Azul: Queen's Garden - GameNight! Se9 Ep50 - How to Play and Playthrough

[@spaceman_256]

Blissfully unaware that the borders on the player boards are supposed to match the player score markers

[@maryzuffi1599]

Because I need to keep track of four rounds stacks I used part of the material left over from punching out pieces and marked them 1-4 - need order in my life lol and to show players each round - also sent e-mail to plan b about an expansion if they can add a new score board and two different colors like light pink and red to replace the light green and light purple - It was annoyingly difficult with the two greens and two purples. Said I would buy it if they made it . Good game. Love watching Game Night - Thanks for explaining and playing out the game. Greatly appreciate it. Need more color to make a pretty garden or Midnight garden lol

[@dansimmons2095]

Okay, so I'm not the only one bothered by color. I was baffled by light green dark green, light purple dark purple. Why not the color options of summer pavilion? Orange, pink, grey, just anything but 2 tones of a color.

[@mindyfranke5279]

Interesting playthrough; I've been wondering about these newer Azul options. Looks much more complicated, but lots of fun!

[@sommer7808]

did any of you notice that Nikki and Deborah change point marker after the second round.

[@Candyflames123]

Hmmmm I’m not sure on this one, I have the first one and summer pavilion but not sure on this. Summer pavilion is fantastic very addictive.

[@starcloak]

A very long video with Deborah in it, sounds like a great GameNight video 😁❤️

[@milest4214]

My favourite three!!!! (and Dave)

[@hyde33]

Right?!?

[@SmoothGummi]

Just recently bought this because my more hardcore gamer friends want something more complicated than the original Azul, but the rules teach during this video was tough to follow. Bring in Dave!

[@d4rk0s]

skipped how to play and understood the game from the game play. Its really unnecessary to add commends about the rules or the game it self when you explain the rules, specially if 2 people interrupting each other.

[@saraann8140]

Looks like a fun addition to Azul 😃 Yet another game to add to my collection 😃 Ty ty for another great show 😀

[@the_bearded_maximus4601]

AZUL, just before my birthday, EXCELLENT!!!! Love you guys!!

[@marcbennett9232]

if i understand the rules correctly i think the easy way to teach this is to define a "set" as all of one color with different symbols, or all of one symbol with different colors, then say you may take a set, or use a set to place. when you place the number of tiles in the set must equal the value of the tile you want to place.

[@hyde33]

Excellently said!

[@sincitysir1]

Will be using this during my teach

[@MadSlantedPowers]

It's like Qwirkle in that respect.

[@amchasteenable]

Great video! Nice having Deborah on the show! She is awesome. I will have to check out this game.

[@hyde33]

Don’t ya just love Deborah?? She’s always so happy. She makes it fun to watch.

[@haseo1]

I only played the first one. Are all the sequels this complicated? My head is spinning :P

[@jessiej1746]

The second one is my favorite. The third one is a brain twister that leaves my head spinning.

[@miistercrayon]

This is the most difficult one by a long way. I think they increase in difficulty over time.

[@BurritoMage]

Summer pavilion is the best one it’s like a junior version of this one

[@maryzuffi1599]

It’s Azul don’t be afraid you will get it and have fun!

[@sonyal3212]

This game is definitely thinky but looks fun. Thanks for showing it off. It is very beautiful like other Azul games.

[@Warriorking.1963]

What can I say..? The video was excellent as always, but the game, not so much. I think it's a classic example of the old saying, "You can get too much of a good thing". I love Azul, but this version adds too much, sacrificing the elegant simplicity I like so much in the original, with a load of complications that only detracts from the game. Definitely not one I'll be adding to my list.

[@jekisamm9220]

Only Nikki played without mistakes! So Nikki won :)

[@Aepervius]

45:25 was it correct to take twice the same dark purple set of 6 "bells" ?

[@boardgamegeek]

Nope! Goodness, we had it hard with this one. Thanks for the note and for watching-Lincoln

[@Aepervius]

@@boardgamegeek thanks for the reply. Love the show. I am subbed on twitch too but it never goes online during my daytime.

[@user-yr5nv2gv7m]

@@boardgamegeek kudos to his eagle eyes, because as much as we love musin' over yer magnificent mugz these constant jump cuts to face shots disrupting the view of playing area add nothing to help learning the game to say the least, which is defo the main reason why people watch here, u guys still the single top in this type content on here, but without this cut doctrine less would be actually WAY more...cheers!

[@barbaramazzocca4605]

@@user-yr5nv2gv7m I agree!

[@annacarty5214]

watched the video and played today love tis game

[@DonStevo82]

I believe, at 57:40 , you can not put that yellow tree there. It conflicts with the dark green butterflies to the top left and the dark purple flower to the right of it. You can only put the same color or the same symbol next to each other. So in my opinion you are blocked there, which I saw happening already a while ago when you placed those garden extensions with the tiles facing inwards. Correct me if I'm wrong please, anyone?

[@henripoincare6378]

She put a yellow tile next to another yellow tile. No problem with that!

[@DonStevo82]

​​​@@henripoincare6378Thanks for your reply. Indeed, the tree is next to another yellow tile. But the yellow tree is also adjacent to a dark green butterflies tile, which is illegal, is it not?

[@Duracelbunny]

Why does people put the pin in the rotary wheel upside down? That is not beautiful :(

[@DonStevo82]

I'll have to retry , but it didn't seem to fit the other way round. The hole in the scoring board and the rotary wheel are different sizes, and so are the sizes of both of the pins.

[@brzozaish]

Thisis my favorite Azul 😊👍🏻 the first one is so easy, and this one brings up the next level of complexity 👍🏻😎

[@jameskirk4692]

It was a good watch. Thanks for playing it!

[@Jarmo60]

When the bonus points are calculated at the end of the game. Do the 6 bricks have to be different colors or different shapes, or can the group have the same colors and the same patterns? Can the 6 bricks of the second group also be connected to another group of 6 bricks? In my opinion, at most, the board could theoretically have 13 pieces in 6 groups, in which case 13 x 6 = 78 points.

[@miistercrayon]

I think this is the azul im most worried to even try out. It seems so difficult to just see what is “okay” to do. Nice stuff otherwise as always.

[@Haexxchen]

I think it was just explained badly. While I don't think it is overly complicated in terms of all board games, I do think this takes away the simplicity, that the original Azul has. Not a buy for me.

[@Jarmo60]

Very complicated scoring and playing right this game, but now i understand more. Video is long, but helpfull. So thank you.

[@princeflame295]

This game is so confusing! Everything about requires a lot of close attention: the color/pattern matching for tile drafting & placement as well as remembering the joker tiles and the scoring too. Was great to watch you all play to help me learn it.

[@EnterMyNameHere]

Dayum. I've always had envy how beautiful and talented Deborah is ❤ Now I envy her that Descent into Avernus shirt as well 🥲

[@russkuksin8782]

So they made an inverted quirkle!

[@meravl7615]

When everyone makes the same mistake (including teacher) - it's a house rule?........

[@jsbays7805]

Thanks for the play through. I think this one is leaving my list; I don't want to try and teach all those rules. Summer Pavilion is my go-to.

[@BurritoMage]

I taught it to my mom and dad in 5 mins and they're almost 70 its not hard

[@FelipeRodrigues-vj1zb]

20 minutes to explain an Azul game? That seems like a hard spike from Summer Pavillion.

[@learfamily9041]

At 56:24, was that a legal move? The dark purple tree and the light purple flower conflict right?

[@machineFa8]

Interesting mechanics

[@liviogore2303]

10 minutes and still explaining the rules...

[@Jootie_de_Kop]

Did you guys made a playthrough of Stained Glass of Sintra? Couldn't find it. Would love to see it.

[@boardgamegeek]

Unfortunately we haven't. I only recently got a copy of the game. Thanks for the note and for watching.-Lincoln

[@dkoudrin]

Yeah not sure this is a good addition to the Azul series. Rules weren't clear, scoring wasn't super clear, gameplay wasn't exciting.

[@Siftedbit]

Watching a different how to video made the gameplay WAY easier to understand. I don’t think they did a good job explaining here at the beginning.

[@philnaegely]

the rules and scoring is super clear

[@dansimmons2095]

Played it tonight and it was a little simpler than it seems here. The biggest part to remember is the tiles have 2 aspects instead of just 1.

[@AhJong0]

It’s interesting that the complexity has gone up with each of the Azuls. This feels more like a Feld - I think Sintra is my sweet spot (though probably the ugliest of the 4). Thanks for the video :)

[@jessiej1746]

Sintra is great. It plays super fast. Summer pavilion is good but it’s a tough learn and comes with a lot of AP

[@TobeOneKenobi]

At 1:25:32, could Deborah instead have taken the garden extension with the dark green flower and in the next turn played it, paying with the dark green tree extension, the dark green six bell and the joker, and that way gotten rid of six minus points? I think the joker's are a bit too bland in colour, at least on video. Love your stuff!

[@barbaramazzocca4605]

I so agree about the jokers! Why so ugly?

[@DonStevo82]

They resemble stone garden fountains or structures.

[@lawrenceleclerc6664]

Isnt the gal with the long red hair a actor on netflix? daredevil?

[@boardgamegeek]

Correct, Deborah played Karen Page on Daredevil. Thanks for the note and for watching-Lincoln

[@ellenm5549]

Where did u get the green container that is holding the jokers????

[@saraann8140]

I have seen them on Amazon $14.99 for 5 of them - Collapsible Board Game Storage Bowls 😀 I think BGG store also has them as well 😃

[@BurritoMage]

Did you have extra wild tiles I counted more than 24 between the ones on your boards and in the tray

[@boardgamegeek]

I'm not sure. I can't check it for you because we sent it back to the BGG Library for BGG Con Spring. If I remember I will check it when we are at the con. Thanks for the note and for watching.-Lincoln

[@BurritoMage]

@@boardgamegeek it might of had the mini expansion with it it comes with a small bag with extra wild tiles and cardboard squares with different objectives to finish for more ways to collect wild tiles

[@heidicakessoapco5343]

Great Teach Niki P. I always enjoy Game Night with all of you. This game is a thinker. I look forward to getting my grey matter energized on this one!

[@lemiless]

Poor Nikki struggled with her teach. Lincoln was often clarifying for her. She was often vague, and getting ahead of herself. I learned more from Lincoln than I got from Nikki.

[@lemiless]

Poor Nikki struggled with her teach. Lincoln was often clarifying for her. And Deborah had to ask clarification questions. Nikki seemed so nervous... She was often vague, and getting ahead of herself. I learned more from Lincoln than I got from Nikki.

[@stevedasilva151]

I’m so confused as to how to spend chips to earn a placement. I watched the whole tutorial twice and don’t get it. Lol. I love the original azul. This looks great. As long as I can learn it! Anyone help?

[@saraann8140]

This is from the Queen Garden rulebook - Paying a cost: Each pattern appearing on tiles or garden expansions has its own placement cost displayed on the top of your garden board. Pay the cost by discarding that number of tiles and/or garden expansions from your storage including the selected tile or garden expansion that you want to place. Pay the cost according to one of the following options: • all discarded hexagons must show the same pattern but be of different colors, OR • all discarded hexagons must be of the same color but showing different patterns. Place the discarded tiles into the tower. Return the discarded garden expansions face down at the bottom of the supply stack. Hope this helps - Have a blast with a great game :)

[@jbrecken]

This is much more complicated than the other Azuls. Also, Nikki and Deborah are not using the scoring markers that match their boards.

[@diegonarambuena3225]

Love the dificult level, I'm thrilled, hope I can buy it for tonight!

[@stevebratina8249]

I read comments about the visibility of the patterns on the yellow tiles. Is that an issue IRL as well, not just on video?

[@boardgamegeek]

I feel the yellow with white printing is a bad combination. Maybe if the printing was black it would have helped. We discuss the colors at the end of the video and wonder at the color choices for this game. Thanks for the note and for watching-Lincoln

[@stevebratina8249]

@@boardgamegeek I actually picked up the game yesterday and after two plays, I don't think there are any visibility issues if the game is there on the table in front of you.

[@IrradiatedOne]

Another good video too bad the game looks horrible at least it was fun to play for a bit it seems.

[@boardgamegeek]

We really enjoy the game a lot. It's one I plan to buy for my collection. This copy is from the BGG Library. My favorite is Summer Pavilion but I have yet to play Sintra. Thanks for the note and for watching.-Lincoln