How to Play Europa Universalis: The Price of Power

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Learn how to play Europa Universalis: The Price of Power in just 48 minutes! Trust me that's quick for this game. (Yes I know the runtime is longer than that. There's a bit of silliness in the front and back)
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0:00 - Opening Sketch
0:40 - Intro
1:26 - Important Info
2:15 - Basic Concepts and Set Up
4:48 - Basic Gameplay
6:22 - Key Concepts
8:00 - Minor Actions
9:56 - Administrative Actions
11:19 - Diplomatic Actions
13:30 - Trade
16:32 - Fabricate Claims and Military Actions
17:13 - Card Play
18:23 - Event Actions
21:01 - Other Generic Actions
23:33 - Exploration and Colonization
25:50 - Holy Roman Empire and Papal Curia
27:29 - Declaration of War
30:38 - Recruit Units
32:15 - Activate Units
34:49 - Siege, Occupation, and Unrest
36:14 - Battle Sequence
38:34 - Fighting NPRs and Rebels
40:02 - Draw Cards Phase
40:47 - Peace and Rebels Phase (Rebels)
41:48 - Peace and Rebels Phase (Peace)
45:07 - Peace and Rebels Phase (Rebels again)
46:16 - Income and Upkeep Phase
47:27 - Cleanup Phase
49:03 - Endgame Scoring
49:48 - Outro
Corrections:
When taking event cards, if someone chooses the card with your ruler, you don't have to pay administrative power to take it. You only pay that cost if the card is the last one left.
After a marriage between players, the active player chooses the deck that both players draw from.
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@craftsmenMC Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: EU was actually a board game first. The makers of the video game were playing it and went “this is really complicated, it would be much simpler to do this as a video game”. Thus Europa Universalis (and I think paradox interactive as a whole) was born. So this isn’t JUST a reimplementation of the video games: it’s a remake of the original board game. At least that’s how I remember it. Might be getting stuff wrong.

@TKaz84 Жыл бұрын

Europa Universalis: The Board Game: The Video Game: The Board Game took too much space on the cover 😅

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Neat! I didn't know that!

@craftsmenMC Жыл бұрын

@@RTFM well now you know! ☺️ happy to be of service!

@jtfike Жыл бұрын

If I hadn’t been playing EU since the first EU video game, I confess this would be a beast to learn. And even the board game has so many elements that video game familiarity makes it easier.

@theinnerparty5295 Жыл бұрын

Heavy board gaming at its absolute finest. A triumph.

@jasono.6168 Жыл бұрын

Complicated? Yes. Absolutely awesome? Also, yes!

@Unfawkable Жыл бұрын

Never thought I'd see the day when I would play a board game more complicated than Twilight Imperium. Hope it grows on me, looks magnificent.

@Abahrelgazalia Жыл бұрын

Great video! This is a game where you really have to play a bit to start to understand how all of the rules and systems fit together. Generally, though, they fit together pretty well and it's an epic experience worth the time. One mistake I saw: If another player takes your realm's event, you may choose to take the monarch on that event for free. You only pay two admin power for the ruler if the event remains unpicked at the end of the round.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Ah, quite right. The publishers didn't even spot that one. I've added a note. Thanks!

@Sumosh27 9 ай бұрын

I had more than 5k hours at EU4. I can say that this version is worth to learn and play. Guide is crystal clear. Appriciated sir ❤

@RTFM 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! That's an impressive record btw!

@Malakai705 5 ай бұрын

5k wow nice! I have 1.5k and thought that was much...

@jomarba2 Жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this video for a long time. Thank you for taking the massive amount of time just to make it and learn the rules. Your videos are a breath of fresh air, simple and straight forward. Im sure I will learn this game in no time.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!

@Sajatzsiraf Жыл бұрын

Well, let's say it like this, if this was the first time I would have ever seen any content about this game, I would buy it immediately. As it stands, it should arrive within a couple weeks already. :)

@heinhtetoo-h2o559 Жыл бұрын

yes! This is the video I’ve been waiting for. Thx for the detail explanation. This helps a lot. Now I can ease my group into the game with this video.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it! Happy to help!

@bardospace Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I found this video! I backed this game as my teenage son LOVES the computer game (but like you at the beginning, i have never quite been able to bring myself to hit that start game button on the video game). I know I could figure it out on my own, but this video is really going to help speed up the process of learning this beast. Thank you!

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad I could help!

@vanslade2977 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome. One of the most difficult boardgame to learn, explained by one of the Best! This is perfect thanks for the work.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@andersolin3084 Жыл бұрын

Your Twilight Imperium video saved me many hours, and this will do that as well! Thank you sir!

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@the80thdoctor78 Жыл бұрын

Truely excellent! Thank you so much sir. I played the game a couple of times but I never really understood what I really did often times. This helped me a lot declattering my brain.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@carrickrichards2457 Жыл бұрын

Useful, well organised and thorough. Thank you, your help was very neccessary. FYI 'Lets get started' @ 2:15

@peterixon8708 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Thanks so much for simplifying what can initially appear an intimidating game.

@RTFM 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Happy to help!

@Shoknar Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. It was extremely clear and precise. I was able to understand many obscure points even if I still have some left^^. Your examples are perfect and you showed a nice set of the game. Thanks to you, once again.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Glad I was able to help!

@bigzhopel1608 7 ай бұрын

Necroposting for sure but god how good the editing is. Thank you for the video, man. Appreciated!

@RTFM 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you like it!

@timberthus2562 15 күн бұрын

No such thing as necroposting on KZfaq.

@bigbigtimeboy Жыл бұрын

Dude...thanks a bunch... I was planning on setting up the Deluxe full mat to start and just slug through it....BUT after watching I think I'll start basic for the first game. Thx bro!

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Haha, yeah definitely go for a smaller one your first time out. Once players have experience it goes a lot faster, but the sheer number of options really slows things down when you're learning.

@benjaminlewis4667 Жыл бұрын

Amazing introduction video! Masterpiece of a game.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@BrandonCollins907 Жыл бұрын

very thorough. Thanks dude.

@drhartsig Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, thank you! There were two errors I noticed so far. One in the section regarding rulers changing due to events (no admin cost if another player took your event, yes admin if no one took it), and one in marriage to another player (the deck to draw from is chosen by the active player)

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I had already added a note about the ruler cost, but I'll add another for the marriage card draw.

@adryxele9080 17 күн бұрын

absolute master piece of an explanatory video, thank you sir.

@RTFM 6 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad you like it!

@ImperatorZed Жыл бұрын

Great introduction to an amazing game.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@JohnSmith-nh2te Жыл бұрын

This is awesome

@clearyourthirdeye Ай бұрын

Thanks, this is very helpful!

@RTFM Ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

@karstenengelmann925 Жыл бұрын

Lol! I did not notice the ..i.. on London during the declare war segment until the second time around! 😂😂😂

@dawafflesupreme Жыл бұрын

The opening was very funny, made me say "ahaha".

@bergstro Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Happy to do it!

@vincentlemmens3206 Жыл бұрын

Great video ! It has been very helpful. Was wondering if Aegir Games was considering having subtitles for this video in other languages than Klingon 😉

@ibrahimerol5639 3 ай бұрын

Tomorrow (Saturday) we are going to play our first game with 6 players. I'm very excited and here to learn some stuff. Looking at rule book, have some knowledge from PC game (100+ hours and still noob). Still feelling I don't know anything, a bit nervous :)

@RTFM 3 ай бұрын

Hope it goes well for you!

@Kim_Jong-un1356 Жыл бұрын

...just like my parents wanted for me. LOL =D

@mordenthral8624 Жыл бұрын

Looks like the expanded gameplay example isn't up at Aegir Games yet. Great job on this, I was just reading through the rules myself.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was told it would be up pretty soon after I posted this but oh well.

@ThoriberoCaroli Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I am thoroughly in love with this game, but I do amdit I need some dating advice to make it work. X)

@nikolaus.kopernikus Жыл бұрын

Errata: You only have to pay 2 admin. power for a new purple ruler, when it is the remaining event in the game with a historical leader on it. Otherwise, if another player picks an event with an opponent‘s realm ruler, you don‘t have to pay for it.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Yep, there's already a note added about that.

@WiseWombat Жыл бұрын

Just letting you know that there is a mistake when discussing Reatreat from battle at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a8eKqrt8mK3Zcnk.html the defender cannot retreat across a sea zone. They can only retreat to a province adjancent by land.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

So I'm looking at the rulebook and it doesn't specify that they must retreat by land, just that it must be an adjacent area. Coastal areas with ports are considered adjacent if they face the same sea zone, which is why it seems like this would be ok. That being said, I've sent a message to the designer and will add a note if my interpretation is incorrect.

@user-jf7tw9ee1d 11 ай бұрын

When trading Provinces between players, only the active player pays 1 Administrative Power? or the other player pay for it too?

@robertomendeztorres 11 ай бұрын

Both pay the Administrative Power.

@Moffattt 2 ай бұрын

random question from a guy who just found out about this game. does advisors and leaders/generals clear their injury at the end of the turn? or are they permanent until they die?

@eivindvetlesen856 2 ай бұрын

They are permanent. These represent general health, both aging and wounds. There's a card that'll let you heal one wound immediately following a Battle however.

@3MBG Жыл бұрын

Excellent work on this video. Very well done. I love the wee asides as well about colonialism and crusades.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! I really appreciate that!

@Torkeep Жыл бұрын

You should definitely try the video game. Start on the learners Island (Ireland) and go from there. That said, now I want to see a playthrough of the board game! ;)

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

One of these days I'll get to it. It's just such a big hurtle to get started. Once I do I'm sure I'll get sucked in. As for playthroughs, this is a tough one because of how long and complicated it is, otherwise I would've done a runthrough of it over on Rahdo's channel. That being said, I am considering doing full game playthroughs on RTFM at some point, but that'll probably be a little while.

@Torkeep Жыл бұрын

@@RTFM yes, I figured it might be on Rahdo's channel, but if you do it on your channel, even better. I agree that it is a big beast though, and no playthrough is going to be short. As for the video game, I would almost suggest starting with no expansions enabled, just clean vanilla, though I admit that with all the patches, it may still be intimidating, and I am not entirely sure how much added complexity the patches would add.

@ottobenthaus3349 Жыл бұрын

@@RTFM and once you ate accustomed to The game Switch to The anbennar mod

@joetheeskimo8885 Жыл бұрын

Ireland is only learners island in Crusader Kings. With EU4 you'll want something like Portugal or the Ottomans.

@jeremyboughtono2 Жыл бұрын

Any thoughts on the giant play mat. Do you find the game board isnt big enough?

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

I occasionally found the board to be a little busy when there's a lot of pieces on them. Made it kinda difficult to find certain regions with my kindergarten level geography skills. So for that I might recommend it, but the game does already take up a ton of space, so you better have a big enough table if you want the board to be even bigger.

@jeremyboughtono2 Жыл бұрын

@@RTFM I have a massive gaming table 10 foot by 4 foot. 👍

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

@@jeremyboughtono2 oh well then yeah, go nuts

@Faither011 7 ай бұрын

thank god they made it into a good game

@E_Poltz Жыл бұрын

Where can I buy this outside the US it Europe?

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

You can buy it at the publisher's website aegirgames.com

@JesperHasteen Жыл бұрын

I think this game might be more difficult than EU4 :P

@deathstar9297 11 ай бұрын

i live in turkey how can i buy this board game

@RTFM 11 ай бұрын

I don't know if they have worldwide shipping, but you can buy it at their website aegirgames.com

@atheist_addict 3 ай бұрын

Shea is the king.

@Anomaliateam 10 ай бұрын

How cut draw with other players? i didn't see any rules about it

@RTFM 10 ай бұрын

I'm not sure I understand your question. Can you rephrase that?

@Anomaliateam 10 ай бұрын

@@RTFM how cut ties between player (for every time a tie happen during the game,not only for the resolve of tier of the trade cards)

@RTFM 10 ай бұрын

@@Anomaliateam Unfortunately there are different tiebreakers for different effects in the game. If you give a specific trigger I could tell you, but there's no one standard method.

@Anomaliateam 10 ай бұрын

@@RTFM So you could tell me all kind of tiebreakers? (it should not exist so many i think )

@RTFM 10 ай бұрын

@@Anomaliateam Well...no. I mean I could, but the rulebook is huge and I don't want to go through the entire thing finding every possible tiebreaker. What I recommend is not worrying about it until you come across an issue where you would be tied. Then just look up the rules for that specific thing.

@timoseppa9124 3 ай бұрын

Enjoying the video. Note to your future self: You will need a haircut.

@sylvander4972 7 ай бұрын

whyyyy did I buy this game XDDD It will take more effort to learn this then making a spacerocket

@ronaldg7522 Жыл бұрын

Holy sh..

@charles8601 Жыл бұрын

Trust me, EU4 is super easy, all you have to do is select the Ottomans on the start screen and you win!

@Twotailedkit Жыл бұрын

i roflmao i have the same phone wallpaper on my work phone :)

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Haha nice! I find it very helpful.

@konradb.5305 2 ай бұрын

why... why i bought this game... it's massiiiiiveeeeee....

@Ar_bgg 24 күн бұрын

Nice and useful video, talking too fast though

@caladanbruth9549 Жыл бұрын

After watching this video I am a little worried about how colonization is handled in this game. Is there any historical reference in the rule book about this period of time? Is it possible to play without colonization?

@robertomendeztorres Жыл бұрын

The Rulebook contains the following text about colonization: “While some states will flourish in this environment, and even grow into positions of global dominance, other civilizations will suffer and disappear almost completely A lot of what the colonial and imperialist powers of that era did in their struggle for power and riches is of course highly problematic when viewed through modern eyes. Knowledge of the many key events and developments of that time period is nonetheless crucial to understanding how we have come to be where we are in the world of today. The game views the world through the eyes of the European powers of that day and age, not because we endorse what they did, but because it is a way to help us understand some of the choices they made. Perhaps we can then see more clearly how or why parts of history unfolded in the way they did, while also giving players the freedom to explore somewhat realistic “what if” scenarios in the setting of this time period.” You can play some Scenarios in which the colonization aspect of the game is not in play. Also you can create your own Scenarios that would do exactly that.

@harrowedone974 Жыл бұрын

the board game is definitely harder than the pc game.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Well then maybe I'll finally have to give the video game a try

@obiezeoputa7748 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Great video

@jessel3621 Жыл бұрын

The trigger warning about colonialism is pretty laughable. This is a historical game with assassinations and wars.

@Mr_J1984 11 ай бұрын

Love the video, don't love the compulsive need to apologize for history you had zero part in. It's cringey and awkward. Please stop. It's a board game, not a philosophical treatise.

@chadmrrsn 11 ай бұрын

It made it hard to follow too

@Malakai705 5 ай бұрын

I kind of like it. But I understand that it can feel weird being interrupted when trying to understand complex rules.

@Breakingbad_habits 5 ай бұрын

@@Malakai705I agree, I think its good to acknowledge the very real and often horrible history of what we are simulating when playing this game

@radamescorujo5578 2 ай бұрын

It's history. instead of feeling grossed by IT and afraid to talk about it, Learn from it. THOSE THAT Don't KNOW THEIR HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.

@bojohannesen4352 19 күн бұрын

@@radamescorujo5578no one mentioned being grossed out by or afraid of history. Don't build strawmen.

@WinnieTehPoop 9 ай бұрын

Ritalin

@dawafflesupreme Жыл бұрын

This game solidifies my belief that video games should not be DIRECTLY adapted to board game versions. XCOM's board game only worked because it was a fresh angle and not at all like the game.

@chepachii Жыл бұрын

This game is freaking awesome bro. Several plays and its a straight 10/10

@Sajatzsiraf Жыл бұрын

I would strongly disagree with this. Many forms of entertainment have made the crossing successfully. And, this is not a direct adaptation, there are several adjustments, a lot of streamlining, and exploration of alternate ways to give the same 'feel' as the pc version did. I would venture to guess that if you have invested time and energy into the Paradox grand strategy games, with enjoyment, then this will be great for you. Otherwise, what would have been needed is a completely different sort of game, which is entirely against what the designers, the IP owner, and ultimately the players were looking for.

@taxag1134 Жыл бұрын

After playing both a solo campaign and a couple multiplayer campaigns with earlier versions of the rules of this board game, I disagree. I feel like the developers have done a great job of translating EU4 into a board game that has the feel of the PC game and actually plays well. A lot of EU4's mechanics actually translate quite well, in my opinion. Most importantly, though, I have enjoyed every minute playing this board game. Its a LONG game, though, and Shea wasn't kidding when he said to expect to dedicate a weekend to playing it with a group (at least any of the longer scenarios), but I have definitely come away each time feeling like it was worth my time to spend doing so.

@mzy115 Жыл бұрын

what man? you think xcom board game is ok? and you think EUPOP is not? I dont know how wrong you are.

@ImperatorZed Жыл бұрын

The video game of Europa Universalis is an overcomplicated unplayable mess. The board game is awesome and playable. I'd say the board game fixed the video game.

@jomarba2 Жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this video for a long time. Thank you for taking the massive amount of time just to make it and learn the rules. Your videos are a breath of fresh air, simple and stright forward. Im sure I will learn this game in no time.