target
2) when you lose an influence, you place the card face up (you don’t shuffle the card back into the deck)
Last note: Pat’s best move in that last bit would’ve been to just take 1 coin and (if all other players adopted a similar strategy) he wouldn’t be the first to 10 coins and thus wouldn’t be the first forced to coup
Though in my opinion the Contessa house rule could make the game a lot more fun and interesting.
Also, if they call you out on being an assassin, and you are not one, you still have to pay the 3 coins. Paying resolves first.
Amina This is technically incorrect. Paying three coins is part of the action as assassin, when proved you don’t have the assassin, you can’t actually perform the action. Thus getting the 3 coins back. It says this in the rule book under challenges. “If an action is successfully challenged the entire action fails, and any coins paid as the cost of the action are returned to the player”.
Also am I missing a rule because jenna didn't get rid of a card when she was wrong about Brian not having a contesa meaning she would have lost when she called out our main duke.
@@Shadow-gc6le While Jenna was the one to point on camera, Karen was the one to formally accuse Brian, so she is the one who lost a card.
Jenna did really well with her Contessa. She stayed out of the drama, didn’t try to get greedy and antagonize any Dukes. Because her Contessa had basically zero financial or military ability other than protection, she kept her head down and made it so she couldn’t be assassinated.
Fully agree. I played this with some classmates a few weeks ago and won with an assassin and a contessa, economically a terrible hand, just by laying low.
And once again, Brennan was right. Personal emotion must fall to realpolitic. Pat took out Simone with fewer coins as opposed to Jenna with more because his decision was guided by emotions rather than rationale, and this dug his own grave.
Guys.
Guys.
I feel like someone has definitely said this before, but it’s important so I will reiterate:
DnD miniseries.
YES PLEASE
Any tabletop rpg would be perfect
well there is a call for BDG to do a one-off cyberpunk 2020 campaign
PLEASE.
Cyberpunk red campaign?
I love how immediately and effectively the Boy's Club tore itself to pieces
Just like the real first Triumvirate
That's toxic masculinity baby
I'd happily watch a 42 part series of this cast playing Coup
Having just watched Brennan's rant about snacking with Matt mercer and Aabria Iyengar, I appreciated that he was snacking all throughout this video. Chocolate covered pretzels looks like. 😀
“I don’k’t” is still one of my favorite jokes ever in a polygon vid
10:55 “Perhaps you could talk to your friend the Contessa about interceding on my behalf...”
“... I can’t do that?”
I fuxking died laughing - his *face*!
For those considering picking this up, a few rules notes:
1) When you lose an influence card, you flip it face up in front of you for the rest of the game instead of shuffling it back into the deck (though the way they play could make for an interesting house rule, it becomes harder to keep track of information that way).
2) When a player is attacked (assassin or captain), no other player may use counter abilities on their behalf (contessa, ambassador, captain), though anyone may challenge the attacker (you can always challenge any claim, no matter who’s doing it or why). This is not balanced to be a game of alliances, it is a game of strict self interest combined with the occasional spite call (Simone).
None of this is to say I found the video any less fun, but it always helps to point out errors in play when missing them can lead to a less than optimal experience for someone unfamiliar with the game.
Thanks for explaining! I'm not sure if I'd like it better with or without the "using defensive abilities for others".
Also, shouldn't Jenna have lost a card after 11:28 when she called out Brian's Contessa?
I’ve not played coup in a while but remember playing where revealed cards were left face up. Thanks for confirming for me.
Thank you! As someone who has played this game before I was wondering if I had learned it all wrong but no. When Simone didn't use the contessa she claimed to have to save herself I was like what???
Meris this was driving me crazy as I watched. Glad I wasn’t the only one. Almost broke out my set to check the rules.
From the rules: Blocking: If another player takes an action that can be Blocked, any other player may Block it by
claiming to have the proper character on one of their Influence cards.
"Being familiar with Simone, and Simone's inner workings..."
"She nailed me!"
Its so funny watching this again after knowing Brennan's brand and being very aware of how often he snacks and sips coffee
somewhere in the world while this was being produced, Aabria Iyengar snorted derisively and shook her head. 🤣
Coup is such an amazing game. It’s so simple, but it quickly gets complicated purely based off of how the players play. It’s one of those “perfect” games
The standoff cinematography...... I can't. I'm dying. The production quality.
the dab, the "then perish," the "that's toxic masculinity baby!" it's time to admit it, Pat is the backbone of the Polygon team
Me, talking to myself: Are you watching Polygon play Coup for the 11th time?
Me: shut uP it's poetic cinema
Pat: t h e n p e r i s h
Me: SEEEEEE???
I'm in this comment and I don't like it
I do want to just throw all the money at them to make this into a real show, or theater production with a five minute monologue from Brian David Gilbert about the sorrow of Brennans betrayal followed by a dream ballet death scene. I was going to say that would make my day, but it would make my life
The real galaxy brain play was patrick pretending to be a contessa to bait Brennan and then turning out to be an assassin and killing him.
Something about Brennan constantly eating God knows what during the entire session EXPONTENTIALLY increases the vibes he gives off.