Board Game Club intro

Spoilers ahead!*This article contains spoilers for **Board Game Club intro**. Be warned!*The **introduction to Board Game Club** has changed several times over its two-and-a-half year existence on the No Rolls Barred channel. This page documents the development of the intro over the series' various eras.

## History

### Zoom era (November 2020 - September 2021)

During the Zoom era, the introduction was short and to the point, with a simple graphic of a pixelated spinning logo over chiptune music. This was also used as a break during the *10 Hour Board Game Club Marathon For 50K Subs!!!*.

A version of this intro continues to be used for Patreon-specific episodes which are usually online games.

### Draughts era (September 2021 - June 2023)

This 30 second live action introduction featured a sped-up tour of Draughts London, moving from the entrance of the board game cafe, past the bar and some tables, up the stairs, and into the NRB studio, in which there was a CGI Board Game Club logo. Commenters particularly noticed the man in the window of the cafe at the very beginning, who looked straight at the camera, and an employee of Draughts who gave the camera a little wave.

### New Studio era (June 2023 - September 2023)

This intro returned to a fully CGI format, set within a theatre to mirror the orange theatre-like curtains of the new studio. It retained the same music and length of the previous intro. The sequence from the theatre's entrance, through the lobby, past the toilet, and into the theatre in which the logo appeared, before the curtains drew back to reveal Adam introducing the episode.
It was used for the first time for *Let's Play PICTURES*, the episode which also introduced the new studio.

Within this introduction was a new aspect: the incorporation of many easter eggs and references to previous episodes in the series:

* Outside the theatre are two posters, one for the film *Along Came Laurie* and another for *Wingsuit Simpleton*
* The main lobby floor is a Monopoly board
* In the main lobby, Yoga Man is hanging out on the left
* Behind that is a warning sign for cheese blindness
* The Tower of Destiny flies past
* The waving employee from the Draughts video is serving popcorn and drinks, which include "The Unraveller", "Pina Coladam", "Teri Dacqueri", "Ghost Lawyer", and "Bloody Holly"
* A Grubby Little Mitts poster is behind the popcorn stand
* On the other side of the door there is Adam's chalkboard
* There is a wanted poster for Wild Bill Hiccup
* There's a Bullock Park sticker
* There is a 'coming soon' poster for "Story Time! with Sullivan Beau Brown"
* *Jonny High Jump* is hanging out on the right
* Through the corridor, there are ten photos hung on the wall, five on each side. On the left, we have:
	+ A reference to *Pretty Boat for a Boat Boat* from *Let's Play LIFEBOATS*
	+ An unidentified talking head of Tom
	+ Three other unidentified photos
* And on the right:
	+ Laurie as a goth
	+ Adam staring at Jon in *Let's Play CHEESE THIEF*
	+ Either Tom in a spacesuit from *Let's Play NEMESIS LOCKDOWN*, used in some episdodes  or the Sexy Legends, taken from *Let's Play DECRYPTO II*, used in the others.
	+ Dom celebrating in *Let's Play PITCHCAR*
	+ Rosie making sports uncool in *Let's Play GREEN TEAM WINS*
* On the wall in front of us, Jon has seemingly graffitied "KISS MY GRITS" on the wall
* We take a small detour to peek in the women's toilet, and see more graffiti of "bigblair.com"
* Brooke who has fallen into the toilet
* Just before we open the doors to the actual theatre, we see board game cover art of *Herd Mentality*, *Nemesis*, *Cosmic Encounter*, *The Thing*, and *Wavelength*
* The final property on the Monopoly board is Jon's Meltdowns (priceless).

For episodes from *Let's Play K2*, a significantly reduced version of the new intro was used - cutting straight from the outside theatre view to the final theatre door.

### Animation era (September 2023 - )

Following changes in personnel and Adam's departure from the channel, the intro was revised again. The new version was a simpler and shorter animation, featuring silhouettes of key cast members. It was used for the first time in *Let's Play POETRY FOR NEANDERTHALS*, in which the new games table was also introduced.

The sequence begins with animated lettering forming *NO ROLLS BAARRED PRESENTS*, which reforms to form curtains drawing back to present an animated picture of the studio set. The silhouettes then appear, representing Laurie, Blair, Sullivan, Teri, Tilly, Dom, Holly, Tom and Jon. Each silhouette has an identifying element representing the cast member.

1. ↑ Used in *Let's Play PICTURES*, *Let's Play SUSHI GO PARTY*, *Let's Play HEAT: PEDAL TO THE METAL* and *Let's Play THUNDER ROAD VENDETTA*