Watch it played
Watch it played is a board and card game-related video series created and hosted by Rodney Smith. Originally intended to be used as a resource in a play-by-Forum game of Mansion of Madness, the videos received significant views as well as positive feedback. This encouraged the creation of a channel dedicated to teaching and showing the games played.
In each season, Rodney, usually accompanied by his son Luke and his daughter Andrea, will do a full play-through of a selected board game. Instead of reviewing, the show focuses on how the game works, thus allowing viewers to understand it in a practical level, helping them decide for themselves whether or not it would appeal to them. Another key aspect of the show revolves around the interaction with the viewers, usually allowing them to participate in the game by having them submit different choices at the end of each video.
Seasons and games
The show's first episode was uploaded on September 1, 2011. Since then several more episodes have been uploaded, usually with two or more episodes uploaded per week.
Season |
Game |
|---|---|
0* |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
Small World |
4 |
|
5 |
Seven Wonders |
6 |
|
7 |
|
8 |
|
9 |
|
10 |
|
11 |
|
12 |
|
13 |
|
14 |
|
15 |
|
16 |
*Though, technically, not part of the series, Mansion of Madness was the first game explained and played by Rodney in this public manner.
Fundraiser
On January 5, 2012, a fundraiser campaign for the series was announced. Its main goal was to collect enough money to allow Rodney full dedication to the show for at least a quarter year. The $5000 goal was achieved and surpassed on March 3, 2012. The total amount raised was over $8000.
Plaid Hat Games Partnership
On March 24, 2012, it was announced that the show would partner with Plaid Hat Games (owners of both Dungeon Run and Summoner wars, games played in the series), in order to develop a video rundown of Summoner Wars rules, trying to facilitate and complement the sometimes tedious process of learning a new game.