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#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 1:34 - Components 3:45 - Final Thoughts 5:08 - Credits Mine Your Business is a quick and tricky spatial puzzle that encourages clever planning and pattern recognition, all while being sparkly. The game features many modes of play, including solo, cooperative, and competitive rule sets. In each mode, you will take actions on your turn to manipulate the game board and attempt to align chains of resources, so that they may be collected once your mine cart is aligned with them. You will do this by swapping, rotating, and revealing the different resource cards that make up the game board. There is also a hungry goblin within the mine which will do its best to destroy your recently created resource paths, as well as try and eat you! Make sure you do everything in your power to avoid the goblin, and wisely utilize the tools available to you. The cleverest gnomes may even catch the goblin, eliminating it from the game! Take care to avoid the dangers of the quarry, and steer clear of your pesky adversary. Sneak around dangerous creatures, enchant the land, and Mine Your Business! The game will end when the mine carts belonging to each player have reached the end of the board, or if a goblin eats even a single gnome. The player with the most resources at the end of the game will stake the claim as Major Miner! - Description from the Publisher - To watch the play through for this game click the link below: https://youtu.be/CGSzWlVvYXo For more information about Mine Your Business: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/364622/mine-your-business To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Preview copy provided by Envy Born Games***

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - Gameplay Overview 10:02 - Credits Jason plays through a few rounds of Konja from Pleasant Company Games. To see our review of this game check out the link below: https://youtu.be/6mJllk1Ub-A To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 1:37 - Components 5:12 - Final Thoughts 6:35 - Credits Konja is a press-your-luck and resource management dice game in which 2 players compete as wizards, summoned by an old king to manifest a great storm and bring rain to a dry land. By rolling dice and activating powerful spells and relics cards, players gain Gold, Magick, Power, and Clouds. Konja is played over a series of rounds; in each round, each wizard completes their turn before play proceeds to their opponent. On their turn, a wizard first selects from the available Ancestors, which grants the active wizard a Favour, and both wizards a Blessing. Favours and Blessings consist of bonus actions including refreshing Spell cards in hand, buying and selling Relic cards and gaining Clouds. The active player then rolls the dice, and through manipulation of Relic and Spell cards, create useful dice combinations: Single die showing a high number reward Power tokens, which are used strengthen the effects of Relic cards. A pair of dice reward Magick tokens, which activate Spell cards in hand. Runs ( three or more dice showing consecutive numbers) reward Gold tokens, which are spent to purchase Relic cards from the Offerings and are sacrificed for Clouds. Three or more dice showing the same number gains Cloud tokens, which are worth points at the end of the game. The first wizard to accumulate 21 or more points worth of Clouds triggers the last round of the game. Once both wizards have completed their turn thr game ends and the wizard with the most points is declared the winner. - Description from the Publisher - To watch the play through for this game click the link below: https://youtu.be/iyZEo6vnlEY For more information about Konja: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/223449/konja To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:08 - Title Screen 0:27 - Description of the Game 1:49 - Components 3:55 - Final Thoughts 7:26 - Credits In Oh My Goods!, first released as Royal Goods, players are European artisans during the Middle Ages who produce tools, barrels, glass windows, and many other goods. Only if you make clever use of your production chains will you have the most victory points at the end of the game. - description from publisher - To watch the play through for this game click the link below: https://youtu.be/QNJ22aE8UGk For more information about Oh My Goods!: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/183840/oh-my-goods To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - Gameplay Overview 13:10 - Credits Jason plays through a few rounds of Oh My Goods! from Alexander Pfister and Lookout Games. To see our review of this game check out the link below: https://youtu.be/IQJS8BT0QX0 To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:26 - Description of the Game 1:31 - Components 3:06 - Final Thoughts 5:00 - Credits Welcome to the Isle of Trains, where you are the conductor, and constructor of one of the island’s locomotives. You’ll build trains and load a range of goods to complete contracts across the island, and also deliver passengers to their destinations. Isle of Trains: All Aboard is a card-based engine building game where cards have multiple uses: You can use cards as locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, or buildings to improve the effectiveness and abilities of your train. Cards can also be spent to pay for the construction of your new train cars and buildings, or you can use your cards as cargo and load them onto available freight cars. You will also have a range of passengers who want to be taken to different destinations. You will draw these passengers at random from a bag when you build passenger cars and certain locomotives. You can then load passengers into any available passenger car. When passengers are delivered to their destinations, they will give you an instant powerful bonus! Loading cargo and passengers into opponents’ trains is important on the Isle of Trains as it’ll also gain you extra bonuses that turn! But this will help the other train conductors get a little closer to completing their goals, by giving them the cargo or passengers, which they can then use for deliveries and big end game points! The game ends when a certain number of contracts have been completed, or a certain number of passengers are delivered. You win by scoring the most points, which you earn by building up your train, completing contracts, and delivering passengers. Isle of Trains: All Aboard is all about balancing the need to upgrade your train, with loading cargo or passengers onto opponent’s train for big bonuses, and delivering cargo and passengers to their destinations before anyone else. Build your engine effectively enough to be remembered as the greatest train conductor on the Isle of Trains! - description from publisher - To watch the play through for this game click the link below: LINK For more information about Isle of Trains: All Aboard https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/355224/isle-trains-all-aboard To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - Gameplay Overview 13:37 - Credits Jason plays through a few rounds of Isle of Trains: All Aboard from Dranda Games. To see our review of this game check out the link below: LINK To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - Gameplay Overview 9:13 - Credits Jason plays through a few rounds of Orichalcum from Pandasaurus Games. To see our review of this game check out the link below: https://youtu.be/Rd9mK5Du6hM To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review Copy provided by Pandasaurs Games***

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:09 - Title Screen 0:28 - Description of the Game 1:56 - Components 3:41 - Final Thoughts 5:56 - Credits Orichalque is a tense and fast-pace strategy game – similar to a short 4X. Each player has their own Island board to explore and develop. On each turn, they choose a set of one Exploration tile and one Action : recruit hoplites, produce precious orichalcum (a legendary metal from Greek mythology), construct buildings granting powerful bonuses, or try to get rid of Monsters infesting your island (and preventing you to build new building). To prevail, you will need to erect majestic temples, forge orichalcum tokens or win the favors of titans (by creating areas of their favorite landscapes. The first to get to 5 victory points while clearing their Island of all Monsters wins the game. - description from publisher - To watch the play through for this game click the link below: https://youtu.be/PDUTHNxHa-E For more information about Orichalcum: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/355888/orichalcum To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by Pandasaurus Games***

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:06 - Title Screen 0:24 - Description of the Game 1:37 - Components 5:13 - Final Thoughts 9:16 - Credits In Fuji, you play as a group of adventurers on their way to Japan‘s most famous volcano, Mount Fuji. But just before you arrive at your destination, the earth begins to shake and the volcano erupts! Now your group must escape the deadly lava flows as quickly as possible to reach the safe village. In this cooperative dice game, players simultaneously and secretly roll their dice behind their screens in each round. During the game, you must find the best way across a certain number of terrain cards to the safe village for each player. Each terrain card has a given dice requirement. You can move to a card only if you match this requirement better than both your neighbors — but since you know only your own dice and can communicate only vaguely, you will need both skill and luck to save yourselves. The game ends with a success if all players reach the village. It fails if one of you falls victim to the lava or becomes too exhausted to proceed. - description from publisher - To watch the play through for this game click the link below: https://youtu.be/F6i6kyMXxZQ For more information about Fuji: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/258308/fuji To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - Gameplay Overview 17:38 - Credits Jason plays through a few rounds of Fuji from Feurerland. Cooperative dice rolling game with parts that have limited communication where players are trying to fun away from an erupting mount Fuji. To see our review of this game check out the link below: https://youtu.be/vYXPXQxXpj8 To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#Rants #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:43 - #10 1:57 - #9 3:14 - #8 4:41 - #7 6:10 - #6 7:36 - #5 9:16 - #4 10:34 - #3 12:11 - #2 14:06 - #1 17:00 - Credits To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-3i7n3-148eb66 Episode 267: More, Even More Games Every Gamer Should Own Introduction: News: Bear Mountain Camping Adventure 3 Days $39, $69, $99 Games played: Sail Cthulhu: Death May Die Games Every Gamer Should Own pt.5: Jason - The Gallerist (Heavy Game) Jason - Lords of Vegas (Economic) Jason - Juicy Fruits (Resource Management) Jason - Five Tribes (Mancala) Jason - Camel Up/HomeStretch (Betting) Closing:

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 2:06 - Components 7:05 - Final Thoughts 11:29 - Credits Strap up your piratical boots, and navigate your ship through turbulent waters in Sail, a co-operative trick-taking game for two players. Reach the end of this dangerous deep end, and avoid taking damage from the Kraken to win the game together...or your crew will be sleeping with the fish! Before each round begins, players exchange cards, then play a series of tricks. Different game actions will be triggered depending on who wins each trick in combination with the unique character skills. However, the crashing sea water and the roaring Kraken make for a deafening situation, and players are unable to communicate about tactics and card information from the moment cards are dealt to the end of the action phase. Players win the game as a team if they sail their ship into the final token before the Kraken reaches the Death tile or the Kraken deck is exhausted. - description from publisher - To watch the play through for this game click the link below: https://youtu.be/S2jOagjojGk For more information about Sail: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/377470/sail To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - Gameplay Overview 12:59 - Credits Jason plays through a few rounds of Sail from Allplay. Cooperative two player trick taking game with limited communication. To see our review of this game check out the link below: https://youtu.be/IfjhilyuPHI To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:26 - Description of the Game 1:43 - Components 3:23 - Final Thoughts 6:14 - Credits You've prepared your whole life for this. Every movie you've seen, every show you've watched, every song you've listened to, every place you've visited, every book you've read, every kind of food you've eaten, and every person you've ever heard of makes you better at this game. It's finally time to get credit for everything you already know! In Everything Ever, you and your friends take turns listing things from categories like "Every Dinosaur Movie" or "Every Brand of Soap". Two category cards are in play, and on your turn, you must say something that fits in one category and something that fits in the other, with both of those somethings not having been said previously. If you can't think of something, you can play a category card from the three in your hand to cover the one you're blanking on, then name something from that new category. If you can't think of something for a category, you must take that pile as a penalty, then flip a new category from the deck. If you say something that fits both categories at the same time, you can either discard one of your penalty cards or draw a new category card from the deck, then play a third category card to the table. (Once someone is penalized, drop back to two categories.) Keep your friends' iffy answers in check with judge cards, and win by collecting the fewest cards once the deck runs out. - description from publisher - To watch the play through for this game click the link below: https://youtu.be/EH7uiX_eSaI For more information about Everything Ever: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391086/everything-ever To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by Floodgate Games***

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - Gameplay Overview 4:46 - Credits Jason plays through a few rounds of Everything Ever from Floodgate Games. Party game where players are trying to say a word to match the categories on the board...if you can't you get penalty points. To see our review of this game check out the link below: https://youtu.be/MD1EFSVPlUo To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by Floodgate Games***

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - Gameplay Overview 18:06 - Credits Jason plays through a few rounds of Joan of Arc: Orleans Draw & Write from Capstone Games. Orleans feel but with quicker set up and rules...yes please! To see our review of this game check out the link below: https://youtu.be/ZAP8SU3dXHg To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Title Screen 0:28 - Description of the Game 1:50 - Components 4:04 - Final Thoughts 6:59 - Credits In Joan of Arc: Orléans Draw & Write, 1-5 players draft followers that will help them move about France, gather goods, build buildings, establish trading stations, make money, and contribute to beneficial deeds. The player who can best utilize the followers they choose will score the most points and win. In slightly more detail, each round, a number of follower tiles are pulled from a bag. Players take turns drafting the followers and taking actions that correspond to the follower they've chosen. After all the followers have been drafted, the bag resets until you've exhausted one bag per player. In the solo mode, you compete directly against Joan of Arc at one of three difficulty levels - description from publisher - To watch the play through for this game click the link below: https://youtu.be/b9qYnRbRsNo For more information about Joan of Arc: Orléans Draw & Write: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/364641/joan-arc-orleans-draw-write To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - Gameplay Overview 14:04 - Credits Jason plays through a few rounds of Gempire: Zarmund's Demands from Gem Time Games. Simultaneous bidding and gameplay...yes please! To see our review of this game check out the link below: https://youtu.be/RHQjyr8m9-U To support this game on Kickstarter when the project opens (September 26, 2023) click the link below: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gempire/gempire-zarmunds-demands To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Preview copy provided by Gem Time Games***

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:09 - Title Screen 0:27 - Description of the Game 2:24 - Components 4:43 - Final Thoughts 7:46 - Credits Gempire is the strategic hidden-action, city-building board game with different victory conditions virtually every time you play! King Zarmund is holding a grand competition to decide his new capital city! He'll make 3 random demands at the beginning of the game. The first architect to satisfy any 2 of these 3 demands wins the game! However, do you want to know the best part about Gempire? You NEVER have to wait your turn! That's right! EVERY player uses their own secret planning dry-erase book to choose their actions every round, and the entire group reveals their choices simultaneously! Now you can get the most action out of the limited time you have with your gaming buddies! Using your secret Gempire planning book and your unpredictable wit, build up your city's population, gold, culture, and science and try to meet King Zarmund's random Demands in ways that your friends never saw coming! Upgrade your city, renovate your palace, and discover technologies that give you a leg up on your undeveloped opponents. Most of all, let NONE of them predict what you are writing! Always try to stay one step ahead and be the one laughing manically when the books fly open! The re-playability of this game doesn't just stop at the victory conditions though! Every game, there will be a different combination of 5 useful technologies the players can discover to boost themselves to the finish line! Also, the rewards received for upgrading your palace are different every game as well! You truly will need to adapt and fine-tune your strategy every time you play this game! If you are looking for a unique and highly engaging strategy game, Gempire is the game you've always wanted. There are no random, unforeseeable events that destroy your strategy. There is no way for vengeful opponents to easily ruin all your hard work planning a strategy (except for having a better one of course!) There are no unbalanced characters or races. And dice results are available for EVERY player, meaning no more losing just because the dice won't fall your way! Every player has the exact same opportunities 100% of the time. This game is purely a battle of brains! It's up to you to outsmart your friends to victory! - description from publisher - To watch the play through for this game click the link below: https://youtu.be/vn4xPp_wYOA To support this game on Kickstarter when the project opens (September 26, 2023) click the link below: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gempire/gempire-zarmunds-demands For more information about Gempire: Zarmund's Demands: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/320030/gempire-zarmunds-demands To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Preview copy provided by Gem Time Games***

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - Gameplay Overview 12:51 - Credits Jason plays through a few rounds of Thebes from Queen Games. This is Indiana Jones in a box. To see our review of this game check out the video below: https://youtu.be/VwKXzST-vZQ To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 1:48 - Components 4:41 - Final Thoughts 7:33 - Credits Thebes is a game of competitive archeology. Players are archaeologists who must travel around Europe, northern Africa, and the Middle East to acquire knowledge about five ancient civilizations -- the Greeks, the Cretans, the Egyptians, the Palestinians, and the Mesopotamians -- and then must use this knowledge to excavate historical sites in the areas of these civilizations. Through the course of the game, expositions are revealed, and an archaeologist who has treasures from the requisite civilizations may claim the prize (this is a change from the first edition's handling of exhibitions). The archaeologist who learns the most about the civilizations, claims the greatest-valued artifacts, and collects the most exhibitions will win out over his or her colleagues. The key element to the game is that it is played out over a period of two (or three) years, and each action a player performs takes a certain amount of time -- traveling is a week between cities, gathering knowledge takes time for the level of the knowledge, and actually digging at a cultural site takes time to yield a certain number of artifact tiles. The game uses a novel mechanism to keep track of this. There is a track of 52 spaces around the outside of the board. Each time a player moves and takes an action, he or she moves their player token forward in time. Players take turns based on being the one who is furthest back in "time". So, a player can go to an excavation site and spend 10 weeks digging for artifacts, but that will also mean that the other players will likely be taking several actions in the interim while that player waits for the "time" to catch up. In addition, the artifact tiles for each civilization are drawn from a bag that also contains dirt. When a player excavates a site, that player pulls tiles from the bag, but some may only be worthless dirt instead of valuable treasure. That dirt is then returned to the bag, making the first draw more likely to provide useful tiles. This is the new entry for the Queen printing of Jenseits von Theben. As the new game changes several mechanisms of the original, and is available in a much wider release, the two games should be regarded as separate entities. - description from publisher - To watch the play through for this game click the link below: https://youtu.be/mAmx4Zl9f34 For more information about Thebes: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30869/thebes To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - Gameplay Overview 4:44 - Credits Jason plays through a few rounds of Tawa from Mokuomo. This is a zen dexterity activity that can be played solo, cooperative and competitively. To see our review of this game check out the video below: https://youtu.be/FO2oM5nrVK0 To support this game on Kickstarter when the project launches click the link below: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/woodas/tawa-the-portable-wood-art-game-for-traveling To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Preview copy provided by Mokuomo***

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:06 - Title Screen 0:26 - Description of the Game 1:35 - Components 3:50 - Final Thoughts 6:28 - Credits To watch the play through for this game click the link below: https://youtu.be/twM35nK7_mA For more information about TAWA: https://www.mokuomo.com/ To support this game on Kickstarter when the project launches click the link below: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/woodas/tawa-the-portable-wood-art-game-for-traveling To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by Mokuomo***