Aww thank you so much! That means a lot to us. We hope to put out more playthroughs soon!

Thanks so much!

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Aw thank you! That's so awesome to hear! It definitely has a few moving parts that can sometimes be difficult to track

Thanks for checking it out! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!

Thank you!

LOL there u go! Totally it.

suggestion, audio blockers for the hum (or audio reduction / extremely light background music) Maybe it's because you use two different microphones? If so use the one that is facing you for the entire edit.

@@UnfilteredGamer I know what you mean, that's a good idea!

@@UnfilteredGamer Oh yeah there was a point in the middle where our main mic cut out so we had to use audio from one of the cameras unfortunately. We also forgot to stop the AC so it's blowing in and out. I think some music in the future would be nice. Do you have any suggestions for royalty-free music?

@@BeforeYouPlay I do, I'll message you a few sites and other resources!

Thank you!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for checking us out and subbing! I'm glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for checking it out! Don't feel too bad for me, I accidentally cheated very early on lol

Thanks!

Thanks for checking it out and yes if we ever have the opportunity we'd love to play a game with you as well!

Also, it killed me that you forgot to take both the military landmarks you were entitled to. You could have completed at least a couple rows and columns.

Thanks for the clarification! I wish some of these were clarified in the rulebook, but I suppose maybe he didn't run into the specifics until after it was already printed. Either way, looks like he should have had that bonus.

You played at 5?! Amazing! How long did it take? I might end up in a 5 player game next weekend and want to know what's ahead of me lol. We know exactly what you mean in regards to the capital city. Glad to hear you've been exploring it! I'm interested in hearing how your opinion of it changes over time.

A 5 player game was super fun actually. Took us about 3 hours and all of us were all first timer.

@@BeforeYouPlay It only took us 90 minutes! The group I played with are all experienced gamers and nobody wasted any time making decisions. What's funny, though, is now that I'm starting to get my head wrapped around the game, I see myself taking longer on my turns. Not sure that's a good thing lol. AP would definitely be a problem for some players. I solo-ed it a bunch this week and I still really like the game, but it's not quite up there with my other Stonemaier favorites (Viticulture w/Tuscany, Scythe)

@@kisslionheart Oh that's great to hear! I was hesitant at first but now I'm looking forward to it

@@RuelGaviola Wow 90 minutes is crazy for that player count! I know what you mean, it seems the more you know the more you need to analyze lol. I really like that you solo these games! It's not really a dimension that either of us experience much but I'm (Monique) considering it for sure.

Hey thanks! I'm totally new to editing so I have to figure out how to do that haha. I wish someone could just teach me how do it all lol

@@BeforeYouPlay I could try to explain how I do it, but I learend myself from KZfaq videos, just search for ur program and whatever you want to do :)

@@BeforeYouPlay Also another tip is for the audio, there was some weird level changes in this playthrough mid way through or so, and a fan/ac going on in the background it sounded like. Theres some very easy to apply filters for the mic in editing (or in OBS software if your using that) so that the lower db is cut out, like 2 of my lights in my studio hums quite loud due to fans but it doesnt exist in my videos cause I set it so that it doesnt record anything below a certain treshhold, again theres YT videos explaining all that :)

Wow that was an excellent analysis actually. I totally agree, achievements for the capital city maps would be amazing. You're absolutely right, it does seem more lucrative to explore and conquer. I played a game where I tried to go up the science track early on and I crashed and burned. Let me know what you think of it when you've played a few games if you don't mind! I'd be curious to know how your thoughts change, if at all.

Yeah that makes sense! I would say it's probably lighter than Terra Mystica and you're right it does have less player interaction. Let me know how you like it if you don't mind! I'd be curious to hear your thoughts.

@@BeforeYouPlay Right! So we just played our first game, it was a 4 player game. I posted about it on the FB group, due to laziness I'll just copy paste it here ;) ---- First game is a wrap! It was a lot of fun. End game scoring: 1) Heralds (red) 263 (me) 2) Craftsmen (green) 232 3) Merrymakers (blue) 217 4) Entertainers (yellow) 151 The rules were very easy to understand, it didn't take long before we were trying to figure out what would give the most points, rather than how does this work. (Mind you, our group has played things like Terra Mystica, Terraforming Mars, Scythe etc, so this was very easy to understand) In the end we figured there's so many ways to get points and so many different combos/mini-engines you can potentially use, We don't think the game would ever play out the exact same. The Merrymakers, unlike their name actually went heavy military (knowing the player this wasn't a surprise to us), An amazing turn was when he went into "Tanks" (Military III). He toppled one of my outposts, that netted him the 2 topple achievement, together with 7 points + points for each territory die and the landmark to fill an entire district for a resource. The other topple he did was with a trap card when I tried to conquer one of his territories, which was very annoying since it meant I had to go all the way around to get to him again. The Craftsmen went heavy on tech and huge in Era 2 due to Capitalism. This little fun engine however left him with too few resources to catch up to the Heralds in the tech tree, meaning he missed out on all the landmarks there. The Entertainers unfortunately fell behind a bit, we were however pleasantly surprised when they went to entertain space which gave them quite a few points, unfortunately she happened to just miss out on a few achievements and had less combos with tech/tapestry cards, it felt like she was always a step behind. Maybe she tried to focus on too many different things, will see in future games. The Heralds felt pretty versatile, I went heavy on tech at first, Big scorers for me came from 3 things really Tech card combos: Tech track itself, Lithium-ion Battery and Assembly Line allowed me to repeat the Telescope (1VP for discovery tiles in your supply) a couple of times, I think this netted me around 50 points on top of 3xpoints for tech cards during income. Terra forming in Era 3 netted me 25 points and also allowed me to place the big ass Rubber Works landmark in a nice location to both fill a row and district. And to finish it off in Era 4 Exploitation allowed me to get some more resources to use my AI Singularity (end of tech tree, placed on military) to conquer all the way to the middle, granting me both achievements for the middle and toppling outposts (both second spot) in addition I had a lot of armories and territories by that time, so the scoring during those conquers and end-game scoring for territories went up pretty high as well. It surprised us how many more points you get later on. I think I was at around 40-50 points when I entered Era 3, feeling I would never get above 150 let alone 200, but as the game progressed you can get a lot of stuff if you manage to find it. The thing I am most concerned about in the game is the random/luck aspect. But that'll be like 20+ games before I'll allow myself to make a real judgement on that. In this game some things did feel 'lucky', but more so the die rolls than the tapestry cards and getting a resource as opposed to points feels more 'lucky' in era 1-2 as opposed to later on. The tapestry cards can possibly swing, but you can get quite a few of them and even with ones that might not seem as good at first can work very well. I mean I thought Terra forming would get me like 5-10 points max, but because I was able to place my landmark so nicely it not only gave me 5 points for it, but also a resource allowing me to prolong the era and place even more down. While the game is easy to play there's this constant idea of trying to get the most out of your turns/resources by trying to get something that leads to some other benefit while also keeping in mind that you might want to be at a certain place on a track before others. Which we all really enjoyed. Theme-wise we think the little story the tapestry cards tell is the part we enjoy the most, the landmarks are a great look on the table, but not much more than that.

@@gerbie42 That is a fantastic review and you also score quite high especially for a first game! I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on balancing the game after you've played a few more times - it seems to be the one aspect of the game that we keep going back to. Great summary of what sounded like a very eventful play with some pretty competitive players!

Just received it in Belgium. First 2 player playtrough planned for this evening 🤗

@@atohms Ahh exciting! I'd like to know your thoughts!

Oooh yeah that's really interesting actually. That would also influence your decision in regards to how quickly you try to get to tapestry bonuses. I may house rule that for a game or two and see how it goes. Thanks for the suggestion! It's a good one.

edame i think tapestry cards should not be displayed. This will make who gets a Trap card obvious. Draw 3 and pick 1 would be better.

@@kenrickcarlsonkeh191 hmm that would increase the power of tapestry card gain though, which might make going for multiple of them not as useful since you'll have greater chance of getting the one you can work with on one action alone. I'd suggest doing it similarly as the tech cards, but only have 2 on display & 1 option to draw blind. If a trap is displayed, just reshuffle it into the tapestry deck & redraw. That way you still get to mitigate luck, but maintain the secrecy of traps (& an added 'bonus' for those that draw blind)

@@kenrickcarlsonkeh191 That is a great point. Draw 3 and pick 1 would also work well for people who really need to find trap cards

Also at 1:41:03 when you get the militants civ mat, and you have no outpost, I think you will get all the benefit that are exposed on that mat 😶

That's a fantastic catch! Monique and I didn't realize that, 10 points are exposed during the income phase!

It's okay though. I (Monique) accidentally cheated, so those 10 points are the least I could sacrifice haha

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Thanks for taking time to reply ...I thought so and looks like the direction I will travel in order to replace my current old,and tired shelves lol...

Naveen is owed some points for sure

You're right! We actually noticed last night, so that totally invalidates the win because as you can see, each resource is an action. Also, it was unintentional so I guess the lesson here is make sure you see everyone spending their resources because it's easy to forget!

We preordered it right when the preorders were available and it shipped a week after. We're subscribed to his newsletters

Definitely!

LOL no it was a joke. I'm just not wanting to make a statement while board gaming

still feel this way?