Thanks for the playthrough, it was nice to get a feel for how it plays. I think it was the perfect amount of rambling to show all the thoughts and planning you have when playing the game :)
You are always way too kind to me. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! As far as my favorite player count...honestly all of them. I know that is sort of a cop-out, but I really do enjoy the game no matter how many are player. The game presents different advantages/challenges based on the player count, therefore can make it easier/harder at certain times throughout the game. If I really had to pick one, I think I would say four. I think it is the most difficult player count, but also the most rewarding when you do win!
Hey I just wanted to apologize for my previous comment about the game not being available. That is obviously NOT your fault of course. It’s just my luck that it seems when these cool games pop up they are always out of print or sold out. 😂 I appreciate you going the extra mile and letting me know a good proxy. Also your card teaching videos are by far the best on RU-vid and are VERY much appreciated. Thanks for your work on these videos!
@@craigraley4228 I really appreciate it, but no need to apologize! I totally understand. The indie gaming scene is a tough one to get into when fear of not finding a copy is a real thing! I also want to add some additional context that mighttttt help the sting a little bit. Or at least give more context on why I chose this game (or any others that I cover that are hard to find). I try to only make videos for games that don't already have any videos. I want to highlight and give love to the games that aren't getting any coverage. Because of that they have a stronger possibility of being less known, which in turn, means less available. A couple of my videos have been for widely available games, but for the most part I try to showcase a game that has no media content. Somewhere in that sentiment it also means that I hope my video can drum up enough buzz on the game to cause a reprint or another publisher to pick the game up...but that's pipedream/fantasy stuff 😅 with only 500 subscribers I don't reach that far (not that I'm actually making the videos for that reason. I just do them because they are fun and I like to teach games) Anyway...that's a super long ramble to answer that question! And thank you so so so much for those kind words about my videos! I'm really happy you enjoy them. You are too kind to say they are the best. You seriously made my day! Thank you 😍 P.S. Get ready for my next video to be something you'll be able to grab a copy of very easily....Eternal Decks, which is straight 🔥 I even filmed my first ever playthrough video for it, I think it's that good 😅 Ok, I'm done typing. Sorry for making you read so much!
FYI you missed one thing: the winner of a trick must choose one of the cards played, (but not their own) and place it on top of any cart in the lane. You taught it that you can pick any card played. It obviously doesn’t matter if all cards played were of the same suit.
Hey thanks for pointing that out. However, the version of the game that was sent to me was a pre-production copy which included a non-final paper copy of the rules. In there it states "The winner of a trick must choose one of the cards _played_..." I just noticed the newer rulebook (which I only found on BGG since I don't have a physical copy of it) that comes with the final version states "The winner of a trick must choose one of the cards played (but not their own)..." So, it looks like that 'but not their own' bit was only added in the final version and not the PPC version I have. So, yeah anyway, thanks again for mentioning it!
This is such a useful video for someone like me. I'm a bit of a tricktaking noob but have got a few of this game type to try, including this one. Thanks for the great explanation.
Thank you so much for watching it! I hope you can get it (and the few others you've got) to the table soon. It certainly seems daunting at first, but once you get the characters down, the rest of the game will just happen naturally! Good luck and have fun!
After I watched the video I tried the game with a normal deck of cards and fell in love with this little gem of a game. So chaotic yet interesting as any hand can become a good hand if you manage it well. For the variant, how do you play it on the even rounds? Do you put the tokens in the same order as before or do you shuffle the order?
Right?! The game is so lovely. I wish it was talked about more. I am so glad you tried it out and loved it! Yes, we put the tokens in the same order as before with the variant. However, you could totally shuffle the order again if you wanted. Could be a lot of fun!
What makes no sense to me is why four cards are collected every trick. Every trick is worth four points. Never more, never less, correct? So might as score one point per trick. Why collect four? Is there ever a situation where you would collect more or fewer? If winning means having the second most points couldn’t you basically just say the winner is the person who scored the second most tricks?
The short answer: it is explained around 4:32 Longer answer: the winner places a card from the trick on one of the lane piles. This makes that pile have more cards in it which means more points. If there were 5 cards on a single lane pile, the trick winner would collect 8 cards in total (3 from the trick and 5 from the lane) Hope that makes sense! Thanks for watching the video!!
This is up for pre-order on the New Mill Industries website now. Vivo is going to be harder as you'll need to either import it from Japan or try to find it on a retail importer site, like trickyimports.com or tanukigamesatx.com (if you are in the US)
Currently you can only but the Japanese version. The English that I have (which is what is in the video) was a special print run at Essen last year. I believe it's supposed to have another English print run at some point, but I'm not sure when that will be!
Firstly, super video! I really like how you explain the rules so clearly, 10/10 for that. And the game looks like a lot of fun too! I think it's one I'm going to have to add to my little collection, and I know my mates will enjoy playing it. So, all-in-all, great job sir, thank for posting this one.
Ok my goodness, thank you so much for all the kind words! 😍😍😍 I'm so glad you liked the video and yeah it's a neat little game. I have enjoyed all my plays of it. Good luck on getting a copy and getting it played!
Great explanation! I think this rule is missing from the video, so mentioning it in case everyone is learning from it: Haggis & Tatties and Haggis & Neeps are only meant to be played with the "scoring variant", where each captured card is worth 1 point.
In the Revolt trick, isn't the Black suit "below" the Red/Blue/Green cards in hierarchy, so it actually loses to a R/B/G card in the Revolt trick? At least, that is what the PGC published rulebook says: "Note: Also keep in mind the Black suit is a "higher" strength and will lose to the Red, Blue, and Green suits during a revolt trick."
Yep, this is explained starting at 33:05 in the video. The Black suit is stronger that R/B/G and in a Revolt trick the weakest card wins. Thanks for watching 😁
You can import it from Japan here bodoge.hoobby.net/market/items/6497 Sky Towers can be found here bodoge.hoobby.net/market/items/6399 And if you are unsure on how to import them, you can watch my other (very old and very quiet 😅) video about buying games through Zenmarket! Good luck and thanks for watching!!
Thanks for watching it! It's not explicitly stated in the rules, but them being public knowledge is the way I've always played both the original game (Backhander) and this game. Seems silly to me to force hidden trackable information like that in this game. Of course, if you get to try it that way let me know how it goes!
I have actually. I own it and have played it once. It doesn't actually change that much. I was really looking forward to it, because I don't really like the scoring in the base game and I was told the expansion had plans to fix it. Well it didn't really. It just changed how the cards are collected at the end of the trick--instead of all to the trick winner, they are drafted by players based on where their card was ranked in the trick...very much like Trick & Trade if you have played that before. However, only the highest rank players (number of players is based on player count and difficulty) get cards, not everyone. It also adds more cards so you can play with up to 9 people, but not sure I would ever want to play this game with that many people 😅
Thank you for this video. I got my copy today and holy cow that 30+ page rulebook is intimidating! Watching this immediately relaxed me about teaching this game. There are a ton of things to consider adding the characters on top of the standard rules but it seems much easier now that I’ve watched😅
Thanks so much for watching! Haha yeah I tried to keep the rulebook as short as I could, but there was so much information that needed to be included to make sure nothing was missed! But I am so happy the video has helped you. Good luck with getting it to the table and I hope you have a wildly good time 😁
Great teaching video. Unfortunately I can’t find anywhere within the video that actually tells you how a player wins the game at the end of three rounds outside of just meeting their character’s win condition.
Starting at 19:46 (end of round 1) is where all the win conditions are checked, in order. Additionally, at the end of round 2, starting at 23:57, it's stated again. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching the video 😀
There seems to be an error in the sped-up play of the first round around the 19 minute mark. The fourth trick saw the Berserker winning a trick with the white flag?
The Berserker correctly won that trick. The Resistance played their Revolt Token that trick (the card played right before the Berserker) turning it into the Revolt Trick, which makes the weakest card win the trick, aka the White Flag played by the Berserker.
😂 Oh Michael, I can always rely on you for having the best/most helpful comments. But, no I sadly do not have a video for it! Maybe I should make one 🤔
The regular game seems to be very good, the idea to try to rank the same on every trick in reverse order seems to be a good challenge. Tricks In My Mind, on the other hand, I don't know. I've tried to evaluate what I would do based on this first trick, but the decision is too open and there is no much information to do it, specially in the beginning of the first round. Maybe if we play 10 rounds of tricks, and on the second phase of the game we could bet with, let's say, 5 cubes, in the first 5 tricks, and then the last 5 would close the deal, the decision would be more interesting, because with the first 5 you can try to predict a pattern (based on the cards you saw on the first phase), but the last 5 tricks you could try to mess with the bids of your opponents while trying to match yours.
What an innovative trick taking game. The idea of placing the cubes and then removing them is so unique and enjoyable to watch. Thank you for covering another trick taking game 😊
Really love this and I've already downloaded the print and play. Thank you very much. But I'd love to collect all cards, even if they're in Japanese. Any news about an official English version coming soon? Or where can I import this? Is it available in some japanese site? Thank you very much.
You are very welcome. So glad to see you are enjoying the game so much. As far as any official English version, not really sure if or when that would happen. If I was to handle that myself it would require a lot of time and effort that I don't really have available at the moment due to all my other current projects. Plus I am not sure if Masato truly wants to have an official English version as I had approached him with that offer before and that is how we landed on the current PnP format we have now (not to say that hasn't changed since then or couldn't change in the future). As far as Japanese copies go, both Duel Boy and Duel Boy Pocket are sold out through any Japanese websites and Duel Boy was sold out directly through Masato last time I checked a few months ago. However, you could always try to reach out to Masato through Twitter/X (@dbs_curry) and see if he has anything left. Thanks again for watching the video and for your interest in the game! It is a delight of a game.
@@CardsUnbarred Thank you very much for such a detailed answer. Yeah, it was me on BGG. By now, I'll just enjoy the PNP version then :). Keep the amazing work showing these unique games.
Oh my goodness, thank you for the super kind words! I'm glad it was helpful for you. Hopefully you snagged some good stuff! As far as the music goes, it's royalty free music from bensound.com and I don't remember the title since I made this a while ago 😅 it being royalty free means you've probably heard it as an intro to a podcast, a different RU-vid channel, etc. maybe?
