How to Play ISS Vanguard in 31 Minutes

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Learn how to play ISS Vanguard in just 31 minutes (there's a bit of silliness at the front and back)
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0:00 - Intro
0:52 - Important video info
1:43 - Set up
2:49 - Planetary Landing (tutorial)
3:59 - Exploration Basics
4:39 - Special Actions and Dice Check Basics
6:40 - Movement and Danger Dice
7:31 - Log Entries
8:04 - Special Effects and Track Actions
9:25 - Resting and Exertion
10:24 - Dice Actions (full checklist)
12:50 - Actions With Multiple Checks/Outcomes
13:23 - Preparing
13:45 - Event Cards and Time Tracks
14:32 - Rank-up and Discovery Basics
15:13 - Adding Dice and Continuing the Campaign
15:56 - Planetary Landing (advanced)
17:40 - Rank-up Cards and Equipment
18:30 - Crew Abilities
18:54 - Landing Space and Lift-off Action
19:19 - Multi-symbol Dice
19:44 - Injuries and Emergency Evac
21:19 - Discoveries
22:41 - Threats
23:18 - Leaving the Planet and Saving Your Game
23:52 - Variant Modes
25:16 - Ship Management Basics
26:54 - Returning to the Ship
27:55 - The Bridge
28:45 - Starmap
29:43 - Ship Facilities
31:25 - Preparing Your Lander
31:58 - Outro
Corrections:
Clarification on track actions. If you've completed a green/yellow and a red outcome at the same time, the success will usually bring in a new POI card, which stops the red outcome before it can happen. If it doesn't, then both outcomes will occur.
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@designhacker1556 5 ай бұрын

I laughed Out loud when Shea was like "It's cool, i promise!---" and gets cut off haha

@BrianBrown-vd1vv Жыл бұрын

Great stuff, thanks for the walk-through. If you are getting lost during any point of this video, I'd recommend putting it on .75 playback speed, since he can speak a bit quickly in sections.

@madquest8 5 ай бұрын

LMAO I just did that, came to the comments and saw this! I agree. 0.75 all the way!

@kierenotton9722 Жыл бұрын

Very, very cool. Very, very concise. If you got sponsored to do this, it was money well spent. Thanks!

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@jenniferschlickbernd6280 Жыл бұрын

So happy to see you did a video on this game! Mine is coming next week, looking forward to it.

@barelyprotestant5365 Жыл бұрын

Ah! I was just looking up videos to share for this board game, and my favourite "How to play" channel already has one up! Love y'all!

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Happy to help!

@whoseturnpodcast Жыл бұрын

Great overview Shea looking forward to this arriving hopefully in a few weeks 🙂

@Tintros 5 ай бұрын

Very well done, and kudos to the makers for getting you on board.

@aloharay 4 ай бұрын

I enjoy your style and pacing. Very visual, teaching by example. Not too long, easy to watch a second time for double checking a point.

@RTFM 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

@stewiedarkinvisibleid Жыл бұрын

Way cool/helpful tutorial vid! Definitely looking forward to this unique game. So much to learn, maybe a bit overwhelming, but pretty excited about finally deep diving into it! Cheers!

@familymeeple Жыл бұрын

Thank you as always - really looking forward to this one coming in to land! ❤️❤️❤️ (Def. Very, very anticipated!)

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Happy to help. And it'll be worth the wait.

@eastargamemanufacturing6914 Жыл бұрын

Great show. I especially like your understanding of the game, the way you play allows me to learn a lot.😄

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@michael_3.3 Жыл бұрын

Great introduction to the ISS Vanguard - thank you very much, Shea and Awaken Realms :)

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Happy to help!

@joncarr5545 Жыл бұрын

Another top notch tutorial! Thanks Shea :)

@kasaklubdemola8625 Жыл бұрын

BRAWO ARy! Słuszny wybór Pana od zasad. [:

@vicerodrigues 3 ай бұрын

This is my go-to channel for learning new games. Thank you for another excellente tutorial! Cheers!!

@RTFM 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@sebastiang.5032 Жыл бұрын

Superb video! Well done Shea.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@kostishasopoulos9816 Жыл бұрын

Man, i'm so like you...everything space related hits a nerve...

@NeroHeresy Жыл бұрын

Great vid!!! Will be referencing it a ton I’m sure!! Thank you

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@marshalltoddmabie9439 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, laid it out well!

@simonecolombo5928 Жыл бұрын

Top notch video for sure! Thanks!!

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@jazepi Жыл бұрын

Nice, hoping to get my shipping info next week. (Canada)

@jazepi Жыл бұрын

Finally got my shipping notification. We're calling this a MASSIVE failure on the part of Lion Rampart. Sat in the warehouse for 2 months. What a joke, regardless, THURSDAY!

@timcastle5441 Жыл бұрын

Mate … cool tutorial! Thanks.

@sogoth9592 4 ай бұрын

Great intro, thanks!

@vladspellbinder Жыл бұрын

Really good tutorial and run down of the game. Sadly not my type of game but it looks like it would be a lot of fun for the people into that sort of thing.

@kaijuh Жыл бұрын

''that sort of thing"'*

@casspirmk6338 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, it was a good tutorial

@AlwayzFresh 5 ай бұрын

All right thumbs up let's do this!

@jimberry7385 Жыл бұрын

Well done sir!

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@lasocietedesjeux Жыл бұрын

Merci ;) Great explanations !

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@HeroOfTheWeb Жыл бұрын

Having recently played Middara, that juice box joke is too real haha.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

@davidcampbell2008 Жыл бұрын

Feels a bit like the 3 phases of Kingdom Death Monster :)

@fabianmatas1286 Жыл бұрын

Top Congrats

@Memmnarch1981 Жыл бұрын

man this looks very intimidating to me. I can't wait to get my copy but this looks difficult.

@Frankie-the-Tankie Жыл бұрын

Same but I had the same thoughts when I first got Gloomhaven but that's my groups favorite game. We are just going to take it slow and do what we can

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

It can seem like a lot when you look at it all as a whole, but the game does a great job of slowly bringing you in so you don't have to learn everything all at once.

@bartoszbadowski7157 Жыл бұрын

Wow it looks really cool! Can’t wait to put my hands on my copy of the full Kickstarter bundle.

@jcapo5 Жыл бұрын

This game and nemesis seem extremely overwhelming with the rules but really aren't bad once you're playing

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Yeah both of them have a bit of a learning curve, but after a while you really get into the groove of it.

@DrRavenge Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the help as this game has been challenging to learn. My attention issues has made it difficult to learn.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@njco78 6 ай бұрын

Very very light overview of the ship phase not explaining how to start a project, how to boost a project, and all the symbols on situations cards for example how to get rid of them. Considering this is advertised on the AR website as a tutorial its lacking key information which is also extremely difficult to find in the rulebook.

@doc_adam Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. Thanks! I had one query over the rule you discuss at 09:00 about resolving outcomes where both tracks have been completed. You state in the video to resolve top to bottom but to only resolve first outcome and no others, however in the rulebook (step 10 on page 20) it seems to imply resolving all completed outcomes, but it is a bit vague on that, so wanted to check you had the right. Thoughts?

@khewit Жыл бұрын

Yes top to bottom if possibile, but some outcomes will have you replace location cards so any other outcomes on the original location will be removed

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

khewit has it right, but I'll add a note making this clear. Most of the time track outcomes replace the POI, so this doesn't come up often.

@GeeVanderplas Жыл бұрын

So excited to be receiving this soon! I got a question regarding using crewmembers in the ship phase. After you use them, are they still available for the next mission or do they go to the resting crew section?

@WaxDrag Жыл бұрын

I believe if they're used during ship phase they need to rest so don't make it on the next mission

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

They go to the resting section.

@JLH111176 Жыл бұрын

how do sleeved cards fit in the binder if at all, also the plastic boxes will they fit in those sleeved ?

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

The binder spaces are a little oversized, so sleeved cards fit in them no problem. Same with the boxes.

@pixxelwizzard Жыл бұрын

"Deadly barrage of molten sugar." Now I wish that was an actual spoiler for the game. ISS Sugar Rush, anyone?

@Drmanperson Жыл бұрын

How are you supposed to shuffle the unsolved situation into the possible situations, when the possible situations are in order in the card reserve?

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

The possible situations are supposed to be shuffled, not in a specific order. The numbers on them are so you can easily pull specific ones from future situations to add to the possible ones.

@NicolaFrankVachon Жыл бұрын

Quick question. Do I shuffle every discovery decks before planetary exploration?

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Hey, sorry for the late reply. Yes you do, though anything you've taken from those decks stays with you in the ship binder until you spend it.

@TrustynHERO Жыл бұрын

Questions about injury dice 19:45 These are probably silly questions, but I have two. 1: after the dice are rolled and applied to the cards because of their matching symbols, do the dice stay on the cards and off your character board, no longer taking up the other dice space, or after step 10 on the dice check sheet, you put all the injury dice from both the cards and spent pool back on the board to be rolled again later? 2: if an injury card gets flipped over, do you still keep the injury die on the board, or does it go away, just leaving the card behind as 1/4 injuries before Emergency Evac? - I feel like the dice would still stay on the board, making it more likely to activate any other injury cards you may have or get, after the card is flipped face down, and all the injury dice after step 10 get put back on the board to keep activating the injuries everytime you roll, but I just wanted to ask to make sure. Thanks for the help and in making this video💜🙏

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

You have it right. No matter the result (unless something specifically says otherwise) you return the injury dice to your board so you can keep rolling it. As well, unless something says to remove a die, it stays with you even if you flip the card.

@TrustynHERO Жыл бұрын

That makes sense. Thank you very much🙋‍♂️☺️

@Kindlesmith70 Жыл бұрын

12:48 Assistant crew can't convert actions, but can the active player convert the dice they got from an assistant? 31:11 If you can't pay for the first one, can you still spend crew for others?

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Hey, sorry for the late response. Active players can convert assisted dice. They treat the dice as if they had rolled them. And when it comes to the Research Lab, you can always choose which project to start with, it doesn't have to be the one in the top left spot. So if you only want to do one project, you won't need to spend crew.

@Kindlesmith70 Жыл бұрын

@@RTFM no prob. Thnx for the reply. I would have found out eventually XD I got my game yesterday and spent the entire day sleeving cards while watching KZfaq.

@MarioLuigi2013 4 ай бұрын

I got to the 5 minute mark and the dice part confused me 😅. I just bought this game today with the standee figure box. It looks like a really fun game! ❤

@grigoris.sapountzoglou Жыл бұрын

When you assign a crewmember to a ship task, what happens to him/her? He/she goes into the awaiting bag or to the resting crew? My guess is that it goes to the resting crew, correct? Also for how long this crewmember is assigned to a ship task?

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Assigned crew perform their task immediately and are placed in the resting crew area right away.

@grigoris.sapountzoglou Жыл бұрын

@@RTFM thanks!!!

@VoicelessScream Жыл бұрын

Great video, as always. I'll say this though... this looks a bit similar to Etherfield and that worries me (rule wise) - I won't pretend to be a God tier boardgamer but I've played (and learned!) my share and for some reasons, Awaken Realms games, while all superb quality, totally throw me off rule wise. I can't figure out why story telling games like these that should flow naturally and learn as you play feel that disjointed to me. Hopefully I'll get this one to the table as Etherfield sadly remains on my shelf of shame :/ Thanks again!

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Thanks! While I haven't played every game that Awaken Realms has put out, I have noticed a gradual improvement of their rulebooks. I think Vanguard actually does a pretty great job of teaching you the game as you play. And from what I've heard, it's being compared pretty favorably against Etherfield.

@VoicelessScream Жыл бұрын

@@RTFM Well, we just played the Tutorial mission and it turns out they did extremely well with this one! I'd highly recommend people play the tutorial mission firstand then refer to your excellent video. Beautiful game and definitely not messy rules wise (at least early on) vs Etherfield :).

@jerkypower 3 ай бұрын

I am not sure about one thing. When I roll dice and I roll accident and the PI card has no special effect for accident symbol, is there any negative impact or is it just a useless symbol then? Thanks

@RTFM 3 ай бұрын

In that case, it's just a useless symbol and can't be used for anything except to be changed/rerolled/discarded by other effects.

@jerkypower 3 ай бұрын

@@RTFM thank you 🙂

@markramos4150 Жыл бұрын

Do you recommend playing this game solo? Is it possible?

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

It's definitely possible, you kinda just play it as if it were a two player game, with you holding two hands of cards. I prefer it with at least two, but if you don't mind double handing, it's still a great game.

@ericapunkt7956 Жыл бұрын

Your T-Shirt, where is it from?

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

I got it from The Meeps' store. Lotta good gaming shirts there.

@albertoilmio6161 Ай бұрын

Very good kind of content but I kindly ask you to take in consideration two little topics to enhance the quality because the overall experience result been not so good despite the effort you have invested: - it would be better to speak slower, because the concepts are many and people need a bit of time to follow you properly and understand at the same time what you are explaining. Creating this kind of contents is like having a small digital lesson... often stopping and going back to be sure to have understood the mechanics could become a bit frustrating - the sound quality is a bit metallic, most of all if you try to follow reducing the speed to 0.75 (while following at normal speed the problem is not perceivable. Hope you don't get offended... I shared this tow little issues because I like yours contents and hope it could help in improving the overall quality fo the great videos you provide us!

@biblicallyspeaking Жыл бұрын

Why did he have the card the trial and error card

@XDarkLordXP 5 ай бұрын

What is the song in the outro?

@RTFM 5 ай бұрын

It's called Jericho, by Zac Nelson

@warpaint9385 6 ай бұрын

Is this a one and done campaign game?

@RTFM 6 ай бұрын

I believe so, but I'm pretty sure there will be expansions that add new chapters to the story.

@callmemich Жыл бұрын

Awesome tutorial but I really need to know, what's up with the squeeky noises? Is that the mic?

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

That comes from my throat. I have a filter that catches it most of the time, but it's pretty difficulty to edit out all of it.

@callmemich Жыл бұрын

@@RTFM Im sorry to ask you about this but Huh? Im just more intrigued now!

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

@@callmemich I don't know what to tell you. It's just something that happens when I talk sometimes.

@andreasremoundos80 Жыл бұрын

Attacking a threat only once per turn and then do something else (like rest) feels a little bit off. Attacking is a special action. And i dont like the limitation to only one special action per turn.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

I think of it like how in DnD you only get one standard action, one move and a bonus. You can give up your standard for another move, but not the other way around.

@elgrifolorian Жыл бұрын

I just want the minis.

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

The minis are pretty great.

@user-ls6vf4qj3v Жыл бұрын

Hello, the automatic translation in another language does not work, I only get the subtitles in English, any solution? Thank you

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

KZfaq doesn't really do a widespread auto-translate. I could do it one at a time for specific languages, but that would involve writing the english subtitles manually first, which is pretty difficult for a long video like this. Sorry.

@secvent3977 3 ай бұрын

Kupiłem grę w wersji PL, w instrukcji podali linka do tej instrukcji, wchodzę, a kolo nawija po angielsku XD XD XD nieładnie Awaken Realms, nieładnie...

@Mavskater1 Жыл бұрын

Please do Clank

@Danis_Minis Күн бұрын

I love learning boardgame from videos to kick off, but i couldnt catch up in this case.. i wonder how this could be referenced in rulebook as official alternative to reading .. this is way too fast and you cant play tutorial while looking at this.. as future fast reference, okay, but definitely nkt supplement to text rules

@marinoderienzo3176 Жыл бұрын

Eh. Not feeling it. Thank you for vid.

@kosterix123 Жыл бұрын

Sounds extremely complicated

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

It's definitely a heavy game, yeah. There's a pretty solid walkthrough that gets you started though.

@kosterix123 Жыл бұрын

@@RTFM I'll back the second edition, not this one. i don't have a problem with heavy games at all. But when I don't understand at all how to "read" the dice from your explanation, I don't understand how to read the mission cards you showed, maybe it's your camera but the red/black stuff is hard to make out, that is a problem. As much as I love the Lost in Space vibe, Danger, Will Robinson, at this point in time it's not for me. In terms of rule explanation you start with the complex stuff first, I'd invert that approach personally.

@thesweeples3266 Ай бұрын

The people giving you kudos should really watch a quality teach such as those provided by Gaming Rules! This was awful. Utter chaos.

@thesweeples3266 Ай бұрын

This teach was chaos. You’ve GOT to introduce the moving parts first. Almost useless.

@sufiansmadi6699 7 ай бұрын

you could've explained some components before diving in , also you were kinda fast , couldn't digest your explanation

@move3spaces246 6 ай бұрын

Man way too fast! Would have to watch this 3 times

@sufiansmadi6699 6 ай бұрын

@@move3spaces246 true

@paulfortner3259 6 ай бұрын

Change playback speed is an option

@sufiansmadi6699 5 ай бұрын

@@paulfortner3259 👍

@HaviccB 5 ай бұрын

His rebellion vids are amazing this one was a little fast/confusing.. Back here for a 2nd watch cause its a good explain even though

@WorldOFBlackub 5 ай бұрын

tbh im completely shocked by AR recommending this video as an official guide, its so incohesive, messy, erratic, so much stuff explained in such a bizzare way..

@tonipocovi 4 ай бұрын

Just sent to Awaken Realms: “After receiving my copy of ISS Vanguard I can only say I’m really disapointed about the difficulty for playing this game being color blind. Before using neolanguage to pretend being more inclusive, which doesn’t affect at all to the playability of the game, I would suggest you to think that all these aids for color blind people are absolutely necessary, and like this is simply unplayable. It’s full of cards with coloured dice that doesn’t have any help to recognise which colour is. Only a no sense line at the end on the manual, in the glossary of icons that I’m still wondering what is supposed to be used for. I’m probably selling my copy. Thanks”

@dsolmonson 6 ай бұрын

Dude speaks way too quickly and monotonously. Nothing has emphasis; too hard to follow.

@TheDragonsTomb Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry but I still do feel there is a lot of bias in this video.

@james2yu Жыл бұрын

For…? Staying alive? Its a tutorial for anyone who does have the game and wants a quick start.

@malcolmdouglasmichaluk8263 Жыл бұрын

@@james2yu Its really cool, and other comments

@defleshedbuttocks Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, but don't you have a fake feud with that Quackalope cretin to attend to? 🥱

@RTFM Жыл бұрын

Not all of us can match your artistic integrity, Jeff.

@lexmachina8961 Жыл бұрын

1) it's just a rule guide, not a review. 2) it is commissioned by AR (and acknowledged as such), so, the small parts meant to make the audience excited are fine. And they are quite subtle too. they could be seen as the guy wanting you to remain engaged in his video.