Twilight Imperium 4 Faction Guide | The Winnu

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

Hi all :) Go ahead and leave any experiences you’ve had with the Winnu or any feedback for the guides down here. I’m too new to do any community polls, so any comments on factions you’d like next will heavily influence where it goes!

[@user-sj1ny1br3o]

POK pushed Winnu into more of a high value planet claimer faction rather than a expansionist faction. This is very nice for them and plays very well into their focus of Mecatol Rex.

[@KingYolos101]

Decent breakthrough of winnu, moments of odd pauses, but nothing that can be improved on.
Winnu went from worst and weaker faction to one of the more stronger faction to the untrained eye.

[@Lukec141]

I love the production value of these videos. Really well made. Definitely for good for beginners.

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

Thank you!!

[@rogue7744]

Really enjoying this series! As a newer player it’s SO helpful. Thank you for your time!

[@marcvestbojacobsen2693]

Nice video and great that you in the Mahact-video and this, always follow up a strategy or what a card does, by physically showing it while you read it. Would love if your next video was on the Titans of Ul as I love playing as them, but they can be tricky to figure out.

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

Thank you so much! Titans won’t be too far down the road so stay tuned!

[@_DuxNet]

A couple of flubs and editing mistakes but a very good vid. Yet again I like how you work talking about their lore into their rules. The Loseu might actually win with these changes! I think their commander especially is a game changer and I also think its boost to legendary planets shouldn't be underestimated.

[@SilentNSly]

I wish the started with one mech. If some is playing L1Z1T, you should try to get them to use their ability to upgrade one of your infantry to a mech.
Choosing Sarween tools at the start let’s you build a carrier, a mech and two infantry with just your home planet and advisor.
In the first round, one weakness is not having enough resources to follow technology, which makes Trade, Technology and Diplomacy tempting. However, Warfare should always be chosen if available.

[@kirchofer1563]

Just had a very fun Winnu win. Thank you for giving me a good guide before the game.

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

You’re welcome. How did you pull it off? A sneaky victory?

[@justinwerth]

Great job! It was fun, smart, and informative.

[@1000rikkeful]

This was very helpful.
I think I will be playing them for my first game, wish me Luck!

[@LLiivveeeevviiLL]

Great explanations, I have gone through some of them and I do like them. It is good to get an update even if I do not have the time to play at the moment. I complained about the music in another clip, perhaps a bit harsh. It does not help, but it is ok-ish. I think you have removed it in the later clips, so all good. I have no problem with you being visible at your end discussions, I mean you are speaking to the viewer so it is good.

[@barelyprotestant5365]

I played Winnu for the first time, a few days ago (I'm also new to TI). I enjoyed it, but it was difficult to play. Sol is still my favorite.

[@RobTyrrellCanada]

Thanks for making this content! PoK certainly fixed Winnu. It is now more interesting and competitive. The PoK changes leave Arborec as the lone worst faction (although they are certainly interesting).
Note, there are six available PDS units, not five. (19:15)

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

No problem! I love this game and community! Arborec is certainly fun, but unfortunately I agree...
And thanks for pointing that out! My memory must have faulted for a moment!

[@phoenixfire2403]

Ideas for fighting the Winnu. Prevent them from taking Mecatol Rex if you can. If you can't, make it as difficult as possible (within reason) for them to get imperial. If they do take Mecatol, try to get them off before they get a foothold. Either that, or race through objectives as fast as you can.

[@bonogiamboni4830]

Or just pray to pop the ixxthian artifact.

[@albertmly4507]

Quick note: You aren't able to pay for Technology's secondary with Hegemonic trade policy. Hegemonic trade policy can only be activated when one of your units uses production.

[@G0Crazy1]

tech secondary legit uses the production of a space dock which is a unit

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

Ahhhh I see now

[@charleshixon1458]

Whats better is if you do get imperial and take MRex, you can use the hero to pop politics after it's been popped and steal the Speaker Token.

[@georgebergeon6288]

that would be so fucking sick to do

[@gohanlee9631]

6:19 “So no matter Winnu take it” lol

[@Fonzie530]

Thank you so much for making these!

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

Of course! What faction would you like to see next?

[@andrewhaar6395]

Great Video! I enjoyed it, keep up the good work.

[@rankatarn]

Great job! I Love winnu

[@Kaiju-Driver]

Sounds like a fun play.

[@dennisvlasten1258]

Whe Winnu are so viable now!
I Played them for the first time and scores 13 Victory Points! Wow that was fun!
People love to get your alliancem the Hero is so good
What a Patch to them! :D

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

I know, right? I love them now!

[@Shugenjya]

Very nice done summary! Which faction will be next? :)

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

Thank you! I’m currently recording the Creuss guide, but after that it is up to you all. Leave whoever you’d like down here :)

[@Shugenjya]

@@CardboardCrashCourse I personally like the Arborec but i wouldn´t mind to see Nekro or Naalu. :)

[@Quincy_Morris]

@@CardboardCrashCourse I feel like the Sardacc Norr have changed the most with their commander allowing them to attack planets without ships. An in depth guide on them feels in order.

[@clancymcadams1267]

Where did you get the codex components printed?

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

Hi!
boardgamegeek.com/thread/2476234/what-best-way-get-everything-codex
This is the thread that explains everything well. @Cacotopos is the workhorse. A bit of work but it’s definitely worth it

[@Quincy_Morris]

“The home system has always been pretty decent.”
Excuse me what?

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

Learning as we go!

[@DCAMM720]

For the codex/omega cards, does anyone know where I can print them to match the existing cards? Or do people just print them out on paper and glue them on the old ones or something?

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

Link in the description!

[@Lukec141]

You said Reclamation (metacol power) is PDS or Space dock. Its in fact both.

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

Yeah, I caught that and edited it in. Only on screen though, so if you’re an audio listener, you may not have noticed. Yeah, it’s both which makes it very defensive

[@Lukec141]

@@CardboardCrashCourse Ah I missed that sorry!

[@woj_kal]

If you're going warfare round one how are you getting that mech?
Beside that Politics and gravity drive is also good way to go to mecatolu. Be the first round two

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

Ah, yes. Good point

[@Straddllw]

“You never have to take construction again.”
Be me. Plays Winnu in 4p. Gets secret objective that says have 3 space docks. Thought to myself, score!!! Makes carrier and mech. Moves mech to new planet round 2. First exploration in round 2 gives me demilitarised zone so I’m unable to land and construct. Follows construction. Immediate reactor meltdown. My carrier gets blown up before I can get to mecatol. Next round, Follows construction again. And then someone blows up my planet with a relic just because. I ended up swapping the secret objective out for 4 techs in 1 colour. Why do people hate Winnu? I’m not even ahead. Mechs didn’t do much for me. Was targeted because the hero ability is too scary. I never got a large fleet, simply because of production limitations due to never getting a second space dock up for long enough. Space dock 2 was out of reach too because I went all blue + sarween due to my secret objective.

[@Straddllw]

Oh and it’s really not even huge battles that slowed me down. It’s just a few opportune action cards, an unlucky relic and such. Opponents didn’t invest in lots to stop me, I was just easy to stop following a bad start and an unlucky exploration draw.

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

...
I’m sorry

[@johnmay9598]

This is sort of what I'm wondering about... the base game Winnu sometimes resulted in the rest of the table preventing the Winnu from taking Mecatol being priority 1. Now it seems like that is going to be an even more urgent priority - i.e., "it's so important that this not happen that I'm hesitant to even fight for it and potentially give the Winnu player an opening".

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

I can understand that. They do work even more as a glass cannon now in some situations, unfortunately. The only thing is they actually have the resources, tech, and power to not have to rely on others paving a way for them every time now. Dropping in from a legendary or wormhole onto Rex is a power move and can actually level other people’s fleets now, instead of them being vanilla in terms of combat. They definitely aren’t the best or even close by any means, but my main point is that if you get screwed, you still have other stuff to do now. Unless you’re OP, and in that case... that’s rough

[@Straddllw]

@@CardboardCrashCourse I certainly would stay away from picking Winnu in tournament. No matter how many buffs they get, their strategy is too obvious and the meta can stop them pretty easily. Who's planet should you blow up? Who to play reactor meltdown or that card that destroys PDS on a planet? The answer is always Winnu (or Saar for Reactor Meltdown).

[@Nightsky107]

Sins of the Father = Gabriel Knight :)

[@RickarRickani]

Where did you print the codex cards?

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

boardgamegeek.com/thread/2476234/what-best-way-get-everything-codex
Hello, right here is the thread with the instructions and link to where you can get them printed off. Requires a minute of work but they come out great

[@BLABLABLA-kl8eq]

Very poor movie. A lot of theory talking and high level. No technical talk. Also all i see is your face instead of TI. I came here for TI, not for your face xd

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

Gotcha, I’ll take that into consideration. Thanks for the feedback

[@attilamagyar91]

This is just a dumb hatecomment. Please ignore it. Your presentation is perfect. Also technical talk is there, the second half is literally about technics how to use Winnu. Also lot of TI cutouts are there so the other sentence is dumb as well.

[@michaeldrass4778]

I love your videos, man. Just discovered you and got instant- addicted... winnu and ul are the kick- ass factions imo

[@devilmaycry273]

Hey man, I really love this game, and despite seeing other videos, I really like your explanations and thoughts after seeing most of the factions. Now, I just wanted to say thanks for your work 🎉

[@CardboardCrashCourse]

Glad you enjoy it! Thank you!