Architects of the West Kingdom + Age of Artisans Expansion Co-Op - Playthrough & Review

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Have you tried this one Co-Op?

[@kauisurfer13]

I love the expansion content for architects but as you can see the overlord can be brutal 😵‍💫

[@BeforeYouPlay]

He’s a killer!! We are willing to work with him but he’s just a jerk LOL!! 😝

[@lettermarques7310]

I hated the whole tomesaga expansion. Happy to play the various west kingdom games without either part of tomesaga

[@marybethboyd]

We’ve played all three co-ops and this was our least favorite. The Paladins co-op is the best in our opinion- I’d like to see how you guys like that one! Still stressful but not as punishing when it comes to completely overhauling gameplay.

[@Axel_Vrarimor]

Please do the other two in co-op for the channel, this playthrough was great fun, specially when you did win when Naveen was so sure that you weren't going to. It made the win taste so much sweeter.

[@arrnorn6142]

That Overlord looks brutal! Always a joy watching you play.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

He's a meanie!!!!

[@OlivierBL]

Since you first started the serie I bought Architects, and after one game I jumped on the extention and now I just want everything West Kingdom.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

We were pleasantly surprised by all 3 games. We will be keeping all of them in the collection!

[@obsidiansiriusblackheart]

Kickstarter ends soon, but I am picking up everything! (would've been gone for North Sea too if they offered it haha)

[@Arahmon1117]

What a win! That was pretty brutal, but came through in the end. Great playthrough.

[@yannisguerra]

The mechanism of the Overlord really wants you to diversify your actions, meaning that if you both do the same thing it will punish you more. Looks pretty interesting. You both enticed me to play the competitive Tomesaga over the 3 games (it was really fun), now you are making me want to play the coop version too😱

[@mattmazzullo2194]

Great video! Your channel has quickly become one of my favorites on KZbin. I know a lot of people are now requesting for you to review/play the Runesaga, but personally I think you should showcase a different Garphill game; the often overlooked Circadians: First Light. It has some mechanics in common with Architects, but it uses dice as workers instead of meeples and plays very well at 2 players. It’s definitely one of my favorites from this publisher and IMO deserves more attention than it’s been getting.

[@billturner]

Yes! I love Architects and received Age of Artisans this week in the mail. Won't be playing with the Tomesaga (yet!), but nice to see the expansion in play.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Nice! The integration is perfect, doesn’t muddy up the core of the game at all.

[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

@11:08 - with the Variable setup, you do not get additional coins based on player order.

[@smartmovenz]

I am so enjoying your videos. They are so well produced and entertaining. Have you considered using a green screen like Rahdo does to show card closeups?

[@thomaswilson7718]

Would love to see you all play the other Co-Op ones on the channel at some point down the road

[@thanhtuan9533]

I remember if you're playing with variable setup (2nd side of the starting characters), the one with the highest virtue will go first. Moreover, no one will have extra starting coins (3, 4, 5 etc.)

[@SceneTurkey]

34:46 since you already have a worker in the workshop when you placed another, you can buy the second card, meaning you only have to place a silver on that card to buy the next one. You can already skip the first card because you have 2 workers.

[@SFuruli]

I love your playthroughs. 🥰 They make me fall asleep at night. 🌙

[@BeforeYouPlay]

See you tonight! 😉

[@estrada263]

Orange is my favorite color too! 👍

[@Mr.DocThor]

I for one would love to see a playthrough of the co-op modes for Paladins and Viscounts as well!

[@JusticeSeeker19]

I would give your three thumbs up knowing you didn't play through the co-op prior to filming. Excellent work!

[@marciamorales4239]

Great Co-Op, thanks

[@CK-mi3sd]

Viscounts + coop is stressful also. Plays like Pandemic because you need to stop overlords' workers to run into the centre of the castle.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Ooooh interesting 🧐. We will certainly try it out after Paladins!!

[@sonjaborst3354]

This looks so awesome! Can't wait to get a hold of Architects, Artisans and Tomesaga! Would love to see how Viscounts and Paladins work in co-op mode :D

[@stevegeorge7773]

There is a coop of Paladins by Shem and his designer partner. It was interesting.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

We will likely play that sometime down the road, although not likely to film it due to other projects/priorities.

[@marianrys316]

@@BeforeYouPlay Great :) Another gameplay ! but... I was hoping to see whole thing competitive and co-op gameplays of trilogy ...

[@stevegeorge7773]

@@BeforeYouPlay I think you've given this series of games their justice.

[@zhivik]

This was really amazing, as I expected :) I did try this, but I did the wrong thing as it was my first play ever, so as one can expect, I got wrecked. I did make it harder on me (as did you) after I didn’t realise that the Overlord doesn’t count as a player for the purposes of Guild Hall and some of his scheme cards. So now you can brag that you built the co-op scenario on hard mode :) I’d real,y love if you could try the two other games in co-op mode, whenever you can, of course. Once again, this was truly great :)

[@SPAWN30670]

Hi I am new to this channel, thank you for the great educational material, thanks to you many games have revealed their secrets. Great job, great materials, great presenters. Greetings and thank you.

[@Stormzbowler]

Are you going to to do all the West Kingdom games Co-op? You should. They are all great!

[@BeforeYouPlay]

No unfortunately not, we have commitments to a lot of other projects. Possibly sometime way down the road though.

[@jaayse3690]

Well, after watching your playthroughs I bought the whole West Kingdom trilogy, and now I'll have to pick up the tomesaga. I'm not sure I'm sold on age of artisans just yet... I'll have to look into it.

[@zachkahler1001]

Slightly unrelated to this game play... (which was fascinating and I need this expansion now) Are there any details on Naveen's shirt? haha. I love it.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

I think it might be from Threadless? Unless it was a gift lol. I think it's some sort of adventurer. We'll try to look it up later tonight and get back to u!

[@zachkahler1001]

@@BeforeYouPlay Oh my goodness. They have SO many shirts lol. Thanks for the info. Don't lose any sleep over it haha. It gave me major Zelda vibes.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

@@zachkahler1001 The print is called, "It's Dangerous To Go Alone" on Threadless =)

[@zachkahler1001]

@@BeforeYouPlay Perfect. Got one! Thanks for the follow through!!

[@mateuszwozniak7324]

According to the timestaps - this is quite a long player setup 8)

[@jchangaus]

You made the game harder for yourselves, the Overlord doesn’t count as a player in the Guildhall.

[@floodkevin4716]

He counts as a player with Solo, does he not place there in 3p? Seems wrong

[@jeffhiatt1682]

wow, the coop mode does not look fun. and there seems to be almost nothing you can do to hinder or mitigate the overlords actions.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

It was so dang stressful!! That Overlord is absolutely brutal. We were willing to work for the man, but he kept just beating us down LOL.

[@jeffhiatt1682]

@@BeforeYouPlay i know you ended up winning which i think surprised both of you. I was a bit surprised, but since you got all the demand cards fullfilled, i thought there was a chance. I like the coop idea, especially the "share" action...(it wasnt called share was it?), but i could not figure out any way to combat the Overlord. he just took a broom and swept the board clean. Are there other "overlords" which have different play styles / mechanisms?