Distilled Board Game Playthrough Review

[@markpicklesimer75]

Loved this one guys! You did a great job on the review.

[@AntLabGames]

Thank you!

[@dhc3po]

Francis could have distilled her signature recipe in the last round. You do not need to have your signature ingredient to distill your signature recipe. You only need to have the sugar of the specific type. In Francis' case, she needed at least one of her plant sugars to come from potatoes, which she had. Signature ingredients are only special ingredients of the required type for the recipe.

[@TooMuchCarbs]

You need your signature ingredient to make your signature recipe, it said so on the tile

[@dhc3po]

​​​@TooMuchCarbs You need a specific ingredient of which your signature ingredient is a special version of that type. You can use the normal version of that ingredient from the ingredient deck. For example, Frances' special ingredient is Almond Potatoes. Her special recipe requires 2 plant sugars which must include potatoes. That could be her Almond Potatoes or one of the 2 potato cards from the ingredient deck.

[@TooMuchCarbs]

@@dhc3po Ok! ty for the clarification!

[@alexreichline]

It’s always a treat when a game has water as a resource just to hear Anthony say it a bunch.

[@AntLabGames]

lol what’s wrong with how I say water?

[@markcoomey8954]

Great playthrough. Thankyou for your thoroughness. This was a pleasure to watch.

[@AntLabGames]

Thanks!

[@dimpleza]

Yehess!! Thank you so much for the playthrough! I don't know how you can still play after your days with work and kids... My brain is usually fried at this time of day. However, I am so very excited for this one and will solo this for a couple of times before I bring it to the table. What a great under-utilized theme this one has! Thanks so much and God bless ❤

[@AntLabGames]

Thanks! It’s been tough to find time but we make it work. As long as we keep having fun!

[@TooMuchCarbs]

1:13:21 you took a dollar from your pile instead of the bank to give her the dollar she got for the yeast

[@Keindzjim]

Thanks for this lovely video! This game looks really nice, would love to try this! The only thing that looks a bit fiddly to me is the barrel cards and bottle cards

[@taerar]

25:55 Frances could have claimed Aquavit instead of vodka - it requires at least one grain OR one plant, and she had a grain. Looks like Anthony caught this at 35:50, but just pointing it out for anyone checking the comments during the video 😺

[@culdeus9559]

Thank you for the info, great review.

[@georgeresso6835]

this game and earth are my top 2 games of this year..distilled is very thematic.. components and artwork are amazing...i wish more games were like this deep gameplay...no fluff great playthrough btw! francis shoulda made that spirit in the end...lol!

[@npckse8508]

I am a tactical type of gamer and I just really enjoy this one!!

[@BenS1002]

Frances made a slight mistake in the 1st round: she would've been better off to trade back one of her ingredients for another ingredient (other than yeast or alcohol) of equal or lesser value (this is an option every player gets at the start of the distill phase). Trading one of her waters for mixed grains would've allowed her to distill and make some money, which is critical in the first few rounds. [Note: edited for clarity/correction]

[@AntLabGames]

Ahh this is a great call. That definitely would have helped me NOT get set back. Also the storage of unsaved spirits was a back and forth we had a lot - I was also understanding that they have to go in the storeroom. Thanks for watching!!

[@tlleitner]

As far as I can tell, only aged spirits go to the storeroom during the aging step. I don’t see any mention in the rules that all spirits go to the storeroom after distillation, regardless of whether or not they need to be aged. Also, I don’t think basic water can be traded at the beginning of distillation. I don’t have the game in front of me, but I think that prohibition is printed on the card.

[@BenS1002]

@@tlleitner You're correct about non-aged spirits not needing a slot in the storeroom, that was a mistake on my part. As for the distilling phase trade, I believe it's yeast, not water, that can't be traded with the basic market.

[@tudorludusan6820]

You kept forgetting to use the water's ability to look at the top card of any premium market deck. Thanks for the playthrough, I placed an order for this game!

[@AntLabGames]

We seldom use that ability.

[@SoCalRMD]

I own brewmasters and I'm definitely buying this game after watching your playthrough, this looks like so much fun and I know my brother in law will love this too.

[@dhc3po]

If you need 3 things from the basic market, you can buy something from the premium market with the sole purpose of trading it for that 3rd basic market card. So, Francis could have traded a card of equal or greater value for the wooden barrel she needed for tequilla in the last round. Though as pointed out in my other comment, she could have distilled her signature recipe instead.

[@cmdrsils]

You can’t trade for basic items, only for ingredients.

[@TCViper8618]

This game intrigues me but im worried it might get old pretty quickly? Do you feel the game has legs?

[@gizmoboardgames]

It has a decent variety of characters, goals, and recipes, as well as the different ingredient and upgrade cards, but the gameplay is basically the same each play. It really depends on if you want variety of gameplay, or just variety of options within each play. As they mentioned in their play, you're never gonna be able to do everything you'd like.

[@BenS1002]

There are a lot of different goals, characters (each with their own starting resources, signature ingredient and signature spirit), a pretty large deck of upgrades, ingredients and equipment, and a bunch of different flights that change up the strategy. Lots of ways to mix things, plus an expansion (Africa & Middle East). Mechanically the game is quite simple but everything is so tight (in terms of money and time) that you never have the chance to do everything you want. I liken it to Terra Mystica in that regard; lots of decision space to explore within a fixed set of options and actions.

[@slavicreader]

Unsure if this is content that's already been made available to Patreons, but have you guys considered or planning on doing your top 50 games video or top 100 (which ones you've kept after the culling)? Similarly, would love to hear what your favourite games of the first half of 2023 have been! Love your videos, I just don't comment much on YT 🙈

[@AntLabGames]

We have not yet done a top 100. Something we are planning in the near future.

[@bung1975]

After watching this, I had to get it! I got super lucky andcfound a freind selling his sealed KS!

[@malarki6645]

Bought this as an Xmas gift for one of my close friends took forever to arrive so hopefully it feels as fun to play as it was to watch.. Thanks to you both

[@mcchopstick5331]

wow no.1 of the year? 😮

[@arthurgadelha9430]

Why does this game calls booze spirit? 🤔

[@j1mdunb4r]

Just FYI: there’s some weird compression artifacts in the audio on this video.

[@AntLabGames]

Thx we noticed that too and will get that sorted for our next video.

[@JB-ym4up]

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