Just bought this game finally! And your video was extremely helpful in fully understanding the rules.. your videos always are very helpful, thank you

I just recently found your channel. My fiancee is Filipino lives in Aparri. I am going over from the states in February and we will be going to Batanes for a few days.

Hey Pat and Glai! I hope you are still settling into Ireland ok! I was so happy to see this video. I love this game! Congratulations on the win Pat. Glai your comeback was amazing! The yellow tiles in play were a game changer! My husband and I are playing this in our 10x10 challenge. I got a few strategy ideas from watching this 😁

I feel like this game is haunting me! I've put off getting it because it feels fiddly with all the tiles but a part of me also knows I'd love the gameplay itself and it keeps popping up on my recommended videos! I appreciate the pace of the explanation bit of the video! This video might be the one that pushes me to getting this game 😆

We just played Viticulture this weekend. Still one of my favorites!

What if one player can no longer play a card ...who wins?

While it may not be the most visually appealing game, it's one of my favorites. We usually play with expansions: the white castles, trade routes, and additional hex tiles (geese, crane, bridge).

Thanks for the video!❤❤❤

I do love this game, but like you Pat i usually forget to buy something or complete an action from a tile. Hope you are both well?

Thank you for the video! Hope you both are well! I usually do not care for games decided by too much luck and a game full of dice rolls seemed like a lot of swingy luck. However, once I played Castles of Burgandy, I really liked it. There is actually a lot of thinking and player agency if you set yourself up to be able to pivot in multiple directions. When you started the game ahead 17-0 Pat, I thought 'Now the game begins' and Glai will catch you :-)

I'm happy you did this video. I have the game but haven't played it yet.

Hi! I have two questions! XD Q1: What if I harvest 9 red grapes and I already have 9 and 8 grapes in my crash pad. Where will it go? Q2: If the order is 4 red wine and 1 white wine and I want to fill it, then In my cellar I have 6 red wines and 9 white wines available. It will all be used in the order I mentioned? Thank you in advance! ❤

Hi, can you play item cards to characters already on a battleground or path?

Hey, just a wee bit late, but wanted to mention that during Order of Business tied slots means turn order is decided in order of the prior turn. You are not obligated to keep the same order from turn to turn.

I'm new on your channel, but already a big fan. What a great why to explain the games. You two play so relaxed and sometimes explaining rules. And great editing. Thank you so much for adding this to the boardgame community. Regards from Holland

Great video!

Fun playthrough! When Glai attained the two tablets with 11 points each, I figured that Pat had lost, but he ended up winning. I liked Glai's advice that longterm strategies don't pay off due to the game's quick progression. Thanks for teaching me how to play!😊

Great playthrough!! Always love the way you zoom into the cards for us viewers to read. I might be wrong but at 41:49 if you shipped the corn instead of the coffee, it would have denied her 2 points :D making the game even closer!

When moving from the Cellar to the Attic shouldn’t it be two actions because you need to move to the Hallway first?

Very excellent playthrough. I have had this game on my shelf for far too long, and now I can finally get my mind wrapped around the gameplay, thanks to this video. I have a question about a minor rule distinction. When Glai was activating her Wetlands birds, the first bird allowed her to draw a card, and discard one from her hand at the end of her turn. It looked like she was drawing the card and then discarding one immediately. It didn't make a difference for most of the game, but there was at least one turn when she activated both this bird and the bird that lets the player(s) with the fewest Wetlands birds draw a card. Could she not have drawn the card from the first bird, then drawn the card from the second bird, and then decided which card to discard, as activating the second bird comes before the end of her turn?

I really like how the "resource" symbol is a design commonly used in starwars to denote storage crates but I will never not think of them as "Spice Crates" due to a really old pc game called: Yoda's Stories

On the paladin's first turn, he did damage and then got the crit token. Since the damage is already over by the time you get the crit, I don't think you can use it immediately. So the monk would not have received the 4 chi. This is not how the game would've played out

this is really really good and i love the explanation. I'm buying the game cos of you 2

acoustic spanner won the game for you IMO so good it replaces itself with the card draw then you get to remove your starter cards and, you go it so early that made it even more powerful

Thanks!

Thank you :)

New spells: Water: Corrosion: Any monster with a metallic weapon can save using it's mind points/d6 on a 6, undead save with a roll of 5-6. Failure means their weapon melts by acidic water and is useless, and their attack dice value drops to one. Cannot be used on gargoyles, mummies or boss monsters. (This spell can cripple hard hitting monsters, like dread knights.) Crashing Wave: Select a 2x3 square area in front of a caster, any monster on it gets thrown back 1d6 squares by conjured water waves. Should they hit a wall, they lose their next turn. (Nice one for crowd control. Needless to say, this is more effective in rooms than in long corridors.) Earth: Muddy Earth: Select a 3x1 area, on 8 square distance. This concealed area becomes a soft, wallowing and crushing muddy ground which drowns. Any monster walking or standing in it has to roll a black shield on it's defend roll or immidiately suffer 1 dmg and lose their next turn, if they survive. If they roll to save, the monster move speed through the squares is still halved(one such square takes 2 movement). Heroes are immune to this space. (Can be used to either attack or set a trap for incoming enemies in a choke point.) Stone Wall: Can be cast either on a door or a square in a narrow corridor that you see. This space becomes a sturdy stone wall for the next 2 Zargon turns, not allowing anything to pass through. (Nice way to block enemies if your party member needs to escape.) Wind: Fortuitous Winds: Cast on any party member, including self. For their and Zargon's next turn, any rolls they make(movement, attack, defend) may be rolled twice and take the better result. Teleportation: Choose one: Either cast on self or a party member to teleport them to any square that has been explored, or on a party to return them immidiately to the stairs(unless the quest specifically says finding the stairs is the objective). Does not require line of sight. (This is another escape option, or if you need to move a party member near some other location to start to explore, or for simple convenience a fast way to exit a completed quest.) Fire: Flaming Weapons: Can be cast on any 2 ally weapons. They become flaming, giving them an 1 attack die bonus or 2 against mummies and zombies. The enchantments end once the heroes see no monsters. Burning Shield: Can be cast on self or an ally you see, in reaction to a hit. Immidiately ignore the damage and cause the attacker 2 dice worth of fire dmg(cannot be defended against). (Can be a life saver, or simply negate one of those nasty 3+ dmg hits that you get sometimes.)

Didn't you sell the Dwarves shortsword in the last episode?

I was wondering, what camera are you using ? Im doing Arkham Video as well with the same point of view but my video quality is far from yours. I find it incredible how every card is in focus, even those on completely different edge. Thanks for the hindsight :)

I would have added some more weapons to the game: Fish Stabber - Trident(Artifact): 3 attack dice, 4 if attacking abominations. Can be used to attack diagonally. 2h. Can store a water element spell, one use per adventure. Partisan Spear: 3 attack dice. Attacks 2 squares away(can also be used if behind a hero to stab a monster infront of that hero). Can be used to attack diagonally. 2h. 350 g. Mace: 2 attack dice, 3 if attacking skeletons. 1h. 180 g. White Iron Torch(Artifact): 2 attack dice, 3 against zombies and mummies and while attacking a mummy you can reroll any white shields against it once per turn. 1h. Dwarven War Hammer: 3 attack dice, 4 if attacking against skeletons, dread warriors or gargoyles. Can only be used by a dwarf. 1h. War Axe of Raging(artifact): 5 attack dice, 2h. Can only be used by the Barbarian. If a Barbarian has 3 or less health left, add one attack dice. (This would be a great artifact for the barbarian, with the rage bonus on this weapon, a low health barbarian would become a killing machine. It is a 2h so no using shields.) Holy Vanquisher - Sword(Artifact): 3 Attack dice, can be used to attack diagonally. Once per adventure, you can inflict 3 attack dice of damage to any number of undead foes that you see, this cannot be defended against. 1h. Spiked Flail: 3 Attack dice, on a successful attack(at least 1 skull), roll 1d6. On a 6, the monster is stunned by the blow and loses the next attack round if it survives(it can still defend). On a 1, roll 1 combat die, on a skull, you hit yourself for one damage accidentally! 1h. 360 g. (This is a fun weapon with a roulette kind of system) Main Gauche - dagger: Equipped on second hand. If your attack connects(one skull rolled at least), you can make an additional attack with one attack die, this cannot be defended against. When defending, you may reroll one black shield. 280 g. (This would be an option for the elf for example, who wanted to risk extra attack instead of a something like a shield.) Ranged options: Magic Wand: Inficts 1 point of magical damage regardless of defence dice, the monster saves if it rolls a 6 on d6/mind point, undead save if they roll 5-6. Ranged. Can only be used by a wizard. Has 2x Wizards mind points of charges per adventure. 380 g. (A ranged attack option for a wizard, which would make him more useful during combats as he could still have a good shot at killing weaker monsters from afar or supporting the party by trying to reduce stronger foes hit points.) Dwarven Flintlock Pistol: Can be equipped in second hand. 2 attack dice, ranged, because of the penetration power of a flintlock bullet, any monster attacked loses one black shield value when defending. If 2 black shields are rolled on attack, the gun misfires and the shooter has to spend one of their next actions to clear it. Can be used to attack an adjacent foe. Has 8 bullets ammo pack. Cannot be used by the barbarian(he doesn't understand the tech) or the wizard. 340 g, restock 5 g per bullet. Dwarven Bomb: Can be thrown to any square within a range of 6. On a square it lands roll 3 attack dice on any enemy there(cannot be defended), and for any enemy/ally in adjacent squares roll 2 attack die(can be defended). If 2 black shields are rolled with the initial attack, the bomb was a dud and doesn't go off. Dwarf can carry 4 of these bombs per quest. Only able to be used by the dwarf. 250 g, restock 20 g per bomb. Hand Crossbow: 2 Attack dice, ranged. Equipped in second hand. Can be used to attack an adjacent foe. If used by a second attack, monster rolls 1 defense die lower to block. Comes with a pack of 10 bolts. Cannot be used by the wizard. 270 g, restock 1 g per bolt. Short Bow: 2 attack dice, ranged, 2h. Cannot attack against an adjacent enemy. Cannot be used by the wizard. Comes with a quiver that stores 15 arrows. (I decided to add ammunition to ranged weapons like these, and crossbow to balance the difficulty somewhat.) 200 g, restock 1g per arrow. Long Bow: 4 attack dice, ranged, 2h. Cannot Attack against an adjacent enemy. Cannot be used by the dwarf or wizard. Comes with a quiver that stores 15 arrows. (shop sells larger quivers and you can also find arrows via treasure searching.) 500 g, restock 1 g per arrow. Also as a caviat, skeletons would get 2 defense die bonus to defend from ranged weapons, unless they were magical or pistol/bomb type. Also a handy artifact for the wizard, since he tends use the spells up rather quickly and has no decent weapons really: Sorcery Orb (Artifact): Roll 1d6. On a 5-6, randomly draw 6 spells back from the ones you have used. On a 3-4, randomly draw 3 spells back from the ones you have used. On a 1-2, lose 1 health and mind point. Can be used only once during an adventure. May only be used by a wizard.

Since the wizard is the weakest, I would suggest one of the first equipment for him to be either the cloak or the bracers, so he can get some more defense. The high price can be an issue, but I would still equip him with at least 1 defence item, before the dwarf or barbarian, since they have high hit points and can survive better.

The Klingon subtitles lmfao

I never play before but develop seems like the best, since you get a reward for doing it gives VP if you get far enough and it makes other spaces cost less workers so you can do more stuff ever turn

Good job yall. I love watching Boos Monster vids

I like that you zoom into the card you pick. It helps following along and get all the detalis you talk about. Thanks!

This was the first time I've watched one of your videos and it was great! Interesting stratégies exposed and wonderful zoom_in's for the various actions and tiles. Liked and subscribed. ;-)

Thank you for the playthrough (subscribed!). I just played my first game with my brother and the rule book is pretty confusing…who goes first? Does it alternate each turn?

I'm trying to learn Through the Ages in 2024 and what a great video this is. Well done, it's extremely clear.

Three years late 😂 but @41:17 neither house would have bought your lemonade as your restaurant was 2 tiles and 1 tile away, making the unit price for Glai's restaurant cheaper compared to yours, so they would have gone to her restaurant instead. Waitresses are used to break ties.

It's been nice watching many of your videos! Those videos I have watched, Pat has won all of them basically lol. Has Glai won any games against Pat? ;) If so, in which board games..?

Liked your video! What is your best advice for people who are new to the game about the best strategies to win?

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Thanks for the role play. My wife and i cant wait to play.

Thanks for the video, great content and helpful also

Gret video with excellent explanation. 42:45 Pat uses the assistant in location 9 to explore 3 spaces. However, he could have moved 4 due to his Pioneer, which could have get him 5 VP (4 from crossing the blue border and 1 from the ending space). But 3 extra doubloons is also great. 44:35 Glai performs a combat action as the benefit of a quest tile. The combat tile gives only 2 strength for England, she adds 2 from her ship board to place an English cube and gain 2 doubloons and she ends her turn. However, she has still 6 strength on her ship board. So she could have spend 5 more strength to gain 2 more influence in England. Or she could have spend 4 strength instead of 2 to displace the French cube from Cartagena (actually done at 54:00) and gain 4 doubloons, which she wanted. And then spend another 2 strength to gain an extra influence in England. At the beginning of the game you have 2 combat actions available, which both can be used once during one single combat. You can perform as many DIFFERENT combat actions within one combat, as long as you have enough strength to spend on them. 55:03 Did Pat forgot his Pioneer (again)? 58:19 Adding quests at the end of round 2. In a 2-player game there should only be placed a quest in location 7 and NOT in 8. The quest for location 8 is only placed in a 3- or 4-player game. 1:43:40 End game scoring: Spain and France both have 2 cubes out on the board, so they BOTH have second place and both get the +1VP bonus for being second. See rulebook, page 11: "In the case of a tie, all tied nations receive the higher value." And/or read this thread on BGG: boardgamegeek.com/thread/2708540/final-scoring-majority-bonus

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Muito bom! Sempre fico esperando pelos seus episódios de Hero Quest!

Excellent, I have been waiting for this next episode!

22:30 you keep forgetting the Storm effects...lovely video though...!!

Thanks for the video, I’m a bit late to the party. This explains the game well, better than the instructions, that’s for sure. I’m a bit unclear still about what happens to the resources used to build a Wonder. Do they all get placed underneath, never to be used again, or only the card that you drew in that turn?