We Played Hide And Seek Across The U.K.
Jet Lag: The Game
0:02 Hello!
0:04 Welcome to my secret hiding spot.
0:07 Boys...
0:09 ...good luck finding me here.
0:18 We're about to play a six-day game of hide-and-seek across the UK.
0:21 Right now, we're the Seekers and we're starting in London.
0:23 While I had four hours to get to...
0:27 Well, I mean, I'm not gonna tell you where I am.
0:29 It's hide-and-seek.
0:30 I hide and then you don't...
0:32 you don't know where I am.
0:33 You have to figure it out.
0:35 Welcome to our six-day game of hide-and-seek across the United Kingdom.
0:39 The goal of this game is simple:
0:41 hide for as long as you can without being found.
0:43 Right now, Ben and I are starting in London as the Seekers,
0:46 while the first Hider,
0:47 Adam, had four hours to find a hiding spot anywhere else in the UK.
0:51 In order to find him,
0:52 we'll have to piece together information about his location
0:55 using the 62 questions in our Question Book.
0:58 Adam has to answer these questions truthfully, but in exchange,
1:01 he'll get to draw cards from the Hider Deck,
1:03 giving him big advantages like Time Bonuses or Curses
1:06 that he can use to slow us down.
1:08 Once we find Adam, positions will rotate,
1:10 and it will be someone else's turn to hide.
1:12 After the end of six days, the player with the longest single hiding run wins.
1:16 We'll go over all the nitty gritty rules later.
1:18 For now, Adam's clock is ticking.
1:20 So Ben and I need to look at our map and figure
1:23 out what to ask so we can start moving in Adam's direction.
1:26 What does the UK look like, Ben?
1:28 Adam is somewhere in here.
1:30 I think he's...
1:32 here.
1:34 It is 11 am...
1:36 which means that we should be expecting our first question any minute now.
1:39 I would say number one thing that I'm worried about is
1:42 that they figure out too early that I'm on the coast.
1:45 There are a few different questions they could ask that could tell them that.
1:49 So I think we just really have to hope that they
1:50 wait a little bit before they ask anything in that row.
1:55 Let's go into town, shall we?
1:57 We should probably ask a question 'cause we're burning time.
1:59 Yes, okay.
2:00 Well, there's many questions we can ask.
2:02 We've got our— Oh, in fact...
2:03 We've got our little Investigation Book.
2:05 Oh, wow.
2:06 With all of our questions.
2:08 So before we ask our first question,
2:09 I should explain what kind of questions we can ask.
2:12 In this game, our questions are broken up into six simple tools.
2:15 Matching questions allow us to check whether something about
2:18 our location is the same or different from Adam's.
2:20 Like, is his region the same as ours?
2:22 Is his nearest commercial airport the same as ours?
2:25 Things like that.
2:26 Measuring questions are similar,
2:27 but they allow us to check whether something is closer
2:29 to or further from Adam than it is from us.
2:32 Like, is he closer to an international border?
2:34 Is he closer to a coastline?
2:35 Et cetera.
2:36 The Thermometer allows us to ask whether we're hotter
2:38 or colder to Adam's location after we've traveled a certain distance.
2:41 The Radar can check whether Adam is or isn't within a certain distance of us,
2:45 and Photo questions allow us to ask Adam for a photo
2:48 of something like his train platform or the tallest mountain he can see.
2:51 Finally, we've got Tentacles,
2:53 a special tool for dealing with denser areas that we can explain later.
2:57 There's a lot of ways we can approach
2:58 this, but we've gotta figure out a strategy quickly.
3:01 I don't know exactly what— 'Cause we're kind of starting in a weird
3:04 place where we're all the way at the bottom of the map.
3:07 Yeah, but there is plenty west and south of here.
3:10 I mean, this would be risky, but we could be like,
3:12 are you in the same country as us?
3:14 Or is it country?
3:15 Is England a country?
3:16 Yeah.
3:17 What the— What is the UK?
3:18 It's a country of countries.
3:20 Okay, that is confusing.
3:22 If he is in another country, it's almost certainly Wales.
3:25 It's almost certainly Wales.
3:26 Because you could— He had four hours.
3:28 He could theoretically be in Scotland, but only the tiniest bit.
3:33 It either tells us immediately that he's almost certainly in Wales,
3:37 or it knocks out all of Wales, which is still pretty good.
3:40 That's pretty good, yeah.
3:41 It's a risky first question though.
3:43 Especially considering that I think we both agree
3:45 his first instinct would be to go to Wales.
3:47 'Cause Wales is cool.
3:48 Wales is cool.
3:48 And England is...
3:50 Way less cool than Wales.
3:52 Alright.
3:52 Look, I like starting with a risky question.
3:56 Let's ask him if he's in the same country as us.
3:58 Are you in England, Adam Chase?
4:03 Oh.
4:05 Folks, we've gotten our first question.
4:07 They would like to know if I'm in the same country as them.
4:11 Tell you what.
4:12 I was really tempted to go to either Wales or Scotland.
4:17 But I thought that this would be one of the first questions they asked.
4:21 And so I resisted that urge.
4:22 I am in fact...
4:24 in jolly old England.
4:25 Okay, we've got our answer.
4:26 You ready?
4:27 He is in England.
4:28 He is in England.
4:29 Oh.
4:29 I don't want to stay in England longer.
4:31 Look, we can forget about Scotland.
4:33 We can forget about Wales.
4:35 England.
4:36 Okay, so we probably want something to give us direction soon.
4:39 Let me take out the map again.
4:40 We're right about here.
4:42 I would love to be able to split the map kind of diagonally like this.
4:46 So you're thinking like a Thermometer style thing?
4:48 Yeah, I think if we could find the right station to go to.
4:53 Of course, and I don't know if we've explained this yet,
4:55 but there's currently a tube strike in London.
4:58 Which is epic.
5:00 We support unions.
5:02 Except for right now when they are screwing
5:04 us because they're in cahoots with team Adam.
5:07 And now we need to draw our cards.
5:11 Because they asked a Matching question,
5:12 I get to look at the top three cards and then pick my favorite, and...
5:18 Awesome.
5:18 Awesome way to start the season.
5:29 So, really quick, this card that Adam just pulled is a Curse.
5:32 This is a special kind of card that Adam can keep in his hand
5:34 and play against us whenever he thinks it would be most advantageous.
5:38 The one he just pulled prevents Ben and I from asking
5:40 any more questions until we've successfully
5:42 completed a mini-game of hide-and-seek ourselves.
5:45 Curses, though, always have a casting cost.
5:47 This card can only be played when Ben
5:49 and I are off-transit and away from a train station.
5:52 In this game, choosing the right Curses and casting them
5:54 at the right time can be the key to getting a winning run.
5:59 Mm...
6:00 Curse of the Hide-and-Seek-ception is not a great Curse.
6:04 I think that it is probably ultimately better than a 10-minute Bonus.
6:10 So I'm going to keep it.
6:12 Let's keep going.
6:19 That's town.
6:21 Alright, for inexplicable reasons, we've walked over here.
6:24 We've walked over here to give you a little bit of variety.
6:27 We need to go to a station where if we ask if we're hotter or colder,
6:32 it splits the map in a diagonal.
6:35 Peterborough is 50 minutes.
6:38 Okay, we have eight minutes until that train and— Okay, okay.
6:41 that's not the quickest station to get through.
6:42 Shh-shh-shh-shh-shh.
6:42 You're freaking me out.
6:44 Okay.
6:45 Calmly.
6:47 I dunno, my quick hot take, Ben, is...
6:50 I think it is likelier than not that he is north of here.
6:54 Yes, well, 'cause we're at the bottom.
6:56 And there's more options.
6:57 Before we leave...
6:59 is there a Radar we can do that would...
7:02 We could do a 100-mile Radar or something.
7:05 Let's do a 100-mile Radar first.
7:06 So we do a 100-mile Radar, and if it's not a hit, we don't get on this train?
7:10 If it's a hit, we don't get on the train.
7:12 Okay.
7:12 We gotta send it now.
7:13 I'd say, let's do that.
7:15 And then go to the platform?
7:16 Yeah, let's go to the platform.
7:18 Okay, let's do it.
7:22 Is it the train to Edinburgh?
7:24 It is.
7:25 Okay, so we've done a 100-mile Radar just to see if
7:29 he's down in this general area because we can do it quickly.
7:32 If it's a hit, then...
7:35 We get scared and we bail from this train?
7:37 We stay here because he's not all the way up there.
7:40 Okay, we should get an answer any second now.
7:42 And let's maybe start walking.
7:44 And folks, we have got question two.
7:48 A 100-mile Radar.
7:50 Unfortunately, I would say that that is a pretty smart question.
7:55 I am not within 100 miles of them.
7:58 But knowing that knocks out a ton of area.
8:02 So I would say...
8:04 that it was a smart question.
8:09 Okay, Radar questions, I get to look at the top two.
8:15 Ooh, okay.
8:20 Oh.
8:21 Oh, these are both good.
8:23 I think I have to take the Veto.
8:26 We're committing Ben, right?
8:27 Miss, we get on.
8:29 Miss, we get on.
8:30 It's a miss, we get on the train, we go north.
8:33 It's legit time.
8:34 It's a miss.
8:35 Okay, we getting on?
8:36 Alright.
8:37 He's far away.
8:37 Let's go for it.
8:38 Hey!
8:39 Back!
8:40 No?
8:40 Okay.
8:41 Oh?
8:44 I guess we're not getting on.
8:45 So they did not want us to get on that train.
8:48 The guy, he screamed so loud.
8:50 He said no, very loudly.
8:53 He's an agent of Adam.
8:54 I thought we were gonna die.
8:56 I still like the move of going up to Peterborough with the Radar.
8:59 And we gotta wait 20 minutes.
9:01 So if we— if we're gonna kill this time anyway, we might as well ask questions.
9:05 Here's a pitch.
9:07 Coastline.
9:09 'Cause the thing about the...
9:11 Penzance-ula...
9:12 She's skinny.
9:14 So if he was closer to the coastline,
9:17 that would cover basically the whole peninsula.
9:18 Well, what would it look like if...
9:20 Yeah, what would it look like if he's further?
9:22 'Cause then that would maybe exclude it.
9:24 If he was further, then it would exclude the whole peninsula.
9:28 Except for some very tiny areas.
9:30 If he's closer, then that's less useful, at least right now.
9:35 But it still cuts off a lot of country.
9:36 It's a good question.
9:38 I'd say let's hit it.
9:39 Alright, do it?
9:41 Do it.
9:41 Sending?
9:42 Yeah.
9:43 Okay.
9:44 We got a decision to make here.
9:47 They've just asked if I'm closer to or further from a coastline than them.
9:51 Now, here is the thing.
9:53 I could use my Veto on that.
9:56 But if I do, if I were them,
10:00 I would then request a photo of the largest body of water I can see,
10:03 and then they would see that I'm fully on the ocean.
10:08 If I decide to go ahead and answer this question,
10:11 they'll know I'm kind of near the coast...
10:14 but not necessarily that close.
10:19 I think I answer this.
10:21 Look, you can get mad at me about not using the veto if you want, okay?
10:28 But I gen— I really do think,
10:31 I think that if I veto this, it makes them too suspicious.
10:33 Then they ask me for a picture of my largest body of water.
10:36 Now that question's out of the way...
10:39 and if they ask for a largest body of water, veto.
10:44 Ooooh.
10:46 Okay, he's closer.
10:46 He's closer.
10:47 That is annoying, although expected.
10:49 Adam, we're coming for you.
10:51 What do we do now?
10:52 Do we still go to Peterborough?
10:52 I still don't know what to do.
10:53 We could go to Peterborough.
10:55 We could go north and ask a Thermometer and try and cut off the Penzinceula.
11:00 We've been calling it the Penzance-ula.
11:02 The Penzinceula, which is not a real term.
11:05 It should be.
11:06 But it should be.
11:07 That's our train.
11:08 Should we get on?
11:09 Yeah, let's go.
11:11 Alright.
11:11 Okay, let's draw our cards.
11:17 Curse of the Drained Brain.
11:19 Choose three questions in different categories.
11:21 The Seekers cannot ask those questions for the rest of your run.
11:24 Casting cost: Discard your hand.
11:28 Mm-kay.
11:35 Curse of the Gilded Inquiry.
11:37 Secretly choose one question.
11:39 If the Seekers ask that question after this Curse is played,
11:42 the question is automatically vetoed and you
11:44 instantly draw and keep three extra cards.
11:47 Casting cost: The Seekers' next question is free.
11:52 I think I go Gilded Inquiry.
11:53 Because with my Veto and this, it's like having two Vetoes.
11:57 Curse of the Drained Brain is kind of like having three Vetoes,
12:00 but they all have to be said beforehand and they're known.
12:04 Okay, I'm gonna play Gilded Inquiry right now on the coastline question.
12:12 Sam.
12:14 We've got a Curse.
12:16 Oh god.
12:17 Curse of the Gilded Inquiry.
12:19 He knows we're here.
12:22 He could definitely guess the 50-mile.
12:26 I don't know.
12:27 I don't know.
12:28 I think that I would be pretty shocked if he put it on the 50-mile Thermometer,
12:33 which is the worst Thermometer.
12:35 Yeah.
12:37 So we ask it anyway?
12:38 I think, yeah.
12:39 I think that that's— Do it?
12:41 It's a really good Curse though.
12:43 Yeah, it is.
12:44 Alright, boardin' the train to Peterborough.
12:54 Oh?
12:56 Are they going somewhere?
12:57 If they are going somewhere, where?
12:59 There's like three completely different regions that I could be in.
13:03 I mean, I guess it's possible they're just gonna take a guess.
13:05 It looks like they're going north.
13:08 They still haven't eliminated that area southwest though.
13:10 I guess they'll have to do that later.
13:12 We will see.
13:19 So, we're just looking at our Thermometer options here.
13:23 The train's moving.
13:24 The train is moving.
13:25 We're on it.
13:26 I just wanted to mention.
13:27 We are— We're on our way.
13:28 I guess you can't see it.
13:29 We don't have a window.
13:30 But we're on our way.
13:31 Here's what we're gonna do, Sam, lemme tell you.
13:33 We're gonna start a 50-mile Thermometer once we are passing through Hatfield.
13:37 Once we do this Thermometer,
13:39 we'll have a pretty good sense if he's north or if he's south.
13:44 Ben— Croque.
13:45 Thank you.
13:48 I didn't know that was what I was getting.
13:49 It was a barbecue chicken croque monsieur, I guess?
13:52 Let's really get in there.
13:53 I— Whoa.
13:54 I don't want the camera touching my food.
13:56 It's not touching it.
13:57 Delicious ice cream?
14:01 Sounds amazing!
14:06 This is crazy.
14:08 It's like a totally different texture.
14:14 It's sort of more like whipped cream.
14:18 What are they up to?
14:22 Okay.
14:22 I'm gonna look into...
14:25 You find him?
14:27 Yeah, there he is.
14:29 Alright, we're ending our Thermometer here a little bit before Peterborough.
14:33 If we do find out that we're hotter, then we might wanna stay on until Leeds.
14:39 Yeah.
14:43 It's always stressful.
14:47 I mean, come on, we have to go on the Ferris wheel, right?
14:55 Okay, they have finished their Thermometer.
15:01 I could veto this...
15:03 but if I did, they could just do a shorter Thermometer while they keep going up.
15:08 So I don't actually think that that's worth it.
15:11 I don't like it when they do good guesses.
15:16 But they're not on a Ferris wheel.
15:19 So who's really winning right now?
15:31 Come on, Adam.
15:33 Come on.
15:36 Message sent.
15:37 Hotter.
15:39 Okay.
15:39 You wanna stay on?
15:41 I think that makes sense.
15:42 I think we should stay on until Leeds.
15:45 Good bye, Peterborough.
15:54 Thanks.
15:56 Alright.
15:58 It is time to start looking for— Why suffer the slings
16:02 and arrows of outrageous fortune when Zoltar is here to guide you.
16:07 Oh my gosh.
16:09 Zoltar, am I going to win?
16:14 (glissando) I am Zoltar, at your service.
16:18 Hi, Zoltar!
16:19 Listen closely to my instructions.
16:21 Okay.
16:22 Hard work pays off over time.
16:25 Okay.
16:25 And laziness...
16:26 it pays off right now.
16:29 Sure.
16:30 Heed my advice.
16:31 Relax and enjoy yourself today.
16:34 You deserve it.
16:35 Okay.
16:37 I am wise like the owl,
16:39 patiently waiting for the right time to react to any event.
16:42 To me this means that I was right to save my Veto.
16:46 I'm wise, like the owl.
16:48 And I'm patiently waiting.
16:54 We're gonna clean up.
16:56 (stifles giggling) We have curry on the map now.
16:59 Who could have anticipated— Shhhh!
17:02 Not— No one.
17:04 No one could have anticipated.
17:06 This is crazy.
17:06 Putting the map away.
17:07 We're gonna look at our phones.
17:09 (laughs) Okay!
17:14 I think that...
17:15 I think we're cooking with gas.
17:19 I think we might be.
17:21 (sighs) I mean, the problem is the map gets a little— it's a little messy.
17:25 It's a little messier than I would like.
17:28 He couldn't be in the Norwich area, right?
17:30 Well, no.
17:30 If theoretically he could be.
17:32 Yeah.
17:33 I just, I don't think— I'm choosing to not think about that.
17:38 Honestly, if he's there, look, we're donezo, we're gg.
17:42 Game's over right now.
17:44 Yeah, probably.
17:45 So honestly, we don't even worry about it.
17:51 They are approaching quicker than I would like.
17:55 I think we gotta start looking for hiding spots.
17:59 I do not think that hiding down here...
18:03 by the sort of boardwalk is the move.
18:07 So I think we need to go...
18:09 up more into the town.
18:12 And I have awesome news about how we get further into town...
18:16 which is that we take...
18:19 the tramway!
18:36 Okay.
18:38 Let's take a gander.
18:45 I mean, I would love to get a Photo from him.
18:49 Could be fun.
18:50 Sooner rather than later.
18:51 Especially 'cause we have the time to analyze it.
18:52 What kind of Photo are you craving, Sam?
18:56 Five buildings is a classic.
18:58 Biggest body of water in your zone is interesting
19:00 because maybe we could see if he's on the coast.
19:05 Yeah, but usually you just see the water.
19:07 Sometimes hard to— But must include either both
19:09 sides of the body of water or the horizon.
19:12 I've never felt that— I didn't feel more answers when it's with that.
19:15 No, it's— Do you wanna just ask for five buildings?
19:18 Photo of five buildings?
19:19 Might as well.
19:19 They're so cheap.
19:20 Yeah, let's ask for a photo of five buildings.
19:22 Well, they have asked for a photo of five buildings.
19:27 I'm glad that I had left the beach for this.
19:33 Because I think that the buildings are gonna be
19:36 a lot more generic in this part of town.
19:39 I think that what I want to do is find...
19:43 the most rural looking buildings.
19:46 'Cause where I am is actually relatively big
19:49 compared to the places that it's nearest to.
19:53 Maybe this?
19:55 I'm allowed to blur text, but...
19:57 even this clearly communicates that I'm in a place with a main street and stuff.
20:03 Now this feels pretty generic.
20:06 It's like, where's that?
20:08 That could be anywhere.
20:10 Especially when you crop it in.
20:11 (camera click) I think that's about as good as we're gonna do.
20:17 And let's draw our cards.
20:21 Well, our card.
20:23 It's a Photo.
20:23 We only get one card.
20:33 Alright folks.
20:34 We've got a photo.
20:36 Let's see.
20:37 That looks like England.
20:40 I mean, those are like row houses.
20:43 That implies to me not too small.
20:46 It's pretty cloudy looking.
20:49 Whereas like here, there's some blue sky.
20:51 But I feel like you're more likely to see homes like that near a coast too.
20:54 True.
20:55 Okay, I'm back on the beach.
20:59 Now, look, I have to be honest with you about something.
21:04 There is a castle here.
21:07 But, but...
21:10 but in my defense, there's a castle almost everywhere in England, okay?
21:15 I know I always hide near castles, but this— I didn't do it this time.
21:20 I didn't even realize there was a castle here when I first looked here,
21:23 as I found out later.
21:26 Alright, let's go check it out.
21:34 We've been waffling for a while.
21:35 Oh my god.
21:36 We're almost to Leeds.
21:38 We want to play a Thermometer.
21:39 We wanna split the map so that we know which coast to go to, but it's just,
21:45 we just can't quite make a Thermometer work.
21:48 But the thing we could do is we could just do the half-mile and walk it,
21:52 get to Leeds and just walk Yeah.
21:54 a direction and get the exact angle we want.
21:57 Or even start it a half-mile out of the station and then
21:59 just walk a little bit north or south to get the exact angle.
22:02 So this basically works if we do it at...
22:05 this roundabout here.
22:07 Okay.
22:07 And then we can do some minor tweaking on foot?
22:10 Yeah.
22:11 What if...
22:15 What if this is...
22:16 You love the what if game.
22:18 My game is, I do whatever I want.
22:20 Oh wait, we're here.
22:21 So we're doing it?
22:21 We're doing it?
22:22 Do it.
22:30 Okay, they started a half-mile Thermometer.
22:33 My guess is that they're going to use
22:34 this to cut the country into east and west.
22:37 I'm thinking it might be time for a Veto.
22:40 They can do the same thing with a 3-mile Thermometer, but it'll be annoying.
22:48 And then they'll have used their 3-mile Thermometer.
22:50 So I kind of think...
22:52 this might be our moment.
22:54 I've been patiently waiting.
22:56 But I think that now...
22:59 my owl-like wisdom is telling me that this might be our moment.
23:10 Alright.
23:12 In order to get this Thermometer to exactly the beautiful angle that we need,
23:18 we want to go to the H&M.
23:20 Okay.
23:20 It's not a sponsor.
23:21 But I will say credit to H&M.
23:24 They've chosen a great spot to end a Thermometer.
23:28 What is...
23:30 What is Leeds known for?
23:31 Is this where the Beatles are from?
23:34 No.
23:34 Oh.
23:35 This is the first we've seen England.
23:39 It's hard to walk and use binoculars at the same time.
23:41 They don't tell you that.
23:43 This looks like Britain.
23:45 Kind of have the tenants of every British
23:47 main street with like a Greggs, a Caffè Nero.
23:51 There's a restaurant here called Slug& Lettuce.
23:53 A Tesco.
23:54 That kinda describes a British man.
23:56 Yeah.
23:58 Is that H&M?
23:59 Sam, I found it.
24:01 Right?
24:01 Wait, hold on.
24:03 No.
24:04 Alright.
24:05 Do you wanna declare it?
24:06 Sam, I found the H&M.
24:07 Okay.
24:07 Do you wanna declare it?
24:10 Yeah.
24:11 Alright.
24:12 Well...
24:14 ...the Thermometer has come.
24:19 I think it's time to veto.
24:22 Now, it's possible that they can basically
24:25 re-ask this with a 3-mile Thermometer, but...
24:32 I think that'll be inconvenient for them.
24:34 And if they do it, then they'll have used up three of their four Thermometers.
24:39 We have an answer.
24:41 Okay.
24:42 The son of a bitch has hit us with a Veto Question.
24:44 Ohh-hohoho.
24:45 That is not...
24:47 On one hand, blugh.
24:49 On the other hand, we're onto him.
24:51 Or he just realized this was a good question to veto.
24:55 Or we're onto him.
24:57 Let's look at if there's any kind of 3-mile
25:00 Thermometer that could get us maybe a similar...
25:02 Well, that's kind of was what we were looking at before.
25:04 Yeah.
25:05 I mean, there is a train at "Crossgate".
25:07 But I don't think that gets us quite the angle that we want.
25:09 Maybe let's walk back towards...
25:11 Yeah.
25:12 the station.
25:13 Sam, Cross Gates still works.
25:17 Does it though?
25:18 So there's a little bit of a slice.
25:20 Here, let's cross.
25:21 Yeah, it's not as perfect, but it's...
25:25 Well, we can do it relatively efficiently
25:28 now 'cause there is a quick transfer back.
25:32 So maybe it's worth it?
25:33 This geography's a little awkward,
25:34 but I think it's as good as we're gonna do right now.
25:36 So let's get on this train to Cross Gates, and...
25:39 let's start our 3-mile Thermometer now.
25:43 We're really burning through these.
25:55 It's pretty cool here.
26:06 Man, it is really beautiful up here.
26:12 Okay, well, as predicted...
26:15 they're doing the 3-mile Thermometer.
26:17 But...
26:20 that definitely is going to have taken them a bit.
26:23 I think that it will have slowed them down enough that it was worth it to do it,
26:26 especially because they don't have good Thermometers left.
26:29 They only have one left now.
26:32 So...
26:35 I still say worth it.
26:37 (sighs) Man, I really...
26:40 I wish he had not vetoed that half-mile.
26:42 That is...
26:45 Yep.
26:46 It hurts.
26:47 Alright.
26:49 Sam, we made it to Cross Gates.
26:50 We just gotta get a little bit north.
26:52 Yeah, that train was late, so we only have 10 minutes.
26:54 And end this Thermometer, alright.
26:55 So I think we just follow this road up a bit.
26:57 Whatever takes us north.
26:59 Yeah.
27:01 Okay, we end it here?
27:03 Let's end it here.
27:03 The geography's a little weird, but we'll probably get rid of the sliver some...
27:08 Somehow.
27:08 Somehow.
27:09 (groans) Okay, committing?
27:11 Committing.
27:12 Let's get on that train back.
27:14 Okay.
27:15 If that does it for us, Ben,
27:17 that will— It's not gonna be— He's not in the sliver.
27:20 That'll be the blunder.
27:22 His ass is not in the sliver.
27:24 The blunder of all time.
27:32 Come on.
27:36 What direction are you going?
27:40 Well, damn.
27:46 Why don't they guess wrong sometimes?
27:52 (sighs loudly) Ay.
27:56 Uuuhhggh.
27:59 Let's draw our stupid cards.
28:04 Curse of the Prosperous Home.
28:06 Expand the radius of your hiding zone by 50%.
28:13 Ooh.
28:20 A bit more Time Bonus to use.
28:23 Well, I loved the castle.
28:27 Let's go back into town.
28:28 Alright, Sam, we got an answer.
28:30 What is it?
28:30 You ready?
28:31 Are you emotionally prepared to receive I don't know.
28:33 this information?
28:34 Hotter.
28:35 East coast.
28:36 The east coast.
28:37 Which means that the sliver is not a problem.
28:39 The problem is that this is still...
28:42 kind of a weird slice of map remaining.
28:45 Yeah, and a lot of the lines to the coast are pretty big commitments.
28:50 We can ask if he's in our same region.
28:52 And— 'Cause our region contains most of the Hull stuff.
28:57 Is this our train?
28:58 Yeah.
29:01 I don't wanna go to the coast yet.
29:03 We need to figure out which section
29:06 of coast he's on before we actually go there.
29:09 I don't know that we're gonna have
29:10 a more useful time for the region question now.
29:12 No, and it's also like if it's a hit...
29:15 Huge.
29:16 Huge.
29:17 Oh my god, you know what's in our map?
29:19 Saltburn.
29:19 You ever watch Saltburn?
29:21 It seemed too freaky.
29:23 Maybe he's getting freaky over somewhere.
29:25 I know that I gotta go crazy with this stuff.
29:37 Is this right?
29:38 Is this the right amount?
29:40 No one knows.
29:42 Certainly not me.
29:44 I like...
29:45 I like region.
29:46 I like region.
29:47 And if it's a no, we start going north
29:50 and we use our 10-mile Thermometer to exclude everything south.
29:55 I'm not convinced that's worth it...
29:58 but I like region first at least.
30:00 Alright, let's do region.
30:02 Look, it's an old thing.
30:05 Alright, we're asking same region.
30:07 Currently we are in Yorkshire and the Humber.
30:11 Adam, are you in Yorkshire and the Humber?
30:15 Only time will tell.
30:28 Eh?
30:33 Well...
30:36 I would say that that's not great.
30:40 'Cause I am in the same region as them.
30:47 We got an answer.
30:48 What is it?
30:51 Bingo!
30:52 It's a hit?
30:53 It's a hit.
30:54 Ohoho!
30:55 It's a hit.
30:55 It's a hit.
30:56 It's a hit.
30:57 Spotted ya!
30:58 Spotted ya!
30:58 Okay, this is good.
30:59 This is good.
31:00 We're making good time here.
31:01 Adam, I— Wait, no, no, no.
31:02 First, cut to Adam spiraling.
31:04 I wanna see Adam spiraling.
31:05 Adam, I see you spiraling.
31:12 Well, shoot.
31:17 So, we know we want to go...
31:21 Well, we still don't know where we want to go, but we've got a small map.
31:24 We've got a— We're— it's just this region,
31:26 and we've already cut off a huge chunk of it anyway.
31:29 We need a genius question, Ben.
31:32 So it's like he's either around
31:34 this Middlesbrough— Middles— "Middles-brow" area, or Hull.
31:41 And we kinda need to know,
31:43 because once we go down the line, we'll just have to backtrack.
31:46 I don't think we can quite commit to going to one of those two yet.
31:50 Okay, so I'm gonna let you in on a little secret.
31:53 Ben and I are potentially about to make a huge mistake.
31:56 If you didn't just catch that, we seem to think that Middlesbrough
31:59 and the surrounding lines are in our region and still in play.
32:02 The thing is, they're not.
32:04 Even this line that goes down to Whitby,
32:06 which does enter the remaining map, wouldn't be valid.
32:08 The trains don't run often enough for any of these stations
32:10 to be used as hiding zones under our rules.
32:13 And to raise the stakes here,
32:14 Middlesbrough is basically completely disconnected from the parts
32:17 of our map that are in play.
32:18 That means that if we mistakenly decide to go there,
32:20 we're liable to lose hours for nothing.
32:23 Now, back to our, mm, strategizing.
32:27 I bet he's in Saltburn or something.
32:29 I mean, it would be funny.
32:30 I bet his freaky ass is in Saltburn.
32:32 I fear we might have to move.
32:34 I think we might, but it's just...
32:37 It's still a question of what is the best way to move?
32:40 Is there any way to use a Thermometer to cut it through here?
32:44 You would need to...
32:47 If we could maybe go down that line...
32:49 or go up that line...
32:51 Like if we went up that line from York,
32:53 we could very easily do that Thermometer.
32:56 It's just risky.
32:57 Yeah.
32:57 I mean I don't hate that because that is clean.
33:02 So I mean we could get on this train all the way to Middlesbrough.
33:05 If we basically YOLO it towards Middlesbrough...
33:09 that is the only way we can ask a clean Thermometer that cuts the map in two.
33:17 We just might be going the wrong direction.
33:20 We're gonna waste a lot more time, I think, with messiness.
33:23 'Cause I— It really seems like we need to get rid of the Middlesbrough cluster.
33:27 I think that that is the most— And I don't have
33:28 an idea how to do that except get on the train.
33:30 So one more epic move.
33:31 One more epic move never hurt anybody, right?
33:34 Let's get to platform 16 while we make final thoughts.
33:36 Okay.
33:38 I guess let's draw our cards.
33:41 Things are not looking awesome.
33:46 Curse of the Gambler's Feet.
33:48 For the next hour, Seekers must roll a die
33:50 before they take any steps in any direction.
33:52 They may take that many steps before rolling again.
33:55 Casting cost: Roll a die.
33:57 If it's an even number, this Curse has no effect.
34:01 It is a good one, a classic.
34:07 Curse of the 5-Minute King.
34:09 Remove all 5-minute Bonuses from the deck for the rest of your run.
34:12 After doing so, you must reshuffle the deck.
34:15 Casting cost: Discard two 5-minute Bonus cards.
34:24 Here's the thing.
34:25 Gambler's Feet is funny.
34:27 It doesn't actually do that much to slow them down.
34:29 Curse of the 5-Minute King...
34:31 it only makes the deck marginally bigger, and I need two 5-minute Bonuses.
34:34 I think I take the 10-minute Bonus and I
34:38 use it to cast the Curse of the Prosperous Home.
34:41 Curse of the Prosperous Home requires discarding 20 minutes of Time Bonus.
34:46 I'm going to discard them...
34:48 and cast this Curse, expanding my hiding area.
34:55 Now we really have to find a good place to hide.
35:01 We have received an SMS text message, Ben.
35:03 He has Cursed us with the Curse of the Prosperous Home.
35:07 Oh, watch out.
35:07 Doesn't do anything to us yet, but...
35:11 it means he's got a big old fat hiding zone,
35:14 which is gonna make the endgame harder.
35:16 It just— Let's get to the platform.
35:18 We can at least waffle for 20 minutes until
35:20 we get to York without necessarily committing too much.
35:23 The only situation where this is bad is...
35:27 where we're going the wrong direction.
35:28 But then after that, we will have a much cleaner map.
35:32 I can't think of a better move.
35:47 Okay, so we're just gonna have to start the Thermometer here and end it here,
35:52 and then we get our perfect, beautiful line.
35:55 It would be really funny if he was in Saltburn.
35:57 It's probably pretty, right?
35:59 Actually I'm checking whether we'd be able to see the ocean.
36:03 Do you wanna ask for a Photo?
36:04 Do we have 20— How long is this train?
36:07 We'd be in York...
36:09 (sputters) in just under 20 minutes.
36:11 I think it'd be fine because we're gonna start it outside of York,
36:13 but we need to ask now.
36:14 I— Water?
36:15 Let's ask for the biggest body of water.
36:17 I think we should at least be able to tell if he's not on the ocean.
36:22 Probably.
36:23 Should we do it?
36:24 Do it, do it now.
36:27 Ha-ha-ha...
36:29 Ha-ha, ha-ha.
36:31 Ha, and in fact, ha-ha.
36:34 They have requested a Photo of my biggest body of water.
36:39 As you may remember...
36:41 due to the Curse of the Gilded Inquiry...
36:44 that question is automatically vetoed and I get to draw and keep three cards.
36:52 Folks, this rules for us.
36:57 Ohhh, Sam.
37:00 Oh, no.
37:02 Oh!
37:07 That— That— Okay.
37:08 But hold on.
37:10 Sam?
37:13 Look.
37:14 It's a lot of cards he just got.
37:16 Yeah, he did just get three cards and our question vetoed.
37:20 It's interesting that that's the question that he chose.
37:24 Yeeaaah?
37:27 It— I don't think it necessarily implies that he is on the coast.
37:29 No, but it's just interesting.
37:32 Now, let's get our cards.
37:37 15-minute Bonus.
37:39 Great start.
37:42 10-minute Bonus.
37:44 Fine.
37:47 And the Curse of the Soothsayer.
37:50 Curse of the Soothsayer.
37:51 For the rest of the round,
37:52 you may choose to predict the next question after each question is asked.
37:55 If you are right, you earn triple rewards.
37:58 If you are wrong, you earn no reward.
38:00 Casting cost: Discard a Curse.
38:04 Pretty good.
38:05 Pretty good.
38:13 So wait, Ben.
38:20 Saltburn actually isn't in that region.
38:24 Saltburn isn't in that region?
38:26 No.
38:26 What do you mean?
38:28 The region ends here, so...
38:31 none of that line is in.
38:34 The only bit that is in is this line.
38:38 Oh.
38:40 Middlebrough isn't in it?
38:41 Apparently not.
38:42 Well...
38:45 What do you want to do?
38:48 It makes me wonder if we get off in York.
38:53 But we could still cut off that line.
38:56 But that line doesn't seem that likely.
39:00 Including on frequency.
39:01 We definitely wanna get off.
39:12 Okay.
39:13 Okay.
39:14 Welcome to York.
39:15 What the (bleep) do we do now?
39:17 We probably shouldn't have come here.
39:19 Nah, eh...
39:20 Somewhat, I dunno.
39:21 We kind of thought some lines were in play that are not in play.
39:23 This is on the way to some stuff.
39:25 It's fine.
39:26 But...
39:28 We need to stop narrowly having big (bleep) -ups, Ben.
39:32 The key is narrowly.
39:35 The thing I'm worried about...
39:37 is that even though on the map, there's a decent number of possibilities left,
39:42 I don't actually think that I could have gotten to a lot of them.
39:46 So I am worried...
39:51 that they might have a good guess about where I am.
39:56 And maybe that's what they're about to do.
39:59 They're about to just go for it.
40:02 We've got him down to...
40:05 We're doing great.
40:06 I mean, what...
40:08 probably less than a couple dozen stations now.
40:11 I think it's a— yeah, it's a healthy couple dozen.
40:17 I don't know.
40:20 I don't know.
40:20 I don't know.
40:21 I don't know exact— I mean, we could just go to Scarborough.
40:24 I mean, it's not the craziest idea.
40:26 I mean, it seems like we have decent maneuverability around here.
40:29 Great, I love to maneuver.
40:31 So it's kind of like, I feel like we should probably either be getting
40:34 on that train to Hull or the train to Scarborough.
40:37 But what do we do getting on those trains?
40:40 I don't know, man.
40:43 Okay.
40:43 What do we do?
40:44 What do we do, Ben?
40:45 Well, look...
40:47 I feel like...
40:49 we're doing pretty good.
40:50 We are.
40:50 I just don't know how to— Even though
40:52 we did literally just make a giant mistake.
40:54 No, we didn't.
40:54 We almost made a giant mistake.
40:56 We almost— We made a little mistake on the way to making a giant mistake.
40:59 Yes.
41:00 We are gonna look so stupid.
41:02 We've gotten everything right.
41:03 We're gonna look like a genius.
41:04 Okay.
41:05 So Radar, not useful, because we're equidistant from the two main areas.
41:10 There's always the question where we go on a line, and we're like,
41:14 "Are you on this line?" But I fear it may be too early.
41:19 Like he could be in Grimsby.
41:22 Let's keep in the back of our minds there is that train to Hull in 12 minutes.
41:25 I— I mean, I don't know.
41:26 Do you want to go to Hull?
41:28 Once we're there, or even once we're on the way there,
41:32 we could probably ask a much more useful Radar.
41:35 You know how we can exclude— Can't we exclude Grimsby on county?
41:42 If we ask county?
41:43 If we're in Hull?
41:44 That feels pretty good.
41:45 I kinda like that.
41:46 We could also— We could basically ask that right after we leave for Hull.
41:50 I can't think of something very useful we can do here.
41:53 No.
41:54 And there's a lot useful we can do in Hull.
41:56 I think...
41:57 Go to Hull.
41:58 Let's— Okay, let's go.
41:59 I am getting hangry.
42:01 I need food.
42:02 I want to buy food.
42:03 I have a lot of bars.
42:05 I have bars too, but I...
42:07 I've had my bars.
42:08 I'm gonna crash out on bars, Ben.
42:14 Hello.
42:14 Made it on the train to Hull.
42:16 Got a little Pret a Manger.
42:18 Never hurt anybody.
42:19 I'm so excited for it.
42:21 I'm so hungry.
42:21 If the answer is yes, I was just checking.
42:24 This train...
42:25 it goes all the way up to Bridlington.
42:28 Yeah.
42:29 Meaning this train stops at almost every...
42:34 Wait.
42:34 Would we want a station photo?
42:37 Yeah, ask for a station photo.
42:39 Now?
42:40 Why not?
42:41 I think that is a worthwhile card.
42:43 What are the chances he pulls a banger?
42:47 Zero.
42:48 Zero chance he pulls a banger off of this question.
42:52 Okay, well...
42:53 I was trying to go to the other end of my zone to check it out,
42:59 but they want a picture of the train platform.
43:05 Well, folks...
43:06 we've made it to the station.
43:10 It has to be visible...
43:13 from the train platform.
43:17 This station is under construction.
43:20 Is there a way that they would be able to figure out what stations...
43:28 are under renovation?
43:29 Okay, yes.
43:30 Google will tell me that it is.
43:33 Which means I don't think we should show any of this.
43:36 Okay.
43:38 How about that?
43:39 I dunno how helpful that's gonna be.
43:50 Alright, Sam.
43:52 Ooh.
43:53 Got a photo from Adam.
43:54 I feel like we would be able to notice that.
43:56 It's a pretty particular type of brick.
43:58 I don't think most stations...
44:00 Would look like that?
44:01 ...would have that brick.
44:02 You've got that red sign in the corner.
44:04 Because a lot of these stations don't even have structures.
44:08 So it's at least not the most rural.
44:12 But I reckon we're getting pretty close.
44:15 I reckon...
44:17 Mr.
44:17 Chase is quaking.
44:29 Okay, so...
44:34 they seem to have turned around...
44:38 and are now going the wrong way?
44:42 Which is good.
44:51 I'm just confused.
44:53 Where are they going?
45:02 I think that he's probably in this county.
45:04 Sam, there's a castle.
45:06 Nice, nice little look at the castle.
45:08 Lookit.
45:08 Look at the castle.
45:14 Sam...
45:15 Wait, we're there.
45:17 Let's ask if he is in this county.
45:20 Adam, this is your endgame.
45:22 Okay, well...
45:24 I understand what they were doing now.
45:28 They were trying to get to the county of East
45:32 Riding of Yorkshire to ask if I was there.
45:37 And folks...
45:39 I am thrilled to tell you...
45:42 ...that I am not.
45:44 This does narrow things down quite a bit.
45:46 On the other hand...
45:50 ...they just wasted a ton of time going and figuring that out.
46:01 I'm stressed, Ben.
46:03 I'm mostly stressed about a no answer.
46:06 A no answer.
46:07 But a no answer does probably eliminate more than half the stations.
46:12 Yes, but I just don't know what'd be next.
46:14 No, it'll be annoying.
46:16 Okay.
46:18 You ready?
46:20 It's a no.
46:23 Okay.
46:26 Fine.
46:28 What do we do?
46:29 Panic.
46:30 No, that's the wrong answer.
46:32 Alright folks.
46:35 Let's draw our cards, shall we?
46:38 One.
46:40 Fine.
46:41 Two.
46:44 Okay, better.
46:45 Three.
46:48 Curse of the Jammed Door.
46:49 For the next three hours,
46:50 whenever the Seekers want to pass through a doorway into a building,
46:53 business, train, or other vehicle, they must first roll two dice.
46:57 If they do not roll a seven or higher, they cannot enter that space.
47:00 Any given doorway can be re-attempted after 15 minutes.
47:04 Casting cost: Discard a card.
47:08 Oh, yeah.
47:09 Oh, big time.
47:12 Alright, let's use this right now.
47:15 Let's discard...
47:16 Let's discard Curse of the Soothsayer.
47:18 I don't wanna do that.
47:20 Oh, folks.
47:22 Oh, we got sent something, Ben.
47:28 Jammed Door.
47:29 The classic.
47:30 Oh man, Ben, things were going good!
47:34 So we could have gotten to Scarborough.
47:35 Could he have gotten to any of the stations below Scarborough?
47:38 Yes.
47:39 I think that those are pretty attractive.
47:44 Yeah, but there's only three of them.
47:46 Yeah.
47:46 So our fastest way to Scarborough
47:49 at this point is actually probably staying on this.
47:53 I mean, it's true that actually getting off of a train
47:56 is a risk now because of the jammed door.
47:59 Yeah.
48:00 So the fact that we're on a train that is moving...
48:03 ...is worth something.
48:05 So it's basically...
48:07 if we're right, if we haven't (bleep) -ed up, which we probably have,
48:10 he's either in one of three stations up there or he's in like all of this.
48:18 Wait, Ben, we could Radar.
48:21 Right?
48:21 What's a 25 from around here look like?
48:26 Egh, okay, we'd have to use it asap.
48:29 Okay, we would want to use it in seconds.
48:33 From Brough?
48:34 Because that way...
48:36 we would just include Grimsby,
48:37 and we would get as much of Doncaster as possible.
48:41 Alright, hit it?
48:41 Yeah, hit it.
48:43 I'll tell you something, folks.
48:44 Things have turned around a little bit for us here.
48:47 They had a straight shot from York to me.
48:50 But instead, they backtracked.
48:51 They went the wrong way.
48:53 Now they're gonna have to make their way back
48:55 here and deal with the Curse of the Jammed Door.
48:57 I mean, that one mistake by them, going the wrong way from York,
49:03 is probably gonna get me at least two extra hours.
49:09 They have asked for a 25-mile Radar.
49:13 Seemingly they are trying to eliminate all of the area in the Humber.
49:19 I am not within 25 miles of them.
49:23 I'm simply not!
49:24 I'm not.
49:25 Nothing I can do about that.
49:26 And so...
49:28 we draw two cards and pick one.
49:32 It's interesting.
49:35 Curse of the Archaeologist.
49:37 Send the Seekers a photo of a building or structure
49:39 whose age you can verify to within a century.
49:41 The Seekers must find a building or structure whose age they can
49:44 also verify from the same century or earlier before asking another question.
49:48 Casting cost: A standard photo of a building or structure.
49:52 Yeah, Curse of the Archaeologist is interesting,
49:55 but I just don't think I want to give them that information.
49:59 I think I'd prefer just a good old Time Bonus.
50:02 (claps) Look.
50:04 Things are going so good for us right now.
50:06 I think we need to celebrate.
50:07 And I happen to know the perfect place to do it.
50:14 Let's go.
50:17 So brown.
50:19 Alright.
50:20 This could be big, Ben.
50:21 What's it say?
50:24 Miss.
50:25 You're giving me YouTube face.
50:28 You're giving me thumbnail face.
50:30 If we are right about everything...
50:32 ...we have him down to three stations.
50:36 That doesn't...
50:40 It kind of seems too good to be true.
50:42 I just— I'm scared to continue on this train past here.
50:47 I mean, it's such a gamble.
50:49 But based on our info right now, it's the right move.
50:51 Alright, Sam, we're in Hull.
50:53 This is the sort of big question.
50:56 Do we stay on this train because we think that he is up north?
51:00 (laughs) Are we confident enough?
51:01 Should we be banking on us being right or banking on us being wrong?
51:06 I don't know, Sam.
51:09 I don't know what to— Sam.
51:11 Stay on the train?
51:12 You wanna stay on the train?
51:13 Well, I think it would be silly to bank on us being wrong.
51:19 We should be banking on us being right.
51:21 We don't have time to redo our work
51:23 right now before this train pulls outta the station.
51:25 I'm sweating though!
51:26 Sam, I'm sweating like a pig.
51:28 You do that normally, Ben.
51:30 I'm sweating like a roast pig.
51:31 Scarborough looks lovely.
51:33 I— Look, I agree that vibes wise,
51:36 I think it's so much more likely that he's up there.
51:38 Look at all these (bleep) -ing row houses.
51:40 We know he's in row houses.
51:41 Look at those row houses.
51:42 Yeah, there's row houses.
51:43 I hear ya.
51:46 He's in Scarborough.
51:48 He's in Scarborough, Ben.
51:49 I certainly think he's around there.
51:54 I think we gotta stay on.
51:56 I just don't see the logic to stay and to get off.
51:58 No.
51:58 I don't know what we would do if we got off.
52:00 No.
52:00 I think it's simply...
52:04 is Strava map time.
52:05 If we think we have it down to three...
52:08 Strava map.
52:09 You can have a Strava map as a treat.
52:11 Hit it.
52:13 Bang, bang, boom.
52:15 Alright.
52:16 I think we're ending our day...
52:19 ...in Bridlington.
52:20 Bride-lington?
52:22 Brid-lington.
52:23 Bridlington.
52:32 Alright, well they are...
52:35 ...coming hard with the questions now.
52:37 They would like the map of half a mile of streets.
52:41 At least five turns.
52:44 Okay.
52:45 I think that I found an area that is pretty generic.
52:49 I am hopeful that it will not give them that much, but on the other hand,
52:53 Sam is historically very good at dealing with Strava maps.
52:57 Let's get our one card for answering that question.
53:06 Yaaaay.
53:13 Ben, I've been searing the image of Scarborough into my retinas.
53:17 It's got the row houses that he sent the photo at— of close to the station.
53:23 Yeah.
53:23 It has cliffs.
53:25 It has a castle.
53:27 Scarborough is definitely my leading theory.
53:31 Oh, here it is.
53:33 It's very blocky.
53:34 Very blocky, okay.
53:36 But perfectly right turns.
53:37 I mean, there 100% are...
53:42 Look at the stuff around Capplemans Fish and Chips.
53:45 Yeah?
53:47 I legit think that could in fact be it.
53:50 Right around here.
53:50 Okay, lemme try that.
53:55 That looks pretty good to me.
53:57 It looks pretty good to me.
53:59 Can I get credit for having spotted that immediately?
54:03 I mean...
54:04 That looks pretty...
54:05 I didn't tilt it.
54:07 So the angle is 100%.
54:09 The shape, I mean...
54:10 it's 100% a match.
54:15 Sam, I've got one question for you.
54:17 Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
54:19 You know that song?
54:20 You know that song by Simon and Garfunkel?
54:23 No.
54:23 Give it a listen tonight.
54:26 That's...
54:26 What I do know, Ben?
54:28 I'm going to Scarborough.
54:30 'Cause Mr.
54:31 Adam Chase?
54:32 He's in Scarborough.
54:34 Ye-he-hes.
54:39 Ye-he-hes!
54:41 What the hell?
54:44 Is it closed?
54:50 Well...
54:53 This sucks.
54:56 Alright, folks.
54:58 Well...
55:00 It would seem that they have turned northward.
55:04 Yeah, my guess is that the jig is basically up at this point.
55:08 So tomorrow morning...
55:12 we need to lock in on finding a good hiding spot.
55:15 We've got a lot of area to play with.
55:17 We expanded our hiding zone.
55:19 I will see you back here at this exact spot...
55:25 ...tomorrow morning.
55:32 Thanks.
55:33 Thank you.
55:34 Alright, well, welcome to Bridlington, Sam.
55:38 It's nice.
55:38 They got flowers and (bleep).
55:41 Well, Sam...
55:42 I think this is where we end our day because tomorrow...
55:46 we think we know where Adam is.
55:49 We got him.
55:50 I think we— we're pretty sure he's in Scarborough.
55:53 There is a train first thing, which is why we can't leave the station.
55:56 'cause otherwise we're gonna have to roll to get in.
55:57 The bad news is we are also gonna have
55:59 to roll for that train because we have this Curse, Curse of the Jammed Door.
56:02 You gotta roll the dice to see if you can get on the train or if the door jams.
56:06 I'm so good at rolling dice.
56:08 And so we might get locked outta the first train to Scarborough.
56:11 I might also be— get locked out the second train to Scarborough.
56:14 That's the problem for— Will eventually expire,
56:17 and we'll deal with it as it comes up.
56:19 Alright, good bye.
56:20 Good night.
56:21 (smooches) Good morning.
56:35 It is 7 am.
56:38 And I believe that they are coming for my ass.
56:42 Alright, hello, good morning.
56:44 Good morning.
56:45 It is day two.
56:46 So we've still got the jammed door Curse,
56:49 which means we have to roll the dice to see
56:51 if we can get on the train when it arrives.
56:53 And if we don't roll right...
56:56 then we're waiting for at least the second train to Scarborough.
56:59 Yeah, which is 40 minutes after the first train.
57:02 (sighs) Alright.
57:03 Let's go to the right platform.
57:06 There's a train from there to here.
57:08 So...
57:09 the time has come to find our hiding spot.
57:14 We could go that way.
57:18 Towards the stuff where we started.
57:20 I would argue that this is a mistake.
57:22 Because this cliff area?
57:25 Very distinctive.
57:27 We have to be within 10 feet of a path, and there's only...
57:33 there's very limited paths over there.
57:35 So I actually think they would find me very quickly over there.
57:38 So I think the actual solution is we need to go
57:41 to the most boring part of town that is the most generic.
57:45 So...
57:46 let's get looking.
57:50 How'd you enjoy your overnight in Bridlington?
57:54 I mean, to be honest with you, Sam, this place is kind of scary.
57:57 I'm sure Bridlington's a lovely place.
58:00 (tracks screeching) I did feel like...
58:03 at many moments there was gonna be like a...
58:05 (tracks screeching) knife-wielding clown around the corner.
58:08 Exactly.
58:09 Yeah.
58:11 Do you have dice?
58:12 Sam, this is our train.
58:13 So if we roll anything less than a seven,
58:17 the doors are jammed, and we cannot board.
58:20 Come on, Ben.
58:20 You can do this.
58:21 Are you ready?
58:22 You can do this.
58:23 Get in here.
58:27 Ben!
58:28 Ohhh.
58:29 It's a six!
58:30 Sorry.
58:30 Not your fault.
58:32 Oh my god.
58:33 I got close to a seven.
58:35 Oh god.
58:37 Well, 40 more minutes in Bridlington.
58:39 At least.
58:41 Okay, well their train to me should have left five minutes ago.
58:50 And they're still at the station.
58:53 It says the train left.
58:54 What are they doing?
58:58 Curse of the Jammed Door.
58:59 Oh!
59:01 Love the Curse of the Jammed Door.
59:05 Alright, now we're starting to get to generic stuff.
59:09 Like what's the difference between this street and this street?
59:15 And the stuff down there and the stuff over there?
59:18 So I think we just gotta keep walking and see
59:22 if we can find just a good little corner or something.
59:26 This is what we want.
59:28 We want to be in the area where everything looks the freaking same.
59:34 The next train will be here soon.
59:35 The train that we will be getting on...
59:38 will be here soon.
59:39 'Cause you've learned how to roll dice better now, right?
59:42 You've been practicing?
59:43 Yeah.
59:43 Look.
59:44 I rolled a six last time as a bit.
59:46 I thought it would be funny.
59:48 It was funny, right?
59:49 It was kinda funny, yeah.
59:50 Pretty funny.
59:51 So this time, I'm gonna roll an eight.
59:57 I've spotted the train.
1:00:01 Alright, Sam.
1:00:01 Okay, doors are here.
1:00:03 Come on, Ben.
1:00:04 Come on.
1:00:05 Oh, seven or higher.
1:00:08 Oh my god, I'm so nervous.
1:00:09 Are you sure you don't wanna do it?
1:00:11 You do it.
1:00:11 Okay, I'm doing it.
1:00:12 I'm doing it.
1:00:15 Ohhh!
1:00:16 It's an eight!
1:00:17 You nailed it, Ben.
1:00:18 I called it!
1:00:19 Let's go get him.
1:00:20 They're so open.
1:00:21 They're so open and unjammed.
1:00:23 I love unjammed doors.
1:00:27 What a sweet, sweet train.
1:00:34 Well, they made it.
1:00:37 But hey, we got one.
1:00:39 That's pretty good.
1:00:41 Okay, now we really gotta pick a spot.
1:00:44 Because they're gonna be here in like 40 minutes.
1:00:54 Alright, well, I think we are right about where he is.
1:00:57 He should be getting into position right now.
1:01:02 We're on our way, Adam.
1:01:04 Alright, see, here's a great example of where we can't hide.
1:01:07 Cannot hide anywhere where we can see that.
1:01:10 'Cause that would be the tallest building we can see,
1:01:12 and that is super distinctive.
1:01:15 So we need to get away from that.
1:01:18 This isn't bad.
1:01:21 I need to make sure I wouldn't have to send any pictures of these signs.
1:01:26 Feel good about this one.
1:01:27 It's a little bench for me to sit on.
1:01:29 There's like, I'm walking around, there's a million streets that look like this.
1:01:36 The downside is there's not really a place to hide,
1:01:41 but there isn't one on any of the streets that are like this.
1:01:45 I guess we'll find out.
1:01:52 That mountain is...
1:01:53 It's looking hefty.
1:01:55 Yeah, and that's just within the zone I checked.
1:01:58 There are a couple different wooded areas within the zone.
1:02:01 That's tricky.
1:02:02 However, that's why we're gonna slice and dice.
1:02:05 So first question, I think as soon as we get there,
1:02:09 we're gonna do distance to nearest airport.
1:02:11 Nearest airport, I think.
1:02:13 Airport.
1:02:13 'Cause that'll slice the map right in half.
1:02:15 We're pulling in.
1:02:16 Should I send it?
1:02:17 Yeah.
1:02:18 Let's— I think we do it before he hits us with a Curse.
1:02:21 Yeah.
1:02:23 Ooh.
1:02:23 Oh yeah.
1:02:25 This...
1:02:26 That's it for sure.
1:02:28 ...is definitely it.
1:02:29 I think Adam did something sneaky.
1:02:31 I think he went behind the scaffolding.
1:02:34 Yeah, to make less.
1:02:35 Oh, it's here.
1:02:36 But it's one of these.
1:02:37 Yeah, it's got one of those.
1:02:39 Oh, here it is, Ben.
1:02:41 I think?
1:02:42 Yeah.
1:02:42 That's it.
1:02:43 We got him!
1:02:45 Alright.
1:02:45 We got him!
1:02:47 Well, they are here.
1:02:50 And they have asked an interesting question.
1:02:52 They've asked whether I'm closer to or further from the nearest airport.
1:02:56 Now, this is...
1:03:00 a very clever question, I believe.
1:03:03 Because it functionally just splits this area into north-south.
1:03:08 It just splits it in half.
1:03:09 Okay, yeah, so I am further from the airport than them,
1:03:13 which they will know means I am north of them.
1:03:16 Already, they can disregard quite a lot.
1:03:22 Let's draw our cards.
1:03:27 Ooh.
1:03:31 Alright.
1:03:34 Ooh, tough choice.
1:03:36 Oho, oh my gosh.
1:03:38 Which one do we go with?
1:03:39 Alright, Adam says he is further.
1:03:43 From the airport.
1:03:44 Yeah, which would mean he's in the north half of his radius.
1:03:48 Okay.
1:03:48 Let's go ahead and quickly ask...
1:03:51 while we don't have a Curse.
1:03:52 Yeah.
1:03:52 A tracing of his nearest path or street.
1:03:56 'Cause that'll just give us something to work with.
1:03:58 And then we find the center of...
1:04:01 One half of the remaining half.
1:04:04 Radar, cut in half again.
1:04:06 This half seems to have a little bit more complexity.
1:04:08 Yeah.
1:04:09 Which makes me think it's slightly more likely, isn't it?
1:04:11 Good, let's go in the middle of there.
1:04:12 (passing emergency siren) It's an ambulance.
1:04:19 It's probably for Adam because he's crashing out.
1:04:21 We do need to keep an eye out just in case.
1:04:24 True.
1:04:25 He's not there.
1:04:28 Adam?
1:04:29 Well, folks, they have begun their search in the wrong direction.
1:04:33 They have gone towards the stuff that is
1:04:36 interesting because they think I'm a sucker.
1:04:39 They think I'm a damn sucker who can't
1:04:42 help himself from being near the interesting stuff.
1:04:44 Well, guess what?
1:04:46 I did.
1:04:48 Now they've asked, yeah, the most obvious one.
1:04:52 Trace my nearest path.
1:04:53 Now, luckily...
1:04:55 basically every path in this whole area looks the same.
1:04:58 Should get us an answer in one minute.
1:05:00 Okay.
1:05:01 And then we hit him with the immediate...
1:05:03 Yeah.
1:05:04 So 0.375-mile radius, right?
1:05:06 Yep, from here.
1:05:08 I'm gonna do it faster than he can type "Curse".
1:05:11 Okay, he sent it, I sent back.
1:05:13 Oof, okay.
1:05:14 It's not a very useful one.
1:05:15 At least immediately.
1:05:17 Gives us orientation.
1:05:18 Orientation can be useful.
1:05:19 Gives us orientation.
1:05:22 And it looks pretty straight.
1:05:24 But it's like, what?
1:05:25 Is he just on some residential street?
1:05:27 Maybe, I don't know.
1:05:30 We're going to draw a card.
1:05:34 Awesome.
1:05:35 I will say also that we are now at our max hand size.
1:05:41 So, we are going to use the Curse of the Hide-and-Seek-ception.
1:05:47 They were very quick, and...
1:05:51 they did manage to get their next question in before I cast this.
1:05:57 But, that's fine.
1:06:02 We have been Cursed.
1:06:04 Cursed, Curse of the Hide-and-Seek-ception.
1:06:07 Do you wanna hide or do you wanna seek?
1:06:09 I'll hide.
1:06:10 Really?
1:06:12 Okay, you hide!
1:06:13 I'm gonna close my eyes.
1:06:14 You take this.
1:06:17 And...
1:06:17 Good bye.
1:06:18 Good bye.
1:06:20 So the strat here is, how can we collude without colluding?
1:06:25 I'm just gonna go straight down the biggest street.
1:06:33 Slightly farther.
1:06:35 Okay.
1:06:37 This is good enough.
1:06:38 Alright, lemme text him.
1:06:40 So, we do have to answer this 0.375-mile radius,
1:06:45 which will eliminate probably about half of the remaining map.
1:06:51 And it is a miss.
1:06:53 Now what's fun is that I can watch them play hide-and-seek.
1:06:57 It seems that Sam has decided to hide, and he has gone down towards the beach.
1:07:05 What will Ben do?
1:07:07 Okay, well, Sam has hidden.
1:07:11 And so I think that what I would do, if I were Sam, is I would just go...
1:07:16 in as straight of a line as possible for 500 feet and then turn a corner.
1:07:22 So, I'm gonna go...
1:07:25 This street goes straight for a quite a while here.
1:07:30 He could have turned a corner here, but I don't think that makes any sense.
1:07:36 I'm looking down and down.
1:07:41 Oh wait, I think I see him.
1:07:50 Yeah, Ben found him.
1:07:52 Okay, well...
1:07:54 I guess that maybe bought me five minutes.
1:07:58 That was easy.
1:08:00 Okay, nice job, okay.
1:08:01 Our brains are melded.
1:08:03 Adam sent something.
1:08:05 I'm— Here, I'm gonna give a hot take.
1:08:07 I did some matching work.
1:08:08 I found a match that is a couple blocks that way.
1:08:11 I think he's near.
1:08:13 Well, is it a...
1:08:14 Let's see.
1:08:15 Or is he in our Radar?
1:08:16 Let's see.
1:08:17 Oh, miss?
1:08:19 Okay, so you're wrong.
1:08:20 So we need to walk towards the other quadrant.
1:08:23 Wait, do we want to ask something else?
1:08:25 Oh, yes.
1:08:26 I guess we can ask another question.
1:08:28 Photo towards...
1:08:29 Photo towards you.
1:08:30 Yeah, I think that'll— That's just a useful one.
1:08:33 Yeah, okay.
1:08:41 Oh, and before we forget, because we answered that Radar, draw two cards.
1:08:48 10-minute Bonus.
1:08:51 30—Hoo-hoo-hoo!
1:08:54 Mm!
1:08:57 Abso...lutely!
1:09:00 Okay.
1:09:01 Photo towards me.
1:09:03 Another classic question.
1:09:06 Which is why...
1:09:10 ...I am in front of a super generic brick wall.
1:09:14 Oh, we got a photo.
1:09:16 He's in front of a brick wall that looks exactly like that.
1:09:22 Kind of, all of these houses are identical.
1:09:27 Maybe we just go search through these streets though.
1:09:30 'Cause like this looks...
1:09:31 I mean, that's the exact same shade of brick, right?
1:09:35 As these?
1:09:36 Yeah, I think so.
1:09:37 And here's a data point, Ben.
1:09:39 The sun is in his face.
1:09:41 And specifically, it's to his left.
1:09:45 So he's probably pointing that way.
1:09:47 Okay, good.
1:09:48 Good analysis.
1:09:50 I'm basically Rainbolt.
1:09:51 That's crazy.
1:09:52 Okay, let me— That's crazy, you just did that.
1:09:55 Let's just go.
1:09:56 Let's search some streets up first— at least.
1:09:58 Because maybe, you know, maybe the shade of the houses changes or something.
1:10:08 Folks, they are approaching.
1:10:10 We just have to hope that it takes them a while to get the right street.
1:10:17 The question for us now, Ben, is like...
1:10:20 I mean, we can pretty clearly see all the way down.
1:10:22 I think on a street like this, actually don't see a spot that would.
1:10:27 No, like a clear spot with that much brick.
1:10:30 I don't think this seems right because these houses
1:10:33 don't have a clean bit of brick that big, right?
1:10:37 Eh, at least not on the front of 'em.
1:10:40 Do we want ask another Photo, since it's only one card pull?
1:10:44 Uhh...
1:10:44 I guess like...
1:10:45 I don't know if any Photo would tell us anything.
1:10:47 Maybe let's just go a little bit down the street.
1:10:49 Because this is the really long one.
1:10:51 Yeah, this doesn't look quite right.
1:10:53 I don't think this is gonna do anything.
1:11:02 But let's make ourself as small as we can be.
1:11:12 This is definitely pointless.
1:11:14 (whispering) Oh my god, I do everything we can.
1:11:22 I really feel like it's one of these houses.
1:11:24 Also 'cause in that photo, there's one of those wires.
1:11:26 Yeah.
1:11:27 Those coaxial cables running down the side.
1:11:30 Mhm.
1:11:31 Lot of good looking brick around here.
1:11:34 Oh?
1:11:35 And there's a good looking Adam.
1:11:37 And a lotta good looking Hider.
1:11:39 Hey guys.
1:11:40 What's up?
1:11:56 Oh, you guys like my makeshift dead-cat that I made for my microphone?
1:12:01 Oh yeah, look at that.
1:12:03 It was crazy windy here the other day and I was like,
1:12:06 it's gonna ruin all my audio.
1:12:07 So I bought a sponge and a sock and super-glue at a convenience store.
1:12:14 MacGuyver.
1:12:15 Benjamin.
1:12:16 Alright.
1:12:17 Here are the cards.
1:12:18 Thank you very much.
1:12:20 I will see you all...
1:12:21 Good luck.
1:12:22 ...in five days.
1:12:25 No, not this evening!
1:12:43 Hello.
1:12:44 Welcome to my hiding zone.
1:12:48 Sam and Adam...
1:12:49 good luck.
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1:13:06 That is— It's so true, 31 days from now.
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1:13:41 It was his fault.
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