lordwindgrace i had asked the designer about that before i accepted the prototpye, because it bugged me when i read the rules. he had a good reply though: "As far as the theme for those actions: when you move cubes from onelocation to another: When you draw cubes from the bag and place them in theareas it's a research report, where someone scouted, drilled some testholes, and these are the available resources they found. Moving cubes islike falsifying the report given to the other players. When you move tilesyou are bribing the dock workers to unload different ships first. Slip thedock master a roll of cash and all of the sudden your ship is gettingunloaded first."
***** I can see that as a possible explanation and it would make sense, but it doesn't really come over well during gameplay.. They should have named the action "falsify reports" or something more fitting. Thanks for the reply
lordwindgrace The biggest reason that we left out the flavor in the basic rules is to keep the game as easy to learn as possible. The rules will have all of the thematic filler, but it can really slow down learning to play a game. I can teach a new group of people how to do everything in Nautilus Industries in under 10 minutes, yet I still learn new ways of manipulating the game even after many, many plays. Hope this helps!
Again, you're swapping things funny in this game. Are you sure that's how the rules are for swapping? I'd imagine with it saying 'swap', then cube A and cube B switch places (not cube A goes to a new place, and cube B goes to a new place like you're doing).
When rahdo does it the first time, he says it's swapping between the two tiles (i.e. boards). The actual colours still get sorted into their proper places on each separate board.
Ozgur Ozubek check the show notes... there's a link to the tripod version (or static cam) which you can watch instead. i've been doing these static cam ones since april :)
Rahdo, you are my favorite playthrough artist, but come on. Another kickstarter game? Is that what you raised funds for, to shill unpublished games that you are not paying for and probably being paid to do? How about running through a game that is available at retail?
Gary Gronk if you don't like the video now, just wait 6 or 9 months, and watch it then, when the game is available in retail :)I generally prioritize kickstarter games because people who are interested in them need the information *right now*. it's literally time sensitive. and everyone benefits from the video, even if you're not interested in backing on kickstarter, because eventually the game will be available at retail, and you can watch the vid then :)
The gem swapping makes absolutely no sense in the theme of mining!? It's too bad because it's a very interesting game mechanic... unfortunately forced on this theme! :(
Mifoi it does actually. they publisher just made the mistake of leaving the thematic information out of the original copy of the rulebook. he said for the shipping game, he would make it clear how everything works thematically :)
Getting bored with all this kickstarter reviews. Cant you go back and re runthrough boardgames where you made many mistaces and increse the publish quality or review published games that you havent done reviews of like Cuba.
Bijan Ajamlou I generally prioritize kickstarter games because people who are interested in them need the information right now. it's literally time sensitive. and everyone benefits from the video, even if you're not interested in backing on kickstarter, because eventually the game will be available at retail, and you can watch the vid then :)
Played at GenCon last year with some friends. We all loved it. If you like messing with your friends while gaming, you need this game.
20:50 You forgot to move the other tracks.
Note added... thanks
are those the crystals from Defenders of the Realm?
The swapping of the goods between the boards just makes no thematic sense to me ... otherwise the game seems fairly interesting.
lordwindgrace i had asked the designer about that before i accepted the prototpye, because it bugged me when i read the rules. he had a good reply though:
"As far as the theme for those actions: when you move cubes from onelocation to another: When you draw cubes from the bag and place them in theareas it's a research report, where someone scouted, drilled some testholes, and these are the available resources they found. Moving cubes islike falsifying the report given to the other players. When you move tilesyou are bribing the dock workers to unload different ships first. Slip thedock master a roll of cash and all of the sudden your ship is gettingunloaded first."
***** I can see that as a possible explanation and it would make sense, but it doesn't really come over well during gameplay.. They should have named the action "falsify reports" or something more fitting. Thanks for the reply
lordwindgrace agreed, that would definitely help!
lordwindgrace The biggest reason that we left out the flavor in the basic rules is to keep the game as easy to learn as possible. The rules will have all of the thematic filler, but it can really slow down learning to play a game. I can teach a new group of people how to do everything in Nautilus Industries in under 10 minutes, yet I still learn new ways of manipulating the game even after many, many plays.
Hope this helps!
Again, you're swapping things funny in this game. Are you sure that's how the rules are for swapping? I'd imagine with it saying 'swap', then cube A and cube B switch places (not cube A goes to a new place, and cube B goes to a new place like you're doing).
When rahdo does it the first time, he says it's swapping between the two tiles (i.e. boards). The actual colours still get sorted into their proper places on each separate board.
Eric Luong Yeah, after watching both vids, it makes a lot more sense now.
please do not shake the cam. cant keep up. headaches!
edit: thnx for reply. i missed that april patch.
Ozgur Ozubek check the show notes... there's a link to the tripod version (or static cam) which you can watch instead. i've been doing these static cam ones since april :)
Rahdo, you are my favorite playthrough artist, but come on. Another kickstarter game? Is that what you raised funds for, to shill unpublished games that you are not paying for and probably being paid to do? How about running through a game that is available at retail?
Gary Gronk if you don't like the video now, just wait 6 or 9 months, and watch it then, when the game is available in retail :)I generally prioritize kickstarter games because people who are interested in them need the information *right now*. it's literally time sensitive. and everyone benefits from the video, even if you're not interested in backing on kickstarter, because eventually the game will be available at retail, and you can watch the vid then :)
The gem swapping makes absolutely no sense in the theme of mining!? It's too bad because it's a very interesting game mechanic... unfortunately forced on this theme! :(
Mifoi it does actually. they publisher just made the mistake of leaving the thematic information out of the original copy of the rulebook. he said for the shipping game, he would make it clear how everything works thematically :)
Getting bored with all this kickstarter reviews. Cant you go back and re runthrough boardgames where you made many mistaces and increse the publish quality or review published games that you havent done reviews of like Cuba.
Bijan Ajamlou I generally prioritize kickstarter games because people who are interested in them need the information right now. it's literally time sensitive. and everyone benefits from the video, even if you're not interested in backing on kickstarter, because eventually the game will be available at retail, and you can watch the vid then :)
Thanks for the review but ugh, the world does not need yet another stock manipulation game.