Living Forest - How To Play

In this video, we're going to learn how to play Living Forest! If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to post them in the KZbin comments below, ensuring you abide by our Code of Conduct: watchitplayed.tv/code-of-conduct.
CORRECTION: Please note that if there are no more Fire tiles in the Circle of Spirits after Onibi's attack, you add one Fire tile of value 2.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:34 - Setup
03:44 - Game Play Overview
03:58 - The Goals Of The Game
04:52 - The Guard Animals Phase
05:23 - Being Forced To Stop (Black Circles)
06:01 - Using Fragment Tokens
06:40 - White Circle Symbols
07:32 - Running Out Of Cards In Your Deck
07:45 - The Action Phase
08:21 - Action: Plant One Protective Tree
09:44 - The Double Action Tree
10:02 - Planinting In A Corner
10:18 - Winning With Trees Reminder
10:49 - Action: Attracting One (or More) Guardian Animals
12:04 - Action: Extinguish Fire
12:54 - Winning With Fires Tokens Reminider
13:13 - Action: Taking A Fragment
13:27 - Action: Moving Forward On The Circle Of Spirits
14:40 - Hopping Over An Opponent
15:18 - Filling In THe Other Corner Spaces
15:42 - Action Phase Summary
15:55 - The End Of Round Phase
18:51 - Ending The Game
19:08 - The Sacred Flower Winning Goal
19:43 - Winning The Game
20:36 - Conclusion
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[@daem0nfaust]

It seems complex because of the number of options you can do, but each makes sense really quickly and intuitively. I love how you have multiple viable win paths.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Yes, I've enjoyed the multiple paths as well!

[@aderahman5056]

No one can explain games better than Rodney 💜💜

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very glad you're enjoying!

[@Arwen718]

I really appreciate how well you break down games that have a lot of different components! Looking forward to playing this with my family!!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks for the kind words - I hope you all have a great time!

[@futuregreengirl2908]

We had trouble understanding gameplay after reading the instructions but your video made it so clear for us. THANK YOU!

[@WatchItPlayed]

So nice of you to say, have a great time playing!

[@chuckmiller6278]

Thank you for what you do! You really make understanding game rules so much better than just reading the rulebook!

[@WatchItPlayed]

So nice of you to say, glad to know the videos have been helpful.

[@blackdragoncyrus]

The art of this game looks really pretty.

[@henriwhitehead]

Great video! Our household loves nature themed games, so this could fit right in.

[@richardadam845]

Excellent, excellent explanation - great job! Thank you very much for the thorough walk through. Saved the game night! :)

[@WatchItPlayed]

So glad you it enjoyed it Richard!

[@crlukische]

I look forward to your videos because you do such a great job explaining board games. Thanks so much!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very kind of you to say - thanks!

[@aghoorchian]

Thank you for yet another fantastic explanation! You are my go to source for learning games

[@WatchItPlayed]

That is so nice of you to say - it is my pleasure!

[@jenniferneumann4484]

Thanks, for the great explanation! This was the best one that I have ever heard!

[@WatchItPlayed]

So nice of you to say Jennifer - glad you enjoyed!

[@inspired2game]

Just picked up this one, great timing!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Have a great time playing!

[@BelleAim]

Thank you for doing this video! This game is just what I was looking for! I hope it’s easy to find 😄 Love the artwork and theming. I’m such a sucker for bright & beautiful artwork that’s heavily themed. Especially when plants, animals, or trees are involved. As always, your videos wonderfully explain the rules so now I feel ready to play! Cheers!

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope you get a chance to try it soon and have fun playing - thanks for the kind words!

[@supamongkollimsuvech1834]

I bought it once I saw that you made the video of it. You are the best, Rodney!

[@WatchItPlayed]

You're very kind Ben - have a great time playing!

[@FostertheMeeple]

We played this game once on BGA without looking at the rules, this would have been very helpful but yay now we know how to play!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Never too late to learn :)

[@ZoidbergForPresident]

One of my fave games of the time!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you've enjoyed it!

[@oscarsalazar5122]

Thank you so much for the video!

[@WatchItPlayed]

You’re very welcome - have a great time playing!

[@nadinagrigule1576]

Thank you! 🙏🌟

[@WatchItPlayed]

You're very welcome!

[@RulebooksForYou]

It’s a keeper in my collection!

[@WatchItPlayed]

SO nice to know you've enjoyed it!

[@RulebooksForYou]

@@WatchItPlayed it’s cool player interaction and choices!

[@teejleague3838]

There is an expansion for this game, either out or going to be out soon. It will be interesting to see what mechanisms are used in it!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Yeah, I’m interested to see what it adds too!

[@SuluKarpuz]

Great video thanks. 🤩like an Audio GuideBook

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very kind of you to say :)

[@WatchItPlayed]

CORRECTION: Please note that if there are no more Fire tiles in the Circle of Spirits after Onibi's attack, you add one Fire tile of value 2.

[@SuluKarpuz]

what are max fire tiles in the Circle of Spirits?

[@WatchItPlayed]

@@SuluKarpuz I shot this long enough ago I don't remember the rules by memory (and I don't have the rule book handy to check for you right now), but if the video doesn't indicate there is a maximum, than there isn't one.

[@forthewaterz]

Thank you as always for your thorough and wonderfully put together videos! FYI, one minor error I noticed at 18:32 you said fire is only added for cards that were purchased during that round, but please note the rule at bottom of page 14 in the rulebook: "If there are no more fire tiles in the circle of spirits after onibi's attack, add one fire tile of value 2."

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank you so much for bringing that to my attention. An unintended oversight. I'm going to pin a comment and add a note to the description.

[@forthewaterz]

I am genuinely in awe of how you are able to write, shoot, and edit so so many videos, organize the rules explanations usually better than the board game designers and be so consistently accurate, and still find the time to reply to comments and make corrections months later. You and your team are treasures!

[@WatchItPlayed]

@@forthewaterzThe only thing I regret is missing that rule in the first place! You'll help ensure others don't in the future, so thank you. And I always appreciate the reminder to stay diligent!

[@MudroZvon]

Unique trees!!! I lost because I didn't know about this Also I only bought 1 card only, didn't know that I can buy two cards in one action

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very glad this was helpful!

[@casperspanggaard7397]

Paula, please do a solo playthrough 🤞🏻 there is official solo rules on BGG 😃

[@ZoidbergForPresident]

And in the expansion! ;)

[@casperspanggaard7397]

@@ZoidbergForPresidentwe can't wait until it comes out 🙈

[@timeafarkas]

So fragment tiles can be freely taken as an action without any symbols for them? I thought you can only get them as a bonus 😮

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad this video helped!

[@casperspanggaard7397]

I'm curious as to what the error that made you take down the video was? 🙈

[@WatchItPlayed]

I misspoke about a calculation.

[@casperspanggaard7397]

@@WatchItPlayedah I see. Yeah that's not good 😅 Thanks for the answer and always amazing videos 😃👍🏻

[@adrianwoodruff1885]

I'm surprised there isn't a 'Everyone lose' condition by having the sacred tree burned down.

[@nathannorton2093]

Bought this one before the video even finished. Bad, Rodney, bad. Making me spend my money...

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you enjoyed wat you saw - have a great time playing Nathan!