I think Rodney becoming a regular (? Hope so) on Game Night is perhaps this best thing to happen all year. Aaron is of course sorely missed and it's nice to see him back every now and again when he's able. But Rodney and his infectious smile are such a great addition.
@WatchItPlayed
5 жыл бұрын
I hope I get to play a game with Aaron on Game Night at some point!
@jeffcarrier9808
5 жыл бұрын
I was gonna ask if they all lived near each other but nope. Rodney lives perhaps an hour and change from my town IIRC.
@gustavogirao
4 жыл бұрын
What happened to Aaron?
@TheCagedRaven
3 жыл бұрын
Rodney has a voice that is so easy to listen to. He teaches games so well, moving logically from rule to rule. And of course his smile makes him so easy to watch. Thanks for having him in your videos from time to time. I hope to see more of him.
@sentient02970
5 жыл бұрын
Rodney makes a great gaming guest!
@Spudkitty513
5 жыл бұрын
Love the addition of Rodney … he has a special talent for explaining gameplay. I also appreciate the careful camera work to show the card powers. This is a great game, but people struggle understanding some of the icons on the cards, and this playthrough made them much clearer. Thanks BGG!
@winniet5913
5 жыл бұрын
Please more Rodney on this show and love the better camera editing and coverage of the game. Thanks for the great work and games!
@agentmor
5 жыл бұрын
Yay. Two of my favourite ways to learn games at the same time. Great special guest
@jeffcarrier9808
5 жыл бұрын
Wow its awesome to watch Rodney teaching the game from scratch to new players. I would watch an entire series like this because you catch key questions and clarifications that come up. Plus you get a sense of how difficult a game truly is to teach. And it serves as a "How to teach" vs "How to play" and thats valuable insight!!
@nancynancy6511
3 жыл бұрын
33:56 Research exhausted, 35:55 sneaky Research reanimation, 38:46 Research exhausted ...again :P
@RenbroNL
3 жыл бұрын
Haha so sneaky. Honestly I'm kinda suprised he doesn't catch it himself.
@mirkosrndovic
2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering did anyone catch that :)
@evokant
5 жыл бұрын
Funny how David's mustache turned him into Isaac at 1:10
@rosefatato90
5 жыл бұрын
What a team!!! You are all fantastic!
@designsbybriana
4 жыл бұрын
Rodney was awesome! I just bought this game and this video was so helpful in figuring out how to play. Thanks!
@CatsAkimb0
3 жыл бұрын
This was so much fun to watch! My copy of Res Arcana comes tomorrow and I couldn't be more excited to play it. Thank you for creating this wonderful content!
@tvdavis
5 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up before I even watched the video, just for the first minute or two of Rodney’s voice! Like buttah! ❤️
@Syncopator
5 жыл бұрын
I LURVE engine builders. This one's a must for me. Finally got it to the table, it didn't disappoint. Thanks loads for the playthrough, as the first time we tried to learn it from the rulebook we got totally confused, the playthrough explanation cleared things up. It's very puzzley, anyone who likes puzzles will probably like this one.
@ummon995
5 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite episodes of GameNight this year! Rodney is the greatest at explaining game rules. I finally caved and bought Res Arcana tonight because of you four :)
@UltimateSoundWave
5 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic lineup - I think I'll have to add this one to my collection after watching this play through!
@ramsesqh
3 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Cuba, you guys are wonderfull to watch, thanks for the inspiration and the good vibes in every video. Added Res Arcana to my wishlist!!
@boardgamegeek
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy Res Arcana. It's great! Thanks for the note and for watching. -Lincoln
@sittingduck6049
5 жыл бұрын
Got this game the other day, it's so much fun. Using the draw variant is really good. Whenever I get a new game I'm glad that either these guys or Tabletop have a playthrough as it means I don't have to read the rulebook ;)
@jueshua148
2 жыл бұрын
I played this last night with a couple friends. LOVED IT. Reminded me of Villainous, a bit.
@pcanalles
2 жыл бұрын
That was an amazing gameplay. Even english not being my first language, that was so clear and fun to watch. And Nikki just killed it! Congratulations 🙏🏻🌈
@Dizzula
Жыл бұрын
There's something about hearing Rodney say "...and if it's *still* a tie..." that makes me grin from ear to ear!
@sandrabasel1545
5 жыл бұрын
Rodney! 🎉🙃 It‘s great to see the game in play, as others have mentioned, I too was not instantly attracted by the rules but seeing those four having fun makes the game appear much more attractive. Thank you!
@koriakin
4 жыл бұрын
Very nice playthrough! Now I must have Res Arcana in my collection!
@felipealvarez1982
2 жыл бұрын
You are so happy and jovial Rodney! Well done Nikki
@FrankMinogue
5 жыл бұрын
Neat game! I was not too sure about it when I saw the Watch it Played video, but the play through was a game changer. See what I did there? I put it on my wish list.
@SvviftDeath
5 жыл бұрын
You won't be disappointed. I picked up this game shortly after it came out and it has already made it into my top 5 favorite games I have ever played. I have never won the game in the same way. Even after 9 games and 8 wins. This is also a nice game for beginners so it is my go to game when playing with new people. While they don't win I have never had someone leave not loving the in depth engine building and resource gathering mechanics of the game. This is because the player cards have every symbol and explanation so it is easy to understand quickly and enjoy playing right away.
@FrankMinogue
5 жыл бұрын
@@SvviftDeath thank you for your input! I have to get it!!!
@scottjacoby2594
5 жыл бұрын
21:35 Thanks for the mini shoutout Link! You guys are great, btw! Keep up the great work!
@henrikkoivuniemi9970
3 жыл бұрын
Two years old but still good:)
@rebeccai
5 жыл бұрын
Rodney! I know about the hand of glory... I have been to Whitby in Yorkshire where they have one. Spooky!
@yianniduck
5 жыл бұрын
Of course you would only get gold in the dragons lair if it is there to protect it...! Ha... awesome use of theming... as always a joy to watch!
@shatnershairpiece
5 жыл бұрын
The hair combos are the greatest I’ve ever seen.
@Irrdunkel
4 жыл бұрын
Like the Depeche Mode reference (Everything Counts)
@BGBarbarian
5 жыл бұрын
I highly recommend the draft variant after a couple plays!
@jimmueller9225
4 жыл бұрын
The draft is a MUST!
@JellyJerryy
5 жыл бұрын
I love Thursday nights (in my area) because theres a new bg video to watch! Yay
@Happy2Plan
5 жыл бұрын
This was great fun! Congrats Nikki - Crystal
@Schneu369
5 жыл бұрын
Really great play-through! I had watched a few vids from the creator and it looked "meh" and confusing. This had me spellbound to the end, and sold me on it. Going to pick it up right away. That and watch your Gizmos play-through too... Thanks!! Of course having Rodney play with you made it the best of both worlds! Looking forward to more...
@cklester
4 жыл бұрын
8 months later, and I had the same reaction! :D
@liamobrien292
3 жыл бұрын
Would really like to see you guys do a play through of “carnival of monsters”
@joaorobalo7594
3 жыл бұрын
1:09 Dave's alter ego wears a mustache and call himself Isaac.
@jinkazama496
5 жыл бұрын
I see Rodney smith I click
@KabukiKid
5 жыл бұрын
Minor goof: @1:08:22 Nikki exhausted the Calm/Elan magic item to take a Fire (Elan). It doesn't actually do that... it only gives you a resource during the Gather phase at the start of the turn.
@WatchItPlayed
5 жыл бұрын
Very true - she's a sneaky mage!
@bastwood
5 жыл бұрын
There's another even more subtle one at 38:33 where Nikki activates Chalice of Fire to unexhaust either her Mage or the Magical Shard to then immediately use it again to get a Calm resource, essentially taking two actions on a single turn.
@ronhatch9175
5 жыл бұрын
@@bastwood As far as the goof with the Chalice of Fire goes, they appear to have caught it and removed the discussion during editing... at about 39:06 you can see that the Magical Shard got unexhausted and she went back to three Calm essences. Then she taps the Shard and says "I'm gonna get my water".
@ronhatch9175
5 жыл бұрын
Also at 1:00:58, she incorrectly took the Life for the Sacred Grove from her personal resources instead of the supply... and since she ended up using the Elan just to meet the wild requirements for converting to gold, those two mistakes ended up cancelling each other out and she would have ended up in the same place.
@rainerahlfors
5 жыл бұрын
At @32:10 Nikki also used Divination to draw 3 cards, but then returned 3 cards instead of discarding 3.
@cklester
4 жыл бұрын
Man, I have not been attracted to this game, even though it has been on a LOT of top-ten lists for 2019 games. But this video kinda makes me want to get it! My brain thanks you, but my bank account curses you! :D
@homelessjoe
5 жыл бұрын
This looks pretty fun. On the wishlist. Thank's guys.
@gabotheplaya
5 жыл бұрын
Im not even subscribed to this channel, but i recognized Rodney on my feed and got here.
@flaetsbnort
3 жыл бұрын
34:10 rare case of "congratulations, you played yourself" in the wild
@TabletopGamesBlog
5 жыл бұрын
What a great game. It reminds me of Lords of Waterdeep, except there is no board or agents. Not sure why I'm reminded of that particular game, but there we are. I'll have to look into this one more closely. Thank you for the playthrough. :)
@snakeplisssken8095
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Dave. Didn't realize that you've changed your name to Isaac
@boardgamegeek
5 жыл бұрын
Oops, that's my fault. I prepare this for Derek and I overlooked that. -Lincoln
@nellgwenn
5 жыл бұрын
@@boardgamegeek Missed it by that much.
@melthomson4501
5 жыл бұрын
I figured his moustache was now named Isaac.
@nathandennis9420
5 жыл бұрын
He goes by Isaac when he wears that mustache : )
@ZebraCatfish73
5 жыл бұрын
I thought Dave had a twin brother Isaac I didn't know about! Isaac has the mo.
@dandyprime5338
5 жыл бұрын
It's Rodney! :D
@ianoble
5 жыл бұрын
Rodney's experience is what my first game of Imperial Settlers was like. I felt like everyone had x2 as many turns as me when the game was over. Hope this isn't normal.
@FrankMinogue
5 жыл бұрын
You all did really well saying “exhaust” the card. I still say “tap” and use other MTG terms, like Mana and sleeping sickness. Although Nikki did say Mana once..... LOL!! ,
@zephro666000
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite games
@sanderschippers2708
5 жыл бұрын
Added at wishlist as well.
@aqumupa
3 жыл бұрын
Dont how huge impact it had on the game, but at 47:50 he put a green and red aside, but threw them away later by mistake. Great Video though. Learned the game this way :D
@nagaknowsgames2861
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, noticed that too. Hope it doesn't hurt Lincoln too much - now to continue watching
@Darkdealer89
3 жыл бұрын
I think Lincoln took another 1 extra red or black @ 40:20 (changed 2 for 4 instead of 3) So I guess it kinda adds up a bit in the end. Rodney could also have saved his gold by throwing a red instead @ 22:35. (He needed the 2 red for the card, but needed 3 essence to use the Alchemy-Card, so he should have traded the red for another red and saved his gold.) Love your videos btw, I could tell you guys really enjoyed this one.
@rcb3921
3 жыл бұрын
Coming from Magic, the Gathering - we cannot manage to use the terms "Turn" and "Straighten" --- it's tap and untap all the way.
@HirionOfDale
2 жыл бұрын
Impressively, I think Rodney's walkthrough of the rules here are actually even better than the scripted and edited walkthrough on his own channel.
@DevilboyScooby
Жыл бұрын
I honestly thought Dave's moustache was a disguise at first 😂
@RowantarotBlogspot
5 жыл бұрын
If that's Rodney's copy of Res Arcana, that means I've touched the same 'kyerds' as Rodney and Nikki, Dave & Lincoln! Six degrees of separation type stuff! My brush with greatness. Oh man. Fun game, we bought a copy after playing it at AireCon.
@WatchItPlayed
5 жыл бұрын
That was my copy! :)
@RowantarotBlogspot
5 жыл бұрын
@@WatchItPlayed Ooh, tingles!
@mattlowder
5 жыл бұрын
bought. you guys rule.
@icewendigo2320
3 жыл бұрын
"wizards witches and druids, they love victory points" LOL 😂
@leshaunx
5 жыл бұрын
I didn't even notice Rodney in the thumbnail. Hello Rodney!
@slfd2530
5 жыл бұрын
Fun game
@sambrightbart489
3 жыл бұрын
I kept being tickled by the use of the word "essences" in this video. I guess I just can't forget that Dr Strangelove scene. "I do not shun women, Mandrake, but I do deny them my essences."
@flaetsbnort
3 жыл бұрын
something something gold digger
@greytoeimp
5 жыл бұрын
Rodney's got a bone dragon! His name... is Rod.
@matthewharris-levesque5809
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. That's one hell of a caterpillar. Subscribe :P
@user-sl4sx6dp4c
2 жыл бұрын
squad goals
@twotonesmybones
5 жыл бұрын
Cross over! It's happening!
@nickrekietascrosseyedwife7166
5 жыл бұрын
Hasn't Rodney been working for BGG for a while now? This is very cool though. You ever seen that dice tower game session where Jason humiliated himself and the channel? Rodney was a class act.
@twotonesmybones
5 жыл бұрын
@@nickrekietascrosseyedwife7166 just like super girl, the flash, and arrow are all on the same network sometimes they have cross over episodes. I love this kind of stuff! Rodney is a wonderful human being, if you ever have time to meet him or talk to him he is a very kind and thoughtful guy!
@XoftheTITANS
5 жыл бұрын
Saw the thumbnail
@RenbroNL
4 жыл бұрын
@1:08:20 Yeaaaah that is not how the game works... I think she forgot to collect it at the collection phase so i guess it's fine.
@DevilboyScooby
Жыл бұрын
This is the one time I'm thankful America changed the first Harry Potter from Philosopher's to Sorcerer's Stone, or else we might have had an hour or so of Lincoln making Harry Potter jokes.
@ericcorson1436
4 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else catch Lincoln’s Depeche Mode nod? If so, take a water and a flame...
@rebeccai
5 жыл бұрын
Old European beliefs attribute great powers to a Hand of Glory combined with a candle made from fat from the corpse of the same malefactor who died on the gallows. The candle so made, lighted, and placed (as if in a candlestick) in the Hand of Glory, would have rendered motionless all persons to whom it was presented.
@PentaHousen
5 жыл бұрын
I don't understand why niki put life token on groove from her own pool and not from supply. Also Lincoln's turn where he ended with 6 skulls was rly bad choice. He could easily generate water and life with fountain and get a lot of resources from it and then exhange it for gold using stone.
@BarryDoubletBoardGames
5 жыл бұрын
It's it funny Rodney, how your voice is not the same in your videos as it is in real life! I knew mine was.
@WatchItPlayed
5 жыл бұрын
It would be tough to tell with this one, because here I'm on a different mic system and I had a cold. Who knows what I really sound like?! It's a mystery!
@BarryDoubletBoardGames
5 жыл бұрын
@@WatchItPlayed And the sun rises in the west and sets in the east there too... =D
@improg
5 жыл бұрын
Sorry Rodney, but how couldn't you catch the Harry Potter reference?
@WatchItPlayed
5 жыл бұрын
I’m terrible with references. It’s my thing.
@improg
5 жыл бұрын
@@WatchItPlayed I can understand. I did just finish rereading the series so it was fresh in my mind.
@NariAKGMari
5 жыл бұрын
Looks like a fun game. Am i missing something or shouldn't the Sacred Grove be tabed when Nikki is tabing her animals? :)
@WatchItPlayed
5 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed! Enough going on at the table, that we must have missed that. Good catch.
@ilqrd.6608
5 жыл бұрын
Great video! Does this play well with 2p?
@ronhatch9175
5 жыл бұрын
IIRC, Rahdo felt that it worked very well for two but that it was too mean for him and Jen with the attack cards.
@JoeyjojoShabadoo7
4 жыл бұрын
Rodney was wearing black ahead of time and then decide to go for the death place...Illuminati confirmed. Also, Lincoln seems like such a nice guy. 👍
@negroscuro7
5 жыл бұрын
How does this feel compared to Race for the galaxy, does it worth to have both?
@tuntemon
Жыл бұрын
Ah, you must be playing the british translation of the game since the philosopher's stone isn't called the sorcerer's stone. ;)
@magemage5659
5 жыл бұрын
1:09 I guess something went wrong there, or at least it would be new to me if Dave would be called Isaac.
@harleygrattan2851
5 жыл бұрын
Keep Rodney Smith on your show. David needs to shave the mo.
@PMMagro
5 жыл бұрын
You are letting CANADIANS play now? Oh dear. Good choice, I can not be alone in watching both your and his videos.
@dave0754
4 жыл бұрын
Rodney here? What is this? A crossover episode?!?!?
@forbiddenforest5327
2 жыл бұрын
Classic game but draft helps and easily misunderstood. Joy is in its constraint, not its freedoms.
@rhettpeter83
3 жыл бұрын
I have the biggest crush on Nikki
@voltinator
5 жыл бұрын
Why does this feel more like a banking game than a game with magic??
@softshoes
Жыл бұрын
Issac?
@henrykorvus6954
3 жыл бұрын
Nikki cannot do what she did, for at least two turns in a row she put green (life) essence on her sacred grove, she cannot do that she can only put one per turn, she was not exhausting her grove when she was using the mermaid to use the VP ability. Strangely she would exhaust it when she used the Celestial Horse though. So the game should have gone on another turn or maybe even 2 more turns!
@HITFORDCYCLE1
5 жыл бұрын
I need Water, Sandy
@vader4015
5 жыл бұрын
@1:08, Nikki rotates magic item to take a fire. She should have drawn a fire in the collection phase.
@ianoble
5 жыл бұрын
She does it again later too.
@WatchItPlayed
5 жыл бұрын
Yep - good catch!
@Skorrigan
4 жыл бұрын
I have three "cyyrdz".
@jeffrainwater4084
5 жыл бұрын
NO NO NO! Rodney, you can't sit there! That's Dave's seat! OMG MY OCD! THE HUMANITY!
@koomo801
5 жыл бұрын
Isaac dominated many of the conversations and would probably clash with Dave, whenever he returns. Please don’t reinvite Isaac.
Don't tell anyone, Issac is Dave's secret identity. LOL -Lincoln
@dallen8997
5 жыл бұрын
HELP! Soo lost
@dallen8997
5 жыл бұрын
Need Dave
@nellgwenn
5 жыл бұрын
As near as I can make out, you do things to get you those colorful wooden pieces, then you use those pieces to obtain things to get you points.
@WatchItPlayed
5 жыл бұрын
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@jesuszockt3531
5 жыл бұрын
Nicki won because of cheating accidentaly. :D
@TheSludgeMan
5 жыл бұрын
My one complaint about this game is that it's a shame they included the logo on the card backs. Did they really need to promote the very game we've already bought? I hate when publishers do this!
@CrazyBunnyGuy
5 жыл бұрын
Oh, you Americans* and the way you butcher the Latin language... :) Anyway, looks like a very interesting game, I wonder if I could persuade my group to try it out. :)
@boardgamegeek
5 жыл бұрын
Hey, I'm only pronouncing it as Tom Lehmann says it. He's a smart dude! :-) -Lincoln
@sweeneytodd473
4 жыл бұрын
46:23 HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
@scottb.8882
5 жыл бұрын
Still on the fence, seems like whoever gets the engine started first wins. Like an better looking munchkin.
@nickrekietascrosseyedwife7166
5 жыл бұрын
Is there bluffing in this? Without bluffing, there is no Munchkin.
@scottb.8882
5 жыл бұрын
What I mean is, it would be the same 99% of the time. In munchkin it’s nearly always the player in second place that wins when everyone piles on to stop the first place player from winning. In this game here, who ever gets the engine going first, seems would win most of the time.
@sjwhitcombe-dobbs1638
5 жыл бұрын
Scott B. You can say this about most engine builder games - they’re all about being the most efficient to build your engine right? Munchkin is entirely different as it’s all related to everyone bashing each other. This is an optimisation puzzle based on the cards in your hand.
@scottb.8882
5 жыл бұрын
Not simply most efficient, but the one who starts it first. That’s all luck. I liken it to Munchkin because the winner is a forgone conclusion and, to me, doesn’t seem much fun.
@danteshydratshirt2360
5 жыл бұрын
Dull engine builder game boosted by great interaction of the 4 players
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