Glass Road - Playthrough & Review (Uwe Rosenberg Series)

[@davidbecker3104]

At 42:38, Naveen should not be able to build the Sculpture Workshop; he really only has one (1) clay because he did not move his wheel appropriately. It's interesting because he and Monique just commented on her getting shafted on her building with the wheel moving. Thanks for the videos! You're a delightful couple.

[@SteelBreeze021]

I concur with David Becker. I also thank the Contributors for playing ‘fun to watch’ games.

[@askapk]

Lmao. I was just commenting this and now I was editing my post and I saw this.

[@wybird666]

Just about to say the same. I think Naveen was doing it on purpose 😛 - he often didn't rotate his dial, and I swear he kept looking at it to see if Monique saw. Only joshing - I'm sure it was purely accidental! The immediately afterwards he did it again!

[@play-it-or-not]

I was about to comment the same ;-)

[@Duxa_]

It allowed him to gain 2 points from that building, he builds 1 more building later for 1 water, but he would be able to do it anyways since its a different wheel, he technically had 13 food and not 14, BUT he had an extra brick and thats +1 point instead of food's 1 point per 3 food. The scores were 18.5 to 22.5. So even without that accidental cheat it would have been 18.5 to 20.5 minus third of a point for 1 less food, PLUS 1 point for 1 brick, so around 18.5 to ~21. Close game.

[@purple2015panda]

so glad you guys covered a tutorial! Glass Road is available in Board Game Arena, BGA, and you video is the recommended tutorial!

[@zvnetzley9209]

Just bought this at a second hand market today after having watched this video. Thank you for this series and all that you do!

[@ethicalzombiegaming]

This is one of my favorite Uwe games!! I absolutely love the card play and resource management of this.

[@bushibayushi]

Agricola, Glass Road and Loyang are my holy trinity of Uwe's games ;).

[@arturmachno2223]

Hi, thanks for the great playthrough, as always! Naveen didn't produce brick after building 39:39 and he didn't realized for a very long time, causing a lot of illegal actions, escpecially spending clay which should have been turned into brick.

[@ghmai]

Naveen! Move the brick wheel! I love your playthroughs x

[@GeminiJay654]

I have JUST started picking up a lot of his games, really excited for the continuation of this series. So informative and well produced as always. You guys rock!

[@j.r.cilliangreen4083]

Merkator is my absolute favorite of his…check it out!!!!

[@Alittlefruitgoesalongway]

Same here, he is one of my favorite designers. Fields of Arle and Nusfjord are my favorite so far. I managed to find a copy of Merkator at my local game store believe it or not so I bought that. I've only played it once so far and it's interesting but quite different from the others. I'll play it more solo and see what I think

[@joannawareluk3939]

It’s one of my favorite solo games of all time. So quick and crunchy!

[@tracytroutman7188]

This is one of my favorite Rosenberg games. It's super quick and I really enjoy the card play.

[@martinprivat5908]

I love playing this one solo. It's excellent and the amount of euro goodness per minute is amazing. So easy to set up, too.

[@EmmaNovaheim]

I'm enjoying watching this series so much! I'm going to be using it to start playing through the games myself, if they are available at the local board game cafes 😁

[@joelsummerell1012]

I'm developing quiet an interest in Rosenberg's games. Very hard to find in Australia. Polyomino games no where to be found. This guy is very very popular. After watching a heap of your playthroughs I'm understanding why. Fantastic games. The point of this was Naveen's "Potash" pronunciation. Pot Ash. I laughed so hard. You pair are entertainment in spades, even when you don't try. I love your channel. Glass road feels like a good entry game for a first time playing his games. Might buy this one to start.

[@benjamindebetencourt1526]

Great playthrough ! I am discovering so much games from Uwe rosenberg that I feel like I would enjoy more than Agricola ! Thanks for the great content!

[@AttilaUdvari]

Ohhh, I've been waiting for this video from you! :) Love this game. Thank you! :)

[@bookaddict777]

I play this one solo and thoroughly enjoy it. Unfortunately, I do not have a gaming partner who is interested in Glass Road. Thanks for the play through! You reminded me that it has been a while since I played it last.

[@scottpayne8640]

I love this game and really enjoyed watching you two play it. Thanks for another great video.

[@michaelrichard1320]

Love the solo play on this

[@DavidArtman]

Error at 42:38 - Naveen's brick dial should have advanced; therefore, he wouldn't have had 2 clay to build.

[@austynsmith296]

Been looking forward to this one!!

[@Kr1stmas]

Having 15 different specialists with 2 actions each to cross reference with the cost of the buildings and the possibilities of what the other player is gonna do exploded my brain like even a feast for Odin didn't.

[@RamonMercadoReyes]

For me this is one of my favorite Uwe games. I love the wheel and the “force to play card” mechanic. And you do get a lot of game in a shorter amount of time. Glass Road and Oh My Goods are my go to games if I have an hour or less to play.

[@zacharythorp6095]

Another great Rosenburg game, this time farming with a pair of rondels!

[@gee3161]

Great job guys, love Glass Road.

[@mariliacesarhorta]

At 43:56, Naveen forgot to make a brick. Might be worth putting that in the subtitles

[@codymortensen8691]

And 39:16

[@austinholmes3106]

Aye. And then he wouldn’t have had the resource for the very next building he put constructed. Whoopsie!

[@EmmaNovaheim]

I was wondering this too at 39:16 🙂

[@Duxa_]

You guys should give this one another go, I think it will move up on your list of Uwe's games. At 2 this is an amazing experience due to the rule changes.

[@m-sousa]

Glass Road is an amazing game. It's my favourite from Rosenberg (I am still missing quite a lot of them, but still!). I think it was my first Uwe game after Bonhanza. Such a big difference. I love the card play system, even though it can mess with you so many times. And it is so hard to manage your resources and the wheel sometimes. I find it so fascinating that I really want to give it a try to Ora et Labora one day, because of the wheel.

[@gamershane9787]

You guys should do a video on Empires of the North. I just picked it up from hearing amazing things from it and it is phenomenal! I think you guys would love it!

[@andrethannhauser6302]

Both Imperial Settlers and especially 51st State Master Set are at least one step above Empires of the North because they streamlined EotN too much especially by removing the multi-use-cards and by having completely separated decks the multi-player-solitaire-feeling ist even higher...up to too high.

[@doggyaugie]

thanks for this! Looking fwd to your play of Nusfjord bc it's all the good things about Glass Road (high crunchiness to game length ratio, ownership of specific action-granting characters, relatively quick and easy scoring from buildings/ships) without any of the less fun parts (eg AP from choosing cards at the beginning of each round, getting your actions ruined by follow mechanism). I know you usually like heavier games, but I'm quite curious of your thoughts on it (and also Fields of Arle w/expansion)!

[@amethystwolf24572]

I'll have to check out their playthrough of Nusfjord. I've heard good things about Glass Road, but was really put off by losing entire actions...

[@danielcarlsson615]

Have this game. Not Played it at 2. But 3-4 p. It’s great as you say. For the little time u get a lot of game. A keeper for me.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Yeah I (Naveen) was really surprised that this was a quick game. I always thought it was some long epic strategy game.

[@KMReviews]

At 48:00 naveen didn’t move his wheel… again lol. He really struggled following that rule in this game. Made him do illegal things a few times lol. No big deal though because I enjoyed the teach and play through

[@joeferreti9442]

"Glass Road" is a really cool game with the choosing role cards, sculpting terrain, resource wheels and variation with the buildings. I like the mind game when choosing the role cards: 3 to play yourself and 2 extra to play if you guess right what other players play. It might not be the most balanced thing, but it's fun and it forces you to not always go for the obviously best strategy. The game is very tight concerning resources and actions. Sadly the handling of the resource wheels is a bit error-prone. Easy to forget when the wheel moves, which can lead to planing mistakes. And it's hard keep an overview over the available buildings and their costs especially when playing with more than 2 players.

[@olloplays]

Ahhhh I do really enjoy this one but the theme gets a little lost on me compared to others. I enjoy how quickly a 2p game can go and the hand management mechanic is really interesting. Great job!

[@Duxa_]

I feel like reading the paragraph at the start and the back of the manual helps immensely with the theme. It explains the real setting, and you are essentially building up the housing/workshops in the Bavarian forest in order to have the best economy/production.

[@Duxa_]

That is the Glass Road on the left (as Naveen points out) it says so in the manual 😁

[@manuelandrade1114]

Master piece.

[@Table.Fables]

Nice review guys! We liked this one but didn’t hold onto it; we just much prefer Nusfjord which fills a similar game space

[@Totihno]

So by the end of the game Naveen just totally forgot he had to adjust his brick wheel production LOL

[@jeffhiatt1682]

Nice game. I think Naveen had one more brick at the end. Would not have affected his food score, but would have bumped him to 23.

[@Iorekbyrnison100]

Fun playthrough, and I've enjoyed all of them so far! I really like Glass Road, but have only played it at 3 or 4. It isn't the most exciting Rosenberg, but is pleasant once in a while. I do think it plays a bit better at higher counts, but I still enjoyed watching you two!

[@MagicBG]

12:25 - Why can't coal be separated? the rules state that when you receive resources that are on both wheels, you can receive them on different wheels.

[@Duxa_]

Page 15 of rulebook, rule (G2): When gaining 1 Food or 1 Charcoal, you may indicate them on either Production wheel. When gaining 2 or more Food, or 2 or more Charcoal in a single action, you have to indicate them on one Production wheel or the other. You may not split the gained goods between the wheels.

[@joeklein19]

Is a Feast for Odin coming? Thanks guys!

[@Torabayama]

+1 also waiting for Feast for Odin!

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Definitely will be, right now next on deck will be Caverna another 2013 title. Slowly but surely we are getting there :-)

[@Totihno]

@@BeforeYouPlay yes!! Ive been waiting for that one

[@RedEyedGhost1]

@@BeforeYouPlay Will you be playing it with or without Norwegians? I find that I never really want to play just the base game again, Norwegians is just that good.

[@chandramohan5105]

Interesting game with 15 specialists to help build. Need some good strategy to win and build in Bavarian Forest. Keep the forests alive.

[@Duxa_]

Should be noted that the manual says you can play 5 rounds. And I think that you should since at around 4 is when your engine (building synergies) start to click. Playing 4 rounds is sort of like playing short game in Feast for Odin. I think the genius of this game is looking at your opponent's board/wheel and figuring out what they'll play so that you get to play it for free on their turn. Thats a huge part of the game. For example seeing that they have no bricks and no clay, but have charcoal and food (on brick wheel), good chance they'll play one of the clay cards to make brick. So you pick it too with intention of not playing it, and if your opponent wont play it you just play it last. Same thing is if you look over and they have full board (no empty spaces), good chance they'll do a slash and burn (intead of removing one of the small tiles), so picking that to play on opponent's turn. Thats where this game shines, piggy backing off your oponent and thereby getting to play more cards than them.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Thank you for sharing this! Makes sense. Figuring out what the other person will play and using that information to optimize your turn! We definitely weren't doing that lol but after more plays it'll probably open up. Thanks!

[@Duxa_]

@@BeforeYouPlay Yup! Id love to see you guys play it again. Overall its very enjoyable to watch you play. Another note, on Naveen's adjacency building, he should have put it into one tile to the left of where he did to instantly gain +1 adjacency from the pre-printed building. It didnt matter in the end since he surrounded it anyways, but just something to keep in mind. Leverage those pre-printed buildings 👍

[@Duxa_]

@@BeforeYouPlay Yeah, watching your postmortem after playing again. I think a lot of people try to play this as multiplayer solitaire and try to avoid other player influencing their hand. They focus too much on their board. Monique says that she felt that whenever Naveen played something she picked it was bad, but thats actually a good thing, she got to play the card for free out of turn, and Naveen's turn was dampened by taking half of his actions away. Thats how you are supposed to play, you arent supposed to avoid that. The active player wants to play a unique card, to be able to use both actions. The non active players want the active player to play a card that they are holding in their hand. in the end of her comments Monique says that "its not the most exciting game". I think that opinion will change when you realize that it is exciting when opponent plays a card you are holding, because thats what you want. So excitement is in getting to play a card for free and at the same time hamper your opponent's plans.

[@tcoram1]

I've never played this with only two players so I wasn't aware of the rule that you played until someone runs out of cards. For 3-4 players, you only play a maximum of 3 cards per round. You have 5 cards because you can potentially match 2 cards played by other people. The other main difference in play for 3-4 players is that everyone chooses a card to play at the same time and then the cards are revealed and resolved going around the table from the Start player for the round, and you ONLY match if you have the card still in your unplayed hand cards.

[@danvenables4935]

The mechanics look interesting and different from other Uwe games. I like the card play element, just seems like you can get a bit screwed by the luck element in this like Monique was. I wonder if having the first card or last card as a safe unfollowable card might be better. It does seem like you are on edge every time you play a card here! Also does seem really short for an Uwe game- I'd have thought 5 rounds would be better. Feels like it ended prematurely.

[@terrytoriq]

Good game guys. ^^ This game is extremely mean. :( Whatever strategy you might have is basically broken by one wrong choice. So far is my least favorite in the series. Still thanks for sharing ;) PS: Do you have a ghost? O.O The fireplace was lighting in and out through the video.... Very suspicious! :P

[@Duxa_]

You are supposed to look at other people's boards and wheels to anticipate what they will pick for their cards. It sounds like you play this just building the best village you can, thats not a good way to play, because others who pay attention to what you are doing will anticipate what you will pick and get to play more cards than you. Its a major part of this game tobe able to play more than 3 cards (in 3-4 player) and all 5 cards in 2 player games.

[@Gregthegreat88]

Messina 1347 or Carnegie next? 😊

[@alpardal]

The return of Klingon subtitles?

[@MeowNaxo]

If I have done the math correctly (which I hope I did) then the probability of having no identical card is about 8.4% 1 identical card is 34.9% 2 identical cards is 40% 3 identical cards is 15% 4 identical cards is 1.6% 5 identical cards is 0.03% The probability of course doesnt include that both players use strategy. It only indicates the likelihood of getting the same number of cards if both players choose to pick the cards randomly.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Wow, incredible! Thanks for doing that math!

[@theSolemnBard]

I love this one, but never played at 2. When you can only ever play 3 cards on purpose, you're more free to build redundancy into your hand, or pick things that are just okay but maybe the other guy will play it for you

[@Skycroft1000]

I really like the resource wheels of this one, but I'm not a fan of most of the other mechanics like the card drafting. Overall this is pretty middling for me as far as Uwe games go.

[@paulnorthey6712]

I agree with Monique. For me it's not that exciting. I played it a lot solo and never really get involved, didn't really care that much about what I was doing. Has a similar slogging vibe in Fields of Arle, compared to the whimsy of Caverna, or the thematic Grandeur of Feast for Odin.

[@coyotemoon722]

Interesting..I find Fields pretty engaging.

[@ftwtf]

It's a tricky game because it's a puzzle. You must orchestrate the resource wheel very well and above all make a good selection of cards. it is not easy to manage your production here

[@j.r.cilliangreen4083]

I have only played this one once and I won it handily and so, of course, I can never play it again…

[@j.r.cilliangreen4083]

My favorite rule of Uwe’s is “diagonals are forbidden” which amuses me every time…

[@robertcrist6059]

That forced to play mechanism is not for me. I wish it was if you matched it was a positive thing, so maybe three actions on the card, but you can only pick 2 but if you made your opponent play their card you get all three and your opponent only gets 2, and maybe the opponent gets to pick one action and you pick the other one they get to do if you want to keep some of the chaos in. The tiles are so small and have barely any art, overall not a game I would ever consider. Man this Rosenberg guy is a miss for me except for Agricola maybe. Hallertau had some cool stuff in it, the decks of cards, worker placement spots, the resources in the field, but that is Agricola haha. The town hall thing, smashing the rocks was annoying and seems silly. At the Gates of Loyang looks interesting. Beyond that considering the classics a few more to look at, Odin, Arle, Nusfjord are what is left. In my phase of watching content people play games and then wanting to buy them for myself in some sense of recreating the fun I was watching I bought Bohnanza (thanks Game Night!) but haven't played it and who knows if it sticks around.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Yeah that's totally fair, the forced mechanism was what made this game different from his other designs. We will be covering Fields of Arle by the end of the week or so, and then hopefully *fingers crossed*, a Feast for Odin next week and those two have some similarities but are also very different from his other games.

[@garylangford6755]

Simple. Quick. Lots of interraction

[@amethystwolf24572]

I'm very put off by that mechanism where someone could have their entire plan ruined by a lucky pick by one player. Especially for such a short game - there's no way to recover in that short amount of time. Losing entire actions next to other players is too much. I think this one is a skip for me.

[@Duxa_]

Thats the game, there is no "lucky" in this. You are supposed to look at what the other player is doing and pick their cards with no intention of playing them yourself, that way you get to play them for free. For example, if your opponent has no bricks and no clay, but has charcoal and food on the bottom wheel then its a good chance they will try to make bricks, so you pick cards that make clay, to play them for free on their turn. Thats what 90% of this game is about. You arent supposed to play this multiplayer solitaire and concentrate on your own village. I mean you could, but you probably wont win that way. One of the main goals is to be able to play all 5 cards by playing 1 or 2 (depending on player count) that you wouldnt be able to play on your turn but play them for free on opponent's turn, you also screw their plans by taking half the actions away.

[@coyotemoon722]

Skipping Inland Port? I don't mind because it's not the best. Next up: Caverna!

[@Watdee]

"Potash" is just a plain old compound word: "pot" + "ash," and it's pronounced like those two words jammed together.

[@buddha1062]

I swear you two are going to bankrupt me and end my marriage. My wife isn't a gamer, so doesn't understand the urge. 🤣😂🤣😂 P. S cheats never prosper... Unless playing glass road apparently.

[@garretti1324]

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