Sekigahara - How To Play

[@jordanl2364]

Hope you will do more GMT games! This one is so well done.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank you kindly Jordan.

[@tianjian97]

I see Cuba Libre, Time of Crisis, and Liberty or Death on the shelf!

[@pad92011]

I haven't finished watching this video, but I just had to take this moment to say: Thank you Rodney, thank you very much. This game needed the "watch it played" treatment.

[@__mader__]

Wait for something more complex, but not at the end of the complexity rating, such as Here I stand or Pax Romana ;)

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very glad you liked it!

[@drbasseri]

A GMT game?!??!?!? Omg dreams do come true!! And from the master himself!!!!

[@Nightwind0]

Oh man I never imagined you would do this one but I am so glad you did!

[@aonline_abridged]

Sekigahara is just such an awesome game, I am glad it got the Royal Rodney Smith treatment, hopefully there are more GMT games in the horizon :) This was great news.

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope so too!

[@woodskievson3702]

Clear, precise and awesome explanation. I learnt not only how to play the game but also learnt how to explain the game easily

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks so much for the kind feedback - I hope you have a great time playing and teaching!

[@scottylovesthings]

I like that move at the beginning where you take the game off the shelf. Very nice addition. Also, LOVE seeing you do a heavier GMT game. Great job.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks Scotty!

[@user-ht4xt2sh9m]

he's evolved now and flips the box

[@siouxwire]

So excited you're doing this!!!!

[@mariossanto]

Didn't expect to see these kind of games taught by you! But you still made it easy for people who are not into wargames to understand how it's played. Well done! I would love to see a Game Play video of this game with Pep! I guess it would be hard to film it though!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks for the interest!

[@Benny_Shoga]

It was fun hearing Rodney’s evolution on the pronunciation of “daimyo”. I think there were at least 3 or 4 different versions in there. It started out in a pretty rough place, but you got there by the end :) Much love and great video. The rulebook looked a bit like the manual to a microwave, so this video is a blessing.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very glad to know the video is helpful :)

[@xZuunes]

Another one?! How can you keep blessing us like this! Thank you very much, Rodney!

[@WatchItPlayed]

You're very welcome!

[@rabardy2992]

Wait! - where's the other one!? I'm going off on a GMT/Rodney search... 👀🧐👍

[@d.b.4910]

Thank you so much for making this! I was afraid it would stay on my shelf unplayed after glancing at the rulebook.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very happy to assist!

[@GShock112]

I can never thank Rodney enough for these how to play videos. He really knows what he's doing. Perfect organization of how to explain, perfect pronunciation, perfect, absolutely perfect.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very kind of you to say - thanks so much!

[@MongooseDoggie]

I have been putting off buying this game. Now I can pull the trigger.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Hope you have a great time with it!

[@mapleleaf95]

wait, what? a war game by rodney? cool!!!!

[@WatchItPlayed]

A pleasure to team up with GMT to bring you this one - glad you're happy to see it!

[@clientella]

More GMT games please. Their rulebooks are good references but difficult learning tools.

[@aonline_abridged]

I actually really like their rulebooks, but I get how they are designed for a specific type of learner.

[@WatchItPlayed]

I have found the same thing!

[@pacogarcia5894]

El mejor explicador de videos que hay en KZbin, ninguno español le llega a la suela de los zapatos

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you're enjoying!

[@Max-pj9km]

No te creas. He visto muchas explicaciones de Unna que han sido más claras que las de Rooney. Unna no tiene la producción, presupuesto, o misma ayuda de las editoriales, y sin embargo hace un excelente trabajo. Y como Unna hay otros grandes. No creo que ninguno no le llegue a "a suela de los zapatos" a Rooney. Es desmerecer el esfuerzo de mucha gente de nuestra lengua que hacen un grandisimo trabajo. Saludos.

[@WatchItPlayed]

@@Max-pj9km I don't speak Spanish, so I can't tell if the original poster posted something insulting to other creators, or if I'm missing the context. I would not want to accept a compliment at the expense of other creators. If this is happening, then I will delete these comments.

[@pacogarcia5894]

@@Max-pj9km Tienes razon, muchos españoles son muy maquinas y gente como UNNA directamente excepcionales... en ningun momento les quito merito. Simplemente que este tio ha hecho tantos videos, que cuando tengo un juego y veo que el lo explico que encanta, porque realmente los explica de 10... ojala UNNA tuviera mas videos, quizas hasta hubiera visto el de ella por ser en mi idioma

[@pacogarcia5894]

@@WatchItPlayed Im just saying that Rodney its superb and there is no one like him explaining videos... even if my english is not perfect I still prefer to watch his videos... thanks to all you guys for helping us understading the rules

[@LordoftheBoard]

How do you produce daily videos with such high quality!?! Well done my dude

[@WatchItPlayed]

You'll find gaps in the release schedule (those are the scripting/shooting days :) )

[@eric-fuller]

Excellent job. Clarified some things I wasn't 100% sure I had correct.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad it was helpful - thanks for checking it out!

[@Frogjuice02]

omg just ordered this game. perfect timing!

[@WatchItPlayed]

No kidding! That's awesome - I hope it helps :)

[@Frogjuice02]

@@WatchItPlayed Yep, they always do!

[@Oepogean]

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! That was a ton of info. Bravo! Rodney. I like the new non-chalant intro. It feels like you are so comfortable, you are practically in my living room. When will we get the holo-Rodney version to teach our home games each game night?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Working on that next!

[@tianjian97]

What a pleasant surprise when you first mentioned this on Twitter! Can't wait to watch later. Would love to see more vids of GMT games but ultimately that's up to you. Keep up the great work you do!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Check out 1960 that just released recently as well.

[@SirSamson]

What a blessing! I must learn and play this game. :) Thanks for the video.

[@apostateant]

Well done, as always, Rodney. Thanks for getting this content out there, looking forward to sending this to future opponents to avoid having to do the teach myself :)

[@WatchItPlayed]

Happy to team up!

[@NefariousKoel]

This is an excellent 2-player strategy game. My early experiences with it have been quite enjoyable.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you've enjoyed this title!

[@thiagocarescantano6715]

It was amazing! I was really curious about this one. I'd love to see a Watch it Played video for Liberty or Death, it's another amazing game

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks for the interest!

[@steveshaw6799]

Very helpful video Rodney and co., thank you!

[@WatchItPlayed]

You're very welcome - a pleasure to feature this title!

[@andresmicalizzi5420]

The game looks intereating but it's quite a lot to digest. It left my head spinning. Awesome vid!

[@jsibleytube]

At 13:57, don’t understand how the two-block-group can move from Suwa to the south. It starts with 1, +1 leadership = 2 movement from origin in Saku. But it departs its origin within 5 blocks, meaning -1 movement. 1+1-1=1, so it stalls in Suwa after moving its one step. The road (not highway) south is not available. Right?? (However, I think their compatriots can continue west on the highway, via +1 highway bonus.) Bonus question: Could you spend a card to force march just those two blocks that additional step south?

[@WatchItPlayed]

A great question - at the point I split and move them, I was just trying to show that even if I split them into smaller groups, they would still keep their original -1 movement due to starting as a group of 5. It would have been better to just take the 3 blocks off and moved them to Kiso, and left the other 2 in Suwa as I made that point, because as you say, those 2 blocks technically couldn't have moved (unless I had spent a force march on them). All of this to say, I think you've got a great understanding of movement!

[@NoEnemiesHere]

Rodney! This is awesome thanks!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks - glad you enjoyed!

[@JohnY-up7hd]

THANKS FOR THE VID!!! This game is immedatly included in my urgent to get list!!! Thanks for the walk through GMT game Rulz!!!!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks John - glad you liked!

[@pevsfreedom]

Awesome! I've had this sittin round forever. Surprised you got to it to be honest.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Hope it helps!

[@HaviccB]

Good to see GMT get some love

[@WatchItPlayed]

And 1960 just got posted recently as well!

[@Mateilenberg]

I'm going to play this game tonight, thank you for that excellent video! Also, that box lid spin at the end was just icing on the cake. Only a true master can pull that off

[@WatchItPlayed]

You're very welcome - I hope you have a great time with it!

[@modst84]

One of the greatest, if not THE greatest 1on1 boardgame.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Nice to know you've enjoyed this one!

[@MrRubixscube]

wouldn't the forced march at 11:26 be an illegal move, since you benefited from the highway bonus but are going off of it?

[@WatchItPlayed]

You are correct! I have added a note to the description of the video to correct that.

[@MrRubixscube]

@@WatchItPlayed glad i could help. keep up the great work!

[@saviloic]

Thanks for this Rodney! As one more suggestion 😀, would very much like to see you cover Space Empires 4X!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks for the interest!

[@geekygaymerguy]

Yea. I need this game in my life!

[@iamspamus8784]

Really great vid, Rodney! Thanks.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks - glad you enjoyed!

[@MarioAlegreFemenías]

So glad yo did this Rodney! More heavy / wargames could use your learn to play magic.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you enjoyed this. Followed up with 1960 recently!

[@warrickwilliams9830]

Excellent, thanks, hope to be playing today... Ace helpful

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope you have a great time!

[@theicalvinist]

Question in regards to movement. Say you discard one card to move three stacks. When you have say six blocks in a single location and you wish to split them up so they don't all move together. For instance, I want to split the six blocks into three stacks of two. Does moving each stack of two count as one of my three movements? Or does the original stack of six, splitting it up into three stacks of two blocks each going different directions, count as a single movement action? For reference, the question came to me when watching the movement explanation at around 6:11. I'm assuming from the point at around the 11:00 mark, that it all counts as one movement, but wasn't sure. Thanks so much for doing this video! I've been wanting to get into some war games and bought Sekigahara solely because you did this video.

[@WatchItPlayed]

"Or does the original stack of six, splitting it up into three stacks of two blocks each going different directions, count as a single movement action"

[@albertoverduzco9105]

Thank you so much!!!!! I just bought this game and was wondering if you were going to make a war game someday. Thanks, thanks, thanks!

[@WatchItPlayed]

You're welcome, welcome, welcome :)

[@andypickard7314]

This is such a fine game. You do a wonderful job explaining the movement rules, which can take a few games to get down. Thanks!

[@WatchItPlayed]

The movement rules were of particular interest to me, for this video - thanks for the kind words Andy.

[@silasdogood8447]

Great job with Sekigahara!! You should make a video about the game underneath Sekigahara on your shelf. "Liberty or Death"

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks for the interest!

[@wojciechmakarewicz2536]

Very good explanation. I'm glad it's a wargame and hope for more.

[@sebastianiciust192]

I am SO SO SO Happy to see you explaining this!! Thank you so much! :D

[@WatchItPlayed]

You're very welcome!

[@RottenJeeves]

Fantastic, I wish you did more GMT games.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks Jeeves! We have 1960 the making of a President on here as well, and then on our Twitch channel we have a full teach and play of Cuba Libre if that might be of interest: www.twitch.tv/videos/1299595197 Play: www.twitch.tv/videos/1299598428

[@a-blivvy-yus]

On the point at 28:10 "if you have losses, then they must be taken from any that defected to your opponent" - just to clarify, if you have 2 blocks that defected, and you have 2 blocks lost, this means you *HAVE* to remove both of those blocks, right?

[@WatchItPlayed]

You've got it!

[@colpancansu]

Great video! Thank you so much for the video, now I can finally buy it :) We love your videos!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank so much - I hope you have fun playing!

[@boredomiscommon]

Thank you so much!! This has needed the watch it played treatment, now we can play it :)

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you liked it!

[@ChessDBA]

This is great! Going to be watching this again and drinking beers and setting this up this afternoon with my wargame bud. Looking forward to it!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Have a great time playing!

[@klavierfruhlingswochen4825]

Which Watch It Played videos are there for GMT games. I know of Sekigahara and 1960 The Making of the President. Are there more?

[@WatchItPlayed]

I think those are the two I've done so far!

[@klavierfruhlingswochen4825]

@@WatchItPlayed Two is great, Rodney! Thank you very much for everything!

[@AlfaTurk-]

Love it... Clearly perfect! it is the best war game i think...

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very glad you've been enjoying this game!

[@geoffreyweller]

Brilliant. More GMT please.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Sounds good! kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3qyp6OFqcpgn80

[@Medsas]

is this the first war game tutorial on this channel? Rodney grognard mode activated

[@WatchItPlayed]

I think it's the first of this type, yes!

[@kingxerocole4616]

Finally got a hold of this one, been waiting for a reprint for years!

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope you have a great time playing!

[@simonjohnson2897]

Another brilliant video!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank you Simon!

[@TrevorJust]

Beat video you’ve ever done sir

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you liked it Trevor!

[@frankzed7684]

Amazing! I’ve been wanting to play this for a while and was hiding from the rule book. Excellently done, as always. (If I was able to request a game, I’d beg to see you do Conquest of Paradise) Thank you again.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you enjoyed Frank - thanks!

[@rabardy2992]

Wow! Thanks, Rodney. An amazing job on what is a potentiality complex ruleset - you have my undying gratitude, attention, and every blessing I can throw at you and GMT to see more of these kind of videos... A fantastic job all-round that has me itching to try this game and more GMT wargames, although not 'til next year since I'm not buying new ones in 2019... 🙏😍👋👌👍🎉🍰

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very glad you liked this R A. Thanks for taking the time to leave the kind message!

[@qayed]

We can’t thank you enough for how you made our life easier by learning the games from your videos. I’ve been following you for 6+ years wishing everyone to find a video. Even though our group is used to playing super heavy games and play around 100+ new games a year, we still prefer watching your videos over going through the rule book first. Is there any chance of producing a how to play video for a COIN game please? 😄

[@WatchItPlayed]

I would love to - finding the time would be the challenge for one of those titles, but I have absolutely fallen hard for COIN games lately - so I certainly would like to.

[@WizarDru]

A well done video as always, Rodney. I know you pronounced Daimyo correctly in parts of the video, so I'm not gonna give you any guff when you accidentally called them di-a-myo. :)

[@WatchItPlayed]

Your understanding is appreciated.

[@CouchTomato87]

Edo is pronounced "Eh do" though, not "Ee do" ;)

[@tianjian97]

how long did it take you to get that end-of-video box cover twirl down? :)

[@WatchItPlayed]

It's my super power.

[@tianjian97]

@@WatchItPlayed It's impressive because you didn't even look at the box and was able to get it to cover exactly right. Truly impressive.

[@tothgaborg7095]

Thank you for this great tutorial, Rodney! The game has been sitting on my shelf for a year, but now with your help it became digestible at last. :) I have one question about the rules: in 9:20 you say that you have to show the leader (or one of the leaders) to your opponent in order to get the leadership movement bonus. If you split this troop during the movement how (or can you) keep it secret from your opponent in which one of the two (or more) groups is that leader now?

[@WatchItPlayed]

toth gaborg Good question! Please see the description, I added two corrections there. One addresses this.

[@tothgaborg7095]

@@WatchItPlayed Thank you for your answer! Yes, I see now the correction. Likewise, while performing the muster action you also have to reveal the "truth" to your opponent (18:10). I guess this can also be replaced by honesty, right? Especially if you trust each other. :) (Sorry for re-sending my question, but I think it was not sent by KZbin one month ago. We played this fantastic game yesterday, and we were following this "double honesty" rule. I hope we did it right.)

[@FrankMinogue]

Wow. Complicated, but you did an amazing job! I don’t think this game is for us, but it is still an interesting game to see!

[@aonline_abridged]

Once you get playing it is not complicated at all, the core of the game is very smooth. Reconsider giving it a try. It was my first block wargame ever and it never left my heart.

[@FrankMinogue]

@@aonline_abridged it's not something my wife and I are interested in playing. We don't do a lot of war games. We don't even do combat in Scythe when we play each other. We are more interested in sort of cooperative more than competitive games.

[@woodskievson3702]

May I ask one question? According to the manual section, 7.3.4 Leadership, It says 'If a castle is used, it must be aligned (matching colour) and controlled by the active player...' So, that means, even if I capture opponent's castle (let's say I am a group of dokugawa then win the siege of Sanada's Ueda castle), in the movement phase, I may NOT use it for leadership bonus. Is it correct?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Hey Woo, unfortunately I shot this long enough ago that I wouldn't know for sure without looking it up, and I lent my copy to a friend. You might need to check with the publisher on this, or the BoardGameGeek forums. Sorry I couldn't be of more help!

[@woodskievson3702]

@@WatchItPlayed No problem at all. I'll try to contact publisher. Thank you.

[@DailySpelunky]

This is surreal.

[@Rex1987]

this kinda reminds me of the board game shogun from the masters series. A board game that you cannot buy here in little Denmark any more and i have being look for a game set in the same awesome samurai japan setting!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Well hey, thanks for checking this one out!

[@VanSpriellB]

Great tutorial! Thank you!!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Have a great time playing Brad!

[@john-qz3fu]

I love GMT, do more please

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you enjoyed! We have a teach of Cuba Libre on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/videos/1299595197 and a full play through: www.twitch.tv/videos/1299598428

[@marrzipan]

really well samuraized ;) Thanks!

[@WatchItPlayed]

You're very welcome - have fun playing!

[@Kirbyman]

Would love to play this but how balanced is the game? Just from the video, it feels like Yellow has a significant advantage with an extra pool of Mori units and the fact they win ties at the end. Does black have any starting advantages to compensate?

[@WatchItPlayed]

I don't tend to weigh in on questions of balance (I find gamers can come up with pretty differing opinions about this over various games). For questions of balance I generally look at how much the game is being played, and if it's been around a long time and still doing well, that's usually a sign to me that players aren't finding the game to be unbalanced, even though new players may have some balance concerns initially (usually because they haven't explored all the strategies yet).

[@john-qz3fu]

It’s balanced. Like Rodney said this game has been around since 2011 and still going strong.

[@sir_sooroosh]

This is awesome...!!!!

[@WatchItPlayed]

So glad you're enjoying!

[@keithkrummel9344]

Number of takes needed to capture that smoothly flipping box top flourish: 1 Number of takes required to avoid unwanted game box flatulence: over 9000 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZS9YaGBa9Cjh7M

[@WatchItPlayed]

GMT makes anti-flatulence boxes!

[@seasidescholar]

Excellent work sir! Would love to see videos on all the games in the COIN series as well as Labyrinth.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@chrisg1598]

Great video. Can the Loyalty cards be used against the Tokugawa, Ishida or Red Devils blocks? Thanks.

[@WatchItPlayed]

One key rule I missed declaring: "Leaders who deploy without a card are immune from Loyalty Challenge" - so as long as you deploy it before playing cards (ie, at the beginning of combat), it could not be challenged, otherwise, it could. I'm going to add a note about this to the description of the video - thank you.

[@ItsJustJerFromJersey]

Would love Twilight Struggle to get the Watch it Played treatment!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Me too :)

[@akaisamurai]

Rodney to the rescue again. Thanks.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Always great to hear from my favorite Samurai! Have a great time playing :)

[@felipealvarez1982]

GMT! GMT! GMT!

[@chadvader974]

Empire of the Sun next please :P

[@alexschonlau3886]

So many GMT games would be perfect for your template

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank you Alex!

[@bradleyobrien7921]

Just a recommendation can you do a how to play for last night on earth?

[@WatchItPlayed]

A quick word about that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5XXdaisfrqUbKM&t=342

[@dromadrosis]

A How to Play that takes 37 minutes??? Is this a record??? Thanks Rodney... :-)

[@WatchItPlayed]

Nope, we've had longer ones :) Up to 50 mins!

[@Brandon-ov1qi]

More GMT games please!

[@camille-jeanhelou4444]

Great

[@charlesrowan1978]

I thought you got lost made a wrong turn...a wargame wow great!!!!!

[@oberon76h46]

Wow......just found my next game after ending with "Polis" ^^

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@davefekete7187]

very cool game

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks for checking it out Dave!

[@nicogamesnow]

For a game with secret information, I wish the yellow pieces were all the same shade so you couldn't deduce which piece was which after multiple plays...

[@keithkrummel9344]

The yellow blocks are actually painted a gold color, which is a bit reflective. I believe that the lighting/camera set-up is accentuating the reflections, making some gold blocks look like are different shades. In person they are all a uniform shade. Of course, the blocks are wood and each has a unique grain texture, if you looked at them closely enough. My only quibble about Sekigahara's appearance is that while the blocks are gold, the stickers are yellow.

[@nicogamesnow]

@@keithkrummel9344 Thanks, that makes perfect sense!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Yep, Keith offered a helpful insight there.

[@eduardosalinasgarza8066]

as someone who loves Japanese culture and history, this game is will be added to my collection soon!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks for checking it out - I hope you have a great time playing!

[@dewey-turbo]

Hey Rodney pls play the new villainous expansion

[@WatchItPlayed]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5XXdaisfrqUbKM&t=342

[@RowantarotBlogspot]

Enough with the light weight Japanese themes. Let's see some real depth -- do Ramen Fury! :D

[@bushibayushi]

Great game, but the movement rules are very convoluted at first

[@WatchItPlayed]

Takes a little getting used to at first.

[@MrMuppetLover]

So this game is basically Risk in the Sengoku period of Japan?

[@WatchItPlayed]

I'd say there's quite a few differences between the games, but I'll leave that up to each viewer to decide for themselves.

[@drbasseri]

How did you get risk from this?????

[@eric-fuller]

Yeah near as I can tell this is in a completely different galaxy than Risk.

[@a-blivvy-yus]

Risk, but with a different map, no wrap-around, no RNG once combat starts, hidden unit strength/value, card-based deployment of forces in combat, and almost every other possible difference than "both are map-based wargames"... but yes, other than literally everything but genre, the two games are basically identical.

[@michiel6789]

Ma boi Rodney ! Sekigahara..... Thats not how you spell Root. Think you accidentally got Sekigahara instead of Root :(

[@LordoftheBoard]

Michiel I’ve been waiting for his root Video too. 😂 its a complex game that would be nice to have people see it so clearly.

[@michiel6789]

Yeah I want to get the game in the next week or 2 but I have no Idea how to play it 🤷‍♂️

[@LordoftheBoard]

Rodney is the best. But I know that lonelyman bgs has some good vids on the rules. I only have strategy videos, so after watching the how to play mine are for getting better at a particular faction! You should really get the game it’s my top game of all time

[@michiel6789]

Ok cool thanks for the advice :)

[@a-blivvy-yus]

To be fair, it is a very understandable typo. There isn't a big difference between the two names. And the letters are right next to each other. I totally get how he got them mixed up like this.

[@AeonTrespassField]

Very good explanation however the mispronunciation of a lot of the Japanese terms is killing me tbh.

[@WatchItPlayed]

I did try to do some research on the correct pronunciation, but many of the sounds are natural to my native Canadian English, so I likely fell short quite often. The primary objective here was to teach the rules of the game, so hopefully I succeeded in that.