Sankore: The Pride of Mansa Musa - Straight Up Solo with John LaRuffa

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No Fluff Solo Gaming with John LaRuffa

6 ай бұрын

Let’s see how the solo plays in this one.

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@pincao 6 ай бұрын

Great insights John. Thanks for doing this. My favorite mechanism with heavy euros is the tension surrounding player influenced scoring economies.

@JohnLaRuffa 6 ай бұрын

Then this game is a masterpiece for you! In the game I demoed during this video, the pot started taking tons and tons of orange prestige. I spent most of the game trying to make my favorite suit at least double the points of his. It worked out and I was able to claim the victory! So much of this game is strategically driven by that focus. I love it!

@bookaddict777 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the play through, John. I did not know anything about the game at all, so I appreciate seeing it in action.

@JohnLaRuffa 6 ай бұрын

You got it. I am publishing a full play through as soon as KZfaq uploads it. I really enjoy this one. Lots of fun to play and pretty quick for a game of such a sprawl. Just about 70 min to play solo.

@bookaddict777 6 ай бұрын

@@JohnLaRuffa 70 minutes is not bad at all! Thanks for the input.

@ramyahoo 6 ай бұрын

Do you think the squeeze is worth the juice strictly for solo? Do you think the bot is robust enough for the long haul? I'm still on the line for this one, especially given its MSRP.

@JohnLaRuffa 6 ай бұрын

I do for sure, especially since there are 4 different levels of difficulty for the solo mode. I really like games with a lot of interlocking systems like this one has but it is a lot to learn off the bat. Once I got it down, it flowed well and I felt that the solo is extremely enjoyable.

@ramyahoo 6 ай бұрын

@@JohnLaRuffa Very nice. I think that pushed me over the edge on this one. Thanks again for the great video!

@JohnLaRuffa 6 ай бұрын

@ramyahoo you got it! I hope you like the game!

@laurencesingh3948 6 ай бұрын

Great review and terrific timing for me, personally. Literally just unboxed and punched my copy that arrived earlier today. Your comments and insights have me excited to get this one tabled and played. Do you think you'll do a full Solo Sessions playthrough?

@JohnLaRuffa 6 ай бұрын

I most likely will do a full play through after I get a few more plays under my belt. I don’t want it to drag so I wait until I have the game flow down smoothly before doing a video like that.

@laurencesingh3948 6 ай бұрын

@@JohnLaRuffa That makes a lot of sense. Looking forward to it!

@adityam7866 6 ай бұрын

Agree, there's a fair amount of solo rules that aren't as clear

@JohnLaRuffa 6 ай бұрын

Indeed. Mostly when I come to a crossroads about what the opponent will chose in his area action, I just make sure to take the best action possible, giving him the majority, making the strongest move, removing my majority, etc. There are little things that need to be remembered, such as him collecting prestige tokens in many cases, but not all cases…

@adityam7866 6 ай бұрын

@@JohnLaRuffa solo will benefit from an FAQ honestly. The rest of the rulebook is pretty clear otherwise

@JohnLaRuffa 6 ай бұрын

@adityam7866 agreed

@adityam7866 6 ай бұрын

@@JohnLaRuffa I’ve played a few more modes on higher difficulties. It could be variance giving me wins but I feel like the way the AI puts down books on the shelf can really drastically change how much they score. I’m still not sure if i’m doing it right but playing the shelf I feel gamifies the AI quite significantly so far.

@JohnLaRuffa 6 ай бұрын

@adityam7866 I have yet to play it on the next difficulty levels but plan to very soon.