The Black drops on the attack card has a minus sign. That means the 2 unlockable damage actually goes to the one playing the card and not the opponent.
Hi there, at 1 hour 15 min and 27 seconds yellow gains 9 prayer points. How so? What gave them that boost? Thanks so much for making these videos. Just got Kemet Blood and Sand and the Book of the Dead expansion, which I still sincerely hope you'll get your hands on some time to make a tutorial for that set too :)
At 1:07:15 you enter a military dock you don't own but you could have got to the same place by land anyway. Testament to how badly worded the Dock rules are worded in the manual probably! Thanks for the video, v helpful before my first teach of the game
OTSBG, love your videos. At 33:42, you said all players get a veteran token. The black player was the attacker, not the defender, so because they won the battle and received a Divine FP, they do not also get a Veteran token.
And sorry, just realized you confirmed the correction. Again, thanks for your videos. You taught me how to play Cthulhu Wars and now Kemet B&S. Thank you!
I've watched a lot of videos before pre-ordering our native Ukrainian/Russian localization of Kemet (never played area-control games before), however, most of these videos were not impressive. You, however, are a cool person, and I've definitely subscribed for your channel. Among all other area-control games like Inish, Blood Rage, Rising Sun, etc. I've made my main choice for the aggressive Kemet: BaS. It feels better than a predecessor, and a lot of options you've shown in this video are good enough to justify the replayability of this game, just an amazing piece of art.
Thanks for watching and subbing extremely appreciated! The winner does not need to have a surviving troop to get the reward and in fact a sneaky tactic is to jump a player you know doesn't have any good offensive cards and still earn a permanent VP with a smaller force or one with a monster in it.
@@OffTheShelfGameReviews Thanks for the reply! I've actually edited the comment because I saw your solution within the video. Nevertheless, I've found that topic: boardgamegeek.com/thread/1502492/winning-battle-loosing-all-troops-do-i-get-still-b and the official reply of Matagot, which is: "According to the rules, to win a battle, you need to have more strength than your opponent. That's all. Now, in order to win a VP, there is an extra condition that requires you to have at least one unit still standing. So you can win the battle, and not win the VP. But you are still the winner of the battle." So according to the official reply, we can't get a VP if none of our warriors is alive. My main concern was: what if both players lose all their units in battle due to the damage cards from both sides, how it should be handled. Thank you :)
@@OffTheShelfGameReviews correct :) That was my concern that even if you win - you won't get a VP if you have 0 units left. A veteran token is still provided, so it's still OK :) By the way, do you think that Blue is highly underpowered in Kemet: BaS if you compare it to Red or White? My main concern is if it is even worth getting a Blue Pyramid other than for pure replayability. They moved Snake to White, raised the Legion requirement to Level 3 instead of 2, nerfed Reinforcements, and overall their level 4 tiles are highly underpowered (at least to my taste). The Elephant also seems pretty weak. Also, I don't find it's too reasonalbe to play Defensive Victory and control templates if one can simply get an Amon Priest asap and get 7 pray points each night while maintaining offensive Red tiles. You definitely played a lot of sessions and I would highly appreciate your opinion on that.
@@ruindavidson901 I need to play more to make any decisions but blue still seems to be a very powerful "helper color" I have had tremendous fortune going Blue/Black and Blue/Red. This is nowhere near enough sample size of game play to confirm though just what I feel so far. I want to play Kemet more but that requires me to hunt down my own copy to get in more plays or con the owner of this copy to bring it over more often =) Thanks for watching!
At around 28:05 you burn a DI card and when I looked this card up on the player aid, you can remove 1 enemy unit from the battlefield but I never saw you do that, did I miss something?
For brevity I cut out "empty air" so I might have got overzealous on the cutting. I think I removed the unit but the actual act is on the cutting room floor. Thanks for watching!
24:43 Green is the player with the least amount of VPs, so he gets to choose his position on the player order track. 35:00 Yellow summons 5 troops, but doesn't pay for them. The "+5 Strength ~ 2 Unblockable Damage" battle card...the unblockable Damage is for the player who played the card. The "~" signifies that YOU are taking the damage, not your opponent. So the Black player should have lost two troops when he took the "House of all gods" where you can sacrifice two troops for a permanent VP. And the green player should have had two more troops when he took the temple from yellow. Playing that card wrong seriously influences the game :-)
I’m in the process of learning this game and have yet to play, so please forgive me if I’m wrong, but at 44:05 since green still has a Troop remaining in the battlefield, doesn’t green chose where yellow retreats to?
It's a tactical mind game. You all know at the start of the game which cards everyone at the table has. Once that first battle ends, you create uncertainty and doubt, keeping battle decisions tense.
The biggest balance problem in Kemet that's VERRY significant: Players start the game exactly the same, but the turn order of the first turn is random. The first player has a HUGE advantage. I don't know what could be done to adress this.
Each player starts with a level 1 power so somewhat assymetrical plus being first in Kemet isn't always a good thing. Sometimes it is better to see what others do so you can react!
@@OffTheShelfGameReviews It's way batter being the last on most ocasions... That's not the case in the first turn. Having the advange in choosing the pyramid colors and acting before everybody so that you can buy the exact tiles you want is a HUGE advantage.
@@OrdemDoGraveto The Level 1 Power Tile that players acquire as part of the setup is done in reverse turn order. So that is something to help out the players going later in the turn order.
The Black drops on the attack card has a minus sign. That means the 2 unlockable damage actually goes to the one playing the card and not the opponent.
Correct, check the show notes for the tutorial where I correct this, thanks for watching!
Just bought this game and your videos are so helpful, thanks
Glad you like them!
Thanks for watching!
Hi there, at 1 hour 15 min and 27 seconds yellow gains 9 prayer points. How so? What gave them that boost?
Thanks so much for making these videos. Just got Kemet Blood and Sand and the Book of the Dead expansion, which I still sincerely hope you'll get your hands on some time to make a tutorial for that set too :)
Thanks for the gameplay. It was very entertaining. I'm not totally sure, but winning player in a battle gets also a Veteran token.
Only if the winner is the defender. Attacker winning gets the permanent VP but no vet token.
Thanks for watching!
At 1:07:15 you enter a military dock you don't own but you could have got to the same place by land anyway. Testament to how badly worded the Dock rules are worded in the manual probably! Thanks for the video, v helpful before my first teach of the game
@@xancb92 Glad it helped, thanks for the correction and thanks for watching!
OTSBG, love your videos. At 33:42, you said all players get a veteran token. The black player was the attacker, not the defender, so because they won the battle and received a Divine FP, they do not also get a Veteran token.
And sorry, just realized you confirmed the correction. Again, thanks for your videos. You taught me how to play Cthulhu Wars and now Kemet B&S. Thank you!
Thank you for the video!
I've watched a lot of videos before pre-ordering our native Ukrainian/Russian localization of Kemet (never played area-control games before), however, most of these videos were not impressive. You, however, are a cool person, and I've definitely subscribed for your channel. Among all other area-control games like Inish, Blood Rage, Rising Sun, etc. I've made my main choice for the aggressive Kemet: BaS. It feels better than a predecessor, and a lot of options you've shown in this video are good enough to justify the replayability of this game, just an amazing piece of art.
Thanks for watching and subbing extremely appreciated! The winner does not need to have a surviving troop to get the reward and in fact a sneaky tactic is to jump a player you know doesn't have any good offensive cards and still earn a permanent VP with a smaller force or one with a monster in it.
@@OffTheShelfGameReviews Thanks for the reply! I've actually edited the comment because I saw your solution within the video. Nevertheless, I've found that topic: boardgamegeek.com/thread/1502492/winning-battle-loosing-all-troops-do-i-get-still-b and the official reply of Matagot, which is: "According to the rules, to win a battle, you need to have more strength than your opponent. That's all.
Now, in order to win a VP, there is an extra condition that requires you to have at least one unit still standing.
So you can win the battle, and not win the VP. But you are still the winner of the battle." So according to the official reply, we can't get a VP if none of our warriors is alive. My main concern was: what if both players lose all their units in battle due to the damage cards from both sides, how it should be handled. Thank you :)
@@ruindavidson901 the player with the most strength still gets the token to spend during the night phase and if that is the defender they still get 2.
@@OffTheShelfGameReviews correct :) That was my concern that even if you win - you won't get a VP if you have 0 units left. A veteran token is still provided, so it's still OK :) By the way, do you think that Blue is highly underpowered in Kemet: BaS if you compare it to Red or White? My main concern is if it is even worth getting a Blue Pyramid other than for pure replayability. They moved Snake to White, raised the Legion requirement to Level 3 instead of 2, nerfed Reinforcements, and overall their level 4 tiles are highly underpowered (at least to my taste). The Elephant also seems pretty weak. Also, I don't find it's too reasonalbe to play Defensive Victory and control templates if one can simply get an Amon Priest asap and get 7 pray points each night while maintaining offensive Red tiles. You definitely played a lot of sessions and I would highly appreciate your opinion on that.
@@ruindavidson901 I need to play more to make any decisions but blue still seems to be a very powerful "helper color" I have had tremendous fortune going Blue/Black and Blue/Red. This is nowhere near enough sample size of game play to confirm though just what I feel so far. I want to play Kemet more but that requires me to hunt down my own copy to get in more plays or con the owner of this copy to bring it over more often =)
Thanks for watching!
At around 28:05 you burn a DI card and when I looked this card up on the player aid, you can remove 1 enemy unit from the battlefield but I never saw you do that, did I miss something?
For brevity I cut out "empty air" so I might have got overzealous on the cutting. I think I removed the unit but the actual act is on the cutting room floor.
Thanks for watching!
Nope, you didn't take the action at all. I was sitting here hoping you picked it up at some point. Thanks for the video.
24:43 Green is the player with the least amount of VPs, so he gets to choose his position on the player order track.
35:00 Yellow summons 5 troops, but doesn't pay for them.
The "+5 Strength ~ 2 Unblockable Damage" battle card...the unblockable Damage is for the player who played the card. The "~" signifies that YOU are taking the damage, not your opponent.
So the Black player should have lost two troops when he took the "House of all gods" where you can sacrifice two troops for a permanent VP.
And the green player should have had two more troops when he took the temple from yellow.
Playing that card wrong seriously influences the game :-)
It's commented in the show notes but yes it makes a huge difference! Thanks for watching!
I’m in the process of learning this game and have yet to play, so please forgive me if I’m wrong, but at 44:05 since green still has a Troop remaining in the battlefield, doesn’t green chose where yellow retreats to?
The victor should choose where the loser retreats, if I missed it, good catch!
Thanks for watching!
top demais bro
Never understood what is a purpose of discarding aditional card during combat.Strange rule...
It's a tactical mind game. You all know at the start of the game which cards everyone at the table has. Once that first battle ends, you create uncertainty and doubt, keeping battle decisions tense.
are you green/red colorblind? because you keep confusing red and green calling them red
Time stamps?
No known color issues here but hey you never know!
The biggest balance problem in Kemet that's VERRY significant: Players start the game exactly the same, but the turn order of the first turn is random. The first player has a HUGE advantage. I don't know what could be done to adress this.
Each player starts with a level 1 power so somewhat assymetrical plus being first in Kemet isn't always a good thing. Sometimes it is better to see what others do so you can react!
@@OffTheShelfGameReviews It's way batter being the last on most ocasions... That's not the case in the first turn. Having the advange in choosing the pyramid colors and acting before everybody so that you can buy the exact tiles you want is a HUGE advantage.
@@OrdemDoGraveto The Level 1 Power Tile that players acquire as part of the setup is done in reverse turn order. So that is something to help out the players going later in the turn order.