Beyond the Sun Tutorial Playthrough 

Man but Jon gets games. This is my goto for all walkthroughs. Thanks!

Let me tell you this is an extremely well done, clear, complete, compelling tutorial. You managed to take a game that scared me a bit in a very simple, linear yet interesting experience. Thanks!

Well done, mate. You've given Rodney a run for his money with this tutorial! Clear-cut and lean; just the way a rules video should be!

As a clarification, at 18:03, I would add that the blue disc is moved back to the blue player board (not removed from the game). It is said later in the video, but I feel it would be useful at that time too.

Jon, you really know your stuff. The way you make yourself clear is out of this world!!!

Best tutorial I have seen for this game, for sure. Congratulations and thank you!

Great overview of the rules. Very clear and without excess expository. Well done.

As always a fantastic well articulated gameplay tutorial Jon!

Clear and concise as usual. I come up with questions in my head and often you answer them in the next sentence... :)

this was so well done, thank you! played it on bga once before watching this, looking fwd to trying it again with a better understanding now

The game seemed dry and frightening, you've shown me it's a very interesting one. Thanks Jon!

This one is on my watch list. Let's see if it may stay. Thank you!

Wow. This look like a game I will enjoy very much! Great video!

Thanks for the explanation. I really like the tech tree component of the game.

Another great video Jon! Thank you.

Excellent video as always. This really does look like an interesting game in terms of mechanics, lots of things to consider and avenues to get ahead. That's the sort of thing I like in my games.

They have this on board game arena now. Going to play with my sister/brother in law thanks to your expert tutorial. As always thank you very much!

Great tutorial, as always!!

First play is tonight. This is a great tutorial. I feel like can compete! Tx !

Amazing job. By playing through the game, the rules explanation is crystal clear. I am excited to play this with my friends tonight.

Thanks for the super awesome and complete tutorial!

Perfection as always Jon. Great video, you are the real MVP when it comes to tutorials.

Great video. Much simpler to understand after watching

Superb tutorial, am very excited to give this game a go - though pretty expensive to get a hold of at the moment.

A great video as always. Thank you for helping me play the game.

I've played a couple times on Board Game Arena and I was still confused about some things. Your tutorial helped immensely. Things I learned: Population icon with an X doesn't destroy a cube, it returns it to the column. Colonization means you take the planet card and a new one takes its place. A couple issues with BGA: it automates a lot of moves. This is great if you don't know the game well, but it doesn't help you learn the game either. Also, even in full-screen mode, you can't see the entire board. You can't see how some actions work unless you look back at that part of the board which may be off screen. But thanks for the tutorial, Jon. Well done. A friend of mine just bought BTS and we may play it later this week. So looking forward to it.

Very clear, very detailed. Thanks!

watching this video, made me realize that I will love this game. it just clicks with me. great video man!

Your channel deserves more subscribers ^^

THIS WAS SO HELPFUL! THANK YOU :D

I'm so excited for this game. I'm a big fan of tech trees, and you get to determine the tech available? That's fantastic.

Brilliant tutorial, thanks!

great vid love them keep them up!

I have watched this video three times so far. Such an excellent tutorial. You make the rules so accessible and easy to understand. Everything just makes sense. I cannot wait to introduce BTS to my gaming group. Thanks so much for this.

Now THAT'S how you make a space-themed player board!

Excellent tutorial.

You have the best Board Game channel on RU-vid. Just thought you should know 👍

brilliant tutorial - if it wasn't for this video, would never have tried the game!

HOW did I miss This playthrough ? YAyyyyy

Added this to my wishlist.

Great video 👍

Hi Jon! Great gameplay as usual! You never let me down!!! :) Just a quick error report: at 37:40 you move the spaceship anywhere with one jump, but the technology card says you can do that, but not when the ship is leaving Sol o Deep space. You could have moved one in the near space with the first jump, and then with the second jump anywhere you want, but not both ships from Sol to anywhere with only 2 jumps.

Game looks great.

Great tutorial as always Jon! If this game had a solo mode I would buy it on day one. As it is I'll have to wait and see if they do an expansion for a solo mode in a few years because the others in my group wouldn't touch a game with a tech tree with a ten foot pole...

I SAW MY NAME!!! @47:14 Not gonna lie, you are probably the first person to have ever spelt my last name correctly first try. Also, side bar how interested are you/this community into seeing a totally average guy painting random average minis to games? I have friends on dischord that I extend a live stream of me painting minis at my desk and I'm honestly pretty shy about it, but my friends love just watching my push paint chatting and listening to music.... I don't think it will ever be a thing that blows up, but I'm just trying to build a positive group to hang with online even if its random and doesn't have a schedule. It's just something that helps me manage stress in the Navy and keep my friends close at home while I'm away which seems to be all the time. Sorry if this comment seems about me, but I feel I can be more open here than other places. I love your work Jon!

Jon, a question. colonization is not clearly explained in rules. I assumed you could colonize at any time when you had the required power, but you seem to indicate that it can only be done by putting a worker on the terraforming spot, for example. The rulebook under ‘eligibility’ says nothing about needing a worker placed on a ‘colonize’ spot. Can you confirm this because there are no answers to this in the rules section on BGG.

Thanx, man. Awesome Tutorial. Unfortunately there is no such thing as a double like button...

I liked this one. Maybe Innovation made me unreasonably fond of games that are 90% tech trees, lol.

Hey Jon - thanks for the review - using the BGG complexity scale as a reference, what complexity would you give this game ? Thanks

Pro Cylon!

Thanks for the video, great as always. Btw, Wormhole Technology doesn’t let you jump to a non-adjacent space from Sol or Deep Space.

RTS tech tree, the game? I'm so in.

Hi Jon. We just had our first play of this game. Everyone in the group loved it! But we all have this question mark ❓, can one research several times the same level 1 technology? And is there a limit of population cubes to place in the rectangle next to the research card? We found that we needed to take the automation actions to increase ore population production! ?

Wormhole Technology says "except when leaving Sol" and so there seems to be an error around the 38 min mark for purple when they jump two ships from Sol.

Fantastic tutorial. One mistake: Your wormhole option specifically said it cannot be used from Sol or Deep Space (you jumped from Sol). Based on this tutorial I have just ordered a copy :)

The only think confusing me is when picking new technologies it says pick the left the one to the left what exactly does that mean?

@41:33 About the note. What's the point to put a placeholder token?

Rodney out, Jon in!

Question here for the (at end of turn) text in the achievement cards Does it mean at the end of the turn of the player claiming the achievement or the end of the turn is after all player ahve played their turn for that round ?

35:55 III Tech - Event B) - Could you have grabbed the population from column B?

I think you made a rules mistake at approximately 37:30. When you took the Wormhole technology. It specifically says you can move anywhere on the except when moving from Sol.

It seems that there is a much of downtime for the other players. Can anyone confirm that?

Geez. Wonder how many hours spent learning this game let alone everything going on. I dont know how you learn the game play it and score well 3 times everytime. That’s what boggles me I almost just want to skip to the end just to see the final scores. I can’t even get terraforming mars to the table. Awesome visuals👍

dont know if to get this one or high frontier lol

At 11:47 you say "any of these technologies" which should be "any of these achievements."