Simple!!! ;)

Oh, this was a THOROUGHLY unlikely playthrough. Crazy dice rolls throughout :)

Starby Ray this is one of my favorites in the series for sure, so if you’ve enjoyed the others I’d definitely suggest checking it out :)

@@OneStopCoopShop Thanks, I am always looking to add to my solo game collection. Just managed to get a copy of "Coffee Roaster"

@@starbyray7828 Nice! Hope you enjoy that one too :)

@@OneStopCoopShop Hi Mike, cant believe its been 2 years since I watched this video. I didnt manage to buy a copy back then. Here I am again watching your playthru having just ordered a copy of Aerion lol. P,s, Coffee roaster was/is GREAT!

@@starbyray7828 wow, glad you finally will get to play!

Thank you, thank you!

I couldn’t believe it myself. I have about a 50% win ratio, USING all my pixies. This was craziness.

Oh, that’s a good one! I’d lean slightly toward Aerion. Both games can feel like they are playing you, but Aerion has more tactics, especially with some of the mini expansions. Of course, deep space d-6 has a great theme, and Aerion has... almost none. So your mileage may vary.

Thanks, that’s super helpful. Great videos of both!

Kate Unrau D6 all the way! It has several different ships and each plays very different. The theme is also cool. The dice are cooler. I may be biased for DeepSpaceD6 since I’ve played all of its ship-boards. But this Areyon game just looks ok. Kind of hard to compare the two games. D6 is more unique imho. The mechanic of this game feels too familiar, ie already done but I’d give this a try some day if I was really bored. Not a fan of the art. I actually play Sylvion which has art that goes well with the theme. This games art doesnt match the theme so good, as far as I can tell.

Yup, it’s spelled out on page 10 of the rules - “note that set results do not need to be different”, and then it gives the exact example of 4 of a kind being used for AA-BB

Oh wow, good catch! You are absolutely right. Darn, I have to reevaluate my wins now... :)

No, Mike played it correctly. The rules do not say you have to acquire the 2 discarded cards from the same column as the discarded book

I still have the game so it’s possible. We generally do our first playthroughs of games with few to no variants, since we are partially teaching newcomers how to play

One Stop Co-op Shop I get it. I’m a newcomer to Aerion and in this case, the expansions are included. They are many and varied. Maybe an expansion play through can be in the near future. 👍🏻 Especially now when so many of us are playing solo. 🥴🙏🏻

Check page 10 of the rulebook - “note that sets of results do not need to be different (for example, AA+BB could be two pairs of the same number).”

@@OneStopCoopShop 👍🏻 You're right. Missed that one.

Don’t take my playthrough as an example of how easy it is! Totally stupid luck. But remember that every mini expansion with the game lets you alter difficulty in numerous ways. You can make the game as tough as you like ;)

@@OneStopCoopShop no, no, I have the game, it is IMHO fairly easier than the other ones. I hope the expansions will make it harder, but as long as they add in variety I'm fine with the difficulty level.

Whoops. Sorry for assuming! I agree core is easier than some other Oniverse titles

Good thing it's fairly quick.

This was one of my luckiest playthroughs for sure!

@@OneStopCoopShop Actually something must be wrong because I've played it three times and won fairly easily. I hope the expansions make it harder.

@@adriang6259 interesting! The general feel on our Discord is that it's quite tough. Maybe you are just better than average :)

@@OneStopCoopShop Possibly. but Also I don't think you have to return two cards from the same deck as the spent book card. It' only says the same deck together. Would love 100% verification.

@@adriang6259 yeah, sounds like I was playing it wrong. The rules seem to indicate that you pick ANY discard pile, and return 2 cards from it. Sorry if I messed that up!

The more I play, the more I agree that the art is weaker here than in the other Oniverse games. Still really love the gameplay though!