Let's Play K2

**Let's Play K2** is a video in the Board Game Club series.

"*No more worrying about solo-climbing and dying - why do that when you can just have a little squirrel suit?*"
―Blair
## Notable moments

* The first rule of Board Game Club is "up there you're not dying, you're dead".
* Who will *plant their flag on the mountain top* and who will *end up as a permanent addition to the landscape*?
* They have brought Oli in for a more complex game than *Spicy*. Laurie: "He's been in two Board Game Clubs and already he's channelling Dom Allen." Oli; "They want to see the boss get a win for a change."
* Laurie has got a lot of K2 facts sprinkled throughout the video.
* Laurie: "We've got Blair - she boulders, she goes climbing. We've got Holly - she boulders, she goes climbing, and we've got Oli who I think is maybe only a social climber. But maybe that's his skill, he's bringing a repartee to the party. He can hold the oxygen."
* Holly named her climbers Smooth Holly and Rugged Holly. Rugged Holly has a buzz cut and was barefoot for three months 'just to try it'.
* Health and Safety! Laurie's free-soloing! They need a risk assessment for this! Also a Teri call. Hi Teri!
* Blair's climbers are called Dave and Tenzing. Dave is a vampire and he uses his teeth to climb, like ice-picks.
* Rugged Holly is actually a liability. They may also be a swamp-witch called Rough Holly and is taking off layers on the mountainside, complaining about how hot it is.
* Wow, Laurie is behind on vampire-Dave lore. Unacceptable.
* Alpha-Chad is definitely not a virgin. Vampire-Dave has already smelled him though. Alpha-Chad may be climbing this mountain to cry in peace.
* Alpha-Chad also can't deal with women being in the same space as him. He's got his head in the snow. Although he is turning out to be dangerous competition.
* Chad's Mojo-Dojo-Casa-Tent is born. All the girls say that Alpha-Chad's the top of the mountain. Oli: "It's Alpha-Chad. He's Alpha-Chad. He is... the mountain."
* Laurie: "You know where the signal's weirdly good? Snowdon. Closer to God, closer to the satellites."
* There's talk of trapping Alpha-Chad at the top of K2. In the end, they have to consult the rules to see if he can free himself.
* Holly: "It's called 'I'm-O-K2'."
* Blair's got some great ideas for climbing equipment, including a squirrel-suit and tent-pants. She's certainly onto something.
* Base is not Alpha-Chad, but he does watch a *lot* of HBO and will recommend shows. Even if you have already watched them.
* Laurie: "There's a famous bit of mountaineering, a heroic rescue that happened called the Belay... one man just wedged his ice-axe in behind a boulder and through sheer force of will and strength managed to save them all. That's what we're doing, except I would use the axe to cut you all away."
* Jaggedy-Pants did not climb the mountain but came in support of his friend. He looked up the mountain, screamed 'I'M GON' DIE' and that is his entire character arc. The kind of quality character you only see on No Rolls Barred.
* Rugged Holly may die on the mountain, but at least she saw the view.
* In the end, everyone makes it to the top!
* Laurie: "I'm glad the bottleneck-play played off eventually. Finally ruined someone's day by tanking my own game, essentially."
* In the end, the winner is the Alpha-Chad himself.

## Trivia

* Game introduction and rules are presented by Laurie.
* This episode was delayed from the originally scheduled release date, after real-life news events meant that the originally planned episode was unfortunately timed.
* An extended version of this episode is available on the No Rolls Barred Patreon.