I’m not sure if publishers read these but I can confirm your investment in WatchItPlayed is worth it! This game has been on our radar for a while but we pulled the trigger to buy today purely off this how to play!
Thank you for saying so Stephen. I'm sure they do and this is certainly the kind of feedback I imagine they'd be keen to hear. Anyone who cares to leave those kinds of comments here, or to send them to the publisher is most welcome!
So 4 years ago I used this channel to help me play my one and only table top game at the time; Lord of the Rings the Card Game. And I finally learnt how to play it. I know have a total of 22 board/dice games under my possession and have once again found this channel. All I can say is I love it! Thank you so much for teaching me how to play all these games. I will continue to watch your videos and buy the games you recommend! Much love guys!!
My gosh so much exploitation! That combo made my head spin! Can’t wait to table this as I just got it at Barnes and Noble on clearance for $18! As always you are a master at explaining. I wish I had teachers like you growing up! Thank you!
8:48 The one exception is "scoating"... Gotta love the Canadian "ou" sound. Great video as always Rodney!!! Keep up the fantastic work. Abyss is coming in soon. Your explanation is tremendous!
Picking this up tomorrow. You just got the tutorial in under the wire, Rodney. It's always awkward sitting there at the game table with my wife just staring at the box and refreshing your channel. I was getting worried.
Just wanted to say that because of your clear instructions and explanations, I just successfully played my first solo game of Aquatica. I finished with 80 prestige points and received the Leviathan. 👍😁
My local game store had a copy of this game just sitting on the shelve for months and this video was the reason for me to go and pick it up. Thanks Rodney!
Me: this game looks interesting, I've heard good things...let me see if there's a Watch it Played...oh, yay!! (pulls the trigger). Thanks again Rodney for an excellent video. My friends are always amazed at how good I am at teaching games. They don't know my secret...I only teach them Rodney games ;).
This looks really interesting. I like that completing goals gives you point but also means you have to get rid of mantas that can help you do more on your turn. Its kind of an annoying choice and I love it :D
The rules say you can't Scout if there are more than 4 cards in the lower location row (there must be 4 or fewer before you move them up). And if you are able to do it you MUST. I got my copy yesterday, so looking forward to playing it very soon. Always great videos though. Thanks 😊
Hi Karl, can you tell me where in the rules it says this? Page number would be great, and if you can quote it, that would be even better. (And is the English rules, or a translation). Because my rules say something different.
@@WatchItPlayed I have the English rules - I think it's the first edition (but not positive). On page 23 it says: "1) Count the Locations in the bottom Location row. You can only scout if there are 4 or fewer Locations there." Then further down in italics it says: "Note, that if you can scout during your main action, you must do so." Hope that helps 🙂
@@karldoughty7996 Interesting! I did a little digging, and yes, the rules changed. There is actually a second edition rule book now, and the way I describe it here in the video is the correct technique. Hope that helps! boardgamegeek.com/filepage/199805/aqutica-secondeditionrules
This gave me a MUCH better understanding of how to play Aquatica. Thank you for the informative tutorial! I would like to request a few other tutorials that are not in your list of tutorial videos if you have the time and inclination. The games are: Totemic; Moonrakers; Zen Garden; and Scurvy Dice. If possible, could you please include solo play instructions for the games that have solo options? I have these games but the instructions are confusing at times so I haven't been able to play.
This game looks awesome! Going to pick it up soon, never would've heard of it if it weren't for your channel. The publishers definitely know what they're doing with your channel!
Finally got a chance to play. What a beautiful and fun game!! Strategy is a little harder than I thought it would be. We had my daughter and a friend of hers, so we had a lot of competition for the good location cards. Therese won as usual. But everyone had a great time.
Thanks for the video! I like Arcane Wonders but the rule book for this one was a swing and a miss. The game isn't complex but I don't think any non experienced gamer would understand the rulebook the way it is written. Good game though!
Another great video, thank you for your work, your time, and your efforts : ). Also thanks to the publisher which decided/hired you to have you put together that video!!
Thank you for the great how to play video, helped a lot! The one thing I’m not sure still - can you use same location multiple times one turn? For example pay for a cost when you play a card, then exploit it as additional action and then possibly exploit it again (for example if another card raises it)?
I'm so sorry, I shot this long enough ago, I don't remember the answer off the top of my head, and I lent a copy to a friend, so I can't easily look up in the rule book to check for you.
Loved the video. Thank you again for helping me understand how to play these games since I got into the hobby. Quick one for you, any idea what size sleeves I’d need for the cards in this game?
I just picked this game up a week ago. First thing I did was look for a Watch it Played tutorial and was disappointed when I didn't find one. And today this popped up. Rodney.....how did you know? Either way, if we can keep this going for my future purchases, that would be great!
@@WatchItPlayed placing the rules back in the box, flipping the lid on top and bringing it to fore all in one glorious sweeping motion while addressing the camera didn't go unnoticed either!!! So good! I just got this game as a gift, and, having not heard of it, was disappointed it probably wouldn't have a 'Watch It Played'. Was absolutely delighted to be proven wrong! You should do the instructions for every board game ever!
15:26 OMG the tail of the manta is in the wrong direction. At first I thought I can't buy this game due to OCD. Then I realised the manta can be placed on the tired side to fix it 😜
Very kind of you to say Megan. A few months ago I did start to take my eating and exercise habit smore seriously. Watch It Played involves a lot of "sitting", and I felt I needed to make a few changes. I've mostly cut out breads and sweets, and I do 30 mins of exercise each day (P90X3 and Hard Corps have been my go to programs)
Great video. There was lot of confusion on the rules at bgg. I have a question. The 8 characters in hand goal means you need 8 character cards. With the king card, you would have 7 cards start of the game. So isn’t it a bit too easy to get to 8? Or do the starter cards not count ?
Thanks for the kind words, and just know I'm always happy to try to help with rules questions, but if the answer is provided in the video, than I have to direct you there (and in this case it is). Normally I have an index up to help people find the related section, but still working on that for this episode, so I'll help this time :) th-cam.com/video/WuknPdmcPCw/w-d-xo.html
@@WatchItPlayed Sorry, slight typo there. My question is: Is there a reason why the card you played, Sneaky Eel, did not go into your discard pile? You moved it off screen, but not into your personal discard pile. I thought when you played cards, that's where they go until you play a card or action on a location card that let's you retrieve them back into your hand. ;)
@@stacie_everdell It does go to my discard pile. In this part of the video I was focused on showing the various card symbol combos, and did not visually show the card going to this discard, but that's where it should have gone - sorry for any confusion that caused.
I have a few questions about the game: 1. If you played a card that lets you buy a location, but you already have 5 locations on your player board and/or you don't have enough power and/or coins to buy/conquer any of the locations currently on the main board, would you do? 2. If the location deck runs out (causing one of the end game triggers), would you shuffle the location discard pile to form a new deck? Also, during the last round of the game, if there are no more locations and/or characters available to buy from the main "market", then if a card would let you conquer and/or buy either of those 2 types of cards, then would you skip that part of the effect and not gain any cards? 3. When a character is discarded from the main market, would you put that character into a character discard pile (the market board doesn't show a space for a character discard pile)? Also, if the character deck became empty, would you shuffle the character discard pile to form a new deck when you would be require to revive a character from that deck? 4. I don't know if you can answer this question, but at 4:17, you showed a card called "Meg" that has an effect "Others discard a character" when played. Can "Matrona" be discarded to fulfill "Meg" effect, or will it always have to be any character but her (and others that can't be discarded) to fulfill it? Also, if "Matrona" is the only card left in your hand, and an opponent plays "Meg," then would you just show that Matrona is the only card in your hand, and discard nothing? Those are my questions for now. Let me know if you can answer them.
Hi Daniel, 1. You can still play that character. According to the rules (p.12, Main Action) you can still play a character if you can't do fully what the character's card says. In your case, you will just discard that character card, but you'll still be able to perform additional actions from your mantas and location depths, like scoring, raising, etc. 2. The rulebook doesn't say anything about reshuffling, so I would assume the answer is no, you have to use whatever locations are left on the board. And yes, as per the previous answer, you can still play the character to conquer/buy location if there are no locations available or to recruit with no characters available on the board. You will just do nothing as your main action, but you'll still be able to play additional actions and/or claim the goals. 3. Character discard from the market only happens as a special rule in 2-player game, if I remember correctly, that is why they might have decided not to add a placeholder for characters discard pile on the game board.In our playgroup we just discard them separately somewhere next to the board. Again, there is nothing in the rulebook regarding the reshuffling, so you'll need to deal with the characters that are left there on the board. You'll still need to shift the remaining characters to the leftmost positions after any of the remaining characters were recruited. 4. As it is written on the Matrona card itself, "This character cannot be discarded", so you will have to choose any other character to discard. If you are left only with Matrona in hand, then I guess you can't fulfil that action and don't discard anything. Yes, you can reveal it to the other players, but if you are left with only one card in your hand, it is obvious that it is Matrona that left :)
Hey Daniel, 1. You fulfill as much of the card as you can, skipping over anything you can't do. th-cam.com/video/WuknPdmcPCw/w-d-xo.html 2. It is not re-shuffled. Don't worry, if the deck was meant to be re-shuffled, I would show that. 3. See above. 4. The card effect on Matrona says: "This card cannot be discarded", so you can't discard it. Hope that helps!
Rodney, are there different versions of Aquatica? The rulebook I'm reading has 4 different base goals & it says if you can Scout on your turn you must.
I’m not sure if they made changes or not. I worked with the publisher on this video at the time it was released, so I’m as confident as I can be that this is correct.
One question: can I exploit a location if the resource or effect is unusable right now? (For example exploiting a location to gain a score effect even though there is no other fully risen location to score)?
Hi, I really hope you see this question. My wife and I struggled to find a clarification on this. If I have a location which top depth is the "Choose 1 card from the discard pile and return it to your hind". During my turn, can I exploit that depth even if my discard pile is empty? Same thing for the "Score" effect, can I exploit it even if I don't have a location to score? looking forward to hearing from you. Thank you!
Can the 0 coin location cards be picked up any time? (Say after you’ve conquered another location as the main action) or can they only be picked up as part of the main action?
@@WatchItPlayed well, not specifically. I’m just confused on something. My understanding in reading the rules was you can only use the +coins or +power resources from the depth cards when used at the same time as the character card (main action) to buy or conquer a location. Can you buy or conquer additional locations, or buy additional recruits on the same turn (either before or after you’ve completed the character card actions)? Does this make sense?
@@BSRWeddingFilms I think I see what you're asking. The challenge I'm running into is that I shot this just long enough ago to be fuzzy on the rules, and don't have the time at this moment to re-watch the video to see how it works :) I don't like to leave a question unanswered, but just in a tough time-crunch period right now. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
I have a question, Lets say you got a card location card with 2 exploit back to back with lets say 2 gold each, Can you exploit it two times even if you dont use the resources to play the main action ?
Can you do a review or play through of Angry Joes miniature tabletop game? And play the variant, where u play until the hp is 0 (instead of the 15 minute timer variant)????
I had a question about combos. Example: - I am purchasing a location - I use a location to get +2 coins - The next spot on this same location is blank and the one below that is another +2 coins - Can I do a raise action in the middle of this purchase action to get to that next +2 coins? Thanks!
Correcting what I wrote as my example wasn't correct - that's what I get for quickly answering and not actually thinking! :P You cannot interrupt a main action with other actions such as raising. So in your example you would not be able to get to the other +2 coins as you'd need a raise action which would interrupt since you already exploited for resources during the purchase (as this can only take place during the main action). If you had say 2 locations, one currently showing +2 coins and one showing blank, +2 coins then you could first do a raise action from another location or a manta to raise the blank. then start your main action and exploit both locations for the +2. So apologies, but you wouldn't be able to do what you wrote. Basically remember this: exploiting for resources is only to help pay for an action you are already taking and you cannot interrupt that action with an effect such as raising.
Hey Alex, you'll find the turn summarized here: th-cam.com/video/WuknPdmcPCw/w-d-xo.html You have 1 main action, and then you can perform the additional actions before or after that, which will dictate what else you can do.
Hi, I wonder do you know what does Herbert/Fancelot abilities do? It says “After you gain this lord gain +2 Power/Coin Manta then place Herbert/Fancelot into the box”? Does it mean I immediately get the manta at the start of the game then discard Herbert/Fancelot for the rest of the game? Thanks!
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 Thanks for replying! I got my answer now, yes it is exactly as my guess, as this question has been answered by the designer himself at the BGG forum :)
Hi Rodney. I just got into this game after being at Gen Con and think it’s a fun game. I have a question based on The Grabber. Do I still pay/conqueror with power or is it a gimme? Thanks!
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!
Crazy late commenting but incase others are scrolling, I will answer. With The Grabber (or any card that says you can take a location or character) you still have to pay the cost in either Conquer or Coin for the cards you are taking. In the case of "The Grabber" Conquer a location. Conquer another location, you would have to be able to pay enough Conquer for both locations. If you can only afford one location, you can still play The Grabber, but you will only conquer ONE location.
Does anyone know if you can Exploit a depth for no reason at all. Life if i had a location with 4 different conquer depth can i just exploit all of them and then just score it
Quick question. Do the mantas on the goal spots have to be face up so they don't line up with the silhouette? If not, then second quick question. How dare you?
Keep in mind you have to play a card that lets you Recruit in order to recruit, but beyond that, there's nothing to stop you from taking the 0 cost card if that's the one you want, but if you don't want to take that one, you have to pay for the one's in the other positions.
@@Tifanieann If you card you play for your main action says, for example, “Recruit 1 Character”, then the action is limiting you to recruiting 1 character.
Yes, but during your main action you can gain coins/power from multiple locations, but only once PER location (for example, you couldn't exploit a location to get gold, and then exploit that SAME location again to get more gold). This is only a restriction during your Main Action. When taking additional actions, you can exploit the same location more than once.
I’m not sure if publishers read these but I can confirm your investment in WatchItPlayed is worth it! This game has been on our radar for a while but we pulled the trigger to buy today purely off this how to play!
Thank you for saying so Stephen. I'm sure they do and this is certainly the kind of feedback I imagine they'd be keen to hear. Anyone who cares to leave those kinds of comments here, or to send them to the publisher is most welcome!
@@WatchItPlayed I second this! The amount of times I've bought a game because I liked your clear explanations! They should give you a commission!
I LOVEthis new format where you show cards on screen and have that little circle. Keep up the great work Rodney!
Glad you're enjoying that Aaron :)
So 4 years ago I used this channel to help me play my one and only table top game at the time; Lord of the Rings the Card Game. And I finally learnt how to play it.
I know have a total of 22 board/dice games under my possession and have once again found this channel.
All I can say is I love it! Thank you so much for teaching me how to play all these games. I will continue to watch your videos and buy the games you recommend! Much love guys!!
So nice to get that kind of feedback Gabriel - thanks for the kind words!
I have never once been anything other than impressed and illuminated by your how-to-play videos, and I have seen dozens by now. Great work!!
Thank you for the kind words Mark!
The part when you showed actual game play. Thank you very much :D!!!!!! Now I understand how it works :D!!!
I felt this game might benefit form a full example - glad it was helpful!
My gosh so much exploitation! That combo made my head spin! Can’t wait to table this as I just got it at Barnes and Noble on clearance for $18!
As always you are a master at explaining. I wish I had teachers like you growing up! Thank you!
So glad you enjoyed - have a great time playing Antonio!
BTW: love the new effects for identifying the parts of the cards, and the Like and Subscribe!!
Thought those might be nice touches, without distracting from the instruction.
@@WatchItPlayed Definitely achieved the goal. I liked them a lot.
Thanks Rodney. There must be something in the water because I just got this game as well. Your enthusiasm is absolutely infectious.
"something in the water", I see what you did :)
8:48 The one exception is "scoating"... Gotta love the Canadian "ou" sound. Great video as always Rodney!!! Keep up the fantastic work. Abyss is coming in soon. Your explanation is tremendous!
Glad you're enjoying - accent and all!
I just bought this game and Photosynthesis today, Rodney! Thanks for being my guide (as always) during my first playthrough😊
You're very welcome - my pleasure!
Picking this up tomorrow. You just got the tutorial in under the wire, Rodney. It's always awkward sitting there at the game table with my wife just staring at the box and refreshing your channel. I was getting worried.
Whew, sorry for cutting it so close!
Another fantastic tutorial. Made me SO excited to play! Thank you so much for the help!
So glad you found this helpful - have a great time playing!
Okay, not fair. I had a rich list of great games for Christmas. How am I going to justify buying this one??? As shiver, you had me at “ocean theme.”
Just wanted to say that because of your clear instructions and explanations, I just successfully played my first solo game of Aquatica. I finished with 80 prestige points and received the Leviathan. 👍😁
Very nice!!
No "and that's the setup"? Rodney, you ruined my drinking game!
I don't like to be TOO predictable. Gotta mix it up on you every now and then :)
My local game store had a copy of this game just sitting on the shelve for months and this video was the reason for me to go and pick it up. Thanks Rodney!
Hey, very nice to know the video helped - have a great time playing Pablo!
Me: this game looks interesting, I've heard good things...let me see if there's a Watch it Played...oh, yay!! (pulls the trigger). Thanks again Rodney for an excellent video. My friends are always amazed at how good I am at teaching games. They don't know my secret...I only teach them Rodney games ;).
Always happy to be your secret weapon!
So helpful. Thank you, Rodney!
You're very welcome!
This looks really interesting. I like that completing goals gives you point but also means you have to get rid of mantas that can help you do more on your turn. Its kind of an annoying choice and I love it :D
Yep, I like those kinds of sacrifices in games too :)
Really great explanation, detailed and with good combo examples :)
Glad you enjoyed!
I already love this game. Simple, yet elegant which I find is not an uncommon combination.
Hey, glad you liked what you saw - thanks for checking the video out!
Sweet cover spin.
Taking this off the shelf today and playing for the first time! Thanks for the video!
You're welcome Brian - have fun playing!
Got this game as an early Christmas present. Can't wait to play it!
Merry "early" Christmas!
YES!!!... FINALLY!!!...IT’S HERE!!!...
Wait..... no time stamp?...🤔😳😱
And btw, LOVEeeee this new format...😍😁👍🏼
Time stamps take a few days to get up - coming soon!
Good timing on this video. Figured I got most of it from experience with similar games but did not find the manual well written.
Glad this was helpful!
The rules say you can't Scout if there are more than 4 cards in the lower location row (there must be 4 or fewer before you move them up). And if you are able to do it you MUST.
I got my copy yesterday, so looking forward to playing it very soon.
Always great videos though.
Thanks 😊
Hi Karl, can you tell me where in the rules it says this? Page number would be great, and if you can quote it, that would be even better. (And is the English rules, or a translation). Because my rules say something different.
@@WatchItPlayed
I have the English rules - I think it's the first edition (but not positive).
On page 23 it says:
"1) Count the Locations in the bottom Location row. You can only scout if there are 4 or fewer Locations there."
Then further down in italics it says:
"Note, that if you can scout during your main action, you must do so."
Hope that helps 🙂
@@karldoughty7996 Interesting! I did a little digging, and yes, the rules changed. There is actually a second edition rule book now, and the way I describe it here in the video is the correct technique. Hope that helps! boardgamegeek.com/filepage/199805/aqutica-secondeditionrules
@@WatchItPlayed
Thanks Rodney. I'll get them printed off 👍🏼
Thanks again for the videos, I would never have known about the changes otherwise.
@@karldoughty7996 And hey, I wouldn't have known about the first edition differences - so thank you!
This made sooo much more sense than the rulebook. Thank you
So glad it was helpful!
Played this at a buddy's house and enjoyed it quite a bit!
Hey, glad you enjoyed!
This gave me a MUCH better understanding of how to play Aquatica. Thank you for the informative tutorial!
I would like to request a few other tutorials that are not in your list of tutorial videos if you have the time and inclination. The games are: Totemic; Moonrakers; Zen Garden; and Scurvy Dice. If possible, could you please include solo play instructions for the games that have solo options? I have these games but the instructions are confusing at times so I haven't been able to play.
Thanks for the interest! I talk a bit about that here: th-cam.com/video/EdtDuvIUa6A/w-d-xo.html&t=342
This game looks awesome! Going to pick it up soon, never would've heard of it if it weren't for your channel. The publishers definitely know what they're doing with your channel!
Hey, that's really nice of you to share Blake - thanks for the kind feedback!
I recently bought this game, thanks for this super informative video!
Have a great time playing!
Finally got a chance to play. What a beautiful and fun game!! Strategy is a little harder than I thought it would be. We had my daughter and a friend of hers, so we had a lot of competition for the good location cards. Therese won as usual. But everyone had a great time.
Having fun is the important part - glad you did :)
Great combo Rodney!
Glad you enjoyed :)
As always I appreciate your well thought out explanation of the rules. You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. 🎩
Thank you kindly Mr. Dew!
Thanks for the video! I like Arcane Wonders but the rule book for this one was a swing and a miss. The game isn't complex but I don't think any non experienced gamer would understand the rulebook the way it is written. Good game though!
Hopefully this video helps!
@@WatchItPlayed it always does :D
Ironically I just got the game today. Its like the world was telling me something!
Time to play!
This looks like Abyss, which is a fabulous game. Also, love those triforce tokens :)
Agreed Abyss is extremely fun. This looks different enough to own both though!
@@daveschmidt3467 Couldn't agree more. Curse you Rodney for assaulting my bank balance!
SORRY! I blame the designers for their creativity :)
Another great video, thank you for your work, your time, and your efforts : ). Also thanks to the publisher which decided/hired you to have you put together that video!!
Very kind of you to say Jay - thank you!
I'm normally not a fan of aquatic themes in games...but I'll admit this does look really cool.
Thanks for checking it out Justin!
I was waiting for this video to play the game!!! Thanks!!!
You're very welcome - have fun!
Great teach! Very nice graphic touches, excellent job! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed - have fun playing DJ!
TH-cam almost auto skipped the intro, and I would have missed that epic board game grab off the shelf flip catch
First Time I'm discovering this game but I already find the cards pretty and the mantas cute.
Hey, glad what you're seeing so far!
Thank you! You’re so awesome!!!
Well, you're awesome for leaving such a nice comment!
Very cool game! Great explanation!
Thanks Joshua!
Thank you for the great how to play video, helped a lot! The one thing I’m not sure still - can you use same location multiple times one turn? For example pay for a cost when you play a card, then exploit it as additional action and then possibly exploit it again (for example if another card raises it)?
I'm so sorry, I shot this long enough ago, I don't remember the answer off the top of my head, and I lent a copy to a friend, so I can't easily look up in the rule book to check for you.
@@WatchItPlayed no worries, I know I asked a question a loong time after this was posted;D thanks for a reply anyway:)
Loved the video. Thank you again for helping me understand how to play these games since I got into the hobby. Quick one for you, any idea what size sleeves I’d need for the cards in this game?
Not sure, but someone on BoardGameGeek might know though. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Love your work, Rodney! Thank you!
Thank you brave knight!
This was a very helpful video, thanks!
You bet Angela!
I just picked this game up a week ago. First thing I did was look for a Watch it Played tutorial and was disappointed when I didn't find one. And today this popped up. Rodney.....how did you know? Either way, if we can keep this going for my future purchases, that would be great!
On it!
This really helped! Thank you, Rodney!!
You're very welcome Ben!
Awesome thanks so much for this! Keep it up Rodney 👍
Thanks Gamer Boi!
What a cool sliding card mechanic. Great video!
I thought that was pretty unique!
Thx boss!!!
How many takes is the flip! Always perfect!
Are you suggesting it's not the first time, every time?! ;)
@@WatchItPlayed placing the rules back in the box, flipping the lid on top and bringing it to fore all in one glorious sweeping motion while addressing the camera didn't go unnoticed either!!! So good!
I just got this game as a gift, and, having not heard of it, was disappointed it probably wouldn't have a 'Watch It Played'. Was absolutely delighted to be proven wrong! You should do the instructions for every board game ever!
@@Klamageddon Glad this was here for you - kudos to Arcane Wonders for helping to make it happen!
Great video Rodney!!!
Thank you!
Rodney Smith is the consummate tabletop video rules tutor.
Glad you enjoyed!
15:26 OMG the tail of the manta is in the wrong direction. At first I thought I can't buy this game due to OCD. Then I realised the manta can be placed on the tired side to fix it 😜
Can’t wait to play the game but can I just say how fantastic you’ve been looking in recent videos? What is the “Rodney workout plan?”
Very kind of you to say Megan. A few months ago I did start to take my eating and exercise habit smore seriously. Watch It Played involves a lot of "sitting", and I felt I needed to make a few changes. I've mostly cut out breads and sweets, and I do 30 mins of exercise each day (P90X3 and Hard Corps have been my go to programs)
Well done!! Huge fan of yours, btw.
This game looks really cool I'd like to play it.
Thanks for checking out the video!
Rodney you're the best!
You're too kind Jacob!
Great video. There was lot of confusion on the rules at bgg.
I have a question. The 8 characters in hand goal means you need 8 character cards. With the king card, you would have 7 cards start of the game. So isn’t it a bit too easy to get to 8? Or do the starter cards not count ?
Thanks for the kind words, and just know I'm always happy to try to help with rules questions, but if the answer is provided in the video, than I have to direct you there (and in this case it is). Normally I have an index up to help people find the related section, but still working on that for this episode, so I'll help this time :) th-cam.com/video/WuknPdmcPCw/w-d-xo.html
Thanks again for a solid how to play. I always appreciate your vids.
14:15 Any reason why the Sneaky Eel did go into your discard pile?
Thanks for the kind words Stacie. As a follow-up, I'm not quite sure what you're asking?
@@WatchItPlayed Sorry, slight typo there. My question is: Is there a reason why the card you played, Sneaky Eel, did not go into your discard pile? You moved it off screen, but not into your personal discard pile. I thought when you played cards, that's where they go until you play a card or action on a location card that let's you retrieve them back into your hand. ;)
@@stacie_everdell It does go to my discard pile. In this part of the video I was focused on showing the various card symbol combos, and did not visually show the card going to this discard, but that's where it should have gone - sorry for any confusion that caused.
@@WatchItPlayed Ah, ok. I'm a newbie to the game and just wanted to be sure I understood everything correctly. Thanks Rodney...you're the best!
@@stacie_everdell A pleasure to assist!
I have a few questions about the game:
1. If you played a card that lets you buy a location, but you already have 5 locations on your player board and/or you don't have enough power and/or coins to buy/conquer any of the locations currently on the main board, would you do?
2. If the location deck runs out (causing one of the end game triggers), would you shuffle the location discard pile to form a new deck? Also, during the last round of the game, if there are no more locations and/or characters available to buy from the main "market", then if a card would let you conquer and/or buy either of those 2 types of cards, then would you skip that part of the effect and not gain any cards?
3. When a character is discarded from the main market, would you put that character into a character discard pile (the market board doesn't show a space for a character discard pile)? Also, if the character deck became empty, would you shuffle the character discard pile to form a new deck when you would be require to revive a character from that deck?
4. I don't know if you can answer this question, but at 4:17, you showed a card called "Meg" that has an effect "Others discard a character" when played. Can "Matrona" be discarded to fulfill "Meg" effect, or will it always have to be any character but her (and others that can't be discarded) to fulfill it? Also, if "Matrona" is the only card left in your hand, and an opponent plays "Meg," then would you just show that Matrona is the only card in your hand, and discard nothing?
Those are my questions for now. Let me know if you can answer them.
Hi Daniel,
1. You can still play that character. According to the rules (p.12, Main Action) you can still play a character if you can't do fully what the character's card says. In your case, you will just discard that character card, but you'll still be able to perform additional actions from your mantas and location depths, like scoring, raising, etc.
2. The rulebook doesn't say anything about reshuffling, so I would assume the answer is no, you have to use whatever locations are left on the board. And yes, as per the previous answer, you can still play the character to conquer/buy location if there are no locations available or to recruit with no characters available on the board. You will just do nothing as your main action, but you'll still be able to play additional actions and/or claim the goals.
3. Character discard from the market only happens as a special rule in 2-player game, if I remember correctly, that is why they might have decided not to add a placeholder for characters discard pile on the game board.In our playgroup we just discard them separately somewhere next to the board. Again, there is nothing in the rulebook regarding the reshuffling, so you'll need to deal with the characters that are left there on the board. You'll still need to shift the remaining characters to the leftmost positions after any of the remaining characters were recruited.
4. As it is written on the Matrona card itself, "This character cannot be discarded", so you will have to choose any other character to discard. If you are left only with Matrona in hand, then I guess you can't fulfil that action and don't discard anything. Yes, you can reveal it to the other players, but if you are left with only one card in your hand, it is obvious that it is Matrona that left :)
Hey Daniel,
1. You fulfill as much of the card as you can, skipping over anything you can't do. th-cam.com/video/WuknPdmcPCw/w-d-xo.html
2. It is not re-shuffled. Don't worry, if the deck was meant to be re-shuffled, I would show that.
3. See above.
4. The card effect on Matrona says: "This card cannot be discarded", so you can't discard it.
Hope that helps!
Very cool. Seems like an Atlantis game
Rodney, are there different versions of Aquatica? The rulebook I'm reading has 4 different base goals & it says if you can Scout on your turn you must.
I’m not sure if they made changes or not. I worked with the publisher on this video at the time it was released, so I’m as confident as I can be that this is correct.
One question: can I exploit a location if the resource or effect is unusable right now? (For example exploiting a location to gain a score effect even though there is no other fully risen location to score)?
Yes, you'd just lose the benefit of that exploitation.
Hi, I really hope you see this question. My wife and I struggled to find a clarification on this.
If I have a location which top depth is the "Choose 1 card from the discard pile and return it to your hind". During my turn, can I exploit that depth even if my discard pile is empty? Same thing for the "Score" effect, can I exploit it even if I don't have a location to score? looking forward to hearing from you. Thank you!
Great question, I just checked with the publisher and was told that no, if you can't do it, you can't exploit it.
@@WatchItPlayed Thank you for answering my question!
Can the 0 coin location cards be picked up any time? (Say after you’ve conquered another location as the main action) or can they only be picked up as part of the main action?
I'm not quite sure what you're asking - do you have a time stamp for the section of the video you are curious about?
@@WatchItPlayed well, not specifically. I’m just confused on something. My understanding in reading the rules was you can only use the +coins or +power resources from the depth cards when used at the same time as the character card (main action) to buy or conquer a location. Can you buy or conquer additional locations, or buy additional recruits on the same turn (either before or after you’ve completed the character card actions)? Does this make sense?
@@BSRWeddingFilms I think I see what you're asking. The challenge I'm running into is that I shot this just long enough ago to be fuzzy on the rules, and don't have the time at this moment to re-watch the video to see how it works :) I don't like to leave a question unanswered, but just in a tough time-crunch period right now. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
I think its only one location, key is wording, and its say location, not locations.
How does it play with sleeved cards?
I'm honestly not sure how to answer this.
I have a question, Lets say you got a card location card with 2 exploit back to back with lets say 2 gold each, Can you exploit it two times even if you dont use the resources to play the main action ?
Hi Vincent, I would normally be able to help you with the question, but I'm away from my computer and my copy of the game to check for you!
Can you do a review or play through of Angry Joes miniature tabletop game? And play the variant, where u play until the hp is 0 (instead of the 15 minute timer variant)????
Thanks for the interest! I talk a bit about that here: th-cam.com/video/EdtDuvIUa6A/w-d-xo.html&t=342
I had a question about combos. Example:
- I am purchasing a location
- I use a location to get +2 coins
- The next spot on this same location is blank and the one below that is another +2 coins
- Can I do a raise action in the middle of this purchase action to get to that next +2 coins?
Thanks!
Correcting what I wrote as my example wasn't correct - that's what I get for quickly answering and not actually thinking! :P You cannot interrupt a main action with other actions such as raising. So in your example you would not be able to get to the other +2 coins as you'd need a raise action which would interrupt since you already exploited for resources during the purchase (as this can only take place during the main action). If you had say 2 locations, one currently showing +2 coins and one showing blank, +2 coins then you could first do a raise action from another location or a manta to raise the blank. then start your main action and exploit both locations for the +2. So apologies, but you wouldn't be able to do what you wrote. Basically remember this: exploiting for resources is only to help pay for an action you are already taking and you cannot interrupt that action with an effect such as raising.
I feel you missed golden opportunities for puns in this one... :D
Maybe he just didn’t sea them.
Can I buy/ conquer more than 1 location during my turn?
Hey Alex, you'll find the turn summarized here: th-cam.com/video/WuknPdmcPCw/w-d-xo.html
You have 1 main action, and then you can perform the additional actions before or after that, which will dictate what else you can do.
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Hi, I wonder do you know what does Herbert/Fancelot abilities do? It says “After you gain this lord gain +2 Power/Coin Manta then place Herbert/Fancelot into the box”? Does it mean I immediately get the manta at the start of the game then discard Herbert/Fancelot for the rest of the game? Thanks!
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 Thanks for replying! I got my answer now, yes it is exactly as my guess, as this question has been answered by the designer himself at the BGG forum :)
@@Ultra_Kuma Excellent!
Hi Rodney. I just got into this game after being at Gen Con and think it’s a fun game. I have a question based on The Grabber. Do I still pay/conqueror with power or is it a gimme? Thanks!
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!
Crazy late commenting but incase others are scrolling, I will answer. With The Grabber (or any card that says you can take a location or character) you still have to pay the cost in either Conquer or Coin for the cards you are taking. In the case of "The Grabber" Conquer a location. Conquer another location, you would have to be able to pay enough Conquer for both locations.
If you can only afford one location, you can still play The Grabber, but you will only conquer ONE location.
How many takes does it usually require for you to do the initial box flip and then to catch it with the correct orientation?
Are you suggesting I don't get it on the first time, every time?!?!? *gasp*
@@WatchItPlayed omg i wanna know that too hahaha
@@WatchItPlayed 🤣🤣🤣
Looks alot like a variant of Abyss?
It definitely share the water theme, but personally found there to be quite a few differences in the game play.
Does anyone know if you can Exploit a depth for no reason at all. Life if i had a location with 4 different conquer depth can i just exploit all of them and then just score it
No, you'd have to be using them for some purpose.
Quick question. Do the mantas on the goal spots have to be face up so they don't line up with the silhouette? If not, then second quick question. How dare you?
lol - they don't... but I know this might hurt some people right in their soul :)
@@WatchItPlayed Indeed. lol. Thanks so much for the video. Excellent work as always.
Anyone know about the character in the 0 coin spot? What's stopping anyone from taking that character every round? Since it cost 0 coins? 🤷♀️
Keep in mind you have to play a card that lets you Recruit in order to recruit, but beyond that, there's nothing to stop you from taking the 0 cost card if that's the one you want, but if you don't want to take that one, you have to pay for the one's in the other positions.
@@WatchItPlayed can you recruit more than 1 character per round?
@@Tifanieann If you card you play for your main action says, for example, “Recruit 1 Character”, then the action is limiting you to recruiting 1 character.
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Interesting game
Thanks for checking it out John!
I played exploit a depth wrong when I played at DTE this year. Oops.
Glad this was helpful!
If there's penguins. I'm in.
If there's not.
I'm still in since i love water and board games.
Sounds like you're in!
The penguins are in the expansion Cold Water 😎
Are you able to exploit the same location more than once during the same turn?
Yes, but during your main action you can gain coins/power from multiple locations, but only once PER location (for example, you couldn't exploit a location to get gold, and then exploit that SAME location again to get more gold). This is only a restriction during your Main Action. When taking additional actions, you can exploit the same location more than once.
This game looks and feels a bit like Abyss
Certainly has the underwater theme in common!
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