Bloodstones - Learn While Playing!

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Here is my Bloodstones tutorial where I teach the game as it is being played. Paid sponsorship by Wallace Designs.
Gamefound Link - gamefound.com/projects/martin...
Teaching Timestamps:
Introduction - 0:00
Game overview - 0:49
Game start -4:04
Main actions step - 5:27
Building units - 5:49
Moving units - 9:02
Building villages step - 14:05
Discarding desert units -18:00
Tile reshuffle & village scoring - 19:31
How the game ends - 20:12
Leader unit explanation - 22:41
Capturing villages explanation - 24:49
Creating & moving zombies - 28:03
Dragon unit explanation - 33:21
Battle action explanation - 36:17
Retreating explanation - 43:05
End-game capturing & scoring -58:34
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@MrNicktwin 2 жыл бұрын

This looks like such an awesome game! Great explanation and video

@markcoomey8954 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Jon. Your rules explanations are always so clear and concise.

@-LiQuidGaS- Жыл бұрын

It's been awhile since I've been super excited for a game because of its gameplay, instead of a bunch of pretty plastic to wow me. I think Martin's approach with the domino tiles instead of fancy minis like everyone else was an excellent choice, and the fact that the game comes with a narrative solo campaign is just icing on an already delicious looking cake! Absolutely can't wait to table this, I can already tell this is gonna be one of those grail games in my future collection!

@hnyuhogn9711 Жыл бұрын

same idea to you. I am waiting for the Lords of Ragnarok next year, and to be honest, I hope that it will not be just a fancy box of plastic miniatures and nothing else

@Overlordsen 5 ай бұрын

Very good teaching! Thank you.

@bryanbrammer4353 Жыл бұрын

This looks phenomonal!

@davidsanchez-bu9un 4 ай бұрын

Good tutorial. Thanks dude

@-Markus- 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, i think im in, this looks amazing!

@martijnblokzijl1350 3 ай бұрын

That map looks a lot better than the end product I have! Same for some of the tiles

@seankliethermes5447 8 ай бұрын

This was helpful. Thanks.

@elqord.1118 Жыл бұрын

I think this would have benefited from the Chip Theory Treatment via Poker Chips. Also, I think the battle strength for each unit should be on the tiles, maybe close to the unit icon itself in a white bubble for example. It would make it A LOT easier for the first few plays instead of referencing the aids.

@cassiesimpson3098 Жыл бұрын

Hi Elqor, the idea is to stand the tiles on their side, if we had poker chips I just have this hilarious image of the tiles rolling away! If you take a look at the reference cards, you'll see there are some conditional items and also some crossover, so you'd be making the art overly complicated for very little benefit. Give it a try on TTS and you'll see it's pretty quick to pick up

@LordJazzly 5 ай бұрын

This looks great! I was about to say 'I wonder if it ever made its way here to Australia' - heh, and then I looked up the design company. I might be able to get this one! Also, those combat tiles might have dice pips on them, but they're not dice rolls; you're drawing from a fixed set of eight of them in a bag, so getting to draw four instead of three seems quite powerful; you're going from a 3/8 sample to a 4/8. I don't remember what the formulae are for figuring out how much better that is, but I think that giant is stronger than it looks.

@nipzie 5 ай бұрын

Looking at it now, and I wish they had kept the pillage term over capture. Pillage the village

@Big_Dai 2 жыл бұрын

That board actually looks 3D to me. Best part of the game.

@romanchirowski1291 2 жыл бұрын

It's great when you see it from this perspective. Think what will see opponent in opposite side of table ;)

@cassiesimpson7754 Жыл бұрын

This is just a prototype art, so it will look different to this.

@QuantumComposer 5 ай бұрын

The prototype looks better than the final product 😢

@Overlordsen 4 ай бұрын

While I think the actuall graphiks for the tiles are a huge improvement, I really dont understand on the other hand, why they didnt stick to the great graphics of the old maps seen in this video. They seem to be so much better functional and also aestetically (for my taste).

@Islacrusez Жыл бұрын

I think this one isn’t for me, but I feel that this game could be for someone that likes Small World but doesn’t care for the rise/fall empire mechanics.

@nickjowett5735 5 ай бұрын

I'm curious to know how durable the tile images are given that they are likely shuffled face down on the table?

@TheLuggi84 4 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same. I got the game a couple days ago but haven't played yet. But I can damn well see that it's going to be a real problem sooner or later. Knowing that some of my friends like to play around with their game pieces during a game, I might not want to play that with any one other than my girlfriend, who I know will be careful. It's a shame, I wish the tiles were etched.

@justgettothegame6331 Жыл бұрын

Love your tutorial... as for building units in a town occupied by the enemy... that mechanic lost me for this one...

@middleclassboardgamer 2 жыл бұрын

Your hair is out of control John. 😂

@mysto751 2 жыл бұрын

Right!!! I took a picture of a video from 3 years ago and did a side by side for my wife. LOL I have been a loyal fan. I think his hair is his special power #Sampson

@primusinterpares5767 2 жыл бұрын

Truly powerful

@JonGetsGames Жыл бұрын

Some days I dig what it's turning into, other days it's a real pain :P I'm sure I'll decide to get it cut some day.

@eselectrician Жыл бұрын

Has anyone played Grand Conquest? I own that, has a slightly similar feel but only uses all action point allocation. I like the strategy of discarding multi-use tiles here, but I also enjoy the pure strategy of the other. Not sure I can justify owning both. Lol

@JJ_TheGreat Жыл бұрын

Interesting game. I don’t think it is a game for me, due to its overly tactical nature, but I respect it.

@dalerancourt5693 2 жыл бұрын

Game looks awesome, Is this game coming to kickstarter?

@JonGetsGames 2 жыл бұрын

It will have a Gamefound campaign, there's a link to the preview for it in the description of this video.

@TheFamousECCLES65 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Is there a chance of player elimination?

@cassiesimpson3098 Жыл бұрын

No, you all get to play until the end.

@JJ_TheGreat Жыл бұрын

18:40 Ok, Question: Why would anyone go to the desert, then? It is almost like that disincentivizes going down there. Unless opponents can force other factions to the desert, I just don’t see the purpose of having it in the game to begin with. (I don’t know about from a balance perspective, obviously, but I am just wondering).

@JonGetsGames Жыл бұрын

The desert is certainly disincentivized, but using some of the special units that can be there, I think you could use those spaces strategically to move into non-desert regions.

@JJ_TheGreat Жыл бұрын

@@JonGetsGames Makes sense, thanks 😀

@stonehorsegaming Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, looks like a fun game. Tempted to invest on a copy. Are there any sound issues with this video? For me it was very quiet, had to turn up my TV very loud in order to make out what you were saying.

@JonGetsGames Жыл бұрын

Hmm, this had the same sound settings as all of my videos. Do you find them all to be quiet? I've tried to level them to -6 db which is I believe an industry standard.

@slenkhar Жыл бұрын

My test is always: can I hear it on my phone. This one did not have an issue here

@elqord.1118 Жыл бұрын

No issues at all

@CosmicTavern Жыл бұрын

Is the art on these tiles old? What I see on gamefound looks different.

@JonGetsGames Жыл бұрын

At the beginning of this video I explained that this art is a prototype and I showed some examples of the updated art.

@CosmicTavern Жыл бұрын

@@JonGetsGames Missed that, thanks!

@ctvisions 2 жыл бұрын

seems like turns can take a while

@Islacrusez Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I worry a little about the downtime between player turns. This game feels like it could occupy an odd space where it has enough to do that turns can take a while (especially if multiple combats trigger, yikes!), but not enough to do that you spend the downtime planning your next move.

@jtfike 3 ай бұрын

Does this suffer from kingmaker?

@megalodon2012 2 жыл бұрын

This really looks fantastic, but those color choices for tiles are going to be awful for us colorblind folks. The dragon riders and hill folk look exactly the same.

@cassiesimpson7754 2 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate that feedback (this is my personal account) and really appreciate you reaching out on the preview, I've asked about options to make this work for you.

@nipzie 2 жыл бұрын

It may be you conversing with them on gamefound but they're looking into making it easier for you to identify

@megalodon2012 2 жыл бұрын

@@nipzie it is me, thank you!

@cassiesimpson7754 Жыл бұрын

@@megalodon2012 and we're all over it :P