Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
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This is our Obsession livestream edited down to just the silly bits.
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Music credit:
Violin solo. A short melody of Luigi Boccherini's minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op.13, No.6. Played by Howard Geisel.
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Join my crew on Patreon:
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This is our Obsession livestream edited down to just the silly bits.
Check out Obsession on Board Game Geek:
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/231733/obsession
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Music credit:
Violin solo. A short melody of Luigi Boccherini's minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op.13, No.6. Played by Howard Geisel.
License: Creative Commons Attribution.
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![Where are the missing cards? (Unboxing Ascendancy)
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i wasnt sure what i was getting into with Ascendancy, but it turns out... theres a lot of game here.
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![Ryan & Cheryls Top 10 Favourite Board Games of All Time - Part 2
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Ryan and Cheryl chat through the second half of their Top Ten favourite board games of all time, along with some Honourable Mentions of more games we adore!
0:00 Introduction
1:00 Cheryls #5 (Fun in a box!)
2:08 Ryans #5 (It really felt unique to me)
4:16 Cheryls #4 (I love the theme)
6:22 Ryans #4 (Its my birthday game)
8:50 Cheryls #3 (He had to send it back and I was devastated)
11:51 Ryans #3 (It reminds me of sunnier times)
12:54 Cheryls #2 (I really love the Tetris part of it)
15:11 Ryans #2 (Its Merchants & Marauders in space)
19:07 Cheryls Honourable Mentions
20:28 Ryans Honourable Mentions
21:44 Cheryls #1 (I love the theme and the gameplay)
25:03 Ryans #1 (i got weirdly obsessed with this board game)
33:34 Benediction
Learn from our NAaT How to Play videos, then play our picks for free online!
Cheryls #5
Learn it from Ryan on Rahdo Runs Through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlL7qoO40bA
Play it for free (with your paid copy of Tabletop Simulator) here: https://bit.ly/3WCEEtu
Ryans #5
Learn it from NAaT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCYRYUxArMA
Play it for free here: https://bit.ly/3Wkrxx4
Bits, Please! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58gYqS_Noig
Cheryls #4
Learn it from NAaT: (email Dan Hallagan hallagan@kayentapublishing.com and convince him to help NAaT with graphics so we can make this video!)
Play it for free here: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=obsession
Ryans #4
Learn it from NAaT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uKXKlLyCbY
Play it for free here: https://bit.ly/3I1xOcT
Cheryls #3
Learn it from NAaT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mExu3TKl6D4
Play it for free here: https://tabletopia.com/games/distilled-game
Ryans #3
Learn it from NAaT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJTB9rkQqi0
Play it for free here: https://bit.ly/3YLTQWW
Cheryls #2
Learn it from NAaT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqEPY2XLbYg
Play it for free here: https://bit.ly/3WH8JrB
Ryans #2
Learn it from NAaT: (email David from Far Off Games david@faroffgames.com and convince him to help NAaT with graphics so we can make this video!)
Play it for free (with your paid copy of Tabletop Simulator) here: https://bit.ly/3hOuVRZ
Cheryls #1
Watch our Find the Fun review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHGnhZrsFfE
Play it for free here: https://bit.ly/3YPPNJe
Watch the Bits, Please! episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1CUjZw2jPs
Ryans #1
Learn it from Ryan on Rahdo Runs Through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlL7qoO40bA
Play it for free (with your paid copy of Tabletop Simulator) here: https://bit.ly/3WCEEtu
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![How to play Ascendancy
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Ascendancy is a worker placement/4X mash-up where everything in your kingdom is upgradeable.
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0:00 Introduction
3:40 The Lay of the Land
7:43 Turn Order
12:47 Worker Tiers and Ousting
14:32 Decade End
18:13 Phase 1: The Frontier
22:52 Phase 2: The Supply
24:29 Phase 3: The Academy
25:59 Phase 4: The Empire
30:56 Battle
40:17 Instant Actions
43:02 Tech Tree
46:11 Quests and Items
45:22 Deployment
49:05 Nemesis Characters
56:24 Setup
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Dance like a king: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQGaZjJNIMg How to play Ascendancy](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cdKhmYhvmn8/mqdefault.jpg)

![How to play Fled
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ill take one enormous poster of Rita Hayworth, please. Heres a prison escape board game set on historical Spike Island. Coming soon to Kickstarter:
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0:00 Introduction
1:54 Expanding the prison
3:50 Playing tiles
5:36 Moving warders
8:15 Escaping
9:44 Inventory
12:54 End of your turn/end of the game
14:25 The Specter
17:15 Setup
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Side view of the prison:
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(Child, no smoking sign, and antennae were edited out ) How to play Fled](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dYcpTqkQuK0/mqdefault.jpg)
![Unbox-a-thon! Zombicide 2nd ed, Danny Trejo, and Carnival of Monsters + Cryptic Crossword Puzzle
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Time to crack the shrink on some more board games!
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0:00 Introduction and tech check
4:13 Zombicide 2nd Edition
23:37 Zombicide: Danny Trejo
36:18 Carnival of Monsters
47:00 Learn to solve a Cryptic Crossword puzzle!
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Thanks to Asmodee Canada for supplying a copy of Zombicide 2nd Edition and Danny Trejo: Badass Survivor. Unbox-a-thon! Zombicide 2nd ed, Danny Trejo, and Carnival of Monsters + Cryptic Crossword Puzzle](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/df5TuIDyqps/mqdefault.jpg)

![Is Merchants & Marauders fun? (What about EVERY OTHER pirate board game?)
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0:00 Introduction
0:34 FUN: FREEEDOMMM!
2:01 NOT FUN: PvP
3:16 FUN: Sexy arts
4:32 NOT FUN: UX/UI
4:51 NOT FUN: Randomness
6:16 FUN: Luck mitigation
6:56 NOT FUN: Port downtime
8:11 FUN: Theme!!
12:10 NOT FUN: Fussy rules
15:27 The Scales of Funstice decide!
15:51 im not nearly finished.
17:09 Pirates Cove
17:53 Rattle, Battle, Grab the Loot
18:34 Black Fleet
19:26 Jamaica
20:02 Jamaica: The Crew
20:46 Dark Seas
21:29 Chrono Corsairs
21:57 Piratoons
22:19 Piña Pirata
22:42 Liars Dice
23:24 Cartageña, Libertalia & Treasure Island
23:49 Dead Reckoning
26:29 Conclusion
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Dance like a pirate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z46_iFcWMPE Is Merchants & Marauders fun? (What about EVERY OTHER pirate board game?)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f8bkjRKqk7Q/mqdefault.jpg)
![Lost Ruins of Arnak: Expedition Leaders - Falconer vs Baroness
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Ryan and Cheryl further explore the Expedition Leaders expansion, pitting the real-life Pokémon training Falconer against the pay-to-win Baroness.
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