Port Royal - Playthrough & Review (Pfister Series)
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Welcome to the start of our Alexander Pfister series! This is "Port Royal," his second game released originally in 2014 and published by Pegasus Spiele. This video includes a board game rules overview. Let us know what you think about the game in the comments section below!
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1:01 - Rules overview
7:42 - Playthrough
33:03 - Review
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Do you guys have any thoughts on this early Pfister game? Let us know!
Before You Play Are you sure you played the game correctly? As an example, at 26:01 the five coin PIRATE ship, which is indicated with the skull and crossbones and the cannons on the card firing, does an attack on your harbour. If you don’t have sailor defence I’m purity sure something happens. The firing cannon indicate that even if you do have sailor defence it still effects the active players harbour. Otherwise why would one need sailors with defence icons? It has been a long long time since I have played this game so I could be totally wrong.
@@stevegeorge7773 Great question! I had to reference the rulebook again to make sure haha. There's no pirate attacking mechanic in this game from what I've read in the rules. The skull and crossbones just means you are not allowed to repel the ship regardless of how many sailors/pirates you've hired. We probably should have mentioned that in the video, sorry!
@@stevegeorge7773 To my knowledge the Skull on ship cards only indicate that the ship can never be repelled. Once it's drawn it has to move into your port/market doesn't matter how many swords you have. I believe they played it correctly. The only thing I'd noticed was at 27:46, 28:17 where Naveen should've taken 1 coin from the bust due to his jester.
Such a great game. One of my favourites.
One small point about repelling ships. The rulebook says "A player can always stop voluntarily and proceed to the 2nd phase unless he draws a Ship that is of identical color to one that is already in the harbor dispay [sic] and that he cannot repel.". Most TH-cam demonstrations of the rules seem to imply that once a second ship of an identical color is drawn, it's an automatic bust, but the rules suggest that the player has the opportunity to repel this ship first. This gives the Sailor and Pirate cards much more tactical value.
My favorite Pfister game - so glad you started with this one!
Yup! We are going to be featuring each game in chronological order from release date, this way we can see the designers growth.
Totally picking this up the Big Box version of this game when it comes out.
What a great video! You basically included all information required to help decide if the game is worth buying. Will go through much more of the videos you have! Also, yall are super cute)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great start to the series! And I've never seen Naveen so animated 😂
haha had my coffee right before we filmed ;)
I do think you get coins when you or the other player bust and you have the jester. So Naveen should have gotten a couple of extra coins. Thanks for the playthrough, it was really fun to see your excited for the game
Good call! You're right I short changed myself... literally... haha -Naveen
The expansion for this game adds a cooperative variant which is really fun and my preferred way to play this.
Oh no way! Our friend that let us borrow this copy also has it but we didn't end getting it. 😌
@@BeforeYouPlay You need to get this! As Ian says, it is our favorite way to play the game too. There is a third expansion, The Adventure Begins or something like that, which adds a campaign mode. You can really see little bits of Maracaibo starting to surface in these little card games. The Steve Jackson game is just a re-implementation of Port Royal, sadly with different components that don't integrate with the expansions. I got rid of my Steve Jackson version to get the Pegasus Spiele editions.
You are going to love Oh My Goods. The dual use cards that you either use as resources or build is brilliant. As with Port Royal, there are some great expansions that deliver some additional content, so don't miss out on any of them. They follow a similar path of competitive base game, add solo and campaign play. There's even a spin-off called Tybor the Builder that is like the Unterwegs stand alone expansion to Port Royal, but better, I think.
These are all great background for Expedition to Newdale.
@@bobnetherton4957 Oh that's so cool! This is exactly why we love to do these designer series on the channel! Love to see the wheels turning and the progression they make.
This is one of our go to gentle-ish Sunday games. Is lots of fun and the push your luck adds spice. I have one of the expansions which adds some new character cards and contracts, which are objectives anyone can achieve. Adds a little without disrupting the base game too much. Look forward to your play of Oh My Goods!
Port Royal with the extension is the best game Ive ever played. Myself & my 3 adult children LOVE this game. With extention added its even far more interesting yet again requiring more brain work/strategy & as time goes on different strategies are figured out. It can be played differently with diff goals each time with extention. Getting as many swords as possible is powerful to never bust.
Great work guys, love the channel, keep it up! Much love from Serbia!
Thank you! Will do!
I love this game! I've had a lot of luck playing this with non-gamers. Press-your-luck and multi-use cards is a great combination.
Couldn't agree more!
Awesome video! It was exciting right to the end!
Great video again guys! Looking forward to the rest if the series. Thanks again for your time and honesty!
Thank you so much!! We're very excited!!😀
Having some swords early is really powerful so you can fend off ships while drawing; helps mitigate busted turns.
We brute forced it lol, you're so right.
Great vid...thanks for a brilliant playthrough...have just picked up the big box...and can't wait to get it to the table....think this will push quacks as my favourite push your luck game...have now played 2 of Pfister's card games...(oh my goods)....am really enjoying the Pfister playthroughs....thanks again...
Great play through, guys. Always enjoy your content. This is a Pfister game I have yet to get, but look forward to the rest of your plays in his series. Thanks!
Hi Christopher, thank you thank you! We are excited to run through all of his titles!
Super fun play thru! I’m convinced to pick this up. I traded away my push your luck pirate game (Knizia’s Loot) and this one seems so much better!
Haven't tried that one!
Loot’s ok. Lots of player interaction but way more luck than strategy: 80:20. I like how there’s potential for reward for all players at every turn here!
Hi. Great video. Fisters game are a
Mixed bag. Great: great western trail,, ok: Maracaibo, Mombasa, bad: black out Hong Kong. So I hope his new coming game is more interesting with more new mechanics, because his bigger Boardgames tend to be not so different from each other.
The minor bantering of telling other players to keep drawing in hopes they bust and also for them to buy a card during your active turn so they can pay you a coin makes this a fun small box game. The game can run a little long occasionally but other than that, I love the quick setup (one multi-use deck!) and all that it offers in filler+ gameplay. Thanks for the playthrough and this series!
This wasn't even on my radar now it's on my wishlist. This is a perfect small game with virtually no set up. That governor card looks like it's no joke, though. 😂
Monique, at 30:40, you should have kept drawing to bust so he couldn't have bought the log cabin on that turn
Man, I'm getting Pfister fever. Man looking forward to watching through your new series
Haha us too! Thank you for tuning in. 😀
@@BeforeYouPlay ok, I just ordered the game of Amazon. Looks like a great light filler
Just played this last night with some of the kids in our church youth group. One of our favorite games. Loved the grin on Naveen's face at the end (though he could have been a gentleman and let your retroactively repel the one-sword ship). Really enjoy your videos, partly because of the great chemistry you have and that you always seem happy and smiling.
That was fun! Thanks for sharing it with us :)
Fun to see you play this one, really fun game :)
Hey Guys, love the Pfister coverage. Any chance of covering Expedition to Newdale? Really a fun game and would love to see and hear your thoughts on it. Thanks!!
I have not played it for a long while. I need to bring it out soon. It is a very fun game.
What player count do you like? Have you tried it at 5?
Before You Play I have mainly played with 4 people. That’s how many guys are in our game group. But it’s been a while with this stupid corona virus. Going thru board game night withdraws. 😊
I didn't realize he had lighter games until your ranking video - this seems like a good way to scratch a push-your-luck itch. I had discovered Deep Sea Adventure before covid but I don't think it'd be worth playing that at 2p, unlike this one.
The expansion for this game is actually quite good as well. It make the game better imo.
Yeah, we both want to try it now and see what it has to offer!
I enjoy this one, especially with 3-4p. I like how it combines building your own mini engine with player interaction through the card row. The first expansion adds a lot: some very useful new characters, contracts, and a great co-op mode (also playable solo). Never play without it!
This is the most played game in my collection. Love it!
Simple to teach, simple to play!
I have played it several times in the past. Really nice filler game. Enjoyed watching you as always :-)
Hey guys! Love your videos!!!
You should try Assembly! It's a co-op two player or solo game! Its perfect and challenging! Very under rated too. :)
Never heard of that title, we'll try and check it out!
@@BeforeYouPlay Yay!!! you guys are an awesome board game power couple!!! 😊
Naveen just wooshed it with the big mama hahahahaha
Thank you for video. Rules did not click with me. Now I can try this with my daughter.
Wonderful! Hope you both have fun!
I love you guys, this was super exciting. And only 10 pounds!!!
Naveen won! Declare a holiday!
HAHAHA!!! We must notify the public 08/18/2020 will be known across all the land!! - Naveen
Love your content, Plan to buy one. Do you know The big box Port is released Fall 2021! You should check out!
Hi John, oh no way! That's super cool!!
Port Royal is a great game! And there are 2 expansions!
This seems quite fun. I did feel that with this playthrough and only two players you didn't make use of the cards at your disposal. At the beggining I thought that you'd build a tableau and work off of it to make synergies happen, but you guys mostly tried to fulfill the pre requisite and then sprint to the finish line. I think I'd like this game to have a bit more variability in the powers and make them more interesting and powerful. Having swords to repel ships didn't seem to play out at all.
I have Oh my Goods! and i love it. It's fun, fast, just enough push your luck built into it, and no negative player interaction. Terrific filler game.
You are absolutely right about that lol. We tend to underestimate the value of pirates and sailors and don't invest in them early as we probably should be doing. Neither of us play this style of game very much so I think we both had our eyes on the prize, and that kept us from employing a proper strategy from the beginning. We are excited to cover Oh My Goods! Glad to hear you enjoy it!
Game was fun to watch until she rushed the end game, didn't bother repelling the useless 1coin/1sword ship...