How To Play KOGGE Full Tutorial & Board Game Review by Undiscovered Games E27 (Andreas Steding 2003)

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*EPISODE 27: A Gloomy but Gripping Gamer's Game* features a full tutorial & detailed review of KOGGE. This unknown game from 2003 was designed by Andreas Steding, designer of my all-time favorite board game Hansa Teutonica. While Kogge takes a backseat to Hansa Teutonica's elegance and perfection, I still think Kogge has some really unique mechanisms woven into a thinky, gritty, cube-pushing experience that certain gamers out there will love. This episode aims to make sense of a terrible rulebook which is rife with silly typos, hard-to-interpret diction, and a complete lack of visual examples. I had a tough time organizing the tutorial in a way that made the most sense, but hopefully this video helps you understand the game. Kogge is a gamer's game for sure. It's not for family game night. It's not for new gamers. But if you like old-school euros in the likes of Caylus, Tigris & Euphrates, etc. this might be one for you to check out...if you can track down a copy. It's nearly impossible to find these days!
*RULES CLARIFICATIONS:*
1. If you choose a hidden route marker, and it leads to a city where you have your Raid token, the token stays revealed, and you must choose the other route. You are never allowed to visit a city you've already raided. Similarly, after a raid, your opponents can never make you retreat somewhere that has your other Raid token.
2. There is no limit to how many boats can be on each city/port.
3. There is no hand limit to tiles or cubes (other than what's supplied in the game). However, when you save up more and more goods, you make yourself a target for Raids. So it's a bit risky to save up too many cubes!!
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Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro & Overview
1:33 - Game Setup & Components
7:57 - Round Setup & Board Overview
9:45 - Goal of the Game
10:44 - Game Round Overview
14:50 - BIDDING for Turn Order
18:39 - Hierarchy of Bids
22:40 - Start of Turn / Guildmaster
25:00 - Collect Goods from Offices
26:33 - ACTION Build an Office
27:49 - ACTION Buy Tiles
28:18 - ACTION Trading Goods
29:49 - ACTION Change Routes
31:19 - ACTION Guildmaster Trades
34:34 - ACTION Raid
37:50 - End of Round & New Round
38:27 - Weird Rules & Clarifications
41:40 - End Game & Scoring
43:47 - BONUS TILES Explained
47:16 - Trading With Opponents
49:08 - Rating, Review, Discussion

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29 окт 2023

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Комментарии : 18

@fallingbird9469 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing these older games with the world. It might not seem like it now but I believe you are doing a great service to the board game community. Without channels like yours these types of games would eventually be lost and forgotten forever. Re: Kogge - Like you said this game looks like a grind; for that reason I realllllly want to play it now. Saving this video for future use!

@undiscovered_games 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for the kind words! Much appreciated. I hope you get to try this one someday. It’s dry as can be but worth it IMO!

@Greasynils 8 месяцев назад

I love these teaches of old hard to find gems. Its so refreshing with channels that are driven by passion! ❤

@undiscovered_games 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the kind words! I especially appreciate you noticing my passion for this. The main reason I do this anonymously is because I don't want this channel to be about me. I want it to be focused on the games and the games only. So I am glad you picked up on that :) Thanks for watching!

@IainCheyne Месяц назад

Excellent video. Very clear. Love how you have the camera on the game the whole time - not your face. Thank you! 🙏

@undiscovered_games Месяц назад

Thank you for the kind words, and for noticing that I never focus on my face! In fact, part of my entire "brand" is staying completely anonymous (undiscovered). I like to focus only on the game. Obviously I share my opinions on games, but I like to keep my videos strictly about the games. So I appreciate your comment very much!!

@IainCheyne Месяц назад

@@undiscovered_games your camera angle is good too - great to see your hand gestures next to the pieces

@boardgamesaremylife 8 месяцев назад

This seems like a beast to learn and teach! You did a great job laying it all out. I think it looks like a game that I would like, but the components could definitely use an update! Thanks for highlighting games like this!

@undiscovered_games 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the comment! I am glad you followed the tutorial; it was quite a task to put it together in a sensible manner. Yeah those tiles are quite fiddly. The boats are awesome, but the rest of the game could use an update. This is the first edition; the 2nd edition improved the look slightly, but it still looks similar. Maybe one day it’ll get an update!

@westaylor7078 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for reviewing Kogge. It has been on my radar for awhile but as you mentioned it is tough to find. Your review helped me realize I should probably pass on this game. My game groups prefer lighter fair and this one seems a bit too fiddly to go thru the trouble of finding someone to play with. A couple obscure games I like and would suggest are Stefen Dorra's Hellas, Friedman Friese's Fresh Fish and Codex Naturalis. Hellas and Fresh Fish are difficult to obtain, especially Hellas. I am sure you would enjoy those 2 considering the games you cover on your channel. On the other hand Codex Naturalis is fairly recent and still pretty easy to get but boy is it a table hog for a small cardgame.

@undiscovered_games 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the comment and the suggestions! You are correct about Hellas :) I recently tracked down a copy and LOVE it. I haven't tried the other 2 but will definitely look into them. It took me 3 years to find a copy of Hellas, and I am never getting rid of it haha. It's good to know your game group, and I'm glad my video helped you decide one way or another on Kogge! I don't think Kogge is a must-own by any stretch, but I do think specific gamers out there will love it. I really like it, but I also understand it's definitely not for everyone. I think with updated rules and components, it could be a big hit in the modern gaming world. But as it is now, it's a very fiddly game to learn and teach. Once you get the hang of it, the rules do stick in your head, which is nice. Whenever we return to it, it's not much to relearn. As always, thanks for watching!

@MurrRockstroh 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for this video. I've been wanting this game for a while. Now I want it more :) Is that rule set you have from the BGG files uploaded in 2017 by quietcorn or is that your own doing? If it is your own doing, is there a way to get a copy of those rules?

@undiscovered_games 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the comment! My rules came with the game, so they are the official rulebook provided with the first edition of the game. The first edition has German and English rules. However, there are lots of typos and weirdly worded sections. But I can happily try to get you a photo of this rulebook. Feel free to send me an email (see the "about" section on my RU-vid channel homepage). I don't have a scanner, otherwise I'd upload a PDF to BGG. But I could snap a photo and send it your way. Another way to reach me would be a DM on Instagram if you're on there. Either way is fine with me!

@MurrRockstroh 8 месяцев назад

@@undiscovered_gamesThank you, if I manage to get a copy of the game, I'll have the rules in there so hopefully I won't need them. I can already tell this channel is going to be a problem channel for me. You're going to review and show us obscure games, and that is my weakness, collecting obscure games. Luckily I already have several of the games you have reviewed, like Asara, Milestones, Pillars of the Earth (with expansion), and Streetcar (which I bought new when it first came out in 1995 and still own). The video that scares me the most is the one called 2 Player Games You Probably Missed. I collect the KOSMOS 2P games and have many others.... so we'll see how much that video ends up costing me. ;) Thanks for the content. Despite what I said, I still subscribed to the channel, and I'm "dreading" what you're going to be doing to my collection :P

@undiscovered_games 8 месяцев назад

@@MurrRockstroh Haha I know the feeling all too well 😅Thanks for the sub, and it’s always cool to meet other gamers who love these older games as much as I do. The 2p games video is more or less small box card games, so it might not be too bad for you ;) The last one on that list (King & Assassins) is the one I suspect you’ll definitely be interested in if you’re not familiar with it. Looking forward to chatting more about games in the future!

@MurrRockstroh 8 месяцев назад

@@undiscovered_gamesAlready ordered it!