Andromeda's Edge - Learn While Playing!

Here is my Andromeda's Edge tutorial, where I teach the game as it is being played. Paid sponsorship by Cardboard Alchemy.
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Teaching Timestamps:
Introduction - 0:00
Game overview - 0:54
Game start - 3:43
Launch turn - 4:09
Planet action - 5:49
Resources explanation - 9:51
Progress tracks explanation - 10:35
Gaining modules - 11:54
Leaders explanation - 15:18
Repair action - 18:49
Construct ship action - 19:21
Develop action - 21:06
Upgrading starships - 24:51
Jump ability explanation - 28:18
Prescience action - 30:26
Raiders strike explanation - 31:58
Battle explanation - 33:08
Targeting explanation - 37:49
Damage explanation - 43:04
Attack ability explanation - 51:31
Events explanation - 51:56
Vault points explanation - 58:05
Return to station turn - 1:02:31
Activating modules - 1:03:00
Raiders explanation - 1:13:37
All development bonuses - 1:18:38
How the game ends - 1:21:40
Final scoring explanation - 1:22:16
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[@JustinandHanna]

Nobody does it better Jon! Always appreciate your videos. This is probably my 10th video about AE and this is by far the most clear and gives the best feeling of how to play. Keep up the great work. I wish you had a playthrough for every game, it’s always the first thing I look for lol

[@JonGetsGames]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@lukelaurie]

Thank you Jon! Very clear and well done!

[@Mike_James]

im all in. at least now i can see how its played lol. you're the best Jon!

[@markdandridge4433]

I feel confident now about the basics of how AE works. Thank you so much for all your efforts. I am all in, backer 365 to the edge!🚀🚀🚀

[@SKGuna_writer]

After watching this playthrough, I can safely say Andromeda's Edge is a far superior gaming experience to Dwellings of Eldervale. This game definitely goes onto my list. Thank you, Jon, for your awesome playthrough and content!

[@michaelcyr1620]

52:25 The klingon subtitle correctly clarifies that you lose points for each damaged module regardless of type, but other playthroughs I've seen and the draft rulebook say that it's only 1 point per module. (It's -2 points per damaged module at the end of the game.) Also, the klingon subtitle has an error: "So green should Blue should have lost..."

[@AzgarthX]

Yup, event effects are a -1 for damaged modules. The -2 comes into play for end-game scoring

[@shinyhappymeeple]

This is such a great playthrough. Clear, concise and entertaining. To be honest I've come to expect no less from Jon but this makes what could seem like a complicated game, very simple to understand. Superb job!

[@JonGetsGames]

Thanks for the kind words :)

[@masoncowell7039]

This was an incredible tutorial. I've watched two playthroughs (Quackalope channel), and still had quite a few questions about the nitty gritty. This video completely answered my questions. You have earned a sub from me good sir.

[@JonGetsGames]

That's great to hear, I'm glad you found it helpful :)

[@lepruk86]

Been watching your tuorials for a good while now; think the first one I watched was Maracaibo. The way you play really teaches the game well; thanks for all the work.

[@JonGetsGames]

That's great to hear, I'm glad you've been enjoying these :)

[@Valcurdra]

Honestly, this channel is great, you give a fantastic description of how things work, I always click your videos first on KS campaigns.

[@JonGetsGames]

Thanks for the kind words :)

[@PatrickKerwin]

Amazing overview Jon. You're the best at game plays. Period.

[@michaelblank9597]

Hi Jon. Thank You for a great tutorial. I wasn't sure if I should back this game. But now I am All In. :-) all the best from Germany.

[@GreenIguanaQi]

Thanks for doing this! Your videos for learning the rules are the best. Always clear and always accurate rules. Great work!❤

[@jeffhiatt1682]

really well done. you have definitely piqued my interest in AE.

[@danielschaublin]

Great tutorial, as usual. You do a much better job explaining Andromeda's Edge then most of the other videos that give overviews, etc. on the game, since I rather see the game played and rules explained good in the same video to decide if it's a good game or not. I can't decide if a game is good if I'm hearing overviews saying "this game is a X improvement over this game" with the rules not explained and barely seeing things such as pieces being placed on the board through an example game or something. Anyway, if they release a 3rd game in the Dwellings and edge gameplay style by the same designers, I hope you'll cover that at the time. Maybe if Edge becomes popular enough, the designers might make either a sequel to the game or an expansion with more factions that's not in its current Kickstarter-type campaign.

[@JJ_TheGreat]

It looks like Andromeda is coming with an expansion!

[@StephaneBura]

Amazing tutorial. Thanks!

[@nipzie]

Always such great playthroughs.

[@whoseturnpodcast]

Awesome video Jon, really enjoyed this deeper dive in the game to get a better sense of how it plays. We'll be keeping our eyes on this one

[@gutiaqp]

Thank you for the tutorial, as usual, a solid video.

[@DanClapp]

Yeaahh, Still gettin down on the board games! Good stuff bro!

[@DanClapp]

I wish you had played through the whole game, I would love to see a full play-through!

[@spiozke]

Iconic. Just like as always

[@Skycroft1000]

It's unsurprisingly quite similar to Dwellings of Elderdale, but I do think I like this better. Thanks for the video, fantastic as always.

[@craigfindlater]

Great job Jon. Was hoping you would do a video on this game. I was on the fence with this game. You are still the best out there when it comes to actually letting the viewer see if the game is right or wrong for them. Keep up the good work.

[@JonGetsGames]

Thanks, I'm glad you found this informative.

[@EddieRyfari]

thank you for this fantastic video, its long but its one of the best tutorials I have seen.

[@matissmatiss3126]

Checked other content creators, did not get the feel how this game plays, the game flow. This is by far the best tutorial and playtrough video for Andromedas Edge 🎉😊

[@JonGetsGames]

Great to hear :)

[@rodolfocucchiella2815]

Jon you are the best boardgame teacher ever 👏🏻👏🏻 ! Your explanations are so clear and easy to understand. Thank you ❤

[@dorianzoumplis7226]

Fantastic tutorial! Clearly articulated, great camera work, great flow of digestible rules with content. If I could offer one supportive criticism for future videos, limit your use of “as you can see” filler; a minor, but frequent blemish that became distracting in an otherwise professional & thoughtful presentation.

[@adamwaggenspack7156]

This game looks like a lot of fun.

[@prophet2173]

Great tutorial!

[@jeremymullen7097]

While I enjoyed Beyond the Sun, this game seems to put a greater focus on what was an afterthought in BtS (space travel/battles), while maintaining what was too much of the focus in BtS (research/upgrades). In the end, this appears to be the game I wanted Beyond the Sun to be.

[@JJ_TheGreat]

That is a strange comparison, to me… This game is a re-theming of Dwellings of Eldervale - with connected progress tracks, in space. Another comparison which I would make, from a mechanical standpoint, is Gaia Project. It also similarly has the mechanism where you can continue advancing on the progress tracks and get stuff, which helps connect it to the rest of the game. Whereas, Beyond The Sun is a known as the tech tree game - you are going through them. But there are also other games with tech tree mechanisms - for example, although it is only a portion of the game - the journaling action in Wayfarers of the South Tigris is those kind of tech trees (from BtS).

[@jeremymullen7097]

@J.J. The Great I will admit that my boardgame playing is still in its infancy compared to some, and I've never played Dwellings of Eldervale. I looked into Dwellings after seeing similar comparisons as you make. It's likely I could play Andromeda's Edge and say "whoops, nevermind, this is nothing like BtS". From the playthrough, coupled with my limited games rolodex, I saw some parallels, even if they are distant ones. Appreciate the feedback and always love learning more about this hobby and community.

[@MyThairo]

Great as always. Would like to watch the extended play through if there was any. "Blink blink" ;)

[@krisztiancsillag2426]

Jumping f§cking sh§tballs! That is an absolute fire playthrough! Why do I have to wait for years to play this?? 😰😰😰

[@FaramirGL]

Great video! So deep and insteresting game. Definitively, I want you to play this with your friends 😉

[@twopump8933]

Amazing! and keen.

[@S.Kapriniotis]

I really do not understand the appeal of Eldervale at all. I was hoping this next game would give me some clue, but, alas, the appeal is still eluding me. Oh, well, this is the beauty of different people, opinions and likes. Great video as always, cheers!

[@danielwoltanski1413]

This game looks amazing!

[@pheonixq2525]

I enjoyed this tutorial. It is well paced and detailed. This is my first video I've seen from you. The audio was really low. I had to watch it at full volume to hear you. Hopefully that is an anomaly, or something you can fix in the future.

[@JonGetsGames]

I've increased the volume on subsequent videos, so hopefully that's gotten better. I'm glad you found this helpful!

[@GonzoHeart]

Nice!!

[@ghstrdio]

I hope they make the game board feel like its more spacey... it just looks like a bunch of worker placement slots right now.

[@SaschaKleiber]

Usually I prefer other channels for tutorials/playthroughs. Most of the time you are talking way too fast in comparison, which makes it hard to learn new rules… But this time you nailed it for me. This is honestly so far the best AE Tutorial out there! It made me back the deluxe edition „unfortunately“ (my poor bank account). ;) thanks! Will there be one for Scythe Expeditions too?

[@JonGetsGames]

I created a full playthrough with friends video for Expeditions already :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioXdmYl-orCYaac

[@rohhangaming5588]

Great video! Games like this with lots of mechanics can be tricky, thanks for breaking everything down so clearly!

[@aaronkoenigseker8021]

Dammit, Jon! Convinced me to back another game after I promised myself I wouldn't put myself through that any more. Going to start sending you my credit card bills. Great run through though. Played Dwellings and liked it but didn't love it, but this seems better and more interesting to me. Time to make room on the shelves again...

[@JonGetsGames]

Hope you enjoy it when it eventually arrives :)

[@stephenfarrell8587]

Appreciate their coverage, Jon. Cheers

[@JJ_TheGreat]

23:16 Ah… So developments are the equivalent of dwellings, then - but with extra powers!

[@ben59320]

I'm on the fence about this one. I just got Dwellings and it's great. AE looks like it's too much, and some repetitions from Dwellings. I guess if someone doesn't have Dwellings (which is impossible to find btw), AE is a great alternative. Otherwise, I'm not sure it's worth. It's just my POV anyway, the game looks nice and we can see Luke has put a lot of effort into this new game.

[@elqord.1118]

Thanks Jon. Amazing video. The game looks good but it’s too bad the planets are just copy paste jobs with different colors (blue, red, green etc).

[@Licorneenragee]

What are your thoughts on combat? It seems pretty random between dice and tactical cards? Otherwise thanks again for explaining and showing, your channel is proper quality content!

[@JonGetsGames]

I never actually played a full game of this vs other people, so I can't really give an informed opinion of how it feels when playing. Mechanically I thought the targeting system was quite interesting.

[@filippoghisoni6569]

God you are entertaining, good job

[@CopperLontra]

This so much like Cryo but way more $. Edit: well done as always Jon.

[@CJUzziel]

Hi there. Thanks for the video. Why does a battle not take place when players put a transport down on a planet next to another player? (Around minute 29 for reference)

[@JonGetsGames]

Battle only happens when opposing faction ships are on the same location.

[@maurolazzara1852]

28:45 Is that the active spot? Shouldn't it be the SW corner of the map, where the second transport was placed, triggering a series of steps?

[@JonGetsGames]

Ah, good point!

[@Avyncentia]

This game is reminding me a lot of Dwellings of Eldervale, especially the combat mechanics and triggering special abilities when you collect workers. Is this a reskin?

[@JonGetsGames]

This game is designed by the same person, there are certainly many similarities but there are also differences.

[@AzureRaiden]

Your tutorials are great and I'll definitely come back and watch this one, but I really wish you would turn up the audio of this. A lot of your videos are very quiet it's a little hard to hear.

[@danielschaublin]

I had the same thoughts as you, too. I hope Jon gets a new mic in the future since I always have to turn my volume on my computer higher just to hear him.

[@JonGetsGames]

Good feedback, thanks. I haven't heard this from others, but they may just not be commenting. In my opinion its better to be slightly quiet vs slightly loud, I don't want to surprise anyone and hurt their ears. That being said, I've just bumped up the volume in my template, so hopefully it'll be slightly better in future videos. If they continue to be too loud then feel free to mention it again and I can keep slightly tweaking it.

[@AzureRaiden]

@@JonGetsGames I'll keep an ear out for future videos and I'll let you know! I want to watch this one. Just need to do so when I have a quieter truck LOL.

[@AzureRaiden]

@@danielschaublin actually sounds like he has a good mic! He mentioned it in his comment, but he just needs to turn up the audio on the edit.

[@Faxmachine15]

Hello, how many ships is there per player?

[@lucianmaximus4741]

Kudos from 444 Gematria!

[@karsa3724]

I believe that you have all the leaders upside down based on the symbols on the cards

[@karsa3724]

As I immediately restart the video you flip them to place in the factories 😂 so nvm

[@hedgeymcgee3079]

Great tutorial as usual. Just curious on your thoughts comparing this to Dwellings of Eldervale. It seems very very similar just a space theme and a variable buildings. We live Dwellings, but kind of think this would just be too similar to own both.

[@JJ_TheGreat]

There are a few videos on YT, which compare the two games. I’d say just search for them.

[@JonGetsGames]

Unfortunately I can't really speak to the comparison, I have never played a real game of Andromeda's Edge. I played as much as you see here, then packed it up and shipped it to another youtube channel.

[@SaschaKleiber]

I like the visual of this game, but some iconography should be changed (if it hasn't already since the video)... E.g. the titanium resource on the moon token. When you said "two titanium" I was like "dude, there are 4 on it".

[@barryc6785]

Cab you drift before using the gas condensers?

[@JonGetsGames]

Unfortunately, it's been too long since I played this game to remember the rules enough to answer your question. Sorry about that!

[@1n1ee]

Great video Jon! Do you think this game is for heavy gamers? I enjoy games like Gaia Project and Anachrony, and concerned this game may be not heavy enough. Thoughts?

[@JonGetsGames]

It is less heavy than both of those games, but I honestly can't say if it's too light for someone who enjoys those. Sorry.

[@1n1ee]

@@JonGetsGames Thanks for the response Jon!

[@JJ_TheGreat]

42:52 I think you mean a credit OR an energy… That’s what the slash (/) symbol usually means.

[@NxFals]

There is no slash symbol on it. It is credit and energy.

[@JT12523]

Slime critters

[@vincelupo8419]

super quiet. I had to boost my audio to more than double my normal level.

[@JonGetsGames]

Others have mentioned this too, I'll be boosting the volume on future videos so hopefully it'll get better.

[@JJ_TheGreat]

23:49 The blue player? Looks like the green player, to me!

[@NxFals]

The blue player just built the factory. The green disc is stacked ontop of the blue disc, but he was explaining blue players turn and scoring.

[@richardscales9560]

Im finding the 'planet' artwork very distracting making it not easy to make out some of the iconography.

[@TheMperor5]

40 to 200 minutes is a big range 😂

[@lukelaurie]

40 minutes per player.