How to play Brilliant or BS?

Learn the rules to the party trivia game Brilliant or BS? quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules.

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RULES:
The object of the game is to have the most points at the end. You earn points by answering trivia questions correctly and by convincing the Judge that you know the answers, even if you’re actually clueless. Give each player an A, B, and C card. Shuffle the yellow trivia cards and place them face down on the table. Pick one player to be the first judge. The Judge draws the top card from the trivia deck and reads the question aloud, along with the 3 multiple choice answers. Each player picks an answer from their letter cards and places it face-down on the table.

Beginning left of the dealer then proceeding clockwise, without revealing their answer, each player tries to convince the judge how or why they picked the correct answer based on their background or experiences that makes them knowledgeable of the topic. They are not allowed to say or hint at any of the answers on the card and they may not use any props or visual aids. If they do, they lose 1 point and are disqualified for the round.

If you don’t know the correct answer, then you try and fake it to get the judge to pick you. The judge can revisit any player’s answer and ask follow-up questions to any player at any time. Players are allowed to trash talk to try and convince the judge why another player doesn’t know the answer.

Once the judge is finished, they give the brilliant card to a player they believe picked the correct answer and the BS card to a player they think picked an incorrect answer. If the judge believes everyone chose the correct answer, then they only assign the Brilliant card to the person who gave the most believable answer. If the judge believes everyone picked the incorrect answer, then they assign the BS card to the entire group instead.

After the Brilliant and BS cards have been assigned, the judge reads the correct answer from the trivia card and all the players reveal their letter cards. Each player who guessed the correct answer earns 1 point. The player who received the “Brilliant” card earns an extra 2 points but the player who received the “BS” card earns 0 extra points. The judge earns 1 point if they correctly assigned the “Brilliant” card to a correct answer and 1 point for assigning the “BS” card to an incorrect answer. Otherwise, the judge loses 1 point for each incorrect assignment. If the judge only assigned a single card, then the judge earns 2 points if all the answers are correct for the “brilliant” card or 2 points if all the answers were incorrect for the “BS” card. If even one player’s answer was different from the group, then the judge loses 2 points instead.

Record the scores on a piece of paper and players gather up their cards and a new round is played with the role of judge moving clockwise by 1. Repeat this process until everyone has been the judge twice, then the game ends and the player with the most points, wins. If there is a tie, then the tied players either agree to a draw or they may play against each other by drawing trivia cards and asking each other questions until one of them answers correctly when the other one doesn’t.

[honeyjuice]

this is actually a very accurate game with the title "brilliant or bs", it's literally people acting brilliant while sometimes saying something bs

[OW]

Gotta love the Rugby Expert Certificate

[theomelettecuber]

This is entertaining and fun when people can share their experience and the title for the game is “Brilliant or BS” is genius.

[honeyjuice]

1:03 where can someone get their hands on a genuine Triple S Games certification?

[cyanadofai]

This isnt just like normal chess??? (except for these changes)

[StarTheTripleDevil]

Does it count as hinting if the answer would be a hint to another player other than the judge? Let's say Person A says "I know. I used to play this sport in middle school!". Person B is Person A's mother and knows exactly which sports Person A played. Person C is the judge and only met Person A in college and doesn't know all of Person A's childhood hobbies.

[AnAverageItalian]

2:15 what do you mean by "extra 2 points"? The player with the Brilliant card gets 1 point for the correct answer, and then 2 points for the Brilliant Card (3 in total), or 1 point for the correct answer, and 1 for the Brilliant (2 in total)?

[cloveruty]

It would be great if you could try your hand at doing guides for games in the Jackbox Party packs. Some people always get confused at games like "Bidiots" and I think it would help if you could use your magic on explaining these games.

[velleeimiaimerruby]

That's remind me of the upcoming game show on netflix called "Bullsh*t". When a player must either get a correct answer or convince one of the three judges to believe them for a shot at a million dollar ;)

[gamelover]

I'll take this game into consideration. Looks interesting.

[TheCheesyNachos]

the judge can see the answer of the trivia at the bottom, or should they cover that up until the reveal?

[nlcrme]

This game looks like so much fun❤ I am going to purchase right now.

[elleEtherobot]

Can the judge look at the answer before players reveal their cards?

[blakphionix]

Are there games to play that involve tarot cards?

[russomo]

Hey sir how to play the monopoly property trading board game?

[Xandrit]

How many friendships has this game ruined?

[KingChristian]

I know it been a year since this post, but I want to know how to play "Our Family is So Weird"

[IANOYTYK]

Would you consider doing a video about "HeartSwitch" or "Mao" (could be spelled mow)?

[navy]

No.33. Star Trek Ascendy, how to play

[LucyTheBox]

Assigning the BS card to the whole group seems like a horrible strategy to me. It can lose you the most points and even if no one knows the answer, their chance of randomly picking the right answer is still 1/3 per player.
For a 3 player game, which I assume is the minimum, (1 judge and 2 guessers), it's already more likely that at least 1 person randomly guesses the correct answer.