King of Tokyo Strategy Primer

[@iyaadrizvi3007]

Awesome vid.

[@ThomasGiles]

Great primer for KoT. As there's not that much strategy to this game, I had figured out a lot of this already, but for new players it could be useful. Good job.

[@LennoxLewis86]

I've played a lot of Yahtzee and I've come to learn how much you can count on theoretic probabilities to score well. Here you get an additional die and a lot of options. I would almost always go for a mix of energy and numbers strategy. The probability of rolling either 2,2 3,3 or E,E on the first roll is really good. I would keep those and press for more of those numbers (hopefully getting some free energy on the side). The main strategy is to race to 20 VP but you divide that by rolling numbers and buying tech cards and maybe one turn of Tokyo. If, for example, you average 2 points and 2 energy on your turns you accumulate 10 straight VP and 10 energy in 5 turns, setting you up for a sprint to 20, trying to up the average to 3.3 (cards help with that), winning in 8 turns total. Aggressive players are forced to roll a lot of punches and HAVE to control Tokyo for multiple turns to equal your income. Meanwhile they're a target and take damage. I can't see how that strategy is viable. Only when everybody else is trying to do the exact same you are doing, then it's smart to try and be aggressive. But it only takes one player to contest you for Tokyo and the tech/VP players have much better chances of winning. I would also like to note that diplomacy is important here. Since the tech and/or VP strategy involves re-rolling most punches you are counting on someone else to contest the aggressive player. Don't be shy to point out the leader, and how important Tokyo is. Sometimes you might even have to punch yourself, because smart players will see that you're avoiding control of Tokyo. But considering that you have to weave in one turn of full control of Tokyo for the VP strategy you can hit two birds with one stone.

[@BoardInTheHouseBGAplayer]

Miss this type of content. 😔

[@Gast30]

Great videos and great job. I would like to see a video for Puerto Rico board game. It's a classic game that I enjoy a lot.

[@TheForbiddenLimb]

Thanks for stopping by! Yeah, Puerto Rico has been on my list for a formal analysis for a while so I will move that up on the list a bit. Good call!

[@downrivergaming4730]

Great Videos Sir. I look forward to seeing more. Id love to see a video for splendor. I win almost every time I play if im really trying and id love to see if your thinking is similar to mine.

[@TheForbiddenLimb]

Thanks! I have played quite a few games of Splendor and I think it would be a good fit for one of these analyses. I actually started sketching the viable high-level strategies I could come up with a couple weeks ago so I'll try to knock that out before too long.

[@RichardMatney]

Thanks for the video! I'd like to add a few things and challenge a couple of your points as well... (to build some credibility, I earned my Space Penguin) Aggressive: In a larger game you want to be very careful with this, because you can become a target quickly. Personal opinion would be to trigger this at a point in the game (vs the whole game) that you feel is most effective. This is an amazing strategy while in Tokyo, because you hit everyone outside of Tokyo, and if you can hit them hard enough then they spend their turn trying to heal and your carnage can continue on your next turn. Passive: (also called "turtling") as you said this can definitely be an effective strategy. However, you don't ever have to enter Tokyo. I've seen many players win by simply hanging out and getting victory points. If you do enter Tokyo and you have a bunch of victory points you will be an easy target to try to take out. So, if you do go into Tokyo do it early game to get yourself off to a hopeful quick start. Tech: My gaming group just played this Monday and one of the guys accumulated over 12 cards and got enough victory points to win. This can be a very effective strategy, but is a much more advanced one. Single cards can make big differences in what your opponent does. There are some that can become more powerful when there's only 2 of you left. Side note: this strategy is even more crazy in King of New York! The cards really change things up and can be really wicked. Please, feel free to comment back and counter anything you think I may have missed or miscalculated.

[@TheForbiddenLimb]

Thanks for the comment, Richard! I do agree with your points here - all very valid. Their overarching moral is that, although these strategies give you a nice framework to use, you also have to adapt to what the game throws at you as you make tactical decisions. Thanks for spending the time to share your thoughts with everyone!

[@RichardMatney]

Thanks for taking the time to make the video.

[@twitchster77]

Huh? I'm just here to hang with the dog. lol :p