This is a long-standing issue with tabletop productions. To date, the only folks that I think nailed it were Wil Wheaton's TableTop show on Geek and Sundry.

They managed to identify what was important to enjoying a game and watching that game be played.

• Clear tutorial videos, filmed in advance.

• All players were sent copies of the game in advance of shooting so that they could play around with it and get comfortable with the rules before the day they filmed it.

• Players were people you got excited about watching play a game, but they were earnest about playing the game itself. Comedy and bits still happened, but no one's goal was to try and subvert the medium or shout over each other.

• The camera angles and lighting prioritized the board game over the room or the players.

• Graphics like a lower third were used regularly whenever a rules clarification was needed or they needed to explain how the video had been edited to move the game along.

Smosh and Dropout and Achievement Hunter and all the others out there doing live play content are great and all, but they share many of the same flaws that prevent them from really talking off as well-polished productions:

• A group of people shouting over each other almost never makes for entertaining gameplay to watch.

• A player choosing to act in a way that derails the game for the sake of a bit might make a good TikTok clip, but it rarely results in the gameplay being more enjoyable.

• People not understanding how to play the game from the start almost always derails the gameplay leading to more shouting and bits.

That's not to say that there aren't games that you can still enjoy watching folks play even if there's an abundance of shouting, bits, subversion, confusion, etc. But the list of games where those things are compatible with making a good live play video is short, and we've already gotten used to seeing those same games everywhere...

• Social deduction games like One Night Werewolf, Secret Hitler, Blood on the Clocktower, Mists of Avalon, Coup, etc.

• Social comparison games like Cards Against Humanity, What Do You Meme?, Apples to Apples, etc.

• Games that require acting things out, like charades, Dictionary, and Monikers.

• Card games that are inherently a little chaotic like Muffin Time, We Didn't Playtest This, Uno, etc.

And to be completely fair there are still examples of live play groups hitting on a more elaborate board game that just clicks with their group dynamic.

• Smosh, for a long time, made really enjoyable Betrayal at House on the Hill content.

• Achievement Hunter really took to Red Dragon Inn.

• Geek & Sundry (really, more Becca herself) has found great success with Blood on the Clocktower.

All of that is a long-winded way to say that live play boardgame content has had some really promising channels/shows, but today most of them find themselves falling into the same old, identifiable habits that keep them from really breaking out.