I think a good point here to jump off on for a future video would be breaking down the main currency of TM (power) and how it translates into coins/workers/priests and the economies that you get off of the Board Actions and the Bonus Tiles. I think a lot of advanced play stems from recognizing how best to invest your resources and understanding the interplay of, and the inherent values in, the various things you can do in TM on your turn is a huge part of that.
+Miguel Duran I should have added a tip on checking you power before end of turn to make sure you can gain power if given. Picking up a few extra coins this way can help a lot. Almost never pass with full power. Use the free power action for priest or workers in 5 player games where the full action was already taken. -Rowe
Really nice video. I tend to agree with most of the advice that you present in it. I think I might reprioritize your discussion of the Favor tiles and present the two VP tiles ahead of the 2 water/cult track favor, if only because it's rare that I've seen a winner in competitive play who completely skipped taking one or the other of those. In a future video, you might touch on why you might select one over the other, based on your race's preferences and the game-state, but I think that's fine to leave out here. I think the only point I slightly disagree with is your mention of avoiding the low resource VP bonus tiles when building your engine. As an example, the SH/SA 4 VP, 2 W bonus tile is essentially a 6 PW / C tile. It's better than many of the resource tiles situationally (if you're okay on cash and have a SH or SA, why not take the VPs alongside with an equivalent amount of workers)? I agree the shovel/shipping tiles are strong choices in the early game (as is the 1st round Priest in many cases) but given that close games can be only a handful of points between 1st and last, if you're building a SH / SA first turn anyway, you might well want to grab that bonus tile and score off of it rather than taking a spade that you may not have an immediate use for. Generally in games where I win, I tend to grab VP tokens wherever I can so long as I'm scoring 4 or 5 points at least off of them and they don't slow my engine. But, that said, TM is great because of its multiple paths to victory. I don't disagree with your general point to go for resources and engines for your narrative early, but I'd just soften the language to avoid the VP bonus tiles. :) Again, nice work! (x-posting to what seems to be this video's more permanent home. :))
+Miguel Duran This will be the videos maim home. Which race you are effects your tile choice quite a bit in this game. In the first three rounds I will go for resources over victory point almost every time. You are right that the scoring can be tight. Getting the right resource does matter more than quantity and the VP tiles may have the one you need. -Rowe
pretty much everyone is fighting to get earth one for most factions it's best to build a temple as soon as possible to be able to take earth one. That's why the player who is starting 4th is most of the time in a worse spot. (one of the reasons why an action before the game is really important) for the second favor tile I mostly take fire 1, but depending on the faction earth 2 and air 2 are good too. from the third favor onwards, it's really dependent on the situation.
I think a good point here to jump off on for a future video would be breaking down the main currency of TM (power) and how it translates into coins/workers/priests and the economies that you get off of the Board Actions and the Bonus Tiles. I think a lot of advanced play stems from recognizing how best to invest your resources and understanding the interplay of, and the inherent values in, the various things you can do in TM on your turn is a huge part of that.
+Miguel Duran I should have added a tip on checking you power before end of turn to make sure you can gain power if given. Picking up a few extra coins this way can help a lot. Almost never pass with full power. Use the free power action for priest or workers in 5 player games where the full action was already taken. -Rowe
Really nice video. I tend to agree with most of the advice that you present in it. I think I might reprioritize your discussion of the Favor tiles and present the two VP tiles ahead of the 2 water/cult track favor, if only because it's rare that I've seen a winner in competitive play who completely skipped taking one or the other of those. In a future video, you might touch on why you might select one over the other, based on your race's preferences and the game-state, but I think that's fine to leave out here.
I think the only point I slightly disagree with is your mention of avoiding the low resource VP bonus tiles when building your engine. As an example, the SH/SA 4 VP, 2 W bonus tile is essentially a 6 PW / C tile. It's better than many of the resource tiles situationally (if you're okay on cash and have a SH or SA, why not take the VPs alongside with an equivalent amount of workers)? I agree the shovel/shipping tiles are strong choices in the early game (as is the 1st round Priest in many cases) but given that close games can be only a handful of points between 1st and last, if you're building a SH / SA first turn anyway, you might well want to grab that bonus tile and score off of it rather than taking a spade that you may not have an immediate use for.
Generally in games where I win, I tend to grab VP tokens wherever I can so long as I'm scoring 4 or 5 points at least off of them and they don't slow my engine. But, that said, TM is great because of its multiple paths to victory. I don't disagree with your general point to go for resources and engines for your narrative early, but I'd just soften the language to avoid the VP bonus tiles. :)
Again, nice work!
(x-posting to what seems to be this video's more permanent home. :))
+Miguel Duran This will be the videos maim home. Which race you are effects your tile choice quite a bit in this game. In the first three rounds I will go for resources over victory point almost every time. You are right that the scoring can be tight. Getting the right resource does matter more than quantity and the VP tiles may have the one you need. -Rowe
pretty much everyone is fighting to get earth one
for most factions it's best to build a temple as soon as possible to be able to take earth one. That's why the player who is starting 4th is most of the time in a worse spot. (one of the reasons why an action before the game is really important)
for the second favor tile I mostly take fire 1, but depending on the faction earth 2 and air 2 are good too.
from the third favor onwards, it's really dependent on the situation.
There’s a Brian Rowe who is a famous researcher at U of A. Is that you per chance?
Nice hearthstone reference
There's almost nothing on RUclips about the Fire & Ice expansion... Very surprising.
Agreed. When I was looking for reviews on the expansion there were none in English. Luckily I speak enough German to watch the German reviews.