As delivery gets close this will be a huge help thank you, as someone who learns better from videos than rulebooks this is invaluable to my enjoyment of the game.
Backed this game because my wife is a psychologist, but holy crap this is heavy. Going to take a long time to get through the first game. Very intimidating.
Hi Paul. Exceptional Video. Very clear, well structured. Appreciate also the “formal “ dress which adds a touch of elegance and creates a welcoming atmosphere.
Excellent video! This is one of my most anticipated games, but I know it's going to be a bit of a trial to teach my group, so this guide is going to be a big help!
Just put my video on at the start of the game session. It will be the same time as an in-person teach, and you don't have to worry about getting the rules wrong :)
Dear Professor Grogan, thank you so much for this wonderful How to Play Video. As always with your videos, it is perfect. You give us a very accurate introduction to all the rules. It looks like the setup takes some time. Now I am waiting for my copy. Ah: last but not least: nice suit 🙂Thanks for your work, all the best from Germany, Frank
Thank you very much for another excellent 'how to' video Dr Paul! I had my 'mind's eye'on this game since it was announced as a KS few years ago with a heavy strategy weight and the beautiful art by Vincent Dutrait! Your deep 'psychoanalysis' of the game makes regret I did not back it, but my god if this is not a difficult new case, from the 'set up'... 😂
Wooo! I remember seeing this game a while ago and I was just wondering when we would see more of it. Also, I am ready for Paul to dress in theme appropriate attire for ALL how to play videos going forward.
Got the game this week, will attempt a first game tonight and man am I thankful for this How to Play. Extremely well structured, presented, to the point, great visuals.. usual Paul quality. I was a bit worried this game would be 'too light' (I rather enjoy ubber heavy Euros even if I'm not really good at any of them). Having gone through the setup part it certainly looks heavier than I would have expected, hopefully the 'heavy' isn't just about the setup but the actual depth of gameplay hehe.
Wow, much heavier than I thought. Getting Lacerda vibes but I haven’t played one in a few years. Not sure I will be able to get this to the table…can’t even imagine adding the expansion. Will definetly watch a play-through.
Thanks for the video. I have a question that has been bugging me, icongraphy-wise. @ 19:50 when I take a tile with activating the banner and in the same time the banner has an instant activation icon depicted in it, do I activate the banner effect twice? Because there are tiles without the instant activation mark but you can still activate them with the banner activation coffee cost so I'm lost why they chose to depict the icons in such a way for the location different than the insights!
I'm not 100% sure I fully understand the question, but I will try. The icon shown in the banner of the top right tile at 19:50 means that you trigger the location effect of the theatre. Count the number of theatre tags you have, and add 1 for the icon shown on the tile. I don't believe there are any Notebook tiles with location tags on them that do not have the lightning bolt on. There are tags on other things in the game, goals, research cards, etc but those are just tags that you count.
@ yes that part is clear but why they decided to keep the lighting bolt on the location banner side of the notebook but not on the insight banner side of the notebook? That print is confusing because you already activate them with coffee instantly why the lighting bolt on the locations notebooks! I hope it is clear lol but thanks nontheless
@@DewaniyaNight sorry, I don’t know what you mean by “location banner side” and the “insight banner side”. I’m also not sure I understand what you mean by activating them with coffee. You buy the tiles with coffee and then place them on your board.
Fantastic job as always! A rules question, if you don't mind: For the Heart Shaped Boxes, is there a specific reason you would want to spend one to gain two points, in order to gain another back? I ask because I would think it otherwise would have been a little cleaner to say something along the lines of "If you would gain a Heart Shaped Box and are at max capacity, gain two points instead". It might be mostly semantics, but that alternative is a little easier for my brain to quickly wrap my head around.
What you have described is exactly right - and if you want to explain it like that, feel free. I might actually do the same the next time I teach it. For this video, I tried to stick to what was in the rulebook.
Thank you, Paul, for this very helpful video that’s made learning the rules so much more digestible! Wasn’t sure if you could clarify this but when you recall ideas and are counting the spaces your ideas occupy at the meeting table, does a space with your bright ideas (no idea token, just bright idea) count? My read is that it doesn’t and that the only spaces that count are those with your actual idea tokens but I wasn’t sure 🤷🏾♂️ thanks again for the videos - I’m currently halfway through your playthrough video ☺️
Hi Paul, If you use 2 bright ideas on the main board for an action, since it's not your own player idea pointing towards that action space, does that mean you can do that action again using your own coloured player ideas?
I'm pretty sure you can, since the Bright Ideas get cleared off of the board at the end of your turn anyway, so they're not even there to be recalled for coffee, or to record what actions you've already done.
@@happybeingdumb i see. okay, makes sense. what about the other way around? you first puf your ideas then you want to use bright iseas for the same action space?
@@Darkhan9 I would assume that could NOT be done, since you'd be trying to take an action you're already pointing at, which isn't allowed. Even if you feel like the Bright Ideas aren't pointing at the action (though I think you're still supposed to point them toward it), the rule is just that you can't take an action you already have ideas pointing to.
When you are citing the work of other players and have to work right to left, can you only do that if you need the one on the very right? For example maybe I need a players red, but I have to take a purple first, but I don’t need the purple. Can I take both and just use the one I needed for publishing my work? If so what happens with the one I didn’t need? Do I keep it and it’s tag in front of me?
Paul, I wrote an extensive satire book on Freud years ago called “Everything you wanted to know about sex, but forgot to ask.” I really need to think about publishing it.
I have a doubt.....in min 16, you explain that if I have a idea token pointed at an action, I can't make that action in subsequent turns with other idea tokens since there is already a token pointed that way, my doubt is if I use bright ideas tokens, can I make the action even if I have other idea tokens pointed to that action? Or since I have tokens pointed there I can't do it even whit bright ideas?
Someone else asked that earlier :) You cannot place bright ideas and point to an action that you are already pointing to. However... you CAN place bright ideas to point to an action, then... at the end of your turn, those ideas are removed. And then on your next turn, place normal ideas pointing to it.
Question: if you were to use two bright ideas to perform an action, could you theoretically do the same action next turn using your regular ideas? Since the bright ideas would be removed at the end of the turn?
Thanks for this, picked it up at Essen. I noticed you mentioned removing plastic from your grief cards but I can't seem to be able to do this with ours? Do the retail versions already have this backing you mentioned removed or do I just need to try harder?
are there still protective foils on the grief layer cards with the production run? I can't really find anything obvious sticking on them and I don't want to get too destructive
I waited . . . and waited . . . and waited . . . By the time you got to the first action I was in a subconscious state and needed 4 (or was it 5) cups of coffee to bring me back 😂 I won't be playing this one, thanks 👍🏼👍🏼
There is this trend of euros with an unusual pretentious themes completely pasted on. They are also incredibly well produced, but the mechanics bellow are just convoluted euro slop. Playing them feels like filling a spreadsheet. Lacrimosa, Luthier, Gutemberg now this. Probably missing some of them.
when you remove a colored insight from your dial in order to do an action or claim a bonus, does it go back onto your player board or is it lost for the rest of the game?
@@GamingRulesVideos Ahh sorry didnt make myself very clear! I was talking about the client with 8 hearts at that timestamp. Its probably an optical illusion but in the video it looks like the grief layer has 4 hearts and the client card has 4 hearts...but in order to remove the grief layer you'd need to spend 5 hearts. Seemed odd at the time of writing but...much ado about nothing. Great video as always 🙂
@@donkeyplopp Right... so... you have come across one of the "tricky" parts of the game. Yes, that client requires 8 hearts to fully cure them. And those 8 hearts are made up of 4 from the card and 4 from the grief layer. However, that does NOT mean it takes 4 hearts to remove the grief layer. Grief layers are removed when the therapy marker reaches the "3" space on the track (with the yellow heart)
Question: On the meeting table, I can use my ideas to point to an action and take it, but I can’t later do that same action again until I’ve recalled my ideas. What if I take an action ONLY using one or two BRIGHT ideas? Can I, on my next turn, then use my regular ideas to take that same action? I wonder because bright ideas are not associated with player colors.
Good question. It has been asked twice already though in the other comments :) Bright ideas are removed after your turn so there is no memory of the action you did.
Awesome, thanks! It’s an interesting way to get around that restriction. Definitely increases the value of those bright ideas and I can see why they’re harder to get. They’re very versatile. Can’t wait to play this!
My group may need therapy after this teach. Thanks for making a clear presentation. Only unsolicited note I'll leave here is that I did not enjoy hearing some of the rules multiple times throughout the vid.
Thanks for the feedback. I've taught the game about 4 times prior to writing the script, and I learn from that some parts which people get stuck on, so I like to throw in some rules reminders into the videos on the parts that I know people sometimes forget. Hopefully it wasn't too many.
I disagree as this is actually very important. Not everyone watches the entire video. If someone is referencing a part of the video, and a rule is relevant to more than one part of the video, it’s important to repeat that rule so you hear it no matter which part of the video you are watching.
There is a how-to-play video for the solo mode which will be coming next week to the public (Patreon supporters already have access). I am hoping to try and get a solo playthrough in before the end of the month.
Hi, two questions this game and Hegemony are too difficult to learn for not hard core gamers? I think I never played something with a complexity more than 2.6/5. The game intrigue me a lot but I’m scared I’m not gonna understand it reading the manual. I Esther a bit your video and you explain very well !
they are not the easiest games for sure. Hegemony worse than this one because this one is basically a complex euro, which means that the basic mechanics are kinda similar to various other games, whereas Hegemony is a very different beast with unusual mechanics and the high level of asymmetry. By a look, it seems to me that the difficult part here is that there are a lot of small rules here and there, almost like exceptions, that it is going to be difficult to remember. and the various layers of the game are connected, which takes time to understand. But the basics are not different than other games (worker placement, resource management, taking actions with symbols). It reminds me a bit of ruins of arnak or viticulture, maybe you can try one of those as a stepping stone before moving to this one.
ah, and the video helps a lot; as the various layers are interconnected, don't expect to read the rules from start to finish and make sense of it at first reading, it needs a bit of back and forth.
Rules question which isn't covered.. sorry if it's obvious. But what happens if your dream cards you choose don't offer enough therapy points to cure a client? Do I somehow have to generate heart shaped boxes to cure??
@@GamingRulesVideos A few examples: Freud walks to the next city location like Sandra in Kanban. You place idea markers like research spaces in Kanban. You proceed to the meeting table just like in Kanban. I’m getting the factory feel from this game.
@@Strandvideo It's true Freud moves around, but it doesn't happen automatically at the end of the round, nor does he evaluate your performance when he moves to your area - though that would be fun!
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Who's here for a rules check again because their copy has ARRIVED?
I'm here again because my copy hasn't arrived yet
I'm here because I just read the rulebook and I just don't get it lol.
I appreciated the subtle joke about the Freudian slip
I'm glad someone got that... Took me about 5 takes :)
No worries, I caught that too Paul! Appreciate the effort going into details like these ;)
As delivery gets close this will be a huge help thank you, as someone who learns better from videos than rulebooks this is invaluable to my enjoyment of the game.
Backed this game because my wife is a psychologist, but holy crap this is heavy. Going to take a long time to get through the first game. Very intimidating.
Backed this game because my wife is not a psychologist and I’m seeing that this game is very intimidating as well…
Backed this because I am a psychologist and my wife is heavy
Didn't back this but I'm currently in my masters as a health psychologist so I'll pick it up soon 😎 I'm not heavy
I backed my wife and now she's heavy. I need a psychologist :P
Backed this on a dare from Vital.
Hi Paul. Exceptional Video. Very clear, well structured. Appreciate also the “formal “ dress which adds a touch of elegance and creates a welcoming atmosphere.
Great video with an exceptional supporting visualisation! Thanks for that :)
Super helpful and easy to understand - looking forward to watching the playthrough to see everything in action! Thanks Paul!
Thank you
This is my first ever backed project and I'm buzzing for it to arrive. Thanks for the video!
Excellent video as always Paul and looking sharp too 😀
Finally! Been waiting for this one, Thanks Paul.
As always a great rules video. Clear and to the point. Looking forward to recieving my copy.
Thanks paul!
Very good tutorial! Makes me more excited about getting my copy of the game soon!
Thanks for the amazing tutorial … now to wait for my copy to arrive.
Thanks Paul!
I've transcribed that and put them in my notes for the game on BG Stats - should help enormously. Much appreciated.
Very nice dapper review Paul! Thank you for the awesome quality of videos.
Well done, Paul! Looking forward to getting my copy soon. I always enjoy going through it to learn along with one of your videos!
As always a superb rules video. I am looking forward to recieving my copy.
Thank you Paul!
Fantastic How to Play! I appreciate how well done this is!
Thank you Dr Paul !!! You are a Professor when comes to gaming !!!! Excellent Video
"Professor of Board Games"
best videos to learn games with the right rules. It was an honor to meet you at the Spiel meet and play 2024
thank you very much Paul!! Excellent tutorial as always.
Exceptionally good video Paul. Thanks for your clear explanation.
great video, everything well explained and a few mistakes I did are clarified :-) thanks a lot and keep up the fantastic work on your videos!!
Yas! So excited for this game. Thanks for the great walkthrough.
Excellent video! This is one of my most anticipated games, but I know it's going to be a bit of a trial to teach my group, so this guide is going to be a big help!
Just put my video on at the start of the game session. It will be the same time as an in-person teach, and you don't have to worry about getting the rules wrong :)
@@GamingRulesVideos That's the plan! 😅
Great video, Paul. I can’t wait to play this game.
Just in time for fulfillment, this is perfect 🎉
And great video as always, I like the decor and outfit!
Thank you ! Your explanations are always GREAT!
Thanks for another fantastic How to Play video Paul! Love the suit! :)
Dear Professor Grogan, thank you so much for this wonderful How to Play Video. As always with your videos, it is perfect. You give us a very accurate introduction to all the rules. It looks like the setup takes some time. Now I am waiting for my copy. Ah: last but not least: nice suit 🙂Thanks for your work, all the best from Germany, Frank
Wow Paul! You clean up nice. Great video. Thank you
Brilliant job as always Mr G.
Thank you for your insights into the inner workings of our Unconcious Mind
I just wish it were so easy to fix all of my nightmares!
I like the changes in the rules
Thank you. Can't wait to get my copy of the game.
Thank you very much for another excellent 'how to' video Dr Paul! I had my 'mind's eye'on this game since it was announced as a KS few years ago with a heavy strategy weight and the beautiful art by Vincent Dutrait!
Your deep 'psychoanalysis' of the game makes regret I did not back it, but my god if this is not a difficult new case, from the 'set up'... 😂
Wooo! I remember seeing this game a while ago and I was just wondering when we would see more of it. Also, I am ready for Paul to dress in theme appropriate attire for ALL how to play videos going forward.
Excellent, looking forward to this one, looks like a sick heavy WP game!
Excellent tutorial video!
Awesome video Paul. Really helped me get to grips with the rules for the main game .
Nice video mr. Paul Freud 😅 The game turned out to be much heavier than I was expecting. Now you’re making me regret nor backing it 😅
Fantastic video!
Looking spiffy, Paul!
spiffy is exactly the look I was going for!
Thank you for the video! Helps a lot
Great Work - thank you!
You look dashing sir !
Got the game this week, will attempt a first game tonight and man am I thankful for this How to Play. Extremely well structured, presented, to the point, great visuals.. usual Paul quality. I was a bit worried this game would be 'too light' (I rather enjoy ubber heavy Euros even if I'm not really good at any of them). Having gone through the setup part it certainly looks heavier than I would have expected, hopefully the 'heavy' isn't just about the setup but the actual depth of gameplay hehe.
Very dapper, Mr Rules!
Just waiting for my copy to arrive. The shipping for the EU copies was delayed a bit! 😬
Yeah, I saw that. Such a shame, but these things happen.
Smashing! Thank you, Paul! Amazing work 💡
Props for the owls too! 🦉🦉🦉
@@jonnypac IKEA. I love them. And I thought they were appropriate.
Nice suit and nice video 😊
one of my best memories is getting a demo of this at GridCon 3 from Mr. Grogan himself 🎉
I have no memory of that. Too long ago now. :)
Wow, much heavier than I thought. Getting Lacerda vibes but I haven’t played one in a few years. Not sure I will be able to get this to the table…can’t even imagine adding the expansion.
Will definetly watch a play-through.
I want to play it now!!!!
wow! great! thank you!
Thanks for the video. I have a question that has been bugging me, icongraphy-wise. @ 19:50 when I take a tile with activating the banner and in the same time the banner has an instant activation icon depicted in it, do I activate the banner effect twice? Because there are tiles without the instant activation mark but you can still activate them with the banner activation coffee cost so I'm lost why they chose to depict the icons in such a way for the location different than the insights!
I'm not 100% sure I fully understand the question, but I will try. The icon shown in the banner of the top right tile at 19:50 means that you trigger the location effect of the theatre. Count the number of theatre tags you have, and add 1 for the icon shown on the tile.
I don't believe there are any Notebook tiles with location tags on them that do not have the lightning bolt on.
There are tags on other things in the game, goals, research cards, etc but those are just tags that you count.
@ yes that part is clear but why they decided to keep the lighting bolt on the location banner side of the notebook but not on the insight banner side of the notebook? That print is confusing because you already activate them with coffee instantly why the lighting bolt on the locations notebooks! I hope it is clear lol but thanks nontheless
@@DewaniyaNight sorry, I don’t know what you mean by “location banner side” and the “insight banner side”. I’m also not sure I understand what you mean by activating them with coffee. You buy the tiles with coffee and then place them on your board.
@ wish I could share photos 😅
@@DewaniyaNight email me :) paul.grogan and then @outlook.com
Fantastic job as always!
A rules question, if you don't mind: For the Heart Shaped Boxes, is there a specific reason you would want to spend one to gain two points, in order to gain another back? I ask because I would think it otherwise would have been a little cleaner to say something along the lines of "If you would gain a Heart Shaped Box and are at max capacity, gain two points instead". It might be mostly semantics, but that alternative is a little easier for my brain to quickly wrap my head around.
What you have described is exactly right - and if you want to explain it like that, feel free. I might actually do the same the next time I teach it. For this video, I tried to stick to what was in the rulebook.
@@GamingRulesVideos Awesome, thanks Paul!
Thank you, Paul, for this very helpful video that’s made learning the rules so much more digestible! Wasn’t sure if you could clarify this but when you recall ideas and are counting the spaces your ideas occupy at the meeting table, does a space with your bright ideas (no idea token, just bright idea) count? My read is that it doesn’t and that the only spaces that count are those with your actual idea tokens but I wasn’t sure 🤷🏾♂️ thanks again for the videos - I’m currently halfway through your playthrough video ☺️
You missed the part where the bright ideas are removed at the end of your turn - so they don't stay on the space.
Amazing explanation and video. Thanks alot! Would you mind to tell me which post-video software you are using for this great visuals? Thanks again!
Hi Paul,
If you use 2 bright ideas on the main board for an action, since it's not your own player idea pointing towards that action space, does that mean you can do that action again using your own coloured player ideas?
This is a great question!
I'm pretty sure you can, since the Bright Ideas get cleared off of the board at the end of your turn anyway, so they're not even there to be recalled for coffee, or to record what actions you've already done.
@@happybeingdumb i see. okay, makes sense. what about the other way around? you first puf your ideas then you want to use bright iseas for the same action space?
@@Darkhan9 I would assume that could NOT be done, since you'd be trying to take an action you're already pointing at, which isn't allowed.
Even if you feel like the Bright Ideas aren't pointing at the action (though I think you're still supposed to point them toward it), the rule is just that you can't take an action you already have ideas pointing to.
Yes, because the bright ideas are removed at the end of your turn.
Wonderful Video as always, thank you! One thing though, I thought the idea tokens were only supposed to be wooden and screenprinted in the deluxe?
Maybe they changed it and did it for all of them. I'm not 100% sure. Both copies of the game are in the other room right now :)
great video as always Paul. Unfortunately I did not back the game which I'm regretting now.
I'm sure there will be a way to get it later.
My mind just stacked all the remaining grief layers. Gotta go cure myself before playing 😂🤪
wow, maybe this game will finally arrive at some point....
soon!
When you are citing the work of other players and have to work right to left, can you only do that if you need the one on the very right? For example maybe I need a players red, but I have to take a purple first, but I don’t need the purple. Can I take both and just use the one I needed for publishing my work? If so what happens with the one I didn’t need? Do I keep it and it’s tag in front of me?
You can only take it if you need it. So, in your example, you cannot take the red.
@@GamingRulesVideos ok perfect. Thanks! Can’t wait for the next videos on this!
Paul, I wrote an extensive satire book on Freud years ago called “Everything you wanted to know about sex, but forgot to ask.” I really need to think about publishing it.
You should. Maybe make a part of it into a googledoc and share that as a sneak preview.
I have a doubt.....in min 16, you explain that if I have a idea token pointed at an action, I can't make that action in subsequent turns with other idea tokens since there is already a token pointed that way, my doubt is if I use bright ideas tokens, can I make the action even if I have other idea tokens pointed to that action? Or since I have tokens pointed there I can't do it even whit bright ideas?
Someone else asked that earlier :)
You cannot place bright ideas and point to an action that you are already pointing to.
However... you CAN place bright ideas to point to an action, then... at the end of your turn, those ideas are removed. And then on your next turn, place normal ideas pointing to it.
@@GamingRulesVideos tnx for answering i browse by comments but didn't see that question at the time
Nice and clear, thanks, Paul. I hadn't really been interested in this one before, but I'm intrigued by it now.
Did Fantasia have to pay extra for the suit? Always helpful, thanks Paul!
I bought it from a charity shop about 15 years ago. Needed it for a murder mystery evening and kept it ever since.
Question: if you were to use two bright ideas to perform an action, could you theoretically do the same action next turn using your regular ideas? Since the bright ideas would be removed at the end of the turn?
correct.
Great video!!!
BTW tell me where is one of your fried chicken restaurants, Mr. Fring.
Thanks for this, picked it up at Essen. I noticed you mentioned removing plastic from your grief cards but I can't seem to be able to do this with ours? Do the retail versions already have this backing you mentioned removed or do I just need to try harder?
I think it would be on all copies, but I'm not 100% sure. Maybe try a little harder with your nails :)
are there still protective foils on the grief layer cards with the production run? I can't really find anything obvious sticking on them and I don't want to get too destructive
Mine didn’t look like it but there was. They are slightly more transparent after removal.
Wow: well dressed sir!
I waited . . . and waited . . . and waited . . .
By the time you got to the first action I was in a subconscious state and needed 4 (or was it 5) cups of coffee to bring me back 😂
I won't be playing this one, thanks 👍🏼👍🏼
FINALLY!!! 🥰
Can I use resources (ie. Insights) generated during first patient treatment to treat second patient in the same turn?
I'm pretty sure you can. You do one and then the other.
that is one sharp suit!
There is this trend of euros with an unusual pretentious themes completely pasted on. They are also incredibly well produced, but the mechanics bellow are just convoluted euro slop. Playing them feels like filling a spreadsheet. Lacrimosa, Luthier, Gutemberg now this. Probably missing some of them.
when you remove a colored insight from your dial in order to do an action or claim a bonus, does it go back onto your player board or is it lost for the rest of the game?
Lost for the rest of the game
appreciate the outfit , very suitable :)
Hi Paul.
In your treat clients scenario (32 mins) the grief layer has 4 hearts but you can only remove the grief layer once you have spent 5 hearts?
I've checked the video back and not exactly sure where you mean. Can you give me the exact timestamp and clarify the question?
@@GamingRulesVideos Ahh sorry didnt make myself very clear! I was talking about the client with 8 hearts at that timestamp. Its probably an optical illusion but in the video it looks like the grief layer has 4 hearts and the client card has 4 hearts...but in order to remove the grief layer you'd need to spend 5 hearts. Seemed odd at the time of writing but...much ado about nothing. Great video as always 🙂
@@donkeyplopp Right... so... you have come across one of the "tricky" parts of the game.
Yes, that client requires 8 hearts to fully cure them. And those 8 hearts are made up of 4 from the card and 4 from the grief layer. However, that does NOT mean it takes 4 hearts to remove the grief layer.
Grief layers are removed when the therapy marker reaches the "3" space on the track (with the yellow heart)
Question:
On the meeting table, I can use my ideas to point to an action and take it, but I can’t later do that same action again until I’ve recalled my ideas.
What if I take an action ONLY using one or two BRIGHT ideas? Can I, on my next turn, then use my regular ideas to take that same action?
I wonder because bright ideas are not associated with player colors.
Good question. It has been asked twice already though in the other comments :)
Bright ideas are removed after your turn so there is no memory of the action you did.
Awesome, thanks! It’s an interesting way to get around that restriction. Definitely increases the value of those bright ideas and I can see why they’re harder to get. They’re very versatile.
Can’t wait to play this!
My group may need therapy after this teach. Thanks for making a clear presentation. Only unsolicited note I'll leave here is that I did not enjoy hearing some of the rules multiple times throughout the vid.
Thanks for the feedback. I've taught the game about 4 times prior to writing the script, and I learn from that some parts which people get stuck on, so I like to throw in some rules reminders into the videos on the parts that I know people sometimes forget. Hopefully it wasn't too many.
I disagree as this is actually very important. Not everyone watches the entire video. If someone is referencing a part of the video, and a rule is relevant to more than one part of the video, it’s important to repeat that rule so you hear it no matter which part of the video you are watching.
Solo video coming soon?
There is a how-to-play video for the solo mode which will be coming next week to the public (Patreon supporters already have access).
I am hoping to try and get a solo playthrough in before the end of the month.
In the examples, Freuds reputation markers has only moved 3 spaces but the players have increased 5 total. Am I missing something?
Good spot. You're not missing anything. Just my bad in filming things. If the players have collectively moved 5 spaces, Freud's marker should be on 6.
Thanks!
Hi, two questions this game and Hegemony are too difficult to learn for not hard core gamers? I think I never played something with a complexity more than 2.6/5. The game intrigue me a lot but I’m scared I’m not gonna understand it reading the manual.
I Esther a bit your video and you explain very well !
they are not the easiest games for sure. Hegemony worse than this one because this one is basically a complex euro, which means that the basic mechanics are kinda similar to various other games, whereas Hegemony is a very different beast with unusual mechanics and the high level of asymmetry.
By a look, it seems to me that the difficult part here is that there are a lot of small rules here and there, almost like exceptions, that it is going to be difficult to remember. and the various layers of the game are connected, which takes time to understand. But the basics are not different than other games (worker placement, resource management, taking actions with symbols).
It reminds me a bit of ruins of arnak or viticulture, maybe you can try one of those as a stepping stone before moving to this one.
ah, and the video helps a lot; as the various layers are interconnected, don't expect to read the rules from start to finish and make sense of it at first reading, it needs a bit of back and forth.
I have a question: what happens when treating a client and the 2 dreams aren't enough to cure the client? You pick 2 more dreams?
I think I mention that in the video don't I?
You don't draw new dreams - you need to use heart-shaped boxes.
@@GamingRulesVideos I might have missed that information. Thank you so much!
Rules question which isn't covered.. sorry if it's obvious.
But what happens if your dream cards you choose don't offer enough therapy points to cure a client? Do I somehow have to generate heart shaped boxes to cure??
Yes. There are various ways to produce heart-shaped boxes.
@@GamingRulesVideos thank you!
Great video - hope I don’t need to wear a suit while playing
Is this Freudian Kanban? Some very familiar mechanisms in this.
I'm not seeing any similarities :)
@@GamingRulesVideos A few examples: Freud walks to the next city location like Sandra in Kanban. You place idea markers like research spaces in Kanban. You proceed to the meeting table just like in Kanban. I’m getting the factory feel from this game.
@@Strandvideo It's true Freud moves around, but it doesn't happen automatically at the end of the round, nor does he evaluate your performance when he moves to your area - though that would be fun!
I received today my deluxe version of this…. I am even scared to touch it… it’s so beautiful….
When can we expect Seti how to play?
I prefer to keep comments on this video related to the game in question if thats ok :)
@@GamingRulesVideos Got it!👍 Btw, excellent how to play as usual👌.
Suit Paul!
So, what you're telling me is this is just like checkers. 🤔
Almost. With just a couple of small differences ;)
I thought Freud refered to the 'subconscious' mind, rather than the 'unconscious'
he used them interchangeably
It's starting to get distracting how good you are at making tutorial videos... 😅
Distracting? :)
I'll take that as a compliment!
Great work Paul! You cured my from my latent dream - reading the rulebook 😅 …btw sharp outfit 🤌🏼
The rulebook is actually very good (I didn't write this one) :)