Ark Nova - Intermediate Strategy: THE CARDS

[@anotherelvis]

Great video. But consider decreasing the music volume a little.

[@SpiderForgeGAMES]

I must admit, I like driving music, but I'll take a lighter hand in future videos. It's been a while, but I'm getting back to videos now. I think the next thing will be Frosthaven.

[@chuck00x]

Great tips!

[@YellowMoo]

Uber cool and useful video, thx a lot!

[@YourMichael]

This is AMAZING thank you!

[@markosirotic6104]

Wow...Nicely done! Your thoroughness is over the top.

[@Z0nd4]

Excellent video! Thanks a lot

[@arthursimsa9005]

Great analysis, great presentation, thanks! Keep them coming!;)

[@SpiderForgeGAMES]

Thankyou.

[@Darkii1smile]

Wow, just wow! I’ve never seen such deep diving on the KZbin! Thanks for your work!

[@dawnyproductsltd1693]

Nice work - thanks

[@mortimetr]

great job. thanks

[@luciddaze248]

Had my first game yesterday. Got the game mechanics down and came to the conclusion that i needed to understand the deck better. This is exactly what I needed!

[@icarue993]

I won by a large margin on my first game, my corp power might have been too useful, but oh well. I got the H zoo, so I got a lot of sponsors. But honestly, I just played it as if it was zoo tycoon. Start with small cheap animals and move to bigger ones.

[@HelderP83]

Great sequel video, thanks again for putting these strategy videos together! Cheers

[@SpiderForgeGAMES]

No problem!

[@Ideisill]

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing your analysis.

[@zibus8456]

These videos are awesome. Thanks so much. I hope you do some more of these projects.

[@SpiderForgeGAMES]

I finally got a new one out. Sorry for the long wait.

[@opperhoofdrampeneer8324]

Thanks for this tremendous video! Really appreciate the effort! Small tip, from an audio engineer ;) Perhaps the music could be a tad bit more "background level" during the explanatory segments. It was a tad hard to focus due to it being slightly loud. Thanks again!

[@SpiderForgeGAMES]

Noted, thanks.

[@MichaelDart]

Thank you, nice vid. The only thing I was waiting for which you didn't cover is the fact that the Australian and European conservation cards score you 1 extra conservation for the middle project than the other continents. This is to offset the lack of primates that you pointed out. So while there are fewer of those icons in the deck, it can make scoring 4 conservation early quite enticing if you get a good opening draw.

[@SpiderForgeGAMES]

I agree, if you can grab those 4 conservation points, it's a great play. You have to work with what you draw in Ark Nova. If you happen to draw a lot of Europe cards when the European base conservation project is available, that's excellent. Because there aren't as many Europe cards in the deck, you won't face as much competition from other players. Once you have the cards, their scarcity is actually helpful.

[@lel7798]

I was looking for a video like this. Although it would help alot to know about the cards that require an upgraded action card as well.

[@SpiderForgeGAMES]

It's a good idea, but I don't remember finding a lot of structure beyond these basic facts: 1. Asian cards tend to require more and cost more. 2. European and African cards tend to be easier and cheaper. These are weak, general tendencies, that are not true for every card. I think they may reflect the realities of running a zoo in Europe.

[@SonoftheMustardTiger]

Great video. You don't need the background music.

[@SpiderForgeGAMES]

I'm taking the volume way down in new videos. My primary critics and largest fans (my kids) really want some music, so we gotta find a middle point.

[@BrunoBaronet]

Great stuff! Thank you for this.

[@jwfcp]

Really solid analysis, good work.

[@SpiderForgeGAMES]

Thank you, I appreciate it.

[@timmaddams1093]

Found these videos very detailed and helpful. Where is the advanced one? Great time to get one made as Ark Nova is in alpha on Board Game Arena.

[@darreljackson5422]

Can I get a rules clarification? At 10:36 the on-screen note implies you need the large bird aviary to be next to a rock icon for birds that need rocks. I don't think that's correct. You only need a rock icon for the standard enclosure.

[@timmaddams1093]

If you want to move a bird from a standard enclosure to the aviary, or place it in it directly the placement matters. This is why you should always plan to place your reptile house and aviary next to both water and rocks.

[@SpiderForgeGAMES]

timmaddams is right. You need to place it by a rock to house birds that need rocks.

[@Bobbleranger]

Nice

[@thenerdgirl1]

This was very good.

[@SpiderForgeGAMES]

Thanks

[@justinrrizzo]

This is great. The only problem is card draw/exposure is SO slow in this game.

[@SpiderForgeGAMES]

Thanks. There's no doubt that you have to find a way with what you're given. You should plow through over half the deck in a 4-player game, so you see quite a few cards eventually, but I don't mean to minimize your observation. The truth is, you need the cards early so you can plan, but that's exactly when cards are hardest to get. The constraints created by the available cards and tiny hand limits are central to the game.

[@justinrrizzo]

@@SpiderForgeGAMES I think with any card engine builder, limited card exposure means the game is going to play you more often than you play it.

[@brzozaish]

awsome analysis, how you shuffle such huge deck of cards, are you splitting them somehow?

[@SpiderForgeGAMES]

You can rifle shuffle 3 stacks splitting them together between shuffles. But you need excellent shuffling in this game, so every once in a few games I've resorted to dealing them into 11 stacks first to break up clumps. You don't want badly shuffled decks, as it can really mess with the game.

[@TTuiji]

Thanks!

[@11167KevA]

Made it to 1:46. Turn that damn music off

[@repventures3910]

Yeah, had to stop watching, that background noise was WAAAYYY to distracting

[@deepdivemusicreactions]

I don't know how helpful this is as though a game you only reveal 30% of all cards

[@timmaddams1093]

You only see a few cards each poker hand, but you still need to know what you can get from the deck