Concordia in about 3 minutes

A short summary of Concordia in about 3 minutes
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Designer,Mac Gerdts,
Artist,Marina Fahrenbach, Mac Gerdts, Dominik Mayer,
Publisher,rio grande games,
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[@3MBG]

Concordia is an anomaly, where many games rocket up the rankings for a few months and then crash down. Concordia has been on a slow burn for the lat 7 years. It's great to see an organic hit. Be in to win this game for the next 2 weeks here. gleam.io/2pdBy/concordia-giveaway

[@kyleott6101]

One of the games that comes up most frequently in other designers must play lists and it's easy to see why. Its simple to learn and deceptively deep

[@bconnoll44]

Love this game! The end-game scoring is actually one of my favorite parts of the game. You can never really tell who won which makes it more tense and engaging. I gave this to my brother for his birthday and wish I'd just bought it for myself instead!

[@BlackTrickst3r]

Finally got this game a couple months ago after wanting it for over a year. I love it! The rulebook and the cheat sheets (which are probably the best I have ever seen) and the fact that most of what you need to know is explained on the cards make it a really easy to explain game. Love the endgame scoring as most matches feel really close until the very end. One of the few games worth a 10/10 for me.

[@jasoncronin9145]

My favorite thing about Concordia is you rated it "moderately complex" BGG has it around 3/5 and it certainly feels pretty crunchy. But you still taught like 90% of the rules in about two minutes. No single action is very complex but there's so much potential depth. Love it!

[@3MBG]

yeah, complexity is such a pig to talk about. Like Chess, its not complex rules wise, but it is a complex game. Same with concordia, the core rules are pretty basic, but it has depth

[@jasoncronin9145]

@@3MBG yeah I like that comparison. To me Concordias deepest aspect is efficiency. Managing to get exactly the resources you need in two prefects and a Mercator, then using one architect to build four houses, with exactly enough resources left to get the full two cards off the senator... Man I wanna play Concordia now...

[@thomashughes7336]

Absolutely brilliant game, such a short rule book for a game with complexity. My housemates picked it up almost immediately. The scoring seems a bit random at first, but I like how it encourages any strategy, virtually anything you do gets points! The expansion Concordia salsa is worth it as well, the addition of a wild resource (salt) makes the game better without adding too much complexity. Great video as always

[@twentysides]

I agree with everything here. I find the intermediate scoring option in the rules, where you go through the motions of scoring, really helps some people to learn it, so even for people who find it unintuitive, they will get it sooner than waiting for the end to see what they will get points for.

[@joshuaframe3727]

Proud of a fellow Kiwi crushing it on the interwebs! Loving your vids man. Keep it up!

[@datalink7]

One of my favorites. And I love the end game scoring :)

[@DannyStuart]

He did it! Yaaaay peer pressure! I totally get where you're coming from with the scoring. It definitely takes around 2-3 games for people to start planning their moves proactively around the scoring mechanics. I do really enjoy the scoring when you're there, though. It takes a little while, but it's fun to see how people planned their games out and how well those plans paid off. Not the most exciting scoring phase, but it is really rewarding in its sensible, Eurogame sort of way.

[@CAMPANELLO]

This game is fantastic and deserves to be more well known! Thanks for helping get the word out :D

[@grassnibbler2026]

I thought the best thing about Concordia is complexity in the play time. This, for me, is a simpler Brass: Birmingham in half the play time, and I love that I have that option when I don't have the time or available brain-juice for Birmingham.

[@dave0754]

Still my favourite game. Just get the app for scoring, and insist that players are trying to get the "favour of the gods", that a score of 100 is great and that you need to trade 10 coins at the end for a single point. While I agree that having a long term strategy is important, being nimble and a tactician is essential to win.

[@antman1701]

This format is the best. :)

[@KarimTheilgaard]

Brass Birmingham has been tempting me for soooo long!

[@SolviKaaber]

I don't know why people don't like the end-game scoring in this game? I don't feel like it's any slower than many other end-game scoring games like Terraforming Mars or Scythe and if the players go round and round scoring one god at a time it can be really tense and exciting to see who won in the end.

[@denizkandemir9744]

Scythe is rather easy you can see it on the board, but that said that also is not really enjoyable

[@3MBG]

I think with both Scythe and definitely Terraforming Mars, it is much easier to parse who is in the lead at any given time. So end game scoring is less of a "what?" moment than in Concordia.

[@raymyers700]

@@3MBG I agree. Concordia is one of my favorite games and no matter if I win or lose: the scoring always feels like taking your cousin to prom.

[@3MBG]

Yeah, anyone who takes my cousin to the Prom is having a sad sad night ;)

[@SirBlackjack010]

I actually love the end game scoring, it's very enjoyable to tally up all cards and stuff to finally see how you have done.

[@melski9205]

The expansions got some great elements too (Salt). What I like about this game is its length, its not out of control like Power Grid. Though I do like the bidding phase a lot in Power Grid. I also like that I don't have to hide bits of the map depending on the player counts. One of the best games I own. Whats surprised me is they haven't really expanded the game like I thought they would with special player houses/stories or custom decks. Still, I love the simplicity of the games rules and that would wreck it.

[@willbeplayin]

A modern classic. I own all maps and expansions. :P

[@joaovictorcunha9826]

Love this game to bits, but I would love it was better for lower number of player. I do love the end scoring - but my friends hate it.

[@dlarsen27]

They have expansion maps you can buy which make it better at lower player counts

[@airbornegr4815]

There are a few maps where the game becomes an excellent two player brawl

[@marshallq]

Castles of burgundy vibes?

[@3MBG]

A bit yeah, both a very tight games where you will struggle for resources a lot

[@hosseinmaroufi2646]

Concordia my son

[@SantiagoGT15]

So it’s Pax Renaissance light?

[@3MBG]

Wouldn't know, not played Pax Renaissance. But as that's a Phil Eklund game i would assume it is much more complex

[@SirBlackjack010]

More like Pax Renaissance light light light light light. So not really like it, they both have trading, and the mediterranean as setting, but I think that's not enough to say that they are similar.

[@wiriyarewatbowornwong2550]

How about 2 players?

[@3MBG]

Never played it at that count, I assume you play on a super small board though

[@wiriyarewatbowornwong2550]

@@3MBG Ok thank you for your answer. I will give it a try.

[@bivibuddydan]

It is a strange thing to say but some how the music is no longer complementary to the pace of this video nor to your style of speech. Still same outstanding content thou. Dan

[@3MBG]

Its really hard to find good music for "old world" themes that isn't plinky plinky minstrel stuff. I gave up on this one and picked a "normal" track.

[@bivibuddydan]

@@3MBG in my opinion the music is better matched to you and your style of delivery. It is part of your signature. Unless it is 1 of the few games l am familiar With, the music won't add to your videos atmosphere as it will go over my head. Your unique presentation style does not go over my head. I am familiar with that. Your brisk style is the dominating factor in your vids, not the ushally exellent game's art work or rule decription. The content does not dominate, you do. Music that matches you SEEMS more appropriate. This is not a complaint and I am a little surprised I feel this way. It's your show and the sounds need to match the showman. Dan

[@3MBG]

Cheers, ill reflect on that.

[@mabos555]

Why people think this is a deck building game? It is not 🤦🤦

[@3MBG]

Because you have an action deck made of cards that you can make decisions about adding to? There by "building" an action deck. It's not a conventional deck builder in terms of dominions template, but it certainly has deck building elements in it. It's also listed on BGG as a deck builder.

[@mabos555]

You build your hand of actions then not a real deck so it's a hand management gane Bgg confuse me by that

[@Osstap]

Nice review, but i will not play it beacause of the map

[@3MBG]

Any particular reason?

[@Osstap]

@@3MBG territory of Ukraine is shown as a part of Dacia. But it was never true

[@3MBG]

You are right, I had not noticed that. Yeah, Dacia is WAY bigger than it ever was.

[@SirBlackjack010]

Really that's what makes you not play it? A false state line of an empire that's gone for about a 1000 years? Who cares? Well, your loss.