It's fairly on point that this video is ~2x as long as any of the other videos discussing Dune factions.

I'm really glad you mentioned in advanced you only get 1 force to start anywhere not 2. I've seen internet conversations argue both ways and it was a little confusing to me which one was right.

I’ve found that BG, more than any other faction, needs a plan. They are also much, much more fun to play in Advanced, but you do need to remember that the trickle of CHOAM Charity is just that. Don’t forget to grab spice! Good BG players can be infuriating in that they are rarely caught in a no win situation unless they grossly miscalculate something or get blindsided by something they didn’t know.

Loved that video Jack! Thanks for the thorough explanation, will definitely use your tips next time I play as BG :)

Heyo! You do great work! Glad you started this channel.

Fantastic video! I end up playing BG a lot since they are the hardest faction and I know the game better than any of my friends, so now I'll know how to crush them! lol

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Great video, thanks! Around 39:00 you describe the scenario with flipping twice to help the Guild in return for a bribe. But no matter the turn order, unless you or the Guild move out - which would go against the idea - then you would end up fighting each other, right? And then there would be nothing to flip back. You could of course beam down with the Guild reinforcements but that would not be flipping anything. Sorry if I'm just being dense and thanks again for your great Dune videos!

Hey Jack, recently found your channel and Ive been binging your dune videos. I. Have a question regarding BG. If BG has advisors in a territory with another player can they beam fighters into the area and if so, do they get to flip the advisors that were there to fighters? FAQ mentions both types of units not being allowed in the same space but I didn't know if it meant they are allowed to ship but must flip all tokens to the same side, or if they are not allowed to ship at all if there are advisors present

I just received the last expansion ! Amazing to see your name on it ! I was re-reading the rules, and it says that BG can flip advisors to fighters before moving phase IF we plan to fight ! Do we have to really fight ? I mean, am I allowed to flip them to fighter just to scare the enemy enough for him to leave, for example ? I know I can flip back to advisor if he add units, but if he decide not to leave, so my bluff didn’t worked, can I still leave the territory ? (PS : I’ve asked a lot of questions to you, thx A LOT for answering all, I promise this is not a joke !)

Thank you for the video! Never once have I considered the option to actually flip back when someone ships into a territory where I have warriors. That's going to be super useful! I played a couple of nice games recently, both with the BG, and in one of them I actually was throwing battles at first by flipping in strongholds and stalling for my prediction, but later in the game, after a bunch of shipments, I was actually threatening people to flip in their stronghold, and that felt pretty nice :) Also, I almost lost the game, when I agreed to throw a battle by, and I quote: "Dialing 0, using any leader and not using any treachery cards". Well, no one said anything about traitors :) So the Atreides, who fought me, not only lost their chance at a victory, but I collected their bribe, since I completed the deal we bargained for. Also, with the BG voice, I tried doing a trick, where I was battling the Emperor, and I knew he had a poison and a projectile weapon, and I wanted to use Truthtrance in combination with the Voice to make the Emperor unable to play any of the weapons. So I tried asking: "Will you not play a projectile weapon?", he said: "Yes", then I Voiced him to "play a projectile weapon". We had a huge argument, but ultimately decided that my Voice overrode the Truthtrance, sadly :( But I do wonder if you can get away with it, if you say something like: "If you have the option of playing a weapon this battle, will it be a projectile weapon?", and then, depending on the answer, you can Voice-ban the chosen weapon. Technically, the "if you have the option" part should still allow the Truthtrance answer and the Voice command to not contradict each other (if you play no weapon at all, you satisfy both conditions, no matter the answer you gave for Truthtrance); there are a lot of strong opinions against it on the forums, though :(

Question with BG voice. If they voice cant play poison or projectile weapon/defense does that include poison blade/shield snooper? Also a question about the poison tooth. Do they have to say no poison tooth or is poison tooth in the same category as a poison weapon. It makes sense with Lazgun or Artillary Strike sense they are classified as special weapons. But poison tooth is classified as a poison special weapon which is confusing.

Nice video ! Thanks for that ! Few questions remain in my mind : - It seems advisors are shipped only with other factions shipment, normal shipment is sending fighters only, but fighters must flip to advisors if shipped (or moved) to a territory occupied by other faction and with already a BG advisor ? Is that correct or not allowed ? - If allowed, is it allowed to do a normal shipment to a territory occupied by an ally (with or without BG advisor already in) ? - Is it allowed to move fighters in a territory occupied by an ally and to flip them to advisors when entering ? Thanks

Hi, great job, i would like to see all factions described like this. It explain many missunderstanding and there is a lot of them in BG faction. I m also curious about the situation, when BG have fighters in strongholds and someone ships their forces there, can BG flip fighters to Advisors and then add one more Advisor? It collides with rule that two different BG forces can t be in same teretority.

do/can you cheese, while advising your ally in a stronghold, by flipping your advisors to fighters, hence blocking that stronghold and either flip back when your ally ships (if he's last - similar to your guild example) or destroy your forces at the end, but guaranteeing that stronghold?

Question about Karama cards in general. Can you use Karama cards to cancel someone else's 1 time special Karama ability, and if so do they have another chance of doing that later if it was canceled?

Can you use your normal shipping as BG to ship in advisors in an occupied area? Or do you have to ship in fighters when you’re using normal shipping?

I like your token frames. Are those 3d printed? If yes, where to get the .stl files for those?

Is the BG card in the prediction deck just there to turn a your team win into, just a you win? It being in the deck really puzzled me and that's the only thing I could think of.

Playing first game of Dune tomorrow, and advanced one - quick question from me. When you coexist at a sector where 2 other Houses fight and they kill each other, can you flip your Advisor to Fighter and collect Spice in Phase 8?

If bene and atredes are allied, and another faction ships from off planet into an atredes stronghold, are the bene gesserit allowed to ship an advisor into the polar sink instead using advanced game rules?

If you have advisors in three strongholds where 2 other players are doing combat in all of them, and somehow they kill all forces in all thee fights, do your advisors flip to fighters as being alone in that territory and then you win the game? I guess if this happens in one stronghold during the game as well with income of spice, you flip and own the stronghold when collecting income?

Say Harkonnen has forces in Carthag and I have a BG spiritual advisor there and Atreides ships forces into Carthag (along with my additional spiritual advisor). When it is my turn to ship, may I ship more “fighters” into Carthag since my advisors are already there and thus flip these fighters to advisors or am I not allowed to ship to Carthag at all since there are already two factions there?

what happens if I tell them to use a poison weapon and they have no poison weapon? can they use another type of a weapon?

Suppose there's an army deployed with a spiritual counselor, and it moves. Does the counselor follow the troops, or does it stay?

Does a spirtual advisor in Arakeen/Carthag give the Bene Gesserit the ornithopthers?

Nice video ! We needed that one clearly ! I have a question, regarding the new FAQ. The last question is : Suppose the BG wishes to use their advisors to battle others, how is this managed? Answer: The BG may flip advisors to fighters anywhere they wish to battle so long as they do so after the Spice Blow/Nexus phase of a turn, before shipment occurs that turn, and publicly announce the flipping. If allied forces already exist there, all but one must move out during the shipping and movement phase according to the Note: in the rules under "Alliances". But, if there is allied forces here, shoudn’t I be forbidden to flip my advisors as fighters ? Hope you can read my question, the video is few month old, I hope you come back here sometime :p Thx

Hey Jack, I have 2 questions. 1. If someone has Thopters, could they in theory move from wherever they are, into another location, and wind up back in their starting location(so long as it's 3 ore less moves)? 2. If a BG does this, if they start as an advisor in an occupied territory then leave and come back(they do have thopter movement), can they then flip to fighters upon re-entering their starting spot?

Is there no coexistance in this version?

Hello again ! Sorry to ask you another question, but there is one point that prevent us from properly playing with BG. A previous FAQ says : What happens if the BG wants to move advisors or fighters into a territory where they have the opposite type? Answer: It can't be done. The BG forces in a territory have to be of the same type. Advisors must be flipped to fighters to move into an occupied territory where the BG already has fighters. […] And then, on the other it says : When can the Bene Gesserit flip advisors to fighters? Answer: […] 4) If moving advisors into a territory where fighters already exist. Those two statements seems to be opposed. My question is : can advisors move into a territory containing BG fighters AND opponents fighter, and then flip to fighters ? (Seems to be nOK with first FAQ statement, but OK with the second one, maybe this is an exception ?) Sorry if the answer is in the video, I’m not native English speaker, even if the video is a lot of help, I maybe wasn’t able to understand everything properly. Thanks

If a NG player in an alliance wins with prediction does their ally also win?

Would you sort of agree that bene gesserit is too weak in the normal game? It has no spice income low starting spice no starting guys on board and no movement advantages and no treachery card advantages to make up for it

I disagree with Weirding Way falling under the Shield category for the purposes of the Voice. It is not a shield. It does not cause Lasgun/Shield explosions. Making the BG player be careful with their wording makes sense, and this ruling would be enough to have me choosing to leave the table.

1 , BenGes ' advisors ' both sides of battle in same ' location ' . 2 , 1 BenGes leader each ' advisors ' Each [2 , 3 ,4 way battle ? ? ? ] Sides in battle at same location . 2.1 or 1 BenGes leader And BenGes cheap hero[en] . 3 treachery cards (pull ) all leaders of all non BenGes sides . You all lose BenGes gets all spice No nuke or battle card attacks deffence ... Tell me why? Where ? Rules say cant do that ?