Irish Gauge - How To Play

[@MrVloeistof]

When you're feeling down, just watch Rodney explain a boardgame and everything will be fine. Best way to end my day. Keep up the good work, Rodney. Have a great day!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very kind of you to say - thanks for joining me!

[@FrankMinogue]

Best opening flip ever!

[@CrunchyCrustacean]

I honestly have little interest in this type of game but I watched the entire thing (at 2:30am no less) for the pleasure of having you explain it to me, Rodney.😄 You're just so dang good at explaining that you make learning a new game fun instead of the chore that it can sometimes be. Thank you for your service to the board gaming world!👏 I hope to see your smile and your box flips for many years to come! 😊

[@FlipFlop36]

That Box Flip was amazing!

[@d.l.6186]

Saw this game earlier this month and it caught my eye, followed by this great tutorial I'll have to have it, thanks Rodney

[@WatchItPlayed]

You're very welcome!

[@bodnotbod]

Beautifully made video, as always.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank you kindly Bod!

[@OSB911]

Thank you, Rodney. Playing this right now!

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope you have fun :)

[@MeepleMentor]

You're getting good with the box flips! Going for a spin record? How many rotations is your best?

[@WatchItPlayed]

I don't know, I don't like to brag ;)

[@playdead1414]

Another amazing video and an eye-popping box flip! 😳

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you enjoyed it Dan :)

[@nickrice3078]

Great video, smashed it!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks Nick - glad you enjoyed!

[@lokihve6591]

Question Rodney, would it be possible this year to maybe do your own top 30 board games list of some kind, so we see your favorites?

[@WatchItPlayed]

I'll be talking a bit about this on my live show this Tuesday - check our feed for when it'll be online (and it'll be posted afterwards as well).

[@RulebooksForYou]

4k! Thanks for upgrading!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Yes! We’ve had 4K for... gosh, I don’t even remember. Over a year or so, I think. Enjoy the crispness :)

[@RulebooksForYou]

Watch It Played Nice, thanks for the great videos!

[@TheEricBooth]

Really enjoyed my couple plays of this and I'm not a huge fan of auctioning and stock games.

[@BaconJamMA]

When I saw a notification for this I first thought it said Irish Sausage.

[@xywu5676]

Awesomely done!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank you very much!

[@bartl7436]

Great teach, Rodney! Thanks!

[@WatchItPlayed]

You're very welcome Bart!

[@JackieFox1976]

Excellent vid, as always!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank you Jackie!

[@xXN0cturnXx]

too bad, i was really hoping for a "how to play" in irish accent. :D

[@WatchItPlayed]

I'm not sure you would have wanted that as much as you might think :)

[@robertcarbine5799]

@@WatchItPlayed Maybe a box flip while doing an Irish Jig? :)

[@JD-tp8zt]

:(

[@SheezyBites]

2:!5 I'm impressed, I expected you to say Irish Pounds, which I assume would be anachronistic... when is this game meant to be set? Either way it should technically be Pound Sterling, rather than British Pounds, because it was made as a unified currency across the whole empire, but thankfully that doesn't really matter anymore, and I'm sure the Irish people of the time would be happy with you othering the British that way. Also, nice Dollars slip at 8:05

[@WatchItPlayed]

Ah, I was going by the £, and assumed it was British pound. Looks like my international currency knowledge was poor. Hope it didn’t interfere with your ability to follow the rules!

[@cadekachelmeier7251]

All board game currency is dollars. Including gold, credits, pounds, and energy. You can't convince me otherwise.

[@ThanatoselNyx]

@@cadekachelmeier7251 for me its Moneys. 1 monies, 10 monies.

[@anthonybailly8467]

The problem with this is that Ireland had it's own Pound (the Irish Pound) which was the Irish currency until the Euro was introduced (for the Republic anyway) depending on when the game is set, it might actually be more correct to say "Irish Pound" rather than British Pound, as most of Ireland doesn't use the British Pound - only Northern Ireland currently does.

[@SheezyBites]

@@anthonybailly8467 You're correct, but the Irish Pound was a more recent introduction, and for much of it's circulation the Irish rail system was nationalised. All of the companies specified did operate during the Irish Pound but only fairly briefly, and long after their growth under colonial rule. I ask the setting because without a year I can't truly be sure, but given the game looks to be about the various companies' earliest days then they would still be using the British currency, the Pound Sterling.

[@benz1664]

Wow Rodney, how many takes did that opening take.......please just say one, it was beautiful

[@WatchItPlayed]

First time, every time, of course ;)

[@TyvanTV]

So are Iberian gauge, Irish Gauge and Ride the Rails all the same game just a different variant?

[@WatchItPlayed]

They are all train games, but they play quite differently (well, Irish Gauge and Ride the Rails do, I haven't played Iberian Gauge).

[@diegosantos8687]

Man, you rule (pun intended)!

[@SethLadd]

Thanks for the video! What are those clear trays that you use? They seem helpful!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Hey Seth, you can find trays here - and any purchases you make using this link, give a small portion of the proceeds to the show: boardgamegeekstore.com?aff=2

[@SethLadd]

@@WatchItPlayed Thanks for the quick response!

[@DraganAlves]

That box flip would be a gold medal if box flipping were in the olympics

[@WatchItPlayed]

*takes a bow*

[@n20games52]

I'm not particularly drawn to train games but this does look pretty cool. I'm sure I would be just as terrible at it as I am at any game that requires bids or investing... but I'd have fun losing anyway. :D

[@WatchItPlayed]

One of the nice things is that it gives you a starting bidding amount, which means you're not totally on your won to assess a trains value :)

[@yuan561]

May I know what software you are using for cutting and editing your videos? You did it so well, The transitions between scenes are very natural

[@WatchItPlayed]

Adobe Premiere.

[@yuan561]

@@WatchItPlayed thx for telling me!

[@daemonstrator2275]

It's actually the Irish Pound, or Punt, which was used before the Euro. Different currency but the same symbol as the British pound.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Oh yes, I've been hearing plenty about this in the comments :)

[@saintlysquirrelsminecraftworld]

Actually Daemonstrator, in 1826 the Irish currency became valueless, and people in Ireland had to use the British pound. Until Ireland became Independent from Britain, with it's own Goverment. Most of the railways in Ireland were built during the time, when Britain ruled Ireland. So that means that Rodney was right in the video, when he said British Pounds.

[@buffjo00]

I must be pretty lucky to not have that mark on my board! great video though!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks John!

[@rlevoi]

A game based in Ireland using British pounds as currency . . . not sure the game designers really thought the implications of this one thru!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Actually the rules don’t call it that, that’s what I called it because that’s what the currency symbol meant to me, and I’m not as informed as I should be about world currency’s apparently. Hopefully that didn’t prevent you from understanding how to play the game though!

[@DuncanMolloy]

Dublin, Galway and Belfast are the only major cities? *grumbles in Munster*

[@DanieleMazzoni]

Ireland has railways???

[@WatchItPlayed]

Boo-ya: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Ireland

[@DanieleMazzoni]

@@WatchItPlayed I love Ireland but its rail infrastructure isn't well... Optimal. It's like saying my Italy has trains always on time...

[@WatchItPlayed]

Don’t worry, playing the game won’t require actually getting on any Irish railways :)

[@Swag-Lord]

Yes we do. Trains, buses and even roads. Amazing right. It's all state owned mind you (as in run by the government) so its shockingly bad service.

[@toweypat]

Sure! Leprechauns use them to transport their pots o' gold,

[@FrankMinogue]

Too bad this is not a two player game, since 99% of the time it is just my wife and I....... *cries quietly in the corner.....

[@toweypat]

Would you like to adopt me? I love games!

[@FrankMinogue]

@@toweypat well, do you have a job?? I don't mind adopting you if you can support yourself..... 😊😊😊😊

[@dpolan]

Did the 14/3 math dozens times, the resumed the video and saw that was an errata..

[@antgerfitz]

@@wm2552 His math was correct. There is a misprint on the board. 3 towns paid out (£2 x 3 = £6) and 2 cites paid out (£4 x 2 = £8), which gives £14 (£6 + £8). £14 / 3 shares = £4.6 each, rounded up it's £5 each. The board incorrectly says £6, and this is confirmed by the publisher. The second printing corrects it.

[@DraganAlves]

Yep, there's a misprint on the first printing of the game. I corrected it in sharpie pen on my board.

[@DrMcFly28]

The biggest problem with this game is that it looks boring and it sounds boring. Too bad, because it seems to be a rather lovely little game, easy to teach and quick to play. But with my group, it would get boo'd off the table as soon as I opened up the map and mentioned the word "shares". :(

[@WatchItPlayed]

What's boring to one person is exciting to another - thankfully lots of game themes out there to choose from, to find the things that suit your group's particular taste! Thanks for checking out the video either way!

[@DerekHohls]

Looks boring? Its a very clean, crisp graphic design - easy on the eye and supportive of the game play. Of course, if you don't enjoy investment/bidding games then, sure, not actually fun.