I don’t think there’s going to be a great deal to discuss over the next week or so (except perhaps the The Traitors final, which you can do in the Discord or for a more permanent presence in the The Traitors Show Discussion post) or The Wheel US which I’m sure will be “unofficially available” in due course. I’ve got some events being lined up in the Discord over the next week-and-a-half or so, why don’t we take a look at them why don’t we?
- Alice in Borderland Series 2 “drops” on Netflix on Thursday 22nd December for all you mystery deathgame fans. We enjoyed series one.
- Christmas Gaz Top Can’t Stop Tournament on BGA – this starts on Thursday night (22nd) for all you fans of the push-your-luck board game Can’t Stop. If you’ve got a Board Game Arena account, there’s a direct link in #boardgames in the Discord to get you in. It’s turn-based rather than live and should keep you going over Christmas.
- Christmas Mario Kart Tournament – Tuesday 27th 8:30-10pm UK. New tracks! BIKES BANNED. Joining details to arrive in due course.
- Christmas Jackbox – Wednesday 28th – 9pm until I’m bored – live in the Discord. This is not, I repeat NOT a rebranding of Bother’s Bar’s Game Night, which is dead.
- Loaded in Paradise – this goes up on ITVX on 28th December before an ITV2 showing next year. This sounds like quite a fun idea at least – couples go on the run, one of them has a Golden Credit Card so they can live it up, everybody else has to try and catch them and steal it.
- The UKGameshows.com/Bother’s Bar Poll Of The Year 2022 from Jan 2nd – where we wrestle with what Loaded in Paradise ought to be eligible for. Incidentally, here’s this year’s list of new formats they’ve collated – is there anything missing?
Happy Christmas!
I have family over for Xmas and as Limitless Win is on tv, I was wondering how we could play this competitively (for a small winner takes all wager) while we watch.
I came up with these rules – any better ideas?
All start with 25 lives.
Lose lives if you guess under
Gain 5 lives for exact answer
Lose 5 lives if you go over
Whoever has the most lives left at the end of the shows wins the pot!
I reckon you’re going to need to start with a lot more lives (100 maybe) and the penalty for being over ought to be much higher otherwise you risk just overbidding everything to be the potentially the correct strategy – maybe going over means losing the answer amount of lives?
It depends on how close to the show you want to be really, a penalty point system – one away = one point, five points off if you’re bang on might be easier to administer.
Great to see Playstation Access have bought back The Christmas Maze this year: https://youtu.be/Tzkd66zhXTQ