While Jon's work is great, I still see value in a rules explanation. If I was going to teach this tomorrow, I'd prefer to share links to a how to play video, since not everyone has time for a playthrough.

Thanks. I will speak to NSKN and see if they want one. I also think that shorter just rules videos are useful, though I prefer a playthrough myself - I just dont have the time to watch them. Plus, playthrough vids get a LOT more views, so they must be more popular. :)

Love Jon, but no, he doesn't.

To be fair, there are actually two equally accepted ways to pronounce the name of the city. First of all, it should be noted that we do not know what the original name of the city was. "Teotihuacan" was simply the name given the city by the Nahuatl-speaking Aztecs, centuries after the city fell into ruin. In older Nahuatl, the pronunciation can most closely be described as: teh-oh-tee-WA-khan In modern Nahuatl, the pronunciation is nigh identical to the Spanish pronunciation: teh-oh-tee-(h)wa-KHAN Both pronunciations are accurate and accepted. In fact, you get points just for trying your best with a name like this.

I was very happy to see their plan work out so well in the end :)

It's great to hear you found this so helpful :)

Awesome, I'm so glad to hear that :)

I'm glad you've been enjoying them :) FYI you can turn on Klingon subtitles from your phone as long as you are using the youtube app and not a browser link. Mistakes happen even with my editing so watching with them on really can help things out.

That was a good time :)

I'm glad you found it useful, and hope you get to try the game yourself :)

I always love hearing that a playthrough helped with someone teaching the game to others. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and the game :)

I'm glad you found it informative :)

I'm glad this one helped you out, I hope you enjoy your first play of it :)

Is is without the right technology, yesturday i played and i did 32 points on the technology and and the 3 points you get on it alone, without adding the points from matching simbols or advancing on the temples

I haven't had a chance to play with the expansion, I actually gave my copy to a friend a while ago so I likely won't have an opportunity either.

Unfortunately not, it is simply too close to BGGcon and since I go there with a bunch of friends every year that is my priority.

I believe you can since you can do those in either order, but I am not the final authority on this.

Now that christmas has passed, I hope you have been able to give it a shot :)

I had to double check this with the publisher since the rulebook is vague on this interaction. They said ascension doesn't count for activating that technology.

@@JonGetsGames Thanks for checking, Jon! The same question actually came up on a BGG thread too, so good to know an official answer.

They really are quite different, but I think overall I'd lean slightly towards Teotihuacan between the two.

@@JonGetsGames Thank you!

Not at all. It rewards a well executed strategy and game play. It is important to pay attention to changes in the game state. An action that might just have been your best choice may have to be abandoned in favor of something with a greater reward. Other times, sticking to a plan will be rewarded more. You can totally come from behind, and I have seen that happen many times.

Great to hear this, Rainer! (As Teotihuacan is on my most wanted list this year :))

I do not believe this technology activates during ascention, just when a die moves to or past the 1 area through normal movement.

Yeah, I do think they should have tried to do more of that. There are so many things you can focus on in this game, and it's still important to see what opponents are doing and try to mitigate their advantages.

You can keep activating the same worker if you like.

Thanks, also i noticed that at 52:50 when new worker of yellow player is placed into palace after ascension, does he benefit from that technology that gives 1 cocoa every time his worker enters or passes the Palace?

@@marcinkryczka7044 No I do not believe that activates that technology.

AliPlaysALot Feudum is a much harder game. Between this and Rahdo’s Run Thru, I could sit down and teach this out of the box. And intend to do so in Essen next month :)

@JonGetsGames, "Which one did you find harder to learn/teach: Teotihuacan or Feudum?" I'd love to see your answer.

Teotihuacan is significantly easier to teach and learn than Feudum in my opinion. Sure there is a lot going on here, but no where near as much to hold in your brain as Feudum.

That's correct, I am no longer making review videos on the channel.

@@JonGetsGames Ah, I thought you enjoyed sharing your opinion on a game. What happened?

@@TheFilipFonky I explain why I made the change here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isuHarNnur7Kd5c.html

erick filen I thought it was fine. If you want to see a graphical mess, look at Lisboa. I can’t tell what is what on that board!!

Why not point out the broken rules in that case - not just take on the person going to the effort to provide these tutorials. Seriously!!

I am really impressed by how well Jon teaches the game! He manages to not only explain the game in a clear and concise manner, but to also showcase different strategies, all while playing as three separate players AND doing this on camera!

There’s rarely a game like this that’s recorded by any board game channel that doesn’t have something go a bit off with rules or something the host forgot to do. Some don’t even point it out or only mention it at the end. Most play through videos do it with multiple people or the host is only playing two characters or going solo. Jon does multiple players/characters at once. Plus he corrects his mistakes for the most part. I believe he goes over his schedule a lot and has mentioned the efforts he puts into his videos. This isn’t easy work. His other videos layout how much work he has ahead of himself. He does a great job at what he does. To learn the amount of games he does and execute each one while maintaining his life outside of gaming like his relationship and I believe his work job plus host gaming nights with his friends and family, and traveling to these conventions to meet and greet with publishers for more work and to get his name out there as a place/person to go to. Because of his solid videos he’s now a play tester which proves he’s doing just fine, it’s impressive. He’s clearly dedicated and doing great. Sure he can cut back on some of this stuff to perfect the videos but he’s mentioned the foot print he wants in the industry, he can’t do that if he spends weeks on one game. Contacting the publishers for rules clarifications , and a response may not happen as fast as he needs, so he works around all this. I’m sure he asks the hard questions if he needs to. Publishers and anyone else have their own schedule to stick to. The fact that publishers are sending him their games shows he’s doing something very good. So I don’t think your words are mean but perhaps you didn’t watch all his videos especially the ones that aren’t just his play throughs.

Thanks for the support!