What are some of your favorite dice selection games? Thoughts on this one?

Thanks for the video, we love your content! Good news for everyone who hasn't played yet: the reprint of Red Cathedral is on the way and will be at your local game store mid February! Stay tuned!

Played this at a game night and was immediately a fan of this game. Ordered it the same night when I returned home. ❤

You guys are the best board game KZfaqrs out there!

Zdravstvuyte Monique and Naveen. Hello from Russia. Ivan the Terrible was called that because he is considered a very cruel ruler. In particular, according to legend, he blinded the architect of the Saint Basil's Cathedral, so that he could not repeat such beautefull building. So I wouldn't be too happy about winning this game :) Thank you for the video. Good luck!

Came here from your White Castle video. The rondel, constant dice rolling, and interwoven player interaction of Red Cathedral seem like a lot of fun. White Castle seems more combotastic, tight, and have more direct player interaction. Hard to pick a favorite!

Moniques face of pure horror on 47:23 was the best part lol. Great Play-through!!

really enjoyed this playthrough thank you.

Omg, ive been playing this game since it came out and I didn’t know you were supposed to activate the workshop when you place it on your board, thx for the great video, and making the game a little easier for me :)

Another fantastic video, as always! I finally got to play this (on Tabletopia) last night and really enjoyed it! I'm not the biggest fan of rondels because I'm terrible at them lol, but this game was solidly designed. Nothing seems out of place, everything is tied into each other, and turns are quick yet thinky. I also liked how the dual score tracks worked, since it reminded me a little of Brass: Birmingham. 😊

Really like your in depth feedback on this game. Thanks for the insights. BTW first time I heard the outro. It's beautful =)

Much better explanation and sample game than the actual authors of the game provided (in Spanish) whose video and explanation were absolutely dreadful. This was clear regarding game mechanics and options. Well done.

Absolutely loving the modern trend of mixing in old artwork. Ivan Bilibin, who did those prints on the seasons wheel, is one of my favorite artists. This game looks stunning, and also has some cool mechanics. Definitely on the short list to pick up!

I just got this game and wanted to learn but didn't feel like reading rules today. I KNEW you guys would have my back! :) PS - Monique I love your jacket.

Another terrific playthrough and you guys have such great attitudes when you win or lose I love it! It's great to be able to count on that in all your playthroughs😊! Monique, there were multiple times when you could have sacrificed one recognition point, bumping you down to the closest prestige, to gain two coin. There was one place in particular (37:00) where you really could have used the extra rubles. In general, I like to play where whenever my point marker is only one or two recognition points above a prestige point, I'll back up to that nearest prestige point and pick up the two rubles. This is particularly effective almost no matter where your point marker is when done just prior to placing ornamentations. Anyway great job, I love this game! Thank you for filming it. Any plans to film the contractor's expansion, that makes it even more difficult to tell who's winning in a two-player game😊.

i love this game. a beautiful surprise at the end of 2020.

I'm just gonna say it. I blame this channel for half of my board game collection. lol. And I am so happy Naveen is kicking butt recently. Sorry, Monique. lol. Just ordered this and can't wait to play! Good job, team!

Nice playthrough! Previously wasn't interested in this game, but now I am....

Here from white castle video!

Your channel is becoming my favourite very quickly! Watching from India ❤️ P.S- Just bought Curious Cargo after you all recommended it.

Yes.. finally you got to play this game! Yuhu!!!

Another good one

15 minutes into watching this, and The Cardboard Kid and Dad are even more convinced that we need to play this ASAP.

Another great play-through! I just watched Matt Lees from SU&SD gush all over this game and then watching your play-through kind of brought it down in my opinion. You perfectly summed up what I was feeling in your final thoughts, that it's a good solid game and enjoyable, but not a game you're going to play over and over again close together. I definitely love how small the box is and I have to think about what other resource games I have to see if this would be played more or less than them. Also for me in Finland, the price point is still surprisingly good at 37€ it wouldn't make too huge of a dent in my bank account for a game that I'm sure I'd enjoy, unlike Anno 1800, which I've heard isn't the best quality components, is 75€ here! Something to think about! Maybe I can find an even cheaper copy at Spiel

Great job and really thoughtful comments at the 3nd, thank you for such a thorough experience. I wonder if some a.i. could help in the 2 player game.🤔

Great playthrough, as always :) I saw a couple of other playthroughs and I believe I am warming towards this one. The game mechanics are really interesting, I believe they resemble a little The Castles of Burgundy, as far as dice use is concerned. And sure, the dual score track resembles a lot Brass: Birmingham, or rather The Castles of Tuscany, the brand new Stefan Feld game. I am pleasantly surprised that this works well with a higher player count. The only thing is, you have done it again :) You are making me want buy an increasing number of games, and I have no idea when I will be able to play them. I think I will simply skip on the Darwin's Journey Kickstarter and wait for a retail release ... Anyway, this is a good thing you are doing, I really like how your explanations are clear enough, yet not too beginner level, just right to ease someone into a game. Great job! :)

I don't know if it's too late, a litte bit though. But I think the way you count influence for scoring the towers does not differentiate sections and addorns. You count one to one, then, only for scoring prestige you count 2 for sections and 1 for doors, windows and toppers...

Great video! I

Love the video. Interesting comments on an interesting game! I also like Naveen`s t-shirt. Where is it from?

Nice job! First good playthrough I see for this game. Rahdo`s video, just made me pass on this, but you two, show me why this is a good one.

Great video as usual. Are you sure you did the end game scoring correctly? The value of a tower is fine, but as for who controls / wins the tower, I believe ornamentation counts the same as a section. So in the first tower the count is 3-2 for control. Doesn't change the score in your game, but it very much can in many games. Covered in the rulebook in final scoring for tower 5.

Not really interested in playing this game, I just wanted to see the mechanisms, for design inspiration. But I need to commend you for the review, so much insightful comments, really helpful if you're considering the game!

Great video, I have this game ordered, wonder what the expansion adds?

Thanks for another great play through. I've been thinking of picking this one up. Seems to move fast and solo mode is a bonus. I was curious, 31:42 why didn't Naveen pick up 2 gems during this action? He activated the blue die with a total of two dice at that location?

This is a very nice and pretty game! Would you recommend sleeving all the cards? The box size? Thanks!

My experience with the dual score tracker at two players has been it's a bit of a distraction. On some plays I have tried to focus on it, for example delaying a decoration until I gain some recognition to maximize the points gain from prestige. But it's probably better overall to just be most efficient at completing the various tasks the game throws at you and do stuff as early as you can. There's a similar on-rails feeling to the market, which is what drew me to the game in the first place. At least at two, it's not very dynamic and there are often maybe 1-2 good options. I rarely feel like I don't know what to do on my turn or that my actions have a high opportunity cost. That said, I really like the game as an engaging and breezy Euro.

If you keep going back to the nearest prestige marker and taking 2 coins right before scoring 'prestige' (i.e. through decorations), you could have made a fair bit of coin (or a few more points in the long run).

I don't believe the score at the end is not the points that someone contributed but how many banners and decorations they have. I don't believe it would have changed anything in this play.

...also, I wonder if the contractors expansion would affect the 2 player game🤔

Show us the advance board of the player mat

Wow, this game is being played everywhere online. Ruel played it last night on his Twitch channel!

I will buy either this one or Whistle Mountain (both are sold out at my buying place BoardgameBliss)

" area control makes me nervous "lol

I agree with you guys with the review. It’s a interesting game but after a few games at 2 player we aren’t so excited to do 2p again

The area control scoring was incorrect. Each decoration contributes one point to the area control. Basically same as the flags.

This game looks interesting but honestly seems like another euro that in 3-4 years will be mostly forgotten :/ especially with the lackluster performance at 2 players, it seems like when a person looks at their shelf, there’s a lot of other games that would be picked first to play.

Hey Monique, I address this to you cause you know rules better than anyone. Can you please resolve a dispute between my boyfriend and i before we play red cathedral and have another argument. Is it possible to deliver resources to complete a section AND resources to decorate that section in the same turn? For instance deliver one stone to complete the base PLUS wood and a stone to decorate that same section with a door? It seems like if this were allowed it would prevent the opposing player from “stealing” decorations from other players. What are your thoughts?

They should have allowed any number on the dice for the exchange if a prestigious point. Which would have been better in the rule set. Not sure why they didn’t do that. I am not a fan of dice games where you don’t have any good way of mitigating them. This game punishes you too hard for mitigating them.

I do believe you do not count points for incomplete towers during endgame scoring, but this was a great video.

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