Lost Ruins of Arnak: How to Play and Tips

[@qwlol]

I work part-time at a boardgame cafe and I need to learn games for my role. Just want to say I enjoy your explanations a lot! They are always so concise and easy to follow (yours is the only Lost Ruins of Arnak tutorial that doesn't lost me 😅and the Ticket to Ride Europe video too, which has also been tremendously helpful!) Thanks for the great work!!

[@GamesMadeEasy]

That's really cool, you must know. a lot of games :) Thank you so much, it's great to hear it's been helpful. I love Lost Ruins of Arnak and T2R.

[@mat-ventures]

Really well explained. Many thanks and I particularly loved the cat in the box haha!

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Thank you very much, very glad you enjoyed it. Peter loves the boxes :) Check out the expansion, it's a lot of fun.

[@pendergastselim]

Your explanations are top notch. My new favorite game explainer.

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Aw, thank you so much, it’s very kind. Enjoy Lost Ruins of Arnak :)

[@StanleyVB_20]

I really enjoy your clear explanations and delivery. Great work!

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Thank you so much, I’m so glad it’s helped. Enjoy Lost Ruins of Arnak :)

[@CrazyKoenie]

Nice video. I do have an editing tip for you; if you edit your voice audio. Fill the no audio gaps with room tone. Room tone is the ambient sound of a quiet room. The mic always picks up slight sound. Use this room tone to bridge your voice edit. Because here you don’t do it (example 2:01) that zero sound is noticeable. That’s why we record room tone. Listening becomes instantly much more natural instead of jarring. Take it from a filmmaker :-) in film after shooting a scene. The boom operator often records 1 minute of roomtone. Just for that purpose. Helps the edit a lot. Keep up the great work

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Thank you very much Koen, and thank you for the advice, I really appreciate it. I will definitely do that to fix the audio :)

[@GamesMadeEasy]

I wanted to thank you again, I tried your tip in my latest video and the sound is much better. Thank you very much!

[@ShaneandStuff]

First time watching one of your videos. Brava, well done. I've been needing to play my copy of this for so long. Finally decided to just watch a video and play it on BGA. So thank you so much. So clear and easy to follow.

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Thank you so much, it’s very kind. I love this game :) it makes me so happy every time I play it. Enjoy! 😊

[@Luke-mt8dr]

Fabulous tutorial! Thank you for creating!

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Thank you so much :) I love this game. Enjoy Lost Ruins of Arnak!

[@marioestruch]

Great explanation and wonderful production and image quality. 👏 But I was tense throughout the video thinking that the cat was going to break the game box. 🙈

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Thank you so much! Peter does break boxes from time to time and we repair them :) sometimes he stretches a bit too much and a corner gives up.

[@marioestruch]

@@GamesMadeEasy 😱 I love (all) animals (more than many people), but I love my games even more. Hahaha. My OCD doesn't allow me to let anyone near my game boxes. 🤣 Greetings!

[@JWentu]

good and clear explanation, thanks!

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Thank you so much :) Enjoy the game!

[@johnnyappleseed5131]

I just discovered your channel from looking for a colt express run through. It was excellent and I liked and subscribed. I then found this while perusing your video catalogue. Your explanations are very effective and easy to follow. You deserve much more exposure and subscribers! Best wishes.

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Thank you so much, so happy it’s useful. Did you enjoy colt express? I like it very much. Arnak as well :) enjoy the games and thank you for your comment.

[@johnnyappleseed5131]

@@GamesMadeEasyVery much enjoyed Colt Express. We were able to jump right in without much reference to the manual. There was a big sale on the colt express items and was able to get the whole collection for about $70. Got the core, three expansions and all the Bandits packs.

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Sorry! Just saw the comment. That’s amazing! Have you played the expansions? Did you like them?

[@dalekman8945]

Great vid! We're gonna pick this game up next time we get a chance 🙏

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Thank you so much! Fantastic, enjoy the game. I just got the expansion :)

[@Castorshells]

Excellent video

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Thank you so much. Enjoy Arnak :)

[@Endeva09]

Great video! Strange quesion but i would love to know what you said in the first 3 seconds of the video.

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Thank you very much. I said Hello,my name is Lavinia and this is Peter :)

[@Endeva09]

@@GamesMadeEasy it was so fast I couldn't understand it! I replayed it like 15 times and couldn't figure it out so thanks for letting me know haha

[@NerdNerfer]

Great explanation! We tried to play this but never made it past setup. Something we all couldn’t figure out is how you would accomplish anything with realistically only five one time actions. Seems like there is no way to make it even up the research ladder because of how many spaces there are and having to move the magnifying glass one turn then the book a second. Any help on this would be great!

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Thank you so much! The first round or two are shorter than the rest, but as you buy more cards, discover sites, etc your options open up and end up doing quite a lot of things in one round. The track gives you things as you go up, it's important to match what you are receiving with what you need to do, the order in which you do certain things is sometimes important. I hope this helps, maybe play it a few times, to get the flow.

[@NerdNerfer]

@@GamesMadeEasy thank you! I guess what I’m trying to understand is the one action per turn list. How do I make it up the ladder that has 10 turns worth of actions if I only have 5 turns?

[@GamesMadeEasy]

aah, I understand where the confusion may be. You have 5 rounds, but within those 5 rounds you can do as many turns as you want, you do 1 action at a time. If everyone has passed, you continue taking actions until you have passed. Is it clearer?

[@Dom-dq8ru]

Do you have plans on making a video about the second dune expansion, houses Choam and Richese? They are quite crazy expansions and some people might really need a simple explanation of how they both work:)

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Hello, yes I do actually. I have just ordered it. I'm excited to learn it and will definitely do a video for it. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@Dom-dq8ru]

@@GamesMadeEasy awesome!!! I ordered it too and got it this morning! It adds so much new stuff to the game and it’s sure to spice up any dune play through it makes me excited for my next dune play through with the family! Can’t wait to see your video on it!

[@GamesMadeEasy]

I've heard very good things about it, i'm also very excited to play it.

[@douglasamell5777]

Thank you. I bought this game because of the great job you did explaining it thoroughly. Will be attempting a solo -lay through this week when I crack it open. I’d love to see a video for Port Royal (Big Box edition) as well as Ark Nova, and Beyond the Sun. :)

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Oh that's great. I haven't done a solo, let me know how it goes. Thank you for the suggestions, Beyond the Sun looks very good. I've seen videos on Ark Nova, but haven't played it.

[@ScottnCarol4JC]

Great teach.

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Thank you so much!

[@FriendlyOne_]

Good video, cute cat :)

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Thank you! Enjoy Lost Ruins of Arnak :)

[@evanstanek5838]

I guess I will just have to play it out, but ONE main action seems soooo limited to get anything done! Maybe it's like Everdell where it starts to spin up and get going once your first couple turn decisions start clicking?

[@GamesMadeEasy]

The first round is short but once you get the engine going, there's a lot of things to do.

[@christaggart5687]

Dang…. This game has a beast of a set up

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Yup, quite the set up, but a lot of fun to play :)

[@DatScharger64]

As great as the explanation is, I must say that I find Peter very distracting. DX Personally I suggest putting him off-camera, but there are certainly many people who enjoy his presence, so... I don't know what to do here. :/

[@GamesMadeEasy]

Thank you! Putting Peter off camera will be hard :) he loves the spotlight