Brennan was absolutely born to DM. We may have the poor status condition but he enriches us so.

"Poor is a status condition, you all have it" 🤣🤣🤣

"So how do we win?" "Thats the neat part. You cant"

I love the description of poor as a "status condition". Like... makes me feel so much cooler about having no money.

I think they chose the perfect man for this prompt

Ross buckling up before Brennan started was cut out but was 100% validated😂

“Which you all have” was such a perfect finisher

The delivery of “poor is a status condition” interjection is so natural. That’s exactly how everyone trying to explain a board game talk

the fun thing about the game is that the point is not to see who wins, but who loses the least

"Unless you were born with the Rich status condition, I'm gonna need you to roll with a disadvantage indefinitely."

Me: "How do I win?" Brennan: *Laughs maniacally*

Such an amazing episode. "Complicated Country Lawyer" had me cackling.

This prompt alone warrants the Buzzer Sam has on his desk - otherwise Brennan would *literally* never stop 🤣🤣🤣

That needs to be a 1 hour segment

“You were born into it. Your stats are randomized on a luck-based system so the majority of players pull the ‘poor’ condition”.

Gonna tell my kids this is Karl Marx

The worst debuff is an empty bank account

Amazingly, Brennan wanted to say so much that he almost choked. That's the issue with having your own perfect prompt.

"The games already started" -Hey, wanna play a game... btw you're like a million turns behind

What a hilarious little comrad

I want to hear Brennan explain this with no time limit.

Give me the 2 hour clip.

Brennan always delivers. I cannot believe how many fucking clips there are of this man just showering us with his golden nuggets of delectable humour.

Brennan Lee Mulligan is such a treasure

That “yaa” in the beginning got me 💀

Another prompt made specifically for Brennan, I think

“You work for me, I keep all the money. We clear? Good.”

It's like Monopoly, but one person starts with all the money.

The creator of Monopoly created it to show people the risk of Capitalism...

"Which you all have" caught me so off guard

step one you must create a scarcity, shells will sell much better if the people think they're rare you see-

"how do we win?" *_"don't get your hopes up..."_*

Sam sounded SO excited to give Brennan this prompt.

Sam throwing up the ball for an easy windmill dunk from Brennan.

"I don't have capitalism" "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE CAPITALISM IT CAME WITH YOUR FUCKING BIRTH CERTIFICATE"

Only thing would've been better is if Brennan brought up the correlation between future success in life and your zip code.

For the poor players money has real value, but for the game makers money is only a way to keep score.

Purchasing a Dropout subscription is worth it just to see the slow zoom in on Brennan as he just keeps eating away at Sam’s soul without pause

The "which you all have" KILLED me lol

The "the game was already the started when you where born" reminded me that i just lost the game

At least I have the "HealthCare" modifier....

“Which you all have” 💀

Why do I want this to be shown in schools across the planet?

So the best part is that the entire course of the game is decided by your initial roll that determines how much your parents make and where you were born.

I love how at least once per game they tailor at least one prompt for each player and I love that Brennan’s is always something that he can either rant or just dunk on.

Man he held himself back compared to the blockchain one

"Brennan" "gyhAH-"

"Explain the rules to the board game 'capitalism'" *pulls out Monopoly's rulebook

That prompt was absolutely made solely for Brennan xD

I can absolutely see Sam writing this prompt and snickering to himself thinking “this is absolutely going to be for Brennan”

I appreciate Brennan's brain.

Just came back from visiting family I haven't seen in 5 years, in which this lovely snippet of conversation happened over dinner: "Do you believe in capitalism?" I mean... Yes, it exists...? "Well, no, I mean... Are you an advocate for capitalism?" I don't think capitalism needs an advocate. 😂

For a time, I worked for an organization that produced such a board game. It was supposed to simulate both the economic and political systems of a parliamentary democracy; it was called Poleconomy. The rules were super-complicated.

Win condition of the game when you have the poor debuff becomes: eat the rich.

We all played a version of Monopoly in my Economy class where, going by turn order, Player 1 gets the most starting money, charges double rent, doesn’t pay Taxes, etc, then down the line the players get worse and worse until the last player gets only $500 to start, charges half rent, all that fun stuff. The benefits might not be as harsh as I remember, but I did win as a second-to-last player

I thought he was just gonna give the rules to Monopoly

And what's really great Gamedesign is that your playstyle has no impact on if you win or lose, you just role the dice once and see what happens

This made me lose The Game. I am very sad, Brennan.

“Poor is a status condition in the game, which you all have” Absolute banger line

I would have been a different kind of smartass and started reading the instruction manual to monopoly

Perfect prompt for brennan

"Brennan" "guh hyuh?"

I was half expecting him to just start describing Monopoly

The "the game already started you were born into it" really speaks to and reminds me of the trauma that it gave me to think/realise ( think/realise cause it was kinda impossible for me back then to genuinely really know how much and where this applies irl) as a kid that everything I fvcking owned could very likely have been made by people who were living in subpar conditions and being payed a subpar amount of money to either make those things or get the materials for them, and that shit really didn't fair well with my already terrible self-esteem and the impression I had of myself being a parasite because I struggled to do things cause of my mental illness that I didn't even know was mental illness and I just thought was me being unable to do anything and the fact that I was well off enough to be able to be incompetent without it completely ruining my life also making me a parasite (cause the capitalist beliefs of worth already made me think as a kid if I couldn't do basic things to be of service I shouldn't get to be on this earth around other people who are inexplicably able to do the things I can't 💖) and how me having access to these cheap things was me taking advantage of people's poverty when like if anything I'd be my parents responsibility to provide me with ethically made things and the manufacturers responsibility to make things ethically and the states responsibility to make sure things sold or made under their supervision are ethical 💀 Knowing how inescapable capitalism is and how bad shit just happens even when it's something we know of (such as things we buy being made unethically and still getting bought or sometimes people not even having a choice for money reasons but otherwise also because we're just desentizised to it) really fvcked my head. Sorry kind of a bummer but it just unlocked this highly specific memory in me jdhajdbsj

Truer words have never been spoken‼️💯

They wrote this prompt tailor made for Brennan

Brennan is breathless with excitement for this prompt

The only way to truly win is to band together with the other players and have a general strike, then you can roll for a player revolution and attempt to guillotine and then eat the DM

Also if you want to stop playing, that's just not possible

I would watch gameplay of this just to listen to Brennan explaining the rules of Capitalism for 2 straight hours.

The cool thing about this game is it already started, you automatically lose but you have to keep playing anyways. It comes with an app. Whenever you go to jail, you can upload a mug shot! But if the lighting isn't good, you can't get out of jail no matter how many doubles you roll.

She sells seashells on a seashore But the value of these shells will *fall* Due to the laws of *supply and demand* No one wants to buy shells 'cause there's loads on the sand Step 1: you must create a sense of *scarcity* Shells will sell much better if the people think they're rare, you see Bare with me, take as many shells as you can find and hide 'em on an island stockpile 'em high until they're rarer than a diamond Step 2: you gotta make the people think that they want 'em Really want 'em, really fuckin want 'em Hit 'em like Bronson Influencers, product placement, featured prime time entertainment If you haven't got a shell then you're just a fvcking waste man Three: it's monopoly, invest inside some property, start a corporation, make a logo, do it properly ""Shells must sell"", that will be your new philosophy Swallow all your morals they're a poor man's quality Four: **expand, expand, expand**, clear forest, make land, fresh blood on hand Five: why just shells? Why limit your self? She sells seashells, **sell oil as well!** **Six: guns, sell stocks, sell diamonds, sell rocks, sell water to a fish, sell the time to a clock** **Seven: press on the gas, take your foot off the brakes, Run to be the president of the United States** **Eight: big smile mate, big wave that's great Now the truth is overrated, tell lies out the gate** **Nine: Polarize the people, controversy is the game** **It don't matter if they hate you if they all say your name** Ten: *the world is yours, step out on a stage to a round of applause You're a liar, a cheat, a devil, a wh0re* *And you sell seashells on the seashore*

Brennan may be one of my favorite humans on the planet. I could watch him for hours. In hiding 😈

Crying over work rn and this made me feel better

This was mind-blowing, how quickly he came up with this. He legit had seconds to start talking.

legend says he's still explaining it to this day

I would like too have Brennan as a teacher

Correction: astronauts are the only people exempt from the game of Capitalism. Because as we all know, the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism is space.

I need more of these quick, thirty minute to eight hour explanations

Another cool rule of the game, is that a company's sole purpose is to make money for the shareholders and anything towards goal besides that one is actually ILLEGAL. It's on the rule book.

Continue this answer into an entire podcast or book please...it is such fundamentally important stuff honestly

part of the instructions: you spend money, that you don’t have, learning how to play the game.

The game ends when you convince the other players to launch a revolution.

The 5 economic status levels (from best to worst): -MrBeast -Wealthy -Middle Class -Poor -Chicago

*starts explaining monopoly*

They chose the person furthest left💀

"Which you have" just slapped that in there.

Bruh, how I wish it was longer

First rule: Don't be poor!

What's cool about this game compared to the marx game is you can make progress. And if you do make progress, the game doesn't take it away and give it to the players that aren't playing.

I love his little bird squawk at the beginning

I love how he describes things. May be wrong, but I love how he explains his perspective. Brennan is a cherished treasure!

was expecting some sort of monopoly reference but this is also correct

While the game is challenging if you are resourceful and have a skill that is marketable, you can create a pretty good life for yourself. IF you want a REAL challenge, however, there is a set of DLC that changes the game to socialism, or communism, depending on the flavor to where what you work for is not yours, and thus subject to be taken by the state at any time OOOOOR if you do not produce enough you're lined up against a wall and shot to death. The last one is particularly challenging because the truth is you'll be lined up against the wall regardless.

In my sociology class one day, our teacher had us split into groups and play monopoly, but everybody got different amounts of money at the beginning to show how the lot your born into unfortunately has an impact on your life, no matter how hard you try

Rule 1: the game has started Rule 2: it's illegal to leave the game Rule 3: no further explanations are given

Rule 1: Screw the rules, I have money

"Poor is a status condition you all have" Preaching to the choir Im sure, but basically every time someone talks about taxing the rich, they aren't talking about you, so don't defend the rich.

Adding how the features are cool and interesting really makes this bit.

part of the game setup is every player rolls d100. if you get 100 you start off wealthy, if you get 1 you start off in debt with chronic medical issues AND dependants w chronic medical issues. 50 means you start off with debt equivalent to 10 years salary