Azul - Secret Strategy

[@bryanep]

Amazing video. Its hard to find actually good strategy videos for board games but you nailed this one. Thanks and keep up the great content.

[@zmollon]

I think it would be cool to see some sort of analysis based on the starting distribution of tiles. I'm not sure if it's always better to go for a tile that has the least of them on the boards or the one that has the most of them on the boards knowing that there's going to be fewer than coming back later. Is it better just to force for a particular arrangement of tiles on the board

[@strategyadvisor5604]

Ideally you want to finish the top 3 rows every round, so if there are 2 of a color in separate groups, you don't want to commit to row 2 with that color because it can be blocked. For row 4-5, you often won't be able to complete it in 1 round so try to do it over 2 rounds. In 2 player games, it could be better to start row 4 when a color has only 1 pair of tiles because you are getting all tiles of that color that round. Compared to when there are 2 pairs of a color, each player takes a pair, and there are fewer left over.

[@zmollon]

@@strategyadvisor5604 I think 2p analysis of the starting distribution of tiles would be cool to see and then watch how it plays out.

[@alexanderbrady5486]

Following this math, the line on the edge can score you 72 points. 6 for the line itself, then (assuming you continue to fill in lines vertically across the board), you get 6+6,9,12,and a whopping 6+15 points for the last round, for a total of 30+42=72 points. I still wouldn’t want the line on the edge, but it is interesting that (given unbelievably good luck) it actually has the highest scoring potential.

[@strategyadvisor5604]

The line is 68 max. You are overcounting each line after the first by 1 because you add the vertical and horizontal independently. Refer to 5:00 for why.

[@phoenicksgaming]

This provided me with some insight I didn't previously have - really clever "discovery." Thank you!

[@german8261]

could you make more strategy videos? they are very useful

[@Happy_Abe]

What about the 7 point bonus for completing a column?

[@strategyadvisor5604]

Usually you complete 1 column so the winner is determined by adjacency points. It's better to fill out as much of the top 3 rows as possible than to go for multiple columns most games.

[@Happy_Abe]

@@strategyadvisor5604 I see, I’ve seen others say to mainly start with going with the center columns but this seems like a good alternative strategy. Thanks!

[@porqpine53]

Gotta work on your tongue clicking man. It’s every other sentence