Terracotta Army - Learn While Playing!

Here is my Terracotta Army tutorial, where I teach the game as it is being played. Paid sponsorship by Board & Dice.
Teaching Timestamps:
Introduction - 0:00
Game overview - 0:52
Game start & action phase - 3:26
Placing a worker - 4:19
Alternate top & middle actions - 5:56
Activating weapons - 7:10
Spinning an action ring - 8:00
Upgrading worker into an Artisan - 8:47
Activate a master - 9:17
Master Supervisor action - 11:24
Placing a warrior statue - 12:52
Priority action & turn order - 16:33
Master Claymaker action - 19:11
Master Blacksmith action - 20:57
Master Inspector action - 21:59
Inspector scoring explanation - 22:43
Warrior statue special abilities - 25:26
Master Administrator action - 27:49
End of round scoring tokens - 29:34
Placing specialist statues - 32:01
Musician specialist explanation - 33:16
Kneeling archer specialist - 34:13
Footman specialist - 35:12
Horse specialist - 35:49
Master Builder action - 37:12
Wetting clay action - 43:33
Scoring phase - 49:00
Cleanup phase - 51:55
Endgame scoring - 54:28
Warrior groups explanation - 55:10
Scoring warrior groups - 55:53
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[@justinlow5739]

Great video again Jon! You made a seemingly complex game really understandable and enjoyable to learn.

[@marianogabrielsapere1144]

Jon, you're great! When I wanna get a taste of what playing a game feels like, I look no further. You're my go-to guy. Thanks for everything and greetings from Argentina.

[@gabefry4974]

che, como andas! buddy

[@JonGetsGames]

Thanks Mariano, I appreciate the kind words :)

[@gabefry4974]

This was a really well designed tutorial. I liked the options to skip ahead and a host of other things you did.

[@matsie3134]

Thank you so much for this great tutorial! I bought this game at Spiel last weekend and can't wait to play it.

[@marcogutierrez9339]

Another video, another game I will buy! great job.

[@sventheultimate]

Thanks for the vid Jon! The Board&Dice booth was our first stop at GenCon to buy Terracotta Army :)

[@MohamadSobh]

Very nicely done, thanks Jon!

[@jakk946]

I came here only for a preview of the game. However, I had so much fun watching that it felt like I was playing it. Great job!

[@RolandsRevenge]

Great tutorial. I feel confident to play this tomorrow

[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

Board & Dice keeps putting out intriguing games.

[@davidsanchez-bu9un]

Great job! thanks for sharing.

[@michaelblank9597]

Hi Jon, thank You, once again, for a great tutorial. I do not know if the game is for me, but it looks amazing. All the best from Germany.

[@jaapnijhof5701]

Thanks Jonathan for the review.

[@heikel.8037]

Klasse Video, ich hoffe mein Spiel kommt innerhalb der nächsten zwei Wochen, dann kann ich damit direkt loslegen 😁

[@joshuaallen7685]

I got to play this recently at Dice Tower East. We made a mistake and scored every bonus tile every round. Other than that we got the rules correct. I personally loved the game and will be buying a copy. Thanks for the demo!

[@JonGetsGames]

Ooof, that's a lot of scoring! Glad you enjoyed it though :)

[@giannisc.5254]

Very interesting game, definitely a buy for me ! Thank you for another stellar tutorial Jon ! I have a question regarding scoring though. During that inspection at the end of the first round, isn't green dominating the lower left quadrant because of the horse ?

[@JonGetsGames]

The horse only changes the footprint of the warrior on it, not the power level of it. So that Warrior still adds 1 power to the majority scoring, but it exists in 3 spaces which means it can compete in more different scorings potentially.

[@giannisc.5254]

@@JonGetsGames Thank you for the clarification !

[@franciscocarranza9941]

This game has received very polarizing reviews, from people hating it to others loving it. I like what I saw in your playthrough, except for maybe there being a bit too much scoring upkeep. Curious to see how this game holds up.

[@hervecatan9703]

Thanks for the video Jon! How well do you think the game plays at 2 ?

[@JonGetsGames]

I've played a full game of this once, and it was at 2p with my friend Anastasia. We both enjoyed it, and I talked about it for over 15 minutes in an exclusive Opinions vlog if you'd like to hear a bunch more detail. I'm looking forward to playing this one more once I get a final version.

[@npckse8508]

Hey Jon, this is a retail release? Crazy that they would retail release a game with these components, but I am on board for it!

[@JonGetsGames]

This is a prototype version of the game, I do mention that at the start of each video when I am filming with non-final components.

[@soundboyclub]

Super rules 😜

[@Intacta1]

During the guard special ability activation. We can move any one unit on the board? Meaning I can move any type of the warrior anywhere on the board or only the guard?

[@JonGetsGames]

Unfortunately, it's been too long since I played this game to remember the rules enough to answer your question. Sorry about that!

[@BoardGamesBooksAndWhat]

Great playthru. How and when can someone get a copy of this game?

[@JonGetsGames]

I believe it's going to be an Essen Spiel release (Octoberish), but I don't know the specifics.

[@danpalmer7676]

Wondering how long it took to learn the rules on this one,i think plenty of concentration for this one.....Like the components and board so a winner for me.

[@JonGetsGames]

I found the rules for this one to be quite straight forward, more-so than the last few Board & Dice titles I've covered that is.

[@kungpow108]

The turning board is the only ting that looks like it might wear out fast. I wish it was more of 3 plastic discs instead

[@miketaylor4052]

For scoring quadrant dominance, should you not count part of the green horse? Thus Green would be dominating 3-2 right?

[@JonGetsGames]

Do you have a rough timestamp of the moment you are mentioning?

[@franciscocarranza9941]

@@JonGetsGames I noticed this as well. You score the quadrant at 51:35

[@franciscocarranza9941]

Also, at 54:44 when scoring the footman, wouldn’t the green’s horse give them 3 presence versus yellow’s 2 presence, thus given them dominance?

[@franciscocarranza9941]

Nevermind, this was answered in another comment. The horse adds footprint but not power when scoring.

[@user-xc2yc3vz5e]

:)

[@Wildhorn666]

@12:16 Wetting lay... 🤔

[@mananshah267]

I loved everything else in the game except scoring complexities which put me off. I personally feel it's too much to understand and remember how scoring works. Still I was with you on rules for end of round scoring, but groups and individual statue scoring at the end of the game completely put me off. You explained everything in a great manner, but the rules for scoring seem to be too much for me.

[@jellevancamp7190]

I'm in the same boat. It looks really nice and the worker placement mechanism with the 'rondels' feels fresh. I also like the placing and majority mechanism in the mausoleum, but indeed, the scoring mechanism feels way too convoluted. I would love to play, but I won't put the game on my 'must buy' list.

[@JonGetsGames]

I can see this perspective, but did want to mention that I played a 2p version of this on TTS after making the video and didn't find the different scorings to be hard to parse online anyway. I wouldn't say they were easy to parse either, but I didn't feel frustrated with crunching them while playing.

[@Wildhorn666]

You should have added a counter in the corner of the screen counting the number of times you said "clay" 🤣

[@kittythecat8974]

Are sure there’s enough ad breaks on this video??

[@JonGetsGames]

I just checked and there were only two which is my standard for videos longer than 30 minutes. Did it error and give you more than this?