Anachrony - Playthrough & Review
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Filmed a 2-player board game playthrough and review of "Anachrony" designed by Dávid Turczi, Richard Amann, and Viktor Peter & published by Mindclash Games in 2017. The video includes a board game rules overview. Let us know what you think about the game in the comments section below!
If you see any mistakes, please feel free to let us know so we can add a notation!
JUMP:
00:00 - Start/Teach
28:28 - Playthrough Start/Round 1
47:35 - Round 2
01:01:22 - Round 3
01:14:28 - Round 4
01:32:26 - Round 5
01:47:48 - Round 6
01:58:50 - Final Scoring
02:04:21 - Review
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Have you played Anachrony, please let us know what you think? 🚀
I have bought it a while ago and will be using this to learn how to play it! Thank you for the video! 😊
@@orbit0317 Awesome! Make sure you have a way to generate water!
It's a fantastic game. It's in my top 10 and my wife's top 3. Love the expansions and the twists they bring. Once the long teach is out of the way, I feel the play is pretty smooth.
Yes, I have played this game many times. It's in my top 3. I really love this game.
Thank you for bringing this game to your channel.
Still my top game for 5 years now I think. Fractures of time really does elevate it more also.
I thought you both played this one before on you channel, felt like I was going back in time! LOL
One of my favorites, I love it with the adventures.
First time I'm enjoying a Playthrough of Anachrony, a well edited and dedicated one! Thanks for cut some maintenance moments, cos the gameplay feels nicer and lighter to follow! Love you guys!
YES!!! You guys did it!! We were so excited to see this video drop tonight! I'm glad that despite the difficulty of getting back into the game, that you still enjoy it 😁 we haven't gotten this to table in a while and hearing your thoughts makes me want to play immediately!! 🎉 can't wait for fractures of time!
Hello!
Actually, I described most of my impressions of Anachrony in your previous video (Organizing the Anachrony: Infinity Box). This is definitely my number 1 game, and my wife and I love it! I greatly enjoyed watching your gameplay, and I'm looking forward to the next one with the Fractures of Time expansion (my favorite expansion). I'd also really like to see you play with the Doomsday module, because I like the idea of the "tug-of-war" and deciding whether the asteroid strikes earlier or later. So far, I haven't found any gameplay with that module on the internet.
And just for clarification regarding free actions: it's not the case that a player can only take one free action on their turn. You can do as many free actions on your turn as you'd like in addition to your normal worker action.
Great game - I love to see the genuine emotions at the end! Thank you for all the hard work you put in for this
that "LOL" from the missed water was hilarious
loved the playthrough guys
The player count discussions are so freaking helpful everytime sou review these games. Thank you so much 😁
Anachrony and On Mars are my two favourite games! City of the Great Machine is close third.
Thank you for the playthroughs! ❤
NICE!! We still have played City of the Great Machine, seems really interesting!
Ok, well now I have to track down City of the Great Machine because I love both of those games.
@@uxjaredit’s quite a different type of game as it is hidden selection and a lot of player interaction. The theming is incredible!
I’ve never played this but you did a FANTASTIC job with this playthrough. The teach was very well done and I understood everything you two did. Never felt lost. Can’t wait for the next one!!
Haha I was lost immediately, the theme just makes no sense to me. If it was trading in the Mediterranean I would understand it better :D
@@dkoudrin I’m a sci fi guy so I guess it clicks lol.
It’s all time travel.
You want resources you can get them from the future. But in a future round you have to be able to pay them back. If you don’t pay them back,. Then that’s a time paradox because taht can’t happen..
You have different kinds of workers. An engineer who builds stuff, a scientist who creates breakthroughs in technology, and a business person who recruits more workers.
The world is falling apart and you need the mech suits to go into the world but in your home base you don’t need that. They get exhausted when they work and giving them water unexausted them. Etc
Everything just makes total sense to me lol
That made less sense than the playthrough, but okay.@@KMReviews
@@dkoudrin 👍 an engineer builds stuff. I know that’s hard to understand. Definitely not a game for you lol
Haha, in my book builders build stuff.@@KMReviews
Thank you guys so much for playing this on your channel! I have issues getting invested in worker placement games but this theme got me so hooked, I truly enjoyed this playthrough 😊
I'm teaching Anachrony tomorrow to my playgroup and I'm using Monique's explanation as an outline! Talking about the main board and how it's a hazardous/toxic environment really ties up the exosuit powering up phase so nicely. Really appreciate the flow of the teach in all your playthroughs - so well done!
One of my all-time favourite games. And the best worker placement / tableau builder game out there for my taste. Keen to hear your thoughts on Fracture of time / Future imperfect
I got a good laugh when Monique hid behind her hair in distress haha. Definitely a relatable series of emotions!
I’ve heard of this game but never had interest. After seeing a playthrough I think I might be willing to try it out. Great job. We’re always rooting for you Naveen!!!!
This is one of my top ten games. Only Mindclash game I can wrap my head around but it is so worth it.
Thanks to you, I finally wrapped my head around all these confusing rules. I'm trying to design a game myself and Anachrony will be a huge inspiration for me. Thank you!
This was a great playthrough! Now I really want to play this!
YESS im so happy you covered this one. just got the game. this is super helpful
So glad you did a video on this game. I've been wanting to learn it. Thanks!
Hope you can try it sometime soon!
You two manage to make some of the heaviest games feel approachable! I learned Apiary from you and played over this last weekend. Anachrony is setup to learn next. ...again thanks to the two of you!
excellent video as usual. thx for doing it
Exciting play through!
I've been waiting for this playthrough! This would be the game that i would love to play with you!
I've always been fascinated by this game.
Hope you get to try it!
Came for the teach, stayed for the Goldar reference! Awesome dude
LOL, yessss! Someone knew the reference!!
So excited to see you get into this game. It's one of my favorites!
Ahhh exciting! What’s your favorite way to play? (Modules, etc)
@@BeforeYouPlay I recently played with most of them, expect of Fractures Of Time stuff and Doomsday. Of course, in many configurations, not everything at once. I highly recommend you micro-modules, like Starting Resource Drafting and Alternate timeline. They add a lot of fun and deepen the game with minimal rule overhead.
I love Pioneers and Guardians, but I mostly play them with new players to show them that it's a modular game. It also helps new players in 4 player games, as it gives essentially new spots in this tight set up!
I love Quantum Loops. Minimal rule overhead. Great as a middle-sized module, you can fast mix and match it with others.
I'm positively surprised with 2 players Intrigues of the Council. It worked, because there was more to it, missions really work great with this game. But with 2 players, it's easy to steamroll it sometimes. I'm really looking forward to seeing it at play with 3 or 4 players, so that's probably an idea for video with your friend.
So glad you finally tabled this. Thanks, this was a great play through and teach. I do love this game and haven't played ( mulitplayer ) with the expansion yet as I had to teach others how to play the base game first... but soon. I am currently getting Perseverance 1&2 to the table. Thanks. I should be receiving Voidfall and Septima Soon also. Yes, I am a big MCG fan. While the minis don't really add to the game play, I feel they are a must for the immersive experience.
Anachrony was one of the first board games I ever bought, completely on a whim because it was 50% off and just looked bananas. I later backed the Infinity Box (and every other Mindclash game since). Really excited to see you play Fractures!
Woah that's wild it's an early title for you! So glad you ended up liking it lol!!
@@BeforeYouPlay It really established an early need for complex games. For better or worse, it kind of ruined easier games for me haha!
Haha you spoiled yourself!!
So great to see your playthrough. Made me bring it down from the shelf, reminding me how much we love this game!
I've been playing it nonstop (on BGA) for the past few weeks! Really enjoyably curnchy game. I can't wait to dive into the expansions that i recently bought! Ill probably wait for you follow-up video before doing that.
Thanks for the teach and playthrough. I might try this out on BGA. Also, I love Saga! And that slide puzzle example was a good comparison for being kind of stuck not quite being able to do any of the actions you want.
good game guys!!! Brilliant ending.
Great to see your play though and review. I need to get this off my shelf of opportunity!
You should play it!!! :-)
As soon as the days get shorter! 😆 Since it’s mainly just my wife and I playing, I was glad to hear you enjoy it at 2P and that it looks more intimidating than it is (still getting my wife used to heavier games).
@@greghinzmann3171 Haha, I firmly believe we need a 28 hour day!
Nice comeback Monique 👍
This is the 4th playthrough I've seen from you two and I was wondering if Naveen was finally going to win 1, nope! 😄 Great job on this vid.
There was a point where I thought Naveen was going back in time just to hate-draft the Rescue Pods. I don't know if you had the resources to do that, but that seemed like a vital tech to keep away from Monique!
"Goldar" and "Get out of town!"/"I'm staying" got laughs from me. Thanks for the playthrough!
Haha that 1 point and 1 water tile Naveen passed on earlier, coulda been a contender.
Love this game. Once players know how to play it is so much easier to table. Such a fun puzzle
Yeah totally agree! Now that we've played it several times in a short period of time, I feel confident that 6-8 months from now we would be able to pull it off the shelf and be ready to go.
What an exciting and nailbiting playthrough with the usual excellent high quality videos you produce. It came through that you enjoyed it a lot. Looking forward to the Fractures of Time playthrough... and possibly other Mindclash Games? :)
Cool game! Im very interested in seeing the expansions.
Love this game. I consider the addition of Fractures of Time to be the true baseline for this game once you are familiar with the base game. I now also always include the Hypersync Future Actions module and the two tiny modules with just extra buildings.
I think you read my mind. For some reason I was looking into this game lately. Just all the stuff and the modules can make it seem a bit unapproachable. I'm comfortable with heavy games, so it makes me curious. It's just an investment in time to decide if worth it.
I love playing this game at higher player count for the reason you mentioned it is a tighter game which makes decision making and timing even more important and I don't remember it taking that long either it scales really well in my opinion (I have not tried any variables/expansions for this game)
Oh geez. I feel your pain Monique. On our couple plays of this game my wife has had the same problem where she is always like one something short of what she needs to do her plan and it kills her and makes me feel horrible. I think the having to pick your suits in the beginning and kind of plan out your entire turn can become mental gymnastics. Great playthrough
lmao Naveen getting feisty when he got that 2 anomalies roll.
"I hope you waste your exo suit."
"Are you sure you don't want the tile that kills your workers?"
I love this game so much... I have deluxified everything like acryllic workers, lots of printed tokens, fully painted, etc. The solo with the expansion is wonderful and how I usually play. I just have such a hard time getting it to the table because it takes up sooooo much space... A 4x6 table plus some TV trays... and needs a half hour to set up. That said, I have over 60 solo plays and 40 2-player
Oh I can't wait until I see you playing Anachrony with other modules. It is such a good game. Monique please also consider to try it solo with automa with other modules turned on. This mode would be awesome too.
Great game, and agree it is not as hard to play once you know what you can do and where and how to do it. The catch it borrowing from yourself, and to be great at this game you need to do it.
looking forward to your playthrough with Fractures.
This was my first KS I jumped into. As a Dr Who fan I was really interested in the whole time travel thing.
Thoroughly enjoyed the video, seriously thinking about picking up this game as a result.... 😅
Hope you can play it sometime soon! Love your UA-cam name btw lol!
played it once, a brain burner for sure.
So this comment is just for understanding the thematics of the evacuation action at the end of the game.
It's not that you are evacuating. Throughout the game you have been building up your Path and trying to be the best path to survive the impact. When the capital is hit after round 4, there are people there that need evacuating and the better your Path is when you send your worker, the more people (VP) you'll get to bring back home. If you are last, you get the -3 points, which is like you got there late and there are 3 less people for you.
Great play through! I think Monique forgot to increase her morale during the final round when she reclaimed her workers using water!
YAAAAAS been waiting for a BYP Anachrony playthrough since I first found the game!
I love me some Mindclash games. Hope you two get around to Cerebria at some point too.
Can't wait to see the Fractures of Time gameplay and tutorial
You don't need to reveal simultaneously how many exosuits you are powering. The rulebook says to do it in clockwise order, starting with the first player. So you can choose how many you're powering up based on what earlier players have done.
I love to see it and can't wait to see fractures. Anachrony is a great game but fractures is what really makes it into something insane.
As someone who has played this game a lot, I borrow much more aggressively during the warp phase, I place 2 warp tiles on most turns.
Not only does it give you more opportunities to time travel for points and the apparent benefit of having resources earlier, but I'll regularly warp in something with the specific intention to take an anomaly and pick up the warp tile without paying for it. This is a great way to get harder to get resources like a power core (by warping a mech) or neutronium, or specific resource or worker types for an evacuation condition.
The anomalies themselves tend not to be a concern as I usually find myself with a surplus of resources and workers at the end of the game with minimal avenues to convert them to victory points once the capital spaces are collapsed and full. So removing 2 or even 3 anomalies tends to be very achievable in the last round.
greatest game, past present and future ;)
Like what you did there 👍
Im about halfway through the playthrough. I love this game. I noticed, however, 2 things regarding the power up phase. 1) While you can do it simultaneously the rule is that suits are powered up in turn order.
2) More importantly. Unless i missed it You guys were not taking water for each hex you left empty after powering up.
Just saw you guys realized it in round 4. Lol.
Finished watching. Great game! I enjoyed the playthrough. Love a close finish.
I can't wait to see you play with Fractures of Time!
I think Monique got an extra 3 points because she got an extra neutronium from the trade action w/ the admin, but that doesn't let you take two trade actions, it just lets you trade with one more degree of separation.
Thanks for this! Agree completely with your review, it's a top 10 game for me, but just to add a few thoughts. Player count - it can be very fun at 4, if all players of roughly equal level and spirit to engage. Potential for good table talk about who is taking what; decision to evacuate becomes more important. At 4, the Guardians expansion loosens up the board and interesting decision about who will go for that strategy. Also, the factions can be used for handicapping (I believe). In my view, the "blue" and "green" factions are slightly easier so good for players needing more resources. I find the "red" faction to be difficult (so good job winning with them, Monique!). The solo mode is also fun - running the solo bot is a minigame in itself.
Hello guys, great playthrough and unpredictable ending! I might have missed it but where did you get those bits for the sources?
Anachrony for me is an evergreen game - I mostly play it on BGA but with all the modules and expansions I can see this being played well into retirement.
Altough Voidfall is competing for shelfspace and gametime...so good that I have passed on Perseverance and Trickerion.
Just got Cerebria - dammit Mindclash stop making so many great games!
The box is almost as big as your torso XD I wonder when I'd get my hands on the essentials edition
It's MASSIVE!!
You could just get Essential, miniatures, Classic Expansion (for Pioneers of New Earth) and Fractures of Time. As a owner of the Infinity Box, that right there gives a lot of variability and those two expansions are sooo good.
good game
I was going to ask who the 3rd player was, who was sitting between the two of you then I realized it was just that's the game box.
This is a great game. I’ll be interested to see your play with expansions, because it always feels to me that there’s enough going on in the game to not need anything else added.
By the way, this playthrough was like a view into our house. My wife spends the whole time saying how badly she’s doing then wins at the end. 😂
I played it once and I found this game quite simple to play. Monique is probably right thou I did quite well I think for my first game. I ended up with 56 VP while my friends were in the 30s.
Out of the two MC games I’ve played (Anachrony and Trickerion), I prefer Trickerion but still enjoyed Anachrony. Which one of the two do you rate higher?
You asked how many tiles on average I use to gain things from the future... two almost every time... but always at least 1.
Ahh interesting! Thank you for sharing!
When you take the Trader action and use the Administrator you don’t take the action twice. It just Allows you to take go further around the track in one action.
That’s not completely true. The rules says that you can choose 2 trade actions one after the other. Which means you can do 2 one step trade actions or you can go 2 steps on the trade graph. Either is correct.
Hi! Is there any chance for Trickerion + Dalsghaard's Academy? It's so little coverd on YT
We've done a base game video and plan on doing a Dalaghaard's Academy gameplay in the coming weeks/months-ish!
One warp tile almost every time. Sometimes zero. 😄
when did they add the klingon subtitles again? I thought they go rid of them like over a year ago because it was a lot of work?
This one is a crunch one, so we figured we'd make an exception. I (Naveen) am notorious for forgetting to pay for things in games... and i still lose lol 80% of the time! 😂
I freakin' hate time travel books, movies, and TV. I freakin' love this game!!!
I found very dumb that Mind clash games, don´t sell their infinite box as a all in one, or the Trickerion, like, why make it exclusive of your KS? If people want to get everything at once, why no put the option there to do it?
I do really like this game. It was a bit to learn, but once you do, it's pretty simple. I've played it maybe 20 times, and won every game but two - so I'm not bad. The last few times I played, I've kinda realized that the game feels a little too "on rails" for me. With a game this big, I want there to be more viable strategies than there are in base game, despite all the asymmetry and setup options. Also, I wish the value of the different action areas were more balanced. Construct is so dominant. Must be time to bust out some of the expansion content. Super bummed I missed out on the Voidfall campaign btw 😥
Wait till you start using some of the supplements...
Were you getting water for unpowered mech spots?
Yes, we missed one round though
I really, really love this game. Pioneers of the New Earth (the adventuring module) is an amazing module that adds a lot of options and a completely different path to focus on (focus on going a lot of adventures vs evacuation for example), also makes Research more valuable. If you like the game really, really try to get this module!
For me Fractures makes the game so much more complex that, while I see the beauty of the strategic depth, I didn’t find it that enjoyable. Granted, I played it only 2 times, need to give it more chance. Feels like another game, you will see!
It’s an amazing game, with so much replayability especially if you add all the modules, and somehow they managed to keep it balanced!!
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:) there are no klingon subtitles , yet
Hm.
I hate to be ruleshark but I'm not sure that this at 1:57:10 was legal move. How far back you can go is counted from current time, but you can remove Warp tile only if you change your focus:
*Page 13* of rules: "When the Power Plant is activated, the player may move his Focus marker onto any past Timeline tile no further in the past than the Power Plant’s range (measured from the current Era tile). Immediately after placing the Focus marker, the player can also send assets back through the Time Rift".
and
*Page 15* of rules: "The only time when you can remove a Warp tile from a past Timeline tile by returning the respective Resource is the moment you shift Focus to that tile".
Also, when powering up your Exosuits you don't hide the number, but go in player order (Page 8 of rules: "In a clockwise order starting with the First Player, each player...").
Hi there. Not sure which version of the rulebook you have our "Power Plant" section is on Page 16. Ours reads:
"Move your Focus marker onto any past Timeline tile no further to the left than the Power Plant’s range (measured from the current Era’s Timeline tile, Ranges are not cumulative). You may also choose to leave your Focus marker on the same past Timeline as long as it is in range of the Power Plant used. You may never end up with your Focus marker in the current Era after using a Power Plant."
So Monique's action to return her resource was legal as she is allowed to stay on the same tile as it's still in range of the current Era Timeline tile.
In regards to the Exosuits Power Up Phase, we elected to use the Note:
"To speed up the game, players can agree to power up their Exosuits simultaneously instead of turn order" - Pg 9 of our rulebook. We knew the recording session was going to be long so we agreed to play this way so we wouldn't add more AP time.
Hope that all made sense, let us know if you have any other questions or catch anything else!
I’ve tried again and again to get into this game (seems like the type of game I would really like), but every time I do I just become really bored.
GOLDAR REFERENCE!!!
Beware RODAK!
I think this one needs a play IRL - could not follow the theme or what you were doing most of the time (other than getting resources and spending them like most Euros).
I used to own the big box. But it was just too big of a game. I didn't like half the expansion modules. It takes up a huge space. Ultimately it's a very good game. But I played it 10 times and I didn't care if I played it again. 10 plays was enough. It's a pretty normal worker placement game where you have a big contract to aim for at the end of the game. As you go through the game you collect resources then spent then to gain exclusive worker placement spots. It is a huge price tag and size for a solid game. But I don't think the game warrants the price tag of the big box. So I sold and haven't felt I'm missing out.
Path of Salvation has always seemed underpowered compared to the rest
Always been on my list of "Must play!"s. Thanks for getting me closer. :)
Just need the time to game...
Do you have it/know someone that owns a copy?
@@BeforeYouPlay not yet, I'm usually the purchaser of the group but a return to school has left me short of time (and $) to keep up with the collection. ;(
I miss my nerdery!
The diamond in the Titanic movie was called the “Heart of the Ocean” 🧊🚢🥶😭
Anywho, thank you for this play through!! I have been wanting to try it on BGA 💜