Troyes Gameplay Runthrough

[@framebrain]

Richard, keep the GREAT videos coming! You do a FANTASTIC job representing the community!

[@trenthogan4212]

Thanks for introducing me to this game, these game mechanics are brilliant! Looks like unlimited replay value as well.

[@jessn8700]

The South Park reference made me LOL "they took our jobs!"

[@TheRicekreem]

They took our jobs!! That was great :)

[@bookaddict777]

I was curious about the Ladies of Troyes expansion. Thanks for playing with it, Richard, so that I could see what it adds to the game. I am going to pick it up.

[@jugglertimthornhill]

I love these videos! Thanks for doing them. I noticed a mistake: @ 14:30 Jen should gain back her two influence (reknown) for placing the two cubes on the event cards.

[@nobodynowhere21]

He rewarded these renown retroactively at 21:19 when he caught the error.

[@petec3250]

i have a hard time with the symbology in the game. since the game is real expensive right now i am trying to get the hang of it on boardgamearena.com, but it's tough playing with people i dont know who are already good at it. plus there is a move timer, and all clicks are final. but my wife and i do love thinky euros, and this one definitely makes you think in a unique way.

[@peinheber]

6:05 Whoops, the game goes up to 4 players, not 5.

[@jerrelc.thomas336]

PS. I forgot to mention I got the ladies of Troyes also. 👍😄

[@alexeicauchi9968]

Just a heads up, Troyes re-print is finally out in Europe! I've been itching to try it ever since watching this Runthrough, and hearing Rahdo repeatedly sing its praises...at last it's available at an affordable price :)

[@EsTuGameofficiel]

1:12 Love the way you just assumed Hugues was prononced Jacques

[@rahdo]

that H still looks like a J to me! :)

[@FMD-FullMetalDragon]

You always play the fun games and its hitting my pocketbook every other month. :) Are these strategy games the only kind of games you play?

[@robbmh87]

One the cards that have a delayed effect...lets say you activate it, so you remove a cube, as in the priest, you remove you a cube from the priest card, then you get to add +3 to a yellow die, do you get to add +3 to 3 dice for the cost of 1 cube?

[@rahdo]

sorry coudl you ask the question on bgg? i'm not quite sure i understand

[@jwspiker]

the expansion is on sale right now at coolstuffinc for 19.99 which is a good price

[@RottenMechGaming]

Bought the Troye game based on this review. Also managed to find the Ladies expansion which was difficult to track down. I had a question though. When you purchase a die from an opponent, do you have to spend it straight away? Or can you just add it to your pool? Basically is that purchase action always linked to another action. I can also imagine some players changing their mind about how many dice they put into a particular action. So for example they buy one opponents die at a low cost and then realise that they want to spend more... Just an observation that it is a mechanic which could be missed.

[@RottenMechGaming]

Sorry to just extend this thought.. With the ladies expansion you can create some unusual situations if you have guards outside. So you might want to buy a die from an opponent just to potentially see it bought again by another player because it could trigger another result due to the location of your own guards. I can't imagine it comes up much though...

[@rahdo]

Gruntz 15mm from Rottenlead Wargames yup, when you buy a die, it must be towards putting in a work group, right then. otherwise, you won't be able to specify the price you want to pay, since the bigger the group it joins, the more you have to pay :)

[@eschsoapy2809]

Ladies of T was finally reprinted after about a year and a few months of saying it was about to be. Can be purchased for $20-30 now.

[@mydemon]

7:53 couldn't he use the red "1" dice and the white "2" dice to get rid of the black "4" dice? (1*2 + 2 = 4). Manual doesn't say dice have to be of the same color

[@PauloRenato23]

yes he could but I think he didn't do that because he was thinking of using dice for different things

[@Christoph468]

@10:10 you knock your yellow 5 over to a 1

[@PauloRenato23]

noted... thanks

[@maese_ritter]

Does anybody haves a clue on where to buy this game on Europe? Reasonable price, I seen it on amazon.de for 130+, It has been impossible to find so far

[@rahdo]

Juan Negretti wow, i had no idea this was going for so high! :(

[@maese_ritter]

Yes, It's a good game, no doubt it would deserve a price like that, but it used to be 40€ top. It's sad, I got in love with this game from your review.

[@lamperIIe]

+Juan Negretti Troyes is getting reprinted in 2016 by Pearl Games. No guarantee that they'll reprint the expansion, though.

[@rafaelmaia8223]

If you didn't got it yet, mine I bought via BGG from another user. Transaction worked like a charm!!! :D

[@eschsoapy2809]

Go to BGG and put it on your want list. Check the BGG market regularly, you'll find a copy of almost anything, eventually.

[@FredericoOrion]

Hey Rahdo, do you think it's a good game for 2 players?? I'm beetween kingsburg and troyes to play with my girlfriend

[@rahdo]

both are great for 2

[@realmiltonbradley8365]

😂 6:58 he was about to say "steal our jobs" hahaha

[@rahdo]

yeah, i was actually going for the southpark "they took our jobs!" quote, but i didn't quite get it because i slipped :)

[@jwspiker]

is the base game worthwhile without the expansion?

[@cardflopper3307]

Yes! I tend to like lighter games, but Troyes is a real gem - full of interesting choices. The base game offers a lot on its own.

[@Judgedredd1973]

We never get to see Jen but you talk about her. Maybe you should do a rules explanation and play against her? I think she might beat you :)

[@mohtanidhi]

Where do I buy this game? It's over 150$ on amazon and ebay..

[@rahdo]

+Nidhi Mohta i've herad tell that it's going to be reprinted this year

[@mohtanidhi]

thanks ! I will keep an eye out

[@Joaquim.Oliveira]

Rahdo , do you watch the cartoon South Park ??

[@ryanwerry]

I'm confused about how to deal with the points. At the beginning of the game do you flip them all and draw blind when you earn a Victory point or do you look for the value of one with a 1 on it?

[@rahdo]

the later

[@leandronc]

Good to know she's not imaginary! (just kidding, just kidding)

[@Tysto]

Why isn't the money called "francs"?

[@rahdo]

francs weren't a thing until 1799. this game is set in 1200 :)

[@Tysto]

@@rahdo That was the reintroduction of the franc. The gold franc was minted in the 1300s and the gold écu in the 1200s, but before that it should be silver deniers.

[@rahdo]

gotchya. well the game says it's set in 1200, and the ecu was 1266, and the rules do say the money is the denier, so it looks like it's all set correctly :)

[@callsignHUSKER]

this looks pretty finicky and tedious?

[@rahdo]

callsignHUSKER /shrug... it's one of our fav games of all time :)

[@callsignHUSKER]

***** We will have to check it out then. My partner and I love your channel; you two have similar taste in games to us. We saw your review on village and picked up a copy. We have really been enjoying it!