New York Zoo | HOW TO PLAY Uwe Rosenberg's (Newest) Polyomino Game!

[@nedeljkodukic7279]

This rulebook was all over the place and completely unorganised. This is one of those rulebooks that really need a short summary overview. Your video was exactly what I was looking for. Great explanation!

[@stephaniemoore2519]

This is the 3rd video I've watched on how to play this game. This one is easily the best explanation of the rules, and I love the quick walk through of a turn. Thanks.

[@mboyce8853]

Excellent rundown of the rules--way better than reading the rulebook. Thanks!

[@AllYouCanBoard]

Thanks Matthew! Glad to hear you found it helpful. Hope you have a fun time with New York Zoo, I've been really enjoying it!

[@leahyoga2006]

Thank you for making this video! This was very helpful in understanding how to play the game.

[@worm1618]

The elephant should move in clockwise order. In the example you show, it moves counterclockwise.

[@briancompton6412]

I was just about to mention that but I see you pointed it out a year ago. Good catch!

[@sherlockhomeless7138]

I love all these animal and nature games: New York Zoo, Ark Nova, Cascadia, Everdell, Parks.. and 'Earth' sounds very promising too.

[@AllYouCanBoard]

I can vouch for New York Zoo, Cascadia and Everdell! All great experiences.

[@rossmartens1690]

Great work. Best explanation I've found for New York Zoo! Subscribed!

[@AllYouCanBoard]

Thanks a lot, Ross! Glad you liked the video and found it helpful. Thanks for the sub, see you around the comments!

[@gcanceko]

Thank you for the great breakdown! I love good board game teaches because they help my kids work on their listening skills as well as show models of how to improve their public speaking skills.

[@kylaulbricht]

Got this game for Christmas but haven’t taken the time to learn it. Thank you for making it less overwhelming! Can’t wait to try it.

[@AllYouCanBoard]

Awesome, it's a very fun game! One of my favourite Polyomino games for sure. Glad you enjoyed the video! -Dylann

[@alisonwentland3765]

Thank you! I was on the fence about buying this game and some videos I’ve watched made the rules seem sooooo complicated. This video has pushed me the other way. Thank you for making the game play seem so much simpler.

[@karldoughty7996]

Definitely the best explanation of the game. Glad I decided to watch. Thank you. The rule I missed from the rule book and other videos is being able to take one animal of ANY kind instead of the 2 that are pictured. You made it very clear 😊 Another subscriber 👍🏼

[@AllYouCanBoard]

Thanks for the high praise, Karl! And really glad it helped you out and you enjoyed it. Thanks for subscribing, see you around the comments!

[@SheikYoboddi]

Excellent tutorial. Watched the publisher's how to play video and left confused about a couple of rules. After watching yours I'm confident I can teach it to my friends tonight. Thank you

[@VicInCommentSection]

I watched a few how-to-play videos for this game, and this instructional video is the best and clearest one. Thank you!

[@dmillar71]

Thanks for the video. Made learning the game super simple, you were concise, audio was great, and the format was easy to follow. Earned a subscribe.

[@stephenbethell7548]

Thanks ! Just bought the game today, in Russian , to play with my Russian son and family . I’m British so the video is a big help

[@AllYouCanBoard]

Glad you found the video helpful, Stephen!

[@DaweDelete]

I have to agree, that was very good explanation of the game! I'm looking forward to play it this week. Subscribed.

[@AllYouCanBoard]

Glad it helped you out! Enjoy your play of it, I really like New York Zoo! - Dylann

[@elinem8526]

So thankful you made this video, making the game less overwhelming 👏🏼

[@AllYouCanBoard]

You're very welcome, Eline! So glad you found it helpful! 😊

[@anneriksson9936]

A great quick start! We played this game yesterday and it took sooooooo long time to get to setup and starting. Turns out we missed three different rules 😂 Otherwise a great game, loved it! Thank you!

[@joellen5984]

Really enjoyed the very clear instructions. I was a bit confused with some other video's so this was immensely helpful! Subscribed and looking forward to watching more video's and catching up on one's I missed!

[@nerfbuff9705]

Great explanation. Thanks!

[@boscoszeto9362]

Aint you meant to move the elephant clockwise?

[@jasoncreel5875]

Dude, this video was great!

[@AllYouCanBoard]

Glad you liked it!

[@marinakovalenko8189]

Great explanation, quick and clear, thank you

[@brmm48]

Thank you!!! Saved us so much grief

[@eburns-nc]

This is super-helpful, thank you!

[@AllYouCanBoard]

No problem, Eric. Glad it helped you out. Enjoy New York Zoo!

[@spiozke]

Yeah. The zoo is awesome. Thank you!

[@AllYouCanBoard]

It really is. 🙂 Thanks for watching, Dmitry!

[@joakimnilsson261]

Well explained! You rule!

[@joshyaks]

This was such an excellent and helpful video! Immediately subscribed to support a fellow content creator! :)

[@Golden_Mustang]

Really great video explanation!

[@AllYouCanBoard]

Thanks Sarah! Appreciate it.

[@IncurableHam]

Great video! I could be misreading the rulebook, but I think you only get the extra bonus of moving an animal from a House to an Enclosure when placing an animal (either via the Take Animals locations or via breeding), but not when moving animals onto a newly-placed Enclosure tile. This is very nuanced since you can move 1-2 animals onto a newly-placed Enclosure so you would still be able to do the example you described in the video (move an animal onto the new Enclosure tile, then move a matching animal from a House onto the new Enclosure tile)

[@johnrudolph9002]

After you place an enclosure tile you havr 4 options: 1) you can move 1 or 2 animals from your houses; 2) move 1 animal from your house and one from another enclosure; 3) just move 1 animal from another enclosure; 4) or just move 1 animal from a house.

[@markyika617]

@@johnrudolph9002 yea so when you place a new tile you can place 2 animals as part of THAT action no need to use the bonus rule right?

[@nedeljkodukic7279]

​@@johnrudolph9002can't you also move 2 animals in total from 2 different enclosures? That's what I heard in the video.

[@diamondmeeple]

Pretty fun to play on Boardgamearena.

[@xshadowscreamx]

Breeding should have been simplified, a few too many tiny rules. Also the rule on forgoing the 2 animals you have to take and just pick whatever animal you want makes landing on a specific animal space less important and that’s not a good thing.

[@johnrudolph9002]

One thing to add. When passing a breeding spot, it applies to all players, not just the active player.

[@5ammy13]

Much much better than the Capstone Games video. Thank you.

[@easystarallstar89]

Thank you for explaining! One question: How can passing the breeding space cause both players to win at the same time? Surely only the player passing the breeding space can breed their animals, no?

[@adamthemute]

Does the bonus breeding action apply potentially 2 times, or just once per turn?

[@PBMatthews254]

Still a little confused on one thing for me. What if i place out a tile and take two animals from other tiles and place them on the new one. Can i still grab the bonus animal from one of my houses? Or is it absolutely just a max of 2 being able to put a tile in your turn?

[@renilsingh628]

Very helpful tutorial...thanks a lot! Question on animal placement. Say I get a fox and penguin and place them in empty enclosure A and B, and consequently get 1 more fox and penguin from Barn/house. So now both enclosures have 2 animals each. Now can I move 3 kangaroos from enclosure C which already has 4 kangaroos to another empty enclosure D? So in same turn I moved animals into enclosures A, B and D? :)

[@PaulMazzoni]

Good explanation and I agree that the rulebook makes the simple a bit convoluted. But at the 5:07 mark, I am still a little confused by why the “bonus action” is so special. Are you saying that I cannot simply take both of the meerkats from the houses (instead of one from the enclosure and one from the house)? Or would it be more like I have 3 meerkats on the houses and I place two as my regular action and a 3rd as a bonus?

[@johnrudolph9002]

You could move 2 from your houses but there is no bonus. The most you can put into an enclosure on a single turn is 2 animals. The way he explained it isn't a bonus. That is part of how to place animals when placing an enclosure tile.