Oath Chronicles of Empire and Exile Board Game - How To Play (Tarrant's BEST work? :D)

[@mrmoo2002]

I've watched a bunch of Oath tutorial videos. This is by far the most clear and concise. Well done!

[@MeepleUniversity]

🙏🥰 thank you so much for the feedback..glad to hear that

[@oerthling]

Seconded

[@MeepleUniversity]

@@oerthling thank you so much 🙏

[@taterjoe]

Highly agree!

[@MeepleUniversity]

🙏🙏😁🥰

[@bgt2701]

I believe there's an errata for the rule at 16:34, if the player has no advisor, his banner can always be taken. Errata: 5.4.1. Recover, Spend 1 Supply and Choose Target. Change the following clarification in error: “(Ignore ruined edifices and facedown advisers, since they have no suit. You cannot recover the Darkest Secret from another player if their site has no cards, but you can recover it if they have no faceup advisers.)”

[@velderak1458]

I purchased my KS copy from my FLGS this past weekend and I've watched this video about 10 times. It explains everything for a visual learner like myself. Thank you, Tarrant!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Glad it helped! Thank you for taking the time to let us know here too :D

[@michaellee6537]

Meeple University’s production quality has gotten really good.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Aww thanks so much Michael! Our new standard now lol ;P

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hi everyone, got the Oath full how to play, hope it helps you getting the game quicker to the table. Or between games. Or if you just want to know what the game is about! We do 2 parts, watch this one first, before then next one, Setup & Roller. Please let me know if you have any questions, feedback, and if you enjoy it, that would be helpful :) Thanks so much for watching 🙏

[@steverogneable]

“Then play the card you drew in one of *five* different ways.” This video is so clear and perfect, it somehow magnifies how preposterous the rule set is. I died laughing. 11:02

[@MeepleUniversity]

🤣🤣

[@alexandrebierry]

Hi :) At 15:40, you can choose to move a favor to the favor bank even if you have favor on your board. At 16:35, you can target a player with no advisers.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Alexandre, thank you, yes you are correct on both counts. The former is an error on our part; the latter is a correction which has been made to the official rules since the original printing.

[@alexandrebierry]

Hi again :) Thanks again for this great video !

Some clarifications : 
A ) 21:10 If the defender is defeated, they first kill warbands in their force (if their pawn is else where, warbands on their board are not added to their force) and then take back warbands. B ) 24:07 Offering Citizenship : You can only negotiate favor, secrets, banners and relics. You can’t negotiate binding « actions ». « Binding actions at any future time » are only possible at The Tribunal. C ) 25:15 You may become an Ally if your pawn is at a targeted site or the site of the attacker’s pawn D ) 25:33
The Ally is not forced to use and pay for a battle plan on their own advisers. E ) 26:00
You don’t need the Chancellor permission if you move warbands from your board to your site. 
(And I think you forgot this rule : With Chancellor permission, you may give or take warbands to another Imperial Player.) F ) 26:22
You refresh your Supply to the same level as the Chancellor but you still save your unspent Supply. G ) 26:42 The price is decreased if you are the Oathkeeper or hold the People’s Favor H ) 31:25 The targeted player must be at your site. I ) Finally, you didn’t explain « Peek at a Relic » or « Peek at an Imperial Relic »

[@Samsonstilwell]

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[@jcw59able]

Best how to play on Oath I’ve seen. Great job!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you so much :D for leaving comment. Have a great day!

[@papercavegames]

Phenomenal learn to play video! Thanks so much for this. I will probably still need to watch it 2-3 times before I try and teach this to my friends but looking forward to it!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Woot thank you so much for the kind words! It's not a light game, hopefully you'll enjoy the game :D

[@joshchpmn]

I know this video was a while ago, but I just needed to tell you all at Meeple University exactly how good this tutorial is and how much I've appreciated it. Oath is so weird and strange to wrap one's head around, and this video wonderfully sums up everything you need to know to play, in such a brilliant, thoughtfully constructed, no-fluff manner. Having played the game (and having taught it thrice), I'm in awe at just how clean your explanation is. I genuinely think this video is an exceptional achievement in pedagogical filmmaking. If I ever start making tutorial videos, this is what I'd want them to be like. Meeple University is up there with Watch It Played as some of the best board game teachers on the internet.

[@MeepleUniversity]

I had to google pedagogical haha. Thanks so much for your kind words 🙏🙏🙏 Hope you enjoy the game. Stella.

[@LeonardoRotaRossi]

Amazing video! Just wanted to add a tiny clarification (that I didn't see in any comments): - 12:08: chain cards can be discarded if they are face-down.

[@mei-mei9055]

Wonderful teach!! Cannot wait for my copy to arrive.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Wooot, excited for you!

[@mattparkinson8471]

Fantastic work on the teach! Thank you for the time it most have taken.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thanks so much Matt! Hehe yes a bit. Hope you enjoy the game!

[@PlaytheGameHQ]

Great and clear how to! The roll over in the game is so intriguing!!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you so much Kidsplaining! Yeah like each game will be different :)

[@yppahpeek]

Thank you for making this video as clear as possible. I'm playing my copy of Oath today for the first time and I'm both excited and really nervous to teach the rules. It's soooo complicated

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hi Andy!! Our pleasure! Haha just get them to watch this first maybe, makes your job easier? ;P . Thanks for stopping by!

[@yppahpeek]

@@Spearca we didn't play Oath in the end. Got bogged down playing/learning Terraforming Mars instead 😁😬

[@MeepleUniversity]

@@yppahpeek Oh lol. hopefully you'll play it one day :) We do our TM so, that's okay too ;P

[@daninanestean]

At 16:32 you can recover the Darkest secret from a player with no faceup advisers. It's in the errata.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thanks so much, would you be so kind as to link us to the errata please, if that's okay? :D We'll add that note on our video, and link to errata.

[@daninanestean]

@@MeepleUniversity you will find the link to the errata on this thread: boardgamegeek.com/thread/2628630/official-oath-frequently-asked-questions-faq-and-e

[@MeepleUniversity]

@@daninanestean Thanks so much, have updated!

[@wallyt8025]

Thanks for the video guys, this is super handy before playing the game! You’ve done a great great job!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hi Wally, thank you so much!

[@daninanestean]

Thanks for the video! Any plans on making a How to Play for the Clockwork Prince (bot) as well?

[@MeepleUniversity]

You're welcome 🙏🥰. Thanks for letting us know. Not sure yet at this stage, would it be useful?

[@daninanestean]

@@MeepleUniversity I think it will, since you guys explain the rules so good. Also I don't think there is a video tutorial for the bot yet.

[@MeepleUniversity]

@@daninanestean Aww thanks so much! Ok will keep that in mind, thanks for the suggestion.

[@boxcarbuddha6505]

@@MeepleUniversity I second this! There would be a lot of value in that rules teach as well.

[@MeepleUniversity]

@@boxcarbuddha6505 Hehe, ok, we'll really think about it

[@cordingdesert9566]

Very clear and straightforward. Thank you.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you so much for the visit

[@FekalKilla]

Perfect explanation for campaign. We had problems only with this part in our first game. Thank you, it cleared up all for me.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you so much for dropping in and your kind words JagarKlato. Have fun playing :)

[@viktorkm]

Great video! A tip I would suggest while teaching about Campaign, is to show the player aid for campaign, and describe how to use it and how to perform the action from this player aid. In that way player wont have to remember all the different options and requirement for campaigning in their head, but would instead know how to use the player aid to figure it out when needed. Altough I have yet to see any video tutorial where anyone have done it. Which I find suprising. Just my thoughts :) Anyway, amazing video!!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hello again Viktor :). Yes we've done this before, I cant remember which how to play video we've done that for, either on Meeple University or The Dice Tower. For this one I think we decided doing it different way, but will keep that in mind, great suggestion, thank you!

[@jamesl154]

Great Video! Very clear and concise rules explanations. I especially appreciate the explanation on the ins & outs of Citizenship. So many videos seem to gloss over this section and it’s one of the more confusing areas. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@MeepleUniversity]

Much appreciated your comments and kind words James!

[@benanderson46]

Some quality auto generated captions here 😂 thanks for the video!

[@MeepleUniversity]

I could imagine lolol. Thank you for visiting us!

[@BenjaminIMeszaros]

This is insanely helpful. Holy hells. Nice work!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you so much! :D thank you for the nice words!

[@Ragenald]

Nice work! Really enjoyed this and it was an excellent teach!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you so much J Cole for the kind words! :)

[@timcombes1702]

Great Job! This is very helpful.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thanks so much Tim :)

[@mugennn-8616]

great job

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thanks so much🙏

[@HasteHobbies]

Great explanation! Ty!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thanks very much!

[@SpiderDiscord]

Great work!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you so much!

[@wichhouse]

You guys rock so hard. Love this tutorial, and love your channel. Keep it up!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hi wichhouse, thank you so much for the kind words and encouragement friend :)

[@frankclayton5347]

Very well done!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you very much Frank!

[@SFuruli]

Thanks for the video, guys. 😊

[@MeepleUniversity]

Our pleasure Steinar! Hope you enjoy the game and teach everyone like a pro ;P

[@jsibleytube]

Thanks!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Aww thanks so much for the Applaud!

[@realarete9544]

Great video MU! Thanks for doing this.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you so much Real Arete :)

[@NemoMangelk]

If I want to stop somone who has a banner based vision. And want to just attach the banner to get rid of it. Assuming I'm on the same site as that players pawn, can I just attack the banner and not try to banish the player? If so, will the warbands on their player board still count to defence?

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hi NemoMangelk. 1) Yes, you can attack just the banner, and you are never forced to attack an opponent's pawn. The only time you are forced to choose a specific target is if the defender rules your site, in which case you must include that site among the targets. 2) Yes, the defender's warbands still count to defence. Even if the pawn isn't attacked, the warbands on the player board do count if the pawn is at an attacked site or the site of the attacker's pawn.

[@IosifStalin2]

Bravo!!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you :D

[@kirknorman2403]

At 19:16; does the chancellor/Oathkeeper get the defense die for being the Oathkeeper every time or only when the Pawn is attacked?

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hi Kirk. Every time - it is the player, not the pawn, who is considered chancellor/oathkeeper.

[@williwanderer]

why the defender (purple) doesn't get +1 dice for ruling the mountain (minute 20ish) ??

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hi William. The defender only gains the defense dice shown on the declared targets - not on all ruled sites/owned relics etc. In this case, the mountain was not declared, so the defense die is not added. (If the attacker had targeted the mountain, not only would the defender have gained an extra defense die; but the attacker would also have lost an attack die due to the effect on the lower-left corner of the site card - making it an even more difficult target to have claimed.)

[@Psil0]

I'm confused...when you flip a facedown card from your advisers, can you THEN put it in your site?

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hi Simon. Yes, that is legal - when you play a card from your facedown advisers, you have all of the same options as when you drew it in a search: playing to your site, your faceup advisers, or discarding.

[@jbparkes190]

If a players holds the Banner of the Darkest Secret, and has no face-up advisors, but is at a site with a denizen of any faction, why can you not Recover the banner from them?

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hi JB: this rule has been updated since the ruleset we used for this video. According to official Oath rules right now, you ARE allowed to recover the banner from a player with no face-up advisors.

[@mastachief16]

just wanted a little clarification: at 7:40 you said red can access "Taming Charm" but does not rule it. What's the difference between ruling and accessing a card?

[@SonicBoyster]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmGYcq2Ljsedf9E If you go back about 30 seconds they explain that.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Mastachief - you can access a card at the site where your pawn is located, but you don't rule that card unless you also have warbands there.

[@zippo7422]

Alright you bought me i hope it was a good investment :S

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hehe nice!

[@iceuni963]

wow....this is so hard

[@MeepleUniversity]

It's a complex game ;P

[@LittleBigThumbs]

Feeling that FOMO right now. Might have to investigate getting myself a copy!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hahaha sorryyyyy...

[@Botanica_Gaming]

Want a copy for scalper prices? I read in a boardgame stream that people are gonna charge $300 in the second hand market because of all the good reviews that will be released soon.

[@MeepleUniversity]

@@Botanica_Gaming wow

[@oerthling]

@@Botanica_Gaming IIRC Oath is coming to retail this summer - after KS fulfillment is done. You can then just order it directly from Leder Games.

[@diamondmeeple]

You are of indonesian origin Stella? :-)

[@MeepleUniversity]

Haha yes

[@Arcknight]

“Wake” phase? Sir that clearly says Cake.

[@MeepleUniversity]

bwahahha, I feel like cake now hmmmm

[@Bhargos]

Like with Root, I very much feel lost after reading the rules.

[@MeepleUniversity]

It's that type of game I guess ;P

[@JoostN86]

Haha what's up with that title? His best work?

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hi Joost. Haha, I think it is lol