How to play Azul in 4 Minutes

How to play Azul, designed by Michael Kiesling
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[@Alulucard]

As someone who has never played this game before, this literally explains the game better than the instructions did.

[@chapelmontoya7232]

Thanks for the heads up, just bought it yesterday

[@Manuel71]

A bit too fast for my liking.

[@StarvingSound]

I'll take things that went over my head, Alex.

[@CampfireHeadphase]

😂

[@MrPatrickStephenson]

Lol yeah way over my head on to the next video

[@EmmaLPeel]

You come to watch a tutorial to try to understand it, and you feel worse off having watched it😂

[@moriahhill2523]

right! as soon as i bought it got home and opened the box and read the instructions i was like yeeeepppp bought the wrong game lol

[@beetlejes]

This is where all of the intelligent people come to thank you, and all of the stupid people (such as myself) come to say, huh? 🤦‍♀️

[@kelconway5792]

🤣 same!

[@aqlanable]

I only understand TILE.. TILE... TILES.. TILE

[@MHFA1981]

Did not get anything.

[@nicholastang242]

Lol I thought he was pretty.coherent

[@krishnakjoshi9667]

Yes not at all not getting anything what he said

[@abdelrahmanwaelhelaly1871]

🤨🤨

[@Michael-ne8rv]

I love this response😅

[@josuetrejos2146]

How can you have more than one horizontal line if however makes the first one ends the game??

[@longhairedfrique6334]

You don't build your walls until the end of a round, so it would have been more accurate to say that the game ends with the first round in which at least one player has completed at least one horizontal line. It's possible (likely) multiple players complete lines in the same round.

[@TheNatenigga]

When the row is completed, the game ends at the end of the round. During that round, the other rows can be filled in as well.

[@kenstanford6423]

This is really helpful as a rules refresher. So nice not to watch a 30 minute video just to figure out one thing. Thanks!

[@Ry122]

tl;dr it's a good video if you already know how to play

[@vdavid84]

Awesome explanation. I feel sorry for the creator of this vid who put in the effort to create a *free* tutorial video and get so many negative comments and downvotes. I understand it's fast paced, but for some (me, for one) it's an advantage. And it was a pretty clear explanation. Thanks! :)

[@nodarkthings]

I don't understand what you're saying

[@stephenwoodhouse01]

Thank you. The written rules puzzled me: I didn’t realise that the wall/tiling phases iterate so didn’t understand how there could be a tile in the row already. This made it very clear, thanks.

[@theGECK042]

That’s the exact reason I came here, and it was a huge help

[@adamdowney3274]

Yep. Still don't get it.

[@TheRealJeffDiamond]

Thank you so much! Whoever wrote the text instructions that came with the game was perhaps the worst person at explaining games ever. I tried many other videos, and they all contradicted each other and had differences on the details. Your video makes everything clear! I can even now understand what the maker of the game instructions was intending to explain! Thank you!

[@carihetler4319]

This helped me and my family learn to play. My only problem was I didn’t realize that tiles in pattern rows that weren’t full got to stay for the next round, so we emptied everything. We realized they could stay and had an easier time filling the bottom patter rows.

[@seymakaya46]

For a new player this might be confusing, but as someone said it was great as a rule refresher. I wish there was one of these for every game I own. Thank you

[@taylormaddux8433]

As a new player, I did indeed find this confusing, but I like to think it will have helped me when I read the instructions.

[@nateiverson8681]

A couple points i think need clarification. He said "you can take the 1st player tile" when drawing from the center. That should be the first player to draw from the center *must* take the 1st player tile. He also said "leftover tiles go into the lid of the box never to be seen again until another game". Later in the video he describes how tiles are recycled from the lid of the box into the bag once the bag is empty (this is correct). Other than that pretty good instructional video. The talking might be a little too quick for me to share with my dad, I'm gonna look at other videos and decide if i should send this one and suggest he play it at 0.75x or 0.5x or something that doesn't talk quite so quickly.

[@Zyphent]

Personally I love the pace. Instructional board game videos are often way too slow when I want to get it to the table soon, or refresh myself on the rules, happy to see someone do a quick and effective recap

[@beetlejuss]

I have never played this game, that being said, it looks absolutely beautiful but it sounds utterly boring.

[@maceocapietto4090]

If anyone's here because of a Programming project... I'm sorry to tell you we're in the same shit

[@Scrubs2990]

I am completely lost as a person who has never played this game. Incredibly unclear.

[@sinstone9655]

Thank you for showing an actual turn! I wanted to know how the game flowed before buying it, and this was perfect!

[@ameleh61]

Wow, after the other videos teaching this game, I'm quite happy with this! Concise, audible, good clear video. Thank you!

[@william4192]

Wow. There are some really mean comments here. You did a great job. First time I’ve been to your channel. Keep it up.

[@johnmartin774]

thank you for an informative video without the strategizing! Withou an understanding of even how to play the strategy is worthless. That needs to come later - unlike other videos I have watched.

[@jacksmith785]

How is there a scoring for who has the most horizontal lines, if a player completing a horizontal line signals the end of the game?

[@ajcoopa]

Having not played the game yet, i would assume it is because with careful strategy, you can complete more than one horizontal line during the final wall tiling phase.

[@danielgolubski8791]

Okay so first I eat the tiles and then what?

[@TeachTheTable]

Next you call your local poison control hotline or proceed directly to hospital. Do not pass GO.

[@CFHmetalorama]

This comment caught me completely off guard, I couldn't stop laughing.

[@SuperPVZFan221]

Hahaha

[@neiltobey1746]

Sorry being late to this party, but if the game ends whenever the first person has a full horizontal row, how do players get extra points for their horizontal rows? Shouldn't there be only one?

[@diastoleny]

Great demo. Quick and to the point. Thanks.

[@99kingm1]

So if the end is triggered by the first player to fill a horizontal line, how will anyone else have a full horizontal line for bonus points? Thanks

[@TeachTheTable]

You still finish the round, so there could be multiple people who complete a line before the game ends.

[@Gsus1234567]

@@TeachTheTable So, when does the game actually end?

[@ryanpaturzo]

This has been the one question plaguing me

[@alanrae2085]

If you have Row 2 full with black tiles, can you take more black tiles for another row in the same round? I assume yes but you must fill row 2 first..? e.g - you cannot place two black tiles on row 4 and during the same round place 2 more black tiles on row 5?

[@TeachTheTable]

Yes you can as long as you aren't splitting the black tiles from a single grab. You can have multiple rows of the same color that are being worked on. You don't have to fill a row entirely first.

[@alanrae2085]

Great, thanks for your reply :)

[@inasbjorklund6917]

If the last tiles are in the centre and can't use any in my board, do i still have to pick one and place it in the negative floor?

[@TeachTheTable]

Yes unfortunately.

[@TeachTheTable]

@Nika In Spanish, yes. Also the Portuguese tiles represented in the game are called azulejos, which is where the title came from.

[@marcup1584]

@@TeachTheTable Azul means blue in Portuguese and Spanish. The game is called azul because azulejos were traditionally (commonly) made out of polished lapis lazuli (a blue stone). Lapis lazuli is also the latin origin of the root word for blue, azul :)

[@hrxm]

@@marcup1584 I would just comment "in portuguese means blue too" but this is far better explanation.

[@rizingzun]

This game seems interesting I was just gifted it Can't wait to try it 🙂

[@PlumpyThimble]

This was really very helpful, thank you!

[@michaelschenk5151]

The tiles don't go back to the box never to be seen again - once the tile bag is empty you return the tiles in the box to the bag to refresh it and then draw more tiles.

[@reeb9016]

He said this further on.

[@fartfartism]

Sry to add this but this was a 4 minute video and yet it was 4:01 sooooooooo

[@TeachTheTable]

You get a gold star for trolling effort. Thanks for the laugh.

[@bardhaluzha8862]

Shane Gardner ohhhhl

[@daft009]

Can you have left over tiles in the centre no player wants with the factory displays empty? Then you refill the factory displays and leave the left over centre pieces to reuse?

[@FlowerPowerWV]

No, the round ends when all tiles from factory displays AND center have been taken.

[@charleshopkins4542]

Thank you. It’s the first tutorial that I have fully understood. Ready to play

[@StarlightSovereign]

Thanks this worked for my group when we struggled to understand otherwise! We got very confused on the scoring without this! 2 things I wish about this game: That the board was inset for the tiles and scoring tracker, and that the scoring box on the bottom included the other 2 scoring rules it doesn't include (individual tiles get 1 point and that you get 1 point per adjacent tile in each direction when you place one.)

[@anshuljoshi]

Thanks a lot! This video worked great for me as a rules refresher... Other people who have never played Azul before will get confused because of the speed at which everything is presented... To them I'd suggest watching a longer video such as JonGetsGames or Rahdo which includes a playthrough of the game as well.

[@laner1972]

Haven’t played the game yet, but this video was a lot more helpful after I read the Rulebook in the box.

[@RoMitchell]

This was way better than the instructions 😀 legend

[@aaronstallins]

i know im extremely late to the azul party, however this 4 min video explains the game insanely better than the sub par directions it came with. thank you!

[@MrAngelos006]

never heard if this game. But understood it in 4 min. I dont know what people have in the comments. great explanation

[@wellesradio]

Great video. Just one question. WHAT???

[@jimgraham7139]

We played a two player game, and we realized the game is very short. One of us would complete a row in no time at all. What we ended up doing is changing the end game to when a person completes a horizontal row and a vertical column instead.

[@Rikolus83]

Excellent. Thanks much.

[@tsumkwe5603]

Amazing job! I feel for me and my family that this has helped us, we were confused at first with the paper tutorial. But when we searched “azulejo” we say this first, clicked and understood immediately! Thank you so much!

[@bbos3447]

Manual is very vague. All they need to say is the starting token goes in the middle during set up. Why complicate things by saying the person who recently visited Portugal "takes" the starting marker. This makes it sound like they are putting the starting tile in their floor line. And yeah I have to slow the speed of the video down because it sounds like it's already in fast forward.

[@KnightKnowledge]

Good video! Audio could be a little louder :)

[@TeachTheTable]

Thanks, my new mic needed some adjustment.

[@kd.001]

No, kidding. I was trying to show my aunt and grandma how to play the game. Needless to say this video was hardly a help.

[@skanes17]

@@kd.001 watching on my phone and it was plenty loud. Also don't forget there are captions.

[@hooyagrandma]

Thank you so much for your explanation. What happens if no one picks up the starting player marker during a round because they don't want a negative point? Thank you in advance!

[@TeachTheTable]

Eventually someone has to pick if up. The first person to take tiles from the middle takes it.

[@vdavid84]

@@TeachTheTable ah, then the wording in the video is misleading. You're saying a player _can_ take the starting player marker from the middle. Then they actually _must_ take it. Thanks for the great video though, plus your comment here. This was the only thing that was unclear from the vid.

[@jobuckley2999]

When do I get out the flamethrower and burn up the board?

[@hrxm]

Great, quick and direct. Thanks bro!

[@jeremynachtman4626]

This seems like it would be good as a refresher if ive played the game before. But being that i have not played the game you lost me pretty early on in the video, just felt too rushed.

[@billygowhoop]

Will most games end in 5 turns? It seems like pretty much everyone will be able to fill up that top horizontal row within 5 turns because they just need 1 of each tile per round.

[@TeachTheTable]

Yes, many do end after 5 rounds, not turns. Each turn is grabbing tiles and adding them to the rows on the left, and at the end of the round a tile from each full row will move to the right onto your wall.

[@flyingcat2054]

Nice, right into the game, no music, no long intros about yourself and family, or sponsors! I subscribed😀

[@andrij1848]

Am I stoopid or the game seems harder than it seemed? I'll need to read the rules again... Thanks for the video nonetheless!

[@Firewizard23]

Yeah...that went WAY to quickly to understand. I figure playing will make a lot more sense.

[@Carazona]

Wow, I don’t want this game anymore. I thought I did, I’m so glad I watched this first 😂

[@MikeWeiner]

Now THAT is how you explain how to play a game! EXCELLENT JOB!!! Thank you so much! I'm gonna suck at it for awhile, but I'm off to Board Game Arena to try it out. :) Thanks!!!

[@aickavon]

looks like a complex and interesting game, unfortunately I don't think the aesthetics are for me. I'm glad to see a video that explained it since a lot of people seemed to enjoy it

[@TerryWaitesRadiator]

Could you talk a bit faster?

[@MertBert]

Uhhhhhh what

[@pnutbutrncrackers]

To me even though I think I got most of it this approach was too much like that voice at the end of certain radio commercials which speed-reads the technicalities of the offer for legal purposes. Maybe if someone already knows the game and merely needs a quick brush-up it could work, but to introduce the game to a novice first-timer I think the rush defeats the purpose. Twice the time would've been worth it, in my opinion.

[@edwardrice9170]

I've never played the game before and this was perfect. Maybe you should slow down the video play speed to .75%, or you could of watched it a second time instead of writing this comment recapping on the parts you missed. You can even replay the bits you didn't understand on KZbin by clicking on the red timeline bar. Every rule to the game is included in 5 minutes... dont click on a 5 minute rules explanation when every other video is 12 minutes plus, not change the playback speed then moan about the speed he is talking....

[@heyhernan]

Thank you, but no, thank you, this game already gave me a headache

[@aileneazzam1355]

If there are 2 blues and 2 reds on one of the disks or in the center, does the player take both pairs or just pick one of the colors?

[@maxwolf4036]

What if you have only one color left in center (7 red tiles) and the only open pattern line already has a red tile placed on the wall? Do the 7 just fall to the floor?

[@TeachTheTable]

Yes....avoid letting that happen! 😉

[@maxwolf4036]

@@TeachTheTable Ok thanks for the reply!

[@quoctruong274]

@@TeachTheTable I don't really understand here, if you already have some tiles on the bottom floor, let's say they filled the first 3 places (2 first -1 places and the first -2 place) so if at that time you must collect the tile with the number 1, because the first -1 place is now filled with another tile, where you will put that number 1 tile in? and how it can be counted?

[@TeachTheTable]

@@quoctruong274 The 1st player tile goes into your floor and counts as negative points for whatever slot it goes into. It is treated like any other tile on the floor, except at the end of a round it doesn't get returned to the box. If it falls in a -2 spot its worth -2 points.

[@quoctruong274]

@@TeachTheTable so it means that if you are the first one to collect tiles outside the disks for a round, you must put the tile with the number 1 into the next negative place in your bottom floor if the first three places are filled with colored tiles, is it correct?

[@gksp86]

Hi the end of the game would be triggered right after a horizontal row of a player is completed or after the round in which at least one player has done so?

[@hrfrank]

It is like back to my college math courses...

[@jotarokujo8797]

Thanks bro now i know how to play azul thank u 😀👌

[@LaIoSaIamanca]

I got this game for my birthday and when we opened it I just game up and have no idea what on earth is going on

[@wugawugabeast2252]

He needs to speak more slowly... 5 mins with a Pause for breath would have been clearer

[@mblc-mybetterlifecoaching9536]

Thank that was very helpful explanation

[@giftedtelevision]

Thanks! It made it clearer to watch this video, rather than read the directions multiple times. Nothing wrong with written directions, just easier to conceptualize, for me, this way.

[@danielcardwell5457]

In our game we didnt allow colours the same to be put on 2 rows, this makes it more strategic and can force players into losing points, its more strategic

[@bowloframen515]

Great video but I don’t mind playing the game for longer than 4 minutes. Any ideas on how to increase game time?

[@flatout4475]

Great video. Included instructions very hard to understand, and we didn't like the game much. But this video turned that around. Now we love it. 2 questions 1. can you have two pattern lines of same colour? 2. Do you throw the first player tile back in the middle at the end of the round?

[@FlowerPowerWV]

Yes and Yes, although I still have questions related to your first question.

[@Franku40keks]

1:58 I thought you can't build more lines with the same colour.

[@brianosters5791]

Thanks for the explanation that no beginner player of this game would ever understand 😂

[@rocktorrocks]

Thank you so much for this! A million times better than the instructions.

[@SamuraiSevenBlade]

I’ve played the game before, but it’s been a few years - thanks for the remind her video! Now I remember how to play

[@johniddon9186]

Can you clarify this for me please, is the end of a round after each player has taken one turn or is it once all tiles from the displays are gone and taken from the centre?

[@johniddon9186]

Also can I clarify if I have completed rows 4&5 with blue tiles and I pick 4 blues from a display can I use 1 or row 1 2 on row 2 and 1 on row 3 or is it I’d place 3 on row 3 and 1 goes to the floor?

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[@funkye11]

Hi, is it alowed to grab four tiles of the same colour out of the pocket and place them on the circle?

[@gabrielbedient7587]

I wish I could hear you, but you are too quiet.

[@DarthMessias]

Sorry, man. The game still took more than four minutes to play...

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[@kzw7482]

This game is so overwhelming Too confusing

[@gracetaylor5236]

This is the best video I've seen that explains the scoring clearly. Thanks!

[@davideliberatori389]

Come sempre bel video! Un solo dubbio: se finisco lo spazio nel pavimento dei malus, quanto valgono le piastrelle successive che metto lì? Sempre-3 o -4 e cosi via?

[@TransworldTN]

Brilliant, thorough, and quick. Great job!

[@SeanGildea77]

Seriously? Quick, yes. Brilliant and thorough? No

[@chuck00x]

Great, succinct rule video. Covers everything in this great family game.

[@emileesikes5705]

Ay bro you talk to fast mansssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[@davidclark5652]

Way too fast. Gave up after a couple minutes and watched another video that explained the game much better.

[@SeanGildea77]

@@davidclark5652 exactly

[@jaredresendes797]

you can slow it down bro

[@TheFunLuvnCRIMINAL]

Point salad game that is mostly solitare with slight amount of screwing other players. Mixed with puzzle concepts

[@edwardrice9170]

Point salad? Only found one way to score which is placing tiles.

[@mikewazowski350]

The original game is far better.

[@jjm6187]

This seems like a good step up from Quirkle for my parents.

[@maelstrom-mecharena-livest8078]

How can a player have more than 1 horizontal line if having one triggers endgame?

[@elliscarter6299]

The endgame doesn’t occur until after the round is over. Do you could spend the rest of the round filling more spaces

[@ralphperez2735]

How is this game one of the most highly rated game??

[@ethanfriedburgars2566]

I don’t understand this at all

[@HarringtonWebb-l5d]

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[@noodleiv]

Great introduction. Pretty basic game I can play with the 8 to 12 year olds and introduce them to tile laying games and still have some meat for the adults.

[@drawingbrothersworld4927]

So helpful

[@weidinimagic]

משחק מגניב

[@evanblievernicht65]

4:01, what a lie. 🏠🔥😵

[@SewFrancine6120]

Too Fast useless tutorial