Pax Pamir - (Quackalope Gameplay)

[@nathansmith5738]

Lord Jess Quack Opened the door to the Russian Official's chamber. And saw said official having tea with the last two people Jess ever wanted to see. The official, oblivious to the massive rivalry he just invited into his court, greeted Jess warmly 'Ah! Mr. Quack, our good fortune is ever improving! Some of your close friends have decided to join us in our cause!" Jess took a deep breath, the smell in incense filled his nose, a sharp spice, though only half as sharp as the knife he wanted to insert into his two... 'friends'. Buying time to maintain his composure, he asks a servant to bring him some tea as well. as he waited for the tea, he probed the situation. "I haven't heard from you two in a while, how has your endeavors been? What brings you to the Russian court?" Though it was true he hadn't been on speaking terms with the two, he had spies to tell him exactly what they have been up to. Still he needed to know what lies they fed the Russian, it would do none of them any good if he found out that he was a mere pawn in their ambitions. The two gave different reasons, but it boiled down the same: they each told the Russian that they were in alliance with Jess (news to him) but didn't have the manpower to aid him (because they were using that manpower to side with the British). Now that the Russians were more established (because Jess spent most of his resources to make it so) they were more than happy to join the cause (betray the British for being useless). As they masterfully presented their lies, Jess's eye began to twitch. He knew the Russian was a moron, that's why Jess picked him as his pawn, but it never occurred to him how much of a gullible moron the Russian was. Nor did he factor in how much of a double edged sword it would turn out to be. He took another breath to calm himself, but the incense was infuriatingly sharp, rather than calm him down it made him more emotional more... incensed! Why did this always happen! Everywhere he goes these two are somehow in front of him or close behind! Everything was going fine until... until-! Luckily at that moment, the servant arrived with his tea. Jess sipped at it, slowly regaining his composure. An outburst would cause far more problems. The last thing he needs is problems, he already has two, no three!, problems staring at him, making small talk. The Russian believed those two, and Jess would need to find ways to keep them out of that moron's good graces. For now, all he could do was sip his tea, nod, and hide his unyielding rage as best he could. There would be time for schemes later...

[@malexander4094]

But a positive comment: not only is it wonderful you've given people a playthrough of this sweet game, but I also think it's wonderful this particular video is of a mixed demographic of players. I'm used to seeing mainly young dudes in playthroughs --- and that's no comment about this channel! -- but the community is more varied than this, which shows in this video & makes it valuable in this sense of representation. It's great! Thank you!

[@feytertom]

+1

[@romanandrusenko9489]

It seems this game is hard to play errorless. Even for experienced players. 36:30 - he can't take control of Punjab because he has only 1 tribe and 1 enemy army is present. And before that blue player didn't rule transcaspia (when she was Britain). 58:15 Black player doesn't take bribes not because of event cards but because he doesn't rule Kabul. 59:05 money goes on rightmost cards not in the bank. 1:10:00 - No, he can't kill two tribes with one army even if the card with war action has rank 2. Also another rule was broken - you can kill the tribe of the same coalition as yours on the board. Also people often forget about free actions.

[@RyanDurel]

Thanks for affirming my backing of this game. I liked the B-roll whenever someone bought a card, made it much easier to follow the action.

[@joshuadtaft]

I appreciate the fact that this game is based on real history. Might not be the first, but still appreciated.

[@malexander4094]

Need clarifications about the mistake @ 1:10. It's true, you can't Battle tribes of players sharing your loyalty (but you *can* Battle their spies)...However, there's another important mistake: *you can only use the # of ranks per unit you have in that space.* Think, sorta like using rolled hits in Root. So, for a *2-rank* Battle action, you need *2* armies to use up both in the same region. Jesse only has 1 army, so he may only use 1 of those 2 ranks. Furthermore & finally, *tribes don't Battle!* (There is one exception: a certain Event card called "Nationalism," which explicitly states that if Purchased, your tribes can now Battle & March like armies until the next Check.)

[@andrzejdorywalski565]

I really appreciate amount of work you put into the videos. Thanks to all the editing it's so much batter to watch full playthrough and fallow along.

[@alesicamara7202]

This is such a good job! It was easy to understand the game and read every card. And the music really got me in the mood for the game

[@BenjaminH_48]

Yesss some gameplay! I do not regret backing it... and it is 100% because of your channel that I decided to back this game so good job!

[@bickbick_]

The b roll is phenomenal 👌. Your hard work shows. Keep up the momentum and keep growing.

[@philippeamsler7739]

Never played so I must be missing something...@31:04, couldnt Jesse battle 1 british road, then buy dominance and win? Great playthrough, thanks!

[@kiprianos.s]

That's what I was thinking too! Is it possible to stealth win that early? Hiw can we draw an experts attention on this? 😁😇 I'm having my first game tomorrow and would love to know if i missed a rule or something, cause I would expect someone would have mentioned it (even aftet yellow's turn)

[@heyvince]

Great stream, it really shows off why the game is so popular. Jessie is good at this game. A couple of quick rules clarification. That last battle that Jessie waged would have gone down a little differently. First, even though he had a Rank 2 Battle action, you are always limited by the number of armies you have in the region (or spies on a card if that's where your battling). So he would only be able to remove 1 piece because he was battling with 1 Army, this is similar to the rule in Root about how many pieces you can remove in battle. He also would not be able to remove Phillip's tribe since Phillip was the same loyalty as Jessie. Protecting your tribes is a good reason to align yourself with the same loyalty as another player, especially if they have battle actions available. The second rule issue never came up in this game, but was described incorrectly. At 4:53 having dominance is described as when one faction has 4 more blocks on the board than any other faction, but dominance occurs when one faction has four more blocks than each other action. So the video b-roll that plays while this rule is described does not show a successful dominance check. There was another time this was described incorrectly, but not trying to scan through the video for a timestamp :D Even though the video was pretty good. Keep up the good work! You should definitely stream John Company.

[@jonaskissling8343]

Always when i think quackalope cant get better... BOOOOM!

[@thel1iontamer]

I think the music really adds to watching the gameplay. I might start doing that for my games

[@charlottemalone7375]

Thanks for posting this video...I received my KS copy recently and have been trying to learn to play. This play-thru was extremely helpful!! And go Team Marina!! Next time. :)

[@tom7050]

My best boardgame in 2020

[@successfulgeek]

Super excited to see this. You guys are amazing. I so wish I had the funds to back this but will have to miss out for now. Excited to play it with someone though!

[@SirBlackjack010]

Wait, at 30:13 , why can he put the bridge from Kandahar to Kabul (that makes sense), and his second from Kabul to Punjab? Aren't they only allowed to originate from Kandahar (his card)?

[@henrykorvus6954]

You are correct, he cheated.

[@RichieDcik]

It was removed before being useful so didn't change anything

[@pumpkinhead76]

Hey guys, great playthrough! Agreed with other comments as this was well done, not only production of the play but also the music was really nice. Hate to be that guy but you guys got a rule wrong... You should not have been able to remove the tribes of a player with the same loyalty: Rulebook pg 14 - Battle "...You cannot remove tribes belonging to players that share your loyalty, however, their spies may be removed" Feels like another theme win here as you can't outright attack your allies on the battlefield but behind the doors political intrigue and backstabbing is perfectly fine :D

[@pierrecuomo9207]

Hi, thank you for your video, it's always a pleasure to see what you're doing. What about an other gameplay with The Goose ? I woulk like to see more of Pax Pamir as you did for Root. This game is sooo deep, and the interactions are so tremendous. I hope you'll play it again on this channel.

[@benjaminj.7897]

Best board game channel out there!

[@andrewh5568]

You guys mentioned that one of the cards was of a fictional character but couldn't remember which one it was, the only fictional character in the game is Flashman based on the books by George MacDonald Fraser(originally the character was a school bully from Thomas Hughes book "Tom Browns School Days" and later Fraser, wondering just where the character might have ended up after school finished wrote 12 books showing his adventures across the Victorian age of the British Empire wherein he was a total cad to everyone). It was the card played at 18:10 .

[@mikefoster6018]

Really nice format. Good explanations.

[@KimDahl77]

Any board game channel producing content in 4K gets a thumbs up from me :)

[@andrewjones4612]

Great play through, really enjoyed this one - gives you a great feel of how the game can play out.

[@Feldingor]

O.M.G. !!! I just discovered that GiochiX.it has started a crowdfunding campaign to bring the reprint of Pax Pamir completely translated to Italian 😍😍 I was already going to back the reprint on KickStarter, but this is just icing on a cake. I’m all into it. I have zero issues in playing games in English (I even have the full 7th Continent content in French, ‘t was the only language I was able to find all the expansions and the core game), but having the chance to play it in my own language is definitely a plus I usually don’t skip, if I don’t have to wait for 2+ years for the translation.

[@johnmarriott3982]

Ouch. Couple of things ive been doing wronv. During clean up. When the market cards go down the coins dont move. Gifts and prizes give influence.. so even if you brought in a rival pariot to your court and had e.g 2 prizes you wouldnt change allegence. Is that incorrect? Thanks for the gameplay. Really enjoyed it.

[@MrMadrakIronhide]

Great to see a Pax games being played you should also look at the other pax games.

[@mantunes339]

is there a playlist for the background music?

[@kpishnery]

Wait... what’s that slick holder for the resin blocks?

[@tuhkathri9126]

What's the brand of sleeves being used? They fit perfectly and are aesthically pleasing.

[@mrfikss]

Where's the baseball trophy Phil?!? Great work gang.

[@Simonvb]

at 52:55 if you switch from Afghan to Russian, why don't you loose the ruler of Kabul aswell? The Afghan armies aren't supporting anymore in Kabul: you now have two tribes, zero army and the Afghans have four armies so the Afghans have the majority?

[@cobleau]

Good game! Still my favorite of 2019. The more I play it, the more I like it, which is pretty rare. You made a couple of mistakes but, hey, you were all playing by the same rules so, no harm done ;)

[@hgg-hugogreatestgames2013]

In a 2p game, its required to play with wakhan?

[@hydnastrident]

nice playthrough! i love this game so it's always nice to see it played. do you have a link to the playlist for the music you used here?

[@akwatimba3412]

You didn't play the ruling region rule correctly, to rule a region you need at least one tribe and a plurality of ruling piece (ie more than one of tribes, soldiers or a combination) which was not the case in transcaspia or punjab.

[@akwatimba3412]

you also require the most ruling pieces in the region (so in the case of punjab he shouldn't have had it because (a) he only had one tribe and (b) russia had an army so the afghan tribe in black would not have the majority needed to rule)

[@henrykorvus6954]

Correct, and its at 45:39 (Rule book page 7)

[@natekoeppe855]

Glad to see that someone else noticed

[@r.l.jeffries1091]

Where did you guys get that plastic tray that holds the resin pieces?

[@benjaminj.7897]

Could you guys cover the Vampire the Masquerade ks game sometime? Looks awesome!

[@MrMadrakIronhide]

1h10min i dont think you can kill tribes if you have the same alligient

[@browe]

Easily my GOTY from 2019

[@jecosci]

Wish I can play this okay with 2 players

[@kissgz_1973]

You can. We played it several times with 2p and it was amazing.

[@malexander4094]

It's great with 2 players! People like to also add Wakhan, the AI, in 2 players, but I personally prefer the 1-on-1 duel without Wakhan (although I do love to solo against Wakhan). Obviously, both players need to be about even in skill/experience, or at least good understanding, like chess -- but fortunately, unlike chess, there is enough randomness in the market that victory even for a highly skilled/experienced player is not guaranteed!

[@jecosci]

@@malexander4094 , thanks. I read a review saying it ends abruptly under 15 mins with 2 players. Can you find truth to that statement?

[@malexander4094]

​@@jecosci It can end "abruptly" in the sense that the end gets triggered (if a 2nd Check card ever enters at the same time there's already a Check card somewhere in the market, as it did at the end of this Quackalope game). This can happen at any player count, & is not totally unpredictable: players have much control over determining/preparing their position for that immanent moment. Of course, in 2p it can sometimes be possible for this moment to happen more quickly, because there are only 2 players. Thus, until they get more experience, beginners don't know how to best position themselves for it, & may go through initially swingy or apparently abrupt games. Another thing is, players who are uneven in skill might initially experience "accidental" wins or losses, until they understand more in the game. A nice thing is, the game can be reset in just a few minutes. So, it's easy & fast to play a rematch, & get more experienced!

[@jecosci]

@@malexander4094 I see. thank you for the reply

[@grimmnorsefury8062]

~ if you haven't yet, please give 'Pax Renaissance' a try. You'll quite possibly find it to be the 'superior' Pax game.. 🤔 😉