How to Play Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory

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Learn how to play Hegemony in just 47 minutes (yes I know the runtime is longer than that, there's a bit of silliness at the front and back)
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0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Important Info
1:24 - Game Overview
2:03 - General Setup and Board Overview
3:28 - Phases of the Game
5:22 - Action Phase Overview
6:07 - Proposing a Bill
7:51 - Working Class Basics
9:06 - (Working) Prep Phase
9:47 - (Working) Basic Actions
10:10 - (Working) Assigning Workers
11:46 - (Working) Buy Goods and Services
12:41 - (Working) Strike
13:49 - (Working) Demonstration
14:45 - (Working) Free Actions
16:30 - (Working) Production Phase
17:50 - (Working) Scoring
18:30 - Capitalist Class Basics
19:37 - (Capitalist) Prep Phase
20:02 - (Capitalist) Actions, Building and Selling Companies
21:28 - (Capitalist) Sell Goods and Services / Business Deals / Lobbying
22:52 - (Capitalist) Free Actions
24:00 - (Capitalist) Production Phase
25:14 - (Capitalist) Scoring
26:27 - Middle Class Basics
27:31 - (Middle) Prep Phase and Important Info
28:19 - (Middle) Shared Actions / Middle vs Capitalist Companies
29:42 - (Middle) Extra Shift
30:10 - (Middle) Free Actions
30:31 - (Middle) Production Phase
31:41 - (Middle) Scoring
32:17 - State Basics
34:11 - (State) Legitimacy
34:56 - (State) Providing Resources
35:42 - (State) Prep Phase / Basic Actions
36:02 - (State) Events / Selling to Foreign Market
36:50 - (State) Meeting With MP / Extra Tax / Campaigning
37:26 - (State) Free Actions / Production
37:46 - (State) Election Prep / Scoring
38:48 - What's Left
39:15 - Fiscal Policy
40:16 - Labor Market / Taxation
41:31 - Healthcare / Education
42:02 - Foreign Trade / Immigration
42:36 - Elections
45:01 - Loans and IMF Intervention
47:13 - Endgame
47:43 - Outro
Corrections:
In the updated version of the rules, when the working class uses Education, they can upgrade skilled workers that are in a company, they just can't be on a skilled worker space. Middle class skilled workers can still only be upgraded if they're unemployed. (I'm sure it's more balanced this way, but man it's annoying that these rules are so slightly different)
In the video I show the Capitalists spending $30 from revenue to pay for Lobbying, but this should come from their capital instead.
The State only gains a point from people buying services from them if the relevant policy is at B (costing $5)
During the State's scoring phase, after earning points, you reduce the legitimacy tracks TO half (rounded up), not BY half (rounded up), so the example is a little bit off.
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@StephenGrubb 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this video! I've been searching for a high quality, clear, and succinct how to play video for Hegemony, and have come up empty handed--until now. Your videos are always stellar with an unobtrusive sense of humor, so I am so excited to see you covered Hegemony.

@RTFM Ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you liked it!

@christopherschafer4096 Ай бұрын

My favorite game of all time. This one didn't leave my table for 3 months when it first arrived. We just kept playing it over and over and over again.

@jfducusin7186 2 ай бұрын

oh wow RTFM is creating a how to play again, and its for a complex assymetric game. I love it. 😍

@leonardokalvinskas19 2 ай бұрын

Hello, Shea! Greetings from Brazil! At 38:10 after the state scoring, I understand that since the rule states "Then, lower all 3 scores TO their half (rounded up)" and not "lower the scores BY their half", you round up the leftover scores, not the discounted values. In your example, the red score should go from 7 to 4 (not 3) and the blue score from 5 to 3 (not 2).

@RTFM Ай бұрын

Ah yes, this is correct. I'll add a note. Thanks for the spot!

@RevWolf1776 2 ай бұрын

I need to make my way through all your vidoes to look for more board games I just recently got eclipse and we used your video as a crash coarse for how to play and it went so much smoother than trying to read through the manuel

@RTFM Ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

@qazojn 2 ай бұрын

I thought ive seen a video about hegemony on your channel. I couldnt find it yesterday and here we are.

@RTFM Ай бұрын

Must've gotten lost in the time warp.

@dave0754 2 ай бұрын

Yes! This will finally help me get this game to the table. Thank you!

@michaelf5031 Ай бұрын

Great video! Thank you for the approachable summation of the rules. Love the costumes 😂

@Shemps1007 Ай бұрын

Thanks for making this video! I spent like 2hrs pouring over the instructions and this really helped affirmed my understanding of the game.

@RTFM Ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@MartinLetendre 2 ай бұрын

Just in time 🎉

@nicolaikarcher7186 Ай бұрын

Your content is fantastic! Keep it up❤

@RTFM Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@vladspellbinder 2 ай бұрын

The one change to the base rules that I would make would be to place the revealed Immigration cards aside (or face up under the deck instead of face down) and once the deck was exhausted you shuffle them to form a new deck, leaving out any cards draw already if more need to be drawn. Unless a deck is really large I don't like the "place on the bottom" because after one cycle players with good memories would know what's coming and play accordingly. That might be alright in some cases but I get the feeling that in this case it's supposed to always be random. Thanks for the video.

@RTFM Ай бұрын

Yeah, I get that. No reason you can't house rule it that way. Though in my experience it's such a long game that I don't remember well enough what I got at the very start if it even comes up again.

@TheSchaef47 8 күн бұрын

There are 25 immigration cards in the deck. Even if immigration is turned all the way up for the whole game, with working and middle classes included, I don't think you're likely to see the bottom of that deck in a single game. Even if you do, since working and middle classes draw separately, the cards in the same order won't necessarily produce identical results if they came up a second time.

@vladspellbinder 8 күн бұрын

@@TheSchaef47 It is not a matter of "identical results" but _knowing the result ahead of time_ for this sort of thing. If the deck cycles then any player who cares about it and can remember such things now have an advantage over other players who can't remember such things. The players with good memory can make plays based on the known card order when the results should be random and force players to adapt. It's just a personal thing for my particular play group that this *might* be an issue with the Rules As Written. I just prefer when you re-randomize cards instead of putting them on the bottom of the deck as they are drawn.

@TheSchaef47 8 күн бұрын

@@vladspellbinder if the results are not identical - i.e. if the card previously drawn by a working class player is instead drawn by the middle class player - then the result can't be known ahead of time because it's a different player placing a different worker. And like I said, I don't think the numbers work out that the deck would ever need to be cycled. If immigration is at 2, and you have working class and middle class across five rounds of play, that's only 20 cards out of 25 available. I'll need to go through the player decks to see if there are other instances of bringing out immigration cards, but I would be surprised if even six more come out between all the cards. So I find it very unlikely you'll ever see the bottom of that deck during normal play.

@vladspellbinder 8 күн бұрын

@@TheSchaef47 But you WILL know ahead of time if the card has already been seen what will happen because everyone should know the rules. It doesn't matter which player is activating the effect, all players able to remember the card order will know what the result will be if they get that card at that time and can thus plan ahead when the whole point of a random deck order is to make people think on their feet and work with what they are given. If it can't happen base game then fine, not an issue, but if they ever wanted to release an expansion that increased game length but didn't add in new Immigration cards then it could be an issue for some play groups so best to future proof the rules.

@Music4LifeGL117 16 күн бұрын

Great video, Shea! I did have one question; at 34:33 (and again at 41:40), you mention that the State player earns a VP for making a sale of Health/Education if the corresponding policies are in 'either section A or B'. However, as best as I can determine, it seems like the VP bonus is only applied while the relevant policy is in section 'B', and if a policy changes to section 'A', the reward of legitimacy per every 3 sold is in lieu of the VP reward. Am I missing something? I really did try to dig through these comments and BGG before posting, you do such a thorough job on this stuff. Thanks!

@RTFM 10 күн бұрын

Hmm, yeah that does seem to be the way now that I'm looking back on it. It's probably a mistake on my part and the publishers just missed it when they double checked the video, but I've sent your question to them just in case I got it from some FAQ or something and forgot. If they say you're right about it, I'll make sure to add a note. Thanks!

@aonline_abridged 2 ай бұрын

bravo!

@zisos78 26 күн бұрын

Rule correction: 22:41 Lobbying - Spend 30V from the *capital*, not from the revenue.

@RTFM 10 күн бұрын

Ooh, good spot! I've added a note.

@chichiodum6878 2 ай бұрын

I had no idia this video was 17hrs ago. But nice vid😊😊😊

@vaxbuster90 Ай бұрын

Thanks, great content! No one, including the makers of the game, has produced clean and clear content for Hegemony's Crisis & Control expansion. Will there be a video for the game expansions soon? 😊

@RTFM Ай бұрын

Yep. It's available right now for my Patreon backers, but it'll go live for everyone else in a week or so.

@Max_prez555 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this awesome Video! One question: At 15:36 you say that if you Change a skilled worker to a different industry, the skilled worker has to be unemployed, but the rulebook says: "...you may upgrade a skilled Worker to another industry, as long as it’s not on a skilled Worker slot.". So could i upgarde a skilled worker, which is currently employed in a company on an unskilled worker slot?

@RTFM Ай бұрын

This is correct! Apparently I have an outdated rulebook, because mine says otherwise, but the v1.2 I see on BGG has it the way you say. I'll add a note, thanks!

@Max_prez555 Ай бұрын

@@RTFMGlad to Help! What you said in the Video does only count for the Middle Class: "...if needed, you may upgrade an unemployed skilled Worker to another industry." Thanks again for the Tutorial!

@RTFM Ай бұрын

@@Max_prez555 Well that's annoying that they're different like that. Added another note though, thanks!

@choongkhailoon Ай бұрын

Hi, I have a question. At 15:35 onwards, you said "when upgrading a skilled worker, it has to be unemployed" what does it mean?

@RTFM Ай бұрын

So what that means is that you can change a skilled worker from one type to another, so long as they're in the unemployment zone. However for middle class workers, there's actually a correction on that due to updated rules. The new rule is that they can be in a company and still be upgraded, provided they aren't on a skilled worker space.

@Thimon88 2 ай бұрын

44:44 Should this be done the other way around or is the voice-over incorrect?

@RTFM Ай бұрын

In that part of the example, we're assuming that the capitalists won the vote. Looking at the policy, it's still where it was before the vote.

@DCAMM720 Ай бұрын

at 37:12 he mentions not being able to take certain action if the legitimacy is at 1. We couldn't find in the rulebook where this is said, does anyone have a page number? We were very confused as the state player had cards that took money from everyone or something and reduced legitimacy, but we couldn't find anything that specifically said this isn't possible if they are as low as possible.

@RTFM Ай бұрын

Hmm, that's a good point. I could have sworn I saw it somewhere, but now I can't find it either. I had the publishers look over this video before I posted it and they didn't mention that being wrong, so I'm going to send them an email and see what they say. If it needs a correction, I'll make sure to add a note. Thanks for the spot!

@DCAMM720 Ай бұрын

@@RTFM There are a couple other small tidbits that came up during our first couple games that aren't clarified in the rulebook either. Read it front to back, three times, and I still had a couple questions. Will try to remember what they are list them maybe after our next attempt.

@RTFM Ай бұрын

@@DCAMM720 Let me know if you find anything else. It turns out the rule about not taxing when the legitimacy is at 1 is actually in the FAQ section in the back. Page 35.

@alit5196 2 ай бұрын

I think I'm gonna get this game, but I have a question: is 3 player game is as fun as 4 or not?

@ThaineFurrows 2 ай бұрын

I wouldn't say "as fun", since it's way more interesting to have a state player. However it is still solid and a vary good game with only 3. There are automas for all classes but the state, which is more or less a built in automa for 3 or less players games. Haven't tried those yet.

@SClarkPharmD Ай бұрын

I played a 3 player game without automa and it was still excellent compared to my 4 player plays.

@Jorn2u 22 күн бұрын

10:11 How do you commit workers, when al of the available companies already have uncommitted workers?

@RTFM 10 күн бұрын

At the start of the game, there will be companies that don't have any workers in them, so you can fill those slots. If all the slots are filled with workers, committed or non, you can't send yours to them.

@Jorn2u 22 күн бұрын

13:23 wait what. Companies produce and pay wages even if the workers are not committed?

@RTFM 10 күн бұрын

Yeah, committing workers isn't necessary for the company to function, it just locks them in so they can't leave or get kicked out for the rest of the round.