Maracaibo Tutorial & Playthrough - JonGetsGames

[@alexxpfister]

Your fantastic video will be very usefull to many gamers. I appreciate it a lot. Thank you very much, Jon!!

[@spiozke]

Exactly, Alexander) Thank you for creating a game like that)

[@mdcs1992]

I just bought this game and not only am I excited to play it but the component quality is also excellent but...The number and types of cards stated in the rulebook don't match the actual cards in my box?! I've counted and recounted but still can't work out if cards are missing and/or which specific ones. Presently don't know if I've even got duplicates or too many of some and others just missing. Waiting for a reply from customer service but hoped there might be a simple answer? Superb game though. Can't wait to play it!!!

[@alexxpfister]

@@mdcs1992 Here are the not existing numbers: 23,26,33,39,40,47,51,53,57,60,61,63,65,66,67,69,72,74,78,79,97,98

[@mdcs1992]

@@alexxpfister Hi Alexander. Just wanted to both reply and put this message "out there." I contacted the Customer Service for your game and they (Ralph) were extremely helpful and efficient. All resolved now and thanks both to them and you for the experience and an amazing game.

[@alexxpfister]

@@mdcs1992 Good to hear!

[@sairam71]

Pretty impressive how well u can cover all Aspects of the rules and game simply playing through.

[@dennissein2119]

Now this is a great tutorial.....a true asset. Not many people can do it this well.

[@yannisguerra]

As your usual, great explanation. I already played the game, but I still found this very entertaining. I hope the game publishers notice the quality of it, and consider hiring you officially for a future game!

[@timjacobs5057]

Never have I seen such a clear, well explained tutorial. I was very intimidated by this game, but now I'm looking forward to playing this on bga with friends

[@JonGetsGames]

That is so great to hear, I hope you enjoy playing this one!

[@Crazee108]

I don't think I could've played this game without this video... I've tried watching how to and it's just so overwhelming Thanks for the effort you've placed into this video!

[@pirecrompir]

What a masterpiece of a game! I picked it up at Essen and it's currently by far my favourite game. Thanks for another excellent playthrough!

[@tonybowers9490]

Thanks for making this video. Just got Maracaibo and this video greatly helped to learn all to the rules. Extremely impressive how you play 3 players AND go over the rules. It is an excellent way to teach the game, but also a great way to give a person a great idea of how the game plays, what it's about, if they would like to purchase it, etc. Well done!

[@JonGetsGames]

I'm glad you enjoyed it and found it useful :)

[@boggerblogger]

Top notch as usual - entertaining but soooooooo useful as a reference tool as well. For when you just need that one action/section explained and don't want to scroll through 20 to 120 minutes of video.

[@wsiegel9539]

Wow Jon, Best rules and play through I have seen on this. Easy to understand the mechanics. Thanks. Now looking for it to add to the library.

[@christymills1993]

This is fantastic! it's the first tutorial I've watched for this game that actually made sense. thank you for being a rockstar!

[@Wealtharch]

This is the only video that helped me understand the game. Thanks so much

[@dshannon23]

Me: Hmmm I wonder what I'm going to do for the next two hours...Jon: I gotchu fam

[@JonGetsGames]

Haha. I was unpleasantly surprised to see this tutorial go a full hour, though much of that was just playing and not necessarily teaching. I hope you enjoy it!

[@johnnosbusch7119]

Me: Well I suppose I better get up and do those couple projects I have to finish. Jon: Here's almost 3 hours on how to play the game you are most excited about.

[@bencpower]

Jon! This is great. I've been checking your channel every day hoping you would do this walkthrough! Didn't know it was on the sched, but was hoping! Thx man, I really value your walkthroughs. A few turns in and I have any game down. :)

[@AhJong0]

Superb tutorial as always - it’s quite an overwhelming game in terms of options, with story added in? Must be even harder to stay on top of stuff!

[@billturner]

Thanks so much for this tutorial and playthrough. The way you taught this game is perfect. You learn just what you need as you come across it. So, so helpful and thorough!

[@laurentm6930]

Just wanted to say thank you for all your valuable work. As always those videos are so clear and professional. Have a nice day and two thumbs up for this tutorial ! ;)

[@tabestorm5339]

Thank you so much, Jon and of course the Patreon Supporters. I didn't know if I would understand this game, since it's considered pretty heavy, but I've seen half of the video now and it should be doable. You explain everything so clearly. And although the game has a lot of different elements, they all connect with each other.

[@luizcosta2744]

Finally, now I can play without a doubt. Great video. Thanks.

[@shanonbutler2393]

Just ordered this game and came to find information on it. This video is excellent both in terms of quality and tutorial. New sub. Thank you!

[@aljohnson5601]

Absolutely outstanding explanation and play through. Truthfully, I have watched other rules explanations and playthroughs and came away confused. I can’t imagine how much work you put into this. THANK YOU!

[@JonGetsGames]

I'm glad it helped :) This one surprisingly was only a couple hours longer than my average, the whole project took ~16 hours.

[@skipmcilvaine]

As always, your tutorial and walkthrough videos are the best in the business! Thank you!

[@middleclassboardgamer]

Getting this one for Christmas. I was excited before watching this tutorial, now I’m almost foaming at the mouth. Hurry Christmas, hurry fast!!!!

[@thiagowaddingtonbarros5069]

thanks for the amazingly clear explanation!!!! waaay better to understand after reading the rule book. A must to watch before first play.

[@jhonmd127]

Your playthroughs are the best! Thank you

[@jeremy1leedy]

I just wanted to say thank you for making these videos. It is super helpful to watch you actually play these games and as multiple players no less! I just pre-ordered a copy of Maracaibo. Can't wait to play! 😁

[@JonGetsGames]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, hope you enjoy the game when you get your copy :)

[@Mikey1223334444]

Awesome video. This really helps me understand the game and use the rule book more effectively.

[@electronicafutura203]

Thank you. You made the game and teaching the game to others so easy.

[@bose5160]

Jon I always enjoy your videos and love the ways you break down games to their essence for easy digestion while simultaneously playing them. The skip ahead links are especially helpful. Keep up the awesome job!

[@matthewgrim6359]

Never been this early lol. I hope your having a great day jon! Thanks for all the work you put in these videos!

[@jonathanhope3672]

I've always struggled with this game. Thanks for the vid

[@dansioui9819]

Wow Jon! You just lured me into heavier games after watching this very digestible play through! Well done!!

[@legolasegb]

Jon! I love your playthroughs!!!!!!!! You are the bomb!

[@daviddem9684]

Great video and explanation. Really needed it for this game!

[@goldenswordboardgaming]

Excellent video. This saved a lot of reading! Will be playing tomorrow night for the first time . :)

[@bill0804]

Fantastic!! This made learning this game so much better!!

[@shatnershairpiece]

One day you might be able to purchase this game. Finger crossed.

[@JonGetsGames]

I actually bought this game off the BGG market place a couple weeks ago since I'd heard it was sold out at the distributor level. I imagine the next printing is being fast tracked.

[@shatnershairpiece]

JonGetsGames Looks like next printing would be near end of February and will correct the miss printed cards. Capstone says this is also going to be a small print run that will not meet demands. I don’t understand this. They know that this designer’s games are popular yet since October it has barely been visible, or visible for two seconds before it sold out. Up here in Canada I saw a total of 4 copies between 4 stores, including 2 online. I guess the one advantage is that by the time the game is actually available eight months after it was released, I’m so tired of waiting and reading about it that I have already moved onto the next thing. Have you realized that your play Throughs are also working as a pseudo gameplay experience for people that will never own the game? It’s like you watch it and you feel that you almost played it, thereby saving yourself $100.

[@andygrant5894]

Hello, this is the first of your videos I’ve watched. Great job! Thanks very much, having set up the game a read of the Rules seemed quite daunting. I think I can jump right in now. Fantastic work, stay safe.

[@Sayuiv]

Late on the train, but just picked it up at UKGE, watching the playthrough to start to learn the game. Great game and as usual, awesome explanation Jon!

[@JonGetsGames]

I'm glad you found this helpful :)

[@renothompson9855]

very good presentation Jon.

[@JWentu]

you made me eager to play this. wonderful explanation as usual! thx a lot.

[@JonGetsGames]

Awesome, I hope you get a chance to play it :)

[@JWentu]

@@JonGetsGames I did! and I enjoyed it quite a lot, credit to you too for my nice experience! I always appreciate your style a lot! thx!

[@ryanrose8712]

You are awesome ! Absolutely the best playthrough videos !

[@evatar4052]

great video as always

[@pierrewhite2062]

Great tutorial. Thank you.

[@MalclypseTheElder]

Great tutorial, thanks. Also a really fun and interesting game!

[@miguelangeln9470]

Thank you very much for the explanation. It seems harder than GWT, at first sight many more things

[@kingxerocole4616]

I don't use patreon, but I'm supporting you through paypal because you make such clear and useful tutorial videos. I appreciate that you don't try to explain everything at once.

[@JonGetsGames]

Thanks!

[@martinkoch8331]

Amazing job with this tutorial! Thanks!

[@Zacht1980]

21:18 - This shot created a Magic Eye effect for me. The crown card looks like it's popping out of the screen.

[@angelamarie5626]

Very helpful video. Thank you.

[@markerhardt7122]

At 38:38 the green player engaged in combat. The combat card said if the 3rd place country is chosen the player gets +3 combat. France and Spain had 1 & England had none. So England was chosen so the green player could receive the extra +3 combat. However, since France & Spain each have 1 wouldn’t they be tied for first place and England would be in second place. Which means there is no Country in 3rd place? Right...or wrong?

[@JonGetsGames]

That's an interesting question. I looked it up again and it turns out the specific wording is "the player with the least ownership markers", not specifically "the nation in 3rd place". I feel like they should have used up and down arrows instead of 1. and 3. for those icons.

[@markerhardt7122]

Ahh, ok....makes sense. Thanks!

[@gogocze]

Great tutorial

[@АндрейГорюшкин-о9ы]

Great Western trail, oh my goods and mombasa in one viedo :D

[@pawepiechota4990]

Very good video. Thank you 👍

[@Olvenskol]

Super video. Thanks!

[@petermobius]

Thanks Jon!

[@Chlorophilic]

You outdid yourself once again, Jonathan! I'm thinking event lighting falls a little short of your talent =) The albeit few dislikes is a mystery to me.

[@JonGetsGames]

At this point I think the dislikes might be a bot considering how quickly and consistently they show up. It's possible that there are a couple people who subscribe just to downvote I suppose :P Glad you enjoyed this :)

[@mdcs1992]

@ jongetsgames just starting my first game. From the symbology, when does a number on a shield mean increase on your VP Income track as opposed to increasing on the actual Victory Point Track. Similarly when does a number on a coin icon mean cash and when does it mean just moving up the income track? Finding your videos both helpful and entertaining. It's clear a lot of care and effort goes into producing them. Thank you.

[@JonGetsGames]

When icons have a red background they are one time, if they have green backgrounds then they are ongoing income.

[@dominges297]

Great Job! Thx!

[@jerrybaker9110]

Jon gets it

[@adelfaidah3224]

Awesome explanation. Super helpful. Period.

[@tzgardner]

42:40 Are you saying that if you had 2 compass' you would get that benefit 2 times?

[@JonGetsGames]

Yes, you get the benefit shown on the left side of the tile a number of times equal to your compasses. The compasses don't affect the benefits on the right though.

[@pooyaostadpour5298]

Sorry, a quick question. In 38:48, aren't France & Spain both tied for the 1st place, as they each have a single cube on the map, and therefore England is not the third, but the second? (as a while before, you said that France is in the 1st place and Spain and England are tied for the 2nd place, so no one is in the 3rd).

[@JonGetsGames]

Technically the bonus goes to the country in "last place", the iconography isn't great and I should have been more clear about that.

[@DriveThruReview]

Excellent! Rulebook schmoolbook.

[@JonGetsGames]

I advise giving it a read even after this tutorial, I certainly skipped over some things trying to keep it short. Doesn't look like I succeeded with that goal :P

[@DriveThruReview]

Oh I will. Part of the “job description”. But it will be a much quicker consume now ;)

[@JonGetsGames]

@@DriveThruReview Good to hear :) Something similar happened to me actually. I read the rulebook twice before BGGcon and did NOT feel like I had it all down but then I met someone who had played 5 times and wanted to teach with their copy! I was so thankful to get a play in before I had to teach it.

[@iamspamus8784]

Hey Jon, Great run through. Did you go through this first round really quickly as a tutorial or was this "normal"? No one hit the villages or a few of the other cities. Just wondering.

[@JonGetsGames]

From my experience this is about how the game usually plays. It's true that players could go WAY slower as long as everyone collectively decided to do that. This would make the game significantly longer, but players are incentivized by the mechanics to try and speed ahead. You get more village actions and if you think your opponent is getting more from this round then you are then rushing the end means you'll get more points then them and you can hopefully disrupt their plans.

[@MrPeet2709]

Great tutorial they should put a QR code link to this one in the manual .

[@billjensen51]

Maracaibo is the game that needed an art update more than Great Western Trail in my opinion.

[@fabricedelorme8836]

This tutorial is very well made and pleasant but you made a mistake at setup : you shuffle the A and B decks before giving 8 cards to players. In game it make a huge difference cause you start with a "master builder" (a B card) which is the more powerful card of the game. Thanks for all your playthrough, I take a lot of pleasure to watch it and making my English better (I'm French). Fab

[@JonGetsGames]

Ah, yeah you are correct sorry about that! Glad you enjoyed the video overall.

[@alisonjohnson8623]

Is this a correction? I checked the rules in the game I bought last month and it says deal 8 cards from deck A to each player before adding the 40 cards from deck B.

[@fabricedelorme8836]

Alison You're right. You have to deal cartes from deck A to players. In thé playthrough Jon start with a master builder (a vert strong card of the B stack) but it's a mistake. Frenchfab

[@Unlovableidiot]

Lets goo babyyyy

[@Cleansweep38]

Just before 51:00 you did blacks free action of removing 1 helper and gaining money from your career card, but I believe you missed getting your victory points.

[@JonGetsGames]

At that moment we didn't have enough influence to get the money and points reward, we decided to just take the money reward then because having that money to spend on a card seemed too good to wait on.

[@chrisjohnphillips6352]

What is your top 3 Alexander Pfister games?

[@JonGetsGames]

Probably Isle of Skye, Maracaibo: Cooperative, then Boonlake.

[@alisonjohnson8623]

Can you explain the quests on the sailing track? The rule book I have says to just put the 3 out on the bottom in the explorer track.

[@JonGetsGames]

There is a setup card which explains where to put quests on the sailing track.

[@alisonjohnson8623]

JonGetsGames is it part of the campaign? By the way, I love your videos! I have a TBI so I can have a hard time learning new games but your videos always help!

[@JonGetsGames]

@@alisonjohnson8623 If you don't play with the campaign then you are suppose to use a setup card that is easy, medium, or hard complexity as part of setup. I used "easy " for this play through and that card explains where to put the quest tokens on the sailing track.

[@alisonjohnson8623]

JonGetsGames I guess I missed that part of the instructions. I’ll try again tonight. Thank you!

[@alisonjohnson8623]

JonGetsGames I’m so glad I watched your video! I completely missed #14 Making Decisions in the rule book🤦🏻‍♀️.

[@jimbraden4909]

When doing the green combat a little before 39:43 you gave green 7 combat strength which you arrived at by adding the 3 bonus and the 4 from the ship. England had 0 strength from the card. After doing the resolutions green should only have 1 strength left not 2. Good play through thank you

[@JonGetsGames]

My understanding here is they spent 4 of their 7 which left them with 3, and then they added 2 of their 4 strength to get to 5 to do a double influence. It looks to me like they should still end their turn with 2 strength unless I am still missing something.

[@Crazee108]

Only first player to trigger end of round gets the 3 points?

[@JonGetsGames]

Yep!

[@Crazee108]

Does the face up cards reload straight away?

[@JonGetsGames]

I don't fully remember if it's immediate or at the end of a player's turn, sorry.

[@Crazee108]

@@JonGetsGames no worries!

[@Physiology-E-Paathshala]

U have not told how to set up this game...Did you make a separate video for that??

[@JonGetsGames]

No, I don't show setup because generally rulebooks are very clear about how to do this and my videos focus on teaching the gameplay instead.

[@mr.rogers7612]

Think automa Jean would be okay as a third player?

[@JonGetsGames]

I haven't looked into any Automa options, so I can't really say.

[@jonreed6548]

I'm not seeing a Klingon option. Great video tutorial though!

[@JonGetsGames]

Oops, looks like I forgot to publish it last time I made an edit. It should be fixed now, sorry about that.

[@cra2927]

I had no idea this game existed lol

[@JonGetsGames]

I've really enjoyed it :)

[@Atlas-FM8]

What a weird choice to use laser looking things on the board to show you're going deeper into the jungle. Why not use ancient ruins instead?

[@JonGetsGames]

They do pop off the board for good visibility, but I agree that the design of them would have been done in such a way to match the theme better.

[@burga9662]

Pongan gaitas

[@endu84]

I really like your videos! My only input is your voice is too nasal, sometimes hard to understand and slightly annoying.