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It's so funny. Normally, in games that have a bunch of asymmetric factions and abilities like Terra Mystica, Root etc, I want to try every single one and experiment with them. But with Spirit Island, I can play the game 100 times and only play Ocean for all 100 of them. I mean, I've tried a couple other spirits. I've enjoyed Rampant Green and Shifting Memory. Starlight is also very intersting if someone else is playing Rampant Green to help you place more presense. But I always come back to Ocean. Maybe it's because it's such a grindy, thinky game with a bunch of variables and a hard puzzle to solve, that in order to enjoy it you must really find the spirits that suit your playstyle. Otherwise it can be torture.

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When i first was going to play, i said "Ok, its a heavy game, soo lets play and see what we can change for 'house rules' to fix it to us". But when i played,... it's like 95% perfect. Just adjusted the discard of wounds... because if you got too many wounds the game it's just over for you. You will need a round just to shuffle the deck and TRY to get 1 normal card.

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Just discovered your channel after finall purchasing Spirit Island. Indeed one, if not the best, cooperative boardgame! From now on, I ll have to absorb everything about it on your channel. Thanks for your content. PS.: I also love Bringer of Fear and Nightmares, but hes really hard to pull of in true solo. Who would you pair him with ideally?

I'm lost always playing solo: Spirit Island, This war of mine, Dawn of the zeds, Aeon's end, Mage Knight would be my top 5

Butt shards infinity? Lol. Said it so fast It made laugh.

Agreed on mage knight!

Mage Knight is terrible. STOP this Mage Knight propaganda.

Arkham horror is probably one of my fav co-ops

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Yeah, i'd really like those Spirit Guides. Anyway, thanks for sharing and take care out there!

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I like all three of them, but they aren't my favorites. My top spirit now is Keeper of the Forbidden Wilds. My second would be A Spread of Rampant Green, followed by Lightning's Swift Strike. I just love how easily LSS can smack a town down on the first turn. Taking out the town on a standard board shifts the balance of power and loss so quickly. My problem with Ocean's Hungry Grasp os the limited reach. It's one thing to have a weakness, but to be barred completely from the inland is harsh. The only way you can dig invaders out of the inland is if you get lucky with range boost cards. I play a fair bit of solo Spirit Island and if you are the only spirit, Ocean is tough. I really enjoy Heart of the Wildfire but causing blight so early and not being able to get rid of it reliably is troublesome. You have to be prepared to accept some blight, but causing more blight every turn is a hard sell. I've left the game at the end with 0 blight on an island, playing other spirits. ' m usually close to causing a Blight Card with HoTW by the end of the game. I've enjoyed Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares each time I've played them. I recently played in a game where one of my friends was palying them too. Every time they are in the game, it ends up being a Fear based victory. I'm still new enough to Spirit Island that I've never seen a Terror Level 4 victory. I can see that BoD&N would be the likely source of that, if we ever do get one. There are few spirits I dislike, but if I had to pick oneas my least favoite, it would be Vengeeance as a Burning Plague. I really didn't like that one. It's pretty closely tied with Serpent Slumbering beneath the Island.

Tip 2 is pretty misleading. There are some spirits where entering a reclaim loop is perfectly fine, like many minds and thunder.

Had the game for 2 months. Idk why I didn't watch a playthrough beforehand because I got the game and started reading the rule book. I HATE the look of the game and can't bring myself to learn how to play this game. I am sure it's fun but I don't know that for certain myself. One day I'll give it a go.

what about RES ARCANA ??

I got Station Master kickstarter edition for .50 on a clearance shelf once wasnt expecting much from a .50 game but dang it was gooooooooooooodddddddd. LOL

Nice video! Sometimes willingness to win can ruin the gaming experience. Learning mindset approaches strategy games differently, I think I will try to use it more often

I've played 20+ games in the past 3 days... after game 20 is when I realized I need to use slow powers..

Best game!

Ooh you like all the card games that I like too. Maybe you'd be interested in Wormwood that comes to crowdfunding soon. Because that is one I'm interested in. It's a 2-4 player one that has 2 lanes, and sort of breaching like Netrunner. Also enjoyed Pagan: Fate of Roanoke. Not sure if you tried that one. New expansion or something is likely coming this year. I have purchased a French copy of Tichu (Tiki edition) that has elongated cards. It looks very pretty. I'm going to try my first game of it soon.

+1 to reading negative reviews of things you want to buy! It's habit at this point for me to filter by lowest rating on any product or service. Most of the time any issues are user error (case in point: my local bike mechanic got a 1 star review from someone who didn't bring their bike to the shop - and admitted that in their review! - but still wanted a quote). Edit: Surprised you didn't take umbridge at the fact that they claimed movement 'gets worse at night' (11:10), when it literally just swaps two of the EIGHT types of terrain, and it's actually a positive. I just played a game where I revealed a tile which had a desert on it, then the round ended and it was easier to move through it! It was a really great, thematic moment :')

Great video! What are your thoughts on Horizons of Spirit Island

No too many bones detected, opinion rejected

I know it is old, but a quick comment you kind of touched on (and maybe rephrasing what you said...either way, I think it IS the biggest tip). The game is going to hinge entirely on card plays. That is how you cause change to the board state/game flow. Playing more cards gives you more actions and powers innates (yet another "card play"). That should always be your focus. Energy is the wall that prevents that outcome and should be managed as such, making it a very important, but secondary factor. Lastly, it should be noted that Major Powers can substitute "more plays" and are slightly transposable though not 1:1. Sometimes the energy track has other tools built into it that make card plays more effective or can even equate to an innate being certain (ie a +Cardplay effect) and there are other shenanigans, but ultimately, card plays. Banked energy is potential that isn't helping you (even in the case of events with costs, there are other ways to pay those that don't handicap you with 2-4 turns of saving energy that isn't helping you win.) EDIT: On your Slow Powers comment, that is EXACTLY correct. Take the first ravage of the game and get 1-2 blight, but treating your slows as next turn's faster-than-fasts means you are permanently ahead with much stronger powers. That was the biggest shift in my thinking from when I was new.

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I was looking around for videos that could help me with gaming. I’ve watch a few of your videos and thank you for the wholesome content. I hope your all doing well these are great an really helped me. Thank you friend

Just finished my first game of Ocean and I think I may be same!

such a good game

3:09:35 When taking either banner by force (either through campaign or using the conspiracy), you must activate the "when seized" portion on the banner. If you seize the People's Favor, you burn 2 favor (banner must have a minimum of 1 favor) and flip to the mob side. If you seize the Darkest Secret, you burn 2 secrets (banner must have a minimum of 1 secret).

2:58:09 Jacob is wrong here. It would cost the Chancellor 5 favor to exile him. The back of The Grand Scepter says that the holder may exile a Citizen by giving them 5 favor (+1 if they are the Oathkeeper, +1 if they have the Banner of the People's Favor, +2 if both. -1 for each if you hold them, -2 if both). So, because the Chancellor is the Oathkeeper, that's 5-1 for 4 favor, and Jacob has the Banner of the People's Favor, so 4+1 for 5 favor total to banish.

1:02:20 Undiscovered sites are not rules by anyone until discovered.

It boggles my mind that someone could take 2 hours to play a single round. Like...did every single player ignore everyone elses turn such that they didn't learn any rules?

I adore teaching games, but I hate teaching them to impatient people

I really want to get Mage Knight, but I am scared it will be too complex. My comfort weight zone is like 3.5-4 and MK is like 4.7

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3:45 I don’t agree with the Christian, but I don’t agree with what you said, either, as a Christian, you should believe in people and culture and developing the culture, not nature. Nature kills with 100% success rate, and the game uses fear as power which is accurate for nature it’s not evil, because nature is destroying something that is destroying it, and not cultivating it, so you’re both wrong and right on some levels. I still love this game not my favorite and very amazing.

more experience than you! 😂 this annoyed me, but it was funny

Like most people with a game of this type I have a good number of games. Each delivers something a bit different. Sprit Island weirdly is one of the most intimidating games I own and I tend towards the heavy. I have it set up now and it is my intention to play this for the next five times I solo a game to give myself a chance to improve and make it more fluid. It’s an amazing experience but not a game to just blast through. I suspect that’s why there are so many games! A time and place for each to suit the mood at time available at the time.

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After the rulebook, how-to videos on how to play, final stop - a nice insight for new players on the strategic side is greatly appreciated and rare. Thanks for doing it!

I love how specific this content is, I’m planning to buy Oath to play with my friends.