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Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad you liked it 😍

@@tinyskeletonman8882 yes, there will be a retail release. In the US, it will be through Portland Game Collective (PGC), in the UK through travel-games.co.uk, and possibly in the works for other EU countries (but nothing confirmed)

Hey there, thanks so much for watching the video and for pointing that out. Just some background, the points breakdown card was not originally there as shown in my video. But, after I made this video I spoke with Dan from Ninja Star Games and he worked on getting it added. So yay!! I am glad to see it in fact made it in the final version! Thanks again 😁Hope you are enjoying the game!

@@CardsUnbarred So you're the one to thank for it. :) I love the fit of the pocket edition. I wonder if you also helped with ensuring the raised bit inside isn't glued down. It came out cleanly and all the sleeved cards fit perfectly!

@@quixotic134 Ha Dan is the one to thank. He is doing amazing stuff over at Ninja Star! Happy to hear the sleeved cards fit back with no problem now 💪

Correct. The bonus points will always score (as long as you meet the bonus requirement on the bonus card) no matter what category you choose to score.

Thank you so much for watching. Glad you enjoyed it. I do plan on created videos for all the stages. I am rather busy with my daily work/life schedule at the moment, so unfortunately I cannot say exactly when that will be. I have Stage D rules and playthrough recorded already, just need to have the time to edit and upload them.

@@CardsUnbarred Looking forward to when it comes online, I really enjoy your videos! Subscribed (and bought into the kickstarter too)

Thank you so much for sharing it and making it worth the trouble 🥰

Your card would be considered as the highest card in play and there would be no low card. You would score your card face down for 2pts and lead the next trick.

Thank you so much for the kind comment and for watching the video! The board is a thick microfiber cloth. It is pretty sturdy/heavy, which I like. It doesn't move around the table as much as something like Bloodstones that has a silky cloth mat. I have never needed to iron the board. There are some creases that show up from where it was folding when in the box, but after laying it out on the table and smoothing it down with a could hand swipes it lays nice and flat. Plus putting all the cards on top of it during setup helps flattening everything. I think the only parts that tend to have little 'wavy bumps' are the outsides, but still barely noticeable and don't impact ease of gameplay at all. Basically, I haven't seen the board being an issue at all for me. Depending on how sensitive you are to staring at thin creases/bumps, YMMV.

Awesome! Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the feedback.

@@helenslater3129 thank you so much for watching! Glad you enjoyed it. It's such a fun game.

@@otterbot thank you so much for the kind words and for watching. Hope you get a chance to play the game!

@@DoppelgangerF02 yes, this game is a legend! 😂

You are always way too kind to me. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! As far as my favorite player count...honestly all of them. I know that is sort of a cop-out, but I really do enjoy the game no matter how many are player. The game presents different advantages/challenges based on the player count, therefore can make it easier/harder at certain times throughout the game. If I really had to pick one, I think I would say four. I think it is the most difficult player count, but also the most rewarding when you do win!

@@CardsUnbarred I'm just grateful you keep putting out more content! Duly noted about the 4 players and all others. Super curious to try it

@@lisahasegawa2674 thanks for watching it and for the kind words Lisa! We can add this to our list of games to play at PGC Con next year 😄

@@412arsenal you are too kind! Thanks for watching it and I look forward to more people being able to use their own copy very soon!

Ha! Yeah this is certainly the "largest/most component heavy" game I have covered. But darn if it isn't sooo good!

@@craigraley4228 I really appreciate it, but no need to apologize! I totally understand. The indie gaming scene is a tough one to get into when fear of not finding a copy is a real thing! I also want to add some additional context that mighttttt help the sting a little bit. Or at least give more context on why I chose this game (or any others that I cover that are hard to find). I try to only make videos for games that don't already have any videos. I want to highlight and give love to the games that aren't getting any coverage. Because of that they have a stronger possibility of being less known, which in turn, means less available. A couple of my videos have been for widely available games, but for the most part I try to showcase a game that has no media content. Somewhere in that sentiment it also means that I hope my video can drum up enough buzz on the game to cause a reprint or another publisher to pick the game up...but that's pipedream/fantasy stuff 😅 with only 500 subscribers I don't reach that far (not that I'm actually making the videos for that reason. I just do them because they are fun and I like to teach games) Anyway...that's a super long ramble to answer that question! And thank you so so so much for those kind words about my videos! I'm really happy you enjoy them. You are too kind to say they are the best. You seriously made my day! Thank you 😍 P.S. Get ready for my next video to be something you'll be able to grab a copy of very easily....Eternal Decks, which is straight 🔥 I even filmed my first ever playthrough video for it, I think it's that good 😅 Ok, I'm done typing. Sorry for making you read so much!

That makes total sense. And I love discovering these hidden gems. I’m a subscriber now! thanks again for all the great teachings.

It is indeed very cute! Thanks for watching 🥰

Hey thanks for pointing that out. However, the version of the game that was sent to me was a pre-production copy which included a non-final paper copy of the rules. In there it states "The winner of a trick must choose one of the cards _played_..." I just noticed the newer rulebook (which I only found on BGG since I don't have a physical copy of it) that comes with the final version states "The winner of a trick must choose one of the cards played (but not their own)..." So, it looks like that 'but not their own' bit was only added in the final version and not the PPC version I have. So, yeah anyway, thanks again for mentioning it!

Thank you so much for watching it! I hope you can get it (and the few others you've got) to the table soon. It certainly seems daunting at first, but once you get the characters down, the rest of the game will just happen naturally! Good luck and have fun!

Heck yeah! Hope you enjoy it when you get it to the table. Thanks for watching 🥰

Right?! The game is so lovely. I wish it was talked about more. I am so glad you tried it out and loved it! Yes, we put the tokens in the same order as before with the variant. However, you could totally shuffle the order again if you wanted. Could be a lot of fun!

The short answer: it is explained around 4:32 Longer answer: the winner places a card from the trick on one of the lane piles. This makes that pile have more cards in it which means more points. If there were 5 cards on a single lane pile, the trick winner would collect 8 cards in total (3 from the trick and 5 from the lane) Hope that makes sense! Thanks for watching the video!!

@@CardsUnbarred ahhhh ok ok got it! Makes perfect sense. Thank you for the video and the explanation

Thanks for watching and for the kind words!

This is up for pre-order on the New Mill Industries website now. Vivo is going to be harder as you'll need to either import it from Japan or try to find it on a retail importer site, like trickyimports.com or tanukigamesatx.com (if you are in the US)

You aren't in the UK ny any chance? I know a source over here that has Vivo currently in stock.

⁠@@Warriorking.1963hi. I am in the US.😞would really like both of these but especially Vivo. Thank you for reply back.😊

Currently you can only but the Japanese version. The English that I have (which is what is in the video) was a special print run at Essen last year. I believe it's supposed to have another English print run at some point, but I'm not sure when that will be!

@@CardsUnbarred thank you for the reply. On the list it goes!

​@@RynoKennyhey. I'm seeing adds on Facebook right now that it's for pre-order right now.

Glad you backed it in time! Thanks again for checking out my videos 🥰

Thanks for watching!

Ok my goodness, thank you so much for all the kind words! 😍😍😍 I'm so glad you liked the video and yeah it's a neat little game. I have enjoyed all my plays of it. Good luck on getting a copy and getting it played!

Ha glad to help! Thanks for watching and enjoy the game.

I also have the Japanese version, have a list of the card powers but have no idea which card is which

Just used Google translate to decipher the card abilities

@@CardsUnbarredQuick question, for non attribute 4 does it remove support abilities as well or only abilities on the field?

@@handyghost9523 Only abilities on the field

You are welcome. Thanks for watching!

Yep, this is explained starting at 33:05 in the video. The Black suit is stronger that R/B/G and in a Revolt trick the weakest card wins. Thanks for watching 😁

It is quite unique in taking rather straightforward trick taking concepts and mashing them together! And putting it all in a cute package to boot!

You can import it from Japan here bodoge.hoobby.net/market/items/6497 Sky Towers can be found here bodoge.hoobby.net/market/items/6399 And if you are unsure on how to import them, you can watch my other (very old and very quiet 😅) video about buying games through Zenmarket! Good luck and thanks for watching!!

@@CardsUnbarred thank you!

And I'm so lucky to have such amazing support from people like you. Thanks for watching each one!

It's 💯 worth it! ​@@CardsUnbarred

It looks pretty great!

@@CardsUnbarred I just love small box games in general; most of my collection is just that

@@NikolajLepka The best kind of games if you ask me! My channel is littered with nothing but those 😂

@@CardsUnbarred kindred spirits ;P

Thanks for watching it! It's not explicitly stated in the rules, but them being public knowledge is the way I've always played both the original game (Backhander) and this game. Seems silly to me to force hidden trackable information like that in this game. Of course, if you get to try it that way let me know how it goes!

agreed, I figured as much, but wasn't sure. Definitely going to preorder from new mill.

Thanks for watching!

I have actually. I own it and have played it once. It doesn't actually change that much. I was really looking forward to it, because I don't really like the scoring in the base game and I was told the expansion had plans to fix it. Well it didn't really. It just changed how the cards are collected at the end of the trick--instead of all to the trick winner, they are drafted by players based on where their card was ranked in the trick...very much like Trick & Trade if you have played that before. However, only the highest rank players (number of players is based on player count and difficulty) get cards, not everyone. It also adds more cards so you can play with up to 9 people, but not sure I would ever want to play this game with that many people 😅

Thanks so much for watching! Haha yeah I tried to keep the rulebook as short as I could, but there was so much information that needed to be included to make sure nothing was missed! But I am so happy the video has helped you. Good luck with getting it to the table and I hope you have a wildly good time 😁

Starting at 19:46 (end of round 1) is where all the win conditions are checked, in order. Additionally, at the end of round 2, starting at 23:57, it's stated again. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching the video 😀

Thank you!

The Berserker correctly won that trick. The Resistance played their Revolt Token that trick (the card played right before the Berserker) turning it into the Revolt Trick, which makes the weakest card win the trick, aka the White Flag played by the Berserker.

Woohoo! Good luck and I hope you enjoy it.