RANKED #2: Leto! Dune Imperium Digital Live Play 47

[@PatrickHarvey-hs2nl]

Gg, shifting allegiances is a such a beautifully swingy card. Shoutout to Jamis too!

[@bludgeontv]

It is a very strong card. In a way the best part of having it is so that the other players don't!

[@MarceloMullerPaz-cu1cw]

Congrats, solid victory, played very well!!! Holtzmann and guild bankers is one of my favorite combos. Too bad you didnt get corner the market too

[@bludgeontv]

Holtzman Engine is a beaut for sure. And it felt good to make full use of the Guild Bankers, it doesn't happen that often.

[@Плут-с2о]

Congratz on your first win! I played the crap out of ranked since it came out, people rarely leave and play way better which is fun and more challenging. Really looking forward to immortality but i don't think it comes this year. Funny how i own all expansions irl but can never find people to play with and this digital version kinda fixed this problem :D

[@bludgeontv]

I know exactly what you mean, I have the same problem! Thank goodness for the digital version.

[@adamek0020]

Nice game! Rough opener, but I like those, they make you think outside the box. I would probably go hardy warriors into tech negotiators, because with 2 daggers it's hard to refuse a fight. But with Leto, you could go bonkers and try going emperor for solari, and dreadnaught on t1 and go ridiculous fighting deck from there. Well, in non-ranked probably worth a try;) On round 3, you could consider going selective breeding with foldspace, instead of stillsuits. I'd probably still go with stillsuits myself, but a chance for grabbing power play and trimming that fat deck is a serious consideration. On round 5 a hilarious alternative would be A1 - tech negotiators buy holtzman, A2 - pass, buy spice must flow. If an opponent did that to me, I would freak out a bit, because man, that's a ballsy play. I respect the discipline in not picking up choam delegate though. I would likely take the bait, even though it is a bad play, because choam delegates, there's something about them. Round 6 agent 2 for me is always Ix guild compact ditching mommy and dune for that second dreadnought. A superflous fold space is a low price to pay I think. Round 7 you had 2 chances to trash mommy Mohiam to recoup your spice and go heighliner. Chances of redrawing her next round, assuming there is next round - rather slim, and if you could redraw her one more time, would you want to anyway? Round 8 Shifting into smuggling -> down, pickup two spice, was there. A win is a win, so feel free to ignore my ramblings:) Answering the poll: Any number of videos is great. Consider adding leader names in title in brackets or something. Do some viewer games! I might stick around to 2 am CET to queue:) Have a good day!

[@bludgeontv]

I do like the idea of trying a Round 1 Dreadnought with Leto, I'll keep it in mind!

[@mitjabosnic2621]

on turn 5, you could have jumped up with the Fremen, got the water, and then later on you can always jump back down with Fremen and up somewhere else, and then back up to the alliance level with Jamis. In my experience, with Shifting Allegiances, it doesn't matter as much where you're putting the alliance points since you can move them around, so the question becomes more about which level 4 bonus you want. Usually, that's water, and in your situation even more so, since you had no water but already more than enough solari for everything

[@bludgeontv]

I agree that the water would have been better than the Solari at that point. I like your idea, I think it might have been a bit riskier though in terms of securing the Alliances.

[@ytc0m]

Very well played and a deserved win. At the moment i'm kind of debating with myself, because I like the base game so much and I still have to figure out a lot of things. Ranked play is very appealing, but starting with rise of Ix when there is still so much to learn in the base game feels "wrong" to me. But I really enjoy RoI content

[@bludgeontv]

I felt the same way as you, I didn't want to play Rise of Ix until I had a long time to explore the base game. Skipping to Ix would have meant depriving myself one of the best games ever made. At this point I am ready to dive into Rise of Ix, but I don't want to leave base game completely behind and I do wish there were a ranked queue for it.

[@mitjabosnic2621]

I would have gone to smuggling last action r4. You get the 1 solari anyway so you'd have 2, enough for either 2 mentats or a dreadnought. It also makes future shipping better. Although to be fair, red's plays were so weird, it would have been hard to play either way

[@TimmyTwoToes716]

Écoute pas Sylvain, c'était une très belle partie!

[@bludgeontv]

Merci!

[@gabrielhochjaques172]

GG!

[@bludgeontv]

Merci!

[@michaelh2204]

On round 7 instead of trashing Foldspace with selective, you could have trashed Ix-guild for the extra 2 negotiators making your next tech purchase -4. and getting rid of 2 no persuasion cards. :)

[@bludgeontv]

Yeah, could have. I got the Negotiators on Reveal anyway, so the benefit would be just, as you say, to get it out of my deck. On the one hand, it increases the Persuasion in my deck - on the other hand it takes out a Guild Access card for a potential future Heighliner.

[@haminoleh6098]

Well done 🎉, can you review both games, basic vs w/ix, is it possible for u to give points in digits 😊

[@bludgeontv]

I might do reviews at some point. Not sure about a scoring system. As of right now, I think I'd rate base game a bit higher than Rise of Ix.

[@Туннель]

How are they going to add Immortality if there is no free space on the screen?

[@gabryelsuedy1851]

I think under the spices sites there's enough Space

[@bludgeontv]

I have no idea, it's going to be a major challenge. The UI for Rise of Ix is already pretty cumbersome.

[@AandCMusic]

Does anyone here play on Xbox? If so, has anyone noticed the achievements are glitched for the expansion?

[@christopherholfeld8137]

For me the games per week is more about game quality I can sit and appreciate great play all day 12 hours strait. But i get really trigger when you time out stopped the first video after time out for example because the ai that takes over is usually just so bad it screwed the entire rest of the game up. I watch to learn things to incorporate them into my own games. For me I’m always planning things out before it’s even my turn so that soon as it is I’m not taking my timer just deciding my move and can get through all my actions.

[@bludgeontv]

I can understand your perspective, and I appreciate the feedback. It can be frustrating to watch someone make mistakes. I will say that the philosophy behind my channel is not necessarily to be an example of expert or perfect play, but rather to watch and join me on my journey of discovery. Viewers can watch as I experiment, make mistakes, and learn and improve as I go.

[@ququcsi]

I like your videos a lot, but come on man! You should really learn the proper pronunciation. Fremen is fremen, not freemen.

[@bludgeontv]

First, thanks - I'm glad you like the videos! As for the pronunciations, these are made-up words from a book. Different readers will pronounce them in different ways, that's just how it goes.