How to Play Keyflower

It may look "meh" at first blush, but there's enough strategic nuance to the auction board game Keyflower that i couldn't whittle the video below 20 minutes! The length is justified: just watch.
0:00 Introduction
0:18 Overview
1:42 What's Special About Keyflower?
5:56 Playing a Round
8:54 Turn Order
10:35 Upgrading Tiles
13:58 Rule-a-palooza
17:12 Winter
20:22 Setup
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[@BigDLishus1]

Your how to play videos blow the others out of the water!! SO GOOD! Thank you!

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Thanks David!

[@justinchan4110]

Best Boardgame Channel by far, I could see your videos aired as a TV series! SO much creativity in each production, bravo! Subscribed!

[@Davidesonar449]

man, ryan, even though you made this video a long time ago, i just can't help but say it's a fantastic one. I just bought keyflower (after looking at it for a year) so i'm thrilled you made a video about it. The structure in which you explain the rules is so fantastic in this video and really helps to understand a game. From really wide to narrow and specific rules. The humor is also so good, it's actually funny but always short and never overdone, which is the reason i like the channel so much. For example SUSD is obviously a great channel but i can't watch it because i find it way too theatrical. Just felt the need to write this, okay bye :D

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Thanks so much!

[@sirlohengrin6226]

This is the first of your videos I've seen, and they are amazing. Excellent work. You have a new suscriber

[@bushibayushi]

Ryan, your videos are immensly enjoyable and clear. Best tutorials out there.

[@dilarus8231]

Your videos are always an utter delight. I'm literally watching how to plays for games I don't own for the entertainment factor

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Thank you - that's great to hear!

[@chadhanson4224]

Great timing on this one, Just got this for Xmas!

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Beautiful! i do hope you like it. It's very, very easy to mess up a crucial rule while playing.

[@leonp9861]

Thanks a lot. Best explanation of the rules

[@SideOfOnionRings]

Amazing production - love it!

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Thanks, Nicolás!

[@Chris-qb4uj]

what a fantastic video, honestly superb!!

[@quibily]

As usual, your instructional videos are really helpful, and I finished the video mostly understanding the game! Gonna play it on BGA, and if I love it, I'll buy it because it's a meaty Euro that isn't a huge table hog! Hooray!

[@NightsAroundaTable]

i kind of adore this game. Let me know how it goes!

[@danvenables4935]

Great explanation thanks, really helps how you slowly go through everything. Just played my first game on BGA and it was a pleasure to play, even though I didn't really know what I was doing! The mechanics are really enjoyable and it really clicked with me, the different colour meeple bidding is unique and brilliant! I think this will be a game my group enjoys too, so definately considering buying the game at some point.

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Great game, but the BGA implementation is very unforgiving with its lack of undo.

[@PsychicBadger98]

I know I'm late, but I have to say, having watched multiple other videos on keyflower tutorials, your visual style, particularly the animations and edits to explain each step during stills, is by far the best out there - and it makes learning it so much easier, and enjoyable. And the humour is sprinkled in in just the right places! A new subscriber for sure - keep going, and I'm sure there will be so many more to follow! Edit: I have to add, the other videos had sort of put me off the game because it seemed too complicated and not fun - but you made the game easy to understand and perfectly explained why someone would find it fun, and I'm definitely buying!

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Thanks so much, PsychicBadger98! Glad to have you as a viewer.

[@PsychicBadger98]

@@NightsAroundaTable No problem and glad to be a subscriber!

[@kevinmouse85]

Great video and explanation!

[@elbertxochiquetzal6919]

This is truly best in class - subscribed!

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Thank you, Elbert! i won't let you down!

[@seannyoh1]

Brilliant call back at the end! Too clever to lol at, but my brain is laughing its ass off.

[@justicebolt5293]

Awesome video! Thanks.

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Thanks for your encouragement on YT *and* BGG! :)

[@quibily]

Re-watching this before I teach some friends tonight, and your throwing shade on "Rakesh" is hilarious to me, now, because that's the name of my sociolinguistics professor. Despite his bad life decisions, he seems to be doing pretty well! Guess he recovered from his dark Keyflower days.

[@NightsAroundaTable]

i am concerned for Rakesh. Please keep an eye on him.

[@MightyfireflyAndme]

Great job on this tutorial. Wonder if you can also do one on the expansions farmers and merchants.

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Request received! Merchants is fairly simple... i might do a video that groups both expansions.

[@danvenables4935]

@@NightsAroundaTable Hi, did you manage to make it? Can't see it in a search.

[@davehraynyk]

Hehe.. Kerpatologist. Nice 😁

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Kerpetologeeplist. Don't insult such a noble school of study with your careless misnomers.