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@14:04 'yeah I think that is fine' after "I think I will pay, softly beacon here " as if 'Softly Beckon Ever Inward' isn't the most powerful card in the game slightly edging out TS's 'Manifest' as a faux major parading an innate simply due to cost!

B2 is doing 3 damage (+2 due to adjacent town from Habsburg 6 rule) right ? So if I don’t defend it for 2 or higher, I am losing a dahan and blighting there

@@brianmurphy9039Softly Beckon has been consistently trolling the invaders since 2020 😂

This is from a Thunder Speaker player who looks at a LURE player playing 'Softly' Beacon' and says ; "that shit is OP" when playing the SUPER FAUX , 'Manifestation of Power and Glory' at 3 cost slow vs. Softly at 2 cost slow , on the same turn to clear a land.

@14:23 "I want to defend this land..." why the City has a strife it is SOLVED already !!!

Thank you! :)

Thank you! :)

Thank you! :)

Thank you for the kind words! I am planning to take a long break around the holidays, maybe sooner if I need it :)

Wind is super fun! That +1 range boost on all powers can enable some crazy combos. I have not played many MP games with Sunshine or Mentor

I wanted to protect my Dahan and defend is the best way to do that. Also Absorb Corruption is lacking a fire which is quite important for Keeper.

I am starting to really enjoy Lure :)

Mr. Toad has some of the strongest starting uniques in the game! I have not yet played the Lair aspect. I have seen lots of interesting combos with it. Hopefully I will try it out soon :)

Haha agreed. Stone games are always a good time as you can make almost any major in the game work. Starlight and DUE are similar, can’t wait for them to get to digital.

You’re right. I sometimes rush through games without thinking too deeply about the rules. Glad I don’t record much on TTS!

Thank you! Yeah that was a crazy mix of cards quite early on. Giving out 3 Gift of Proliferations a turn feels amazing!

Thanks! Fractured Days can do some really crazy combos

You can reduce the playback speed on TH-cam to 0.75x or 0.50x to slow down the video.

@@strategymeeples Yes, I know, and I did that. It wasn't good enough. It also makes the audio choppy, and without clear audio, I have no chance of understanding what is going on.

@@llywyllngryffyn8053 Thanks for your feedback. I’m happy with the current pace of my videos and would prefer to keep it as is. If you have any questions or need clarity on something specific, feel free to ask-I’m here to help! Thanks for watching!

I have not played much Sunshine aspect before. I am sure Majors would work well on this spirit if we are able to consistently get 3 sun and 1 water elements. Outside of England, River can comfortably beat all level 6 adversaries by just playing minor cards.

Haha yeah that was probably the safer option but I did not want to remove 2 invader cards and lower the overall score :)

Thanks for your comment! Yes, Pent-Up Calamity would have also worked well here. I was missing the 1 moon to threshold it though. I had all the elements to threshold Paralyzing and Voice during that turn and so prioritized them. And you are right about the last event. It would have given me an instant 1 fear to win but it also removes 2 invader cards from the deck and that would reduce my final score! I have too much faith in my fear cards haha

@@strategymeeples Oh yeah I guess I didn't consider score, fair point!

I agree! Vengeance is a good time

@@strategymeeples love making the island all nasty

Thank you! Yes, Sunshine requires more planning and luck than base River. Also you are right, I could have repeated thresholded Winds in land A8 and that would have won the game in the fast phase. Good catch!

Yes, base River is certainly stronger than the Sunshine aspect. Boon of Vigor is one of the best support cards in the game and losing it in a multiplayer game really hurts.

I love the aspect art for it though! Makes me want to play the spirit more

@@strategymeeples well river is just a baddie in any form so it makes sense

Absolutely! Looking forward to Travel and Haven releases in the future.

Yes absolutely! That is on my pending list of videos. I will try and upload it in the next couple of weeks.

Yeah vengeance is pretty extreme in that unlesd the board is looking that bad, it can‘t really do anything. Love the spirit though, I should really play that one some more

Most spirits in the game, with a few rare exceptions, get extremely strong at 3energy/3plays. Vengeance has an excellent skip to stall the game out and is also able to underplay cards quite easily.

Good job! England 3 is still a challenge with all the adjacency builds that pop up and the loss condition. Also BoDaN and Shroud sounds like a fun combo, I will have to try that out someday!

Yes, Memory will make this combo ever stronger! Serpent combos really well with Memory even in a 2-player game

@@strategymeeples my favourite combo is actually memory might earth fractured serpent and downpour. You dont even need green then and you can still beat double advesaries with an extra board : )

That sounds like a blast! I will have to try that combo out someday :)

@@strategymeeples yeah it was. On turn 2 we used serpents prolif already. on turn 3 we prolifed 3 spirits. fractured didnt really care for proliferation thats why we then went for majors.

If your game didn't crash, red could have always force quit the game, and then rejoin the game

You can’t rejoin a multiplayer game on SI Digital. That is only possible when you are playing a regular game. We tried a bunch of things but ultimately the game was struck and we had to abandon it.

@@strategymeeples you definitely can, i have done it before. you just alt + f4 or force quit some other way from our OS instead of from the game and then rejoin, it works!

I did not know that would work. Will try that next time. Thanks for the tip!

Haha that’s funny! Panda Lightning is a fear monster for sure

You can get stuck in a reclaim loop with Lightning but that’s not always a bad thing if you are looking for a chill game. Have you tried the Sparking aspect for Lightning ?

@@strategymeeples not yet. does sparking help with progression

It turns Lightning into a badlands user and also helps the team draft more power cards. If you are looking for a fresh way to play this spirit then check out the Sparking aspect :)

Thank you! Raging Storm is so lethal vs France! Also the Strife+Dahan movement opens up a lot of options for Lightning.

Also i love how with this aspect harbingers turns from lightning’s least useful card into arguably its strongest :)

Yes absolutely! I love this aspect. It opens up so many multiplayer combos for Lightning as well.

Hello! Yes, I am almost done with the BoDaN world tour. I will upload the remaining matches soon. You can find the games in my BoDaN playlist :)

Yes hopefully we will be able to plan a game soon!

Thank you! We really appreciate that 😊

Thank you!

Thanks! Fractured loves Tigers Hunting due to it’s low cost and great elements

Jungles was our worst explore. I knew the game wasn’t going to let me off easy 😅

Definitely a powerful card if you successfully plan for it and coordinate with your team! Most of time I will end up grabbing a Major from my days within the first 3 turns and forget Pour Time Sideways.

Maybe you could try and make it work if you end up doing some multiplayer with this spirit! I really love that card :)

Yes will try it out sometime in a multiplayer game!

It's natural to feel like a genius while watching a playthrough and then struggle when playing. The more you play, the more your in-game decisions will start to align with the clarity you experience as a viewer. A few reasons to further explain this: --> Watching someone else play gives you the benefit of hindsight. You can see their mistakes and learn from them, making it seem obvious what should have been done. Playing the game yourself means you're making all the decisions, which can be overwhelming. This fatigue can make it harder to see the best moves, especially with a spirit like Thunderspeaker that requires good planning and board awareness to do well. --> When you're watching a game replay, you're not under the pressure of making decisions in real-time. This allows you to see patterns and strategies more clearly without the stress of the game. --> Thunderspeaker has a unique playstyle that requires precise planning and coordination with the Dahan. This complexity can make real-time decision-making challenging, leading to the "ummm, uhh" moments you described. I have been there. It gets easier with practice! Embrace the challenge, as it's what makes Spirit Island and playing Thunderspeaker so fun!

@@strategymeeplesexactly this its easier to learn and determine correct lines watching others precisely because the pressure to make and come up with decisions doesnt exist and doesnt impede on your mental stack like it does while you are playing even beyond spirit island i find that to be universally true in taking a third person pov in any strategy game

Yeah I will definitely play that aspect in the future. Having an Incarna is cool but losing Manifestation seems like a big nerf for Thunderspeaker.

@@strategymeeples how do you feel about the house rule for warrior, when a dahan is damaged it does plus 1 damage

That is an interesting house rule! I hope that's not permanent +1 damage from that point onwards, that would break the game in half. I am assuming you mean that every time a dahan takes damage and survives it will do 1 damage back to the invaders. I feel it can be useful at times but would be hard to plan for. You would have to defend the lands for -1 during ravages so that the dahan does an extra damage. How did you find playing with this rule ?

Yeah that would be an interesting game. I also want to do a solo world tour with Finder at some point :)

​@@strategymeeples I think solo is a different beast altogether because it's so easy for Finder to Isolate their whole board without the adjacencies from other boards.

Thanks good catch!

I feel this tier list is pretty accurate based on the 100s of games of CoB I have played. Please describe what is ridiculous about the Bank and Watchtower both being in A tier. I am genuinely curious

@@strategymeeples Sure. Sorry if I sounded rude, I was just a bit chocked by this list. Also, I dont quite see the point with a tier list if you're only gonna have 2 tiers? It just feels indecisive. I have also played 100s of games (though only 1v1) and I NEVER see the tower get taken unless its desperation to fill an area or for endgame points. I would rank it has the most useless tile, and bank on the other hand one of the most powerful. The reason I value it higher than market is because it always gives you 2 money and sets you up for another buy. Market only gives 1 and has a prerequisite (goods in stock).

@@strategymeeples Here is how I would rank the buildings: A - Bank / Town hall B - Church / 4 workers C- Market / Ship-animal-tile D- Carpenter E- Tower Bank and town hall are the ones I see played the most, they can both set up combos and are almost always useful. I did watch a handful of your games and you dont seem to go for the Tower very often either? Many games where you dont pick it at all. A statistical analysis of which brown tiles get played the most would be interesting (and Im willing to bet money on that tower would be at the bottom).

Ok thanks for the details. I feel that your breakdown of the Buildings tier list is quite inaccurate. Here's why: -Watchtower is one of the strongest tiles in Phase E. I have picked it up in several games and won off of it. I have also seen the highest ranked ELO players pick it up in Arena games on BGA. It may not be the most flashiest building tile, but 4 points + region completion bonus can be huge as some of the final actions in the game. In competitive games every single point maters and a tile like the Watchtower can make a big difference if picked up at the right time. -Bank is a strong tile, that is why I put it at the top of A tier in my list. It is definitely not as strong as the Town Hall or the Boarding House. Even the Warehouse is stronger than the Bank since selling goods combos with so many Yellow tiles in the game. -Finally, I completely disagree with your tier list. You rank buildings from A to E tier. What is your criteria for A tier and what is the criteria for E tier ? With Yellow tiles I understand that we need multiple tier levels to classify the tiles. The building tiles on the other hand are fairly balanced. 2 tiers is more than enough to rank them all. There is technically no 'useless' building or for that matter any 'useless' tile in this game. Even the weak tiles can be situationally game-winning. I don't think any of building tiles belong below A tier. That also speaks to the great design this game has to offer. At most I would put the Crane in X-tier (Broken tier). All the buildings can come in handy at different moments in the game. Ranking them solely based on how many times you pick them up in your games is incorrect. Also I am curious, do you play on BGA ? If so, what is the ELO range that you play in ? Feel free to challenge me anytime, I would be happy to play :)

@@strategymeeples HAHAH I didnt intend for this to be a d*ck measuring contest. I see the ELO is very important measurement for you but I dont pay too much attention to it. Yes, I am lower ranked than you (also because I play less) but i regularly beat 400+ players. Anyway, I would say the criteria tierlist is about which tiles are the most universally useful (and get picked most often). Town hall and Bank lets you do leapfrogging combos which is very good. I do find Carpenter rather weak and mostly useful if you aim to complete brown areas. If a tile is strong in Phase E, thats still only 1/5th of the game. When I look at your games I dont see you picking tower very often either! If you show me a winning game where you pick 3 or 4 I would be glad to change my mind

Stone gets a lot of minor drafts on the top track so you can comfortably threshold most majors in the game!

The build in A8 would have been a loss condition

Yes definitely! The last fear card sealed the deal 😎

Hi Brian, first of all thank you for your comment! I do agree that playing multiple spirits well is a mentally tasking job, especially against level 6 adversaries. I usually try to mix in hard games with some lighter games so I don’t get burned out easily. I actually enjoy all the different play styles this game has to offer - defense strategies, offensive strategies, stalling and rushing the fear deck. This is one of the motivations for me to play with every spirit/aspect in the game. Also, every game that I upload to my channel, I have played that spirit at least 10+ times. If you are playing into Level 6 adversaries, you absolutely need to understand your spirit well and be comfortable with every detail of their kit. Many times getting good with one spirit will help you in some ways get better with other spirits too.