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These are fantastic walk throughs. I feel like I really know what I should be doing and how to get through what looks like a pretty complicated game, but fun!
Great run-through. I would have never even thought of getting energy tokens for my first growth/presence. It certainly helped me understand how powerful that is. I LOVE this game and I haven't even scratched the surface adding Adversaries or the expansion that I have already.
Glad the playthrough has been helpful! I 100% agree, I LOVE this game and am in the same boat as you. I haven't added Adversaries, or even more complicated Spirits!! Thanks for watching and enjoy the game!
It's great that the designer checked in with you after your video! I'm watching this series again because I'm actively hunting a copy of Spirit Island now.
Thank you so much for your great videos! I find it an complex game and this is so helpfully. Also the setup video was really great, i am slowly understanding the mechanics.👍
Love the video, thank you again! Finally got a copy of this and your videos have helped get acquainted, it's fairly beastly. Might be my favorite coop game...ever
Ooooohhhhhh, I already see one thing I did wrong. I completely missed that the actions are typically in the same region thingy. So if the card reads to do 2 damage, that can't be one in two regions, only two in one. Thanks again!
The puzzles in this game seem awesome! Reminds me a little of Mage Knight. Thank you for all the hard work in filming this playthroughs, it really shows how much effort it took to clearly show the appropriate part of the board at the right time. I really enjoy your Runebound playthrough and now I'm hooked with the next thing you'll share. Greetings from Argentina!
Juan, thanks for commenting! Although I am still ashamed to say I have yet to learn Mage Knight, Michael Bacon suggested the same thing about this game! Glad you are enjoying Runebound (I LOVE that one to ha!) and thanks so much for watching!!
@@OneStopCoopShop So... after the last A-W-E-S-O-M-E playthroughs you recently uploaded, whats your take on this? Also I´m so glad I somehow contributed to pushing you towards Mage Knight! :)
When you flip an explore card and then put it in the Build space (as you are taking an Explore action), I imagine you are probably confusing the heck out of new people trying to learn the game. I would recommend doing what the rules state -- flip an explore card and then place it face up on the explore space. And don't move the cards down the row left until the game tells you to.
Great play-through! I recognised your voice from the Sword and Sorcery play-through, as well as the Gaia Project play-through, which I watched over a year ago! Decided to subscribe, since I'll probably check your channel for tutorials/setups often, now that I'm into boardgames again 😂 thank you!
YES!! I hope you two enjoy it, it is such a wonderful game! Just be ready for your first game to be long, there are a lot of things you need to remember, but after the 2nd game it will flow nicely! Thanks for watching!
Awesome game. Did go by slowly (mad worse by the fact it was solo as my wife felt sick) but I could easily see this becoming my favourite cooperative game. Quick question, do your cities stand right after taking 1 damage and laying on their side? How they show in the rulebook doesn't work for mine, they tip over more than it shows them doing.
I know this video is half a year old, but I do have a question on the card played at 16:05. Wasn't it better in that particular situation to replace the town with an explorer instead of replacing city with town? Both effectively reduce the damage by 1, but having two towns means that next time they are building in that region they would build a city regaining 3 damage. If you'd leave one city and one town behind they would have to build a town which is only 2 damage. Am I missing something here?
Hmmm I would have to re-watch to determine strategy, but my guess is you are right I was just eliminating the city which is harder to destroy as it takes 3 damage. Thanks for watching!!
At approx 26:50 when you use the Favors Called Due, the 'gather' was used, I think this may have been done incorrectly. You 'pushed' the Dahan from sand where you had presence into the jungle space, wouldn't you need to pull them toward from 1 space away of your presence into that space instead?
One Stop Co-op Shop I think you did it right. You targeted the land 1 space away from your presence, then used gather to pull 3 Dayan into that land. It just looked like a push since you gathered all 3 from the same land.
The way that he plays is correct. He chose a location within one space of his presence. That is the location that the card affects. This is the location that gathers/ pulls the Dahan into it.
I keep seeing great deals on Runebound 2nd edition, sometimes with expansions. So hard to resist, but I think I wouldn't actually like it very much. Every edition of the game seems fairly random, and I can't tell which edition I'd prefer, even if they weren't too random for me. GAH. NEED TO STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO RUNEBOUND! ;)
HAHAHAHA You know it is funny you should say that! You suggested to me Shadows of Malice, and I just got my copy and it appears that one is pretty random and you like it right? So you MAY actually like Runebound! And with the Unbreakable Bonds expansion. . . I will leave it there. Good luck resisting. I knew I couldn't!
Yes, that's very confusing. That's actually part of why I'm resisting - Shadows of Malice seems like the only game I want to be in that genre-slot -- the random epic storytelling RPG thing. (Gloom of Kilforth is the non-epic version of that for me.) I'd get rid of all of these if I could find something that made the game into a puzzle that created a similar story. I may eventually get rid of all of them for the randomness reason - I think it removes longevity/replayability for me.
Hoping you can answer my questions 😊 Can we repeat a growth option in the next turn? Can we reuse a power card after reclaiming? I also got major power "Poisoned Land" when it asks to put a blight and destroy all natives. Are the power cards supposed to be friendly bec why would I put a blight if it might be the reason for me to lose? 😅
It has been a long time since I played, so I am going to defer your questions over to BGG. You can ask there and people will help you out! I am pretty certain you can do a growth option every turn. Once you reclaim your cards they are all available to you. Poisoned Land must have a great effect, but it also hurts you since you are blighting the land! Make sure it is worth it!
1) You can use the same growth option in the next turn. 2) You discard a card once it has been used in the fast or slow phase of the game. You can only reclaim one in the spirit phase. Therefore you cannot reclaim one card until the start of the next spirit phase. 3) 'poisoned land' gives 7 damage. This is huge. This might be the card that destroys the last city and 2 villages (probably winning you the game). Don't be scared to add blight sometimes (unless you instantly lose the game of course). Consider if the targeted location will have blight added to it soon anyway (if nothing is done)? Also, if there's no Dahan in the location, no Dahan get destroyed!
A big mistake here. When you do the *Explore*, You turn the card and put it on *Top* of the drawing deck. You DO NOT move it. At the *End* of the invasion phase, you *THEN* move the cards on the left. Therefore, your mountain card was suppose to go to the *Build phase* at the *End* of the invarders phase. (So no building on the first round, because the spot is empty). It's on the second round that the building is starting.
If you look at the book, it does say *Turn the top card of the invader Deck *face-up* (You must put it on the space marked *Explore*, which is the top of the deck itself). There's no mention of sliding it right away and no mention of building on 1st turn (where did you see this?) . (It does say to Look at the invader Card in the build action, which there isn't on the 1st turn, because we slide the cards only at the end of the invader's phase)
Got what you are saying! I am in the midst of moving so I would suggest asking this on BGG as this is how I saw others playing the game as well. If this is the case, the beginning of the game won't be as hard!
With gather, you pick a location and move adjacent things into that location. With push, you pick a location and move things out of that location. In both cases, the card will specify what types of units it can affect.
When using your action card Guard the Healing it has two actions but can I use one action for one land and another action in another. Thanks in advance😎
10 minutes in and I still don't understand a thing of what happens. I need to go back to the setup video I think because I have no clue of what is the goal of the game. Damn, I'm so slow... Not sure this is a game for me.
Sorry Franck! So the goal I talk about in the setup video, but let me explain. The goal (which can change) is to eliminate all of the invaders on the land. That is nearly impossible, BUT if we create enough fear, the goal becomes easier. After we have created 24 fear (3 fear cards) we change the "to win" objective by only needing to eliminate the Cities and Towns. If we generate another 24 fear, we only will need to eliminate the Cities. If we generate ANOTHER 24 fear, we automatically win! So depending upon your strategy, you can win in different ways. That is why it may be difficult to follow at first. As you watch though it will start to make sense I think.
Yeah the gameplay is wonderful ones this game. Trying to manage elements, abilities, presence, power generation etc. creates a wonderful puzzle to solve! Plus the fact you know what the invaders will do except when it comes to exploring is worth it. Love the predictable randomness!!
Just discovered this tutorial. This fellow is a very good gamesplainer. He’s thorough and easy to listen to. An instant subscribe for future game tutorials.
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
These are fantastic walk throughs. I feel like I really know what I should be doing and how to get through what looks like a pretty complicated game, but fun!
It is a good one! One of my all time favorite games
The two spirits seem to play very differently. Thanks for choosing ones with distinct play styles and complimentary strengths and weaknesses.
You are exactly right pay of the reason they work so well together! Thanks for watching!!
Your rules explanation and run through is very clear and helpful to learn the rules :D great job!! subscribed!
Thanks so much for the kind words and for subscribing! Welcome to the channel!
Glad to see you continue to be active. You do a fantastic job explaining and editing!!
Thanks for watching!!
Great run-through. I would have never even thought of getting energy tokens for my first growth/presence. It certainly helped me understand how powerful that is. I LOVE this game and I haven't even scratched the surface adding Adversaries or the expansion that I have already.
Glad the playthrough has been helpful! I 100% agree, I LOVE this game and am in the same boat as you. I haven't added Adversaries, or even more complicated Spirits!! Thanks for watching and enjoy the game!
It's great that the designer checked in with you after your video! I'm watching this series again because I'm actively hunting a copy of Spirit Island now.
I hope you find a copy, it is worth it!! Thanks for watching!
One Stop Co-op Shop Amazon had it today, and I got a copy. Should be here in a week or so. Gotta find all the extras now tho... :(
Thank you so much for your great videos! I find it an complex game and this is so helpfully. Also the setup video was really great, i am slowly understanding the mechanics.👍
Glad to help!!
Love your enthusiasm.
Thanks! This game really gets my blood going!
Great video! I found this so helpful. Instant subscribe for me. Can’t wait to watch more of your content. Cheers.
Well that is awesome thanks so much for watching and subbing!
Love the video, thank you again! Finally got a copy of this and your videos have helped get acquainted, it's fairly beastly. Might be my favorite coop game...ever
Couldn't agree more, this game is AMAZING!!
Ooooohhhhhh, I already see one thing I did wrong. I completely missed that the actions are typically in the same region thingy. So if the card reads to do 2 damage, that can't be one in two regions, only two in one. Thanks again!
Yeah that also includes powers! That is something I did wrong ones this playthrough!
The puzzles in this game seem awesome! Reminds me a little of Mage Knight. Thank you for all the hard work in filming this playthroughs, it really shows how much effort it took to clearly show the appropriate part of the board at the right time. I really enjoy your Runebound playthrough and now I'm hooked with the next thing you'll share. Greetings from Argentina!
Juan, thanks for commenting! Although I am still ashamed to say I have yet to learn Mage Knight, Michael Bacon suggested the same thing about this game! Glad you are enjoying Runebound (I LOVE that one to ha!) and thanks so much for watching!!
One Stop Co-op Shop There is no shame in that! Maybe we'll some time watch a MK playthrough from you :)
I am hoping so once I finally pull it out and play it! Looks to be a great game!! :)
Mage knight is amazing. Sell Spirit island and buy Mage Knight
@@OneStopCoopShop So... after the last A-W-E-S-O-M-E playthroughs you recently uploaded, whats your take on this? Also I´m so glad I somehow contributed to pushing you towards Mage Knight! :)
When you flip an explore card and then put it in the Build space (as you are taking an Explore action), I imagine you are probably confusing the heck out of new people trying to learn the game. I would recommend doing what the rules state -- flip an explore card and then place it face up on the explore space. And don't move the cards down the row left until the game tells you to.
Totally get it. This just made sense to me! 😀 love how we all think differently. If i didn't do this I would have forgotten to move them.
Great playthrough as always! How did I miss this game for so long? I just played my first game yesterday and I instantly fell in love with it!
I am so glad you found it!!! This is a gem of a game and I hope you continue to enjoy it!
@@OneStopCoopShop early signs indicate this to be a potential top-3 game of all time!
Great play-through! I recognised your voice from the Sword and Sorcery play-through, as well as the Gaia Project play-through, which I watched over a year ago! Decided to subscribe, since I'll probably check your channel for tutorials/setups often, now that I'm into boardgames again 😂 thank you!
Haha! Heck yes thanks so much for watching!!
Thank you for the video. I think this one is a "try before I buy" for me
I love this one!!
These vids were great for helping me learn the game, thanks!
Awesome glad they helped!!
I've had this game for months and haven't played yet... SHAME..... SHAME..... SHAME.....
Thanks for this playthrough Colin! :)
SHAAAMMMMEEEE! :) You really need to get this one out, you will not regret it!
Man, get it out and play it. This game is awesome.
The video is awesome! I do struggle when I try to play solo so I enjoyed your tips and explanations. Subbed subbed
Was just about to sit down and learn the game with my wife, will be a lot easier having this one out to guide me now
YES!! I hope you two enjoy it, it is such a wonderful game! Just be ready for your first game to be long, there are a lot of things you need to remember, but after the 2nd game it will flow nicely! Thanks for watching!
Awesome game. Did go by slowly (mad worse by the fact it was solo as my wife felt sick) but I could easily see this becoming my favourite cooperative game.
Quick question, do your cities stand right after taking 1 damage and laying on their side? How they show in the rulebook doesn't work for mine, they tip over more than it shows them doing.
Ha, mine do not either, I think later in the playthrough you will see I struggle with it!! Glad you liked the game, it really is a beautiful puzzle!
I know this video is half a year old, but I do have a question on the card played at 16:05. Wasn't it better in that particular situation to replace the town with an explorer instead of replacing city with town? Both effectively reduce the damage by 1, but having two towns means that next time they are building in that region they would build a city regaining 3 damage. If you'd leave one city and one town behind they would have to build a town which is only 2 damage. Am I missing something here?
Hmmm I would have to re-watch to determine strategy, but my guess is you are right I was just eliminating the city which is harder to destroy as it takes 3 damage. Thanks for watching!!
The top to top is harder as there is 8 coastal lands compared to 6 on bottom to bottom
Thanks for that!
At approx 26:50 when you use the Favors Called Due, the 'gather' was used, I think this may have been done incorrectly. You 'pushed' the Dahan from sand where you had presence into the jungle space, wouldn't you need to pull them toward from 1 space away of your presence into that space instead?
I am pretty sure you are right - what is important is gather you pull towards presence and push you push away!
One Stop Co-op Shop I think you did it right. You targeted the land 1 space away from your presence, then used gather to pull 3 Dayan into that land. It just looked like a push since you gathered all 3 from the same land.
Is there anymore clarification on this? I couldn’t find anything on BGG about it. Seems like it could be interpreted either way.
The way that he plays is correct. He chose a location within one space of his presence. That is the location that the card affects. This is the location that gathers/ pulls the Dahan into it.
Adrian Hill Thanks, Adrian!
Yeah as you suspected, I'll be looking to get this.
Glad I was right on this one!!! You resisted Runebound, wasn't sure you could on this one!
I keep seeing great deals on Runebound 2nd edition, sometimes with expansions. So hard to resist, but I think I wouldn't actually like it very much. Every edition of the game seems fairly random, and I can't tell which edition I'd prefer, even if they weren't too random for me. GAH. NEED TO STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO RUNEBOUND! ;)
HAHAHAHA You know it is funny you should say that! You suggested to me Shadows of Malice, and I just got my copy and it appears that one is pretty random and you like it right? So you MAY actually like Runebound! And with the Unbreakable Bonds expansion. . . I will leave it there. Good luck resisting. I knew I couldn't!
Yes, that's very confusing. That's actually part of why I'm resisting - Shadows of Malice seems like the only game I want to be in that genre-slot -- the random epic storytelling RPG thing. (Gloom of Kilforth is the non-epic version of that for me.) I'd get rid of all of these if I could find something that made the game into a puzzle that created a similar story. I may eventually get rid of all of them for the randomness reason - I think it removes longevity/replayability for me.
Totally makes sense, still I am excited to delve into Shadows, so thank you for the suggestion!
Hoping you can answer my questions 😊
Can we repeat a growth option in the next turn?
Can we reuse a power card after reclaiming?
I also got major power "Poisoned Land" when it asks to put a blight and destroy all natives. Are the power cards supposed to be friendly bec why would I put a blight if it might be the reason for me to lose? 😅
It has been a long time since I played, so I am going to defer your questions over to BGG. You can ask there and people will help you out! I am pretty certain you can do a growth option every turn. Once you reclaim your cards they are all available to you. Poisoned Land must have a great effect, but it also hurts you since you are blighting the land! Make sure it is worth it!
1) You can use the same growth option in the next turn.
2) You discard a card once it has been used in the fast or slow phase of the game. You can only reclaim one in the spirit phase. Therefore you cannot reclaim one card until the start of the next spirit phase.
3) 'poisoned land' gives 7 damage. This is huge. This might be the card that destroys the last city and 2 villages (probably winning you the game). Don't be scared to add blight sometimes (unless you instantly lose the game of course). Consider if the targeted location will have blight added to it soon anyway (if nothing is done)? Also, if there's no Dahan in the location, no Dahan get destroyed!
@@adrianhill3797 thank you Adrian for the help ❤
A big mistake here. When you do the *Explore*, You turn the card and put it on *Top* of the drawing deck. You DO NOT move it. At the *End* of the invasion phase, you *THEN* move the cards on the left. Therefore, your mountain card was suppose to go to the *Build phase* at the *End* of the invarders phase. (So no building on the first round, because the spot is empty). It's on the second round that the building is starting.
nope first round there is a build.
If you look at the book, it does say *Turn the top card of the invader Deck *face-up* (You must put it on the space marked *Explore*, which is the top of the deck itself). There's no mention of sliding it right away and no mention of building on 1st turn (where did you see this?) . (It does say to Look at the invader Card in the build action, which there isn't on the 1st turn, because we slide the cards only at the end of the invader's phase)
Got what you are saying! I am in the midst of moving so I would suggest asking this on BGG as this is how I saw others playing the game as well. If this is the case, the beginning of the game won't be as hard!
I will let you know. Thank you and keep up the good work.
Thanks man I appreciate it!!
Love this game to death but it's too damn expensive.
which the different between "push"and "gather"??? both of them move dakan or invaders????
With gather, you pick a location and move adjacent things into that location. With push, you pick a location and move things out of that location. In both cases, the card will specify what types of units it can affect.
Here is the explanation of the reason why "bottom to bottom" is recommended for an easier game: querki.net/u/darker/spirit-island-faq/#!2-player+games
SWEET! Going to read that now!
Me after setting up the game
Sleeps...
Good luck!
When using your action card Guard the Healing it has two actions but can I use one action for one land and another action in another. Thanks in advance😎
All actions must be in the same land from one card! I did this wrong in the playthrough and have subtitles thanks!!
10 minutes in and I still don't understand a thing of what happens. I need to go back to the setup video I think because I have no clue of what is the goal of the game. Damn, I'm so slow... Not sure this is a game for me.
Sorry Franck! So the goal I talk about in the setup video, but let me explain. The goal (which can change) is to eliminate all of the invaders on the land. That is nearly impossible, BUT if we create enough fear, the goal becomes easier. After we have created 24 fear (3 fear cards) we change the "to win" objective by only needing to eliminate the Cities and Towns. If we generate another 24 fear, we only will need to eliminate the Cities. If we generate ANOTHER 24 fear, we automatically win! So depending upon your strategy, you can win in different ways. That is why it may be difficult to follow at first. As you watch though it will start to make sense I think.
Yeah the gameplay is wonderful ones this game. Trying to manage elements, abilities, presence, power generation etc. creates a wonderful puzzle to solve! Plus the fact you know what the invaders will do except when it comes to exploring is worth it. Love the predictable randomness!!