DragonStrike: Board Game Review
May 11, 2009
Introducing “Board James.”
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Bravo!
Another Great video! The guys at 4:51 looks & sounds suspiciously like Malibu from American Gladiators. Can anyone check that?
holy crap. you just Belloch-Lost Ark’d Tinky DInkle! (or whatever his name is). awesome review.
That made my day.
HAHA! That was great. The horrible acting in that video made me laugh.
You know, I watched this, watch Spoony’s complete video walkthrough and review, and seen the video myself and I still have no idea how to play this game.
That warrior is Malibu from the original American Gladiators. Malibu was the most ridiculous person on the show, you can find some amazing clips on Youtube of him being interviewed.
He also played Thor in the episode if the same name on Curb Your Enthusiasm where he told Larry he was going to make him “poop his bald pants”. Add one more hilarious role to this actor’s list.
two claws up
I’d be in tears if I still felt emotions. This was great, James. Board James. I love it.
And yes I’m aware I just contradicted myself.
Thanks Trafony, that is what I thought!
ahh… i got that game for christmas one year…. my friends and i tried to play it, but we already played DnD, so it was a huge step back. ended up having more fun painting the damn figurines…. how sad is that
I had a board game very similar in terms of how the game is played…but it was a scary graveyard themed board game called “Nightmare”. It had a creepy guy called the “Gatekeeper” on the VHS video that I think was an hour long and during it the moon on the tv screen would get more full. I remember it being very unusual.
I have the Classic Dungeons & Dragons game. That red dragon in the logo of your game seems to be taken from the box art of my version of CD&D
I tried to scan it (poorly), it looks like this (I’m from the UK)
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o263/Repner/CCF11052009_00000.jpg
Oh, and the video tape kinda reminds me of the board game Atmosfear. Lol.
Great video James, as always
Another great video from the great Mr. Rolfe. This guy rocks hard, he’s my hero…
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that game looks like GWS´s hero quast
i havent laughed that hard in ages
as funny as the nerd if not better
also just seeing po at the window made me laugh extremly loudly
id like to see the teletubbies as a continued theme
fucking hillarious
lol, gettin into real nerd territory here, well i say full throttle!
That was a pretty good review, although Spoony beat you to the punch.
However, I must say that of all your shticks, the constant toilet humor is my least favorite. And with the introduction of a new persona, Board James, I was hoping you’d tone down on that, but alas….
It looks very similar to HeroQuest, a game I had as a child. Was HeroQuest available in the US?
Awesome dude, fresh new idea.
The crap thing was fuckin hilarious and board James is a great idea.
“Board James” kicks ass !!!
Amazing!
That was great! I like how you take the extra effort to bring humor into your reviews. This one had me chuckling a lot.
Just awesome! Rope Crap was my favorite.
That was so fucking funny. “Don’t turn off your VCR yet!” Haha, and “cast a pause spell on your VCR” just to make sure nobody is around…that is fucking awesome. I thought I was gonna piss my pants at that part. OH! YEA! BAAAAABAAAAAAY! I seriously want that game now, mostly just so I can watch that tape at home with some friends then at the secret part I’ll be like, “Ok, I’m really interested in becoming a Dragon Master so yall gotta get the fuck outta here.” I’ll see if I can’t buy it online.
That was awesome James, love the Board James idea! I never played that game before, and never really got into DnD stuff. But the video was hilarious, keep up the great job!
LOL @ James’ facial expression at 5:15 to the Elf’s war cry, HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Board James is awesome.
I’m Board James, and when Board James is Bored, I play some Board Games.
That name and play on words is sickeningly simple and clever.
If you’re interested, Spoony has the whole Dragonstrike video with his comments on his site spoonyexperiment.com
Hey James, i’ve been watching your videos since.. forever! But this is my very first comment.
Great vid, I enjoyed that new character of yours, he doesnt look like a nerd, he wears a cool cap. LMAO
And that video must be a really expensive antique on Ebay. Are you willing to sell it ? Call me nuts, but I want that !
cheers
While I love Spoony’s riffing on the whole video, this added some new perspective on the game and the Board James concept is great.
Keep it up, James!
No offense, but I thought the “board james” thing was a little overdone. Otherwise great video.
Really funny, hoping to see more old board game reviews in the future ^^
HA! I know Short-Skirted warrior looked familiar! Thats Deron McBee. He was Malibu from American Gladiators and Motaro from the second Mortal Kombat movie! Awesome career moves. I dare you to watch this clip of Malibu withouth laughing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGDwScgb_Y0
“gettin healed by Mother Nature!!”
The modern day equivilant is Herospace or something like that. You have to roll dice to see how many hits your enemy can give you and all that. I like the Board James. It needs a theme song. Does anyone remember the TMNT board game?
Whelp…It appears trafony already figured that out. Damn.
Woah! That was awesome! Great idea and concept! It was also kind of cool to see James without glasses and the white shirt. The Nerd will always be my favorite, but this video kicked ass. I hope if you are not too busy with the Angry Nerd series we see a few more of these “Board James” reviews. Well done.
You have to review Key to the Kingdom, the one below this game. I have that game, and it wasn’t as complicated, but it was so weird, that no one ever wanted to play.
Awesome review Nerd, or should I call you Board James. Never heard of DragonStrike before but I’d sure give it a try back then. There’s a lot of “crap” in the game too.
I love this board game reviews.
We need more reviews of board games. There are so many brilliant and/or ridiculous old games that just begs to be dissected. Do children even play board games anymore?
Is this a ripoff of HeroQuest or vice versa?
actually heroquest is based on the same kind of system : they all try to emmulate dongeons and dragons the roleplaying game, but on a board game insted of a classic roleplaying game.
hoever I think Heroquest and Dongeons and dragon does not takes place in the same universe.
My name is Board, James Board.
I love your work! This video was hilarious! The guy does look like Malibu from American Gladiators! LOL!
Haha very good!
by the way : hie everybody : this is mi first post, enventhgough I’ve been watching James’s videos for several months.
congratulation for your videos james, they’re awsome!
and forgive me if I’m wrong on some words : English is not my natal language (I’m french).
Stopped watching when you started with your T = C therefore Trap = Crap…
I know most americans are intellectually borderline but if you can “run” this sort of Trap for THAT LONG (that is, more than 2 seconds), you should :
1- Seek help
2- Raise your IQ to a 3 digits number
3- Attempt the same “joke” and not feel like a complete imbecile.
Repeat until you complete the 3 steps successfully.
Great video! I never had this game, but I had one that was similar (I can’t recall the name right now, but one player would be the “dungeon master” and the others would be the heroes, just like this game). We never played it much, either, because it was so time-consuming to set up.
I hope we’ll see more “Board James” videos – there are so many great old board games to review! (perhaps Talisman? Dark Tower?)
Keep up the great work!
my good! who the hell casted a humorless spell on you lesharc!
another awesome video. I remember this game, it was from TSR and meant to be an introduction to role playing games without being as complicated as Dungeons and Dragons can get with giant detailed rule books. On that level I thought it did okay, but the video was way over the top, even in the early 90s. I haven’t seen that thing in years, but as soon as I saw the warrior I recognized him as Malibu, they’ve been re-running old first season episodes of American Gladiators on ESPN Classic lately. I don’t know who they think this video was supposed appeal to.
Keep the board game reviews coming, there’s tons of classic (and not so classic) board games out there ripe for reviewing and ripping apart.
Hahaha! Yeah, I bought that game too! And oddly enough, I also couldn’t find anyone to play it with me!
Hahaha, fucking blast from the past! I remember my brother got this game for Christmas one year. Part of me wishes your review actually talked about playing the game a little more… but the rest of me realizes that your summation that you could NEVER get anyone to play it with you is 100% accurate. I think I maybe played it 5 times in my life, and all of them were with my brother. Funny shit.
I really liked this.
“Stopped watching when you started with your T = C therefore Trap = Crap…
I know most americans are intellectually borderline but if you can “run” this sort of Trap for THAT LONG (that is, more than 2 seconds), you should :
1- Seek help
2- Raise your IQ to a 3 digits number
3- Attempt the same “joke” and not feel like a complete imbecile.”
Dude, if you’re going to make a statement like that, you should:
1 – Know what you’re talking about, or give some sort of reason to believe you might
2 – Avoid using language in needlessly complicated ways that require all readers to jump through hoops to piece together what you were trying to say
3 – Stop being a party pooper who decides to not get the humor of the person he’s watching
Great review as usual. I’ve never heard of the game myself, but it looks like it could be a lot of fun if you bothered to learn all the rules, set it up and play it. It has potential.
Also…is that a wedding ring!?
I think this is one of your funniest reviews ever. I am a big fan. Your videos always make my day better. Keep up the good work.
As an enthusiastic tabletop roleplayer for me this game looks like a real treasure.
Love the new character, James. Way to keep things fresh and original!
Bravo….Bravo….OMG….Bravo.
Oh, and forgot to tell: this is for long time one of your funniest videos. Your latest AVGN ones are pretty lame considered to this one. The crap joke kills.
I wonder if he has seen the movie “Shoot ‘Em Up.” It has that song on the end credits (Kickstart My Heart).
They cast the hardass spell on me, not the humorless !
Board James… That’s pretty punny.
*ba-dum-tish*
UCF00v:
I didn’t “decide” not to have fun, some of the guy’s videos are indeed pretty funny.
Only lately, the overplayed “jokes” and borderline mentally challenged “humor” is getting more annoying and pityful than entertaining.
Ha! The “King” in the video is the “Puppeteer” guy from Heroes.
In my opinion this video was funnier than the last Nerd Episode. The Nerd videos need to start getting more funny like the older ones.
P.S. Bugs Bunny’s Birthday Blowout Is the best AVGN review! lol
Haha, Great vid. I see you had Key to the Kingdom on that shelf too. I got that puppy sitting in my closet.
As already stated by zephyr007, Nightmare sounds kinda like this, though this is much more complicated I’m assuming. My friend and I have Nightmare 1-3, all are pretty damn fun. Check it out.
Haha, that was totally awesome, you really have to do more vids like this one. way to go James
Ha ha. Excellent character concept and awesome review as well. You didn’t torture us with the VHS as much as Spoony did in his review.
Now that’s just fuckin hilarious!!!!!!!! Totally AWESOME!!!!!!
Wow…thanks for warning me about this Board James; I’ll stick with 4E D&D!
I have enough of people complaining about toilet humor i agree that in some videos its a bit too much but its hard to think about an AVGN video that doesn’t contain any sort of it.
If you want to see some toilet-less humor i think you came to the wrong place, other than that you can see James’s movies reviews and top tens.
This made me laugh out loud for real for so many reasons. When I was younger I used to play “The Dark Eye” a german role-playing game that was translated and available in french before Dungeons & Dragons… Or was it because everone else had bought all the D&D games before me? Anyway, it was roughly around the same time.
The thing is, I used to play that game with 3 sometimes 4 of my friends and we really played the game for days… but they were jerks and never took the game seriously. Most of the time they would just poke fun at how ridiculous it is to give complete control of a characters to a player… they would climb trees to avoid battles, go the wrong way every time, try to get their character laid all the time.
It was hilarious but when magic the gathering came out we all agreed that it was a superior form of gaming experience. That and video games.
If you can read french and want to learn about The Dark Eye this web site is pretty much the last standing pillar of the whole game.
http://oeilnoir.jdr.free.fr/
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tarmadadj
May 11, 2009 @ 5:58 pm
I have enough of people complaining about toilet humor i agree that in some videos its a bit too much but its hard to think about an AVGN video that doesn’t contain any sort of it.
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Maybe you’re right. Maybe our IQs are too different for me to fully appreciate this “kind” of humor.
I remember this game when I was a kid. I was in love with it, but could rarely find people to play. Whenever I did, however, it was friggin’ awesome. I used to watch that video nearly every day! And I’m surprised to see those glitchy graphics were present in all copies (I always thought mine was broken). Nice review, James!
Nice vid.
I had never heard of this game before.
I really like this new Board James character you’ve come up with. I hope you do more board game reviews in the future!
LOL!!! Man this made my day, starting with the different kinds of crap.
Hey James, where’s your glasses?
Board James ownz and it’s one of the funniest videos lately. Nice little change to your usual angry personality. If you view him as an AVGN parody it’s even funnier. Keep it up
Btw: warrior rly does look like Malibu. Just lacks some tan.
This make my day. Great review James
I laughed so hard at the crap part.
DAMN! I had this game but I never got the chance to see the tape.
MEET RIPOFF NERD
MEET RIPOFF NERD
MEET RIPOFF NERD
MEET RIPOFF NERD
MEET RIPOFF NERD
MEET RIPOFF NERD
MEET RIPOFF NERD
http://www.spoonyexperiment.com/2008/01/05/dragon-strike-board-game-review/?cp=2
MEET RIPOFF NERD
MEET RIPOFF NERD
MEET RIPOFF NERD
MEET RIPOFF NERD
MEET RIPOFF NERD
MEET RIPOFF NERD
I had a sneaking suspicion that I knew what this game was. And then you turned on the video and he said “Are you feeling brave tonight?” Then I knew for sure. When I visited some friends in Canada, we had a barbeque one of the last nights I was there, and they showed me this video. Freaking hilarious crap.
Also I love the name Board James. Makes me laugh every time I think about it haha.
This game is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen.
Ah, I just remembered the game I mentioned earlier that DragonStrike reminds me of – HeroQuest. Only HeroQuest didn’t come with a funny VHS tape.
Nice review, but… Board James? That sounds very TGWTG, you know?
“MEET RIPOFF NERD
http://www.spoonyexperiment.com/2008/01/05/dragon-strike-board-game-review/?cp=2”
…so, what Leshrac is saying is that Spoony took the idea for James’s video, traveled back in time 16 months, and put out a video of his own. That fiend!
The two reviews are quite different, and Spoony has definitely become one of the best reviewers/critics out there. Think before you spew.
I actually own this game. It was a true treasure when i was growing up and great way to have some fun with friends. They just don’t games like this anymore. But I’m glad you covered this game it deserved its moment in the spotlight. I look forward to your next boardgame review. Keep up the great work man.
That sure was a whole lot of c(t)raps!
FINALLY I GOT MY PASSWORD! I’m a huge fan from French Canada and i’m glad to be here!
For this video, it was very good and funny! My respects to the teletubbie hoping he is now in hell sucking boiling goblin zits while being rape by a….. Hummm. Ok.
For the videotape now…. What the hell was that? The actors ruined their careers forever playing on this.
Keep the good work James!
100%… no, 1000% pure gold!
This is what Cinemassacre is all about, straight up.
Hwow, that’s one complicated board game, geez.. I can’t play that. Just the Monopoly and I’m content
Board James is great! So this show focuses on some unique and strange board games? That’s cool! How wonder how many board games were created like that
“I honestly don’t think AVGN rip-off the idea. He has enough games to choose and avoid that kind of stuff. And, also, he wouldn’t want that kind of stain in his reputation. It’s understandable that once in a while someone will review something another person already reviewed.(…)”
I wrote that on Spoony’s comment session. I think this will probably become a cross-over. But, if I’m wrong, I think James could post some note just to cool the haters down. We’re all sick of those guys yelling “rip-off” all the time.
DR
that was insane, i lol’d
This goes to Leshrac
You have all right to not appreciate toilet humor. Everybody has his/her (not sure to which gender you belong, enlighten me if you wish) taste and their right to such. What I however can’t in good conscience tolerate, and have seen not only from you but many many people, is the claim that only stupid people enjoy toilet humor.
Now, I may not be a studied person, but I still assert myself to be fairly educated and, without wanting to brag, intelligent above the norm. I enjoy toilet humor and feel insulted when people make this claim. I will freely admit that it is not the most sophisticated or most matured form of comedy, but are we not allowed to enjoy the simple things in life anymore just because we have gained knowledge of the more complex ones?
Bottom line, I respect your tastes, but try not to insult those who differ.
To those shouting rip-off
Please bear in mind that there is only a finite amount of material in the universe, and especially with a opic as specialized as board games things are bound to repeat. Maybe James should have given a shout out to Spoony, but I don’t think it’s so bad he didn’t. His video is different enough from Spoonys to be clearly not a rip off. And if Spoony really felt ripped he would’ve written a much angrier post on his blog. I still remember his rage on Zombies and Zelda…
MAn this new Series is Awesome 10/10. The next board game you should review is Party Mania. The video included with that game is such an Epic WIn and the game itself is good
Great Work, James! It’s good to see a new series on the site.
I have this game. Awesome review man.
That reminds me of a VHS board game we used to play called Nightmare. You should really check it out. Very corny video. However, we of course used to play late at night and it would scare the crap out of us.
Thought to finally join the bandwagon here. I thought the board game review was stellar! Actually it was funnier than the latest offering of AVGN… though both were informative. That’s what I like about your stuff James, you are both informative and funny. It’s a pleasant combo.
hahahaha Oh man is that video seriously like that? That was hilarious! Great vid man! Looking forward to more!
I just finished watching that soon after your review on Mouse Trap now all I have to say about this one here what the fuck man just whose fucking idea is that my god that was cornier than Hotel Mario and Zelda games on CD-i combine in my opinion.
the glam rock warrior’s name is Deron McBee
maybe someone already said it
Very well done, two claws up!
LOL, wtf, EPIC! Keep up the good ol’ work.
Great work! (BTW, HeroQuest is worth a ton of money right now. If any of you out there come across a copy of the game that’s full or mostly complete, you can probably sell it on ebay for 50-100 dollars. I got 80 bucks for a copy of that game that I had bought at a thrift store for a dollar.) Jus’ sayin’ that you might want to keep an eye out, is all….
Well, I’d have to say this is a great addition to what you normally do, and as a fan of Adventure Board Games, it just tickles my fancy.
Great Job, Do More.
hilarious stuff. that video looks amazing. i have the same problem with some of my board games. try getting anyone to play squad leader with you.
Excellent video, and what a great character! I hope we will see more of Board James in the future.
Wow, new series! This is interesting, keep ‘em coming, Board James =)))
Great video! Never got to play Dungeon Strike, but some friends did turn me on to HeroQuest.
Played a wizard who melee attacked more than the Barbarian…. Go figure.
Digging the new board game review vids. Keep them coming!
Wow lol, my friend actually had this. The vhs video was something strange, like of a production value I wouldn’t expect for a boardgame pack-in(although that doesn’t say much). maybe it was just me but there were a few parts that almost looked like softcore porn with the thief lmao, maybe not surprising considering the targeted age group … James rocks \m/, cant wait to see more
Wow man. I thought maybe when you moved into making board game reviews that you’d be pushing it a bit. But this is genius. It’s awesome you got this talent to entertain so many people whether it meant by reviewing a movie, a game, or even a board game now. You’ve got a great gift with this stuff.
I want that for the next time I have to stay in a tent or hotel.
That was super! What a crazy game!! Like Hero Quest on PCP. Man, what a cool VHS. That must have cost the game developers a fortune. To unfortunate the game never became as big as other games in the genre. Well, maybe Board James finally has made the marketing job. The game probably will be hotter than Hell on the second hand market after this review.
“Hey, Your Royalness… are there any rules to this game?”
“Surely you jest! Hahahahahahahahaha!”
LOL! That was epic
I really hope that Board James will entertain us for a long, long time!
Great job!
This reminds me of the early avgn vids. Make many more and keep up the old spirit. Also the thing that people complain about with the new avgn is that it has been toned down a little. I think that the vids are still great but its lost some of its obsesiveness. You need some more extreems and swears every 20 seconds or so.
ps- the thief was hot
I’ll agree, the scatological humour often leaves me quiet but if you’re going to act so intelligent Lesrac or whatever, the least you could do is spell pitiful right.
Awesome, this was one of your best videos ever.
Well i liked Spoonys version better but yours ist still pretty funny
Way to bring it back to basics JR.
This video was awesome and I can’t believe you have that game.
Well done!
awesome review i loved it man. it makes me wanna go out and buy it too haha. dude maybe i should play it at my grad party haha
Yeah, I got this game, never actually played the damn game just messed around with the figures and mixed them up with my figurines from Hero Quest and that battle mat game. Still, it’s awesome seeing that ridiculous video again, soooo funny
Cool, another one of these! I’ve never heard of this board game though. Mouse trap, now that was a classic.
This could be a brand new character, something different from Avgn?
haha, that was awesome. very funny. cant wait to see more.
Very nice, the part with the “crap – cards” left me rollin on the floor, laughing xD
Toilet humor? This wasn’t James making shitsounds, like last time. That letter T really asked for it.
FIREBALL ISLAND is the greatest board game of ALL TIME, hands down, make no mistake about it!
Yeah, I liked this one, but I think Spoony’s one is better, because the video had so much more resource to do comedy from.
Dude! I saw Key to the Kingdom in the Closet. When is there going to be a review on that?
The host in the video looks like Sir Simon Milligan from the Pit of Ultimate Darkness in Kids in the Hall. EVIL!!!
Dude, I’m stunned… again!
You are am-fucking-azing!
Love the board game reviews, looking forward to more. When you said your friends suddenly wanted to leave, I kind of pictured them as the sort of people who just hate on anything nerdy without actually trying it… too “cool” to do anything with dragons and wizards. That was until I saw the hilariously embarrassing video, and realized I would have run away too!
Haha! That was awesome, James. I used to play Hero Quest when i was a kid, this takes me back. Thanks
Weird video to come with a board game, what were they thinking? Anyway, I like this new concept for a series, keep them coming.
I’ll play with you, James!
That looks awesome, I would totally play that.
That was hilarious and mostly as funny as AVGN videos! Thnx!
Anyone who makes a review of something as simple as a board game, and makes it this funny and entertaining is a genius.
I take my hat of to you James.
This is amazing. I remember playing this game with my neighbor but I didn’t know what it was called. Thank you for this James.
Yeah, that was entertaining. However as a review of a game, it was also superficial. While talking excessively about the video that came with the box, you’re not losing a word on the quality of the actual game. That whole Board James concept is clever, but for future outings I would wish for a more in-depth look.
Fucking awesome!! My bothers and I used to play that, it was actually quite fun. That video it came with was batshit crazy.. so hilarious James! Keep em coming: the board games, video games, the movies. 100% entertainment and I love every minute of it!!
PS: This is “RYGAR”. The site wouldn’t allow me to login anymore and the password doesn’t work and my email wasn’t on file anymore. So I am reborn: RYGAR The Unethical!!!!! Muuuaaahaaa haa
lmao that was awsome :d i would sit and play i mean there was so much blood in the video… lets watch it again!
Board James, huh? Another character, another serie. Tired to be the angry nerd, I guess. Well, your stuff is pettry good James and I’m sure be your first french canadian fan. I’ll tune cinemassacre.com whatever you do and I hope you get some serious and opportunities in cinema in the future.
Bravo et continu comme ça, James.
Awesome show. Board James is a great character and this will be a refreshing series.
The jokes were top notch! keep up the good work!
Damn, I remember seeing the ads for that game in my old comic books, in fact, I’m looking at the add from an old issue of Spiderman… that’s fucked up…. I just thought that the add for it was too campy kinda like those old Nintendo Power ads back in the day…
Plus, I hope that this becomes a new series, fuckin’ awesome…
That’s a lot of work.
I wanted, and received, that game as a gift back in the day. Primarily because I wanted the miniatures…. However my brother and I attempted to play it. The video dampened our interest in it, and after a brief attempt at playing (neither of us knew what to do and only 2 people playing a bad game does not a good time make) we boxed it up and that was the end of that. The dragon’s still on display with my other dragon figurines though.
Good review as always, but there was one thing missing:
You didn’t play the game.
At least in the Mouse Trap review we got to see some of the board game being played.
It was entertaining, but it would have been nice to actually see how the game is played, and not just a review of the VHS tape included with the game.
Keep up the good work, and best of luck.
The intro made me shit bricks because in the game closet I saw “Key to the Kingdom”.
Ho
Ly
Crap.
I need to go find mine.
I remember getting this game and not understanding one fucking thing about it, it was confusing and it pissed me off because it looked cool. forgot all about it, thanks for reminding me maybe now that i’m older i might understand it, i’ll check it out again.
I’ve got that same shirt, it’s one of my favorite shirts
I liked this review, the game does remind me a lot of “Nightmare”(VHS) or “AtmosFEAR”(DVD). In the 1980s I remember there were people who tried to incorporate VHS videos into videogames, kinda like you finish a stage, pop in a tape and view a cutscene, think I have an ad for it somewhere next to my Texas ChainSaw Massacre Atari magazine ad.
I had this EXACT same experience with Hero Quest. I don’t think I ever got to play that game.
Is the king in the video played by Robert Costanza (shockingly IMDB doesn’t list Dragonstrike in his filmography). He also played commissioner Stenchler in Sewer Shark, Dogmeat.
You didn’t buy all those board games, right…?
“Board James”… I guess he is more social than the AVGN.
Nice review.
Lol love the crap jokes!! bahaha rope crap
This is one of the funniest reviews I’ve ever seen
LOVE IT
Board James… whahaha
Best two parts are when James blow up teletubbies’ head @ 7:32, his look is priceless after that
The other one is at the end when he laughs and suddenly goes “hey waitwaitwaitwaitwait, where did everybody go?”
Happy? I need new pants.
I laughed so hard i just wet it twice, first with the “crap cards” and the with the VHS.
(yeah i didn’t change myself between, not that i’m gross but I just assumed there would be another wetpanter laugh)
Comon’ guys, that’s a joke, I didn’t really urinate. (But I did laugh hard though)
I had another game like that called Space Crusade^^
I played it “screw it” style (you just roll the dice and whoever has the highest number wins the battle).
great video hey is that key to the kingdom. i had that but then just two years ago i sold it. now that was a tough game to play.
That was awesome James, keep making Board James videos.
I noticed that the letters in the title Board James came from other board game titles. Does anyone know what games they are from? I know the ‘D’ is from Candy Land, the ‘M’ is Monopoly, the ‘E’ is Life, and I think the ‘J’ is Jumanji. I have no idea about the others though. Anyone else have any ideas or guesses?
Haha that was hilarious
. Keep up the great work James !. I think it’s a great idea to board games etc.
Fantastic! Gimme more! So great
holy shit that was so good
“When Board James is bored, he plays some board games.” Hilarious.. along with the hat.
The Warrior looks alot like James Hetfield from Metallica! XD Great vid
board james is awesome, this video made me laugh.
Dude everything you touch turns to gold…keep up the good work. Why don’t you have a show on a tv network? You really strike a nerve with me (born ‘83) … I feel like you could be successful on tv. Then again, you’d have to tone it down and cut out the cussing. Where is the fucking fun in that?
Suggestion: do a video on the Mega Man series in all its incarnations!
Also, did you copyright AVGN? I saw an AVGN mega man video on youtube done by some other guy that was just beyond randomosity.
I thought this game seemed familiar, but with a different name… Hero Quest, thats it. Ive played it a bunch, its burried somewhere. They gotta be made by the same company cause they are the exact same for the most part.
FANTASTIC job. There’s a lot of places you can go with this new “Board James” series. It goes hand in hand with your amazing video game reviews. Absolutely love it. Looking forward to more episodes in the future.
Lmao!! that warrior guy looked like fabio,lol. I remember my feiend that lived next to me had the game but we never go around to really play it cause it took to much time to explain,lol.
This review reminded me of another vhs-board game tie in from when I was a kid remember the cartoon gargoyles? well they made a direct to video movie that also came with a “free interactive vcr board game” but in that case the video actually had an impact on the game there was a time limit on the video you had to beat and every now and then the screen would flash and tell the current player to pick up a certain card or perform an action of some kind. I think it would make a great review if you could get your hands on it.
http://cgi.ebay.com.my/Gargoyles-The-Movie-Heroes-Awaken-Internactive-Game-VHS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ360125925283#ebayphotohosting
Anyway I’m a big fan of avgn and by the looks of things I will be anticipating the board James reviews just as much. Keep up the good work.
http://avalon.gargoyles-fans.org/castle/item/videos.html
moogster, James has been married for quite a while
That was a really cool…nintendo hat. Seriously James, I wanna steal it. =-D
great review. I remember playing this game all the time with my friends back in the day
Oh my god I remember this game! It was so hilarious when my friend got it for his birthday I think. We just couldn’t stop watching that tape, particularly the part where the warrior guy stabs the scorpion with its own stinger
I think by the time we actually wanted to play the game, he had lost most of the pieces or something, but he still had that VHS tape.
What a funny review, glad I’m not the only person who remembers this game!
hate to be a dick but spoony1 already did that …pretty funny 2 not as funny as yours thou
It was a nice review as always man. I just want to ask you if you could do some Nintendo 64 games reviews please
. This is just a suggestion so you can take it or not. Well , continue with your very great job and i wish you good luck man.
- Your Fan #1
Really nice review. I had a similar game, “Hero Quest”, and sadly i had the same problem you had. It was a bit difficult to get enough people together.
The games lasted quite a few hours, which didn’t really help and setting up the game took forever. At least Hero Quest had no VCR coming with it.
HaHa board james is cool
the video remembers me of a weird belgian cartoon when I was little “liegebeest”
That was a very good review, very entertaining, even if I’ve never seen this game in my life
Oh man, that crap card part was hilarious!
Holy hell that’s one weird game. 0.0
First thing I thought of, like a lot of you, was how it reminded me of Hero Quest. I still have my copy in my closet. I somehow managed to get my friends to play it (none of them were into D&D).
Unsightly – I’m not sure about it being available int eh US or not, but I’m from Canada and bouthgt as a kid.
zephyr007 – I know that game Nightmare! My best friend while growing up had about 4 editions of that game. I remember going over and playing it all the time. His mom would watch it while we played and for some reason when teh “gatekeeper” would appear and say something his moom would always yell “Fuck you!” at the tv…
Falling rock crap! lmfao I laughed so hard on that little part.
Nice work. You should get these up on youtube, their really good
I was nervous about this at first – I never was one of those weird board game kids, and I thought this was going to be just a regular review… but it was as funny as the AVGN vids. Thanks!
”Until then, kindly cast a Pause video spell”
LOL that was hilarious.
Lol… awesome as always!
“Arouth
May 12, 2009 @ 7:02 pm
Board James, huh? Another character, another serie. Tired to be the angry nerd, I guess. Well, your stuff is pettry good James and I’m sure be your first french canadian fan. I’ll tune cinemassacre.com whatever you do and I hope you get some serious and opportunities in cinema in the future.
Bravo et continu comme ça, James.”
You are kidding right ?… Im the first french canadian fan !
Fait attention à toi car tu pourrais avoir des ennuies prochainements si tu ne retire pas tes paroles !
Made an account just for this comment
Keep the Board James stuff coming i really like the idea
and there are millons of board games yu could review so keep stuff coming
This game is brilliant. There are even small books with each character that are pretty funny.
I sure hope this will be an on going thing for you i like it almost as much as your nerd show
Just of Info. the cartoon Dexer`s Lab was doing a game like this
in one episode . But Good job with the board 
review. Take care . Bloodorgy 
Out….
Awesome review
Kinda reminded me of the old game Dark Tower
If you played that you should do a review hehe
I think someone’s mention this board game already, but there was one board game/vhs combo called Nightmare that I played when I was like 8, and it actually did give me nightmares. I know that you’re way too busy to take requests, but it would be awesome if you could somehow get ahold of that one and do a video for it.
On a side note, there was a board game that came with the Gargoyle’s cartoon movie that me and my friends played all the time, it was awesome.
I watched this video for the second time, it cracks my shit up!
i played this video 7 times in a row it was that fucking funny even the wifey loved it my son loved it
we are all fans of avgn now we are fans of “board james” keep that name and keep the bj’s coming uh oh no pun intended there
this was way better than mouse trap!
That was fucking hilarious
Here’s the King!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089781/
I knew I recoginized him from somewhere! Most people do considering he’s been a character actor for the better part of the last 26 years. Enjoy!
P.S.-Anyone know who the other people in the video are? IMDB doesn’t seem to cite his role in this video…
Correction, it’s listed. You have to look around. Here’s the link to the video:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290931/
LMAO!
James, IMO, this is one of your best videos. This is definitely a series you should continue!
haha crap and the motley crue rocked
Does James play D&D?!?!?!
~
I also owned a game in which a VHS was included, but this VHS was used to PLAY the game. It was called ATMOSPHERE! It was kind of similar, where there were two boards to play on, and there was like a 2 hour timer on the video. It was mainly a blank screen with eerie music, but every once in a while this creepy hooded deranged man would come on and YELL something and everyone had to stop and listen to him and did what he’d say, which would change the game around. I picked it up at a 2nd Hand store for 5 bucks, brought it home, and my brother and his buddies had a blast.
Thanks for sparking some memories there James!
Totally fucking hilarious! (and to whoever mentioned heros quest, yes we had it in the US)….but my mom was too damn religious and threw it on on me cause it was “the devil”…along with with my batman pjs.
You make great videos james.
…oh and that conan looking guy reminds me of the ultimate warrior without makeup
…sorry for commenting 3 times in a row…but yes i also made an account for this comment and it would be bad ass if you made a series based on bored games
two suggestions 1. do more like that 2. put that whole video up on youtube. first time you have blended your two videos ideas together james, awsome, keep up the good work
Hah, this is what you do best. ((Or at least what draws the biggest crowd, not surprisingly ^_-)) Showing random crap (god) or giving an angle on regular crap and making it hilariously informative, while sharing the familiar stories. All tied up in a professional looking bow. Learning’s fun, huh? Awesome stuff, hope to see more of the board games “series”. And any other series you might feel like doing.
I probably shouldn’t, but I’m in the mood… Leshrac, get out. If you like James’ work, you should have more respect for him. To me it was funny because it didn’t make alot of sense, and the imagery in my mind was absurd. In a funny way. Some might consider your lack of understanding and imagination a lack of intelligence. Further supported by the fact that you think that humour stems from nothing but intelligence. Intelligence can determine your understanding of humour, but whether you consider it funny is… at the very root more of a psychological sorta thingy, no? Let’s call you “mature”. Putting together random “X-crap” is so immature that you feel soiled, you need to close your browser down, take a shower, go back in and make a comment about how insulted you feel that he shoved this in your face, and then refer to him as “the guy”. I think you should follow your own advice on step one: seek help. Slight exaggeration. Parts of “maturity” are overrated, which you probably figured out already since (I assume) you’re following James’ videos closely here. Just know that others would be able to quote you, and repost the same thing, but pointed at you instead. If you’re watching James’ “funny” videos and consider them funny, chances are the “higher society” (the higher, or perhaps more outdated version of you) will look at you as one of these horrible, HORRIBLE double digit IQ people. Actually, I consider you more of a dumb fuck than these other so called idiots. As far as I’m concerned, they’re all right until they make an unnecessary and rude comment. If the comment is also misinformed, oh, I just can’t help myself sometimes. Dumb fuck. It’d be sweet if James’ said that to you directly and send you far far away from here, but he’d do the right thing and just ignore you.
Hope no one other than Leshrac read, and hope that “that” no one took offense, and I hope that you, Leshrac, didn’t take much offense, I don’t really know you. I enjoyed it though, thanks. Spawned many branching topics in my mind. No one make a comment about wasting my time. I will have your head! Buh…
Mmmh… this is overly redundant for a response to trolling, and probably won’t even be read, but when I’m at it I obsess… sorry. I tried to keep it as short as possible, sorry for taking up space.
Awesome to the max.
I laughed some so much I has to cast the pause spell.
When board James is Bored!!?!?!
He plays some BOARD GAMES!!
Is that video even still copyrighted? I bet you could just put that shit onto dvd yourself and make a killing.
Good work as always.
Oh, and game I’d like to suggest…
Fireball Island
Loved this James, more Board game reviews please.
That game looks too complicated to be fun, but if I had a intelligent gamer buddy like you , sure I would set down and play it. Most people just aren’t “cool” like that.
Oh my god!!! the king in the DragonStrike video (4:14) is matt parkman’s dad in heroes!!!! man his career started strangely
and whats the warrior he look his hair he shouold be in the glam rock band
yea im from finland so dont be so disrespective to me plz:D
vid doesnt seem to be working anymore =(
the criticism of the letter ‘t’ looking like a ‘c’ hits home, as i do calligraphy. i hate when i see a sign or logo whose font is so hard to read you aren’t sure what the word is supposed to be!
Glam rock band,
hAHAhAHAhaHAhaH
Don’t know if anyones pointed this out but the wizard didn’t actually slaughter a wolf for his head wear. He spent some time as a wolf for his magical training or something, he does explain this to the elf who expresses his disaproval in true peta stylie. Man i was obsessed with that video!! even recorded my own version on my talkboy! Now thats rock n roll!!
This is great, I remember seeing advertisements for Dragon Strike in comic books when I was a kid. I always wondered what it was all about lol.
I’m glad that I wasn’t the only one reminded of “Atmosfear” while watching this video. That game also had a weird person narrating, whom reminded me of Emperor Palpatine. I had a hard time playing the game due to the fact I was laughing so hard every time the narrator interrupted the game. Plus, he’s a huge bag of dicks.
AWSOMENESS, WHERE CAN I FIND THIS BOARD GAME.
that’s an awesome video cant wait to see the next one i wonder which board game it will be
Totally accurate. I, too, have this game and never played it the way it was supposed to be played. I just made up my own personal board RPGs using the little monster guys.
Another really funny thing is your game closet. My closet had Dragon Strike, Key to the Kingdom, and the Zelda board games all in the same arrangement that you have yours. I guess every guy that was a kid in the 90s was the same!
That parrtt with the thief n’ the warrior competing over the shortest skirt and the glam rock band is awesome!!!!! By the way could anyone tell me the name of that song lead singed by the warrior?? XD
But seriously…. anyone?? That song left a permanent souund on my mind!
Although I love Spoony’s take on DragonStrike, I like the fact that yours is so much more condensed and far more goofy.
Rock on.
I had the same problem with Hero Quest
This was SO FUNNY xD
PLEASE OH PLEASEEEEEEEE review Atmosfear!!!! I think it’s known as Nightmare in America? I have nearly all of the games and I can see you reviewing it
http://nowthatiam30.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/old-atmosfear-1.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=zk0IIdJwbKg
And also please review Rap Rat, another VHS game. The interesting thing on the VHS is that the timer is the screen filled with cheese, which the rat slowly eats. When the cheese is gone, the game is over!
http://shop.vintagetoybox.co.uk/images/RAPRAT.jpg
Damn, reading the other comments it seems everyone knows about Atmosfear. YAY
LMAO I WONDER WHEN HE’S GOING TO MAKE AN OTHER
BOARD JAMES.
i liked that Motley Crue reference, if i ever play this game, i’ll play that song in the background.
Poor Po, he got smoked!
That guy is TOTALLY Malibu from American Gladiators.
I’m whit you, James. This should be to DVD.
I never played Dragonstrike personally, but I got the same reaction from my friends whenever I wanted to play Heroquest or Spacecrusade or Atmosphere which also game with a tape that you had to talk to during the game even tho you knew it couldn’t hear you :s
Great Reviews James! Keep em coming!
The people with the red names admins or something?
Fucking hilarious man!! I love the part of the glam rock hero. Totally american gladiator.
The warrior also played Motoro on the second mortal combat movie!!
Hahahha I remember this crazy ass game!!! it was exactly that way too!! my cousin had it and we would watch the movie then everybody would be like fuck this game!!! i used to get a kick out of the movie and just watch that goofy shit instead of playing the game!!
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james,
understandably there would be not a whole hell of a lot of time to go into table top games but some one seriously should review WH40k. It almost seems as if one needs a PHD just to play basic versions of these games. personally i feel that understanding and being able to play should not take longer than the game itself. seriously,
IT FUCKING BOGGLES MY MIND!
ALSO…..
I agree with Milespace. Leshrac if you don’t like what you see then by all means aufwieder sehen, you keep going on and on about how james and everyone who enjoys his humor are retarded. yet you yourself are wasting so much of our and your time, that this action in its self requires of me to tell you that you need to raise your i.q. points to a three digit number and to put it quite simply in james “style”go fuck the rampant putrid shit that falls out of your own anus, nut in it and digest said fecal matter. no body…….and i do mean nobody feels off put or in anyway discouraged twards james about your psycho babel, seriously just because you believe (and i do know you did not say this but) we all must be stuck in good ole sigfrieds anal retentive stage does not mean that you should feel obligated to belittle us. my guess is that you’re probably some 13 year old kid deciding that now you’re about to go into school again and you want to use all the new and big words you learned last year to take out your nerdy aggression before you go back and massacre all those who have wronged you. let me end by saying dude you need HELP.
“Eat blazing electric death”
Nice, I like how you named all the kinds of crap
that whole game sounds like a giant nerdgasim
The first thing I thought when I saw the warrior was “Was Kyp Winger really that desperate for work?”
Sounds good… I wanna play it.
I see a lot of people mentioning VHS board games, so I’ll throw one out that has yet to be mentioned; Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive VCR Board Game – A Klingon Challenge. I owned this game as a kid, and I loved it. Basically the Enterprise is taken over by a Klingon while most of the crew is on leave, and the players are the only crew members, who must gain access to the bridge and stop the Klingon. You play the game while the tape is playing. Every so often, the Klingon interrupts and gives instructions to the players. If the tape finishes before someone makes it to the bridge, everyone loses. You should check it out, James, being a “casual Star Trek fan.”
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
I actually had this game too…. never did play it, but the video was hilarious. Good stuff, I like the idea of the board games. Have you ever heard or seen the Ghostbusters board game? I remember it being kinda creepy, and you had to climb a tower that had traps and whatnot, along with a skull that fell down a hole or something like that. Great game though. Oh, and while I’m at it, if you don’t have one, Look up the Action Max “videogame” console… it had vhs tapes for games, and a zapper kind of thing with sensors etc.
Hahaha, never heard of the game… but you presented it very well.
Good job James.
board james is amazing ! hey make a review about stratego !
Hey, I am still here! I’ll play! I am always the wizard in my RPG games…though, those are usually video games like Oblivion, not a board game.
This is my favorite Board James episode behind Weapons and Warriors and Crossfire,
LONG LIVE THE NERD AKA BOARD JAMES
my friend has a game called heroquest and it is very similar to both dungeons and dragons and dragonstrike
The warrior was in a episode of Married…with Children.
James did u just ha-doo-gen(street fighter II) a teletubie
im sorry u owe me a new keyboard juice just squirted outta my nose all over the place
Jaws-of-death (t)Crap! LOL! You’re awesome James, keep up the good work!
You know what! you should review the nes game dragon strike ;P
Don’t turn off the VCR yet!
Oh,Shit! =)) omg i am loosing my head,i can’t stop laughing.
You’re the best James! I watched all you’re movies and i will donate about 500 bucks.
I am serious.
There should be a review of Atmosfear: The Gate Keeper here. Who else was able to not lose the staring contest with the Gate Keeper?
This is one of my favorite non-AVGN videos by you. Very funny.
That was freakin hilarious. Loved the “Crap” part LOL
GREAT EPISODE!!!
what’s the music in the beginning? awesome vid!!
I have loads of games that no-one but my brother would ever play with me, and two that even he wouldn’t play. Yes, there are board games in my cupboard that I’ve had for almost twenty years that have never been played.
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Holy Shit! I almost shit my pants in the “crap” part!
I remember owning this game as a kid. I highly doubt that a round of this game has actually ever been played by anyone.
I love the way you start this one.
Hey, everyone. I’m Board James. And when Board James is bored, he plays some board games.
PRICELESS.
That’s just “WOW”: for game and for vid
Awesome tape! lol
Sweet video, yes it should be on DVD.
Wow, DragonStrike looked like a fun game to play.The video cassette that came with it was bizarre to watch. Nevertheless, I give this video 5/5 man-scorpions!
I laughed my ass of at the trap/crap part xD The tv scene was hilarious as well xDD
Awsum vid man!
Haha! I really enjoyed this one. I really liked your interaction with the dungeon master.
Awsom
jjjaaa with that vcr who would’n like to play the game?!
jajaja that video it’s INSANE!
love u james ur the best!
and by the way… they shoud put soon shity crap on the game too… they have all kind of crap!