This is fantastic! I watched this and the teaching livestream (well, most of it), and they were both really helpful. My wife and I purchased this game last weekend, and when we opened the box, we were like, "What did we just get ourselves into?" These made the game much more approachable. Thank you to Monique, Naveen, Rodney and Matthew. Keep up the great work!
Wow, this was timely. I literally got the game out last night on the table and started the tutorials, and this came up on my feed. Fantastic. Being a fan of your Lacerda series, it would be great over time to see you do a similar one for the COIN series.
Love 2 C it. Great game - my man Meyer making an early appearance! I saw the Foster the Meeple couple playing this 2-player at CircleDC, I gotta try that sometime if I can't get 4 players together. looks smooth!
Most of my COIN experiences have been 2 player and it works great. Creates an interest dance as you try to get your two factions to achieve their goals and stay out of each other's way.
If you liked it - try The British Way, it's a fantastic 2-player COIN game, very simple (for a COIN game), with great streamlined action selecton system and playtime under 90 minutes ;). I'll also try A Gest of Robin Hood soon seems like a fantastic game.
1:28:00 "Ahhh, Naveen! ("I needed that") What is happening?? ("I know")...😂😂😂😂😂, fantastic humour, thank you for that, i appreciate it. And for the whole playthrough. Your videos are great. I sometimes go through small periods without watching them mainly because, at times, you're covering games in which i'm not that interested in but, when i come back to watch any one in which i'm interested i always have a blast. I usually watch them for a bit each night until i reach the end. Thanks so much for such great content and for being so great! Take care out there!
One of my bucket list games. Have got A Gest of Robin Hood, to dive into COiNish games. I play mostly 2 player games with the missus, and you showed how good this can be for 2!. A more certain purchase because of you two. Thank you for all the good work you put out.
One more comment, control is only adjusted at the end of the redeployment phase, you can move police first which allows them to shift into those provinces troops control BEFORE the troops have to go back to the cities or other spaces with government bases. Not sure Naveen realized that because he kept moving the troops out before moving police. In the second propaganda where he just transported troops only to see them shift back into the city immediately he could have first moved some police into the area so it would not have been a wasted move. This is essentially the "slow" mechanism you can use to move into the provinces and attempt to build support. By having police in place, after you move troops in you can build up support in the next propaganda round. Or If you have/build a base you can build support as well. Of course all of this is expensive and you need to pick carefully where to commit your effort so it isn't wasted. La Habana is a typical location because it is both easier to sweep (no 2/1 ratio of cubes to reveal guerillas) AND attack (no 2/1 ratio due to Mountains), not to mention that you form a bulwark against guerillas moving into Havana itself.
My first game was solo, controlling all 4, playing as each of them (not using the solo bots). I found it a very helpful way to learn all the factions and the game. Then my next game after that was two player. I don’t know if I’d say I recommend it, because controlling more than one faction may not be to everyone’s tastes, but I really liked it. I’ve played many of these COIN games two player like Monique and Naveen do here, so for me it’s certainly worked. -Rodney
Nice video well done! However in 44:46 you did TWO civic actions with a single Training Operation, that's not a legal move. Per 3.2.1 you can build a base OR conduct a Civic Action in up to ONE of the selected spaces for training.
@@WatchItPlayed The COIN series is a really good multiplayer historical game with the great option for solo play too. Cuba Libre is reallt a knife fight in a phone booth and is great fun. Its predecessor, Andean Abyss, is very similar but with a map that is much larger. It's set in Colombia, 1990s, It is a system that adapts to many periods. Some are more complex. This as you said is a great entry level game. And it's fun. The Playbooks, GMTs long examples of how to play are really some of the best in the gaing world. I wish some more complex euros had the same style of books
NOTE: At 43:25, Naveen does 2 civic actions during a single Training Operation, which is not allowed.
That came at 43:25 , Propaganda comes at forty-four min and forty-six sec
@@wmarclocher Thank you!
This is fantastic! I watched this and the teaching livestream (well, most of it), and they were both really helpful. My wife and I purchased this game last weekend, and when we opened the box, we were like, "What did we just get ourselves into?" These made the game much more approachable. Thank you to Monique, Naveen, Rodney and Matthew. Keep up the great work!
So nice to know this was helpful - we hope you have a great time playing!
love seeing a COIN game play through!
Thanks for checking it out!
Ooohhh see if you guys can get hold of a gest of robin hood. New COIN game thats released very soon.
Love this… do more COIN games
Thanks for the interest!
One of my best gaming experiences was playing Cuba Libre with you both.
That was a good time :)
We need to do that again!
This is great! Thank you so much for doing these longer, more complex games.
Glad you enjoyed this. Very happy to showcase this title! -Rodney
Wow, this was timely. I literally got the game out last night on the table and started the tutorials, and this came up on my feed. Fantastic. Being a fan of your Lacerda series, it would be great over time to see you do a similar one for the COIN series.
Very glad you enjoyed!
Yes! I'm so happy to see you guys doing a Coin game. I can't wait to watch this. Cuba Libre is great.
This title got us down the COIN rabbit hole, so nice to be able to showcase it here. -Rodney
Love 2 C it. Great game - my man Meyer making an early appearance! I saw the Foster the Meeple couple playing this 2-player at CircleDC, I gotta try that sometime if I can't get 4 players together. looks smooth!
Most of my COIN experiences have been 2 player and it works great. Creates an interest dance as you try to get your two factions to achieve their goals and stay out of each other's way.
If you liked it - try The British Way, it's a fantastic 2-player COIN game, very simple (for a COIN game), with great streamlined action selecton system and playtime under 90 minutes ;). I'll also try A Gest of Robin Hood soon seems like a fantastic game.
The British Way is terrific, if you like that, then Robin Hood should appeal to you as well.
1:28:00 "Ahhh, Naveen! ("I needed that") What is happening?? ("I know")...😂😂😂😂😂, fantastic humour, thank you for that, i appreciate it. And for the whole playthrough. Your videos are great. I sometimes go through small periods without watching them mainly because, at times, you're covering games in which i'm not that interested in but, when i come back to watch any one in which i'm interested i always have a blast. I usually watch them for a bit each night until i reach the end.
Thanks so much for such great content and for being so great! Take care out there!
Really nice of you to say Sergio - thanks for taking the time to watch and leave such kind feedback!
Thank you! I’ve been so interested in the coin games and this was wonderful to watch!
Now you should do Gest of Robin Hood!
Glad this was helpful! Excited to be able to share this one :) -Rodney
One of my bucket list games. Have got A Gest of Robin Hood, to dive into COiNish games. I play mostly 2 player games with the missus, and you showed how good this can be for 2!. A more certain purchase because of you two. Thank you for all the good work you put out.
Yes, you might find several of the COIN games work well at two like this. It's how I've played many of them personally. -Rodney
@@WatchItPlayed thanks for the advice, help and encouragement, Rodney. You've been a reliant help with everything you do. Thank you so very much.
This was amazing! You guys think of what your next move is so fast ! :) Great pacing of the game!
We do try to edit out the "thinking downtime" for your sake as a viewer :) Very glad you enjoyed!! -Rodney
Great Let's Play
Thank you kindly!
As a Cuban American just discovering COIN games and this title. I hope to see it at Gencon for my collection
I hope you find a copy and enjoy playing!
Any chance of doing one for Andean Abyss? Please? 😊
Thanks for the interest!
@@WatchItPlayed You could do it on Rally the Troops!
One more comment, control is only adjusted at the end of the redeployment phase, you can move police first which allows them to shift into those provinces troops control BEFORE the troops have to go back to the cities or other spaces with government bases.
Not sure Naveen realized that because he kept moving the troops out before moving police. In the second propaganda where he just transported troops only to see them shift back into the city immediately he could have first moved some police into the area so it would not have been a wasted move. This is essentially the "slow" mechanism you can use to move into the provinces and attempt to build support.
By having police in place, after you move troops in you can build up support in the next propaganda round. Or If you have/build a base you can build support as well. Of course all of this is expensive and you need to pick carefully where to commit your effort so it isn't wasted. La Habana is a typical location because it is both easier to sweep (no 2/1 ratio of cubes to reveal guerillas) AND attack (no 2/1 ratio due to Mountains), not to mention that you form a bulwark against guerillas moving into Havana itself.
Would you recommend playing this way (controlling 2 factions) for a first time game?
My first game was solo, controlling all 4, playing as each of them (not using the solo bots). I found it a very helpful way to learn all the factions and the game. Then my next game after that was two player. I don’t know if I’d say I recommend it, because controlling more than one faction may not be to everyone’s tastes, but I really liked it. I’ve played many of these COIN games two player like Monique and Naveen do here, so for me it’s certainly worked. -Rodney
Great play , thanks!
Very glad you enjoyed!
Wow! This was a surprise. Great job :).
Glad you enjoyed :)
Uh oh. Coin game. You never go back once you try COIN
That was true for me! -Rodney
Nice video well done! However in 44:46 you did TWO civic actions with a single Training Operation, that's not a legal move. Per 3.2.1 you can build a base OR conduct a Civic Action in up to ONE of the selected spaces for training.
Nice catch - that escaped our attention!
At 1:25:00 after 26July goes, you changed control in Pinar del Rio and the one next to it but also DR should have lost control in Camaguey.
Correct!
Great game, one of the few games with Fangio, Che Guevara, AND FRANK SINIATRA!!
Glad you've enjoyed this game too!
@@WatchItPlayed The COIN series is a really good multiplayer historical game with the great option for solo play too. Cuba Libre is reallt a knife fight in a phone booth and is great fun. Its predecessor, Andean Abyss, is very similar but with a map that is much larger. It's set in Colombia, 1990s, It is a system that adapts to many periods. Some are more complex. This as you said is a great entry level game. And it's fun. The Playbooks, GMTs long examples of how to play are really some of the best in the gaing world. I wish some more complex euros had the same style of books