At a bit of a loose end
err
if I'm honest
And I wasn't sure what to do
But then I remembered an old game I used to play.
I fished it out
and it transpires
It's perfect 'cos it's called "Lockdown!"
Seems like it's relevant so
Problem is.
Instructions: gone.
No tutorials on YouTube or anything like that.
So I thought I'd ... you know .
I'd do one
[Are you excited yet? I am and I'm just captioning the video]
Obviously you get the, um.
Sanitiser things
These are for the expansion pack.
Which I don't have
So we're not going to use those
You get the pieces
Which are, obviously ..
The currency of the game.
Erm, is kind of, erm
'Cos that's what you wanna get hold of really
When you're in lockdown
And then we have the actual
The deck!
You get about 70 or 80 card in here.
The first thing you get are the three predicament cards.
You could be "Living with Family"
"Living with Partner"
Which must be nice
Or
Terribly, terribly ...
alone
There are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 frustration cards.
You don't want to get these
You don't want to get these. These indicate you are not doing a good job playing the game.
of Lockdown.
But there are ways you can avoid getting them.
You also have these COVID cards.
These are definitely what you don't want to get.
You can't tell
that someone's
'cos often ...
asymptomatic so it's quite hard. So.
I'm going to play a few rounds.
Just to kind of give you. Because I think that's probably the best way to learn.
Someone plays a "Working from Home" card.
Fine.
Not a problem with that.
But then someone else on top of that
says "Ah ha!...
.. but"
"You can't access the server"
and that's .. that's problematic.
That, as you can see by the, kind of, the icon.
could lead very
to a Frustration Card.
Which we don't want.
But what happens if you have this card.
Now it's the same exact card.
It's just a different, kind of, interpretation.
Which is "Can't access server"
It's just a way of looking at things.
So that's. That's one kind of element of gameplay.
Obviously that person probably would get, you know.
Again, I don't know the actual number but there would be some, some.
If you're living with family or a partner.
Birthday; absolutely fine.
absolutely fine.
You're not going to run into any issues.
If you're living obviously alone
Again, there could be.
There could be problems.
Which then could lead to just, you know.
a downward spiral.
You know. Just.
You know, descent.
Obviously you avoid that if you're living with family.
You're probably going to have a nice birthday but the problem is
You might have to home school
So, again,
Different, kind of,
Different ways of, of dealing with it
Baking
A very simple, simple round, of, of Lockdown!
Err, makes sense.
But then someone else
might play, might play More Baking
Erm.
And the problem is this can gen..
This can lead directly to, to be honest,
baking quite..rather .. you know.
actually
and then if we're being honest
Probs too much, you know.
too much
you know and then and then just
Please?
Please stop.. you know.
And then finally we have this just
this needs to
This, this cannot go on.
Player 1 is living alone.
and to avoid frustration spends time Gaming
However this is not, by any means, a strong play.
Gaming is solitary and, as such, the rules decree a Loneliness card can be played.
Unluckily for Player 1, this is exactly what happens.
Yet, undeterred, Player 1 mobilises.
And counters with "Online Gaming."
Successfully winning the round.
But let's imagine for a second.
that we played the same card on the
"Living with Family"
You would have thought, absolutely fine. But ...
In this case "Online Gaming" can be countered.
For if the household has a slow internet connection
and the rest of the Family are watching Netflix.
well that, that can lead directly
to "Buffering"
Which, in turn, produces the much maligned
"Frustration Card"
Game. Set. Match.
That's a point at which you're safe
If you're living alone.
I mean obviously not
probably not happy but safe
"Living with Partner" that's a fairly good card to get obviously.
'Cos you'll probably get, you're probably gonna get some ...
erm, you know. And then
But there's a possibility of
and that's. That's not good.
That's going to be problematic when you're living together.
Obviously if you're living alone.
You might very much miss ..
miss that person.
But then again you could, you could play Long Distance
That's going to keep you away from Frustration.
You could also; if you're not with anyone you could just do "Group Chat;" that's good.
"Online Dating"
Phone .. you know that's good.
All those things are going to prevent you from "Solitude."
But this is the thing. Even if you get the solitude card.
You can pretty much follow that up
I mean it's essentially the same
It's the ... you know.
It's just a
It's a matter of perspective really; a lot of this game.
This is the thing all you're doing whether you're living with a partner, living with family or living alone.
all you're doing in this game is really trying to avoid the Frustration Cards
and trying to avoid the Covid Cards.
And you can do that in many many ways. So, for instance,
Wine at Lunch
Who says that's w... you know
What?
Just a little bit of Wine at Lunch.
Just a cheeky... a cheeky ... cheeky glass of Wine at Lynch.
Err, that's fine.
Just a cheeky glass.
And then, you know.
What's wrong with that?
And, obviously, once you
'cos you've had a couple, you pretty much, you may as well
you know. And then
The problem is that then you get
"Who says it's wrong?"
Just crack open another
"Yes, what of it?"
You know. people are just judgemental.
And then "Don't Look at Me"
And there's this kinda
I regret nothing
But then, obviously, there are
there are things that I regret.
That, obviously, if you're living with someone
can lead to a frustration card.
Obviously, if you're living alone.
That's probably going to be ok.
Let's say someone does end up playing a Covid Card into your midst.
One of the things you can do is, obviously, you can play one of the Protection Cards
Unfortunately there are precious few of these.
The game makers I think neglected to plan ahead.
But, you know, it is what it is.
You could also, if someone plays a Covid card, you could play a bailout.
You could also ... that's good.
But then someone could amplify the Covid.
With a Fake News card.
Which is not. That's terri.. that's really going to make .. create problems for you.
So you can do the Social Dstancing.
But, if someone plays a Covid card.
And then they also have this card then you are
I'll be honest ..
The worst card in the game ... the worst
I mean there's very little you can do apart from just hope.
'cos if someone adds Covid
to what is, I mean, sheer
absolute. I mean just complete incompet... you know
Things are not gonna go well.
There are obviously other ways you can use the time.
You don't have to necessarily spend it in Solitude or drinking, you know
You could .. you know.
You could do that.
and, obviously
But this is the thing is that
There are a number of these cards.
Problems is if you're Living with Family
It's quite hard to get away with that, I think.
Because it's gonna be like
I just, I'd worry that you might be f.
and then, and then if you're living with a partner.
I think it's going to be frowned upon isn't it?
If you're living with a partner it's probably not gonna
It's not gonna reflect well upon you if you're just like
I'm just
I'm just gonna
However, if you're living alone.
there aren't many benefits but you could
you can just, you know
you can just keep
if you're living alone
in fact, sometimes.. you know
this. It's a way of kind of.
And you can really get away with spending a lot of the game.
just, just 'cos they supply a lot of these
this is probably.
To be honest, this is probably why we have the Panic Buy
'cos that, you know, is what we
and then, so, yeah, there are
Sometimes, too much.
So that's Lockdown! That's Lockdown! The Game.
I hope you enjoyed this little, kind of, run down of it.
And I hope this helps anyone out there who wants to play.
That's Lockdown! The Game. Thanks for watching.