Reavers of Midgard - How To Play

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In this video, we're going to learn how to play Reavers of Midgard! If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to post them in the KZfaq comments below.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:36 - The Setup
03:36 - Game Play Overview
03:59 - Taking Actions
06:13 - Resting
07:17 - Taking A Turn Re-cap
08:23 - Action: Recruiting Reavers
10:40 - The Leader Ongoing Bonus
11:24 - Action: Trade With Villages
12:13 - Action: Battle At Sea
13:34 - Resolving Combat
14:41 - Action: Raiding Villages
18:09 - Action: Raiding Keeps
19:45 - Subduing Territories
20:50 - The Cleanup Phase
21:34 - Ending The Game
21:46 - Final Scoring
22:50 - Determining The Winner
23:16 - Conclusion
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@andvary 4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see a flip of the Gloomhaven box

@trelarasleontas3531 4 жыл бұрын

Today I bought the game. When I searched a "how to play " video and I saw that watch it played has one, I just felt so glad. By far the BEST channel to explain rules.

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

That is super kind of you to say Trelaras. Have a great time playing!

@gustavogirao 4 жыл бұрын

Same thing here! Totally agree with you!

@Majdi.J 4 жыл бұрын

I come for the box flip and stay for the rules explanation.

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to have you here for either :)

@wilmasalomonsson2322 4 жыл бұрын

You can really see how much he tries not to smile after every single box flip cause he gets it all the time😂

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

It's hard to hide it!

@PressEnter42 4 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing people say this game would be too much like champions of Midgard. I don't see it. I own champions of Midgard and I backed this and can't wait to play it :p

@jaimesinclair8874 4 жыл бұрын

Aaaaaaaaaand Rodney does it again. Yet another greater than great video to teach a really complex game and make it look easy. The man is a hero. Thank You!

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

So glad you liked it!

@JohnBancroft 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, you do a fantastic job of explaining how to play new games. Thank you for what you do!

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome John, thanks for the kind words!

@DJCowboyProductions 4 жыл бұрын

Been hoping you would do this one!! Excited!

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you were looking forward to it!

@tonyfaber3185 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this! I had a lot of difficulties with rulebook ambiguities, so this should be a huge help.

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

I hope so, Tony!

@paulspo 4 жыл бұрын

Great job as always! I know it is a LOT of hard work and scripting to get such a logical and concise video! You answered the one question I had about the game concerning the artifact cards. I didn't think the included rules did a very good job with that. I'm a big fan of the Midgard series and was really anxious to get this into my collection. I like it quite a bit and, again, really appreciate your video to either confirm or clarify rules about the game. THANKS!

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

And thank YOU for the kind words. That means a lot Paul. The one had a lot going on, and I hoped I could organize things in a way that would be helpful.

@enemeth151 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your wonderful teaching videos. You have a gift!

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Very kind of you to say - glad you enjoyed!

@michellehabrych4773 2 жыл бұрын

Love how you explain games!! Thank you!

@WatchItPlayed 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful Michelle!

@godzilla614UT Жыл бұрын

FInally getting this off my shelf of shame. Thanks for the teach!

@WatchItPlayed Жыл бұрын

Have a great time playing!

@boardgamecloset 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. Playing tonight and you got me ready!

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Have a great time!

@boardgamecloset 4 жыл бұрын

@@WatchItPlayed We did! Thanks so much.

@dalek6779 4 жыл бұрын

Great explanation. The game looks fantastic.

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

@danmac1871 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic job as always.

@WatchItPlayed Жыл бұрын

Thanks to much Dan!

@AzureRaiden 4 жыл бұрын

This video pretty much sold me on the game! I originally overlooked this one as the Dice Tower video for it was underwhelming. I'm glad I watched this! The "everyone takes the same action" mechanic seems so interesting and I'm excited to get this to the table. A small question I have is, if you promote one of your reavers, and then collect the bonus, can you then promote the 2nd reaver card you drew to gain another bonus that action? I imagine you can but figured it was worth asking..

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

I would think so Cody!

@kaitlynsims9991 4 жыл бұрын

Great video as always. Please tell me you will be doing a play through of this one.

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

I avoid pre-announcing. Got a couple convention trips for the next little bit, so only a couple more videos this week and then a little break.

@igcon4491 4 жыл бұрын

Great job again

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Slash_ER 3 жыл бұрын

I gotta say the art of this game is a SIGNIFICANT improvement from the Champions of Midgard game. I also feel that the process itself is kind of deeper in Reavers than CoM. Great guide too!

@WatchItPlayed 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks - glad you enjoyed what you saw!

@WatchsNBoots 4 жыл бұрын

Wow... that box flip made me crap my pants... thanks.

@michaelquellmalz8489 4 жыл бұрын

Great Video

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael!

@FrankMinogue 4 жыл бұрын

Ships, reavers, raids? What’s not to love? This looks really great! Where did you get the trays you had the resources in at the beginning of the video? Looks like you almost dropped the box on the spin..... I definitely love ships and this looks like a great Christmas gift!

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Those are GameTrayz

@FrankMinogue 4 жыл бұрын

@@WatchItPlayed Thank you. I think I will check them out!!

@FrankMinogue 4 жыл бұрын

Rodney, I placed an order for this game at my local game store. They had’t seen it, they looked at it and seemed impressed. i think they are going to add it to their demo rack!! It is so cool! I love the way the game looks! Cannot wait!

@mkietzmann Жыл бұрын

Great job. Thanks again, Rodney. Btw, you may want to correct the description text. It says Hostage Negotiator.

@WatchItPlayed Жыл бұрын

Excellent catch - fixed (thank you!)

@dylanthecheeseman 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Rodney waiting for the kickstarter of this game looks amazing, One question, When paying dice for the sea battles can you still use the dice in your leaders colour as wilds? for examples to pay a shield if i had a blue leader with a blue symbol dice can i use that as a shield??

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Sure can!

@cheezeofages 4 жыл бұрын

The section of boards being flipped up near the beginning of the video makes me wonder if there's ever been a board game that uses that kinda thing to transform the board over the course of the game. Could be an interesting game mechanic.

@Katoh64 4 жыл бұрын

Key to the Kingdom does that.

@johannesmuller6237 4 жыл бұрын

Mice And Mystic (also shown by Rodney) also has a mechanic where you turn over part of the play area. Granted, the "Board" of that game is modular, but it still uses it.

@peterkieling4347 4 жыл бұрын

Great Video as always. I got a simple question. When I attemped a sea battle and spend All the shown dice on the top of the Card did I also score the shown Benefit and the points? Or Just by winning in combat? Thanks a lot

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

If you win the Sea Battle using either of the methods, you gain the rewards depicted at the bottom of the card then add it to your Glory Pile.

@n20games52 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if Viking games have outnumbered zombie games yet? I mean, the've both been describes as hordes. Either way, this game looks rather cool!

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for giving it a look!

@stevecrane4433 4 жыл бұрын

I want to see the outtakes of the box flip haha

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Are you suggesting I didn’t catch it on the first attempt? ;)

@skyhabanero 4 жыл бұрын

Rodney! Is that the Dahlgaard's Academy expansion for Trickerion that is newly placed on top of the base game?? Please, please tell me a tutorial video is coming soon for everything about this game! :)

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Jonathan, I don't pre-announce videos, I'm afraid!

@jrhobson20 4 жыл бұрын

@@WatchItPlayed :) No worries at all. I know, i'm a big fan and appreciate everything you do! I should have just said that it would be really awesome to see a tutorial video for Trickerion in the near future! Keep up the great work as always!

@BaylorPeak 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video as always Rodney! So, once any action is resolved you discard that die or dice from your ship back to general supply, correct? That said, regarding Reaver actions where you gain a die/dice, do you roll them immediately then place them on your ship or alternatively can you use those newly gained dice for the action you are attempting? Hope you and your family are well and safe and hope to see you at BGG in November 🤠

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Correct on your first question and when you gain a new die, it is rolled and placed on your ship for use later. Cheers!

@BaylorPeak 4 жыл бұрын

@@WatchItPlayed Bummed...was all set to go to play on Tabletop, but it is not a finished version of the game with no Reaver specialties you place underneath...have to wait to play.

@dylanthecheeseman 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Rodney one more question with the wall Farm and Tower tokens do they run out or do we use suitable replacements??

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Dylan, Tower/Wall/Farm tokens are finite. When they run out, they are gone - so get them early!

@nickhuston7934 4 жыл бұрын

Curious where you got those token trays from. Seem very useful, especially for games that have a lot of tokens but not many of each.

@JymmGarner 4 жыл бұрын

very curious about those token cups/trays myself.. those are pretty awesome!

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Those are by GameTrayz!

@JymmGarner 4 жыл бұрын

@@WatchItPlayed looks like you have early release (you lucky duck), found them on their site for preorder www.gametrayz.com/treasure-trayz-390.html

@pulloutking30seven59 3 жыл бұрын

if everyone knew how heavy that reavers box is we would all understand Rodney is jacked!

@WatchItPlayed 3 жыл бұрын

The boardgame workout is the best kept secret!

@kaseyschertenleib 4 жыл бұрын

When you specialize a reaver card and you already have one or two in the stack, are you allowed to place the new reaver card anywhere in the stack or does it have to be placed at the bottom? Based on my understanding of the rule book (page 6 example), order of specialized reavers does matter when the corresponding action is activated. Thanks!

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

My understanding is that new cards are always added to the bottom most position. I'm not an official source for that answer, as I didn't ask the publisher about that specifically, but I think if players could customize where cards were added, the rule book would have needed to specify that - so without that, I assume it means they go to the bottom.

@rvsmit9896 4 жыл бұрын

Any chance of doing a box flip of City of Spies and a watch it played😁

@WatchItPlayed 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the interest! I talk a bit about that here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e8qkd9inrrvFZnU.html&t=342

@miguelgonzalezwalter1930 4 жыл бұрын

I have a question - if you replace a leader, do you collect the bonus or only for the first leader you placed?

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

You collect the bonus!

@kennexcamba2438 4 жыл бұрын

Do you still get to battle a monster even if you cant do the journey card? Example, if the journey card says I loose 2 food, and if I dont have the food, i’ll just ignore the card? And continue to choose a monster? Isn’t the journey card a prerequisite to battle a monster? Thanks!

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Kennex, always happy to answer questions not covered in the video, but I provide an example of this in the video itself, so please refer there (i cover too many games to try to remember all the rules for every game :) ). You'll find an index in the description of the video to help you find the related section.

@DannyvanHolten 4 жыл бұрын

As seen on the box, you MUST have dropped this one :P

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Nah, it was shipped that way.

@DannyvanHolten 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah right ... :P

@DeanMcKenzie 4 жыл бұрын

This is reminiscent of "Glory to Rome/Innovation" along with 7 Wonders and other set collection games. I'm interested in giving it a shot.

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out Dean!

@jaimesinclair8874 4 жыл бұрын

and the KS edition is simply gorgeous. Hopefully mine comes sooner rather than later.

@catello4444 10 ай бұрын

Could you please explain me the “specialize reaver” mechanic, ai am at lost how it works, when do I activated, it is only for me or all players?

@WatchItPlayed 10 ай бұрын

I shot this long enough ago that I don't remember the rules off the top of my head, so you have a link to the section of the video you are referring to?

@catello4444 10 ай бұрын

@@WatchItPlayedI know its been a few years kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pL9leLiHvcetoZc.html&si=3CZRLy1IAXeh8ROV it is the reavers rules, exactly the specialize

@WatchItPlayed 10 ай бұрын

Okay, so this part explains how you specialize: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pL9leLiHvcetoZc.htmlfeature=shared&t=578 I'm assuming you're clear on this part. The benefit of specializing is then explained here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pL9leLiHvcetoZc.htmlfeature=shared&t=279 - you gain the benefits of the specializations on "your" board (you don't gain the benefit someone else has added to their board). I hope that helps?

@catello4444 10 ай бұрын

@@WatchItPlayed it helps! Thank you!

@johannesmuller6237 4 жыл бұрын

Did I just miss it or have you in fact forgotten to explain the bottom effect of the reavers for specialisation? I suspect they are listed somewhere in the rulebook, but it is rather strange, as you did say you'd explain those later...

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

You’ll find it mentioned at 23:00. I don’t tend to cover individual card effects and symbols, as I think it makes more sense for players to familiarize themselves with those as they come up during play.

@Nikos35mk 4 жыл бұрын

Do the Reavers from my glory pile add to my total glory at the final scoring of the game?

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@rodrigodeplcampos1 4 жыл бұрын

As far as I understood, only if you have a prophecy card that grants you glory per reaver, right? Check the scoring example on page 14 of the rulebook

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

@@rodrigodeplcampos1 Right, Reavers in your glory pile add to your total glory at the final scoring of the game, based on your prophecy cards. "Page 13: At the end of the game, each player should take all of the cards from their Player Board and Glory pile and separate them by type. Score each group of cards in the following manner."

@Xflect 3 жыл бұрын

How many takes on average does it take to land the box flip?

@WatchItPlayed 3 жыл бұрын

Are you suggesting its not the first time, every time?! *shocked*

@Fissi0nChips 4 жыл бұрын

Are those resource trays in the box or are those 3rd party? If 3rd party, who?

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

Hey there, during the video when they are first shown, I mention that they do not come with the game. They are by GameTrayz.

@aliciao.4223 3 жыл бұрын

Do the ships stay on the board during cleanup?

@WatchItPlayed 3 жыл бұрын

During the cleanup phase you discard any remaining face-up cards from the game board and refill them from the corresponding decks.

@aliciao.4223 3 жыл бұрын

@@WatchItPlayed I know about the cards, we meant player pieces, we were wondering if they stay blocking spaces or going back

@WatchItPlayed 3 жыл бұрын

@@aliciao.4223 Oh apologies - it's been awhile since I shot this and I assumed you meant ship cards. Yes, players take back their ship pieces at the end of the round as well!

@wildpFL 2 жыл бұрын

Is this an official answer? The rules don't explicitly state that you return the ships and you don't mention it in the video. We took this as the game was trying something a little different, although there are games that leave workers on the board from round to round, so wouldn't be all that crazy. If you are meant to remove them, then I can't believe the rulebook doesn't mention it though!

@olebrommm 2 жыл бұрын

In a 3 player game if noone goes to the trade with villages.and what happens to the 4th action token

@olebrommm 2 жыл бұрын

And does first player stay first?

@WatchItPlayed 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Olebrommm, normally I do my best to assist with rules questions, but I lent my copy to a friend, so I can't easily look up the rule for you. If you're not finding he answer in the rule book, you might have success checking, ro asking on the game's page at BoardGameGeek.

@olebrommm 2 жыл бұрын

@@WatchItPlayed i found it.the 4th action ship in a 3 player game goes clockwise around the table,no matter who has the firstplayertoken

@atanasganew9294 4 жыл бұрын

So the game comes with a two sided board?

@alexgoldsmith1477 4 жыл бұрын

@Atanas - It does indeed! One side is for 3-4 players. The other is for 2 players.

@WatchItPlayed 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to Alex for the assist with the question.

@rodrigodeplcampos1 4 жыл бұрын

I might be wrong but based on the rulebook, you don’t score territory tiles on the final round

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

This was a mistake in the rule book. I work directly with the publisher on these videos, so while mistakes are still possible, it also means I provide them with a list of clarifying questions before I shoot, and sometimes I find things they miss, meaning the video ends up being more to date than the rule book.

@rodrigodeplcampos1 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, that’s awesome! Thanks for answering and obviously for the great work you do, really appreciate that

@WatchItPlayed 4 жыл бұрын

@@rodrigodeplcampos1 It can get a bit confusing after the fact, when the rule book doesn't line up with the video, so I can appreciate the confusion!

@goolabjamun 3 жыл бұрын

@@WatchItPlayed You might want to mention this point in your videos, especially when they differ from the printed rulebook. That way we know you are the source of all useful knowledge! :)

@WatchItPlayed 3 жыл бұрын

@@goolabjamun The problem is that when they reprint the rule book, the mistake will go away and then referring to a mistake that isn't in the rule book anymore might cause confusion :)