17.04 you used an exhaust effect during solstice - you can’t do that, exhaust effects are only during an activate turn, see top of page 11 in the rules. This error gets repeated (return unrest with shrine, then exhaust Viking power to draw 2 cards)
Generally I agree except I believe if the card states you can trigger it on an effect it can happen outside of activate. "Unless the card specifies otherwise". That's why I did this
Right but that means cards like Mounted Archers for the Scythians which specifically says you can exhaust it in another players turn. Sorry the rules weren’t totally clear on this ☹️
@@nigelbuckle3759 I have made this error when playing the Utopians too. Triggers are generally an exception that break these kinds of rules in many card games, so I think this clarification would be useful to have in the errata.
definitely late to the party but I'd totally watch another. Always love your playthroughs Colin :) -doesn't matter which game or how old it is, your videos are always a treat.
It's really interesting how differently the Romans played here. I was playing them on Overlord and they were whipping through their deck, dumping all kinds of cards into history. Overlord does always 5 cards a turn, but I also wonder of Colin had a bit of good luck with which cards were flipped vs discarded.
@4:50, your correction is correct, but actually if you instead interpret your actions as choosing not to shuffle the deck (since it was optional), then use the Viking power to place the card at the bottom (I think?), could you bury Finland/Vinland that way? So, there was no effect, maybe just that you misspoke and were not using the card but instead using the Viking passive!
It didn't end up really being a problem, but you didn't appear to register the passive ability of the Longships, which lets you acquire exiled regions and gain population when you do. I think between that and a bunch of the Viking regions exiling cards from the market, the idea is probably to exile regions from the market and then pick them up via Longships for extra population gain.
Love this game, and love the videos! I think you may have misplayed Erik the Red on your first turn, though; "find" requires you to search your hand first, then your discard, draw deck, and finally your nation deck if the previous options had no regions. I think Erik's meant to be a late-game option, as you play out all your regions, then use him to grab another one from your nation deck.
Thanks for watching! Actually I confirmed I played it right on bgg! If you are looking for a specific type of card you can choose where you want to look first! I will link the bgg confirmation shortly
Amazing video! I think you are not allowed to play the King of Kings card twice. The first player who plays it, flips the card and now other players have a chance to play it as well in the last turn for a lesser reward.
@@OneStopCoopShop At 59:00 minutes, Round 14 (your last round) you played Glory and gained 4 VP from the back of King of Kings, after you had already picked it up and played the front for six VP previously. Per the rules on page 19: " You cannot trigger King of Kings (either side) more than once per game". Obviously, this didn't impact the final winner. Also, one minute later when you resolved the bot's Qin card in the very last round, you resolved them as Tributary, when they also have the Pinned (Inifinity) symbol, which is higher than Tributary on the bot chart. Again, one Pop instead of 1 VP didn't change the outcome. Great Playthrough...I learned a ton. Thanks.
Hey Collin! I just bought Imperium: Classics yesterday, which I haven't played yet, and I was wondering what I should do now, since Imperium: Horizons is out now with a bunch of replacement cards and a new rulebook. The new cards are leading, but I don't want to buy Imperium: Horizons YET. So, I have the following questions (I want to play to play the solo and multiplayer mode) : Do I need to use the new rulebook? What should I do with the cards that are replaced? What files do I need to download on BoardGameGeeks? Thanks in advance, looking forward to see more deckbuilding playthroughs! :)
The rules are mostly clarifications, and the new cards are often minor changes. So I would say you don't have to do anything (and I'm not aware of any BGG files). Just play the game, and if you end up really enjoying it and wanting more, then buy Horizons and replace cards. I never had any trouble with my copies of Classics and Legends prior to Horizon coming out.
I’m pretty sure that on round 11 you could have taken great instead, exhausted skis and drawn a card instead of 2 materials, played great for an extra action and use that newly drawn rollo to get the last fame card
Hello! I recently bought the game myself and watched your playthroughs of it. Very well made, thank you! At 59:55 you did the tributary Action of the bot even though the card is also a pinned card so you should have done the pinned card action of the bot(gain 1 pop. Put this card into history). Am i getting this right?
Have you played the Scythians? There is a card that allows you to “break through on regions” but we do not place unrest on regions, curious to see if you had any insights. The rule book for this game is very wonky imo and not written in complete thoughts haha.
It is weird! That just means you can with chose one that is in the offer, or draw from the region deck to get the next card there. You just ignore the unrest part since no unrest connected to the regions!
@@OneStopCoopShop also quick clarifying question, how are you playing the empire cards as Vikings? I’m still very confused as you cannot become an empire and thus these cannot be played, so I always avoid them like the plague. I’d love to understand your strategy here and how they were played or if simply they were garrisoned from your hand? And if so, was this a legal move?
They have a card in their nation deck that you can tap to play one empire card! So most cards were not empire but that one allowed me to play 1 a turn!
I am pretty sure I did this. I trusted end of round by obtaining my final card. Then the bot went and I had one more turn and so did the Roman's! Yup I did that correct!
@@OneStopCoopShop 57:07 on round 14 you play Harold and trigger scoring. You finish this round by finishing your turn and the bots turn. Then by the rule book you should play one more round, so you would get another turn and so would the romans
@@OneStopCoopShop the rule book says game end can be triggered when ‘The Viking player places their Harald Hardrada card into their discard pile. I thought that meant play, but only now realised that developing also does that. That’s why I was confused
Someone is keen for fame cards and getting his own saga I think? As a Scandinavian I have special interest for the vkings but they do seem a bit different and not so easy.
At 12:28 when the bot exiles a card, you exiled the second card in the market. I thought they always exiled the first card, unless there is a tie, which they then exile the highest VP card?
The bot exiles the leftmost card that does NOT have a token on it. The Sumerians in the farthest left slot had a progress token on it, that’s why the City card was exiled. Colin played it correctly.
1:10:37 The bot would have returned it's only unrest card due to the Sumerians scoring affect (but it's quite possible they ignore those effects during scoring--which they probably due since they just get a flat 5VP for *). I think the Vikings were an awful matchup for the Romans. It was ridiculous you finished the game before the Romans became an empire. I wonder if the Vikings are too powerful in solo mode?
The bot ignores all effects of cards from my understanding so no they would not remove the Unrest cards. Also I made a fatal error that I was triggering Exhaust effects during the Solstice. That allowed my to draw 2 cards almost every turn which meant I ran through my deck very quickly. So I think it could have been different if I had not done that, but I do feel like the Vikings outmatched the Romans. I am not sure if it is true but I feel like harder Civ's in the regular game have harder bots? Romans are star 1's I will not be playing star 1 Civ's again if they are that easy. I will say I just played the Omecs vs. the Atlanteans last night and got pummeled 77 to 53. So the Bot can be a good challenge it is up a bit to how the cards play out!
I agree the extra card draw is what really helped with this game - plus grabbing the shrine to give the easy unrest return. Without both of those (one clever play the other a rules misunderstanding) the game would have played out a bit differently. I think both the Vikings and the Celts are top performers in solo because you can flood the bot with unrest and the bot Is poor at unrest management (unlike a player)
Totally agree and sorry Nigel for messing up those rules!! One of these times I'll get it right! Regardless I am having the time of my life with this game so thanks for designing it!!!!
The game looks incredibly, but the bot is very weak. I watched two of your movies and in both point advantage over the bot was huge, which causes that for me playing solo into this game does not make sense.
I get that however this is not always the case!! This just happened to be with the cards but I lost all the time. Just yesterday I lost to the Atlantians. I also did something wrong here and used a exhaust ability during solstice and it really helped me. It would have been much closer I think!
Looks interesting but it really is a shame that the tokens in the game are some of the worst I have ever seen. Neon pink bricks and neon blue figures on black? The action markers? Horrible
I have heard this before, but I am not sure how else to help? Maybe check out someone else's playthrough like Jon Gets Games? Or just try playing it without a bot until it starts to make sense! Sorry I can't be more helpful!
17.04 you used an exhaust effect during solstice - you can’t do that, exhaust effects are only during an activate turn, see top of page 11 in the rules. This error gets repeated (return unrest with shrine, then exhaust Viking power to draw 2 cards)
Generally I agree except I believe if the card states you can trigger it on an effect it can happen outside of activate. "Unless the card specifies otherwise". That's why I did this
Right but that means cards like Mounted Archers for the Scythians which specifically says you can exhaust it in another players turn. Sorry the rules weren’t totally clear on this ☹️
Ahhhh! Sorry for the miss then! I will put up a CC thank you!!
@@nigelbuckle3759 I have made this error when playing the Utopians too. Triggers are generally an exception that break these kinds of rules in many card games, so I think this clarification would be useful to have in the errata.
It just seemed like such a cool combo haha!
The editing of this video is perfect. I will definitely watch another Imperium gameplay..
Thanks so much! I have 2 plays on the channel so far and more to come!!
definitely late to the party but I'd totally watch another. Always love your playthroughs Colin :) -doesn't matter which game or how old it is, your videos are always a treat.
Thanks so much Josh! Good news I have another play coming this week of the Arthurians vs the Atlantians!
I love the pronunciation of skis 😆
Haha!!
Ugh, so good. More, if you have the time and energy, your playthroughs are awesome Colin!
It's going to happen!! Thanks so much for watching!
Oh I’ve been waiting for this! Awesome
Thanks for watching!!
Definitely interested in more content
Yeah it's going to happen! Ha I love the game so much
Another fantastic play through, Colin. Please do more!
I JUST recorded another so it's coming soon! Arthurians vs the Atlantians!!
@@OneStopCoopShop wow cant wait !
I enjoyed to watch this Solo Playthrough. It's also a great game.
Excellent playthrough Colin! It's amazing how different every civilization plays :)
The best part about the game right? Thanks so much for watching!
@@OneStopCoopShop I just got into the game and your playthroughs help a lot! Keep up the good work Colin!
Yeah this one the rulebook is more of a reference! It doesn't teach you how to play the game!
It's really interesting how differently the Romans played here. I was playing them on Overlord and they were whipping through their deck, dumping all kinds of cards into history. Overlord does always 5 cards a turn, but I also wonder of Colin had a bit of good luck with which cards were flipped vs discarded.
Interesting! I do think randomness can certainly play a role!
Would love to see more
Planning on it!!
Thanks for this Playthrough with the vikings. Skol. ;) ... still waiting for my copy. Would like to see more Imperium content....
It is happening for sure! Just have to decide what Civilization to do! Thanks for watching and hope you get a copy soon!
@4:50, your correction is correct, but actually if you instead interpret your actions as choosing not to shuffle the deck (since it was optional), then use the Viking power to place the card at the bottom (I think?), could you bury Finland/Vinland that way? So, there was no effect, maybe just that you misspoke and were not using the card but instead using the Viking passive!
Oh boy that's a great point thanks for that! Gosh the vikings were fun!!
It didn't end up really being a problem, but you didn't appear to register the passive ability of the Longships, which lets you acquire exiled regions and gain population when you do. I think between that and a bunch of the Viking regions exiling cards from the market, the idea is probably to exile regions from the market and then pick them up via Longships for extra population gain.
Totally but it wasn't needed in the strategy I had implemented! Thanks for watching!
Awesome play-through. Thanks.
Thanks so much for watching!!
MORE PLEASE!!!
At this point it is a when question not an if :) I love the game so much! Thanks for watching!
More please, yes, yes!
Got you!!
Love this game, and love the videos! I think you may have misplayed Erik the Red on your first turn, though; "find" requires you to search your hand first, then your discard, draw deck, and finally your nation deck if the previous options had no regions. I think Erik's meant to be a late-game option, as you play out all your regions, then use him to grab another one from your nation deck.
Thanks for watching! Actually I confirmed I played it right on bgg! If you are looking for a specific type of card you can choose where you want to look first! I will link the bgg confirmation shortly
@@OneStopCoopShop Oh, that's awesome! That makes finding a lot better, then. Thanks for the clarification!
boardgamegeek.com/thread/2670043/article/37834009#37834009 There you go! Confirmed by the designer himself!
Amazing video! I think you are not allowed to play the King of Kings card twice. The first player who plays it, flips the card and now other players have a chance to play it as well in the last turn for a lesser reward.
Thanks for that! Do you happen to know when I did that so I can make a note?
@@OneStopCoopShop At 59:00 minutes, Round 14 (your last round) you played Glory and gained 4 VP from the back of King of Kings, after you had already picked it up and played the front for six VP previously. Per the rules on page 19: " You cannot trigger King of Kings (either side) more than once per game". Obviously, this didn't impact the final winner. Also, one minute later when you resolved the bot's Qin card in the very last round, you resolved them as Tributary, when they also have the Pinned (Inifinity) symbol, which is higher than Tributary on the bot chart. Again, one Pop instead of 1 VP didn't change the outcome. Great Playthrough...I learned a ton. Thanks.
Hey Collin! I just bought Imperium: Classics yesterday, which I haven't played yet, and I was wondering what I should do now, since Imperium: Horizons is out now with a bunch of replacement cards and a new rulebook.
The new cards are leading, but I don't want to buy Imperium: Horizons YET. So, I have the following questions (I want to play to play the solo and multiplayer mode) :
Do I need to use the new rulebook?
What should I do with the cards that are replaced?
What files do I need to download on BoardGameGeeks?
Thanks in advance, looking forward to see more deckbuilding playthroughs! :)
The rules are mostly clarifications, and the new cards are often minor changes. So I would say you don't have to do anything (and I'm not aware of any BGG files). Just play the game, and if you end up really enjoying it and wanting more, then buy Horizons and replace cards.
I never had any trouble with my copies of Classics and Legends prior to Horizon coming out.
@@OneStopCoopShop Thank you very much man! Much appreciated!
I’m pretty sure that on round 11 you could have taken great instead, exhausted skis and drawn a card instead of 2 materials, played great for an extra action and use that newly drawn rollo to get the last fame card
I could have but didn't. I wanted the extra round to get my last nation's card! All planned!
Hello! I recently bought the game myself and watched your playthroughs of it. Very well made, thank you!
At 59:55 you did the tributary Action of the bot even though the card is also a pinned card so you should have done the pinned card action of the bot(gain 1 pop. Put this card into history). Am i getting this right?
Have you played the Scythians? There is a card that allows you to “break through on regions” but we do not place unrest on regions, curious to see if you had any insights. The rule book for this game is very wonky imo and not written in complete thoughts haha.
It is weird! That just means you can with chose one that is in the offer, or draw from the region deck to get the next card there. You just ignore the unrest part since no unrest connected to the regions!
@@OneStopCoopShop that makes sense! Thanks for the quick response and great videos. You should do an Arthurian vid 🧐haha
Haha! I did I love that civ! Let me know if you can't find the video!
@@OneStopCoopShop also quick clarifying question, how are you playing the empire cards as Vikings? I’m still very confused as you cannot become an empire and thus these cannot be played, so I always avoid them like the plague. I’d love to understand your strategy here and how they were played or if simply they were garrisoned from your hand? And if so, was this a legal move?
They have a card in their nation deck that you can tap to play one empire card! So most cards were not empire but that one allowed me to play 1 a turn!
shame that the card text covers the most relevant portion of the artwork for 1VIK11/26, as I believe the card name is just the plural of "ski"
Thanks for that and I agree!
lol, yeah, it cracked me up to hear you say "skizz", but it probably seemed more thematically correct :)
HAHAHA!!!!!
Which do you like more, Classics or Legends?
Legends has more unique civilizations so I lean towards that one. But you can't go wrong with either of them!
@@OneStopCoopShop alright! Legends is a bit harder too, right? Not to hard to start with if only getting one (for now at least :p)?
You've got it!! Classics is a great place to start!
@@OneStopCoopShop 🙏 Thanks :)
In the rule book it says “when scoring is triggered, complete the current round. Then, play one final round”. So you should have played a round 15
I am pretty sure I did this. I trusted end of round by obtaining my final card. Then the bot went and I had one more turn and so did the Roman's! Yup I did that correct!
@@OneStopCoopShop 57:07 on round 14 you play Harold and trigger scoring. You finish this round by finishing your turn and the bots turn. Then by the rule book you should play one more round, so you would get another turn and so would the romans
No it's when you take the Herold card not play it. I did it right! 😄
@@OneStopCoopShop the rule book says game end can be triggered when ‘The Viking player places their Harald Hardrada card into their discard pile. I thought that meant play, but only now realised that developing also does that. That’s why I was confused
@@amansparekh Cool no problem - it can be confusing thanks for watching!
Someone is keen for fame cards and getting his own saga I think?
As a Scandinavian I have special interest for the vkings but they do seem a bit different and not so easy.
HA! Yes, it was a really enjoyable game I think! The way each Civilization plays is so different, it is what makes this game. Thanks for watching!
At 12:28 when the bot exiles a card, you exiled the second card in the market. I thought they always exiled the first card, unless there is a tie, which they then exile the highest VP card?
I just don't remember and lent the game to my buddy so I am not sure! Likely you are right!
The bot exiles the leftmost card that does NOT have a token on it. The Sumerians in the farthest left slot had a progress token on it, that’s why the City card was exiled. Colin played it correctly.
We want MOOOORRRREEEEE!!! Thanks 😉
Just ordered both Classics and Legends. Can't wait!
Yeah pretty sure it's happening I like the games so much!!
@@OneStopCoopShop Never played it and I know I would like it a lot too hehe.
I hope you get to try it sometime!!
@@OneStopCoopShop I sure do hope so too. They are out of stock atm, so I'm playing the waiting game ;)
1:10:37 The bot would have returned it's only unrest card due to the Sumerians scoring affect (but it's quite possible they ignore those effects during scoring--which they probably due since they just get a flat 5VP for *). I think the Vikings were an awful matchup for the Romans. It was ridiculous you finished the game before the Romans became an empire. I wonder if the Vikings are too powerful in solo mode?
The bot ignores all effects of cards from my understanding so no they would not remove the Unrest cards. Also I made a fatal error that I was triggering Exhaust effects during the Solstice. That allowed my to draw 2 cards almost every turn which meant I ran through my deck very quickly. So I think it could have been different if I had not done that, but I do feel like the Vikings outmatched the Romans. I am not sure if it is true but I feel like harder Civ's in the regular game have harder bots? Romans are star 1's I will not be playing star 1 Civ's again if they are that easy. I will say I just played the Omecs vs. the Atlanteans last night and got pummeled 77 to 53. So the Bot can be a good challenge it is up a bit to how the cards play out!
I agree the extra card draw is what really helped with this game - plus grabbing the shrine to give the easy unrest return. Without both of those (one clever play the other a rules misunderstanding) the game would have played out a bit differently. I think both the Vikings and the Celts are top performers in solo because you can flood the bot with unrest and the bot Is poor at unrest management (unlike a player)
Totally agree and sorry Nigel for messing up those rules!! One of these times I'll get it right! Regardless I am having the time of my life with this game so thanks for designing it!!!!
Thanks for doing the great playthroughs, really getting a kick out of watching people play (and enjoying) the game
Probably one of the coolest things is to see other people enjoying a design you made I would imagine!!
More more more plz! ;)
Haha!! Will do!!
The game looks incredibly, but the bot is very weak. I watched two of your movies and in both point advantage over the bot was huge, which causes that for me playing solo into this game does not make sense.
I get that however this is not always the case!! This just happened to be with the cards but I lost all the time. Just yesterday I lost to the Atlantians. I also did something wrong here and used a exhaust ability during solstice and it really helped me. It would have been much closer I think!
@@OneStopCoopShop Maybe at the Overlord Bot level will be OK.
Thanks Colin for the answer. I love your channel😀.
Thank you for watching and don't give up on the game!! It's a challenge for sure!!
Looks interesting but it really is a shame that the tokens in the game are some of the worst I have ever seen. Neon pink bricks and neon blue figures on black? The action markers? Horrible
I won't disagree with you there but those are easily replaced. The mechanics are super solid!
Am I the only one who can’t wrap their head around this game? Like Im not sure what to do, or why I’m doing it.
I have heard this before, but I am not sure how else to help? Maybe check out someone else's playthrough like Jon Gets Games? Or just try playing it without a bot until it starts to make sense! Sorry I can't be more helpful!
@@OneStopCoopShop Oh its not a critic on your video. Your videos are always amazing. Its me lol
@@OneStopCoopShop Yes Jons play through was very helpful for regular play