Thank you so much for these videos. My 9 year old daughter is getting into these more complex games and we find your videos helpful to choose what to buy and theyre also great for telling us how to play! This game is next on the to buy list.
Got this game for Christmas and just broke it out this morning. We didn't open the rule book and just came straight to this video. It was very clear on how to set it up for our first game! Thank you for taking the time to show this and explain the rules including a few things that might be points of contention (like how a blue 2 still only counts as 1 blue card when taking a tour).
This looks fun! We love to travel, so it would fit our model. I will be adding this to the wish list for sure. Great video as usual, Rodney You are the best!!
Great how to play video, Rodney. My wife and I played this over the weekend and really like it. This is a really good gateway level game (as is its easy to learn and play) but has some really enjoyable gameplay. It has some similar elements to Spice Road as you may be all geared up to travel to a site and get that 20 point then card then an opponent gets there first and takes the card right before you...argh!!! But that also makes it fun to play.
This game makes the journey more important than actually winning. Playing with children (11yo, 15yo, 17 yo) gave us a neat real life reference where they were competing to get their destination and reduce the tantrums from poor sports who did not actually win the game. It was even better how the scoring was broken down, someone won each category and could claim a small slice of success. Thank you this is a great family game and made it through the real life test of grumpy players.
Got this game for Xmas and this was the first place I came for a tutorial. Thanks for what you do and if you’re ever in COlorado and wanna play games, hit me up!
I got this game gifted to me by my daughter and son-in-law. As they couldn't be with us to break the ice on the game, we had a look at your video to get the hang of the game. Clear and concise - thank you so much. What made our first game even better was my middle daughter (who is not a particular fan of board games) ended up winning. (And none of us knew who was going to win until we added up the scores at the end.) There are some synergies with Ticket to Ride which I love. Will definitely be playing again (and checking out your channel too).
Hey, thanks Mark - really nice to know the video helped you get into the swing of things - and even better to know you enjoyed playing. Thanks for checking out the channel - hope you find some other titles you might enjoy!
The designer of Trekking was featured in the Gamemaster documentary. I recommend watching it for some very interesting insight into the production of this series of games. Anyways, this sequel looks great!
The catch me if you can says you can move up to 4 spots but does that mean you can take a cube as well assuming your 4th move is on a spot with a cube? This is around the 12:00 mark in the video, thanks in advance
I do my best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
Pretty similar to National Parks, but I do like instead of the red cards that were used with the tents, you use the bonus points over the 2 farthest to the right. I like that much better. And you don't just get 1 point for each pebble and whoever has the most of that color gets the bonus points, you keep track of them in your suitcase. I like that much better as well. Thanks for the review. I'll be on the hunt for this one.
I do by best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
I never go to anyone else when I have board games to check out, whether pre or post purchase. Your videos are definitely the best! Thanks so much for this one. Looking forward to playing this game without having to read the instructions first.
This game looks cool to play. I saw it in one of my store and was interested in the trekking theme. As a visit and collect places themed game I've already got Parks and I'm thinking of adding this one to my collection.
what if you dont have the right trek cards to take a tour but you want to take a tour? can we draw two trek cards our next turn and use those for the tour?
@@JasonGeerlings-u9r Hi Jason, it’s been long enough since I shot this, I don’t recall from memory. Do you have a time stamp for the section of the video you’re asking about?
I have a question. What does one do in a situation where their player piece is stuck in between two other player pieces and can not move. Being that the first action is to move before playing one of the other three actions and being that the rules state you can not move through another player?
I do by best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
Thanks Rodney. Great game, great video. I have a question about a Journey card. For the card that says "Move to any location with no cube. Take a Tour for one fewer icon". Does the player move directly to the chosen location, or trek to the location? In other words, can another player block you from going to the location ?
I do my best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
Hii there great video A quick question regarding claiming the most souvenirs cards. It doesn't specify in the rules what happens to the card if there is a draw with for example the red souvenirs. Is there an actual way to play it? Would you suggest just to put it back next to the board and in the end no-one gets it? Or should the competing players with the most souvenirs share the points?
Hey, thanks for the interest. I tend to avoid giving personalized recommendations. What I like, someone else might not - but hopefully you see a few games on here that might be what you are looking for!
Hi Rodney. If I use the "exchange rate" journey card to take a must-see tour card, do I get one bonus token for the must-see and another token shown on the journey card?
I do my best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
My husband and I love these types of games. Can you suggest a few more like these? It's kinda of complex but not overly too complicated. Thanks in advance.
I tend to avoid personalized recommendations, because what I like, someone else might not, but you may find this playlist helpful: th-cam.com/play/PLHvfN_pNBj_GKPwy1JHsvGRY8AybbfJ8E.html
Great video! Couldn’t find the answer to this anywhere though. Do you get 2 VP tokens with the “Exchange Rate” Journey card (one for the tour, if applicable, and one for the journey card itself)?
I do by best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
I loved the way you explain the game. I have a question , is it compulsory to play trek cards if you have one or more in your hand even if the player doesn't want to ? ( At time when you have no movement restrictions)
This question may have been answered already, but if we have 3 Trek cards of the same color, say 3 green mountains, do we need to discard all the Teek cards and draw new ones?
Hey there, it's been a little while since I shot this - is there something in the video that gave the impression that this is a rule? Perhaps you have a timestamp to a part you are wondering about that motivated this question?
Super helpful video!! Thanks :) I'm thinking about also getting the second edition Trekking the National Parks game, but I'd love to see you go over how to play on your channel first. Any chance you could do a video on that?
Hey Rodney just had a quick question I wanted to confirm, when drawing cards for the action draw 2 after moving can we draw cards from the deck AND the row or either pick 2 cards from the deck Or 2 cards from the row?
In boardgame arena I was able to pick up cards and take a tour, but in this tutorial it shows you must pick one only on your turn. Just wanted some clarification so I don't get it wrong please, thank you very much
@@WatchItPlayed it's around 9:25 and 10:00 in the video, you can draw two cards, take a tour, or a journey. But in the app it seems you can do all or two or one of those actions just wanted to make sure I understood well. Thank you for your help
Hi Rodney, I'm trying to recall a game reviewed by Watch It Played. I can't remember what it was called but it had a spy theme and involved travelling the globe and utilising safe houses. Like this game, it also had a world map. I've looked through previous game videos on the channel, but I'm lost. Any ideas of what game this may have been?
I guess the update is to correct the rule that you place your trekker on the board as the first step in setup, before other elements, such as souvenir cubes and destination cards are revealed. I played this wrong the first couple time I played. We placed our trekkers at the end of setup. Honestly, I prefer that way. I don't really understand why you place them first, with absolutely no information to go on. I guess that there could be an advantage gained by knowing what is already on the board if you are the first player to get to place your trekker, but that's part of strategy. You can pick who is the start player randomly anyway. I don't know, that feels unintuitive to me.
@@WatchItPlayed Yes, I saw that... Was just commenting why I don't understand why they made it that way... I've now played doing it both ways, I don't think it's better to be totally random like that..
@@jefff.2052 As I understand it, it is to prevent the first player from having an advantage at the start but the nice thing about board games is that once you own it, you can play as you like :) I just wanted to make sure I was presenting the rule as intended.
@@WatchItPlayed Oh, no worries...I appreciate the update. I overlooked it myself, and played twice with placing the trekkers at the end of setup. It took noticing the update which alerted me to the fact that I overlooked it. Since then, we did play according to the exact rules. It just felt weird to choose places to put the trekkers while intentionally not knowing why any place would be better or worse.
Hey Phil, you'll want to re-check this section: th-cam.com/video/2WtLk-brFHY/w-d-xo.html - you only gain the card once you have "more" cubes than someone else. For someone else to get it from you, they'd have to have "more" cubes than you (having as many as you would not allow them to claim the card). Hope that helps.
Ah, today, I just removed the update notes :) I had to change the order in which you add your trekkers to the board during the setup. It is now correct in this video.
Hello Rodney, recently, I was looking for games that would be good for two players, my wife and I. I came across this game, and the original Trekking the National Parks. Do you have a recommendation on which between the two would be best to start with? Trying to figure out a good option for a Christmas present. I understand that the answer will probably be both are great, but I would like to hear your thoughts on the matter. Thanks!
Hey, thanks for the interest. I tend to avoid giving personalized recommendations. What I like, someone else might not - but hopefully you see a few games on here that might be what you are looking for! In this case, I've only played Trekking The World, so I 'm not much help anyway :)
Hello Rodney...we played this game tonight. A question...is it allowed to trade cards between players? I feel the answer is a no but my husband insists as it doesn't say one can't in the rules it should be allowed, if mutually agreed.
Whenever I discover a new game, I always look for your how-to video FIRST. They never disappoint! Thanks for another great one.
Thank you kindly Joel!
Dude this video was helpful, informative and your enthusiasm is infectious. great work!
That's very kind of you to say - so glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for these videos. My 9 year old daughter is getting into these more complex games and we find your videos helpful to choose what to buy and theyre also great for telling us how to play! This game is next on the to buy list.
So wonderful to hear you're finding them helpful - have a great time playing together!
Got this game for Christmas and just broke it out this morning. We didn't open the rule book and just came straight to this video. It was very clear on how to set it up for our first game! Thank you for taking the time to show this and explain the rules including a few things that might be points of contention (like how a blue 2 still only counts as 1 blue card when taking a tour).
Very nice to know this was helpful - have a great time playing!
This looks fun! We love to travel, so it would fit our model. I will be adding this to the wish list for sure. Great video as usual, Rodney You are the best!!
Very kind of you, as ever Frank!
Love the concept of the game....good job creators.
And also your explaination Rhodney!keep it up.
Thanks Blaze!
Great how to play video, Rodney. My wife and I played this over the weekend and really like it. This is a really good gateway level game (as is its easy to learn and play) but has some really enjoyable gameplay. It has some similar elements to Spice Road as you may be all geared up to travel to a site and get that 20 point then card then an opponent gets there first and takes the card right before you...argh!!! But that also makes it fun to play.
So nice to know you both enjoyed it David!
This game makes the journey more important than actually winning. Playing with children (11yo, 15yo, 17 yo) gave us a neat real life reference where they were competing to get their destination and reduce the tantrums from poor sports who did not actually win the game. It was even better how the scoring was broken down, someone won each category and could claim a small slice of success. Thank you this is a great family game and made it through the real life test of grumpy players.
So glad this turned out to be a great fit for your crew!
Got this game for Xmas and this was the first place I came for a tutorial. Thanks for what you do and if you’re ever in COlorado and wanna play games, hit me up!
Have a great time playing Adam!
Amazing video :) It's very clear how to set up and play! Just played this with my partner and had a blast, thank you
So glad to hear you're had a great time playing together :)
Haha I finally get this game after watching your video. My family really love this game and we keep playing it
So glad you're all having fun with it!
@@WatchItPlayed And thank you for introducing this game. Keep up the good work haha
I got this game gifted to me by my daughter and son-in-law. As they couldn't be with us to break the ice on the game, we had a look at your video to get the hang of the game. Clear and concise - thank you so much. What made our first game even better was my middle daughter (who is not a particular fan of board games) ended up winning. (And none of us knew who was going to win until we added up the scores at the end.)
There are some synergies with Ticket to Ride which I love. Will definitely be playing again (and checking out your channel too).
Hey, thanks Mark - really nice to know the video helped you get into the swing of things - and even better to know you enjoyed playing. Thanks for checking out the channel - hope you find some other titles you might enjoy!
You are the best at this, thanks for the info!
Very nice of you to say!
Disappointed the game doesn't involve Trekkies travelling to Star Trek conventions around the world. Feel mislead by the game title.
I appreciate your disappointment!
May the Force be with you!
Trekking Trekkies/Trekkers
Trekkies/Trekkers Trekking the Cons
I would play that game.
The designer of Trekking was featured in the Gamemaster documentary. I recommend watching it for some very interesting insight into the production of this series of games. Anyways, this sequel looks great!
This is a clear, helpful how-to presented very well. Thank you.
Very kind of you to say - thank you!
Thank you for this great video. The game is top for my family.
So glad you enjoyed!
Rodney! We've taken to checking out board games from our local library. This means we find ourselves playing more games you've made videos for--Yay! 🥓
Great seeing libraries become a source for accessing board games!
The catch me if you can says you can move up to 4 spots but does that mean you can take a cube as well assuming your 4th move is on a spot with a cube? This is around the 12:00 mark in the video, thanks in advance
I do my best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
@@WatchItPlayed ok thanks for the response the videos are great very helpful
This looks fun! I'm definitely going to get this for my sister who is a world traveler. (I get my adventures through D&D! 😆)
Hope she enjoys!
Pretty similar to National Parks, but I do like instead of the red cards that were used with the tents, you use the bonus points over the 2 farthest to the right. I like that much better. And you don't just get 1 point for each pebble and whoever has the most of that color gets the bonus points, you keep track of them in your suitcase. I like that much better as well. Thanks for the review. I'll be on the hunt for this one.
Glad you enjoyed - thanks for checking out the tutorial!
Love the phrase: ''To the box'' :D:D:D
Love the phase :that's the set up
Hi Rodney, if we activated catch me if you can and move up to 4 spaces. Did we collect the souvenir in the destination that we landed?
Thanks
I do by best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
If using the exchange rate journey card, do you take that tour for less tokens in there same turn?
Yep!
I never go to anyone else when I have board games to check out, whether pre or post purchase. Your videos are definitely the best! Thanks so much for this one. Looking forward to playing this game without having to read the instructions first.
Very kind of you to say - glad you've been enjoying :)
This game looks cool to play. I saw it in one of my store and was interested in the trekking theme. As a visit and collect places themed game I've already got Parks and I'm thinking of adding this one to my collection.
Like Parks, it's a really nice production too
Thank you so much for this video. Great explanation for my kids and I. Off to play!
Hope you all have a great time playing!
Another great video, thanks!
Please do the Trekking Through History "how to play", seems lovely too!
Thanks for the interest!
what if you dont have the right trek cards to take a tour but you want to take a tour? can we draw two trek cards our next turn and use those for the tour?
@@JasonGeerlings-u9r Hi Jason, it’s been long enough since I shot this, I don’t recall from memory. Do you have a time stamp for the section of the video you’re asking about?
Does anybody know if this game will hit retail stores in Canada? I can only find it on the American Amazon page.
Hey Bruce, I'm not sure, but you might be able to find out from the publisher directly here: www.underdoggames.com/ Thanks for checking out the video!
Great game idea, some good locations, will wait to see how balanced the game is to play
Thanks for checking out the video Dennis!
I have a question. What does one do in a situation where their player piece is stuck in between two other player pieces and can not move. Being that the first action is to move before playing one of the other three actions and being that the rules state you can not move through another player?
In that case you'd be stuck!
We are a little confused on how to use the catch me if you can card? The journey log cards? You discard 2 cards.. Then do it on the same turn?
I do by best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
Thanks Rodney. Great game, great video. I have a question about a Journey card. For the card that says "Move to any location with no cube. Take a Tour for one fewer icon". Does the player move directly to the chosen location, or trek to the location? In other words, can another player block you from going to the location ?
I do my best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
Hii there great video
A quick question regarding claiming the most souvenirs cards. It doesn't specify in the rules what happens to the card if there is a draw with for example the red souvenirs.
Is there an actual way to play it?
Would you suggest just to put it back next to the board and in the end no-one gets it?
Or should the competing players with the most souvenirs share the points?
If you don't have the most, you don't get to claim it (meaning it stays with the person who currently has it) - hope that helps.
what would games would you recommend for my 10 year old son realy liked risk
Hey, thanks for the interest. I tend to avoid giving personalized recommendations. What I like, someone else might not - but hopefully you see a few games on here that might be what you are looking for!
Hi Rodney. If I use the "exchange rate" journey card to take a must-see tour card, do I get one bonus token for the must-see and another token shown on the journey card?
I do my best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
This game has so many components! Now I understand the $50 retail price.
What do the +3 and +4 spots on the board do? Like the +3 on Eiffel Tower
Those tell you which spaces to fill with cubes during the setup - you'll fid that explained here: th-cam.com/video/2WtLk-brFHY/w-d-xo.html
My husband and I love these types of games. Can you suggest a few more like these? It's kinda of complex but not overly too complicated. Thanks in advance.
I tend to avoid personalized recommendations, because what I like, someone else might not, but you may find this playlist helpful: th-cam.com/play/PLHvfN_pNBj_GKPwy1JHsvGRY8AybbfJ8E.html
Ticket to ride
just found your channel. good stuff. thank you.
Glad you enjoyed Nicholas!
Interesting, there is relationships in this game to pandemic and century. It looks good.
Thanks for checking it out Brad!
Great video! Couldn’t find the answer to this anywhere though. Do you get 2 VP tokens with the “Exchange Rate” Journey card (one for the tour, if applicable, and one for the journey card itself)?
I do by best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
I loved the way you explain the game. I have a question , is it compulsory to play trek cards if you have one or more in your hand even if the player doesn't want to ? ( At time when you have no movement restrictions)
Does this answer the question? th-cam.com/video/2WtLk-brFHY/w-d-xo.html
This question may have been answered already, but if we have 3 Trek cards of the same color, say 3 green mountains, do we need to discard all the Teek cards and draw new ones?
Hey there, it's been a little while since I shot this - is there something in the video that gave the impression that this is a rule? Perhaps you have a timestamp to a part you are wondering about that motivated this question?
Super helpful video!! Thanks :) I'm thinking about also getting the second edition Trekking the National Parks game, but I'd love to see you go over how to play on your channel first. Any chance you could do a video on that?
Thanks for the interest! I talk a bit about that here: th-cam.com/video/EdtDuvIUa6A/w-d-xo.html&t=342
Hey Rodney just had a quick question I wanted to confirm, when drawing cards for the action draw 2 after moving can we draw cards from the deck AND the row or either pick 2 cards from the deck Or 2 cards from the row?
Hey Dylan, any combination is fine.
@@WatchItPlayed Thanks Rodney keep up the great work 😁
Did you custom build the game board shelving? I love it/need it lol
A local carpenter did - glad you like them!
Amazing video bro. Thankyou!
I hope you have a great time playing!
In boardgame arena I was able to pick up cards and take a tour, but in this tutorial it shows you must pick one only on your turn. Just wanted some clarification so I don't get it wrong please, thank you very much
I shot this long enough ago that it would help to have a time stamp to the section of the video you are asking about.
@@WatchItPlayed it's around 9:25 and 10:00 in the video, you can draw two cards, take a tour, or a journey. But in the app it seems you can do all or two or one of those actions just wanted to make sure I understood well. Thank you for your help
@@alhernandez9263 I can't speak for the BGA app, but this video was checked over by the designer, so I feel pretty confident we have it right here.
@@WatchItPlayed ok just wanted to make sure thank you for taking the time to respond
Hi Rodney,
I'm trying to recall a game reviewed by Watch It Played. I can't remember what it was called but it had a spy theme and involved travelling the globe and utilising safe houses. Like this game, it also had a world map. I've looked through previous game videos on the channel, but I'm lost. Any ideas of what game this may have been?
This sounds like Pandemic Legacy Season 0!
I guess the update is to correct the rule that you place your trekker on the board as the first step in setup, before other elements, such as souvenir cubes and destination cards are revealed. I played this wrong the first couple time I played. We placed our trekkers at the end of setup. Honestly, I prefer that way. I don't really understand why you place them first, with absolutely no information to go on. I guess that there could be an advantage gained by knowing what is already on the board if you are the first player to get to place your trekker, but that's part of strategy. You can pick who is the start player randomly anyway. I don't know, that feels unintuitive to me.
Hey Jeff you'll find the reason for the update explained in the description of the video.
@@WatchItPlayed Yes, I saw that... Was just commenting why I don't understand why they made it that way... I've now played doing it both ways, I don't think it's better to be totally random like that..
@@jefff.2052 As I understand it, it is to prevent the first player from having an advantage at the start but the nice thing about board games is that once you own it, you can play as you like :) I just wanted to make sure I was presenting the rule as intended.
@@WatchItPlayed Oh, no worries...I appreciate the update. I overlooked it myself, and played twice with placing the trekkers at the end of setup. It took noticing the update which alerted me to the fact that I overlooked it. Since then, we did play according to the exact rules. It just felt weird to choose places to put the trekkers while intentionally not knowing why any place would be better or worse.
What if 2 players have the same amount of souvenir cubes at the end of the game? Who gets the points for the most souvenir cards?
Hey Phil, you'll want to re-check this section: th-cam.com/video/2WtLk-brFHY/w-d-xo.html - you only gain the card once you have "more" cubes than someone else. For someone else to get it from you, they'd have to have "more" cubes than you (having as many as you would not allow them to claim the card). Hope that helps.
wonderfull video! very helpful :)
Thank you Luc!
Great video thanks
You're very welcome!
@@WatchItPlayed thanks just ordered needed a change from ticket to ride for the kids
This looks super fun! Too bad I don’t have friends to play with. lol
I hope you find some!
What was updated?
And this game looks very good, but is price tag very high! 50$! You dont get a lot for 50$
Ah, today, I just removed the update notes :) I had to change the order in which you add your trekkers to the board during the setup. It is now correct in this video.
beautifully described
Thank you!
The instructions made it so hard but it's easy
Hope the video was helpful!
thank you
You're very welcome!
Hello Rodney, recently, I was looking for games that would be good for two players, my wife and I. I came across this game, and the original Trekking the National Parks. Do you have a recommendation on which between the two would be best to start with? Trying to figure out a good option for a Christmas present. I understand that the answer will probably be both are great, but I would like to hear your thoughts on the matter. Thanks!
Hey, thanks for the interest. I tend to avoid giving personalized recommendations. What I like, someone else might not - but hopefully you see a few games on here that might be what you are looking for! In this case, I've only played Trekking The World, so I 'm not much help anyway :)
first!!!
First
Hello Rodney...we played this game tonight. A question...is it allowed to trade cards between players? I feel the answer is a no but my husband insists as it doesn't say one can't in the rules it should be allowed, if mutually agreed.