The Terrible Teacher | Board Gamer Stereotypes

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3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes all it takes to ruin the fun out of a board game is to have a terrible teacher during your tabletop game night. How do you teach board games like a pro? Certainly not like this, and definitely not by reading directly from the rulebook. Explaining a board game's rules, mechanics, and strategy can and should be done concisely with humor and examples injected every step of the way, especially in teaching how everything would help a player win the game.
Even the most complex and heavy board games can be taught well to newcomers so that all those piles of cards, dice, and whatever other components don't just look like a jumbled mess of cardboard and plastic-as long as you don't teach like this guy!
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@Robstalobsta82 3 жыл бұрын

Once again... I feel attacked.

@alexcannobbio710 3 жыл бұрын

You could make the other side, the player Who never understands the rules

@ScytheNoire 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, this needs to be made.

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

it will be done! -Ashton

@oppcost 3 жыл бұрын

Love those. "If only you had told me that earlier!"

@Jonaelize 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, we have one of those in our group and rules explanations quadruple everytime. He has the weirdest questions about the rules you never even considered.

@grog3514 2 жыл бұрын

I HATE this person. I had to explain the simple scoring rules of circus flohcati 5 times during a single session of the game to a guy. After the third time I started looking at other people around to the table to see if I was being trolled or if he was retarded. I can only play games with him that can be explained in 3 sentences or less or he just can't grasp the game. So annoying!

@TheSerthn 3 жыл бұрын

These only get better. Stereotype idea: the non-gamer trying their first “heavy” game.

@SeanUCF 3 жыл бұрын

"Watch it played" is a god-send to board gaming.

@tzera_rhuon 3 жыл бұрын

As the player in my group that routinely introduces new games and is tasked to teach them, "Did you not watch the tutorial video I sent" fully resonates with me (and yes, the majority of times it's a 'Watch it Played', Rodney is master-class).

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

Rodney just gets the job done so many times! He is a true hero to this hobby -Ashton

@ylnx250 3 жыл бұрын

Stereotype ideas: - The griefer - The victim / the game hates me - The sociopath - will only focus on 'take that' even in games without those mechanics.

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

"The game hates me! The dice hates me! I could've sworn I would've won if I drew the right cards, you're so lucky!" Lots of good ideas, thanks man! As for your last idea, I had a game of hellapagos (semi-coop island survival game) where some guy was ignoring any type of teamwork or alliances because he thought it was 'really funny'... he was always the first voted off x) -Ashton

@ScytheNoire 3 жыл бұрын

How I teach games: Search in KZfaq "How to play " Many thanks to Jon Gets Games, Watch It Played, and Nights Around a Table for teaching me most of my games.

@charliesmith5783 3 жыл бұрын

This is why I always start teaching with how you win the game before anything else. Then go on the teach the rules so the player can use then to see how they achieve this stated win. I personally really struggle as a learner being taught a boardgame so usually have to read the rulebook as I struggle at learning by doing. But I am told my teaching is very clear.

@HeroineNisa 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always! The teacher that doesn't actually teaches and spends 30 minutes browsing through the rulebook and skips stuff until its relevant is unfun but an accurate description of many.

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the feedback :) "oh, I didn't explain this rule before, so... yeah actually your entire last hour went down the drain. Sorry, looks like I win!" -Ashton

@yourbeardlybro5887 3 жыл бұрын

Stereotype idea: The person who brought over their distracting kids

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I gotta play as the couple, and then the 3 screaming kids they bring over!? We'll try to get this going somewhere haha -Ashton

@yourbeardlybro5887 3 жыл бұрын

@@Shelfside I knew you'd love a fun challenge!

@shortydancer 10 ай бұрын

The absolute WORST thing is someone straight out reading the rulebook to me. Funny enough, I always see this at cons. Sounds like hell to me.

@nj8897 3 жыл бұрын

I have an idea. You should do "the cheater"

@bastianvillebro6420 3 жыл бұрын

That’s a good idea

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

ohhhhhohoho I'm down -Ashton

@josda1000 Жыл бұрын

I could never ever think that Rodney Smith is garbage. I could, however, be told that I am a garbage game teacher. I'm the guy that sometimes forgets to mention that you win by getting most points. Even if that's true for 90% of board games.

@justindubois840 3 жыл бұрын

What about the "card counter"? The player who is always tracking every single situation and gets frustrated when they get unlucky?

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

aaah, would definitely be cousins with the Sir analysis paralysis. Will get this idea to work! -Ashton

@JusNoBS420 Жыл бұрын

This sounds like my mother. She loved board games and anyone who would play.

@dragonzord6615 2 жыл бұрын

We have someone like this in our group. Except it's when someone else brings a game to play and is in the process of explaining the rules, she will pick up the rulebook and read it cover to cover out loud talking over the person, so we all have to stop and listen to her instead... Even though she's never played the game. We all just sit there looking at each other with this 'bruh...' face :(

@Shelfside 2 жыл бұрын

I've had a VERY similar experience- they just sat there reading the rulebook out loud, sentence for sentence... it actually took about 2 hours to learn it? Not fun at all ahaha, I feel ya on that face. -Ashton

@dragonzord6615 2 жыл бұрын

@@Shelfside ye ye ye! It's so damn frustrating hey. Why don't people just watch Rodney's videos? The worst thing is when you organise a game night and link everyone a video on how to play, everyone watches it except for one person and now you need to explain the rules just for them :(

@benjamindavis5905 3 жыл бұрын

Lore overview - objective - mechanics. That's my mantra on teaching a new game.

@DenisRyan 3 жыл бұрын

I see you got your cloning machine all working. Nice. Did you work out the issues with the decloning blender? The trick I've found is to blend just one clone at a time. The motor can't spin the blade fast enough for more.

@piercenborchardt5224 3 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see a stereotype of the guy who’s way too into Kickstarter games lol

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

ahahaha that's a good one, perhaps the "Kickstarter Superbacker". I'll have to borrow some of my friends collections for that :) -Ashton

@SeanUCF 3 жыл бұрын

Why are you trying to attack me 😅

@PsychicLord 2 жыл бұрын

I so love this........ it reflects some 'teachers' methods very well :)

@ericmatteau9954 3 жыл бұрын

You're the best! So funny. Loved it!

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

awesome glad that you enjoyed it! More stereotypes coming soon :) -Ashton

@quibily 3 жыл бұрын

Good video! What about the teacher who's too good? One game, I taught three friends a game, and they all wanted me to give tips on what they should do during the first few turns--so I came absolutely dead last.

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

oh that one is good too! Maybe I can somehow fit that under the care bear stereotype too, super excited to see what come sup :D -Ashton

@quibily 3 жыл бұрын

@@Shelfside Haha, I wasn't really suggesting an idea for a video--just making a joke. But hey! if it inspires you, go for it!

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

@@quibily aaah, well at any rate, its useful to me :) -Ashton

@lkjkhfggd 3 жыл бұрын

If someone suggests a game I don't know, I always ask if they've played it before and if they say no, I always throw an excuse that I don't feel up for learning a new game this time. There's only a few people I trust to be capable of teaching the rules properly without having played it before. Most of the time, I prefer teaching the rules myself, since I know for sure that I have come in prepared to do the teach.

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

that's... actually not a bad strategy. I'll have to keep that in mind post covid ahaha, there's always so many games that everyone knows how to play that really NEED to be re-tried. -Ashton

@tpa3437 3 жыл бұрын

As a little rules lawyer myself my mind screams 'GRAB THE RULEBOOK' when someone try to teach me something they did not play.

@alpharius1015 2 жыл бұрын

I am so trash a teaching or explaining new games, I do really try but usually we just end up watching a video

@Shelfside 2 жыл бұрын

amen, amen, videos are just so much faster a lot of the time -Ashton

@wallyguy2621 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah sounds like me. Found it much easier to send everyone Rodney Smith "how to play" link head of time

@dragonzord6615 2 жыл бұрын

You send it to them, and then 3/4 people you sent it to watched it, and then you need to explain how to play it for that one lazy bastard that just couldn't be bothered... I used to do that then just gave up on it coz my people are unreliable at watching videos

@jeremythompson6895 3 жыл бұрын

And another funny Video. Realy like your Style. ✌🏼 Greetings from Germany

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

aha thanks man! I see you across the pond and some land at Cali! -Ashton

@moltenbullet 3 жыл бұрын

This opens up a good video idea actually - what would be the most effective ways to teach a party a game? Also, how to teach a party with varying levels of experience, either with the game or with games in general.

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! Definitely noted. Would you want this to be a analysis video where we talk to the camera, or more of a comedic approach? I've been thinking about the two in my head for quite some time. -Ashton

@Zombie8tHeart 2 жыл бұрын

i feel personally attacked

@adamholt5395 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, it's rare these days to see triplets in videos. Good to see more people getting involved into games! /s

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

yeah was really easy to drag them into the game :) -Ashton

@turian1moose 3 жыл бұрын

Why would you shame me like this

@johnathankokoski 3 жыл бұрын

Love these 🤣

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

thanks man, more coming out :D -Ashton

@RageBadgerGaming 3 жыл бұрын

I'm just very good at turning a 5 minute rules explanation into 50. It's not very effective...

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

well, another excuse to just keep playing the same game -cough campaign dungeon crawlers- -Ashton :)

@OreLye 3 жыл бұрын

1:00 I confess, It was me, in this exact situation one or two times x)

@Night2Morning 3 жыл бұрын

That is my nightmare, a terrible teacher😵

@OreLye 3 жыл бұрын

2:30 Hahahahhaa we are all the same PS : Idk my youtube name is not important :) Thanks for the credit !

@Chironex_Fleckeri 3 жыл бұрын

Music was too loud in this one but I liked it

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

noted! Thanks for that, gotta lower the DB's a lil then -Ashton

@josiahbassett9216 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I am someone who loves playing games but doesn’t have the cognitive ability to explain and retain information through reading. I learn through doing.

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

totally feel ya- I actually actively dislike playing some complicated games the first time around because things just don't quite make 100% sense yet. Second time around is where the magic starts. -Ashton

@josiahbassett9216 3 жыл бұрын

@@Shelfside but then my friend judge a game by the first try and won’t give it a second chance. So there goes another game on the shelf collecting dust.

@skroblas5411 2 жыл бұрын

New Strereotype- The midmaxer

@duduthedruid1835 3 жыл бұрын

"Im in this video and i don't like it"

@ryans8408 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody: Me: bonus tip - watch it played video at 2x speed means only 12 minutes invested.

@daem0nfaust 3 жыл бұрын

movie magic...or actual triplets???!!!

@Spoutnicks 3 жыл бұрын

Board Game Stereotypes: the one who's there for the food and drinks

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

Oh gosh I can totally relate to being that one, will write it down! -Ashton

@oppcost 3 жыл бұрын

bonus points if they insist on greasy snacks and touching every. single. thing.

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

@@oppcost ok this sounds really funny but I also don't want to ruin my games... hmm... maybe I will put plastic wrap over everything -Ashton

@ryans8408 3 жыл бұрын

@@oppcost extra bonus points if they make fun of you for sleeving your cards prior to playing then eat cheetos or doritos. Happened to me recently

@Spoutnicks 3 жыл бұрын

Showcase the guy washing his card sleeves after playing dominion with the guy and his cheetos. 😭

@lastburning 3 жыл бұрын

I hate it when the rules teacher is just reading straight from the rulebook! Gah! :D

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

amen! Referencing, a-ok. Reading like a monotone speech... uggggggghhh -Ashton

@ScarriorIII 3 жыл бұрын

How about the try hard/meta gamer/backstabber?

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

noted! We're gonna have a rules lawyer coming soon, which has a bit of that feel for sure. -Ashton

@vlowolvtake1797 3 жыл бұрын

Idea: Stereotypes of Kickstarter comments from entitled backers.

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

ohoho, researching that will be fun, will go hand-in-hand with the infamous BGG "10/10 I played it once at a convention for 5 minutes" comments

@vlowolvtake1797 3 жыл бұрын

@@Shelfside Looking forward to that video too!

@Jesentra 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in this video, and I don't like it.

@OreLye 3 жыл бұрын

Man when I tell you asians looks the same

@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын

me and my 2 other triplets feel attacked ahaha -Ashton