I went back thru older videos and a this and knew it was a game that I wanted to add to my collection. I have it ordered and cannot wait for it to arrive and to play it. I really appreciate these run throughs. They really give me a feel for the game and a chance to see if they'd be a fit for myself and the group I normally game with. Thank you so much for the great work.
First let me say that I have watched a lot of "rahdo runs through" videos and I love them all. They are my goto source for learning game rules. I absolutely feel lost if I buy a game on impulse and find you have not yet done a run through. This is not usually a problem though as I typically use your videos to decide what games to buy. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks to you and to the sometimes visible Jen, "Hi Jen"! One thing I have noticed though is that Jen just has horrible horrible luck. I mean she never seems to be able to win "first player"! Jen, if I ever develop a board game I will make it a rule that the youngest female in the room goes first. :)
Love the sleeping beagle :) Mine is sleeping next to me as I watch this video and I'm sure she will be when I play the game after it comes in the mail tonight!
When I played it we interpreted the turn phases as options. Each turn you choose between which ONE of the 4 options you would do. Made every turn go very fast!
Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi is the song I think you're thinking of. Wikipedia doesn't make reference to Jimmy Buffet doing the song, but does list Counting Crowes doing a version. I've played it once and I like the game and am hopefully going to get when it's more available here. Nice to see it played as a two player. I played it as a four player and it was very easy to miss some of the effects because you had four suburbs to take into account. Looks like it plays much faster with two.
I've had this game on my list for a while now, but now that it's at my #1, and I can afford it, it's 'out of print' (4th print coming this month). So I've been watching these videos of the game being played...constantly. Can't wait. Good videos! I like the one for 'Among the Stars' too (well, all of them really), which I should be getting this week finally :)
Loved the review! It really helped me see how the rules flowed through the game. There's certainly a lot to remember for each player each turn, isn't there? I'm a little sorry that you didn't get the chance to demo the Investor tokens. Thanks for showing us the game!
I have ordered a copy of this game based on your playthrough, Richard. I have heard good things about the solo game, so I am hoping to give it a try that way if my daughter does not think the game is for her.
At 26 :28 I noticed you moved the tile to the lake. At this point in the game I have had to argue that upon resolution of adjacent tiles you do not get another $2 from the lake. I noticed that is how you played it. Is this correct?
You receive $2 for every tile adjacent to the Lake when the lake is placed. And you receive $2 every time any other tile is placed adjacent to the lake in latter turns (except for other Lake Tiles)
@@PauloRenato23 Thank you so much for your clarification. I must assume then that is the same with other tiles as well. I had a terrible experience playing this game because of some of the vagueness of the rules about step 5 of tile resolution of conditional effects of non adjacent tiles. ie: receiving payment each turn based on the resolution of non adjacent tiles each turn. I have vowed to never play this game again until I can find absolute clarification on this.
@@walterdreedjr it's safer for you to go over to BGG and see if in the Rules forums of the game someone already asked the questions you want to clarify and if no one did ask them there and someone will reply to you :)
Sorry for the old view. 6:54 When you activated the heavy factory why did you not get -1 reputation for the heavy factory being next to the (civic) community park?
At 11:55 you take your reputation back to -2, the rules state that "If Population gets to 0, any additional movements backwards cost $1 per Population. If the player cannot pay this fee, nothing happens to the player...he just stays on the 0 spot." It is only income that will go back to a maximum of -5.
but it was my reputation that went into the negatives, which is allowed by the rules... rep can go down to -5, which in turn reduces my population (which as you say can't go below zero). that happens at 13:23
***** Awww. Damn those language conversions on EU games! Lol. Well that is handy to know that although the population cannot go below 0, the reputation can. I will have to have a play though again. Which I might do tonight. I've played the Solo Game #1 a few times, and struggled with the Bot one. But I can't ever seem to get a score higher than 60 i think. The rules have not been very forgiving either.
would this be a good game to play with my non-gamer wife? i am looking for a new game to play with her and not sure what to get! i got dominion and she likes to play that, but dominion is not that hard to pick up.
i would say this is pretty easy to pick up, yeah. everything makes intuitive themeatic sense, and all the information is public knowledge, so if she has questions, she can ask you without revealing secret information (well, everyone does have secret goals, but those are very simple, and you could play without them for the first game if you want). so if she's interested in the subject matter, this could be a good choice
ah those are expansions, not different versions. i've done runthrough videos for both of them, just do a search for rahdo suburbia inc and rahdo suburbia 5 :)
I bought it last year, when it was pretty widely available :) checking boardgameprices.com shows that boards&bits and startlit citadel has copies though...
in a 'rundown' they're in the final minutes of the main video (like the last 3 minutes in this case). this is how i filmed everything for the fire few years of the channel :)
I know this is a tall order, but I would have loved to see the roads and stuff actually connect between tiles...cause really it just looks like you are building statistics or demographics, and not really an acutall city...Looks like a really fun game though still. Great Runthrough.
While the runthroughs are decent demonstrations of how the game can be, sometimes you make ridiculous moves that makes little sense other than "what the heck, let's do it because it's cool."
i felt the downside to this game is there are too many things to keep track as the game progress... and that is why it is better as an digital game than a board game ....
blah well, it is a fair point. the game really should have come 3d markers of some sort that draws the eye so that you can easily scan the table to take note of tiles that need to be considered. not really a problem with 2, but with more i can see it being an issue...
***** I guess I never really had a problem with that, either way I find it much more satisfying to build with the tangible pieces and doing the math rather than letting the app do it for me... also the digital game can have bugs and crashes with every update... and who wants to deal with that 99% of the time board games > app versions, at least that's my opinion.
I just got little cubes of 2 colors. I use one color for tiles that depend on my tiles ($2 for each of your grey tiles), and another color for tiles that depend on everybody's tiles. www.thegamecrafter.com/parts/ice-cube-8mm-transparent-clear?dept_uri=game-pieces&dept_name=Game%20Pieces
omg , ur video good , but why so many mistake lol , everytime u note it or i saw it i just : what lol ! again !? the game stil continue lol ..... but stil , i like ur video , nice
This game has quite a bit of interaction with other players. Many tiles have effects based not on *your* borough, but in all boroughs. This utterly necessitates paying attention and responding to your opponents' boards in order to play with maximum effectiveness.
I'm about 20 mins in and you still haven't said why more population is bad... so far it's been "get population... get money" but you keep saying more population than income is bad... will this be addressed later?
+Garrett Stewart (GretSeat) Every time your population passes one of the red lines on the scorecard you lose 1 reputation and 1 income a turn. If you shoot your population up too quickly you could actually start losing money each turn.
"-Very Dangerous! I don't know if she's playing smart! Anyhow, what the heck!?!"
You slay me Rahdo. Divine comedy, indeed.
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I went back thru older videos and a this and knew it was a game that I wanted to add to my collection. I have it ordered and cannot wait for it to arrive and to play it.
I really appreciate these run throughs. They really give me a feel for the game and a chance to see if they'd be a fit for myself and the group I normally game with.
Thank you so much for the great work.
Thank you for this review Rahdo, you made me buy this game and not regret it. Your runthroughs are excellent.
Thanks for the runthrough, ordered my copy after watching this video. Keep up the great work.
First let me say that I have watched a lot of "rahdo runs through" videos and I love them all. They are my goto source for learning game rules. I absolutely feel lost if I buy a game on impulse and find you have not yet done a run through. This is not usually a problem though as I typically use your videos to decide what games to buy. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks to you and to the sometimes visible Jen, "Hi Jen"!
One thing I have noticed though is that Jen just has horrible horrible luck. I mean she never seems to be able to win "first player"! Jen, if I ever develop a board game I will make it a rule that the youngest female in the room goes first. :)
You guys get so into games with storytelling, I love that!
Again, Rahdo to the rescue. I just wasn't getting the flow of the game from the rulebook... I come here, and now I gets it. Thanks again!
Looks like everyone goes to work in Rahdoville but goes home to Jensburg.
Love the sleeping beagle :) Mine is sleeping next to me as I watch this video and I'm sure she will be when I play the game after it comes in the mail tonight!
When I played it we interpreted the turn phases as options. Each turn you choose between which ONE of the 4 options you would do. Made every turn go very fast!
Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi is the song I think you're thinking of. Wikipedia doesn't make reference to Jimmy Buffet doing the song, but does list Counting Crowes doing a version.
I've played it once and I like the game and am hopefully going to get when it's more available here. Nice to see it played as a two player. I played it as a four player and it was very easy to miss some of the effects because you had four suburbs to take into account. Looks like it plays much faster with two.
Another great review...this game looks amazing! Keep up the good work!
excellent video. got this for x-mas and am playing it tomorrow
thank you for your nice video ! you have a pleasent way of talking, it is easy to stay focussed
I've had this game on my list for a while now, but now that it's at my #1, and I can afford it, it's 'out of print' (4th print coming this month). So I've been watching these videos of the game being played...constantly. Can't wait. Good videos! I like the one for 'Among the Stars' too (well, all of them really), which I should be getting this week finally :)
I think you just sold me on this one! Looks really fun.
Loved the review! It really helped me see how the rules flowed through the game. There's certainly a lot to remember for each player each turn, isn't there? I'm a little sorry that you didn't get the chance to demo the Investor tokens. Thanks for showing us the game!
I have ordered a copy of this game based on your playthrough, Richard. I have heard good things about the solo game, so I am hoping to give it a try that way if my daughter does not think the game is for her.
I love your Beagles.
I think at the time I was misunderstanding the rules, I pictured a tiles effect applying each time the tile was activated. :)
You sound uncannily like Jeff Goldblum. It is making the video so much more entertaining :)
Just ordered it going to get it tommorow
that -1 is applied as part of the basic setup of the game :)
At 26 :28 I noticed you moved the tile to the lake. At this point in the game I have had to argue that upon resolution of adjacent tiles you do not get another $2 from the lake. I noticed that is how you played it. Is this correct?
You receive $2 for every tile adjacent to the Lake when the lake is placed. And you receive $2 every time any other tile is placed adjacent to the lake in latter turns (except for other Lake Tiles)
@@PauloRenato23 Thank you so much for your clarification. I must assume then that is the same with other tiles as well. I had a terrible experience playing this game because of some of the vagueness of the rules about step 5 of tile resolution of conditional effects of non adjacent tiles. ie: receiving payment each turn based on the resolution of non adjacent tiles each turn. I have vowed to never play this game again until I can find absolute clarification on this.
@@walterdreedjr it's safer for you to go over to BGG and see if in the Rules forums of the game someone already asked the questions you want to clarify and if no one did ask them there and someone will reply to you :)
Sorry for the old view. 6:54 When you activated the heavy factory why did you not get -1 reputation for the heavy factory being next to the (civic) community park?
At 11:55 you take your reputation back to -2, the rules state that "If Population gets to 0, any additional movements backwards cost $1 per Population.
If the player cannot pay this fee, nothing happens to the player...he just stays on the 0 spot." It is only income that will go back to a maximum of -5.
but it was my reputation that went into the negatives, which is allowed by the rules... rep can go down to -5, which in turn reduces my population (which as you say can't go below zero). that happens at 13:23
***** Awww. Damn those language conversions on EU games! Lol. Well that is handy to know that although the population cannot go below 0, the reputation can. I will have to have a play though again. Which I might do tonight. I've played the Solo Game #1 a few times, and struggled with the Bot one. But I can't ever seem to get a score higher than 60 i think. The rules have not been very forgiving either.
My wife and I recently started playing this, and a question I have is, does every tile in your suburb re-trigger every turn? Thank you.
every tile can retrigger if a new event happens that causes it to trigger
This definitely looks like a game you want to get money first, then population later. Looks like a fantastically fun game.
What's it like Solo?
would this be a good game to play with my non-gamer wife? i am looking for a new game to play with her and not sure what to get! i got dominion and she likes to play that, but dominion is not that hard to pick up.
i would say this is pretty easy to pick up, yeah. everything makes intuitive themeatic sense, and all the information is public knowledge, so if she has questions, she can ask you without revealing secret information (well, everyone does have secret goals, but those are very simple, and you could play without them for the first game if you want). so if she's interested in the subject matter, this could be a good choice
I like this one for quick to pick up.
www.cryptozoic.com/games/epic-spell-wars-battle-wizards-duel-mt-skullzfyre
I notice there are different versions of Suburbia out now. Which would you recommend for 3-4 players?
i didn't know there were different versions...
Suburbia Inc:
www.amazon.com/Bezier-Games-BEZ01323-Suburbia-Inc/dp/B00FL7T4OU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1472874665&sr=8-3&keywords=suburbia
Suburbia 5 Star:
www.amazon.com/Bezier-Games-SUB5BEZ-Suburbia-Star/dp/B00ZAJTNKO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1472874719&sr=8-4&keywords=suburbia
ah those are expansions, not different versions. i've done runthrough videos for both of them, just do a search for rahdo suburbia inc and rahdo suburbia 5 :)
Thanks again!
Where did you buy this game? I can't seem to find it anywhere in stock.
I bought it last year, when it was pretty widely available :) checking boardgameprices.com shows that boards&bits and startlit citadel has copies though...
Way too much bookkeeping, especially later on in the game. I would definitely play an iOS version of this game, though.
Played it for the first time last week, and the book keeping took no time at all and was very intuitive and easy.
It's out on ios in case you didnt know it
After as you build Stadium you don't take 2$ from lake
at 43:01, Jen should get $2 in cash because of the building put down next to her lake...
it was already noted at 42:25
What happened to the final thoughts?
in a 'rundown' they're in the final minutes of the main video (like the last 3 minutes in this case). this is how i filmed everything for the fire few years of the channel :)
I know this is a tall order, but I would have loved to see the roads and stuff actually connect between tiles...cause really it just looks like you are building statistics or demographics, and not really an acutall city...Looks like a really fun game though still. Great Runthrough.
+trickykid3000 The roads do connect they are just obstructed by the colored borders
While the runthroughs are decent demonstrations of how the game can be, sometimes you make ridiculous moves that makes little sense other than "what the heck, let's do it because it's cool."
well, ususally it's to demonstrate some element of the game that hasn't come up yet, which is also to be cool :)
17:00 you forgot to take 1 buck from restaurant tile
It was already noted... When watching a Rahdo video, please turn on the Klingon subtitles to see where Richard goofs up… Thanks :)
@@PauloRenato23 oh, my bad! But Klingon is hard ;)
Ahh! what happens next? Who Won?
I guess this was before you started doing extended play videos
when in doubt, assume jen won (both in real life, and when i'm emulating her in video) :)
something wrong with your video? It abruptly ends before you finish your final thoughts =/
i felt the downside to this game is there are too many things to keep track as the game progress... and that is why it is better as an digital game than a board game ....
False.
blah well, it is a fair point. the game really should have come 3d markers of some sort that draws the eye so that you can easily scan the table to take note of tiles that need to be considered. not really a problem with 2, but with more i can see it being an issue...
***** I guess I never really had a problem with that, either way I find it much more satisfying to build with the tangible pieces and doing the math rather than letting the app do it for me... also the digital game can have bugs and crashes with every update... and who wants to deal with that 99% of the time board games > app versions, at least that's my opinion.
blah agreed there :)
I just got little cubes of 2 colors. I use one color for tiles that depend on my tiles ($2 for each of your grey tiles), and another color for tiles that depend on everybody's tiles.
www.thegamecrafter.com/parts/ice-cube-8mm-transparent-clear?dept_uri=game-pieces&dept_name=Game%20Pieces
omg , ur video good , but why so many mistake lol , everytime u note it or i saw it i just : what lol ! again !? the game stil continue lol .....
but stil , i like ur video , nice
I think this game lacks interaction with the other players.
This game has quite a bit of interaction with other players. Many tiles have effects based not on *your* borough, but in all boroughs. This utterly necessitates paying attention and responding to your opponents' boards in order to play with maximum effectiveness.
I'm about 20 mins in and you still haven't said why more population is bad... so far it's been "get population... get money" but you keep saying more population than income is bad... will this be addressed later?
+Garrett Stewart (GretSeat) Every time your population passes one of the red lines on the scorecard you lose 1 reputation and 1 income a turn. If you shoot your population up too quickly you could actually start losing money each turn.
+Aaron Dean it was explained about 2 mins after the mark I was at :(
Should not film on glass tables :)
It's interesting as a background (especially the pup) but it's also distracting and it seems to cause lots of focus issues.