NOTE: Just to clarify. At 5:07, when discussing adding a token onto a food symbol, if you are taking advantage of trading in two food as any 1 food - you treat those as the food they "became", just not as the tokens they were. So if you trade in two fruit tokens to fulfill a seed cost, and the bird had a seed cost - you can place a duet token onto a seed space.
Does a wild food cost on a bird card match any food type on the duet board? (Like a wild star nest matches any type of nest?) Or no food spaces or the food type you actually used when playing the bird?
Wow, that was a spot on perfect replication of Rodney’s video style. Very impressed and I hope this means that we will be getting even more tutorial videos.
Congrats to Monique on her first tutorial. Was highly expecting this version. And the fact that there's also a two player standalone mode is perfect. Gotta add this to my list.
Congratulations on your first full tutorial on the channel Monique, absolutely nailed it. Looking forward to both yours and Rodney's tutorials going forward :)
Out of all the board game youtubers I've watched, Rodney Smith's format for teaching a board game is by far the best for me. Clear and precise. Feels like their is no wasted time. Monique did a perfect job of replicating his style of teaching, I understood the expansion completely. Great video
Rodney's videos have have long been the gold standard for tutorials, but the fabulous Monique may give him a run for his money. And, the duet mode looks really fun.
This was so great. I pushed play and walked away then heard the Watch It Played music and got so confused. Then Monique is at the shelves! Next time throw in a box flip! Great job giving us a short and sweet overview of this new expansion
Wow! Monique you did great. The entire team and board gaming community is so wonderful. Glad I got hooked in my early twenties. One of the best things that happened.
Amazing job on the tutorial, Before I purchase a game I usually see if Before You Play has a play through on it to ease the pain of learning that game.
Excellent tutorial, very friendly and to the point following the trademark "Watch it played" clarity. I'm a Wingspan fan, having both expansions already in hand prior to Asia... Can't wait to bring this one into my collection. 👍
Rodney is sharing the load it seems. Great tutorial Monique! Clever and lovely as always... I'll have to try it eventually but I had not played with Oceania enough yet. 😁
This was fantastic. Was so pleased you have kept to the format that's worked so well in the past. We know you'll box flip when the moment feels right !
Got the game yesterday and had to sit down to watch Monique's tutorial. Love it! Very clear and informative. Hopefully I can get my GF to the table to play the duet mode today. If not, I'll read the Automa rules 🙂 Thanks Monique! And Watch It Played of course!
OMG! That was stellar from Monique. I sold my copy of Wingspan as it wasn’t for me but I watched this just for fun when I saw Monique was doing it! Of course I also like your How To’s too Rodney 😉
All that was missing was Rodney’s box top, but I don’t blame you for not risking his signature move, lol. I always love watching Monique because you make every clear and easy to understand! Thanks for the content!
Awesome tutorial! Top notch quality as always in this channel. The new Flock mode seems interesting, not usually a fan of expansions that add more players but this one might just work!
Woot. Not sure how she broke into Rodneys house, and i'm not going to ask any questions to what you did with him. But I support this change. You've always been an awesome explainer of games. My wife and i always watch you guys videos to see how to play our two players.
Wow Monique, you did an awesome job! Congratulations with your first teach on Watch it Played! I like how it comes full circle from the days on your own channel where you started doing tutorials 😊 All the best! Cis
And she's still teaching and playing games there too - the best of both worlds :) Thanks for the kind words of support about the video and for checking it out! -Rodney
Monique did a great job with this tutorial, especially being her first one. Let's hope she'll reach Rodney's expertise on teaching board games in the future. In addition, maybe we'll see the other people on the Watch It Played channel doing board game tutorials someday, especially if Chaz can teach a game and make us laugh at the same time during it, Paula and Matt teach a 2-player game and argue about who teaches what part, etc.
It took me a few seconds to realize that Monique was doing exactly like Rodney. I was super eager to see if she would do the box flip 😅 Only missing putting back the game box on the shelf at the end while doing the outro 😃
Great job, Monique! Hope to see you in more such videos, so you and Rodney can bring us even more easy-to-follow tutorials! One question: Which one would you prefer? Regular two-player Wingspan or Duet Mode?
Duet seems like a quite different flow, with that new card area and tokens. What are pros and cons of 2-player duet vs 2-player standard? Is duet trying to accomplish something like more streamlined, faster play or anything like that?
I think in part, the benefit is the self contained nature of being able to play from this one box, but as I don’t do review styles analysis, this question might be better suited for someone else to try to answer.
Question - when taking a reward for placing a duet token do they mean food from the supply or feeder and likewise a clarification with taking a bird card from the tray or the deck? Great video, thank you. Excited for this expansion.
this is what it says in the rulebook from what i could find: BONUS: Some spaces on the Duet map have bonuses. If the space that you use has an egg, card, or food die on it, you gain the item shown. so I think it's a food die and not a token, and a card from wherever you want, tray/deck:) that's how i read it at least.
It is pretty difficult to reach the level of Rodney's tutorials, but she achieved it (don't know if she wrote script and shots sequence, the video is great anyway)
Yeah I didn’t get a reasonable explanation in the video to answer this. I watched it three times and just not sure why the pieces are shaped that way, they could have very easily made them circle discs.
@@WhatUpRob You might have misunderstood my meaning Robert. The video isn't going to address why the publisher decided to go with that design choice (that doesn't belong in a tutorial), but the video should hopefully make it clear how the game is played, so you don't accidentally think that they can share a space (since they can't) - that's the confusion the video should help prevent.
13:38 great tutorial for the game in general but literally just came to understand solo play as the instructions are confusing as it refers to both the original and duet. Not sure if I’m meant to be setting up with both games’ components or just duet if I only have duet! Haha, nope! I have to “discover on my own!” 😂
I really like how this game has so many different modes. I think we'll just use the birds, because we enjoy the regular game so much already. Monique, you picked a doozy of a video for your FIRST one--I mean, this game has so many modes, that had to be intimidating! But you pulled it off so well.
Hi Fede, we mention this section of the rules for some of those details, but if you pause, you can probably catch them right here: th-cam.com/video/MHE8JUIiHCc/w-d-xo.html
Thanks! That tutorial is amazing! But I have one little question though...can someone help me please? If I take an egg using the bonus from the duet map, does that egg goes to the bird I just played, or can I put it on any bird that has an available slot on it? Thanks!
NOTE: Just to clarify. At 5:07, when discussing adding a token onto a food symbol, if you are taking advantage of trading in two food as any 1 food - you treat those as the food they "became", just not as the tokens they were. So if you trade in two fruit tokens to fulfill a seed cost, and the bird had a seed cost - you can place a duet token onto a seed space.
Does a wild food cost on a bird card match any food type on the duet board? (Like a wild star nest matches any type of nest?) Or no food spaces or the food type you actually used when playing the bird?
@@seankrulewitch6676 Does this section answer the question you have? th-cam.com/video/MHE8JUIiHCc/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared&t=297
Wow, that was a spot on perfect replication of Rodney’s video style. Very impressed and I hope this means that we will be getting even more tutorial videos.
Thank you!
So impressive!! Totally agree!!
Spot on even down to a Rodney like plaid shirt😊.
Great job everyone and I can’t wait for your next video!
Except she didn't spin and catch the box! ;-)
@@CoxJul Yep! Next time Monique? :P
Congrats to Monique on her first tutorial. Was highly expecting this version. And the fact that there's also a two player standalone mode is perfect. Gotta add this to my list.
Thank you so much!
This was her first tutorial? Wow, she could have fooled me! Thanks Monique for being clear and concise so my boyfriend and I could learn this game :)
Monique now needs her version of the box flip. Something different, but her own. I know we all love Rodney's
Agreed - always best to find the method that suits the individual! -Rodney
@@WatchItPlayed the cross corner fingertip spin!
Just flip it in the opposite direction, a Zoolander reference
I want to see a Frosthaven box flip attempted
Props to Monique for even wearing plaid for this video! Wonderful first tutorial from Monique on the channel. I hope we'll be seeing more!
Thank you!
Congratulations on your first full tutorial on the channel Monique, absolutely nailed it. Looking forward to both yours and Rodney's tutorials going forward :)
Thank you!
I'm so happy to see Monique nailing the Watch It Played format, hopefully that means we see more of her in tutorials in the future!
Thanks for the kind words Rozanova!
Monique, so nice to see you transfer your expert teaching skills to this channel! Congrats and great video!
Thanks so much!
I loved seeing Monique doing a tutorial for the channel. She's absolutely great!! Congratulations.
Aw thanks so much!
Monique you killed this!! The intro was so smooth! Amazing tutorial!
Thank you!
This is ultra awesome Monique, knocked it out of the park. Home run on your first one. Bravo bravo bravo. 😍
Thanks, Mihir!!
This is so fantastic! Well done Monique, such a wonderful complement to Rodney's videos. Love it! ❤️
Thank you Maggie & Amy (funny coincidence, I was wearing your Monday Thinker Themer shirt today!) -Rodney
Out of all the board game youtubers I've watched, Rodney Smith's format for teaching a board game is by far the best for me. Clear and precise. Feels like their is no wasted time.
Monique did a perfect job of replicating his style of teaching, I understood the expansion completely. Great video
So very kind of you to say - thanks for checking out the video and leaving such a nice comment!
Wow, Monique is so great at this format! Not a surprise, but great to see. As a huge Monique fan, looking forward to more!
Very kind of you to say Mark!
Rodney's videos have have long been the gold standard for tutorials, but the fabulous Monique may give him a run for his money. And, the duet mode looks really fun.
Really glad you enjoyed SC!
Monique did an incredible job! Wasn’t sure what a Watch It Played video would feel like without Rodney, but Monique is a natural.
Very kind of you to say - that was our hope!
This was so great. I pushed play and walked away then heard the Watch It Played music and got so confused. Then Monique is at the shelves! Next time throw in a box flip! Great job giving us a short and sweet overview of this new expansion
Thank you! haha I can't land a box-flip landing!
WOW Monique! You really did an AMAZING job explaining this!!
Thank you!!
It’s great to have Monique. I hope you become a long-term pair on the channel!
Thank you!
Extremely cool to see Monique doing this tutorial and as a bonus I'm also very interested in this expansion. Great video all around!
Glad you enjoyed!
Wow, It is so cool to see more tutorial teachers on this channel. Thank you for the teach, Monique!
Very glad you enjoyed!
Bringing two of my favorite board gaming TH-cam channels together, love it!
Wow! Monique you did great. The entire team and board gaming community is so wonderful. Glad I got hooked in my early twenties. One of the best things that happened.
Board gaming changed my life for sure, even before Watch It Played! -Rodney
Wonderful to see Monique's tutorial.
I don't think I would ever play this with 7, but the 6 player version seems totally doable.
Thanks for checking it out David!
Amazing job on the tutorial, Before I purchase a game I usually see if Before You Play has a play through on it to ease the pain of learning that game.
Glad you found this helpful!
Excellent tutorial, very friendly and to the point following the trademark "Watch it played" clarity. I'm a Wingspan fan, having both expansions already in hand prior to Asia... Can't wait to bring this one into my collection. 👍
I think you'll enjoy it Colin!
Rodney is sharing the load it seems. Great tutorial Monique! Clever and lovely as always... I'll have to try it eventually but I had not played with Oceania enough yet. 😁
Thank you!
Wow - fantastic job on this, Monique! Feels seamless with Rodney's videos. Really looking forward to adding the Asia expansion to our collection.
Have a great time playing!
Great job Monique! I loved this teach using the Rodney style format :) I'm excited to see more of this in the future.
Thank you :)
This was fantastic. Was so pleased you have kept to the format that's worked so well in the past. We know you'll box flip when the moment feels right !
Appreciate the kind words!
Got the game yesterday and had to sit down to watch Monique's tutorial. Love it! Very clear and informative. Hopefully I can get my GF to the table to play the duet mode today. If not, I'll read the Automa rules 🙂
Thanks Monique! And Watch It Played of course!
So glad you enjoyed - thanks for checking out the video!
OMG! That was stellar from Monique. I sold my copy of Wingspan as it wasn’t for me but I watched this just for fun when I saw Monique was doing it! Of course I also like your How To’s too Rodney 😉
Aww thank you!
All that was missing was Rodney’s box top, but I don’t blame you for not risking his signature move, lol. I always love watching Monique because you make every clear and easy to understand! Thanks for the content!
Thanks so much Tia!
Awesome tutorial! Top notch quality as always in this channel.
The new Flock mode seems interesting, not usually a fan of expansions that add more players but this one might just work!
Thanks so much!
Great Job Monique! I'm sure when I get Wingspan Asia (and I will), I'll definitely be re-playing this teach.
See you back here then!
The box flip! Next time I guess…
Even I didn't always box flip :) -Rodney
She didn't want to outshine the flip master 😌😉
LOL I cannot nail that landing
@@BeforeYouPlay haha cannot either. It'd be a disaster for me. 😱🤣
Woot. Not sure how she broke into Rodneys house, and i'm not going to ask any questions to what you did with him. But I support this change. You've always been an awesome explainer of games. My wife and i always watch you guys videos to see how to play our two players.
Every since we all started working together there's been at least a 50% reduction in us breaking into one another's homes. - Rodney
A Solo Monique video, well done with that tutorial most impressed 🙂
Thank you!
I love this channel so much, it's been great watching it grow over the years
Thanks so much - appreciate you being here all this time!
Monique, you did such a good job! I can’t wait to order my Nesting Box with Wingspan Asia
Thank you! Yeah, the Nesting Box will be so helpful
Wow Monique, you did an awesome job! Congratulations with your first teach on Watch it Played! I like how it comes full circle from the days on your own channel where you started doing tutorials 😊 All the best! Cis
And she's still teaching and playing games there too - the best of both worlds :) Thanks for the kind words of support about the video and for checking it out! -Rodney
The only thing missing was the box flip, everything else was perfect!! Monique, please try the flip next time :D
One step at a time! -Rodney
The intro felt very Rodney Smith. Great video!!
Thanks for the explanation and overview. This will be the first expansion I buy for Wingspan!
I hope you have a great time playing!
Love Monique! Great tutorial!
Aw thanks so much!
Thanks! Not much, but I’m so glad you guys are unifying all these board game channels while still letting everyone do their own thing!
Very kind of you to say Sergio and thanks for the support. We want Watch It Played to add to what everyone is doing, not take away from it!
Monique did a great job with this tutorial, especially being her first one. Let's hope she'll reach Rodney's expertise on teaching board games in the future.
In addition, maybe we'll see the other people on the Watch It Played channel doing board game tutorials someday, especially if Chaz can teach a game and make us laugh at the same time during it, Paula and Matt teach a 2-player game and argue about who teaches what part, etc.
We'll see!
yea! Monique teaches wingspan Asia!
Thanks for watching!
Can’t wait to play this expansion!!
Hope you really enjoy it!
Congrats Monique! Well done!
Thank you!
Awesome job, Monique!
Thank you!
It took me a few seconds to realize that Monique was doing exactly like Rodney. I was super eager to see if she would do the box flip 😅
Only missing putting back the game box on the shelf at the end while doing the outro 😃
LOL, I'm not talented in box flipping
Great video, Monique! Very clearly explained.
Appreciate that Vaughn!
Great job, Monique! Hope to see you in more such videos, so you and Rodney can bring us even more easy-to-follow tutorials!
One question: Which one would you prefer? Regular two-player Wingspan or Duet Mode?
Glad you enjoyed Christian!
Great job Monique!
Thank you!
Great job Monique! I really enjoyed your tutorial. ☺️😁
Very kind of you to say Jose!
Really enjoyed this tutorial. Well done Monique!
Amazing job Monique!
Thank you!
Great job Monique!!! But I was expecting the box flip 😅
Great video as always!
Thank you!
I'm very excited to try the duet mode! Thanks for teaching us👍
You're very welcome Billy!
Monique!!! Amazing video. Here is the best bacon for your consumption, trade, collect or do whatever you want to do with it.
haha thanks so much!
Good job Monique! 🥳🥳 Also, I cannot wait for this expansion! Wingspan is still one of my favorite games.
Thank you kindly!
Thank you!
Awesome video! Very well explained, and hyped for this expansion!
Thanks so much - I hope you have a great time playing it!
Great job Monique! Thank you for all the work!
Thank you John!
Great job Monique! Love your teaches!
Super clear explanation! Kept bracing for a box flip though 😅
Glad you enjoyed!
You were great! 🎉🎉 love your explanation
Thanks for the kind words!
Hooray, Monique!!
☺☺☺
Great job, Monique! Now on to practicing your box flipping skills. . .
Thanks Stasia :)
Awesome video, as always. Thanks! One question so far: 5:14 I guess that also counts for nectar, right?
That's my understanding, yes!
Duet seems like a quite different flow, with that new card area and tokens. What are pros and cons of 2-player duet vs 2-player standard? Is duet trying to accomplish something like more streamlined, faster play or anything like that?
I think in part, the benefit is the self contained nature of being able to play from this one box, but as I don’t do review styles analysis, this question might be better suited for someone else to try to answer.
In the words of so many of my eloquent predecessors: You go, girl!
Thanks for your kind support Teej!
Thank you Monique ! Great demonstration ! Now all we need is a full game play with Naveen in duet mode…and more guests for a 6/7 players match…?
A Flock mode video would be... a lot! :)
Thank you!
Question - when taking a reward for placing a duet token do they mean food from the supply or feeder and likewise a clarification with taking a bird card from the tray or the deck?
Great video, thank you. Excited for this expansion.
Hi Nathan, those symbols would be resolve just as they are in the base game.
this is what it says in the rulebook from what i could find:
BONUS:
Some spaces on the Duet map have bonuses.
If the space that you use has an egg, card, or food die on it,
you gain the item shown.
so I think it's a food die and not a token, and a card from wherever you want, tray/deck:) that's how i read it at least.
@@maya.4446 thank you for the helpful clarification. I appreciate it
@@nathansutterfield you're welcome:)
What a beautiful "Wingspansion"! :)
🎉🎉🎉
No box flip at the start is a no buy... just kidding, great work Monique!
Ha! Let's not blame the game for that :)
I kind of need to know where you purchased that coffee mug with legs in the background.
It's a planter actually! I believe it was from an etsy store - "funsucculents"
@@BeforeYouPlay Thank you!!
Great work thanks
Thank you!
As always love the how to's!! You guys really are the gold standard of board game tutorials. Any chance of an Ark Nova one coming out soon?
Thanks for the interest! I talk a bit about that here: th-cam.com/video/EdtDuvIUa6A/w-d-xo.html&t=342
Good work Monique!
Thank you!!
We finally got a chance to play this! We put the new birds on top so we'd make sure to get them during our play!
Good tip :)
It is pretty difficult to reach the level of Rodney's tutorials, but she achieved it (don't know if she wrote script and shots sequence, the video is great anyway)
We worked together on this one. Script from me, video work by Monique! -Rodney
Great tutorial Monique! You're just a box-flick away from the master.😉 And btw, this is probably my most anticipated game for the end of the year.
I hope you have a great time playing it!
Thank you for the tutorial! Does the expansion come with are extra sets of dice for flock mode or would we need to acquire those separately?
You'd need to combine in the core game.
Why in the world do they fit together if they can’t occupy the same space. That seems confusing.
Hopefully the video will help prevent that confusion!
Yeah I didn’t get a reasonable explanation in the video to answer this. I watched it three times and just not sure why the pieces are shaped that way, they could have very easily made them circle discs.
@@WhatUpRob You might have misunderstood my meaning Robert. The video isn't going to address why the publisher decided to go with that design choice (that doesn't belong in a tutorial), but the video should hopefully make it clear how the game is played, so you don't accidentally think that they can share a space (since they can't) - that's the confusion the video should help prevent.
Welcome 🎉 and congratulations…😊
Thank you Ramzy!
13:38 great tutorial for the game in general but literally just came to understand solo play as the instructions are confusing as it refers to both the original and duet. Not sure if I’m meant to be setting up with both games’ components or just duet if I only have duet! Haha, nope! I have to “discover on my own!” 😂
Hopefully this gets you off to a decent start in your solo learning :)
Great tutorial video.
Thank you!
I really like how this game has so many different modes. I think we'll just use the birds, because we enjoy the regular game so much already. Monique, you picked a doozy of a video for your FIRST one--I mean, this game has so many modes, that had to be intimidating! But you pulled it off so well.
Oh, he growled in the background on a few takes :) -Rodney
haha Thank you so much, Teej! Definitely true about Dexter
👏 Monique 👏
Very well done video.
Thanks Jay!
Monique is awesome and this video rocks.
Thank you for the kind feedback Matt!
Awesome teaching video!
Thank you Jonathan!
monique killing it!!!
Thanks Dapper!
There's no way I'll ever play with 6 or 7, but I still watched the explanation because it was done so easily and understandably 😂
Very kind of you to say :)
Another one to add to the collection.
Glad you liked what you saw!
Question: how the pink ability birds interact in flock mode? They check only your group or the whole table?
Hi Fede, we mention this section of the rules for some of those details, but if you pause, you can probably catch them right here: th-cam.com/video/MHE8JUIiHCc/w-d-xo.html
Nicely done! Thank you.
You're very welcome!
Monique is the best!
Aww thank you!
Thanks! That tutorial is amazing! But I have one little question though...can someone help me please? If I take an egg using the bonus from the duet map, does that egg goes to the bird I just played, or can I put it on any bird that has an available slot on it? Thanks!
Any bird at all!
@@WatchItPlayed I see. Thanks!