Architects of the West Kingdom Gameplay Runthrough

[@PurityThruFire]

I love the art of Mihajlo Dimitrievski.

[@trepanator6]

mechanics in this game are so well done and in line with theme. Great game, great art, superb gameplay

[@69robtaylor]

You’re still costing me a fortune rahdo. Shem will be pleased. Kinda cross between pillars of the earth, world without end and raiders of the North Sea. I like all 3 so I’m in.

[@EmpressG]

The cumulative benefits of the workers reminds me of the influence cubes in Notre Dame

[@JSFive]

One imaginary woman at the table was not enough anymore. Welcome Helena! :D

[@rahdo]

:)

[@stianhaugen4016]

Backers from Norway, all copies of Architects of the West Kingdom will be distributed via Grimfield Games! Place your pre-order here: www.grimfield.no/produkt/architects/

[@Niennia]

21:36 Rahdo states that Jen has to pay the full 4 coins when she recruits apprentices, but if he explained her unique power correctly, she only has to pay 2 coins as she can ignore all tax.

[@Niennia]

Similarly 30:45 Rahdo states that Jen could have gone to the Town centre and paid a coin to arrest her own workers, but if she doesn't pay tax, this wouldn't have cost her anything (the 1st time)

[@Niennia]

Correction: looking at the icon on her player board, it looks like Jen can ignore 1 tax coin? If so, she would pay 3 coins to recruit apprentices.

[@gregs_on_tracks]

Came here to learn how to play the game. Ended up learning Klingon instead.

[@pintarfacil8064]

Just perfect, rahdo. Thanks a lot :-)

[@TheRunLife]

Error at 26:50. When the Black Market was reset (due to all 3 spaces being occupied) the player with the most workers in Prison takes 1 debt card, placing it “unpaid” side up

[@manos2495]

Hey Richard! I cant see this game in your rating list. If you were to score it, what would be your score or between which games of your list would be placed? Thank you!

[@rahdo]

i've only played the prototype, so i can't say exactly, but i'd guess it would be somewhere in the 8.1-8.3 range if i ever tried it again (especially if they got rid of some of the randomness from blind draws)

[@manos2495]

@@rahdo Thank you :)

[@rayzthegame3828]

Error not in subtitles @ 32:29 you used jen’s meeple instead helena’s

[@PauloRenato23]

noted... thanks

[@kosterix123]

Villages of Valeria meets Viticulture Essential Edition.

[@sumho7532]

Hi Rahdo, again great video. I was wondering if there was a reason you never made a Scythe runthrough. I would have watched it :)

[@rahdo]

faq.rahdo.com #6 :)

[@sumho7532]

rahdo oh ok thats fine :)

[@AIMInvestorJournal]

Jen is very quiet. She didn't mind you making all her decisions on her behalf.

[@rahdo]

faq.rahdo.com #1 :)

[@SergeKatz]

As always great review :)

[@Dougmysticeye]

Is this a reskin if Pillars of the Earth with some tweaks?

[@TheLastPhoen1x]

Reminded me of the show, but i dont think the game is similar. May be wrong tho.

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

No, it is more a descendant of Raiders of the North Sea, icon-wise. The medieval theme is way more common than PotE.

[@Dougmysticeye]

Thanks Tor. When I saw "gather resources and build a Cathedral" I immediate thought of Pillars of the Earth.

[@XCrawlFan]

I was thinking more of Caylus light.

[@dreadknot69]

Does Raider play good 2p without a dummy player? I'm more inclined towards the viking theme and you've said that it's better with expansions, than this.

[@rahdo]

yeah, raiders has no dummy player system (which for architects was designed for solo play actually).

[@dddmmm21]

I will back it because I am intrigued by this arrest and take hostage mechanism... But the game does seem to suffer from something that killed Raiders of the North Sea for me, which is the fact which worker placement only just gives you a tiny bit of benefit, so you end up having to take dozens of turns before you can actually do something meaningful and that is physically tiring for me... I prefer when worker actions are a bit more meaningful...

[@rahdo]

i call these sorts of titles 'baby step' games for the reasons you suggest. not for everyone, to be sure. jen usually dislikes them as well but she found this one palatable

[@dddmmm21]

And who can resist The Mico's art? Hence I am backing it...

[@thaun]

This game or raiders of the north sea?

[@gstuartdunn]

Both

[@rahdo]

with expansions, raiders. without expansions, this

[@KristoVaher]

I personally find Raiders interactions and mechanisms more interesting. Though this doesn't seem to play badly.

[@sleepyazn15]

Does this play well 2 players without the dummy player?

[@rahdo]

tbh i haven't tried it without the dummy player, but considering how good raiders of the north sea was as a 2p game, i suspect works a-ok!

[@dreadknot69]

Ah! Now that I've read this comment, ignore my previous one asking this very question! Thanks.

[@El-GranPipe]

skipped the black market reset. Regardless of how the Black Market Reset is triggered, the action that caused it should first be resolved. After doing so, the following steps should be taken: 1. All Workers currently in the Black Market are moved to the Prison. 2. The top Small Market Card (left) is turned over and placed on top the Large Market (right). 3. Players with any Black Market Reset based Apprentices may take their actions in any chosen order. 4. All players with 3 or more Workers in Prison lose 1 Virtue. 5. The player, or players with the most Workers in Prison each take 1 Debt Card, placing it “unpaid” side faceup in front of them.

[@rahdo]

yup, klingon subtitles were a bit late to the party, but this goof is noted now :)

[@integralmystery]

26 min forgot to take a debt card for having the most workers in prison

[@PauloRenato23]

It was already noted... Like Rahdo says at the start of the 1st video, please turn on the Klingon subtitles to see where Richard goofs up… Thanks :)

[@dddmmm21]

But can you play a normal 2 player game without Helena?

[@rahdo]

yup. iirc there's a few tweaks made because there's less worker arresting with only 2p, but yeah the dummy is not required at all... it was developed for the solo game, and just happens to work for 2 :)

[@dddmmm21]

Brilliant!

[@bretthamelin8974]

Damn Shem keeps taking my money

[@EmpressG]

Helena Handbasket :)

[@harleygrattan2851]

What? Jen first player? There's a first!

[@kosterix123]

Camera too swingy for me.

[@victorgonzalez2927]

You mean 850 AD?🤔

[@georgijaxx1557]

Missed some brick buddy!

[@rahdo]

tell me about it! i left a lot of clay on the table! :)

[@MarlonKruis]

That's going to be a problem for Jen going back to the States...."she loveeees not paying taxes" President T. does not approve of that Richard :-D

[@zakkoehler6820]

No State Income Tax in Washington, just a ridiculously high State Sales Tax especially in Seattle.

[@jyoung10]

Zak Koehler Come to Illinois...high property taxes for our bloated, inefficient, corrupt State government, State income tax to pay for the ridiculous pension obligations (due to poor mgmt of state funds), as well as sales tax. It’s paradise I tells ya.

[@rahdo]

which is why everyone crosses the border to oregon to make big purchases with no sales tax in portland :)

[@zakkoehler6820]

What?!?!? People do that? Just kidding I’m guilty since I live in Vancouver.

[@lew12812]

chaos :-( :-( :-(

[@deepdivemusicreactions]

enough with KS!

[@ningaubleotse171]

Keep in mind, Rahdo doesn't accept money for his playthroughs. He'll only do a vid if he likes a game. With that said ... It is extremely possible that this game, like Raiders of the North Sea before it, will make it into the retail space. And, if you wait you're likely to get the base game for less than what it is now. The only KS "exclusives" in this campaign aren't exclusives. Backers get early access to a few expansion packs "free" for participating in the campaign.

[@rahdo]

just wait 9 months and watch the video then, and it will be for a retail game instead of a kickstarter game