Solo Playthrough: SpaceCorp - Episode 1

[@justinratcliff7766]

19:20 Game play actually begins

[@evildrganymede]

Just to point out a mistake - at 53:40 when the Competition draws an Edge when replenishing the offers, the Edge effect is resolved and *then that card is discarded* and you continue redrawing until you don't get an Edge card (if you draw another edge you resolve that and discard and continue and so on). You did the same thing again with the Edge drawn on the Offers 34 a few minutes later too. (it's described on page 14 of the solo rulebook, last paragraph).

[@kaiax33]

Thanks Grant! Great video and very helpful.

[@williammyles]

Very enjoyable video as always mate 😊

[@kirksellman1999]

Just started playing SpaceCorp and your video helped get up to speed quicker. Thanks for making this video.

[@vinylrabbit7295]

Just to clarify, sorry for this you did a pretty good job of playing the game and love your play thru.44:52 you place a discovery tile, and place a base, then you check if the base applies to the Discovery tile. second column of the site situation table, "site with empty explore box, draw and place a discovery tile, awarding any immediate T to the competition. Then remove the team and place a competition base. I made this mistake myself when I first played, easy to miss, this led to your confusion at 1:12:0054:59 when you have an offers card with the current era symbol on it you look at the lower left of the game board in the box labeled competition era action key, that tells you how much the competition gets for discarding each colored action on the cards that are discarded. It all panned out in the end you gave the competition 1T which was what they would have received since the era action key does not have a yellow(produce) box on the card. The Edge wouldn't have gone off you are correct it would only go off if the offer had something like OFFER 34 E. At the end when you were discarding cards because there is no discovery, you could still do the second parts of the cards so they could be played pg14 Discovery and Contract action last sentence para 1 "However, if neither can be carried out, discard the card and draw another competition card to implement instead".There is also a distinction between the base location and the exploration tiles, the teams are either on the exploration tile or the base/site, if you use the exploration tile to build a base or to produce you take the competition off the exploration tile and then award them compensation page 11 5th para The Competition.The AI in this game is actually pretty brutal, I don't agree with your opening statements. Butterfield designs all his games with very competitive AI's he is known for his solo game mechanics. I have found the AI in this game is actually more challenging then human players.

[@marccaron6008]

Very useful video. Helped me play my first game today.

[@samuelw3]

This is really helpful to me learning the game! Thanks. Clarification at 44:59 the Bot has a cube at Sisyphus and you draw a card to send the bot there again... Is below correct? (I apologize if you cover this later and I haven't made it that far yet.) Therefore: Competition team present + site with empty explore box = Draw and place a discovery tile, awarding any immediate $ to the competition. Then remove the team and place a competition base. 1st. Add an explore token... 2nd. Base placement... A. If that type of base is eligible to be built at the site according to the current era’s build requirements, immediately apply the Base Match Event associated with that base [see table below and on the solo play aid]. B. If that type of base is not eligible to be built at the site, there is no Base Match Event (but the base remains). --->So the base should be 2nd and may/may not score additional to the explore token.

[@LeviathanW98]

Thanks for doing this. I am really enjoying it so far. Two issues I think: 1) several times you mentioned building a spaceport on Luna. In this era spaceports can only be built on Lagrange points. No foul since you never actually did it. 2) at 51:29 you are neglecting your move 2 bonus for starting at a space port.

[@milsimgamer]

Competition can build a spaceport anywhere.

[@sstewart116]

thanks for the playthrough grant, really helped me

[@eurekat]

Great Video thank you. Just 2 comments. I am not sure the Competition can get the "First Production Contract", are the Events in the Base Match Table actually "Actions"?". Secondly, you discarded many Discovery & Contact x cards. They should bi discarded only if BOTH the actions can not be applied, I think some contracts could have been updated. There was also an error on Sysyphos but was already pointed out in another comment.

[@e-4airman124]

thank you for another fine show.

[@nlucas]

Thanks Grant for doing this video! Best regards!

[@ThePlayersAid]

No problem. I made a few mistakes but overall not terrible. Thanks for watching.

[@aceshelman]

Thanks for the play through! I found it best at 1.5x speed :D Seriously though, thanks for doing this as I have been on the fence on this one.

[@riff2072]

I am going to thumbs up this post before I even watch it. How do you like those asteroids!

[@tonymammel3542]

Did anyone else think of ZZ Top everytime Lagrange got mentioned?

[@Qanthor]

Thanks Grant and trillion is the correct term (page 10)

[@evildrganymede]

I love this game (just streamed it myself actually), and the solo version is great! Though I just thrashed the Competition by 99-48 points :). And if you find it hard to get everything in the shot now then you're going to love the Planeteers and Starfarers era :P

[@gillesderais3848]

Thanks for this playthrough, while not cut throat, the bot can kick your behind at times for sure. You didn't make many mistakes (Sisiphus the main one). I'm also a fan of the game, always solo, except once 2-player, not that interesting, 3 or 4 would be better as you said.

[@ThePlayersAid]

I guess my comment about the bot means it’s not working directly in competition but simply doing the actions of many simulated players. I’ve played 3 times and am 2-1.

[@davidarlington1206]

you're right, you cannot upgrade the Research slot. That doesn't change in other Eras.

[@ThePlayersAid]

Yeah. It is important to get cards.

[@MrKato84]

good playthrough at 1:18:18 the competition gets 2 profits because u build a base on a competition explore tite

[@zak2716]

I can Not find episode 2 and 3...

[@KevinHoekman]

Probably because the game was already over. The bot won easily.

[@thatspyguy839]

Sounds like chandlers dad from mr beast

[@jakubjerzak2981]

Great solo mode playthrough and rev. Sadly this solo is not for me.

[@crushingit5128]

Hmmm not sure how I feel about the AI bot. I had no love for the Scythe bot. It felt like I was playing chest, and the AI was playing checkers. The AI (opposing player) just moves without abiding to any of the rules. Better off playing against yourself.