Thank you so so so much! I read the Wakhan section in the manual three times and still couldn't figure it out because there were no visualizations to help this. After watching this video and having a manual open at the same time I was able to play my first solo game of Pax Pamir and had a blast! I feel like this might become my favorite game to play solo!
Wonderful playthrough and it really helped me with playing Wahkan. Thank you for the time and effort doing such a clear and well explained playthrough. I would be interested in hearing what you think of Pax Ren ....
Glad this video helped and thanks for the kind words! You know I've never played Pax Renaissance at least yet... I have heard really good things about this one though.
Great tutorial, I think the best one available for Pax Pamir Solo. But I missed in rules and also in video an explanation, how to handle the situation if Wakhan purchases an event card and, secondary I missed some more examples for the handling of special card actions (those in rectangular area).
Thanks for the great video! Question though, at 8:16, would the Wakhan betray her own card if she had the rupees for it? Or she never betrays her own card? I thought that was one of the suboptimal moves she makes. Or at least that’s how I’ve been playing lol
Great video! Quick question on the Wakhan's betray action you demonstrate. I believe there is one of your spies on the card, so isn't it being held hostage and the action available for use if they pays a bribe (in this case 1 coin for the 1 spy)?
At 24:30, if the Wakhan is already in a region with an enemy tribe, has the move action listed, and an adjacent region also has an enemy tribe, will she move the army from her current region or will she forego the action altogether?
That is a very well presented and put together video, I watch quite a few how to play videos and this is right up there. Great job! I’ve two handed Pax Pamir three time’s to learn most of the rules prior to a solo attempt. This will have really helped thank you. As a separate question have you won it playing solo, and how hard is it to beat? Thx again
Hi Andy, I have struggled against the Wakhan in a few games for sure. In the playthrough video I actually pulled off the victory, but feel in that one the favored suit was really in my favor :)
Amazing! Thanks. One question: 21:35 You talk about card prioriyt she use when she does the battle (only one card in this case). But when she use card for actions, from what I understand she doesent use card priority in that case, instead you go use the first card from left to right to perfrom the indicated action. Am I wrong?
Hi Viktor, first off thanks so much for the comment and hope all is well! I'll attempt to answer this and hopefully I can makes some sense out of my answer. When the Wakhan takes a card based action as listed on the Wakhan card AND she has multiple cards where the action is available, she will use the general card priority list to narrow down which card she uses for the action (similar to the battle example). Where she goes through her court from left to right is after she uses her two actions for the turn AND has cards matching the favored suit that haven't already been used in the turn, then she will start from the left of her court and take the leftmost action from each card if she can and then works her way to the right. Hopefully this makes sense.
Hey! Thanks for the great video! Quick question, can you confirm where you read that the Wakhan does not have to discard cards if they lose a leveraged card if they have no money? This is in reference to 14:30 in your video. Thanks again!
Re the last option for discarding cards from Wakhan's Court - Lowest card number: Is that talking the little number in the bottom right corner, that is different on every card?
I disagree with your ruling at 10:28 ... you say “find the one that places the most armies and/or roads [from among those that wakhan can afford].” However the rules state “Many actions on the AI card will list a set of instructions and conditions which must be true in order for the action to be taken. If these conditions cannot be met, the action is skipped.” So, there is no evaluation of budget until *after* the target card is identified - and if the card with the most armies and roads is unaffordable, this action would be completely skipped, because she cannot buy it. Granted, in your specific example, she can afford the target card. But I believe it is inaccurate to say “look at the cards she can afford and then radicalize the one that best meets the condition.” By your spoken words, if City of Ghazni was unaffordable, you would have instead chosen the affordable card with the most armies/roads. That would be an error. If I am wrong here, please let me know. EDIT: In his own video the designer Ricky Royal does what you do here... radicalizing the most qualified card (with regard to the specific conditions on the AI action) WITHIN those cards that are affordable. Not skipping the action when the (absolute) most qualified card is unaffordable. This contradicts the rules as written to me, as stated above. Where in the rules are you finding this direction?
Hi jsibleytube. Thanks for the question on this. It's been a couple months since I was deep into these rules on this one, but if I remember correctly, this is a rule / clarity that was added in the 2nd printing of the rules. I believe if you have an edition of Pax Pamir 2e that was printed earlier than October 2020, you will have the older rules (like I did). There were a few important things that changed / were better clarified in the 2nd printing rules. boardgamegeek.com/filepage/174408/rulebook-pax-pamir-second-edition Let me know if that one helps.
Good catch! It looks like I edited out when she paid for this card for some reason. The market shows at around 8:30 that there are rupees on the cards to the left of the one she purchased so I believe she did pay. I just think edited out too much there. Thanks for pointing this out!
Hi Ed, Thanks for pointing this out. I went back and looked at this and I must have edited out paying for this second card for some reason. If you forward to my turn, you'll see the rupees got placed on the cards, but my mistake for not showing it.
this series was extremely helpful, thank you.
Sadly I only have the first edition. Lots of people do recommend the second edition. Thank you so much for doing this.
Thank you for inspiring me playing my best solo game ever. By the way, best production ever..
Wow! Thanks Gabriel! I take it that things went pretty well against the Wakhan then?
Excellent tutorial. Top notch. Finally felt comfortable playing solo after clarifying a couple of things here. Thanks for the timestamps.
Super glad to here it! Thanks!
Thank you so much, would be lost on this game without you!
You are one of the best explainer here man. Really well done!
Thanks for the kind words and glad you liked it!
@@ModernTablegamer yeah man, no one has explained this game like you did! Top creator❤️
Tnx a lot! 👍
Just here to give an applause to best rules explanation! Thank you! 2 thumbs up
Thank you so so so much! I read the Wakhan section in the manual three times and still couldn't figure it out because there were no visualizations to help this. After watching this video and having a manual open at the same time I was able to play my first solo game of Pax Pamir and had a blast! I feel like this might become my favorite game to play solo!
That is awesome! so glad to hear it as I think more need to experience this one solo :). Thanks so much!
Got this coming, really enjoyed this playthrough. I will be looking out for more of your content.
I really hope you enjoy this one when it arrives! Thanks so much!
Very helpful explanation. Thanks for covering all the "what ifs". Good job!
Thanks and hope you enjoy playing the Wakhan!
Very clear, well-produced instructional video. Thank you!!
Thank you Steve!
Excellent work yet again!
Thank you soooo much!
Fantastic, clear & very helpful videos- thank you for all the effort you put into these! Cheers
Best solo instruction video for Pax Pamir I have watched!
Wonderful playthrough and it really helped me with playing Wahkan. Thank you for the time and effort doing such a clear and well explained playthrough.
I would be interested in hearing what you think of Pax Ren ....
Glad this video helped and thanks for the kind words! You know I've never played Pax Renaissance at least yet... I have heard really good things about this one though.
Thank you very much for this video. It helped me a lot
You bet! I hope you have a good time playing agains the Wakhan!
Great tutorial, I think the best one available for Pax Pamir Solo. But I missed in rules and also in video an explanation, how to handle the situation if Wakhan purchases an event card and, secondary I missed some more examples for the handling of special card actions (those in rectangular area).
what a great video
Thanks for the great video! Question though, at 8:16, would the Wakhan betray her own card if she had the rupees for it? Or she never betrays her own card? I thought that was one of the suboptimal moves she makes. Or at least that’s how I’ve been playing lol
the rules say she betrays her own cards. so it would seem the only reason she wouldn't take the action is lack of rupees.
Great video! Quick question on the Wakhan's betray action you demonstrate. I believe there is one of your spies on the card, so isn't it being held hostage and the action available for use if they pays a bribe (in this case 1 coin for the 1 spy)?
Yes, that is correct. One coin per spy on the card if my memory serves me correctly. Thanks Brian!
At 24:30, if the Wakhan is already in a region with an enemy tribe, has the move action listed, and an adjacent region also has an enemy tribe, will she move the army from her current region or will she forego the action altogether?
That is a very well presented and put together video, I watch quite a few how to play videos and this is right up there. Great job! I’ve two handed Pax Pamir three time’s to learn most of the rules prior to a solo attempt. This will have really helped thank you. As a separate question have you won it playing solo, and how hard is it to beat? Thx again
Hi Andy, I have struggled against the Wakhan in a few games for sure. In the playthrough video I actually pulled off the victory, but feel in that one the favored suit was really in my favor :)
Amazing! Thanks.
One question: 21:35 You talk about card prioriyt she use when she does the battle (only one card in this case). But when she use card for actions, from what I understand she doesent use card priority in that case, instead you go use the first card from left to right to perfrom the indicated action.
Am I wrong?
Hi Viktor, first off thanks so much for the comment and hope all is well! I'll attempt to answer this and hopefully I can makes some sense out of my answer. When the Wakhan takes a card based action as listed on the Wakhan card AND she has multiple cards where the action is available, she will use the general card priority list to narrow down which card she uses for the action (similar to the battle example). Where she goes through her court from left to right is after she uses her two actions for the turn AND has cards matching the favored suit that haven't already been used in the turn, then she will start from the left of her court and take the leftmost action from each card if she can and then works her way to the right. Hopefully this makes sense.
@@ModernTablegamer great answer Pete !
Hey! Thanks for the great video! Quick question, can you confirm where you read that the Wakhan does not have to discard cards if they lose a leveraged card if they have no money? This is in reference to 14:30 in your video. Thanks again!
Hi Zaki, I believe this is mentioned in the 2nd printing of the 2nd edition rules. I'll try to confirm. Thanks so much for posting!
@@ModernTablegamer Yes, You are absolutely right. I missed this because I had the 2nd ed, 1st printing rules! Thank you again!
Re the last option for discarding cards from Wakhan's Court - Lowest card number: Is that talking the little number in the bottom right corner, that is different on every card?
Yes. It didn't seem to get used too much in the games I've played against the Wakhan, but yes, that is the final tie breaker.
@@ModernTablegamer Thanks :)
I disagree with your ruling at 10:28 ... you say “find the one that places the most armies and/or roads [from among those that wakhan can afford].” However the rules state “Many actions on the AI card will list a set of instructions and conditions which must be true in order for the action to be taken. If these conditions cannot be met, the action is skipped.” So, there is no evaluation of budget until *after* the target card is identified - and if the card with the most armies and roads is unaffordable, this action would be completely skipped, because she cannot buy it. Granted, in your specific example, she can afford the target card. But I believe it is inaccurate to say “look at the cards she can afford and then radicalize the one that best meets the condition.” By your spoken words, if City of Ghazni was unaffordable, you would have instead chosen the affordable card with the most armies/roads. That would be an error. If I am wrong here, please let me know. EDIT: In his own video the designer Ricky Royal does what you do here... radicalizing the most qualified card (with regard to the specific conditions on the AI action) WITHIN those cards that are affordable. Not skipping the action when the (absolute) most qualified card is unaffordable. This contradicts the rules as written to me, as stated above. Where in the rules are you finding this direction?
Hi jsibleytube. Thanks for the question on this. It's been a couple months since I was deep into these rules on this one, but if I remember correctly, this is a rule / clarity that was added in the 2nd printing of the rules. I believe if you have an edition of Pax Pamir 2e that was printed earlier than October 2020, you will have the older rules (like I did). There were a few important things that changed / were better clarified in the 2nd printing rules. boardgamegeek.com/filepage/174408/rulebook-pax-pamir-second-edition Let me know if that one helps.
@@ModernTablegamer still puzzling to me, but thanks for your vids and reply :)
At 7:37 does she not have to pay for that second card?
Good catch! It looks like I edited out when she paid for this card for some reason. The market shows at around 8:30 that there are rupees on the cards to the left of the one she purchased so I believe she did pay. I just think edited out too much there. Thanks for pointing this out!
How did the Wahkan purchase the second card without paying rupees again in the first turn?
Hi Ed, Thanks for pointing this out. I went back and looked at this and I must have edited out paying for this second card for some reason. If you forward to my turn, you'll see the rupees got placed on the cards, but my mistake for not showing it.
Shouldn't you have had removed both Transcaspia cards when the Wakhan removed your only tribe in Transcaspia? You discarded only only one of them
First :-)