Defenders of the Wild | Sponsored Board Game Tutorial | Final Rules and Components!

[@georgiemelrose9188]

I got this game! Have played it twice, I wish I had watched this video first; the rulebook is difficult to navigate. I wanted to just note a few things I personally missed/struggled to find in the rulebook for other people: - You don't draw cards into your hand at the beginning or end of your turn. You Only do so when you build a camp. If you have no cards in hand on your turn, you draw from the top of your deck and have to play it. - The Organizers list a bunch of names for the different cards: look in the corner for the initial of the organizer. Your deck is the corresponding initial cards + the relevant faction cards with no notation in the corner. - Most healing abilities heal all,, Potions ONLY heal 1 - Items allow you to do 'the thing' (clearing pollution, moving, et.) without paying the action cost or taking damage. I really appreciated the potion/pollution example in this video because the wording in the rulebook seems to imply getting rid of pollution inherently causes damage - Damage took a bit to get my head around: you roll once for each Action where there is at least one mech on your space, or where there is a sniper adjacent (aka a mech on a factory). The number of mechs on a single hex doesn't affect the damage die being rolled, just makes it harder to clear that hex. Anyways, thank you for the video!

[@TotallyTabled]

Thanks for checking out the video. Those are useful rules for everyone to keep in mind while playing!

[@zachpesch8771]

Thanks!

[@Edu-qv4lq]

My copy is on the way, excited about learning this game.

[@TotallyTabled]

I hope you enjoy the video. Thanks!

[@coddingafter30]

Did u get pdfs?

[@SpiritAnimalGO]

Hey man, I want to thank you for making this video! It was very informative and easy to follow along with. It made learning the game very pain-free!! So thank you for this!! 🙏 Well done 10/10

[@TotallyTabled]

I'm glad you found the video helpful. Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy the game!

[@rscottedwa2]

At 36.00 on Rewilding you show movement through the rewilded. However, only 1 of the walls is breached, so it would not be possible to move through the rewilded area as you show?

[@ValueRobot]

Just as a FAQ for folks - YES you gain SUPPORT for using ITEMS just as you would gain support for taking that action. For example if you were to use a ROCKET to Destroy a Mech or use a POTION to clear pollution, you would gain support. Hope this helps as this is not really explained in the rulebook explicitly, and it is a pretty important strategy.

[@jfchevrette]

Thank you for this tutorial! My copy is on the way and I can't want to try it out. The game components look beautiful. I wonder how the solo mode plays, have you tried it?

[@TotallyTabled]

Yes, I've tried the solo mode since recently receiving my copy from the publisher. As they say in the rulebook, the game is primarily designed for multiplayer -- that is where the limited communication rules really shine. But the solo mode works well. The single hand of cards adds hand management decisions. And the fact you can bounce around between the two factions gives you a bit more flexibility. I hope you enjoy the game once yours arrives! Thanks for watching!

[@ariaranov4561]

While pursuing, can mechs move through Engines? With the sustenance ability, is it that the council player gains +1 support whenever other players build a camp, or is it that the other players gain +1 support when they build a camp as long as the sustenance defender is in the exhaustion pile?

[@henryaudubon]

Nothing can move through Engines, including mechs. You can think of them a bit like walls that cannot be breached. Sustenance provides the Council player with +1 support whenever any player builds a camp (including the Council player). Good luck against the machines 🍂🤖🍂

[@ariaranov4561]

I think the answer is no, but I wanted to ask to confirm - If you start a move action next to snipers and end that move action at a coven camp and get a potion, can you use that potion before rolling for sniper damage? Thanks again!

[@TotallyTabled]

No, you must resolve the sniper damage first. Thanks!

[@jordanlloyd9517]

Quick question, when we place the last camp and remove our organizer, do we still have to complete the “resolve one machine card” action or do we disregard it? Funny enough both our games today came down to it, we still completed the machine card action but we weren’t sure since the organizer exits the game.

[@TotallyTabled]

As soon as you've built all the camps and there are no active factories on the board you immediately win. No need to resolve the machine card. Thanks for watching!

[@jordanlloyd9517]

@@TotallyTabled sorry I worded that wrong. I had just completed all of my camps but the other player still had one camp left to place out. After I placed my final camp out, if I had to draw a machine card we would lose, if I didn’t have to then the other player would have been able to place out his camp and we would win.

[@TotallyTabled]

I believe you still need to draw a machine card, but that is a good question. You might try asking it on Board Game Geek. The designer will probably see it there. Thanks!

[@wyatth2992]

​@@TotallyTabled Please post if you ever get the answer. Thank you.

[@jordanlloyd9517]

@@wyatth2992 I got the answer, in the rule book at the bottom left of page 12 it says that you will still draw a machine card if other players are in the game. You will not draw a machine card if you are the last one to exit the game.

[@sheleemkashem6957]

Thanks for the playthrough. How does this compare to Spirit Island and The Loop?

[@TotallyTabled]

That's a good question. This is much lighter weight compared to Spirit Island with more straightforward actions, but it is a good comparison. The Loop feels very different than this with its comborific card play. Thanks for watching!

[@TrybSolo]

Thanks for the video! I have a quick question about the solo rules. Maybe you know the answer. As you use two factions that build camps at different pace, what is your hand limit? Let’s say I have two cards in my hand. I build a blue camp and uncover the number „4”, but the other purple faction has already „6” uncovered. Do I draw from the blue deck up to 4 (as the blue board says), or up to 6 (as the purple board says)?

[@CrsFhd]

Great tutorial ! I believe one the orders defender cards ability is to clear pollution in all adjacent hexes. Would you take a damage if some of them had toxicity?

[@fredrnunes]

I’d say no as it is not an action but an effect from your played card.

[@FatherLizard]

So playing all your camps gets you exited, preventing you from finishing the game with those who haven’t yet played all their camps? Sudo player elimination feels a bit weird.

[@TotallyTabled]

Well, the players should be getting their camps out roughly the same time. One player won't go out rounds before the others. And you can control it, so you can set it up so everyone finishes in the same round. It really is nothing like player elimination and works well in actual play. Thanks for watching!

[@chiehlilee9224]

Pseudo

[@azerfas24]

After breaching a factory, and moving onto it, when i attach the snipers, can they still only do single damage or do the doubles count since we're on the same tile?

[@TotallyTabled]

The doubles count because you are on the same tile and it becomes melee. Thanks for watching!

[@SinnerJZM]

I played a game today and had the same question. The rulebook just states that hunters are on terrain tiles and snipers are on factories. We couldn't find anything that said snipers change to melee damage when you're on the factory tile. So we just did the 1 damage. Not sure if we missed the rule. Still a fun, tense game.

[@TotallyTabled]

@@SinnerJZM Yes, it is a bit ambiguous but any combat on the same hex is melee.

[@aaronbarnett-kelly2647]

at 22 min mark, weren't you supposed to take damage when clearing the pollution token?

[@TotallyTabled]

No, only if you clear a toxic site do you take damage. Thanks for watching!

[@aaronbarnett-kelly2647]

@@TotallyTabled just reread the rule book and was coming here to say I was wrong. You are correct, thanks so much!

[@TotallyTabled]

@@aaronbarnett-kelly2647 No problem. Hope you enjoy the game!