“He’s the traitor. He’s going to choose a bunch of feet pics!” -Brian David Gilbert, Safety Fanatic and Bureaucratic Wunderkind 2019

It's weird that everyone dressed up and then didn't tell Simone.

Pictured from left to right A nice witch, Edgar Allan Poe, a raven, Dracula, the female lead of a German Expressionist film.

This is just Brian fishing the outfits out of his closet that he wore in the 1820s

brian INSTANTLY figuring out pat and glaring at him the whole time as pat panics.... he is becoming Too Powerful

Pat's glasses excuse was next-level subterfuge, just when he needed it the most to cast off suspicion. Sneaky boy.

I’m so glad Karen was sitting in the middle of the table so I could spend the whole video looking straight on at her wearing the beak as a hat. What an amazing costume.

“Are you thinking of animorphs?” “I’m thinking of Anne Rice” Okay iconic

brian and Karen's couple costume is so clever I love them

simone is living the overexpressive silent film wild-eyed femme fatale look i wish i could pull off and i for one love that for her

I love how campy goth they are today!! Also simone looks very good today, wish she altered her fashion at all tho

did brian have a mustache all year specifically to be edgar allan poe for halloween

pat trying to wear a costume sans-glasses and then having to put them back on in defeat is a mood

Is Karen the Raven to Brian's Edgar Allen Poe? Even if not, I love the costume! Everyone is so goth, it's great!

Pat: tries to eat a game piece Everyone else: loud cheering

Congratulations Brian, the sloshing actually means youre toasting right, at least traditionally speaking! The original purpose of a toast was to slosh your drink in with the other toasters and vice versa, as a sign of goodwill that you werent trying to poison them :)

"The traitor's going to have to get really dumb really fast" he says of himself...

Edgar Brian Allan David Poe Gilbert Or: Poebert

Clayton: You are all wizards... Pat: I'm a vampire. Karen: I'm a bird! :D

like why is pat THAT HOT it's unfair

How is Pat so good looking? Like he really suited the vampire aesthetic.

I love the traitor time music. It ruins all suspense immediately

History exams: analyze what is going on in these two pictures The two pictures: 18:55

Thank goodness I’m not the only one who pulls out “vampires are compelled to count in some lore” as a fun conversation piece. BDG always comes through for me.

Where is BDG? And how did you resurrect Edgar Allan Poe just to have him play boardgames?

I love that BDG is immediately suspicious of the traitor and everyone else suspects BDG.

jesus christ brian really looks like poe naturally i cant unsee it

30:21 the way karen shakes her head at the end to get her hood down honestly looks so much like an actual bird that it ended up looking cute

The Edgar Allen Poe costume is what Brian’s mustache has been leading to all this time

brian and karen are the hr sanctioned couple we deserve

My thought immediately when the traitor opens their eyes: oh my god of course

'I think all dragons are talented' - BDG, safety fan and bureaucratic wunderkind

Karen tossing her head to get the raven mask to fall forward was... so cute... I'm dead Also the editing on this ep was SO fun lmao. I loved the moment of clayton fumbling with the stubborn card 😂

“Evanescent room” was instantly “Evanescence room”

HEY WHATS UP I THINK VAMPIRES SHOULD VOTE

I found out today that one of my friends is a friend of a friend to Brian and Brian slept on his couch. It's weird because as a fan of his content I view Brian as a celebrity of sorts, and this friend of mine has like the opposite perspective of Brian as just some guy and it's just sort of strange to think about each other's experiences with our existing perspectives.

every time at the beginning when they're explaining the rules I get so lost and have no clue what is happening but then some how as they play it makes complete sense

"do you ever think that hidden roll games are deteriorating our work relationships?" " yeah totally" my heart breaks

I'm loving bdg and Karen's excellent couple's costumes

me: hmm, something is off about Patrick but I don't know what... Patrick: I'm not wearing my glasses me: OH

the immediate Dab-cula gives me life

Pat looks even more Victorian with his glasses

haven't even started but already liked because I just needed something good to happen today so THANK YOU I LOVE YOU GUYS

last time i was this early pat was still tweeting toad

This was perfect, and pat's traitor energies were delightful

Simone is having so much fun mugging to the camera in this episode, it's great

Being attracted to everyone at this table is bisexual culture

Karen's comment "I'm performing a citizens arrest" got no laughs but made me burst out laughing IRL

any game with a traitor, my brain automatically assumes it will be simone

I was at a game store yesterday and I found One Night Ultimate Werewolf and I got it because of you guys so thank you

Simone is Ebony Pat is Da'rkness Brian is Dementia Karen is Raven Jenna is Way

Can I please just point out that just after the gang were laughing at Clayton saying "the traitor can now close their eye....s", an ad popped up with Dolly Parton singing "An' eyyyyyyyyyee will always love you" and I feel like she was joining in on the joke.

me, just starting this video: gosh pat's looking awfully pale me, ten second later: o h r i g h t

are pat and simone actually related or is that just hashtag jokes i'm not picking up on

I can't even finish watching this because it's so goddamn good that I'm losing my mind. I'm at WORK, Polygon. I have to do ACTIVITIES.

"Seven Doors, Seven People, Seven *mumble*" Bish is that a mf'ing Zero Escape reference?

I'm only in the intro, but I'm loving how dramatic and severe everyone is being. Then Karen just being the raven. It's beautiful

It took me an embarrassingly long time to realise Brian was Edgar Allen Poe and Karen was the raven.

I love the use of Camille Saint-Saens' Aquarium in the background, and also the fact that I couldn't make classical music references before last week. My girlfriend has ruined me.

I never knew how much I needed vampire Pat in my life until this moment 4:55 goddamnit Pat why did you have to wink, why did you have to do this to me Jenna looks SO FRICKING GOOD OMG. The blue details? Love love love. Simone is my queen, her outfit is on pointtttt Bdg makes one helluva Edgar Allen Poe, heck yeah Karen as a raven? Iconic. Nevermore? Evermore! Simone and Pat distracts me because jfc do they fit the kind of aesthetics I love (vampires and darkness) Credit is due where credit is due, and I must say I've never seen a more good-looking grimoire than Clayton before 24:10 Fucking Pat is at it again with a goddamn eyebrow raise and a sly fucking smile just wtf don't do this to me (this comment has been brought to you by "in love with the Polygon video team on main")

19:58 "7 doors, 7 people, 7 hours" don't think I didn't hear that zero escape reference, Brian.

I stg this and the new TAZ on the same day? Unfair

Simone gives me "I'm ready for my close up Mr demille" vibes

So many Overboards recently, thank you Polygon for my life

i am very sad about the hiatus but it’s ok because you’ve blessed me with 32 minutes of vampire pat. happy holidays folks we love you!

Everybody mentioning Karen and Brian's couple costumes which was a surprise to me but no one is mentioning that Simone said that Pat is her brother which was either a joke or I learned two things today??

These outfits are just how id like to dress on the daily

i love the music choice for traitor time lmao

This explanation really hurt my head. I love tabletop games and Overboard, but this was next-level confusing

Patrick as the traitor makes me so happy, he's the best part of this video.

I like this series but just throwing it out there: y'all should continue Cyberpunk too.

polygons outfits are a whole buffet pLEASE

Everyone is serving so many looks oh my god

Oh my god Karen is killing me. Her face is so serious when she’s discussing it makes the bird so much better

Yes! Some vampires have extreme OCD and you use poppy seeds to distract them. I always thought that was hugely underutilised, especially as it took me a very long time to realise that that is almost certainly behind the obsession of one of the most famous vampires in history: Count Von Count.

The scariest moment was the realisation we won't see another Overboard till next year

Alternative title: Simone cosplays Marlene Dietrich for 32 minutes straight

Dabula! Also: y'all are looking so snazzy, great job to everyone involved with the costumes.

watching this during the pandemic, no way would Pat do that coughing joke now

24:24 Simone has NO RIGHT to do that and look so good

BDG: we’ll be back in 2020 2020: before that we’re gonna almost start WW3 a couple times, set Australia on fire for a while and have a plague in the first. All of this in the first 5 months so the rest of the year can play out with some other disasters I have planned

"Non traitor fist bump..." "(Wow) He (really just) snuck in there." Best dialogue.

jenna- “are you thinking of animorphs?” simone- “i’m thinking of anne rice” IS NO ONE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS HWHSJSJ 8:22

At 28:20 when Clayton is like “wizards close your eyes” and pat happily closes his eyes and then realises he has to pick. I love dumb lil traitor pat he is the best, everyone was like “being a traitor harms our relationship” and he was like “yeah that’s why I wish you all the best, good luck!! There’s only one of me after all :)” and then they were like “I DONT TRUST YOU TRAITOR! FOOL ME ONCE!!!”

this is the exact kind of halloween energy I WANTED and NEEDED

a lot of hidden role games don't work so good with the "shut your eyes, audience, and play along!" cause every player will have one piece of info the audience gets none of instead, but this one works! v glad I found the time to put it on my main screen and really watch it with my full attention!

30:26, Simones face in response to Pats zinger was the best thing all week.

Pat teaching the important lesson that you can still be a successful villain and be nice. You may be a bad guy but you dont have to be a bad guy!

Spoilers: I'm loving the traitor interactions after they're revealed

Pat fits this aesthetic a little too well (he looks so daaaaaaamn cuteeeee/hot).... I am now suspicious

It’s now obvious that Edgar Allan Poe has been Brian’s sartorial endgame since the beginning of the whole mustache adventure. Well played, sir. Also, Pat starts out as Dracula but by the end I’m pretty sure he’s Laurence Olivier. Which makes a pretty good case for Gill & Gilbert matching mustaches, actually. OH ALSO, Brian’s face at 30:06 is the Halloween 2019 gif I needed.

13:29 Brian's deathstare into the air had me dead!! What is with this man??😂😂😵

Im obsessed w how Karen puts the mask down at 30:20

Karen: "do you go downstairs.." Me: "hello" Karen: "without looking at the stairs"

Simone: What up, y'all-- I think *Vampires* should *vote!*

BDG is very good as the OG of goth, EAP himself. Dead ringer, just a little lighter haired.

19:58 I just noticed Brian says '7 doors, 7 people, 7 hours' didn't take him for a 999 fan but I'm not surprised

I am so angry. After they cursed me with the "look at the steps" thing I was like ima prove them wrong, I dont need to look at the steps, and then i fell down the steps

23:48 As Brian said, it's a thing with us Europeans. It is believed (superstition) that not looking a person in the eye while toasting can lead to seven years of bad luck in the bedroom...

The sheer joy this episode brought me is beyond description!