Voyages of Marco Polo Gameplay Runthrough

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A video outlining gameplay for the boardgame The Voyages of Marco Polo.
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Part I: Gameplay Runthrough
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Part II: Extended Gameplay
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Part III: Final Thoughts
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Part IV: Major Goofs
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Hey Everybody! Today Paulo Runs Through "Rahdo's Goofs"
If you find Goofs I didn’t notice Please leave Timestamps :)
Thank You
14:58 She has 11 not 8... so she needs 5 not 8!
18:02 It should be 2 Pepper and 1 coin... that's what corresponds to the 3 die she placed!
18:15 Except for the Free Action of Spending 3 camels to get 1 Black die... that one can only be done once per turn
19:02 No... That would be insanely powerful if it worked like that... For the Completed Contracts Card (the one on the board) and the one about Trading Houses on the board, this means that the value of the die you put on the card is the number of Contracts (Trade Houses) you are scoring.
Ex: If you have completed 7 contracts and use a die of value 4 on that card you would score 4 Points... 1 for each contract up to 4 you have completed...
If it worked like Richard was saying you would score 7 contracts 4 times that being 28 points!!!
19:51 Yes it is because she has 11 bucks, not 8!!!
21:54 Not only every round... she should have made $5 immediately when she sets up her Trading House!
25:10 I think he meant to say 4 more rounds because the game length is 5 rounds!

[@Xrenegoznaet]

10:42 "The further you move, the further you go." Deep.

[@mattlowder]

FML

[@clumsydad7158]

The board is very whimsical, I love hearing all the Silk Road, historical city names. Everything about this game visually is excellent.

[@nickmariner4928]

Oh holy cow, this looks fun. Dice placement, historical setting, camels, makers of Tzolkin. This went top of my to-buy list after two minutes of this video. Another much appreciated runthrough!

[@TammySmith13]

I adore this game! It has quickly skyrocketed to the top of my favorites list.

[@spunx44]

What perfect timing,, playing this for the first time tomorrow!

[@ToThePointGames]

I might buy this game just for the green dice. =)

[@Blichew]

Finally :) I've been waiting for this since I've learnt about this game... :)

[@atog28]

Some differences to how i learned the game. So i would like to check... A) you may use a lower movement number than dice you place. So for the two 4s you can pay and use them as if they were 3s. B) activating the city with the solved contract bonus limits you to how many contracts you have and the dice placed (whichever is lower). So no multiplication. You shoul get one point only in this turn.

[@rahdo]

atog28 a) yup, that's true, and i thought for sure i had demonstrated that several times in the video (placing high value dice but then only moving low distances) b) yes i totally had that wrong. you can see in the show notes or with annotations on :)

[@atog28]

ok, thanks. I watched it on my phone so annotations weren't showing.

[@john-vi9hl]

Great video! Always the best!

[@rodneyvelting3108]

Question regarding the activation of town tile you mentioned around the 27min mark. I think if you use a dice showing five you would still only get 1vp because you only have one completed contract. This would be broken if you had six completed contracts and used a 6 on it every round for 36points.

[@GleysonSouza89]

Yeah, he did that wrong

[@alexbove106]

20:15 Jen could also have used her two 2 dice to get 2 silk, and then fulfilled her contract for +5 money, giving her 16 money total, and an extra unused die vs using 3 for money.

[@GCRokzZzZz]

I feel like the contract strategy is so much better than the movement strategy because it costs SOOOOO much to move!

[@rohitramnath5401]

11:38... The ! bonuses are also immediate, so Adana can be worth 25.

[@Loup_Solitaire007]

The "i" doesn't appear anymore?

[@shatnershairpiece]

Rated number 75 on bgg and you cant buy it. Interesting business plan.

[@atog28]

Oh and C) in the 4 player game you may only place one die of a color in the camel bar to the lower left corner. Maybe that you have two dice here is because of a two player game.

[@rahdo]

atog28 c) correct, it's a 2p special setup thing :)

[@TheMperor5]

You picked 3 spices which is what you get for a dice with a 4 not for a dice with a 3 (which is what you played)

[@katzenkotzen]

TheMperor5 right, time code is 18:01

[@PauloRenato23]

katzenkotzen noted... thanks

[@69robtaylor]

at 21:00 did jen get 9 bucks because the die add up to 9 or just because its 3 coins multiplied by 3 dice.

[@PauloRenato23]

+rob taylor It's 3 x 3

[@NuisanceMan]

Don't you get some kind of Hairy Arm Bonus? An extra camel or something?

[@rahdo]

it's true, i am quite hirsute

[@MarkosEvlogimenos]

I think it's best (if you have time) to remake the video as it has a lot of rule issues. cheers!

[@rahdo]

+Markos Evlogimenos i don't remotely have time. plus, most of the errors are simple math ones, and the one real rule mistake is clearly annotated and is a very commonly made mistake as well, so pointing it out in the video probably helps others avoid it. plus, it doesn't impact the sole purpose of this video: demonstrating what the game plays like :)

[@graphycus]

21:48 You took the wrong trading house from your board. That is supposed to be last one you'll place on the main board to earn the bonus 10 VPs.

[@PauloRenato23]

noted... thank you

[@MarinerLingus]

Is it German Version? No problem wiht the language?

[@rahdo]

+Ramalingam Raghavan game is completely language independant. you'll just need to download rules in your language like i did :)

[@terry7907]

Bucks? Ducats, surely!

[@user-gs3lt7ir4b]

I have this boardgame. Lets roll dice~

[@JRufu]

19:02 Oh my.. -.-

[@rahdo]

JRufu yes, i'm quite embarrassed about that one! :)

[@davidroberts3152]

Nice tutorial but please stabilize your camera. It's nauseating.

[@rahdo]

check the show notes for a pleasant suprise :)