Imperial Settlers "Solo Live Play" (Portal Games) GreyElephant Gaming

[@Artem_Safarov]

Tim, thanks so much for filming this! Gives a great idea about the game and I'm glad I finally found the time to watch it :). You do an excellent job talking through your thought process.

[@GreyelephantGaming]

Thanks! I'm a talker by nature, so this is very easy for me to do. In fact, when we play games my friends will make fun of me for talking through my turns. :0)

[@BradRochford]

Tim, thanks for recording this. I have reviewed it multiple times to make sure I am playing the solo correctly. keep up the great work!

[@JoeyBuchly]

Thank you for explaining the solo game. I do think you missed one thing --> Attack phase in the last round. You would still finish with a great score. Keep up the good work.

[@GarethJCook]

Tim - thanks for this video, you've done a great job of explaining the solo game here. I couldn't quite grasp the 'attack' mechanics from the otherwise excellent rulebook, so this has been particularly helpful to understand how that works. As another person who talks a lot and usually commentates my game moves, I appreciate the way you've done that here, as it's actually really helpful to pick up the little nuances of how each action works with the various combos you've put together. Now I can't wait to get a solo game in. Thanks again!

[@GreyelephantGaming]

Thanks Gareth! Now see if you can beat my score! :0)

[@ryandalton-qq]

Extremely helpful overview of the solo game - helped me fix a few mistakes I was making! Thanks for making a great video :D

[@VTPharaoh722]

That's a pretty amazing first two rounds for production. Just got the game recently and haven't come anywhere close to getting hands like that. If you get all Features and Actions from your common options the first round you might as well just start over.

[@framebrain]

Great job Tim! Really helps me understand the flow of the game! Hoping to play solo this weekend, and then with Fred MacKenzie and a couple others soon. Thanks again!

[@GreyelephantGaming]

Love this game! So VERY good!

[@stephanenguyenvantin7996]

Thx for this "solo live play". So I did my first solo play just after watching this review. I think you forgot to score you fortress several times ... feature : Bonus 1 point for each black buildings in your empire...you built a lot after built this fortress... thx

[@Alamoth]

This was great Tim! I just ordered this game and am really looking forward to some solo play as well. Thanks for the vid sir.

[@GreyelephantGaming]

Fantastic! Now to see if you can beat my high score! I am shooting for 100. :0)

[@yichenlin1411]

Thanks for extremely helpful run through. I got 131 points by getting 4 points (3 raids+ gallows) from each razed hand card and exchanging villagers mostly for cards and swords

[@GreyelephantGaming]

Whoa!!!!

[@dominges297]

***** thx Great Job:) Best regards from Poland

[@bookaddict777]

I did not realize this game could be played solo! Thanks for the playthrough. I hope Carmen feels better soon!

[@GreyelephantGaming]

I've played around 15 x's solo!

[@bookaddict777]

Cool!

[@TheEricBooth]

Found a much overlooked rule on page 8 of the rule book. You don't have to use a "common" card as a foundation. You can use your 'faction" cards as well.

[@GreyelephantGaming]

I apologize for the editing error at the beginning!!!

[@brockormond4131]

I'm just glad you didn't die from hypothermia from the ALS Challenge, you were gone long enough to cast doubt, lolz.

[@GreyelephantGaming]

Brock Ormond Poor Carmen has been under the weather since Gen Con. It's slowed things down a bit. However, we are working on tons of stuff! :0)

[@GreyelephantGaming]

pencilpauli We just recorded one tonight! Will be live tomorrow. Thanks for your support!

[@GreyelephantGaming]

pencilpauli The Barbarians are very Viking like. You just can't see it on display as much when you're playing solo. Against another player, they constantly steal opponents resources. It's fun! :0)

[@Jimbo_resells]

I just brought the game read through the instructions and thought I would watch a tutorial video, he seems to do about 3 or 4 things from different areas of the faction board but doesn't move the round 1 counter is this correct, can you use as of the faction areas as u want when you want until u can't do anything else. When does the solo game round end?

[@ektopia]

Great vid. Thanks,

[@StopGreenScreenchilderen]

Looks awesome! What other games have similar worker placement and have a "solo play"?

[@ericritenour9002]

One of my favorite solo play worker placement games is Viticulture

[@anyonepl81]

According to rule book, if you raze an action card ( that was used this round ) and use it as a foundation you should loose benefits it gave you.

[@petermaddern9546]

You seemed to miss out vital information. For example, you said "let's see if he has more cards than I built" but you didn't explain what happen if he does end up with more? Great video though 🙂

[@rolandoorozco599]

Great play through. I am just getting this so sorry for the late post. I have a question. I noticed that the opponent did not attack at the end of the 5th round. You simply finished your moves and moved on to count final score. Is that correct or was the opponent supposed to attack one last time?

[@GreyelephantGaming]

Man, it's been a while since I played. Sorry, I am of no help. :(

[@rolandoorozco599]

Tim Norris no worries. Thanks for responding.

[@dennishansen1413]

Rolando Orozco i’ve Got the same question :) the AI is always attack in the end round. So Yes the AI have another attack.he just skipped it :)

[@davidroseborough]

***** Don't you need a raise token to raise your own card? I was under the impression that you did but noticed you were not doing that.

[@bencheshire]

yep normally you do.

[@ilqrd.6608]

david roseborough are we just going to ignore this? I mean it's significant

[@Albertinio1994]

He did it right, check 19:50

[@errolwilde1656]

I really like this game, but the solo play looks a bit dull. I like my solo games to be challenging and interactive, not just see how many points you can get... So sad this doesn't have a better solo variant.

[@Snazgob]

Errol Wilde you probably know this as you posted this a year ago :-) but if you go to the website they have a set of solo campaign rules now which are quite good.

[@moe45673]

Do the rules actually say that as soon as you build a production building, you get the production resources it provides? Intuitively, I'd think you wouldn't get them until the next production round. Not saying you played it wrong, just desiring some explicit clarification! Excellent vid. Game reminds me of a cross between Loyang and Homesteaders, so unsure if it will fill any holes for me. Thanks so much for making this vid!

[@GreyelephantGaming]

Yes they do. Thanks for watching!

[@moe45673]

***** Ahhh, there it is, page 8 of the rulebook. Unsure how I feel about that rule, I prefer the tougher choices of building now for future gains. Excellent gameplay vid, love the way you provide post-production closeups of the cards, very professional!

[@GreyelephantGaming]

moe45673 Thank you! Really appreciate it. :0)

[@ShelleyDanielle]

I can say that the husband and I missed this rule of receiving resources as the production building was built during our first play last night and it really effects your scoring and building. It was our first time, so that likely would account for the low score somewhat, but not getting the resources right away also really lowers the amount of buildings you can build during that 'short' 5 round game play. We are going to play again tonight and I suspect we will notice a big difference in how many buildings we build and our scores.

[@GreyelephantGaming]

It will make a ton of difference! Have fun playing! :0)

[@ianlim1671]

liked!

[@Wesujin]

I'd love to get this game, but I can't find it for less than $80... ridiculous lol.

[@ryandalton-qq]

Its amazing to me how much the boardgame online market can fluctuate based on "hotness"/availability of an item. Give it some time, it'll drop soon enough :)

[@andrejespersen1363]

Ryan Dalton i assumed it was because it only got released in Europe not US to start with. and the other way around as well ATM. same issue with Xenoshyft 61£ "EU marked "england" . "due to a US release" . Not sure its has much to do with Hotness. Its just about waiting/hoping the game gets released on what ever marked side you live on. "But i do see a lot of old games or Out of print where they do pump the price up online"