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Hi everyone!

We have a few changes and additions to our release schedule, so we just wanted to let you know what's coming up. Firstly, we've decided to delay the next episode of Board Game Club (in which we're playing K2) for one more week, so that episode will air one week from today on Tuesday 29th August. For those who were wondering about what other games are coming up, we can also now reveal that we will have episodes featuring Block Party, LoveCraft Letter and Beast as we roll into September!

As for this week, Saturday is going to be a big day because everyone who is subscribed to our Patreon at all tiers will be getting seven days exclusive early access to Communopoly 2 - the sequel to our most successful video EVER! Will Sullivan, Holly, Tilly or Laurie be able to survive Dom's megalomania as he once again becomes Joseph Stalin?!

And that's not all: starting this week over on YouTube we will have highlight videos featuring the best bits from NRB's first two Twitch streams! And the full streams are also available right now to Patreon subscribers on this exclusive playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQBGXhGots81TeTVYlARjgyMaCwZkJLvp

Thanks again for the continued support! You guys are the best!

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Mike

Amazing. I love the idea of House Rules expanding to a wider group

Callum Adamson

Guess they need to considering half of house rules is being investigated

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2026-09-06 14:00 Bring back Adam, communopoly Worked so well because of the three of them. Don Adam and Sully.
2023-08-22 16:48

Rolling With Roc

Will we still be getting this month's Patreon BOTC or are those on hold as well?

sweenyshaq

Can't wait for the return of our leader Dominic Stalin 🫡

Ollie

Awesome news. Major plaudits to all given the current circumstances 👏🏻

Harvey Holmes

I think you’re best off reading the recent statement and putting 2 and 2 together

Adam Gough (greasykid1)

I'm half excited and half terrified for Dom's return as Stalin. 😄 Thanks for the update!

CH

Sad to see that Adam isn't part of this Communopoly, but excited to see the rest of the group play it!

Mike

Yes, and while the process plays out, Adam will remain on leave.

Rich

Great news! But does this also mean no BGC this week?

Lee Dellbridge

Looking forward to Communopoly 2! Shame no BGC today but getting to see the Twitch stream vods makes up for it!

Elizabeth Cook

I am also sad that Adam has made poor choices and wasted his second chance

J. Walker

They posted a statement yesterday.

Jonathan Riehn

Patreon BOTC should continue with Ken or Tom as ST if Ben is busy.

Annabelle

Thank you to everyone on NRB working so hard to provide us with great content (and probably overtime because of the situation)! Much love to everyone!

Jonathan Riehn

Agree its a large percent why I became a patreon in the first place honestly.

Paul Waller

I hope it's back, I can't take another of Ken's script.

Ornella

I'm sooo excited for Saturday now!! Hope we also get the BOTC episode as well

Tobias Wallbaum

"asking for nudes" is not a boyish prank. It's a serious infringement and he has no right or place to ask that. He should be glad if it's just leave if it's Adam and there would be screed of evidence, I would had kicked him out on the spot tbh. He already is on his second chance. There are no third chances. If you need a third, your behavior is no accident, it's a pattern

Josh Lyons

All Hail Our Glorious Leader, Dominic Stalin! Just because praise is compulsory to avoid disappearing doesn’t mean I’m not passionate about my saying that. Can I see my wife again please?

Jonathan Riehn

Honestly anything is better then nothing. They should do a newer homebrew or fishbucket they did as guests with Ben on his channel.

Phil Collingwood

Starts clapping frantically, while also looking round for anyone being less enthusiastic or stopping sooner.

Paul Harries

Probably a rerecording of the original video, minus one obviously.

Paul Dymond

So no new episode tonight?

shywolf

Hoping this doesn't mean no BotC this month.. BotC is a huge part of my month & it would be really sad if there weren't one... either way, though, I'm excited for Communopoly 2!! And thank you so much for all your hard work and updates <3 :)

Paul Dymond

Seriously? You think that behaviour is acceptable? Do you not understand consent? Do you not understand "No" mens "No". Do you think it is OK to pressure a "No" until it changes to a "Yes"?

Paul Dymond

They are addressing the situation

Lee Dellbridge

Hopefully because that's my main reason too.

Lee Dellbridge

Yeah it looks bad if that is the Saturday slot..but to be honest the zoom botc isn't as fun as it once was. The homebrew script was good for one episode but not three.

Paul Dymond

The are delaying K2 and likely don't have anything as back-up like they had last week.

Lindsay M.H.

There was a controversial situation on the real K2 which is the game they are meant to be playing so they are pushing it. Google it and you can see what happened.

J. Walker

Yeah, I've really found the custom scripts to have diminishing returns.

Lindsay M.H.

They may not have had a workable one filmed and a lot of the regulars (Dom, Jon, Sully, among others) are at Edinburgh Fringe right now with minimal availability.

Lindsay M.H.

As someone who is not on Twitch, super jazzed to see the highlights. As someone who is also working overtime currently and as a result fell asleep while watching Smash Up (my issue, not the channels lol), extra days to play catch up on content is welcome. Thanks for your hard work in what I'm sure is an extra stressful time for the employees.

Jelayna

Being manipulated has nothing to do with strength. I hope Adam receives the help he needs, whatever the results of the investigation conclude.

Lindsay M.H.

I suspect Fringe is making it hard to put together a group to shoot right now on top of everything else.

David McGill

i know all about the incident. thats why they gave us smash up instead and in that very episode they said "join us next tuesday where we will be playing k2" im asking what changed? if it would be disrespectful, why would next week be any more respectful? this is just bordering daft now. Hope they know joseph stalin is a mass murdering fuckhead btw, where Dom's act is almost idiolising the guy. very disrespectful of the millions of people who sufffered under his rule my father-in-law would be sick... best delay that too right? I have feeling this has got more to do with the other incident than anything else. Its a poor choice, they have paid their respects to Hassan, using his death as a way to avoid actually addressing the real issue is abhorrant. unsubbed.

Thominatorx7

Fabulous. Thank You for the update and all of the hard work you put in for our entertainment. My Bank Holiday weekend Just got better. Take care all of you.

CH

Beyond disappointed in Adam. In a world with little second chances, he decided to hurt more people and that can't be justified no matter how entertaining he makes the videos.

Helen Kemp

We can’t know what’s going on behind the scenes now, except that you’re all doing your best to deal with a very difficult and painful situation. And, I imagine, working your asses off keeping a good thing going.

Helen Kemp

Lots of love to you all ❤️

Stefan Szomraky

Anthony, I think we would need to only fire guys like you ;) But I am ZERO surprised you think that is 90% of the world. lol. Even Adam did admit it was bad to use his power to make girls send nudes, hoping for something. He wrote a whole article in "The Independent" about it.

Oliver Dodwell

If he was "guilty" even the first time surely he would be locked up? Surely you all aren't claiming your perfect? 🤣 Fickle

Scott Mahoney

So excited for part 2. Hope you didn’t have to refilm it after the incident(s)

Joe Traupman

Taking a wild guess that we won't get a BOTC this month which is why we are getting Communopoly 2 a week early?

Lindsay M.H.

It may just be gone for this month - Assuming anything pretaped includes someone on leave and with the number of regulars who are currently at Fringe, it may not be an option for this month.

Micah Newby

Not the circumstances I would've wished for. but I wanted nothing more than Holly and Tilly on Communopoly

Lindsay M.H.

Not all bad behavior that gets you in trouble at work is criminal in nature.

Micah Newby

weirdly holding out hope for BotC as I feel like it would've come up in this update if Fringe or other things were going to interfere; they'd surely know by now

DonAthos

I think you've highlighted the place where some people take issue. "Even Adam did admit it was bad to use his power to make girls send nudes" Adam doesn't have "power" in that sense; he can't "make" girls send nudes. (And I haven't heard of any situation where he was using any actual power, like offering career inducements or threatening action, etc. Though if he was doing those things, that's absolutely wrong.) Maybe there's something wrong with asking someone for a nude in the first place. Maybe there's something wrong with trying to talk someone into something like that if they weren't initially on board. Those are worthwhile conversations to have. But I wish we could do it in a way where we still give agency to the women involved.

Jonathan Riehn

We simply don't know they could have done botc episodes with Adam they had to scrap weeks ago. He has been on exile literally since Ken Part 2 BOTC patreon

Jonathan Riehn

The Ken Part 2 patreon BOTC was the last full video with Adam in it. He is then is stealthy exiled. I wish they simply came out and told us honestly. You could of simply admitted he was taking a break while things were sorted out. But no you intimated for 3+ weeks he was on vacation. Read the comments the last 3 weeks and you see how much NRB at best mislead if not lied to us. Misinformation is the worse thing they could do. We know now also Brooke broke up with Sulivan to go back to the US. We also haven't seen Isaac for awhile. By not being upfront it calls a lot into question that are probably coincidences.

Jonathan Riehn

Yeah your probably right. I do wonder if they filmed a second botc with Adam after Ken Part 2 patreon for this month and it now it has to be scrapped. They have double filmed in anticipation of schedule conflicts many times. They knew Fringe was going to be a mess on schedules this month.

Donato Hunter

I would say there is a difference between speaking carefully while conducting an investigation and misleading. NRB is a business and Adam is an employee. Ultimately them making premature comments could lead to legitimate harm and legal issues. Most HR departments would demand bland-ish statements be the only public statements while gathering information and taking appropriate steps behind the scenes.

Jonathan Riehn

You are correct however instead making any comment they were silent about except during "Concept" they made a joke about Adam's absence. Most took it was intimated Adam was on vacation. It was unprofessional and completely against what a real company does. NRB knew since atleast Jul 29 yet silence. This not an issue of vague statements.

Jonathan Riehn

Locking the response to patreon even if it's free access also is a calculated insult to their normal audience on YouTube who now only know through comments on videos.

Lindsay M.H.

And it's probably what their lawyers told them to do. NRB seems like a bunch of friends hanging out, but they are a company and can't just do what they want to do. You also have no way of knowing who knew what then. It's possible on Concept that those involved weren't aware of what was going on yet. Remember, a lot of the people who appear on the show are guests. Not employees of the company. Legally, I doubt they can even outright say that Adam is on a disciplinary leave just like your boss wouldn't be able to tell me that about you.

Mrva

Jonathan is unraveling faster than Jon Gracie here... Relax mate

Mrva

Ah yes, let's pile on Adam without having any of the facts, just accusations of a known liar.

Lindsay M.H.

Brooke & Sullivan announced their break up on social media in April, and both stated she will likely continue to be on NRB. If you follow her on social media, you'll see she's been living her best life and was up at the Fringe as recently as August 10th in her own words "visiting friends." Your wild accusations are why lawyers wouldn't want a company to say more. Yikes.

Shannon

Laurie agreed to play? That’s exciting.

Jonathan Riehn

Wild have you even read Carley's comments? I have barely said anything. If you think this all happened this month then you didn't. Carley was talking about events going back to May. I also said agreed that the sully brooke thibg was likely a coincidence ynder that timeline. Carley herself said she told NRB multiple times and they said they would change their practices and then they didnt it was the second or third time she asked NRB to actually act. It was that frustraing that she decided to leave. She was removed from the wiki awhile ago. There is also comments during the filming with her games in australia. You can flame me all you want but you clearly havent read her statements.

Stormfall

I only joined the patron to be able to watch Adam, if he's gone, I have no reason to actually be here. I have no idea what is going on, or what he did, but he was a good entertainer and I enjoyed watching him above all the other people.

Lindsay M.H.

No one is flaming you, but you are making wild accusations about people like Brooke and Sullivan that likely have nothing to do with it. As other people have repeatedly pointed out, legally, there isn't a lot that they can do. I have read Carley's comments and I have the thread up right now - No where does she mention May. No where does she mention telling them three times. Do you have a link to something besides the YouTube comments because I'm on her social media and I don't see it there either or her community tab on YouTube. I'd love to read the comments you saw regarding May.

21Pandas_

Waiiiittt sully and broke broke up!

21Pandas_

I'm excited for communopoly! I can't wait to see Laurie win! 😂

Coby Hardman

Where has Carley made statements other than the comments of her own youtube videos? I've not seen them anywhere else, and she doesn't mention dates in either of them. She was about as vague as NRB was anyway, so I don't really see your point

Vagisil36

I knew Dom's mustache he was growing out was for this! I cant wait! Lets go Sully!

Emily Koons

Yes, I'm so excited to see who wins this time 🤣🤣

Elt131

Brooke and Sullivan broke up months ago and announced it and are still on good terms. That is a very random point to bring up in all this. It is totally unrelated to the current situation and NRB has no reason to announce things going on in the personal lives of the cast members. I'm pretty sure Isaac's absence is purely because of work conflicts, as far as I know there is no issue between him and the crew.

Elt131

Also I know for a fact you are wrong about several things you have said here that you have just assumed from various pieces of information.

Stefan Szomraky

"Quick, throw a lot of good stuff at them before they realize that somebody is mysteriously missing"

Graeme Wells

No offence but ken r b is too complicated and the characters in the script have way too much going on. Not my fav. But still good. But also in regards to adam innocent untill proven guilty but he will never be able to come bk as the toxic nature of the internet people jumped on him like they were waiting for him to fail. If he has done it then he threw away his second chance and i cant imageing how the meeting with oil went

Lee Dellbridge

Had you not heard of what happened with Adam years ago? This was his redemption. Everyone deserves a second chance. But not a third.

Lee Dellbridge

Dom's act...is exactly that. An act. Communopoly is a parody.

Lee Dellbridge

They do film them quite far in advance because of the amount of editing but yeah Edinburgh might have something to do with it. However they have plenty of others available with Laurie, Tom, Blair, Holly, Tempest, Dan, Luke, Pete and Mara. That's enough.

Wayne Amsdon

I'm in 2 minds with this and really don't know what to do. On the one hand I've been an NRB $25 patron since the thing was set up and I got into NRB/Nerds because I was always a fan of Adam and believed he could turn his life around, and I still hold out some ray of hope this is a misunderstanding. On the other hand, I have grown to support all of the players past and present who have taken part in these games and I feel it's unfair to unsubscribe because of one person's behaviour but at the same time do not wish to be financially responsible for supporting the behaviour inadvertently. I appreciate there's a process but should behaviour like this be confirmed for a second time, I imagine I'm not the only one feeling this way right?

Lindsay M.H.

An employer is unlikely to be able to confirm anything about an employee other than to say in the future that the person is gone. Your own employer would be unable to explicitly state anything that you had done. It would only become public knowledge if it went to court. The Huw Edwards scandal is a good example of that - Tabloids broke a story about an unnamed presenter. The BBC confirmed that there was an investigation against an unnamed presenter. There was speculation by third parties about who it was, but no confirmation. It was only Edwards family who confirmed the identity. If this was a privately run channel, they could say what they want - if you and me are just friends making shows and I find out you did something bad, I can do or say whatever I want. NRB is not just friends making shows. It's a channel run by a company.

Wayne Amsdon

I understand but lying to your customers is bad business practice right? Appreciate the statement they gave and understand the reasoning but if we are financially committed then we are stakeholders in the company. We have a right to eventually know where our money is going and who to

Lindsay M.H.

But we're not stakeholders in the company where we are legally entitled to HR information. We are customers, but customers aren't legally entitled to know anything about their employees. They have not lied as far as any of us know. They have not stated publicly what happened because legally they cannot. And honestly, it doesn't matter if it's bad for business. How much easier would NRB's life be right now if they could just fire someone and publicly say it's over, it's done, they condemn that person and they are glad they're gone? Probably a lot easier. But then they'd get themselves sued real bad. If we were a board of directors, they would be able to give us details on an HR matter, but we would in turn not be able to discuss it publicly. We are not a board of directors.

John Donaldson

I was not a fan of Ken RB either. I give him credit because I'm sure it's hard to make a script like that, but it was almost impossible to follow, and I watch a lot of BOTC.

Stefan Szomraky

DonAthos: "like offering career inducements or threatening action" THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE DID! He wrote a complete article in The Independent about his behaviour. GO AND READ IT. My god, have people in Britain replaced their brains with Baked Beans(tm)? Anthony, are you 15 or why are you ending every post with "lol".

Stormfall

Nope, only known about NRB for about a year now. So I really have no idea what is going on, or what was said or by who. All I am aware of is people keep bringing up a comment from Carly, I don't even know what she said. But I stand by what I said. I don't care what entertainers do in their personal lives, and if its personal then it shouldn't be brought to his place of work. He is a good entertainer, and the only reason why I watch NRB. I don't care what his political views are, I don't care what his religious views are, I don't care if he has 4 wives and 3 mistresses, I don't. As long as it all stays personal and he can smile and entertain for the camera. Which is how it should be. So unless this, what ever this is, happen in the work space, and from the sounds of it from the little I had gathered, it isn't, then he should still be on the show and entertaining people.

KynoVolfield

Innocent until proven guilty would only apply if he was a first offender. Since he had a similar allegation in the past where he admitted he is guilty it is no longer applicable. Still we shouldn’t make any judgment, it’s not our job to do so.

DonAthos

der.Schtefan: Your hostility is unwarranted. (And you should probably not jump to any conclusions about my national identity, ethnicity, or etc.) I read Blampied's Independent piece, both when he wrote it initially and again just now. His description of those events is vague, and probably he had not given himself sufficient time to reflect (three months is nothing, perspective-wise, especially given the dramatic, public and emotional nature of the situation). That said, nowhere in the piece at all does Blampied claim to offer career inducements or threaten any kind of negative/hostile action against anyone. It's just not there. He describes it instead as "negotiating power," which as I say is incredibly vague, and he even softens that with "as I saw it." We have no idea what that entails. The only specific we have is that he lied about being in an open relationship, which is a horrible thing to do. Apart from that, however? He says that he abused "the relative power of [his] celebrity in order to negotiate an initial No into a Yes." What does that actually mean? I have no idea and neither do you. Except that, taken at his word, it does mean that these women eventually said "yes." And adult women who consent to a thing ought to be treated as damn adults, however Blampied rates his celebrity and his ability to "negotiate." EDITED TO ADD: It's been a while, so I did a touch more digging and found Blampied's original statement on the matter. He writes, in part, "I didn't make threats or offer perks in exchange, but I exploited my growing public position and often my friendships with these women, all to fuel my ego. By manipulating them in this manner, and acting completely inconsiderately of their feelings as I asked for these pictures, I have violated their trust and my girlfriend's trust." This is not good behavior, and it's possible that what Carley alluded to recently will turn out to have been worse (we don't know; again, there are no specifics as yet), but it does not appear that Blampied used his "power" in any real sense to coerce or force or "make" anyone do anything.

Sean C

“Known liar?” I’m all for letting the process and investigation play out before condemning anyone, but why would you claim Carley is a liar? I don’t know of any time she’s lied about anything, except when playing a game where you’re supposed to lie, but it would be absolutely ridiculous to call her a “known liar” for that.

Liam Kirby

Regardless of your opinion on the situation, we're not stakeholders in this company. We're customers, paying a subscription fee. Patreon encourages users to feel ownership, but that's just marketing. You're buying a thing.

David McGill

I know it's an act I said as much you clown. But congrats on missing the entire point haha

Daniel Mumby

I've wrestled with this a bit over the last few days - having the official statement helped to crystalise things a little. My current position is that while Adam may have been the figurehead for NRB, it's definitely not a one-man show, and it doesn't seem fair to penalise the other participants because of the alleged wrongdoings of one person. I may review my decision once the investigation is concluded, and I respect people's right to choose whether or not to financially support this channel, whether through Patreon, Twitch or YouTube views. But for now, I will continue paying each month to support the other talented members of NRB. (as an aside, if the situation is rectified to the extent that Carley would be happy to return, that would be an excellent outcome. She's been a real asset to the channel)

Rocco

Stone Glass House. People are faulty by nature. If Adam is sincere in his apology, people will forgive him. Hes highly entertaining and no one really knows all the details.

Krateling .

Feeling pretty similar about it. I only found No Rolls Barred because i thought "What is Adam Blampied doing these days". I was watching WCW at the time it happened, i had seen his video a few months after that but stopped following the situation. Was pretty glad to see that he had apparently changed for the better when i looked him up in 2021, so its very disappointing that there are allegations like this again. Personally, i will keep my Patreon membership for next month, then decide if i cancel or not after that. Not entirely based on the outcome (unless the allegations are proven to be true, then i would only keep it without Adam) but how its handled overall

DigbyTW [ZF]

Very excited for this! Communopoly was the first NRB video I watched and is the reason I became a patreon patron in the first place so seeing it happen again in all it's glory with more people is going to be a hoot.

Callum Kemp

Sorry? You think 90% of the world ask people they work with for nudes? I'm not sure what world you're living in. It absolutely is inappropriate behaviour especially given they initially refused but he pushed the issue. Could easily fall into quid pro quo sexual harassment or hostile work environment sexual harassment. Even if it didn't rise to that level a company is well within its rights to let you go simply for endangering their brand reputation.

Paul Harries

It's ironic that someone will have disappeared since the last Communopoly and will be treated as if they never existed.

Ava Cattell

WHERE IS IT! I’m so excited

Kim Dangerfield

Excited for this, but are we getting a BOTC this month? It's why I subscribed...

Ava Cattell

Isn’t this supposed to drop today!!

Stefan Szomraky

They specified the day, they did not specify a time or the time zone.

K. No

From one Kim to the next-- SAME! Hope we get BOTC this month

Adam Gaffney

I really like Ken RB, but I think what made it hard to follow for me was that the script in the description wasn't up to date for the second one, at least when I watched it. So I'd check the character sheet and the character would be totally different to the script they were playing.

Ryan Whitlock

I think Ken RB is a massively under-rated custom script.

21Pandas_

I mean I love him too and he is a big reason why I'm here also. But I'm not unpledging cause there's Laurie, sully, Dom, Blair, Holly and so many others to support who helped build this brand to what it is. So shame on him of it is true and I know he is feeling crazy sick about it. I am also holding out on judgement cause I still have hope as well. But I support everyone on nrb ❤️

21Pandas_

I would be truly remised to not include Jon (❤️my absolute fave❤️) Tom, Ken, Tilly, Issac, Rosie, so many to support who doesn't deserve backlash from actions of another❤️

Becky Browne

My personal theory is that both this and BotC were recorded before all this Adam stuff came out and that whilst they were able to re-record this they couldn’t organise getting like 10 or 12 players and the storytellers together to re-record BotC this month which is why they released this early for patreon to fill the gap.

Lindsay M.H.

For Communopoly, they spoke about recording it on last months podcast and it sounded like Adam was already out (and did not appear on the podcast where they discussed recording it). That placed the recording around early July. I do think that's likely the issue with BotC for this month, keeping in mind how many of the usual suspects are also at Fringe.

jochem hoog antink

cant wait for the PRC version of this :) tery, hurry do what the people want