Ezra and Nehemiah - Official How to Play Tutorial

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Timestamps
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:04 Game Setup
00:05:57 Game Overview
00:06:39 A Working Day
00:10:06 Red Banners
00:15:17 Grey Banners
00:19:18 Blue Banners
00:23:32 Auxiliary Action
00:25:09 Traders/Elders
00:26:12 Blessings
00:26:57 The Sabbath
00:31:15 End of Game
00:32:42 End Credits
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[@rogeliorojas603]

One of the best explanations that I have seen for a relatively complex game. Love the flash effects highlighting your explanations. I am a subscriber now, great job!

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Thank you so much. More videos to come!

[@wprothwell]

This is really well done. We used this to learn the game this weekend and really didn't have to reference the rulebook (other than to double-check some specific card effects).

[@GamingRulesVideos]

awesome stuff.

[@stephenerdel5441]

This video has definitely put the game on my radar.

[@daniel4amp]

My copy arrived last week and I was worried about how to teach it to my wife for the first play this weekend. You just saved me, Paul. 😅 Everything was crystal clear, thanks.

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Glad the video helped :)

[@honeylady108]

My copy comes later this week--so glad to see your video this morning! Thanks!

[@brendanirvin4277]

Thanks for another fantastic How to Play video! Had not heard of this one before this but now having watched it, definitely on the radar! Cheers!

[@dimitripiliego3939]

Thank you Paul! Great video, everything is crystal clear! Can't wait to get my copy!

[@ParlorPunch]

That was brilliant. Love the theme and the mechanics, in particular the choice of which cards to cover as you play a card each turn. Thank you again!!

[@CaptainPedantic]

Love this game - thanks for the teaching video - it is going to save me a lot of time in the future as I send this in advance to those I'll play with.

[@SergioGVasco]

Great tutorial as usual. Thank you for sharing, looks like a great game, hopefully, solo is good too. Take care!

[@marklambert84]

Another great teach! so happy for you to be working with Garphill Games!

[@crastorhale7438]

Thanks for another great teach video Paul.

[@kennethkwa529]

Great video Paul. Clearly explained. Loved the effort you put in to get the pronunciation of Nehemiah right😂

[@GamingRulesVideos]

I tried.

[@nagredmoonstriker252]

NEE-uh-MY-uh. Great video!

[@GamingRulesVideos]

@@nagredmoonstriker252 According to some :) Not according to others, but I did my best.

[@mrsamtheman80]

It was a valiant attempt. In American English at least, it would be “knee-eh-maya” (last 2 syllables are pronounced like the Mayans). But your version is iconic!

[@sammacdonald337]

@@mrsamtheman80 Paul said it much closer to how the Hebrew is, which is more like: 'neh-he-mee-ah'

[@neo019]

Fantastic teach! Made me want to play it again :D

[@georgioschalikias4883]

Great teach even greater playthrough !!! You are the best !

[@jhatfield1985]

We just played our first game last night. Loved it!

[@sammacdonald337]

Great video! Thanks Paul

[@emmanuela.9389]

Great teach. Thanks!

[@tobiasjohannesson2563]

Perfect teach to watch before the playthrough with Slickerdrips. Thanks Paul!

[@bibleboardgames5199]

Thank you! Just received this game and wanted to review the rules before I play it with my group. Very helpful!

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Glad it helped :)

[@shlomaster1]

Excellent teach!

[@user-jw3je6wq3c]

Thanks Paul, I do like a game with a bit of historical setting/theme. I liked the banners mechanic when playing cards. Quite a lot going on but based on your explanation not overwhelming, I look forward to trying this one out.

[@bjornlindberg8181]

Another great how to play video for what looks to be a great game (that I might have missed if it wasn't for this video).

[@EliavRan]

Thank you this is amazing

[@rexthegreat100]

Received the game the same day Paul published this video. I like to believe that he did it for me so I can play 😂. Thanks Paul for another great video, as always clear and easy to follow. Keep up the amazing work!

[@GamingRulesVideos]

I did it just for you :)

[@2532robh1]

I hope this means it will be in our hands soon in the US. Can’t wait!

[@PowrThru]

Got mine yesterday in Kansas!

[@ilneozelandese]

Thanks!

[@andersolin3084]

Love this game. Crunchy and well-designed. A bit long and AP-players be aware that you can be stuck with the options you can do during your turn. But for me it is one of the better games from the excellent designers! 9/10 for me Also: Great this as usual Paul, it was crystal clear!

[@filmsbomber]

Hi Paul, at 26:30 when you’re talking about blessings I’m not quite sure what you mean by a full set. Do you simply obtain the reward on top each time you move a blessing marker across? 😊

[@Nebularus]

What is it with Evangelicals and board games? Less able to be exposed to temptations than with video games?

[@evanverbal2345]

Excellent point buddy, call of duty is just too much violence and GTA might make me lose my salvation. Suppose I’ll stick to moving pieces around just to say within Gods favor ✝️🙏🏼🌈❤️

[@jedigreg4636]

Knee Uh M(eye) Uh

[@lcplaztec]

So here's a fun fact: you called the six working days "Sunday through Friday," but in Hebrew, the only day of the week with an actual name is Shabbat (the Sabbath). The others are simply "First Day, Second Day, Third Day... ect".

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Interesting. Good to know

[@elainetyger]

If we can compress the creation of the world to one week, I guess we can compress the rebuilding of the temple to three weeks. 😇

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Good point.

[@elqord.1118]

Game looks solid but really not at all in the mood for anything related to Israel these days.

[@hunterwoolum2115]

Hey, if it helps I think the story is really salient for today! It's essentially about how an exiled Jewish population returns to the Holy Land with the hope of restoring what they lost, only to reject the Jewish population that has been living there the entire time. They build walls to keep the indigenous Jewish people out, and declare that this indigenous Jewish population aren't even really Jewish because they haven't followed the law correctly (as determined by the exiled Jewish population). But these efforts to ostracize the indigenous Jewish population fail. The book ends with the leader of the formerly exiled Jewish population, Nehemiah, asserting his righteousness before God by outlining all the ways in which he *tried* to separate the "true" Jewish people from the "false." But the reader is left with the distinct impression that only the priests and the Levites can live up to Nehemiah's standards, and that this weeding out of the unrighteous has produced an Israel greatly diminished from what it once was. So not nice if you're looking for escapism, but I would argue that it's the Biblical story we most need to be telling right now. Although I can't really say if this game captures the story's spirit. Feels kind of like it takes the "Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah must restore the Holy Land" thing without the ambiguity and discomfort present in the original story.

[@wicked8576]

now that I have also watched your how-to-play video I can safely say nothing changed from the kickstarter video Meeple University did.. :) your video is about 10 minutes more detailed, I wish it only took me around 30 minutes to explain the game, setup and rules explanation took around an hour last saturday.. 🫣😅 great game!

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Top tip. Put the laptop / iPad at the end of the table and play them the video. Much quicker with no pressure of getting anything wrong :)