Thank you for these videos. I think you are doing a fantastic job with the editing and narration of your playthroughs and that you deserve way more recognition for the quality of your work. This is as good as it gets in this hobby and hope you reach whatever goal you set for yourself.
Thank you so much for the kind words and I really appreciate your good vibes! I'm just trying to make the best videos I can and hopefully my best will continue to get better as I gain more experience. I'm thrilled that so many people find my channel helpful and/or entertaining. Every week I want to put out an interesting video, but I don't have many goals beyond that. Thanks for the support!
I got to say your videos are the only ones that I am willing to watch the entire playthrough. Very clear, concise explanations of the rules, how the AI works and your thought process (which really helps bring out the tactic/strategy flavour of the games). Your editing and shots also make it super easy for me to follow the flow of the game. You have convinced me to get many games just for solo play. I hope more people will discover this under the radar board game channel of yours. Keep putting out more amazing content! 💪
That is so nice of you to say! I'm really happy my videos work for you. I try to focus on making the playthroughs easy to follow because I know how hard it can be, especially if you don't know the rules. I struggle myself. I hope you continue to enjoy my channel for a long time. Thanks for the message of support!
Great tutorial and play through. I absolutely love this game (and most Garphill games, TBH). I really appreciate your quality and thoroughness. Very well done. One small rules clarification: whenever you pay a coin/provision to prevent the bot from taking a card with your influence, you’re actually paying it to the BOT. Because it does not take or use coins/provisions, your cost is paid to the bank, but I believe you still move their board token spots equal to the number of coins/provision paid.
All the below comments are spot on and you are one of the few that does a lot of solo tutorials. Given my work schedule, solo gaming is the only way I play. Thank you !
Great video, I've played all of the AI's for this game and the Space Card one seems to me to be the hardest. Also, I think you can count the blue "default rest action" that is part of our board as a tucked villager for the pairs of villagers and caravan tiles space objective, so you technically should have scored one more point.
Ah, good to know. Thanks for the rules clarification. I definitely need all the points I can get. I agree that the space ai feels the hardest to beat. Not sure if that was an intentional part of the design. Thanks so much for watching!
First one of your videos I have watched. Very clear yet concise, allowing the game to flow quickly but not making me feel lost at the same time. I appreciate the work you put into your video!
Agree 100% - you have to make a video about Scholars of the South Tigris - I watched few videos and I can't wrap my head around it, you videos are so clear.
34:26 You can draw three cards if you place blue or green worker on the right most card and pay three provisions. You could do that if a die have a ship and a pigeon tag.
Ive seen lots of videos of people teaching board games but no one can hold a candle to you, also your review of frostpunk was amazing! Definitely convinced me to get that one, cheers!
Wow, that is so nice of you to say, Jonathan. I really appreciate that. I'm glad my style works for you. I hope you enjoy Frostpunk. Thanks so much for supporting the channel!
Watched a few plays of this game, and yours is the best by far. You have a great pacing and teaching style, and your edits are on point. Definitely checking out your other videos. Keep it up!
I really appreciate those kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I'm very much an amateur and I'm still trying to learn this whole videography thing, but I do my best. I hope you enjoy the rest of the channel. Thank you for the support!
Thanks! The solo is very enjoyable. I'm waiting for the inevitable expansion for this one, because I feel it could use a bit of a boast to its dice system. And the Automa was very well done, as usual. Thanks for watching!
Oh, I just thought the dice crafting system was really cool but undercooked. I'd love to make more powerful and unique die faces with more effects. Just adding icons was okay but I'd like more. Fun game, of course.
@@TotallyTabled You inspired me to crack this open and have my first game, I got completely destroyed, but managed to win on my 2nd game. Thanks again 🙂
Thanks for the video. I had the games for months on my pile of opportunities because the instructions booklet had me more confused every time I tried to read it. First time I had so much trouble with one of Shem's games.
Yeah, there are some confusing aspects for sure. I'm glad my video helped. Let us know what you think of it once you get it tabled. Thanks for checking out the channel!
@@Yanix71 We're in the same boat. I feel like I'm pretty bad at all of Shem's games. I tend to always do the same level of okay. I've been playing a bunch of Architects of WK on Board Game Arena with friends and I feel like I always get the same score. Ha.
Great video, thank you for making it! It helped a lot with a few questions that I had. Just a question about the worker placement action you took at 24:30 ...don't you also have to pay for the upgrade tile? I think the symbols that let you take an upgrade tile for free have also coins with a red cross printed on them.
An excellent coherent explanation of this very clever game …I love GarpHill games …and enjoy the challenge they present …although I do find their rule books a tad confusing sometimes …with this game despite reading the rules 1/2 doz times I still missed things that your video cleared up …but they are on the whole worth the time and investment …my only issue with their games is I have purchased the 2 big boxes they produced and I really think they could have much more thought into the insert …but on saying this Wayfarers has one of the better inserts !
Thanks for watching and I'm glad to hear you found the video helpful. I'm happy that Wayfarers comes in a bigger box. Having to purchase the correct sized box for the West Kingdom games really rubs me the wrong way.
Yep, I am. I just ordered Scholars and it is on the way, so hopefully I can get it tabled soon. I'm excited to check it out. Thanks so much for watching!
One question, in order for "rest" action to be triggered for AI, does there have to be three same-color cards face-up already? (That is, "rest" is triggered as soon as the "fourth" same-color card is played) or rest is triggered at the start of AI's turn "if" there are already three same-color cards face-up? Can you please clarify this?
Hi Shaggy! Great videos as always. How do you rank Scholars and this Wayfarers in your top lists for solo? What other solo experiences would they be similar to?
That's a good question. I haven't played Scholars yet, but I should get it to the table soon. I like Wayfarers a lot. I'd love to see an expansion that made the dice building a bit more interesting. The solo mode is very well done and opponent is fairly easy to manage. The Garphill games feel very similar to me, so if you've played Paladins or Viscounts, it is the same vibe. It is probably in the 75-100 range on my personal top 100 solo games, but I haven't developed that list yet. Thanks for watching!
I have been really enjoying this game. Probably my favourite from Garphill games so far (New Zealand represent :D) But yes as others have said, really enjoy your videos. Your editing and narration is absolutely fantastic every time.
Thanks so much for checking it out. I appreciate your support of the channel. Wayfarers is very fun and I enjoy the solo mode quite a bit. Looking forward to what the expansions might add.
I am 25 minutes in and all I’m thinking is: where is the game? When does it start? All I see is someone moving along a logic tree. I just fail to see what any of the actions mean. Anyway, love your play throughs! I find yours the only ones to be really informative and relaxing.
This is just sooo difficult. I bought this game, but I think I'll get back to it later. So many things going on at different places and after half an hour I still don't know what the influences are for. Also, the AI seems pretty hard to manage.
Don't give up! These heavier games can definitely be a struggle to learn, which is why I record my fourth or fifth play of a game and not my first. A first and even second play won't really bring the fun -- the fun is in the discovery and seeing the game slowly come into focus. Patience is key and not everyone is going to be willing to put up with the learning curve of some of these games and that is okay. My advice is to always watch my full playthrough and then read the complete rulebook with the game set up in front of you, moving and manipulating pieces as you read. Return to the playthrough as needed, and then play a learning game not worrying about score, looking up questions as they arise. This is the technique I use. Hopefully that helps. As for the influences, they are used to take special bonus actions -- so spending a yellow influence lets you increase or decrease dice twice, blue influence lets you treat a die as if it has a boat icon on it, and the black influence lets you move again when journaling. They are also worth victory points at the end of the game if you have majorities. Thanks so much for watching and good luck!
@@TotallyTabled Hey. Thanks so much for the encouragement and the tips. You and Jon (from Jongetsgames) are really good at explaining board games btw, explaining things step by step in the right order. I'll give it another shot tomorrow :)
Nice review. I was wondering, which state are you from? You sound quite like Rahdo from Rahdo runs through - only, you talk slower, which is a good thing :)
I'm from Oregon, which is pretty near Rahdo, I believe. Not sure how much I sound like him, but I am a very very slow talker, that's for sure. I give Mr. Rogers a run for his money. :)
Just a rules clarification. You stated that the worker placement above the land, water, and next to inspiration cards require 1 or the other color. Not true. On p 16, to pick an action above the land cards, you must place the green AND yellow worker on the card that the action is under. It is not an "either or" situation. Same goes for the actions above the water cards and the actions next to the inspiration cards.
You are misreading that. It says "may". It means if a yellow worker is already there, you may place a green. You only play one worker per action. Look at the example on page 17.
I guess you deleted my comment? I did not mean to offend, I was simply expressing my inability to grok this game. My loss of understanding the meaning of the actions in this game was not a critique of your playthrough. Simply an opinion, but maybe you remove any like “negative” commenting.
I'm not sure what happened to your comment. I didn't delete it. Sometimes YT will quarantine a comment and require me to either approve or deny it. But I'm not seeing it in jail either. Maybe YT deleted it on its own, but I've not experienced that before. Very strange. Sorry about the confusion-- I did read you message yesterday and just didn't get around to responding yet. Things have been busy. Games like these can be difficult to grok and that is completely understandable. It is all about patience or just deciding this game isn't for you and moving on. I've definitely done that for several games. Thanks for watching!
@@TotallyTabled Hey, thanks for the great response. I’ver never experienced this either, so strange indeed. I was a bit bummed, because I love your video’s and assumed you had taken my comment the wrong way. Anyway, all good and yes, patience first, then moving on :)
Thank you for these videos. I think you are doing a fantastic job with the editing and narration of your playthroughs and that you deserve way more recognition for the quality of your work. This is as good as it gets in this hobby and hope you reach whatever goal you set for yourself.
Thank you so much for the kind words and I really appreciate your good vibes! I'm just trying to make the best videos I can and hopefully my best will continue to get better as I gain more experience. I'm thrilled that so many people find my channel helpful and/or entertaining. Every week I want to put out an interesting video, but I don't have many goals beyond that. Thanks for the support!
I got to say your videos are the only ones that I am willing to watch the entire playthrough. Very clear, concise explanations of the rules, how the AI works and your thought process (which really helps bring out the tactic/strategy flavour of the games). Your editing and shots also make it super easy for me to follow the flow of the game. You have convinced me to get many games just for solo play. I hope more people will discover this under the radar board game channel of yours. Keep putting out more amazing content! 💪
That is so nice of you to say! I'm really happy my videos work for you. I try to focus on making the playthroughs easy to follow because I know how hard it can be, especially if you don't know the rules. I struggle myself. I hope you continue to enjoy my channel for a long time. Thanks for the message of support!
Great tutorial and play through. I absolutely love this game (and most Garphill games, TBH). I really appreciate your quality and thoroughness. Very well done. One small rules clarification: whenever you pay a coin/provision to prevent the bot from taking a card with your influence, you’re actually paying it to the BOT. Because it does not take or use coins/provisions, your cost is paid to the bank, but I believe you still move their board token spots equal to the number of coins/provision paid.
All the below comments are spot on and you are one of the few that does a lot of solo tutorials. Given my work schedule, solo gaming is the only way I play. Thank you !
Great video, I've played all of the AI's for this game and the Space Card one seems to me to be the hardest. Also, I think you can count the blue "default rest action" that is part of our board as a tucked villager for the pairs of villagers and caravan tiles space objective, so you technically should have scored one more point.
Ah, good to know. Thanks for the rules clarification. I definitely need all the points I can get. I agree that the space ai feels the hardest to beat. Not sure if that was an intentional part of the design. Thanks so much for watching!
I have to say, the way you explain things are very good. Thanks for this playthrough / tutorial and have fun playing games :).
That is very kind of you to say. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for checking out the channel!
You played really well, but the bot in this game is vicious. Great playthrough!
First one of your videos I have watched. Very clear yet concise, allowing the game to flow quickly but not making me feel lost at the same time.
I appreciate the work you put into your video!
Thanks so much, Big D! I'm happy you enjoyed the video. Welcome to the channel. I hope you find more playthroughs you enjoy. Thanks for watching!
Agree 100% - you have to make a video about Scholars of the South Tigris - I watched few videos and I can't wrap my head around it, you videos are so clear.
34:26 You can draw three cards if you place blue or green worker on the right most card and pay three provisions. You could do that if a die have a ship and a pigeon tag.
Ive seen lots of videos of people teaching board games but no one can hold a candle to you, also your review of frostpunk was amazing! Definitely convinced me to get that one, cheers!
Wow, that is so nice of you to say, Jonathan. I really appreciate that. I'm glad my style works for you. I hope you enjoy Frostpunk. Thanks so much for supporting the channel!
Watched a few plays of this game, and yours is the best by far. You have a great pacing and teaching style, and your edits are on point. Definitely checking out your other videos. Keep it up!
I really appreciate those kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I'm very much an amateur and I'm still trying to learn this whole videography thing, but I do my best. I hope you enjoy the rest of the channel. Thank you for the support!
Thank you so much for this video! I was getting ready to play it solo and this video was a great help🙂
I'm so happy to hear that, Monica! I hope you enjoyed your play. Thank you so much for watching!
I think you forgot to pay 3 silver or 2 blue influence at 24:34 for taking that blue tile.
Oh, gosh, you are right. I totally missed that. Good catch. Thanks for watching!
Was about to say the same thing:p that's one of the things I always forgot in first play throughs
Another fantastic video, even tho I played it two player, now when it's time for solo, you helped me understand the Automa turns!
Thanks! The solo is very enjoyable. I'm waiting for the inevitable expansion for this one, because I feel it could use a bit of a boast to its dice system. And the Automa was very well done, as usual. Thanks for watching!
@@TotallyTabled Explain boast to its dice system.
Oh, I just thought the dice crafting system was really cool but undercooked. I'd love to make more powerful and unique die faces with more effects. Just adding icons was okay but I'd like more. Fun game, of course.
Shaggi.... Great playthrough and production as usual. You rock my man. 🙂👌🤘
Thanks so much! I appreciate the kind comment and I'm glad you enjoyed this one. I'm happy to finally have a Garphill game on the channel.
@@TotallyTabled You inspired me to crack this open and have my first game, I got completely destroyed, but managed to win on my 2nd game. Thanks again 🙂
Thanks for the video. I had the games for months on my pile of opportunities because the instructions booklet had me more confused every time I tried to read it. First time I had so much trouble with one of Shem's games.
Yeah, there are some confusing aspects for sure. I'm glad my video helped. Let us know what you think of it once you get it tabled. Thanks for checking out the channel!
Well, I've played a few games since and I like it a lot. I'm not very good yet at maximizing my score but I've managed to not get stuck. Thanks again!
@@Yanix71 We're in the same boat. I feel like I'm pretty bad at all of Shem's games. I tend to always do the same level of okay. I've been playing a bunch of Architects of WK on Board Game Arena with friends and I feel like I always get the same score. Ha.
Great play through and explanation of how to play.
Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Great video, thank you for making it! It helped a lot with a few questions that I had.
Just a question about the worker placement action you took at 24:30 ...don't you also have to pay for the upgrade tile? I think the symbols that let you take an upgrade tile for free have also coins with a red cross printed on them.
An excellent coherent explanation of this very clever game …I love GarpHill games …and enjoy the challenge they present …although I do find their rule books a tad confusing sometimes …with this game despite reading the rules 1/2 doz times I still missed things that your video cleared up …but they are on the whole worth the time and investment …my only issue with their games is I have purchased the 2 big boxes they produced and I really think they could have much more thought into the insert …but on saying this Wayfarers has one of the better inserts !
Thanks for watching and I'm glad to hear you found the video helpful. I'm happy that Wayfarers comes in a bigger box. Having to purchase the correct sized box for the West Kingdom games really rubs me the wrong way.
Thanks. Made the game easier to understand.
I'm so glad the playthrough helped. Thank you for checking it out!
Loved this. Just got both games from South Tigris and this helped a lot. Thanks. Are you gonna do a video on Scholars solo? 😅
Yep, I am. I just ordered Scholars and it is on the way, so hopefully I can get it tabled soon. I'm excited to check it out. Thanks so much for watching!
@@TotallyTabled Thanks. Looking forward to it!
One question, in order for "rest" action to be triggered for AI, does there have to be three same-color cards face-up already? (That is, "rest" is triggered as soon as the "fourth" same-color card is played) or rest is triggered at the start of AI's turn "if" there are already three same-color cards face-up? Can you please clarify this?
Hi Shaggy! Great videos as always. How do you rank Scholars and this Wayfarers in your top lists for solo? What other solo experiences would they be similar to?
That's a good question. I haven't played Scholars yet, but I should get it to the table soon. I like Wayfarers a lot. I'd love to see an expansion that made the dice building a bit more interesting. The solo mode is very well done and opponent is fairly easy to manage. The Garphill games feel very similar to me, so if you've played Paladins or Viscounts, it is the same vibe. It is probably in the 75-100 range on my personal top 100 solo games, but I haven't developed that list yet. Thanks for watching!
I have been really enjoying this game. Probably my favourite from Garphill games so far (New Zealand represent :D)
But yes as others have said, really enjoy your videos. Your editing and narration is absolutely fantastic every time.
Thanks so much for checking it out. I appreciate your support of the channel. Wayfarers is very fun and I enjoy the solo mode quite a bit. Looking forward to what the expansions might add.
I am 25 minutes in and all I’m thinking is: where is the game? When does it start? All I see is someone moving along a logic tree. I just fail to see what any of the actions mean. Anyway, love your play throughs! I find yours the only ones to be really informative and relaxing.
Thank you for the video! I was having a hard time wrapping my head around the rules (Garphill makes great games but their rulebooks are pretty poor!)
I'm so glad the video helped! I hope you enjoy the game. Thanks for supporting the channel for so long.
This is just sooo difficult. I bought this game, but I think I'll get back to it later. So many things going on at different places and after half an hour I still don't know what the influences are for. Also, the AI seems pretty hard to manage.
Don't give up! These heavier games can definitely be a struggle to learn, which is why I record my fourth or fifth play of a game and not my first. A first and even second play won't really bring the fun -- the fun is in the discovery and seeing the game slowly come into focus. Patience is key and not everyone is going to be willing to put up with the learning curve of some of these games and that is okay. My advice is to always watch my full playthrough and then read the complete rulebook with the game set up in front of you, moving and manipulating pieces as you read. Return to the playthrough as needed, and then play a learning game not worrying about score, looking up questions as they arise. This is the technique I use. Hopefully that helps. As for the influences, they are used to take special bonus actions -- so spending a yellow influence lets you increase or decrease dice twice, blue influence lets you treat a die as if it has a boat icon on it, and the black influence lets you move again when journaling. They are also worth victory points at the end of the game if you have majorities. Thanks so much for watching and good luck!
@@TotallyTabled Hey. Thanks so much for the encouragement and the tips. You and Jon (from Jongetsgames) are really good at explaining board games btw, explaining things step by step in the right order. I'll give it another shot tomorrow :)
Nice review. I was wondering, which state are you from? You sound quite like Rahdo from Rahdo runs through - only, you talk slower, which is a good thing :)
I'm from Oregon, which is pretty near Rahdo, I believe. Not sure how much I sound like him, but I am a very very slow talker, that's for sure. I give Mr. Rogers a run for his money. :)
Just a rules clarification. You stated that the worker placement above the land, water, and next to inspiration cards require 1 or the other color. Not true. On p 16, to pick an action above the land cards, you must place the green AND yellow worker on the card that the action is under. It is not an "either or" situation. Same goes for the actions above the water cards and the actions next to the inspiration cards.
You are misreading that. It says "may". It means if a yellow worker is already there, you may place a green. You only play one worker per action. Look at the example on page 17.
When you set up the game, how many upgrading tiles do you have to put on the board for two players?
Yes!!
Hope you enjoy the video!
I guess you deleted my comment? I did not mean to offend, I was simply expressing my inability to grok this game. My loss of understanding the meaning of the actions in this game was not a critique of your playthrough. Simply an opinion, but maybe you remove any like “negative” commenting.
I'm not sure what happened to your comment. I didn't delete it. Sometimes YT will quarantine a comment and require me to either approve or deny it. But I'm not seeing it in jail either. Maybe YT deleted it on its own, but I've not experienced that before. Very strange. Sorry about the confusion-- I did read you message yesterday and just didn't get around to responding yet. Things have been busy. Games like these can be difficult to grok and that is completely understandable. It is all about patience or just deciding this game isn't for you and moving on. I've definitely done that for several games. Thanks for watching!
@@TotallyTabled Hey, thanks for the great response. I’ver never experienced this either, so strange indeed. I was a bit bummed, because I love your video’s and assumed you had taken my comment the wrong way. Anyway, all good and yes, patience first, then moving on :)