Let's Play TSURO

## ★ ADAM'S CHALKBOARD ★

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

"*One of these games is mine - I can feel it in my bones, I'm winning bloody one of these.* "
―Adam
## Notable moments

* The first rule of Board Game Club is "before you criticise someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way you'll be a mile away from them *and* you'll have their shoes".
* Will our players *find this to be a walk in the park*?
* Adam appears to be a little salty from the last bruising episode. Thing is, this is going to be a long year if this is how he's starting...
* So this week we're doing shorter games, to start racking up marks on the chalkboard. The cast are ever so supportive. Let's all pick on Adam!
* Rosie: "I believe in Adam - he can win one of them. He can win one game. He can win half a game. He can win a quarter of a game. He can win no games. He's not going to win any games."
* Adam is at least going well with one of his resolutions - he's playing yellow. Isaac is going for burgundy because he's a fancy boy.
* Adam: "Blair, let's just have a leisurely time of this."
* Man who doesn't understand football talks about football. Adam: "What's the Chelsea catchphrase?" Sullivan: "Win the game, boys!"
* Rosie: "Come find me! Kiss my head!"
* Isaac puts his life in Sullivan's hands.
* Oh we're doing accents again. Super. Drama students gotta drama.
* There's a new bromance in town - Isaac and Sullivan are strangely drawn to one another. Adam: "You're supposed to be *my* boyfriend."
* Adam is a little tense though, even his Sullivan flirting is a bit downbeat today.
* Singalonga NRB: 'Paint the whole world with a rainbow' 'Room where it happens' Theme from Jaws '9 to 5' 'Don't stop believing' 'Who gets to decide your fate?'
* It's time for Isaac to go out on his own and stop relying on Sullivan. The rest of the cast are trying to forment discord between them.
* Adam: "All I can do is trust Laurie to have my best interests at heart... I am fucked." But Laurie's self-interest wins out anyway.
* Blair needs to be involved.
* There is a crash impending in the middle of the board. Adam thinks Sullivan should really sacrifice himself to save Adam.
* Blair and Laurie are our first casualties. Sullivan didn't kill Adam, so he will repay the accidental kindness. Kisses!
* Rosie's negotiation tactics are part intimidation, part sowing of utter confusion.
* Clusterfuck part two, whoopsie, Adam killed Sullivan. We're all seeing it as a betrayal. Poison is being dripped into Sullivan's ear.
* Rosie wins. The chalkboard is updated, accompanied by what can only be described as celebration from the cast.
* Adam: "I hate it here."
* Laurie: "The thing about Adam is that Adam is an incredibly good player of games. He's got a good tactical mind. He's played a lot of board games. He's played a lot of Tsuro specifically. So, *can* Adam win a game of Tsuro? Yes. *Will* Adam win a game of Tsuro? Not on your life, not while I'm around."
* Is ensuring Adam doesn't win a form of winning in itself? Laurie thinks this may be a greater prize, in fact.
* Storytime with Sullivan Beau Brown! Sullivan cried at the 2008 Champions League Final, which Chelsea lost on penalties and was therefore their worst day ever.
* Adam to Sullivan: "What an acute-y you are!" Rosie: "No awards for you, based on that shit." Adam (quietly) "Joke of the day!" Rosie: "Said no-one."
* Sullivan can't remember much of anything, but he does remember obscure football facts.
* Rosie's inventing an argument with Laurie that she seems to be the only one participating in.
* Storytime with Sullivan Beau Brown! Sullivan also cried at the 2012 Champions League Final, Chelsea's best day ever.
* We're communicating with small blerpy noises only now.
* If we just let Adam win one now, it's like pulling off the bandaid and everyone can relax. Is his theory at least.
* Sullivan hands the win to Laurie.
* Nobody's going home till Adam wins a game.
* Blair gets a tiny round of applause. If you don't know the Blair wang reference, that will be a very strange thing to hear.
* Laurie's in a bit of a pickle, but Sullivan's about to become mayor of Pickletown.
* Rosie isn't impressed with Laurie's impression of her. Adam isn't impressed by anyone: "What a fucking load of nonsense you're all talking!"
* It's a cold January day in the studio. Laurie: "PLAY QUICKER! I CANNOT FEEL MY FINGERS!"
* Rosie to Laurie: "If you come for me, that's going to be upsetting."
* Rosie's found the line, finally - it's Blair's cat. Fair enough.
* Sullivan: "Chill it out, take it slow, then we rock out the show. Like Hannah Montana once said."
* Rosie: "I've just been asked the question 'who would I most like to kill out of everyone'. And... it's really hard to pick *one*."
* Sullivan gets the trophy for a while - no longer linked to the Championship, of course.
* Sullivan did a huge last turn. Adam doesn't even mind, but he's furious.
* Adam: "It's been a great day and I don't know if I want to play board games anymore."
* Everyone won a game on this recording day (*Let's Play TSURO*, *Let's Play FOR SALE*, *Let's Play CASH N GUNS*) except Adam. Is it the chalkboard? [Insert sporting analogy about choking/being in one's head/too much pressure - there must be a wrestling equivalent, surely?]

## Talking Heads

Talking heads are available this episode.

## Trivia

* We have a song: "One of These Games Is Mine"
* Game introduction and rules are presented by Laurie.
* Chalkboard is updated 4 times, all with losses .
* An extended version of this episode is available on the No Rolls Barred Patreon.