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Toilet paper marks victory in DeliciousJames's Pokémon board game

Pokémon Triumph adapts Plunder: A Pirate's Life for Peebr, Shannon and Flygon on a shared Google Slides board.

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I made a Pokemon Board Game to force my friends to think

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0:29The rules introduce factions, resources, combat rolls, Gimmighoul chests and a moving swarm.
2:58Triumph Points, represented by toilet paper rolls, determine who wins.
3:12Shannon, Peebr and Flygon join the Google Slides board and choose their starters.
7:13Shannon launches the first castle attack, but a low roll costs him HP.
17:09Shannon spends a Triumph Point to revive his fainted Typhlosion.
18:38Peebr captures a tower, collects another chest and gambles with his wood resources.

DeliciousJames gives conquest a wonderfully undignified scorecard: Triumph Points represented by toilet paper rolls. Collect enough and you win Pokémon Triumph, the custom board game at the center of the channel's only new upload this week.

"I made a Pokemon Board Game to force my friends to think" has passed 200,000 views. Peter hosts while Shannon, Peebr and Flygon choose Typhlosion, Milotic and Leafeon, then set about claiming towers, gathering resources and attacking castles. The pirate-game inspiration comes with distinctly Pokémon complications, including Gimmighoul chests and a roaming swarm.

Shannon announces, "I chose violence this game." His castle attacks prove less decisive: repeated defensive rolls leave his Typhlosion fainted, and he gives up a Triumph Point to revive it. Meanwhile, Peebr finds opportunities in chests and resource cards. Even milk becomes something worth negotiating over.

The comments have their own rules discussion underway. Some viewers suggest restricting obstacle traversal to the individual Pokémon with the appropriate ability; others propose making the swarm harder to escape. Several also recognize the familiar experience of hearing board-game instructions and immediately forgetting them.

The new game is the channel's busiest video right now, followed by "Guess the Pokemon, but they were described by my MOM," which turns Peter's mother's descriptions into clues for another creator quiz. The earlier simple-shapes quiz continues attracting views too.

Across the channel, the week brought roughly 790,000 views and a modest subscriber gain. Daily viewing is running above its usual level. Among nearby variety-gaming channels, Floydsonson had a particularly substantial week, while Super Beard Bros was quieter. For DeliciousJames, the fresh attraction is a homemade game whose viewers are already discussing house rules.

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What viewers say

Me listening to the instructions, immediately forgetting every word as soon as it's spoken
@Ruse3See it on YouTube
The start of this video felt like I showed up to an exam I forgot to study for
@akaiancSee it on YouTube
If I had a nickel for every Peter pokemon-ifying a board game, I'd have two nickels.
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4 more comments

There are a lot of DeliciousJames videos... wait thats not the right intro.
@sirdefir4792See it on YouTube
Amazing game! I do think that if you want to improve on it, that traversing obstacles should be locked to the specific pokemon.
Like, a pokemon that can surf shouldn't be able to break rocks because they have a teammate that can.
That would force more strategic movement instead of making all of your pokemon able to just go everywhere from any angle.
@ardynizunia9709See it on YouTube
I appreciate that the swarm sat in the corner and did nothing in the 2nd half 😂
@TheTerrableJaySee it on YouTube
Pitting your friends against each other to conquer a region? Sure does sound like Pokemon Conquest to me
@OtakuMavSee it on YouTube