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  |series = ''The Chzo Mythos''
 
  |series = ''The Chzo Mythos''
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  |developer = Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
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  |developer = Ben "Yahtzee" Crowshaw
 
  |publisher = Fully Ramblomatic
 
  |publisher = Fully Ramblomatic
 
  |platforms = [[PC]]
 
  |platforms = [[PC]]
 
  |release_dates = {{Start date|2003|9|22}}
 
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  |genre = Point-and-click horror
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  |genre = Point-and-click adventure
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  |run = July 28 - August 11, 2011
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  |info_1 = First LP
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|episodes = 11
 
 
  |players = [[John Selig]]
 
  |players = [[John Selig]]
 
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|run = July 28 –<br/>August 11, 2011
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  |playlist = https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF3A80F39404C315E
 
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|players_2 = [[Carolyn Walcott]]
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* [[Rick Desilets]]
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* [[John Selig]]
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* [[C/J Haley]]
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* [[Felice Haley]]
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* [[Meg Zaremba]]
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* [[Ben Mooney]]
 
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|developer = Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
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'''''5 Days a Stranger''''' is a [[2003]] point-and-click horror game developed by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw and published by Fully Ramblomatic. It is the first entry in his four-part ''Chzo Mythos'' series. The story follows gentleman thief Trilby, who finds himself trapped in a manor along with several others, and subjected to disturbing, supernatural events. The game was played by [[The D-Pad]] in [[2011]], as their first LP after ''[[Sonic Week]]'', and the first to be uploaded to their YouTube channel. The LP consisted of 11 episodes; it began on July 28, 2011, and concluded on August 11, 2011.
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'''''5 Days a Stranger''''' is a [[2003]] point-and-click adventure game developed by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw and published by Fully Ramblomatic for [[PC]]. It is the first of four entries in Croshaw's ''Chzo Mythos'' series. The story, as the title suggests, takes place over five days, and follows gentlemen thief Trilby, who finds himself trapped in an abandoned manor along with several others, and subjected to disturbing, supernatural events. The game was played on ''[[The D-Pad]]'' in [[2011]]. The LP consisted of 11 episodes, released on weekdays from July 28 to August 11, 2011.
  
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In [[2014]], the game was revisited on the channel, as the first game in ''[[The Chzo Mythos]]'', an LP project dedicated to playing through the entire series. This LP, known as '''''5 Days a Stranger: Second Stab''''', was preceded by a trailer released on July 23, 2014, and consisted of 8 episodes. It began on July 28, 2014, and concluded on August 6, 2014.
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The game was revisited on the channel in [[2014]], as the first game in ''[[The Mythic Let's Play]]''. This LP, entitled '''''5 Days a Stranger: Second Stab''''', was announced with a trailer on July 23, 2014. The LP itself consisted of 8 episodes, released on weekdays from July 28 to August 6, 2014.
  
 
== Episodes ==
 
== Episodes ==
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=== First playthrough ===
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=== 2011 LP ===
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This LP was re-released on ''[[The D-Pad Unpaused]]'' on August 31, 2022.
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=== ''The Chzo Mythos'' ===
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This LP was re-released on ''The D-Pad Unpaused'' on October 9, 2022.
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  |Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBstO7RggPg In 5 Days...]
 
  |Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBstO7RggPg In 5 Days...]
 
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  |Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkly_zYbyzo They Got a Bidet!]
 
  |Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkly_zYbyzo They Got a Bidet!]
 
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  |Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhU98V9iR3s What's a Boobjob?]
 
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  |Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwrUDZKdZ10 Site of Unground Lamb]
 
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  |Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6oPxRPoA8I Go, Trilby, Go!]
 
  |Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6oPxRPoA8I Go, Trilby, Go!]
 
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  |Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfOBKInz44w It's a Cutscene]
 
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  |Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbKjS_h0Ntw Poor Salty Bear]
 
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  |Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNP0hcCOCrs Alternate Ending Mode]
 
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  |Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYA2ucAdoAQ He Has Seen Some Shit]
 
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  |''Second Stab'' (''The Mythic Let's Play'')
 
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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* The first episodes of both LPs of the game were released on July 28, a significant date in the ''Chzo Mythos''.
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*The 2011 LP of ''5 Days a Stranger'' was the first LP recorded for ''The D-Pad'' after ''[[Sonic Week]]'', and the first to be released on their YouTube channel.
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* The 2011 LP of the game marked the debut of Nick Bebel, Steve DiTullio, Brandon Vogel and Cait Spain on the channel. With the exception of Bebel, none of them would appear on the channel again.
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*The 2011 LP marked the debut of Nick Bebel, Steve DiTullio, Brandon Vogel and Cait Spain on the channel. With the exception of Bebel, none of them would appear on the channel again.
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*The first episodes of both LPs of the game were released on July 28, a significant date in the ''Chzo Mythos''.
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*The 2011 LP was originally intended to be the first in an annual series, with one ''Chzo Mythos'' game being played every year from 2011 to 2014, and each LP beginning on July 28. After the plans for both 2012 and 2013 fell through, this was ultimately reworked into all four games being played in 2014, including a repeat LP of the first.
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*The final episode of the 2014 LP ends with a trailer previewing the LP of ''[[7 Days a Skeptic]]'', the second game in the series.
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Latest revision as of 10:30, 11 October 2022

5 Days a Stranger
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Series The Chzo Mythos
Developed by Ben "Yahtzee" Crowshaw
Published by Fully Ramblomatic
Platform(s) PC
Release date September 22, 2003 (2003-09-22)
Genre Point-and-click adventure
First LP
Played by John Selig
Featuring
Original run July 28 –
August 11, 2011
No. of episodes 11
Episode length 5–15 minutes
Playlist link
Playlist length 2:27:33
Second Stab
Played by Carolyn Walcott
Featuring
Original run July 28 –
August 6, 2014
No. of episodes 8
Episode length 17–25 minutes
Playlist link
Playlist length 2:46:35
The Mythic Let's Play
Followed by 7 Days a Skeptic

5 Days a Stranger is a 2003 point-and-click adventure game developed by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw and published by Fully Ramblomatic for PC. It is the first of four entries in Croshaw's Chzo Mythos series. The story, as the title suggests, takes place over five days, and follows gentlemen thief Trilby, who finds himself trapped in an abandoned manor along with several others, and subjected to disturbing, supernatural events. The game was played on The D-Pad in 2011. The LP consisted of 11 episodes, released on weekdays from July 28 to August 11, 2011.

The game was revisited on the channel in 2014, as the first game in The Mythic Let's Play. This LP, entitled 5 Days a Stranger: Second Stab, was announced with a trailer on July 23, 2014. The LP itself consisted of 8 episodes, released on weekdays from July 28 to August 6, 2014.

Episodes

2011 LP

This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on August 31, 2022.

EpisodeTitleLengthPlayer(s)Commentator(s)Release date
1"Sexy Solitaire"15:08JohnRick, Bebel, Steve, VogelJuly 28, 2011 (2011-07-28)
Day One
2"5 Dudes a Scrubber"14:59JohnRick, Bebel, Steve, VogelJuly 29, 2011 (2011-07-29)
Day One
3"tl;dr"15:31JohnRick, Bebel, Steve, VogelAugust 1, 2011 (2011-08-01)
Day One; Day Two
4"World's Worst Hickey"13:56JohnRick, Bebel, Steve, Vogel, CaitAugust 2, 2011 (2011-08-02)
Day Two; Day Three
5"BEAR FINGERNAILS"15:04JohnRick, Steve, Vogel, CaitAugust 3, 2011 (2011-08-03)
Day Three
6"21:39"14:35JohnRick, Steve, Vogel, CaitAugust 4, 2011 (2011-08-04)
Day Three
7"The Salty Bear"9:55JohnRick, Steve, Vogel, CaitAugust 5, 2011 (2011-08-05)
Day Three; Day Four
8"Yeah, No, That Didn't Work"13:02JohnRick, Steve, Vogel, CaitAugust 8, 2011 (2011-08-08)
Day Four
9"The Machete Is the Stick"15:28JohnRick, Steve, Vogel, CaitAugust 9, 2011 (2011-08-09)
Day Five
10"Stab Her with the Scissors"14:55JohnRick, Steve, Vogel, CaitAugust 10, 2011 (2011-08-10)
Day Five
11"More Important Matters to Attend To, Like Sequels"5:00JohnRick, Steve, Vogel, CaitAugust 11, 2011 (2011-08-11)
Day Five

2014 LP (Second Stab)

This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on October 9, 2022.

TCM#EpisodeTitleLengthPlayer(s)Commentator(s)Release date
1*"In 5 Days..."3:30 Rick, John, C/J, Felice, Meg, Ben, CarolynJuly 23, 2014 (2014-07-23)
21"They Got a Bidet!"17:21CarolynRick, John, C/J, Felice, Meg, BenJuly 28, 2014 (2014-07-28)
32"What's a Boobjob?"19:30CarolynRick, John, C/J, Meg, BenJuly 29, 2014 (2014-07-29)
43"Site of Unground Lamb"17:46CarolynRick, John, C/J, BenJuly 30, 2014 (2014-07-30)
54"Go, Trilby, Go!"20:47CarolynRick, John, C/J, BenJuly 31, 2014 (2014-07-31)
65"It's a Cutscene"25:05CarolynRick, John, C/J, BenAugust 1, 2014 (2014-08-01)
76"Poor Salty Bear"19:28CarolynRick, John, C/J, BenAugust 4, 2014 (2014-08-04)
87"Alternate Ending Mode"18:19CarolynRick, John, C/J, BenAugust 5, 2014 (2014-08-05)
98"He Has Seen Some Shit"24:48CarolynRick, John, C/J, BenAugust 6, 2014 (2014-08-06)

Gallery

Thumbnails
2011 LP 
Second Stab (The Mythic Let's Play) 

Trivia

  • The 2011 LP of 5 Days a Stranger was the first LP recorded for The D-Pad after Sonic Week, and the first to be released on their YouTube channel.
  • The 2011 LP marked the debut of Nick Bebel, Steve DiTullio, Brandon Vogel and Cait Spain on the channel. With the exception of Bebel, none of them would appear on the channel again.
  • The first episodes of both LPs of the game were released on July 28, a significant date in the Chzo Mythos.
  • The 2011 LP was originally intended to be the first in an annual series, with one Chzo Mythos game being played every year from 2011 to 2014, and each LP beginning on July 28. After the plans for both 2012 and 2013 fell through, this was ultimately reworked into all four games being played in 2014, including a repeat LP of the first.
  • The final episode of the 2014 LP ends with a trailer previewing the LP of 7 Days a Skeptic, the second game in the series.


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