Ark Nova | ARNO Solo Variant | Playthrough | With Colin

[@DevilboyScooby]

I started playing with the Arno 3 update, and it's even better. It's made me (as a predominantly solo gamer) go from 'meh, I feel I may have wasted my money' to 'omg, this game is great." So thanks to both you and the Brother Murph for introducing me to this variant! Hopefully, any future releases will make this the default, as the base solo game is a little underwhelming.

[@SaschaKleiber]

Awesome, finally an Arno Playthrough by Colin! ;) Love Arno as well, way better than the official solo mode. Btw., there’s a Webapp-Implementation of Arno!

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Oh that's awesome!!!! Thanks so much for letting me know and for watching!

[@Premka81]

Nice playthrough, maybe add a comment on 1:10:04 that Arno should have taken Animals action on a 7, Appeal +6 :)

[@DevilboyScooby]

How is anyone supposed to keep a golden eagle in a regular enclosure? Surely it would just fly off? 😂

[@SBod43]

Made Me Smile, You Saying Money Is Normally Not A Problem , Then Spend Most Of The Game Needing Money😁

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Haha!! I know!

[@pegwin7743]

FYI, the monkey's name is pronounced ma-KAK :)

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Thanks!

[@davidko9289]

That was quite a comeback. The regular solo play seemed fine, but Arno seems like not much upkeep for something much more resembling multiplayer.

[@OneStopCoopShop]

You've got it! I like that it replicates the multi-player and you can't count the number of rounds remaining.

[@Moxnzl]

Awww yeah, another Colin Solo playthrough! :D

[@OneStopCoopShop]

You better believe it!

[@ChimeratAlpha]

Thanks for this. I was eyeballing the solo RAW rules, and wasn't overly excited about trying them out. Might give ARNO a spin, once This War of Mine is off my gaming table. EDIT: Hmm... the handy rules cards you're using are not a part of the PDF at the link you shared, from that I can see. That is unfortunate. EDIT 2: Nevermind. You need to open a drop-down and there they are.

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Ok good glad you found them! It's quite intuitive and I certainly enjoy this game!!

[@veljkoagatonovic4929]

Love this playthrough. I played official solo but Arno looks way more interesting.

[@OneStopCoopShop]

I like it a ton!

[@RuddeyBoy90]

Great playthrough! I really like the close ups so I can see what is actually happening :)

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@GrandElemental]

Oh wow, I have played this game tens of times now and I've never seen someone to get to 13 conservation points without completing a single conservation project! That is hilarious!

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Not sure if that is a good thing or not but I'll take it!! Haha!!

[@ackvet]

No matter how many errors you made, you have been just amazing!

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Haha!! Thanks so much for watching!!

[@martinvoetman8717]

Cool video. Will play with arno next time. Quick question. Do you always Block off the left donations in a 2 player game?? Thanx! Greetz feom holland

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Thanks for watching and yes you block the left donation in a 2 player game!

[@pencilpauli9442]

ARRRGH NO! is what I often say after rolling dice...oh, it's ARNO. never mind! lol Macaque is pronounced macaque. HTH 😜 It's mah-cack. There's a poo joke in there but I don't want to lower the tone. lol

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Hahaha!!!!

[@Renegade_KT]

I'm always with you till the end. Duh! ;) Glad to see you back. It seems like a while since you last posted a video. Hope you're doing great man. Btw, this video came out at a perfect time for me since I was about to try the Arno or Hanna variants. I've already played the solo mode of Ark Nova, but I feel like the 27 rounds was limiting. Especially the last round where you only have 2 turns to act before the end game. Also, no being able to gain X for break is painful as I find the X tokens to be very powerful especially by the end of the game. Thanks for the video. It was great to watch

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Thanks so much Kevin!!! And glad to help out and I hope you enjoy the variant!!

[@stormquiver]

sooooooooo many people posted about Ark Nova today (25th), my group played it 3 player as well. such an awesome game. that arno variant is pretty cool, I might have to try it. Though I still haven't played it solo with the official rules yet. awesome playthrough, looking forward to more. congratz on the win.

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Haha awesome! Thanks so much for watching!!

[@shantelalbert7151]

Thank you for your hard work Colin, fantastic playthrough and great to know there is this other solo option as I had previously not enjoyed ark Nova much solo and don't really have anyone to play the heavier games with, can't wait to give this a go =)

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Glad to help and hope you enjoy it! It's quite fun!

[@kreonish]

Can arno put his Worker on conservation project which i have player and its already ob the board? I think yes right? So i would roll for example for his cards on hand then on base projects and for project which is kb the board by me? Or im ignoring this and Heš always playing cards either from hand or basic projects thanks

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Gosh, I don't remember. I'd recommend asking on BGG!

[@kreonish]

@@OneStopCoopShop np thanks anyway🙂

[@jakermaker9697]

Love this game solo more than I do competitive (still great) but will have to give this a shot! Thanks for the video Colin and glad you enjoyed yourself :)

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Interesting! I still prefer competitive but overall the game is just awesome!!

[@bookaddict777]

I still need to get this game to the table! Thanks for the play through, Colin. I did not know anything at all about the ARNO variant.

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Get it out!! It's awesome Stasia!!

[@JRTG85]

34:04 isnt the asia icon (top right) on the same card usefull to fulfill the asia requierement?

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Nope you can't use a tag on the card you are playing!

[@Janita_S]

2nd time I watch this video, I will probably watch it a third time in the future!

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Nice!! Thanks so much for watching and re watching!! 😁

[@Avyncentia]

Nice job on this playthrough! Thanks for showcasing the solo variant.

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Bryant_P]

Just bought this game! and very excited to play! great video!

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@patriziopastore9895]

I read a lot of positive comments about this game but never played… I will consider soon or later to take one copy of it

[@OneStopCoopShop]

If you like terraforming Mars you'll enjoy this one!!

[@1n1ee]

Hi Colin! Was this game a keeper for you??

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Still have it! Don't play solo though mostly just competitive!

[@kmechwarrior1684]

Did they change the rules for ARNO? The copy of the rules I'm looking at says it always picks the Association Worker at 2 Conservation...

[@OneStopCoopShop]

I'm not sure I just downloaded what was on bgg! It was a version 2 so maybe?

[@kmechwarrior1684]

@@OneStopCoopShop Not sure, just checked and the version on BGG and that I printed mentions that specifically under Page 2, Random Selection. RANDOM SELECTION: Sometimes ARNO’s choices are determined by rolling a die with equal possibilities for all possible options/results:
If ARNO receives an undetermined bonus, for example by advancing on the Conservation track, it will be randomly determined among all possible bonuses.
However, once ARNO reaches 2 conservation points, he always chooses to take an additional association worker Either way, awesome play! You made things harder on yourself with the extra upgrade ARNO got but still kicked his butt :)

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Huh cool!! I'll make a note thanks for that!!

[@pencilpauli9442]

Nice one Colin! Don't think I would get this just for solo play tbh but it looks fun, and who doesn't love all the animals! lol Thanks for the playthrough. As a matter of interest, how do you rate the standard solo mode?

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Thanks Paul! I think the solo mode included is fine but it's essentially a beast your own score game so I don't love those types of solo games. This variant I like a lot more

[@pencilpauli9442]

@@OneStopCoopShop Yeah I find that beating my own score is not so fulfilling as beating an AI system, or having an objective to achieve. Also, if I'm honest, I am too lazy too want to add up the score! lol

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Hahaha! This one at least you do it as you play!

[@tylersingleton9017]

Thanks for the great video! What are those tokens you are using? I'll love to get a set

[@OneStopCoopShop]

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[@OneStopCoopShop]

I love them and use them as currency in any game I can!!

[@tylersingleton9017]

@@OneStopCoopShop amazing, thank you so much!

[@rachellemazar7374]

Thank you for this, we just got Ark Nova and reading through the game book made this game seem intimidating. Watching you play through make it all make sense.

[@OneStopCoopShop]

So glad to help! It's a wonderful game!!

[@alexbove106]

This is a great playthrough for learning the rules while also seeing the flow of gameplay. Well done! I think when you took that 1st Archeologist bonus, an extra worker would have been better. You could have immediately used it to take an Association action, and then your next round would also have been more productive. Getting those workers out early is so powerful!

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Great point!! Appreciate you watching!!

[@a.garcia4180]

Loving all this stuff my dude! Hoping for a play of dawn if the zeds if you have it 😅

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Thanks so much! I believe Mike did that one on the channel I don't own it sadly!

[@pencilpauli9442]

Yeah, Mike has played Dawn of the Zeds a couple of times iirc Looks a great game

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Thanks Paul!!

[@JLH111176]

kept saying you not always going to use slot 5, If you can play entire game only using slot 5 why would you not do that though ?

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Good question! Sometimes you want to do a different action than what is in slot 5. Otherwise the game would play itself