This game looks gorgeous. I can't wait to get a copy and play. I am ridiculously impressed with the attention to detail it took to develop this game. Well done Jamey! And well done Rodney for the great walk through!
You clearly spend a lot of time organizing things on this YT channel and it is much appreciated. Watched your Descent 2nd Edition playlist today and learned several things I was doing wrong. Keep up the awesome work!
Wow... this is a no brainer for us at home. I will play that during the holiday season with our daughter for sure ! It just look so cool and friendly. Congrats to Jamey and his team and thank you Rodney for that gorgeous tutorial video.
You're too kind. Glad you enjoyed. I hope you get to enjoy many fun adventures with the family over the holidays! I'm planning to play this with my family too.
As always peerless quality on the how to play videos. I teach probably 20+ games as an organizer in our local board game community and these are the only videos I’d feel comfortable teaching from. Also I really like your thumbnail art. My channel is new and it’s one of my next items on the “to-do” list.
Thanks as always for your thorough run throughout! I love and appreciate the time and effort you put in to allowing the rest of us amateurs play some of these more in depth games. My mom, brother and I (all adults) just finished playing our first two games and I am definitely a fan! May be a little too much for more entry level players, like my mom. She complained that there was just too much for her to think about and try to do, but that was part of the fun for me.
I hadn't heard of this game until I saw this video, actually. Now it's very much in my radar :) Been wanting to get a Legacy game for a while, but they all seem to have a bigger/play often commitment, and are more about reaching a definite goal and being done with it, and feature very progressive and destructive mechanics, so I'm glad we are finally seeing some that are more about the journey towards a unique copy of the game that can be forever played, than a one off campaign. The reset box is also an incredibly smart idea, not only lets you restart the whole thing without buying a full new copy of the game, but it seems like it could also allow you to at the end own 2 unique playing versions of the same game!
What I'm really liking from what we're seeing in this video is how it looks like it's built off of very familiar structures - Simple worker placement, with the roundless soft-block of bumping and place or withdraw as the core gameplay, and building new buildings that anyone can use ala Lords of Waterdeep or (I think) Caylus, but in slow motion, over the course of many games rather than just immediately. I could see that working really well for this style of constructive legacy going forward - The players are working together to build a castle according to the theme? Make the castle building the campaign, rather than making a new castle each game, as long as the game feels complete - that there's enough progress to feel like you've Done Something - on a session by session basis. Which, in turn, should give the game a suitably epic scale associated with... Building a town from the ground up.
Thank you SO much for such an easy-to-follow, straight-forward explanation. You even answered my main question about the game in less than 2 minutes of the video...BONUS!! ^_-
Oh, believe me, this was entirely the work of fantastic volunteers - I was happy to add their fine efforts to the video. Keep up the great reviews Dan!
very cool...we got this one sale months ago but wanted to finish the Initiative first. We are one game from that now. Love the sticker idea, artwork, and recharge pack.
Thank you so much for the video, it's awesome, as usual! I have a question regarding taking the constructed building cards connected with charters which are not used by players. What happens when using an action to open the crate for those? Where do the new building cards go on the board and who is eligible to build them?
This game is a strong contender for our next legacy game - after starting with My City. It would be excellent if you could make a video or series about available legacy games - especially ones other than Pandemic, as these are much harder to find information about.
Thank you again for your amazing instructions. I was just wondering - when and why did you decide to blur the focus behind you in your more recent videos?
Hello Rodney, We love your videos, before I get a game we always see one of your videos to be 100% sure. I was wondering, I'm not a fan of Legacy games, but this one in particular got my attention. In one part of your video you say: "in future games that you play will not unlock those new elements, you can continue to play Charterstone just like any other game in your collection and experience it in new ways". My question is: once you finish the 12 game campaign, how's the replayability of this game? I mean, it's already constructed and I want to play it again with all the stuff I put in the whole campaign, so... how can you play it again without having to buy the recharge pack? won't it be the same game? Thanks and please keep doing these videos! Congrats on your awesome work!
Hey Johan, I actively avoid reviewing games on my channel, and trying to assess how replayable this game would be for you would fall into that category, so I can't help you there. I can say that the recharge pack lets you replay the legacy elements of the game again (starting with a blank board and going through the campaign again). But you can also just play the game as a typical board game once you finish the campaign, with everything unlocked, and just trying to compete for the best score (like you would in any other game). How enjoyable you would or wouldn't find that, I can't asses for you. Hope that helps though!
Are these cards thicker than regular playing cards? Like for example Magic the Gathering cards or Machi Koro cards? @2:56 makes it looks like they are nice and chunky.
never played a legacy game before and have been absolutely loving scythe, so thought i would impulse buy charterstone going for a challenge here playing with 5 automas solo (don't stress, i play a 4 person solo campaign in gloomhaven so i am well versed in tracking and bookkeeping), i made it through the setup but thought i would take the advice and check out your video just to make sure i hadn't screwed anything up this is yet another fantastic video explaining all you need to know, love your work
Great job as always Rodney! Really jealous of you having a copy all ready, me and my giveaway winners will have to wait till the expected retail release in December sadly. Looks like it should be fantastic :)
Can you change the number of players easily between games of the legacy part? (my struggle with legacy is always to get the same set of peeps together at the same time regularly)
Martin: While the ideal way to play the Charterstone campaign is with the same players, each game is playable at any player count (1-6). So if you have 3 people who can regularly make it and 2 who are less consistent, you can still play through the campaign. The Automa system can actually act on behalf of the missing players in their absence if you want (but it isn't necessary).
What is the icon for in the top right of most advancement card? My guess has been a bonus when you acquire it. Didn't hear you discuss that and didn't see it in the rules. I know what it is for for cards "unlocked later," but wasn't sure where to find an answer for the "normal cards." Thanks!
My family and I have just finished game one and enjoyed it. We are left with the question of how to pack away the advancement cards and objective cards so we can resume the 2nd game at a later date. it is a bit unclear to us how the second game will be set up. Will we only have the 3 advancement cards that remain at the end of game 1 available at the beginning of game 2? Also it is kind of confusing that we were told to pack away resources in our personal area into our charter chest which included unused influence tokens but in another answer we read here we learned that all influence tokens (even used ones) are returned to the players at the start of each game? Also did we miss rules 1 thru 3 which are still missing at this point? we did read the FAQ, but any help would be appreciated :)
Hey John, let's see if I can help. 1) Advancements not stored by a player and objective cards are shuffled and re-dealt at the start of each game. 2) Players start each game with all their Influence tokens. 3) Rules 1-3 get introduced as you play (spoilers!)
Watch It Played that is incorrect the charter chests start with 1 capacity for advancement cards. Also the instructions say to keep all of them after game 1.
Keep in mind, in my reply, I stated cards "not stored" are shuffled back into the advancement deck. That said, you are correct, after game 1, you are meant to store everything you still had. After Game 2, you always have to discard everything except what you store. Hope all that wasn't too confusing John!
Looks amazing. Have you played through the entire campaign!? If so, can you indicate your thoughts on the game in a manner that would be acceptable based on the review embargo.
Mike: Rodney doesn't offer reviews, and I think he's only played 1 game so far for the purpose of filming this How to Play video. The 9 reviewers we sent copies to will post their reviews on October 18 (even if Rodney did have opinions, the embargo means he wouldn't be able to share them until October 18. We did this so the reviewers didn't feel the need to rush through the campaign to be the first one to talk about it--they're all on the same schedule).
Jamey Stegmaier thanks for the follow-up. Just trying to get what information I can! I'll patiently wait for the 18th to hear about the experience you have crafted for us.
Thanks! Though really I just wanted to better inform people about what Charterstone is so they can decide if they want to pre-order it from their preferred retailer. It's certainly nice if some people hear about the game for the first time from Rodney, but that goal is far secondary to simply informing and teaching. :)
What do you do with advancement cards and objective cards at the end of the game? Do you keep them and shuffle them at the beginning of game 2? Also, great video, we had a blast playing game 1 :) thank you for responding
It's been a little while since I shot this so I had to do some digging - dos this thread answer your question? boardgamegeek.com/thread/1936728/objective-advancement-cards
Actually, I went looking into the video itself and found one of the answers there: ua-cam.com/video/qrY7APNTzL8/v-deo.html You'll find an index in the video to help you find areas you might be wondering about.
When paying a cost to build something, use charterstone, etc...do the resources/coins used to pay that cost go into the "General Supply" along with the influence tokens? Also, are the things in the General Supply used up and unusable until the next game (ex. the coins, resources, and influence used to pay the cost for the Zeppelin and Charterstone are put into the General Supply and unusable until the next game, and not put back into the piles on the table next to the board) ?
How do the stickers hold on? I imagine that after a few games with different people they would lose their sticky element. This is the only thing stopping me from buying it.
This is actually one of the reasons why we didn't try to make removable stickers. The stickers in Charterstone aren't going anywhere--they're on the board for good once you place them. Also, we designed the folds on the board so they wouldn't overlap with any stickers.
Can't wait to possess this one. I guess this'll be the first game I'm incentivized not to win the first time, if my opponents get to name my charter in the event of a victory. I'd rather not play 11 games as the leader of the [probably some offensive expletive] charter.
Where the marker starts depends on the number of players, but whether the games run too short.... that's tricky to answer as it'll come down to what your expectations will be for the game length.
My gaming group is really interested in getting a legacy game and this is at the top of our list. Buutttt we've never played a worker placement game before. Is this something we can play with never playing that mechanism or should we get another worker placement game to learn the mechanism first and if so which do you recommend for an introduction to worker placement Thank you for all your videos!!! I know I can always watch your videos to learn how to play games to then teach my group!!
Hi Amber, I tend to avoid personalized recommendations, because what works for one person (or group) might not work at all for another. That said, here's a couple other work placement games, that I feel confident saying are widely well regarded - I do recommend doing some research on them to see if they'd appeal to your group: Viticulture (tutorial on this channel), Lords of Waterdeep and Stone Age. Glad you're finding the videos helpful I hope this info helps a bit!
@@WatchItPlayed awesome thank you so much!! I've been looking at stone age and viticulture we'll probably get those next before we get into charterstone. Right now we just started playing horrified and are getting through learning and playing all the monsters
I have a question about Capacity. You said "put all your resources in the box", but the card says that I can keep according to my capacity (1). That means I can only keep one resource and one coin? Does that only apply from the end of game 2? Or what you said follows the capacity rules, which means I did not get it? I would like to know.
The Capacity rules are explained right at the end of Game 1, but because you carry everything over from Game 1 to Game 2, capacity isn't a factor until the end of Game 2 (it's written on the card--you won't have to remember this). Your capacity as shown on the charter chest is that after Game 2, you can keep $1, 1 resource, 1 advancement card, and 1 thing that isn't explained yet.
If my worker is already on a location (say from my last turn ) can I still pay the cost and take the resource this turn too? Or do I have to remove my worker first and then put them back on to use that space? Does that make sense?
Hey Brian! You'd have to either put another worker onto that space, or if you had no workers left to place, you'd need to take them all back and then you could place a new one there (you cant just leave the worker there to get the benefit of the space again).
The game is played over a series of 12 games that tell an ongoing story. When you are finished those 12 games, the story is over, but the game can still be played, like a regular board game at that point.
Hi Jamey -- this look great, congratulations! From this video it seems that the game will become more complex as the campaign progresses. When the game has been fully unlocked, how heavy would you say it is? Are we talking Terra Mystica, or more like Concordia (or other)?
THANK YOU for the crate description! I was trying to figure this out and looked at the chart which starts with "A, B, C..." which made no sense. Then I thought the Crate number was the number of crates you had which made the chart make no sense either and there was so little description of what to do in the game. Then there are the confusing rules in the Chronicle. My first thought was that I was doing something horribly wrong since the first 3 rules were blank awaiting, I assume, some stickers. Setup is rule #4! This made no sense. The Automa rules are cryptic too. I am playing this solo and they the rules say, if you're playing solo, use the Automa rules...but not for game 1??? So what do I do? No help there. Then there are no "1P" spots on the Reputation or Progress tracks. So what to do there for a 1 player game which it SAYS it supports, is beyond me. The rules don't say. Neither do the FAQ's. I really am looking forward to playing this but it seems they either don't have a capacity to clearly explain things or they haven't play tested enough.
Is it ok if I'm scared to play a game that I can't put back as when I opened the box the first time? Am I the only that shivers thinking that those poor cards are never going to be the same? Is this romantic or am I just afraid of change? Great video - as always - Rodney! This channel turned out to be a daily entertainment for me!
Good day all. We finally got Charterstone!! We are a bit stuck on rule 16 with the minions. How does it work exactly. One player unlocked the robot, also the building granting a robot. How do we go about when using this building and all other rules tied to this. Regards Dricus
I shot this long enough ago that I don't recall the rules, and since I finished the campaign, I no longer have the game to look this up for you. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
Hi. Thank you! I found old discussion on a forum which helped alot. It is a great game and thank you for your video. Made the game easier to understand. Enjoy the festive season!!
+Catholic Gaming I should have stated that a little more clearly. The campaign is 12 games, but then the game can be played forever after that on the unique board you've created (just like any other game in your collection). The campaign lasts 12 games, but it's a playable game forever.
+Catholic Gaming Right, if you buy the Recharge pack (which just replaces anything used up in the first campaign), you can flip the board over and play the campaign again without rebuying the entire game.
There are rules for both adding and subtracting players in the rule book, so the player count can be flexible. There are also Automa rules which could be used to run a player who is missing for a session. The designer has said it's best with the same group each time if possible though.
Rodney released the video because we asked him to. I don't want hype; rather, I want to help to inform people who are deciding whether or not to buy the game, and for those who have already pre-ordered it, they can see what they're getting into. This video will be followed by early reviews on October 18, which are timed before Essen, as there will be a limited number of copies of Charterstone at Essen.
Think of the poor reviewer that are working on learning this game now if they didn't have Rodney to help them out! :D He had to release first so they could reap the benefit of his teachings too.
If I go to UA-cam and Rodney has a How To Play video I immediately order or add the game to my wish list, when he doesn’t have one for it I’m like meh, it’s probably not that great, pass 😂😂😂
@@melissaupton9104 Well, there are loads of great games I don’t have the time to cover, BUT, I’m glad to know these videos have helped steer you in the right direction for your tastes :)
You make it seem as though at the beginning of the game each player is flush with resources. Is that true? If so, how? And if not how are they acquired. Simply from visiting and revisiting the “basic” buildings?
This is a style of game known as Legacy, where the choices you make have permanent impact on future games. When you complete the campaign portion of the game, you can then continue playing it like any regular board game, it'll just have a unique layout compared to anyone else. Or you can buy a recharge pack separately and play the campaign again, using the otehr side of the board.
I'm confused by the advancement cards, there are 8 helpers but both in this video and on the rulebook there are some built cards that I don't understand how they ended up in there. Also we played in 6 people and the helpers ended very quickly and there were no more advancement cards to be drawn, why does the game speak of those cards as if there were a whole deck?
It's a bit tricky to explain, as I'm not sure exactly which part is causing the confusion. Did you perhaps miss this part (from here onward) it shows a variety of cards that go into the advancement deck: ua-cam.com/video/qrY7APNTzL8/v-deo.html
@@WatchItPlayed thank you very much, we sadly messed up game 3 because some Italian translation was unclear and we missed some rule cards, but we managed to save the run as best as we could. Just a clarification: Building and Already-built cards (ones with creates) are considered advancement cards and are to be put in the deck for next game (all but 1 or more which you can carry over with capacity), it doesn't matter if they are related to you charter through looks or resources? e.x. I play the coal charter, I will be able to pick from the advancements a create card that will give me a grain charter persona and a grain related building?
@@craftyjohan9616 I have to say, it's been so long since I shot this, that I'm not sure I remember the rules well enough to answer this (and I no longer have my copy to be able to look this up for you).
Anybody know if this game will be available at Essen Spiel? Dont know if i have enough money to add this game to my wishlist (already on 7 games i REALLY wanna buy) but i would love to keep the option open to put in on my wishlist for Essen Spiel.
Hey Sven, I avoid reviewing on this channel. I find opinions on what is fun are too varied between gamers (what one person will find fun, someone else won't enjoy). Sorry I can't help with this question.
Your channel is more useful and exciting than my credit card
Mr. Cuddington really did a wonderful job on the art in this game, it looks as clean as Tokaido.
This game looks gorgeous. I can't wait to get a copy and play. I am ridiculously impressed with the attention to detail it took to develop this game. Well done Jamey! And well done Rodney for the great walk through!
Thank you kindly David, very pleased you enjoyed watching.
Yeah, this looks like the nicest component quality of any Legacy game I've seen footage of outside of Gloomhaven.
Your videos are so helpful! Not to mention your timecodes make it so easy to use your videos.
I'm glad you've found the indexes int he videos useful. A big thanks to Pep for his help with that on this one!
You clearly spend a lot of time organizing things on this YT channel and it is much appreciated. Watched your Descent 2nd Edition playlist today and learned several things I was doing wrong. Keep up the awesome work!
Wow... this is a no brainer for us at home. I will play that during the holiday season with our daughter for sure ! It just look so cool and friendly. Congrats to Jamey and his team and thank you Rodney for that gorgeous tutorial video.
You're too kind. Glad you enjoyed. I hope you get to enjoy many fun adventures with the family over the holidays! I'm planning to play this with my family too.
Have been playing this game for three days and it is so much fun. You will not be disappointed if you get this game.
Glad you've been enjoying Patsy!
What a great job describing the setup and the overall game! I'm even more excited about my pre order now!!
I hope you have a great time playing when it arrives!
As always peerless quality on the how to play videos. I teach probably 20+ games as an organizer in our local board game community and these are the only videos I’d feel comfortable teaching from.
Also I really like your thumbnail art. My channel is new and it’s one of my next items on the “to-do” list.
You're doing valuable work in your game community - keep it up!
Another terrific video, Rodney. Thanks for your quality and commitment to your series. Side note: I cannot wait to play this game!!
Glad you liked this Jason. Thanks for the kind words!
This game looks really good, and does not seems very hard to play. Great video, as always!
Thanks for the kind words Jefferson, glad you enjoyed what you saw.
Thanks as always for your thorough run throughout! I love and appreciate the time and effort you put in to allowing the rest of us amateurs play some of these more in depth games. My mom, brother and I (all adults) just finished playing our first two games and I am definitely a fan! May be a little too much for more entry level players, like my mom. She complained that there was just too much for her to think about and try to do, but that was part of the fun for me.
So glad to hear you're enjoying it - and hey, good for your mom for trying!
I finally got around to putting in my preorder today because of this. I was on the fence for a bit but this pushed me over
I hope you have a great time playing!
Same for me !
My copy just arrived. That means it's time to watch the Watch it Played. Great video Rodney!
Thanks Brad - hope you have fun playing!
I hadn't heard of this game until I saw this video, actually. Now it's very much in my radar :)
Been wanting to get a Legacy game for a while, but they all seem to have a bigger/play often commitment, and are more about reaching a definite goal and being done with it, and feature very progressive and destructive mechanics, so I'm glad we are finally seeing some that are more about the journey towards a unique copy of the game that can be forever played, than a one off campaign. The reset box is also an incredibly smart idea, not only lets you restart the whole thing without buying a full new copy of the game, but it seems like it could also allow you to at the end own 2 unique playing versions of the same game!
What I'm really liking from what we're seeing in this video is how it looks like it's built off of very familiar structures - Simple worker placement, with the roundless soft-block of bumping and place or withdraw as the core gameplay, and building new buildings that anyone can use ala Lords of Waterdeep or (I think) Caylus, but in slow motion, over the course of many games rather than just immediately. I could see that working really well for this style of constructive legacy going forward - The players are working together to build a castle according to the theme? Make the castle building the campaign, rather than making a new castle each game, as long as the game feels complete - that there's enough progress to feel like you've Done Something - on a session by session basis. Which, in turn, should give the game a suitably epic scale associated with... Building a town from the ground up.
You have a gift for making complicated games much more simple to understand. Thanks for making this video!
Thank you for the kind words Derek!
Playing game 1 today and this was a perfect way to get started! Excellent video as always. Proud to have my name as a Producer!! :)
It means a lot to have had your support! Hope you have a great time playing Steve!
Thank you SO much for such an easy-to-follow, straight-forward explanation. You even answered my main question about the game in less than 2 minutes of the video...BONUS!! ^_-
Thank you for the kind words, glad you're enjoying the videos :)
Wow surprised this is out already.
It's not out until December. Unless you are headed to Essen, then you can pick p a copy there.
I am referring to the video. Thanks.
Yep, Rodney just got his advance copy last week, so I'm really impressed and happy he was able to film and edit this so quickly.
Are you sure about that? And if so, where can i order it?
Joost Nauw Jamey Stegmaier above you, the creator of the game, just confirmed this is just an advance copy (and on facebook, stated 1 of 11)
Always coming back to this video. Someday we'll finish this campaign XD
Time to pump it up for the digital release of Charterstone!
With the digital version out, it made sense to stop here to learn how to play. Great job Rodney
Thanks Aaron!
I want this SO BAD!!! Thanks Rodney.
You're very welcome.
Thanks for adding the accurate subtitles!
Oh, believe me, this was entirely the work of fantastic volunteers - I was happy to add their fine efforts to the video. Keep up the great reviews Dan!
These legacy games remind me a bit of those old Twistaplot books that they used to have.
Yes!
Me too
Never heard of those (heading to google)
I cannot wait for this to come out! Thanks so much for doing a video on it Rodney!
I was very excited to be able to share it!
I pre-ordered this game the second I could. I am ready to play now - if only the game would arrive!
Happy to assist - here's hoping the waiting doesn't seem like too long!
Good work Rodney. I'm looking forward to your next play-through.
Thanks!
Congrats Jamey, this looks like an amazing accomplishment. Can't wait to get my grubby mitts on it!
Who the fuck is Jamey? Keep your grubby mitts off my Rodney!
Ughhhh the guy who designed the game :P
Another excellent Watch it Played video as usual! Thanks Rodney!
Very kind of you to say Kent - glad you liked this one!
Oh man, I'm even more excited about this game, now!
Glad you enjoyed!
Excellent video, sir, as always. Playing our first game tonight!
I hope you have a great time!
very cool...we got this one sale months ago but wanted to finish the Initiative first. We are one game from that now. Love the sticker idea, artwork, and recharge pack.
We played through this one as a family - hope you enjoy!
Great job, as usual! The game is now preordered! :) Can't wait to try it out!
I hope you have a great time playing!
Thanks Rodney! And thanks for always replying to people commenting!
Thank you so much for the video, it's awesome, as usual! I have a question regarding taking the constructed building cards connected with charters which are not used by players. What happens when using an action to open the crate for those? Where do the new building cards go on the board and who is eligible to build them?
Whenever you use a constructed building card to open a crate, it's your card, and any components you would gain by unlocking it go to you.
Thank you!
This game is a strong contender for our next legacy game - after starting with My City.
It would be excellent if you could make a video or series about available legacy games - especially ones other than Pandemic, as these are much harder to find information about.
Thanks for the interest!
What a beautiful game! Love all the stickers.
Thanks! Appreciate the clear 4k picture!
Glad you're enjoying :)
I'm so excited about this game!! Do you know when will this be out?
The US release date is December 12.
I think December...:(
Was this supposed to be out already?
Yes, the reviewer embargo ends on October 18, but we asked Rodney to release his rules video as soon as possible.
Got it, thanks.
Sei un grande ti seguo sempre non vedo l'ora di avere questo gioco in italiano
The Italian version should be released by Ghenos in November or December. :)
Grazie mille (sorry if that's not quite right).
Great video Rodney! Very useful to start my first game of this new legacy game. 😁
Enjoy your adventures!
Question: Do you start with all of your influence tokens each game, or only those that have gone unspent the prior game? Thanks and Happy Holidays!
You start with all of them. Happy Holidays to you too!
Thank you again for your amazing instructions. I was just wondering - when and why did you decide to blur the focus behind you in your more recent videos?
I started using a new camera and lens.
Very informative and well made. Good and simple!
Thank you for the kind words!
Watch It Played you’ve well earned a new subscriber :)
Very happy to have you here!
Hello Rodney, We love your videos, before I get a game we always see one of your videos to be 100% sure. I was wondering, I'm not a fan of Legacy games, but this one in particular got my attention. In one part of your video you say: "in future games that you play will not unlock those new elements, you can continue to play Charterstone just like any other game in your collection and experience it in new ways". My question is: once you finish the 12 game campaign, how's the replayability of this game? I mean, it's already constructed and I want to play it again with all the stuff I put in the whole campaign, so... how can you play it again without having to buy the recharge pack? won't it be the same game? Thanks and please keep doing these videos! Congrats on your awesome work!
Hey Johan, I actively avoid reviewing games on my channel, and trying to assess how replayable this game would be for you would fall into that category, so I can't help you there. I can say that the recharge pack lets you replay the legacy elements of the game again (starting with a blank board and going through the campaign again). But you can also just play the game as a typical board game once you finish the campaign, with everything unlocked, and just trying to compete for the best score (like you would in any other game). How enjoyable you would or wouldn't find that, I can't asses for you. Hope that helps though!
Thanks Rodney. An excellent instructional video.
Very kind of you to say!
Wow, great job Rodney! Thanks, I think I might have to get this, but I have not finished Pandemic season 1 yet. I have to get my butt in gear, heh.
Glad you liked the video. Hope you enjoy the wrap up of Legacy Season 1!
Are these cards thicker than regular playing cards? Like for example Magic the Gathering cards or Machi Koro cards? @2:56 makes it looks like they are nice and chunky.
They are good quality cards, but I'm not sure exactly how they compare.
Another fantastic vid!
Thanks Bower :)
never played a legacy game before and have been absolutely loving scythe, so thought i would impulse buy charterstone
going for a challenge here playing with 5 automas solo (don't stress, i play a 4 person solo campaign in gloomhaven so i am well versed in tracking and bookkeeping), i made it through the setup but thought i would take the advice and check out your video just to make sure i hadn't screwed anything up
this is yet another fantastic video explaining all you need to know, love your work
So glad this video was helpful - have a great time playing!
Amazing video, amazing game!
Very kind of you to say.
Great job as always Rodney! Really jealous of you having a copy all ready, me and my giveaway winners will have to wait till the expected retail release in December sadly. Looks like it should be fantastic :)
Hope you enjoy!
Your videos are great, keep up the good work.
Thanks so much Ryan!
I am super keen to play this. Love Jerry's (sorry Jamey!) games!
Jamey! :)
Hope you have a good time with it - it's been a pleasure of mine to feature so many of Jamey's games.
hahaha.. oh my gosh.. sorry Jamey! how embarassing.
His name is RODNEY
wow - it looks really fantastic
got my copy last night!
Hope you have a great time playing!
Can you change the number of players easily between games of the legacy part? (my struggle with legacy is always to get the same set of peeps together at the same time regularly)
Martin: While the ideal way to play the Charterstone campaign is with the same players, each game is playable at any player count (1-6). So if you have 3 people who can regularly make it and 2 who are less consistent, you can still play through the campaign. The Automa system can actually act on behalf of the missing players in their absence if you want (but it isn't necessary).
Thanks Jamey, understood, looks intriguing
Same problem here
Thanks to Jamey for the assist with this question.
Thank you this excellent video, you are always so informative.
You're very welcome Lloyd, glad you liked it!
Thanks for another fantastic video. Can't wait to get my hands on that game...! :-)
A pleasure to share!
What is the icon for in the top right of most advancement card? My guess has been a bonus when you acquire it. Didn't hear you discuss that and didn't see it in the rules. I know what it is for for cards "unlocked later," but wasn't sure where to find an answer for the "normal cards." Thanks!
Doh. Read the FAQ. I was wrong. This icon is just an indicator of the type of bonus this character gets when triggered.
You got it!
Great video as always! How about a Gloomhaven - How To Play, and/or a playthrough?
Hey Dev, thanks for the interest. I avoid pre-announcing games I might cover as my schedule can change and I don't like to disappoint.
1:39 - a promised link to Solo rules in show notes - I don't see it. Donde esta?
You'll find it here, just pick the appropriate language: app.box.com/s/rgjizu5xk6ls1a2urkbdf2dazunfjkpm
Hi Rodney, do we keep the assistant card after we used it? or put it back to the deck?
You do keep it after using it. At least until the end of the game (and possibly longer if you decide to keep it).
My family and I have just finished game one and enjoyed it.
We are left with the question of how to pack away the advancement cards and objective cards so we can resume the 2nd game at a later date. it is a bit unclear to us how the second game will be set up. Will we only have the 3 advancement cards that remain at the end of game 1 available at the beginning of game 2?
Also it is kind of confusing that we were told to pack away resources in our personal area into our charter chest which included unused influence tokens but in another answer we read here we learned that all influence tokens (even used ones) are returned to the players at the start of each game?
Also did we miss rules 1 thru 3 which are still missing at this point?
we did read the FAQ, but any help would be appreciated :)
Hey John, let's see if I can help.
1) Advancements not stored by a player and objective cards are shuffled and re-dealt at the start of each game.
2) Players start each game with all their Influence tokens.
3) Rules 1-3 get introduced as you play (spoilers!)
Thank you for the help. We will be trying the second game tonight :3
Watch It Played that is incorrect the charter chests start with 1 capacity for advancement cards. Also the instructions say to keep all of them after game 1.
Keep in mind, in my reply, I stated cards "not stored" are shuffled back into the advancement deck. That said, you are correct, after game 1, you are meant to store everything you still had. After Game 2, you always have to discard everything except what you store. Hope all that wasn't too confusing John!
Haven't had the cash to pre-order this. Really hoping there is a copy left when it hits retail!! If not... I know how to be patient. Kinda. :)
Did you manage to get a copy?
@@WatchItPlayed ha! Yep! Played it with Spencer and Lara Williams. It was great
@@josephcomings Hey, that's great to hear :)
Brilliant presentation
Thank so much!
Looks amazing. Have you played through the entire campaign!? If so, can you indicate your thoughts on the game in a manner that would be acceptable based on the review embargo.
Mike: Rodney doesn't offer reviews, and I think he's only played 1 game so far for the purpose of filming this How to Play video. The 9 reviewers we sent copies to will post their reviews on October 18 (even if Rodney did have opinions, the embargo means he wouldn't be able to share them until October 18. We did this so the reviewers didn't feel the need to rush through the campaign to be the first one to talk about it--they're all on the same schedule).
Jamey Stegmaier thanks for the follow-up. Just trying to get what information I can! I'll patiently wait for the 18th to hear about the experience you have crafted for us.
Never thought of Rodney's 'no reviews' rule as a way to build pre-review momentum for a game. Genius!
Thanks! Though really I just wanted to better inform people about what Charterstone is so they can decide if they want to pre-order it from their preferred retailer. It's certainly nice if some people hear about the game for the first time from Rodney, but that goal is far secondary to simply informing and teaching. :)
Haha, I appreciate that / am sure it's the case, I might have been replying just a tad cheekily ;) Very excited to try out the game, looks fantastic!
What do you do with advancement cards and objective cards at the end of the game? Do you keep them and shuffle them at the beginning of game 2? Also, great video, we had a blast playing game 1 :) thank you for responding
It's been a little while since I shot this so I had to do some digging - dos this thread answer your question? boardgamegeek.com/thread/1936728/objective-advancement-cards
Actually, I went looking into the video itself and found one of the answers there: ua-cam.com/video/qrY7APNTzL8/v-deo.html You'll find an index in the video to help you find areas you might be wondering about.
Thank you :)
When paying a cost to build something, use charterstone, etc...do the resources/coins used to pay that cost go into the "General Supply" along with the influence tokens? Also, are the things in the General Supply used up and unusable until the next game (ex. the coins, resources, and influence used to pay the cost for the Zeppelin and Charterstone are put into the General Supply and unusable until the next game, and not put back into the piles on the table next to the board) ?
When paying - resources and coins go to the general supply, where they can be used again, if collected later (they are not out of the game).
Thank you very much!
Do you discard assistants after you use them?
Nope.
I'm totally going to get this game
Hope you have a great time with it!
How do the stickers hold on? I imagine that after a few games with different people they would lose their sticky element. This is the only thing stopping me from buying it.
This is actually one of the reasons why we didn't try to make removable stickers. The stickers in Charterstone aren't going anywhere--they're on the board for good once you place them. Also, we designed the folds on the board so they wouldn't overlap with any stickers.
You don't remove them ever.
I didn't notice the placement of the folds until you just mentioned it. THANK YOU for thinking of that.
Getting Seafall folds flashbacks.
Sticker stickerage is always a sticky situation. Phew...
Can't wait to possess this one. I guess this'll be the first game I'm incentivized not to win the first time, if my opponents get to name my charter in the event of a victory. I'd rather not play 11 games as the leader of the [probably some offensive expletive] charter.
Perhaps it incentivizes you to be really nice to your friends as you play too :)
hm is it just me, or does that progress track seem awfully short?
Where the marker starts depends on the number of players, but whether the games run too short.... that's tricky to answer as it'll come down to what your expectations will be for the game length.
Watch It Played what will you say a two player game takes? An hour or so?
I'd say that's accurate. It's always hard to estimate lengths of games, as it will depend on how long the players take to take turns :)
My gaming group is really interested in getting a legacy game and this is at the top of our list. Buutttt we've never played a worker placement game before. Is this something we can play with never playing that mechanism or should we get another worker placement game to learn the mechanism first and if so which do you recommend for an introduction to worker placement
Thank you for all your videos!!! I know I can always watch your videos to learn how to play games to then teach my group!!
Hi Amber, I tend to avoid personalized recommendations, because what works for one person (or group) might not work at all for another. That said, here's a couple other work placement games, that I feel confident saying are widely well regarded - I do recommend doing some research on them to see if they'd appeal to your group: Viticulture (tutorial on this channel), Lords of Waterdeep and Stone Age. Glad you're finding the videos helpful I hope this info helps a bit!
@@WatchItPlayed awesome thank you so much!! I've been looking at stone age and viticulture we'll probably get those next before we get into charterstone. Right now we just started playing horrified and are getting through learning and playing all the monsters
@@amberorth9272 I really enjoyed how the monsters there each had their own unique ways of being defeated.
@@WatchItPlayed ya it makes the game so variable and has us changing up our strategy each game!!
Hi! Are you planning on making an Eschaton How to Play? That would be great. Thanks!
Thanks for the interest. I avoid pre-announcing games I might cover as my schedule can change and I don't like to disappoint.
Watch It Played completely understandable. I'll keep an eye out in case you give it a shot. Thanks for replying!
I have a question about Capacity. You said "put all your resources in the box", but the card says that I can keep according to my capacity (1). That means I can only keep one resource and one coin? Does that only apply from the end of game 2? Or what you said follows the capacity rules, which means I did not get it? I would like to know.
The Capacity rules are introduced at the end of Game 2 (as I recall... Jamey can correct me here, if I'm wrong).
The Capacity rules are explained right at the end of Game 1, but because you carry everything over from Game 1 to Game 2, capacity isn't a factor until the end of Game 2 (it's written on the card--you won't have to remember this). Your capacity as shown on the charter chest is that after Game 2, you can keep $1, 1 resource, 1 advancement card, and 1 thing that isn't explained yet.
Thank you both for your hard work! This video helped me a lot in my decision to buy this game. I can't wait!
If my worker is already on a location (say from my last turn ) can I still pay the cost and take the resource this turn too? Or do I have to remove my worker first and then put them back on to use that space? Does that make sense?
Hey Brian! You'd have to either put another worker onto that space, or if you had no workers left to place, you'd need to take them all back and then you could place a new one there (you cant just leave the worker there to get the benefit of the space again).
Watch It Played Thank you very much! Me and my friends are starting a 6-player game Sunday and wanted to clarify that rule! We are very excited!
Hope you have a great time with it!
Would you recommend this for a storytelling party game?
I don't offer recommendations on the channel, but I can say this is more of a worker placement style game.
At Time 21:14 the bottom of the card says Extract card 19 from the Index and he pulled 18 from the deck
Read the text under the Glory section of the leftmost card on screen - it tells you to pull card 18 :)
@@WatchItPlayed we had exact same confusion .. I read it and pulled 18 and later we had NO IDEA what had prompted me to pull 18, haha
Do u get reputation back at the end each game in the campaign
You get all your influence tokens back at the end of the game, including those that were on the reputation track.
Can you use personas more than once in a campaign?
Yes.
Does game 2 start with just the addition of the guide post card?
And the players having the things they accumulated from game 1.
THANK YOU RODNEY!!
You're welcome John :)
I had some trouble understanding this: the number of times that you can play the game is limited or you can play how many times you want
The game is played over a series of 12 games that tell an ongoing story. When you are finished those 12 games, the story is over, but the game can still be played, like a regular board game at that point.
Watch It Played thank u! you replied so quick : )
So can I confirm, in a 2 player game if you are wanting to add extra Automa players, you would wait till the third game?
That's our recommendation, though there's nothing stopping you (other than additional rules) from doing it in Game 1.
Hi Jamey -- this look great, congratulations! From this video it seems that the game will become more complex as the campaign progresses. When the game has been fully unlocked, how heavy would you say it is? Are we talking Terra Mystica, or more like Concordia (or other)?
Thanks to Jamey for the assist!
THANK YOU for the crate description! I was trying to figure this out and looked at the chart which starts with "A, B, C..." which made no sense. Then I thought the Crate number was the number of crates you had which made the chart make no sense either and there was so little description of what to do in the game.
Then there are the confusing rules in the Chronicle. My first thought was that I was doing something horribly wrong since the first 3 rules were blank awaiting, I assume, some stickers. Setup is rule #4! This made no sense.
The Automa rules are cryptic too. I am playing this solo and they the rules say, if you're playing solo, use the Automa rules...but not for game 1??? So what do I do? No help there.
Then there are no "1P" spots on the Reputation or Progress tracks. So what to do there for a 1 player game which it SAYS it supports, is beyond me. The rules don't say. Neither do the FAQ's.
I really am looking forward to playing this but it seems they either don't have a capacity to clearly explain things or they haven't play tested enough.
I'm glad to hear the video was helpful!
Is it ok if I'm scared to play a game that I can't put back as when I opened the box the first time? Am I the only that shivers thinking that those poor cards are never going to be the same? Is this romantic or am I just afraid of change?
Great video - as always - Rodney! This channel turned out to be a daily entertainment for me!
I'm certain you're not alone, but hey, maybe you'll discover a new experience here to enjoy :)
Good day all. We finally got Charterstone!! We are a bit stuck on rule 16 with the minions. How does it work exactly. One player unlocked the robot, also the building granting a robot. How do we go about when using this building and all other rules tied to this. Regards Dricus
I shot this long enough ago that I don't recall the rules, and since I finished the campaign, I no longer have the game to look this up for you. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
Hi. Thank you! I found old discussion on a forum which helped alot. It is a great game and thank you for your video. Made the game easier to understand. Enjoy the festive season!!
@@dricusdkThanks - you too!
How many times can you play through a campaign?
+Catholic Gaming I should have stated that a little more clearly. The campaign is 12 games, but then the game can be played forever after that on the unique board you've created (just like any other game in your collection). The campaign lasts 12 games, but it's a playable game forever.
Watch It Played Did you say the opposite side of the board is another 12 campaigns too?
+Catholic Gaming Right, if you buy the Recharge pack (which just replaces anything used up in the first campaign), you can flip the board over and play the campaign again without rebuying the entire game.
Watch It Played Thanks!
Do you have to play every game with the same amount of players?
There are rules for both adding and subtracting players in the rule book, so the player count can be flexible. There are also Automa rules which could be used to run a player who is missing for a session. The designer has said it's best with the same group each time if possible though.
Just out of curiosity, why release the video so prematurely, Rodney? Is this to help boost hype ahead of release?
Rodney released the video because we asked him to. I don't want hype; rather, I want to help to inform people who are deciding whether or not to buy the game, and for those who have already pre-ordered it, they can see what they're getting into. This video will be followed by early reviews on October 18, which are timed before Essen, as there will be a limited number of copies of Charterstone at Essen.
Jamey Stegmaier solid response. Thanks, Jamey. Curiosity sated! Also, this game looks like a ton of fun, which is the name of the game.
"Ton of Fun" is indeed the original name of the game, but we changed it to Charterstone earlier this year. :)
Think of the poor reviewer that are working on learning this game now if they didn't have Rodney to help them out! :D He had to release first so they could reap the benefit of his teachings too.
How DARE you question Rodney like that Loomo Marketing. Shame on you.
Are those resources kickstarter components? Or retail?
There's no Kickstarter for Charterstone--every version of the game is the same (there's just 1 retail version for everyone).
Cool! I've kinda had it with kickstarter games ;)
Thanks to Jamey for the assist with the question!
If I go to UA-cam and Rodney has a How To Play video I immediately order or add the game to my wish list, when he doesn’t have one for it I’m like meh, it’s probably not that great, pass 😂😂😂
@@melissaupton9104 Well, there are loads of great games I don’t have the time to cover, BUT, I’m glad to know these videos have helped steer you in the right direction for your tastes :)
You make it seem as though at the beginning of the game each player is flush with resources. Is that true? If so, how? And if not how are they acquired. Simply from visiting and revisiting the “basic” buildings?
Can you explain where in the video I give that sense? It'll help me better answer your question.
game seems great, the stickers and filling in stars and what not seems like it limits the play throughs, which seems odd
This is a style of game known as Legacy, where the choices you make have permanent impact on future games. When you complete the campaign portion of the game, you can then continue playing it like any regular board game, it'll just have a unique layout compared to anyone else. Or you can buy a recharge pack separately and play the campaign again, using the otehr side of the board.
I'm confused by the advancement cards, there are 8 helpers but both in this video and on the rulebook there are some built cards that I don't understand how they ended up in there.
Also we played in 6 people and the helpers ended very quickly and there were no more advancement cards to be drawn, why does the game speak of those cards as if there were a whole deck?
It's a bit tricky to explain, as I'm not sure exactly which part is causing the confusion. Did you perhaps miss this part (from here onward) it shows a variety of cards that go into the advancement deck: ua-cam.com/video/qrY7APNTzL8/v-deo.html
@@WatchItPlayed thank you very much, we sadly messed up game 3 because some Italian translation was unclear and we missed some rule cards, but we managed to save the run as best as we could. Just a clarification: Building and Already-built cards (ones with creates) are considered advancement cards and are to be put in the deck for next game (all but 1 or more which you can carry over with capacity), it doesn't matter if they are related to you charter through looks or resources? e.x. I play the coal charter, I will be able to pick from the advancements a create card that will give me a grain charter persona and a grain related building?
@@craftyjohan9616 I have to say, it's been so long since I shot this, that I'm not sure I remember the rules well enough to answer this (and I no longer have my copy to be able to look this up for you).
Anybody know if this game will be available at Essen Spiel? Dont know if i have enough money to add this game to my wishlist (already on 7 games i REALLY wanna buy) but i would love to keep the option open to put in on my wishlist for Essen Spiel.
There will be a limited quantity available from our partners, Feuerland and Matagot, at Essen Spiel. Stonemaier Games won't be there, though.
Too bad you guys wont be there but i will keep a look out for Charterstone. Thanks for the reply @Jamey Stegmaier
Jamey Stegmaier will those available games be in English or German?
Good question @Ian Montagne
Is this a fun/good game to play Solo?
Hey Sven, I avoid reviewing on this channel. I find opinions on what is fun are too varied between gamers (what one person will find fun, someone else won't enjoy). Sorry I can't help with this question.
You're so unbiased, Rodney. I love you
I really want to play/own this game. I wonder how it plays with 2 players..
Thanks for checking out the video!
My wife and I have been discussing where your accent is from. My guess is Canada. Am I right?
You're exactly right! East coast!
I love you Rodney