Ancient Realm 🏛️| Solo Board Game PaRTy!!! (Playthrough and Review/ Tutorial, yup!) 🎉

[@darth-ludic-rous]

Just got my copy today. I learn best watching a demo like this, then reading rules so thank you for the playthrough. Your excitement about the game is contagious. 😊

[@tabletoptokki]

Aw so glad to hear! Hope your first play went/ goes well! 😁

[@jonathanantscherl]

Loved your final thoughts on this Tia! I playtested it and loved it and was a bit suprised not because of the theme or mechanics but because I generally struggle to really enjoy a beat your own score game (versus a win/loss condition) but this one is sooooo good. Another absolute winner from the Button Shy gang 🎉

[@tabletoptokki]

Yesss! Glad you're enjoying it too! Such a great new addition ^^

[@jonathanantscherl]

Just got my official version through the post woop woop! 🎉❤

[@tabletoptokki]

@@jonathanantscherl Yesssss, congrats! Enjoy!!! ^^

[@jserrano51]

Ancient Realm was a nice surprise! I wasn't super excited for this one I got it in the bundle with River Wild. Oh but I'm so glad I got it! It's so fun and quick to play and the resource and card managment are so clever! It may become a favorite and rival Ragemore!

[@tabletoptokki]

Ahaha yes, it's def up there! Ragemore still #1 for me tho. 🥰🤭

[@SideGameLLC]

This game is excellent. I just want more!

[@tabletoptokki]

Same!!! Have you tried the expansion???

[@SideGameLLC]

@@tabletoptokki not yet! I just received the core game for review. It looks like it adds treacheries and negative events. Yourself?

[@tabletoptokki]

@@SideGameLLC Just picked it up at ShyCon on Saturday; can't wait to try it! ^^

[@SideGameLLC]

@@tabletoptokki enjoy!

[@airplane_girl]

looks like a really clever game, Tia! Nice playthrough, can't believe your score is just so-so according to the chart!

[@tabletoptokki]

I know, right?!?! It's a tricky one! 😬

[@martysmovies7892]

I am deciding between this, The Royal Limited and Super Slopes for my next PnP. I think youve just sold me on this!

[@tabletoptokki]

Haven't tried the Royal Limited yet, but def prefer this one to Super Slopes personally! ^^ (both excellent tho!)

[@jonathanjoyce2376]

Thanks for the playthrough. Looks like a very engaging resource management game

[@tabletoptokki]

Engaging is def a great word for it! 😄

[@LifeIsTheGreatestArt]

Been debating about this one, but your video convinced me that I need this game 🤣

[@tabletoptokki]

Ahhh it's SO GOOD! Hope you get yiyour copy soon! 😁

[@getgaymin]

Just got my copy yesterday (along with River Wild) and literally have it set up and ready to learn/play as we speak... and then this vid dropped. #GreatMindsThinkAlike #DoubleYourMoneyDoubleYourFun On the note of card economy/expansion: the expansion (from what I can tell not having played it) adds more wonders, so I have a feeling if the game does well, there might be more similar-type expansions. I've noticed Button Shy tends to favor economy over variability in their base games, and use expansions to add that variability element.

[@tabletoptokki]

Yesss love it! Very excited to pick up the expansion and give it a try! Enjoy~~~ 😁

[@healthytouch101]

Great playthrough. I am hoping to see a playthrough with the expansion sometime.

[@tabletoptokki]

For sure! Most likely on stream sometime. 😄

[@leslie4320]

"oh no, we don't have any citizens!" 😂

[@tabletoptokki]

That's my realm! 😂

[@tonybowers9490]

Thanks for sharing. Just got a copy. It's fun, but difficult to get a good score. Hopefully I'll get a better over time.

[@tabletoptokki]

Definitely a challenging one; enjoy! 😊

[@mikeforner7797]

Oh BOY!!!

[@tabletoptokki]

:p

[@StKnightis64]

Sporting the “Hush” look today! Yeah, I’d have to wear the equivalent of a XXL card sleeve over that so it wouldn’t look like a Jackson Pollock painting. You mention 4 cards being allocated to resource management. I think, although a novel concept, Button Shy really limits themselves by saying we are a micro game company that uses “18 cards” per game. Don’t get me wrong. There are some games that are perfection from Button Shy just the way they are. But then some would be better at a card count of say 25. Easier to play, clearer to understand. Not so much multi purposing of cards. One person’s opinion.

[@tabletoptokki]

Definitely hear you there! More often than not it works out, but def glad for the option for unrestricted expansions. 😊

[@MikeLaudie]

Thanks for the playthrough. Very helpful. Curious at 14:02 why you were able to gain back two stone when building the Zeus wonder. From the pyramids, shouldn't you have just gotten a single resource or did I miss something else?

[@tabletoptokki]

Glad to hear it was helpful! Mistake on my part. ^^

[@MrMaelstrom07]

2:50 isn't it two coins per resource? Looks like you took two resources for two coins.