Nemesis | Solo Board Game Tutorial and Playthrough 

That's awesome. I love it too. I think it is a wonderful survival experience, even without the semi-co-op multiplayer. Thanks so much for checking out the video!

I really like the way they look! Do you by chance know what size coin capsule would be best? If there is a difference?

@@mr.ragealot6245 i am not sure about nemesis game, my copy comes later this year. But average size for a token are 10 and 20 mm. And those coin capsules fit those tokens perfectly. Its the other odd sizes that are a pain in the ass, especially if not round shape. Lile hexagon are manageble, but pentagons wont fit perfectly, and will rattle a bit in capsule.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Hank. I had a blast filming this one. Such a great game. Thanks for checking it out!

Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the playthrough. I love how cinematic this game can get -- not every play but often enough to make me excited for the next time it hits the table. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for checking out the playthrough, Emma! Hope you get a chance to play it sometime.

I'm so glad you enjoyed the playthroughs! Excellent games for sure. I'm excited to dig into the new expansion for Castles of Burgundy. Need to get that back to the table. Thanks so much for watching my videos. I really appreciate it!

Thanks so much, Sky! I'm really glad you enjoyed the playthrough.

You should try Nemesis Lockdown that is comparatively forgiving

Ha, I got over excited playing this one for sure. 😂 This is my sort of game. I LOVE this theme so much. I think what I love most of all is a "cinematic" experience in a board game and boy does Nemesis deliver that. I used to write screenplays and I could just see the movie of this playthrough in my mind as it all unfolded. That really gets my juices flowing. I actually had to edit out a few particularly embarrassing screams on some of those dice rolls. 🤫 Thanks so much for checking out the video, Shantel!

Oh man, that is fantastic, glad to know I'm not alone! As a solo player too, I've had some similar ' squeals of delight' (and frustration) when I'm playing spirit island and cthulu death may die. Just not really into the alien or space theme. I have played this with some friends and had a good time, but I also don't love the traiter aspect, stresses me out =) just finished missing expeditions campaign for lost ruins of arnak, and I was talking to myself and laughing like a crazy person =)

Great that you picked this up solo. It is so great!

@@shantelalbert7151 Acting like a crazy person is the best part of solo gaming! That and nobody stops me from blatantly cheating. 😁

Hope you enjoy it. I think it was a pretty epic play. Thanks for checking it out!

I liked it as usual but you got so luck I must say 😅.

@@enginucar1135 Yes, very lucky, as I said often in the game. Interestingly, I had some bad luck on noise rolls early, which probably should have doomed me. But that was followed by lucky rolls and bag pulls that didn't punish me. I got away with it. Same thing with the queen. Unlucky to spawn her. Very lucky to kill her, which was extremely helpful. Also, the events overall were gentler than usual. One badly timed event could have cost me the game. But a little luck is necessary, and I don't mind that in my survival games, especially when the storytelling is this epic. Thanks for watching!

Yeah same, I'd love to pick up this boardgame. But I can't seem to get it anywhere in Australia. Is there really going to be a reprint?

That is good to know. Thanks for the clarification. I personally hate that rule and will never play that way. So we can make this an official Shaggi house rule. Token overrides the movement. Much better. Thanks for checking out the video!

Thank you so much for the donation! That is really generous. I appreciate you checking out the playthrough! Have a wonderful day!

Hope you like it or liked it. Thanks for checking out the video!

@@TotallyTabled I'm inspired to do youtube like you.... can share with me how to achieve the NICE zoom in shots and different camera angles? What are the equipment that you are using? Thank you!

@@palmcrazysg Sure thing. I can briefly describe my process, but keep in mind I'm an amateur who just sort of made up things as I went along, so I'm sure there is a better way of doing things. In short, I use a full frame DSLR (Canon R6) on a C-Stand above my table. I have mine hooked to a Ninja V for recording the footage. I record in 4K 24fps. Take the footage into free Davinci Resolve and place the 4K footage onto a 1080p timeline. That is how I can zoom in and reframe without losing quality. You'll need to go to settings and set your image scaling to "center crop with no resizing." I also take video close ups of cards and components for the cutaway shots. And I film B-Roll separately after I finish with the playthrough. Then just hours and hours of editing. That's it -- the secret is a good camera and a ton of hard work. Good luck. I hope you are able to launch your channel and have fun doing it. Let me know if you need more help or advice.

I'm glad you enjoyed the playthrough. Coin protectors are awesome and I use them in many games. Check my channel for the video Top 10 Accessories which I made a few months ago. It has more info, including helpful links. I cannot remember the exact size, but just measure the token -- it will probably be 27mm or so. Then you can search for that size on Amazon or wherever. Thanks for watching!

Ah, thanks for that rules clarification. That's a shame -- another rule I don't particularly like in a co-op setting. I guess I could have just taken off in the escape pod with the Scout and technically won. I don't like that either -- I would rather treat co-op like in Robinson Crusoe ... everyone must live! Since I am playing that way, I think I feel okay house-ruling this one as well and saying a character in the escape pod doesn't need to make a noise roll during the bag development phase. That just feels overly punishing in a way that isn't fun or rewarding. But it is good to know. Thanks!

I like that house rule, especially if you are finding the game too hard. It can definitely get out of hand quickly. You need a few good rolls and a few good token pulls over the course of the game. Those swings of luck are part of the survival experience in this game, but it can feel hopeless when every roll sucks. I might have that house rule kick in once a character has a serious wound. Or after they roll a blank. Or they can spend two cards to get advantage. Something like that. Interesting idea. Thanks so much for watching!

This seems to be the base game. No extra's needed for a rich experience!

Ah, that is a good question. It is 99.9% base game only as far as I can remember. Base characters, base cards. Yeah, other than the Catstronaut mini, I believe this is basic vanilla Nemesis. I will make that clear in the description. Thanks so much for your compliments. I try to make each video fit the theme of the game in terms of color grading and music, but I'm very much an amateur at all this, so I don't actually know what I'm doing. 😂 I'm glad you enjoy it. Thanks so much for watching this video and others on the channel!

I have not tried the others in the franchise. I'm sure I'll get around to it at some point, but I have a lot left to explore in Nemesis. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Thanks for watching!

Thanks! I haven't received my copy of ISS yet, so as soon as it arrives I'll look to make a video. I'm excited to try it!

@@TotallyTabled Great! Thanks, Shaggi. I recently purchased Long Shot: The Dice Game after watching your playthrough. Keep up the amazing work!

@@ncruzmusica Thanks, man. I appreciate that!

Ha, you're right. I never thought of that but that noise die is definitely related to the evil d10 whose name we do not mention. Something is wrong with d10s. There, I said it. :) Hope you enjoy the rest of the video. It starts off slow but gets exciting fast. Thanks PhoenixSlayer!

@@TotallyTabled I underestimated how right you would be lol

@@ThePhoenixSlayer Ha, yeah. Things got tricky all of a sudden. Luckily the red attack d6 is not as evil as the d10! 😀

@@TotallyTabled the d6 is never this kind to me in my games...

@@ThePhoenixSlayer Yeah, that's true. 😅

There is a different layout on the back of the board which is more difficult, but you can't change the layout other than that. The changing rooms does change up the gameplay a bunch, as well as the randomized exploration tokens. Some games will see a bunch of fire or a bunch of doors that must be opened or shut. I like the variety. Thanks so much for watching!

Oh, I need to try that. That might be the only board game I don't have on Steam! Thanks for the recommendation and thanks for watching!

I haven't played Lockdown unfortunately, so I cannot give a comparison. Someone else in the community might be able to help with that. I think it is safe to say that solo/co-op was not the way the game was designed to be played. So there are some flaws, and you won't always get a satisfying game. Playing with one character is particularly hit or miss. I'm willing to overlook all that because you usually get exciting stories like the one shown in the playthrough. I personally love it and consider it part of the essential survival collection with Robinson Crusoe, This War of Mine, Frostpunk and Final Girl. But others would disagree. Sorry I can't be more helpful. Thanks for watching!

Ah, those are plastic coin capsules that coin collectors use. I get mine from Amazon, but there are probably many places that carry them. I talk about these as well as the plastic containers I use in my Top 10 Accessories video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tEvrhrVXkEA.html Thanks for watching!

I'm not sure I understand your question but you move from room to room and never stop in the corridors. That might not be your question, but I believe I've played by the rules. Thanks.

@@TotallyTabled You're correct, I was playing nemesis lockdown and mishap it with the stair corridor

Thanks for watching. Those are plastic coin capsules. I go into detail about them and my card sleeves in my Top 10 Board Game Accessories video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tEvrhrVXkEA.html. Hope that helps!

@@TotallyTabled Oh nice, I‘m gonna have to watch that! Thank you very much :D

Hope it helps. If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask!

@@TotallyTabledThank you very much! The video was very helpful and I really appreciated the extremely fast response, I did not expect it this soon! I may have one more question, though I don‘t know if you‘re able to help me. I am currently thinking of getting another board game and wagering which one to get (I plan on playing it mainly solo but would also like to introduce it to my friends). Three games have piqued my interest: Voidfall (already watched your videos on that and I am hesitant because of its mechanics being maybe a tad bit too advanced for me at the moment), Fractal and Unsettled. All three seem interesting and have mechanics that I do enjoy although Fractal and Unsettled seem to be more adequate for my experience (as well as seeming to be more tense which I really like) and less set-up heavy. I know I‘m asking a lot here without even knowing if you have played all of them already but maybe you can give me a different point of view with your way more educated knowledge on the matter of solo games. I appreciate every response though so I hope I don‘t inconvenience you too much. Have a wonderful day :)

@@wruthe2709 Unfortunately I have no experience with Fractal or Unsettled, nor have I seen or heard very much about them. So I am really unable to help with this one. If you've watched Voidfall then you know I am a big fan, but if it seems like too much then maybe wait for the reprint next year. Sorry I can't be more helpful!

Ah, those are the regular tokens inside plastic coin capsules. I discuss this accessory in my video Top 10 Board Game Accessories here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tEvrhrVXkEA.html. I have links in the description for them I believe or just search for them on Amazon. Thanks for watching!

That is a good question and I'm not sure I have an answer. We talk about "variable player powers" "card driven actions" "hand management" "asymmetric roles" ... I don't know if any of that really gets at what you are talking about. You might have to coin the term. I do enjoy this mechanism in games. Thanks for watching!

@@TotallyTabled Thanks. Coming from MMO video games, it is the closes to controlling a character I have seen and really enjoy it.

I do my best!

Yeah, I think so. I'm not sure what else could happen. I'm sure as hell not bringing the Queen back -- I killed her fair and square! :) Thanks for watching and thanks for the sub! I really appreciate the support.

I wasn't lying! 🤣

You can play with one character but I prefer playing with two.

Not at all. You could get ridiculously unlucky, but I've never seen it. It is definitely not a pure luck fest. The game is challenging but winnable -- exactly what you want from a survival game. Thanks for watching!

@@TotallyTabled im on the fence of getring it because i live survival horror. Is it very replayable? Or do the few objectives get repetitive?