I literally had to watch this three times to try and understand the game, and absolutely no luck. Then I watched it for a fourth time just to listen to the guys voice, very soothing.
I remember seeing it in the late 70s, and then it all but vanished until a decade ago, so it seemed to me. I tried to explain it to people, but no one understood. Now it's back, and people "get it". Thanks for an enjoyable video about how to play it!
This is the best RUclips overview of Cathedral that I've found so far - thank you for making it. I've just bought the wooden version, and the rules pamphlet that comes with it is less than superb (for example, in the diagram, the light and dark pieces are mislabelled), so it's good to have a more carefully put together reference like this.
This is incredible!! A friend gave me a complete set of this game years ago, but there was no name or indication for what the game was called to see if there were any actual rules or not! I've tried looking for "Castle building game" to no avail, but after years of on and off searching I just stumbled upon your video purely by coincidence! In our house, we just assumed it was a coffee table puzzle game where the point was simply to just get all the pieces to fit back into the board successfully! We do always start with the cathedral though! Even with no written rules it just feels like the right way to start! Lol Thank you so much for sharing this gift from your childhood! I'm eager to play with a friend with this new variant!
Thanks for explaining! Just bought a game called blokus which is similar, tetris pieces placed kn a board but only the diagonal edges can touch and players play 2 colours each. This is a beautiful variation I will look out for. As a chess lover and tactile person, stone things and fitting items in place make me happy 😊
I just 3d printed this game without knowing the rules. It closes into a nice book for the book shelf. Didn't really care for the rules but said ehh let me youtube it. Now I can't stop listening to this guys voice
I appreciate videos that are direct to the point. Simple and efficient. I have been interested in this game, but this video definitely convinced me to buy.
Thank you for the instruction! Very helpful! I have to say though, we were trying to read the instructions that came with the game and were a little confused and someone in the house had the tv blasting so it was hard to concentrate.. then we looked up your video and your music is so much louder than your voice 😆.
Thank you for explaining the rules! I bought this on a outdoor market today, I thought it looked so cool. At home I tried to read the rules, but it was late and I was tired so I went to RUclips and found your channel :D This is going to be great. Cheers from Norway!
Thanks for making this vid. Got the game for Christmas and wanted a vid to explain some gameplay tips. It was the only one on youtube but a great video all the same. +1 sub
Which set is this? I just bought this from a thrift store the exact one for 2 bucks and am excited to give it to my partner and play together but I have no idea who makes this set though. Help? Thanks so much for your video!!
Great video tutorial for this amazing game! One question I had, though: So, surrounding a single opponent block removes it from the space, but the opponent can re-place that piece on their turn.... so what's stopping the opponent from putting back in the place it was ejected from?
Any area surrounded by a player's buildings becomes their territory, meaning that only they can place their buildings there. This doesn't happen if there are more than one building of a different color inside your newly surrounded area.
Quick question…. The instructions say “the game ends when no further moves can be made by either player.” Does that mean that the game stops abruptly when a player either runs out of pieces or cannot fit his/her next piece on the board? Or, can the other player continue to place pieces until they can also no longer fit any more?
If one player is unable to make moves, but the other is. Then the other plays pieces until they also are unable to play anymore. Then game ends and you count up any remaining pieces for your score. So, with that said. Limiting how much your opponent can build by cutting off their territory can give you a sizeable advantage.
Notice that one guy has solved the game, and he/they suggested a new start rule to balance this: The white player places one building. The dark player then places the cathedral and one piece. Then players alternate one and one piece. A match consists of two rounds, alternate start. Total lowest surplus squares wins.
Hi. If someone wants to play Cathedral semi "on line", just send me a message and we could play it by sending images of every move (some kind of "batch mode"). I'm in Argentina.
I just found this at a thrift store for $3. Didn't have any rules in the box, but I knew that RUclips wouldn't let me down.
Great vid!
I literally had to watch this three times to try and understand the game, and absolutely no luck. Then I watched it for a fourth time just to listen to the guys voice, very soothing.
I remember seeing it in the late 70s, and then it all but vanished until a decade ago, so it seemed to me. I tried to explain it to people, but no one understood. Now it's back, and people "get it". Thanks for an enjoyable video about how to play it!
This is the best RUclips overview of Cathedral that I've found so far - thank you for making it. I've just bought the wooden version, and the rules pamphlet that comes with it is less than superb (for example, in the diagram, the light and dark pieces are mislabelled), so it's good to have a more carefully put together reference like this.
This is incredible!! A friend gave me a complete set of this game years ago, but there was no name or indication for what the game was called to see if there were any actual rules or not! I've tried looking for "Castle building game" to no avail, but after years of on and off searching I just stumbled upon your video purely by coincidence!
In our house, we just assumed it was a coffee table puzzle game where the point was simply to just get all the pieces to fit back into the board successfully! We do always start with the cathedral though! Even with no written rules it just feels like the right way to start! Lol
Thank you so much for sharing this gift from your childhood! I'm eager to play with a friend with this new variant!
Thanks for explaining! Just bought a game called blokus which is similar, tetris pieces placed kn a board but only the diagonal edges can touch and players play 2 colours each. This is a beautiful variation I will look out for. As a chess lover and tactile person, stone things and fitting items in place make me happy 😊
I just 3d printed this game without knowing the rules. It closes into a nice book for the book shelf. Didn't really care for the rules but said ehh let me youtube it. Now I can't stop listening to this guys voice
I appreciate videos that are direct to the point. Simple and efficient. I have been interested in this game, but this video definitely convinced me to buy.
Great pacing and smooth, sincere voice. Thanks for this video, man!
The music in this is phenomenal
Yes, but a little loud.
You got my sub. I love board games...especially good looking ones.
Thank you for the instruction! Very helpful! I have to say though, we were trying to read the instructions that came with the game and were a little confused and someone in the house had the tv blasting so it was hard to concentrate.. then we looked up your video and your music is so much louder than your voice 😆.
Thank you for explaining the rules! I bought this on a outdoor market today, I thought it looked so cool. At home I tried to read the rules, but it was late and I was tired so I went to RUclips and found your channel :D This is going to be great. Cheers from Norway!
I'm jealous, this set looks amazing. I just have light and dark wood plain pieces.
oh, I love the look of this one.
Thank you! I just got this game and the rules are not as clear as this video. Greatly appreciate it!
so its like go but with tetris pieces?
What version/brand is that version - the pieces and board are nice.
Looks like the Family Games Inc. Polystone Edition. But I could be wrong.
I just want to share that the music in the video is the same used by a game called sexy airlines
Cool. It’s like a smaller, simplified version of Go.
Thanks for making this vid. Got the game for Christmas and wanted a vid to explain some gameplay tips. It was the only one on youtube but a great video all the same. +1 sub
Great video! Really difficult to distinguish the two piece colors on video though, made it kinda confusing
Which set is this? I just bought this from a thrift store the exact one for 2 bucks and am excited to give it to my partner and play together but I have no idea who makes this set though. Help? Thanks so much for your video!!
Thanks. Great video!
Orbornne Monsetery.🇻🇦
What happens when you build a line of pieces from one side to another... can you claim, like, half the board?
Very rare/hard to pull off, but yep. The smaller portion of the board (if you cut close to half) is what you'd claim as territory.
Thanks for making this video. Your background music was too loud but it was good music. Thanks again!
I barely hear the talking cuz of the music
0:35 And the pieces are not distinguishable because of their absence of colour ! Ah, ah, ah !
great review and clean voice thanks a lot...
The music being played during the video is Long Road Ahead by Kevin Macleod.
Great video tutorial for this amazing game! One question I had, though: So, surrounding a single opponent block removes it from the space, but the opponent can re-place that piece on their turn.... so what's stopping the opponent from putting back in the place it was ejected from?
Any area surrounded by a player's buildings becomes their territory, meaning that only they can place their buildings there. This doesn't happen if there are more than one building of a different color inside your newly surrounded area.
Thanks! I just purchased for a games class for first graders. Sounds easy to play.
Janis, that was really nice and thoughtful of you. I'm sure they will enjoy the game :-)
Good video, thank you!
But say you block off a section, what side can you claim. Is it the smallest area? Because in 1or 2 moves You could claim the whole board.
It would be the smaller section of the board. Otherwise yeah, would totally break the game.
Thanks dad
Ur welcome
No, ur welcome
Your double welcome
thanks a lot
Quick question…. The instructions say “the game ends when no further moves can be made by either player.” Does that mean that the game stops abruptly when a player either runs out of pieces or cannot fit his/her next piece on the board? Or, can the other player continue to place pieces until they can also no longer fit any more?
If one player is unable to make moves, but the other is. Then the other plays pieces until they also are unable to play anymore. Then game ends and you count up any remaining pieces for your score.
So, with that said. Limiting how much your opponent can build by cutting off their territory can give you a sizeable advantage.
Where did you get this set? I haven't seen this version.
Very useful and to the point. Thank you.
Notice that one guy has solved the game, and he/they suggested a new start rule to balance this: The white player places one building. The dark player then places the cathedral and one piece. Then players alternate one and one piece. A match consists of two rounds, alternate start. Total lowest surplus squares wins.
Where did you get that board
Packing up this game when it is done is incredibly annoying.
You might know what cathedral is, You might not. But either way, You dont care.
I'm color blind so both sides look like the same color to me. I can only see that the cathedral and board are darker but that's it.
Well, I'm not, but I agree totally.
what do you do when you surround the cathedral thing? do you place it back down?
connor h. Nope it's removed from the game until you start another round
Hi. If someone wants to play Cathedral semi "on line", just send me a message and we could play it by sending images of every move (some kind of "batch mode"). I'm in Argentina.
I had this and didn't know what it was.
Here is an interesting "fix" to a game balance issue:
sites.google.com/site/ptlehmann/gaming/hrules/cathedral
Great to see, that woodprix has new instructions to save my money and energy to build it.