Clank: Catacombs - GameNight! Se10 Ep34 - How to Play and Playthrough

[@starcloak]

A three hour long video with Deborah is awesome for the last GameNight of 2022, what a year it's been, wish you all a happy new year in advance.

[@Margrietvf]

So excited to see Deborah teach this time! 😊

[@matthiascolmelet3064]

I agree, and she's great at teaching, too! Deborah is such a treasure!

[@ryansullivan7540]

Editing this video must have taken days! You all make this look like a labor of love and I am so grateful for these videos!

[@Sajatzsiraf]

Thank you all for a wonderful GameNight 2022! Super neat that more of you get to teach games here - though we will always be a bit partial to the unbeatable Aaron-Dave combo ;)

[@AndreaVarnier]

Deborah did an outstanding job!

[@gee3161]

Great run through, great teach Deborah and good work Nikki, Gabby and Lincoln

[@daveseidnergd]

Was happy to catch Deborah in an episode of Quantum Leap last night, and now teaching and playing a Clank! game, too!

[@gaffercat]

Yeah, I thought the same thing, cool to see her with a guest role there and then playing board games here!

[@ziomalZparafii]

1:37:40 if you have clank in your play area it means you've already played it so it's +1 clank. Trashing from your hand would mean you can get rid of it *before* playing into play area and generating clank (that's why later in the game with more complex cards, order of play is important).

[@dougascott]

Everybody down on the poor Curator (an hour and ten minutes in, anyway), but she’s a superior Explore! She does exactly the same thing, but is also worth two points! Even without the extra card draws later, she’s totally worth it.

[@stacyp2186]

When someone clanked I kept expecting someone to say “shhhhhh”. Lol. Thanks for the play through

[@Lagmeister12382]

Artifacts are not face down or hidden, they are revealed face up as soon as the tile is placed.

[@BoardGames3000]

Wow Debra is teaching games now! Amazing, glad to see her coming full circle from novice to teacher. 👏🏻

[@casualviking6159]

Love all your content, usually check out if you guys a video everytime I consider buying a game!

[@tantona9315]

Thoroughly enjoyed playing this last weekend (and it's pretty straightforward)....watching to see if we messed anything up! Also great to see a familiar face in the teaching role!

[@zoltankaldy]

happy to see Deborah, she makes this show so alive

[@teejleague3838]

I have heard so many good things about this game. These play-throughs are very helpful!!!!

[@jksgameshelf3378]

Okay, Dire Wolf, let's maybe mix it up. How about a retheme on this set in a haunted house? Maybe take the individual tiles mechanic seen in 'Catacombs' so you can set it up sort of like "Betrayal at House on the Hill" (or just a boards broken up into different floors). You can call it "Creak" for when the old floors creak under your feet, alerting a ghost/poltergeist/demon! I would buy that game right now! In the meantime I think I'll go out a get a copy of 'Catacombs'.

[@kirilliz]

Creak! What a cool idea 👍 a haunted house themed version of this sounds really good.

[@KonstelancjaAbazurek]

I just got here and I’m definitely gonna stay for longer ❤

[@ChromaTick360]

I still love the static boards from regular Clank! and will continue to play them, but Catacombs is my favorite way to play because of the exploring/variable board each game. Yay for Deborah teaching! Payoff is an awesome card when it comes up in initial row like that. Edit: Looks like you forgot to put the starting Clank cubes in at the beginning. :)

[@UnknownDane]

Payoff is indeed an amazing card to kickstart into stronger cards, it is especially strong since it seems like they repeatedly forget they have to trash it upon play.. I'd recommend to always separate the cards you play so you don't obscure the card effects.

[@JellyJerryy]

clank is my favourite game! so excited to see a new edition!

[@luigiscazzari4724]

Glad to see the extra long episode, it has been a while. :) I could listen Deborah teaching the beige-est of euro games.

[@pterrok5495]

Was VERY surprised when you found the dragon error, that the immediate ret-con wasn't: we did all the others wrong, so we'll do this one wrong and NOT pull the extra! (Then do them right going forward.) Or even farther I would have pushed to reduce the damage by all the other attacks we thought we had added extras too, which was 2, maybe 3? But meh...;-) I thought Deborah SHOULD have gone a new route instead of following Lincoln through the caves, but she lucked out to get as far as she did in the one turn.

[@artboymoy]

Yeah! Looks like a Clank! game I'm going to want. It's kinda like Catan where you can randomize the board for some varied play. Although I probably would have liked game tiles as a side expansion. Great job explaining the game and actually made me realize I might have messed up some rules on the OG game.

[@nickvanbrink2893]

@38:50 you have to tell before you discover a new tile, wich way/path you gonna take. The left or the right and she didn't..

[@KrashmanVonStinkputn]

This and Heat: Pedal to the Metal are our game groups new favorites. Nice teach Deb!

[@KMReviews]

I love clank catacombs. It has so much replay value and I can’t wait for some expansions. I just think there’s wayyyy to many crystal caves. I would get so many boots and could use one or two and have to stop.

[@YuriBez2023]

I think 1st player is supposed to add 3 clank to the board, 2nd player adds 2, 3rd player adds 1. And fourth player doesn't add any.

[@themeepleschampion200]

Love your camera angles and you’ve all got great presence for your videos!

[@gbdomingo]

Gabby and Deborah r back!

[@IOSALive]

BoardGameGeek, Your videos always make me happy, so I subscribed!

[@Ribby00]

Deborah 😁 and I'm very excited to see Clank Catacombs!

[@HearToGrin]

I hope you guys will give this game another play!

[@IceMetalPunk]

Funny that your mind goes to "I'll stumble for ya", and mine goes to "Stumble you might fall" from Stereo MC's "Connected" 😂

[@en4crcdn]

Enjoyed the play through. Trying out Clank Catcombs tonight for the first time, will see if the family and I prefer it to Clank in Space. Thinking there is room for both.

[@artboymoy]

I have Clank! in Space but haven't opened it yet. Still playing Clank! with the Sunken Treasures expansion boards.

[@sonyal3212]

Love watching you all play any Clank! game. Any chance of returning to Clank Legacy?

[@grog3514]

I traded this one. I like deck building when it's strategically directed. Clank in space was more interesting and fun for me but I can see people liking this.

[@gottimighty]

When Niki got knocked out, from that point on the number of cubes pulled each time should have been 5, not 4. Also at 2:49:02, Deborah shouldn't haven't added any clank for defeating the skeleton as she had the Rose Quartz card that is -2 clank.

[@benjaminfuchs1273]

Hello Scotty, I can only speak for clank legacy and clank in space. There it was 4 cubes, not 5. So I guess they played it right. Cheers Benjamin

[@mikesied]

incorrect. when a knocked out player or escaped player draws cubes on their turn, it is always 4 cubes regardless where the dragon token is

[@gottimighty]

@@benjaminfuchs1273 thanks! I assumed it played the same as base game

[@damaddestgamer]

Love Clank, even if I die I still count points haha, it's an experience game :)

[@rosskonopaski9824]

Playing this this weekend!

[@bernard832]

Everyone was so mean to the curator. At worst, she's an explore that's worth points. And when you're trying to escape, she can get you an extra action.

[@jgruyters]

I'm still waiting for my copy to arrive (the Netherlands) so this game night was a nice surprise.

[@hariszark7396]

Hey Deborah!... Nice to see you again. 😀

[@msmilder25]

What a great ending!!

[@cursivecurses]

What Deborah said about sacrificing strategy is why even though the theme is funner and strong in the Clank! games, Quest for El Dorado is a better game for strategy players

[@Z3rY]

deb surely is great on each episode, watching the episode by chunks, good job fellas

[@jean-paularends4535]

Happy New Year, gang!

[@ForandeverDragon]

Wow, was a great episode!

[@jamesburns6603]

Way to play Clank! Hard mode by drawing extra cubes during Dragon Attack.

[@artboymoy]

I was trying to figure out how they were determining the number but yeah, they had that little prompt when they did it.

[@msmilder25]

I really like the tiles...it really adds an element of replay compared to the static Clank board. I never really though of base Clank as a Dominion-like game, I mean, there's deck building, but the board kind of takes me out of that traditional standard deck-building type of game. THIS version, because you spend so much time and energy getting cards and the board is slowly growing as you play, it feels much more like Dominion...or Dominion with a Dungeon Crawl mechanism. This is the first Clank game I might actually consider getting (I like the tile-board that much).

[@Jindorek]

Personally I was hoping the board would be more like Clank in Space, providing variety without the randomness of tiles added to the randomness of cards. Of all the Clanks so far Clank Legacy is my ultimate favourite and I'm sorely tempted to buy another copy for a new group of friends to enjoy.

[@gametable4two]

Love a good Dresden files reference!

[@carlsull]

I too saw that there was no clank! placed at the start of the game. Others stuff I saw: When you trash a card that is in your play area or discard that does not include your hand. You must first play the card, stumble, then you can trash it. You cannot leave the crystal caves with boots unless you have a card that says so. You may, however, teleport out of the crystal cave. When the tile that contains an artifact is revealed, you place the artifact face up so everyone knows what it is. The artifacts are in order from lowest to highest anyway. There are tiles that have artifact and plus symbol (or two) and then you place an artifact one or two higher in value.

[@DevilboyScooby]

Deborah seems a little *too* excited at the idea of being a thief... 😂

[@sojourner650]

A little surprised to look over and see after about 1 hour (30 minutes of play) there are only 4 tiles in play on the table! I haven't been following, but that seems slower than I expected ;) Still not sure if I would eventually buy this or original Clank.

[@benjaminfuchs1273]

Hey guys, loving to watch you play and it is fun to see you notice the mistakes made😆. One more thing. Each player can have only one crown. So Lincoln was not able to get the second crown unfortunately 😥. Keep up with the good work. And @Deborah, great that you got to play in God of war Ragnarok. I was positively surprised to see your lovely face there 🥳. Best regards Benjamin

[@mikesied]

I dont think you are limited to one crown?

[@benjaminfuchs1273]

@@mikesied it is written in the clank legacy rules. Don't know if it is the same for catacombs, but I would assume the rules stays the same.

[@mikesied]

@@benjaminfuchs1273 I believe there are rewards for the amount of crowns a player has. so i do not think there is a limit. Perhaps you are mixing this up with artifacts?

[@benjaminfuchs1273]

@@mikesied alright. In legacy and in space only one of any kind is allowed for each player to get and only one item can be bought with one market action. In catacombs rulebook specifically it says several items in one action and several of each kind per player. So indeed they played it correctly.

[@mikesied]

@@benjaminfuchs1273 it has been so long since i have played original clank to know what those rules say about crowns

[@rabicole]

Debra rocks!

[@stevesiracing1717]

Do you have to declare which path you are taking before you chose the tile or can you chose the tile first and then decide which way you're going?

[@artboymoy]

I don't think so. you have to place the tile down before you move down a path but you probably do have to indicate that you are moving into a new area and have to stick with that decision.

[@benjaminfuchs1273]

Is it fine to keep walking after a teleport in catacombs? Cause in Clank in space you feel dizzy afterwards and cannot use anymore boots. Thanks for the feedback in advance 😁 Cheers, Benjamin

[@swimprincess2]

Per the rulebook, you can continue using your movement as normal

[@dougascott]

Did the gang ever go back to Clank! Legacy? They seemed to be considering continuing the campaign, but then only got to play the first game before the pandemic hit. 😕

[@CraigTheSaint42]

I can’t help but wonder if the “mistake” on the dragon icons/increased dragon attack strength was surreptitiously intentional. I mean, the game/video length would have been a fair bit longer… plus, they are usually pretty good with rules, especially ones that are foundational to the game. This one seems to be an outlier, because there were several other mistakes made: didn’t add the clank at the start, Deborah should not have been able, as artifacts only are placed on the board when the tile is revealed, not if you move into a space where a previously claimed artifact was… Regardless, I always love your content. I picked this game up in December at PAX unplugged and love it.

[@blessedexchequer]

Were you playing with a house rule or variant that increased the number of cubes drawn based the number of dragon symbols in the dungeon row? Normally you only draw cubes based on the dragon rage track. There are cards that increase the number drawn but it is a separate ability of the card that is not tied to the dragon symbols.

[@gottimighty]

Yeah Deborah realizes this later 😉

[@blessedexchequer]

@@gottimighty My watching got interrupted and I knew I should have waited until the end to post. 🤦

[@gottimighty]

@@blessedexchequer no worries. I noticed in the subtitles it stated the dragon on the cards doesn't require an additional cube pull and I kept thinking, "Deborah will surely pick up on this!" She did after one of the dungeon cards came out with the actual text stating to pull an extra cube. I'm somewhat of a rules stickler so I'm prone to pick up on these things 🤣

[@dougascott]

@@gottimighty I just can’t believe it took so long for an actual Danger card to appear! If it’d turned up earlier, they of course would’ve also realized the error earlier, but it just took forever to turn up!

[@BGBarbarian]

I thought the players add Clank cubes according to the player order on set up.

[@boardgamegeek]

Michael, you are correct. Deborah missed this when we were setting up. Thanks for the note and for watching.-Lincoln

[@dougascott]

@@boardgamegeek At least it helped make up (a little, anyway) for the drawing of too many cubes later. 😄

[@tw0straws733]

You all missed the initial clank on the clank board for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th player.

[@Geert-1988]

The rage track clearly shows 2 or 3 cubes, and i do not see cards with DANGER! on it for extra cubes. Why are there being pulled 5 cubes?? Am i missing something?

[@amorty456]

1:39:00 is it legal that she took an artefact after it has already been looted?

[@Shoitaan]

OH wow, did they change the scoring? I played aquisitions inc and I thought if you died in the depths you don't get the artifact bonus and that's it. Seems like in the new version your score gets zeroed if you're KO in the depths?

[@tombeullens4914]

Like Deborah said, the random tiles add some variability but for tactical purposes it's less interesting. I don't know what to think about deckbuilding games with points on the cards... You keep buying cards but you barely see some cards throughout the game because your deck becomes huge, mixed feelings about that!

[@sunstroke108]

What card sleeves do you use ? Size and brand

[@boardgamegeek]

Tim, at the beginning of the video we show the Gamegenic badge that shows the size (color) and number of packs. We use the Matte sleeves to avoid reflections and because we prefer them for ease of shuffling. Thanks for the note and for watching.-Lincoln

[@steverap8680]

What is that pink accessory that is holding your draw deck?

[@boardgamegeek]

Steve, that is a Squire deck box from Gamegenic. We love using those for the draw pile when we sleeve games. Thanks for the note and for watching.-Lincoln

[@TheTinnman]

is that an actual dedicated card holder or something you adapted to hold the cards to pull from? I would love to get one of those for this and my original Clank.

[@boardgamegeek]

Trystan, that is a Gamegenic Squire deckbox. The boxes have magnets in the cover and box and can be flipped to the bottom of the box to tilt the box to hold your draw deck and a discard deck if you have two of them. Thanks for the note and for watching.-Lincoln

[@TheTinnman]

@@boardgamegeek Thank you so much! I will have to look into getting one. I have so many deck storage solution but can you really have enough. Or too many games? :-) I am going to look into the component holder too. Though that I did see advertised as Gamegenic.

[@boardgamegeek]

@@TheTinnmanNo problem. The Sidekick is another deckbox that works for a draw deck. It can hold a taller deck of cards.-Lincoln

[@catherinetaylor556]

What sleeves did you use? - they look great

[@boardgamegeek]

Catherine, those are from Gamegenic. They are the Matte Prime Sleeves and we love them because they help reduce glare for the cameras. The other reason we love them is they are easier to do a mash shuffle than standard sleeves because they don't stick to each other. Thanks for the note and for watching. -Lincoln

[@catherinetaylor556]

@@boardgamegeek thanks for the info. I’ll have to give them a try. And thanks for all the videos- I love watching them

[@edwindrood2816]

Interesting game

[@gwynion4350]

where can i get this token holder?

[@TheHeater2121]

Shes very good at this,

[@Ahatch0788]

How did I not know Deborah was a board gamer??

[@ziomalZparafii]

1:15:44 heal 1HP :)

[@Venachar]

What sleeves are used?

[@boardgamegeek]

We are using Gamegenic Matte sleeves. They are my favorite kind. Thanks for the note and for watching. -Lincoln

[@Venachar]

The Arcane tinmen I use got a fair bit of extra space above the card when I fully push a card down into it. Creating issues for another game I own. Saw that the sleeve was fairly snug overall in the video and NEEDED to know what was used. Glad to hear it! Saw that they offered a matte value pack of 200 sleeves I can pick up tomorrow~~@@boardgamegeek

[@braminata]

Can you really get another artifact in a room that has already been looted ??

[@g8kpr3000]

Shouldnt you place two minor secrets on the board when the tile comes out? Or was this changed in this game. Ie. Lincoln shouldn't have gotten a minor secret. In regular clank you populate the board with two minor secrets and one major secret on those spots.

[@ljukler]

taking secret tomes so early in the game is not a good idea, cause they do nothing when you draw them and stay like a brick in your hand, missing value by other cards.

[@myomes8526]

I love Clank and I'm always happy to be Deborah. I've never seen the other lady (Gabby?) before but she's beautiful.

[@mrawesomeDK]

I would love a chance to play Deborah. She's obviously a very intelligent and strategic player, and I'm getting bored kicking ass every time I play (I rarely score below a hundred) 😂 Too bad she screwed up the rules....Gaby had a good money engine going, which could have made a difference if the game was played right.

[@dtealab]

Hey, I got the 666th like! Must mean something. \m/ \m/

[@quavuva]

Augh, excess skill and payoff card going unacquired

[@benjaminfuchs1273]

That's what I thought too😆

[@dangerousbeans2907]

Who is Gabby? She have a channel or anything, or is she just a friend?

[@boardgamegeek]

Gabby is a friend of the show. Gabby and her brother are developing a KZbin martial arts channel but I don't know if she will appear on it. We will have her mention it on the show when things are running. Thanks for the note and for watching.-Lincoln

[@glenncleynen2674]

Deborah , did someone told you , you look like Sophie Turner ? 😅 . You really explained the game well , hope to see you lots more in the future!

[@grahamperkins3994]

Pity that the professional game player can't read rules.

[@walterscase359]

We're you in daredevil

[@boardgamegeek]

Yeah, that is Deborah Ann Woll. Thanks for watching. -Lincoln

[@huntermayday]

I don’t really think the boards add anything, I suppose if I don’t already own clank I would get this but I don’t see picking it up.

[@La4edimension]

This needs to be 4k not 1080p 😜

[@mikesied]

1/2 hour rules teach, and right off the bat the setup is incorrect?? players put in clank based on player order before turns are taken.

[@benjaminfuchs1273]

Double checked it for catacombs. You place clank the same ways like in all the others at the start of the game. 👍

[@mikesied]

@@benjaminfuchs1273 definitely

[@cursivecurses]

I'd invert the meaning of what you said at the beginning: 1/2 of rules means it's a lot easier to forget something.

[@mikesied]

@@cursivecurses oh sure. I wouldn't be surprised a small rule here or there was missed. But this was setup that has been the same in every clank version. Given the extra effort to make this video a thorough teach of the game, i was just surprised the veteran players of this game missed this.

[@krstakg12]

Big error you made at the beginning of the game are the first player must place 3 clank cubes in the Clank area second 2 clank cubes and so on. You didn't do that.

[@shaboygan3747]

They sold her flamboyance, such a terrible card lol

[@gomezthechimp1116]

This game looks unbelievably dull. 30 minutes in, and hardly anybody's moved anywhere? 2 hours 30 minutes for a simple deck builder? No thanks.

[@monkeyunit4533]

I think the game got slowed down because they overdrew cubes most of the game, people getting hurt faster and this having to play more protective. But I agree, this shouldnt be a 2,5 hour game even when you take extra time into account because of doing it for a video. There seems to be quite a bit of downtime, and you can't even play out your next turn because the market can change, and often you end up drawing cards during your turn.

[@vexienroe]

Yeah i'm not sure if the market didn't have a lot of movement or of movement just doesnt exist. I wish they would of gone through the draw pile to see if 80% of those left had movement, otherwise its a very slow progression. But to be fair the original clank boards only had like 5 rooms in depth and 3 rooms on the surface. So the ability to create more can make you stall longer

[@artboymoy]

I find it pretty fun with my casual gamers. I think it only slows down when a player is indecisive on what to do with the options they have. Plus it looks like they have a lot more rooms and caves that can slow you down. I like the deck builder crossed with board game concept.

[@TheErlend87]

Its going to get faster after the first playtrough

[@meodrac]

Interesting game