This War of Mine (prototype) Gameplay Runthrough
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A video outlining gameplay for the boardgame This War of Mine: The Board Game.
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Part I: Gameplay Runthrough
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Part II: Extended Gameplay
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Part III: Final Thoughts
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20:08 Not true... Anton has 3 "prohibited" symbols on him, so he can't perform the Afternoon Action!
22:40 Again, Anton has 3 "prohibited" symbols on him, so he couldn't do an Action at this point
24:36 Richard doesn't know how to upgrade... he just went from having 12 Wood and when he finds another one instead of having 13 he will end up with 11 due to "upgrading"
29:04 Obviously this is wrong... you have to do this for every character and since Richard choose not to feed anyone that means that each character would have their Hunger level raised by 1
Wow! My dude! What an awesome review of the game!! Thanks so much! I've been humming and hawing over whether or not I should pick up the game or not. This helped me decide I'm going for it - can't wait!
I really like your idea about the leader making decisions without a lot of discussion to avoid the alpha gamer situation.
I have the same Quiver gaming mat, and my wife and I absolutely love it! Awesome to see someone else using it.
Your energy and excitement are so great :D makes me want to play the video game while getting more excited for this game when it's shipped in Feb
And another game backed after watching your Run Through. Great job Richard!
Top runthrough, I just discovered the video game a few days ago and have been really enjoying it but, of course, a board game would be way more fun!
It seems to capture the same feelings as 'Robinson Crusoe Adventures on the Cursed Island' which is one of my all time favourites.
Getting these previews done by you and the other board game TH-camrs is ABSOLUTELY essential in my opinion, I'd probably have never discovered this game otherwise and I suspect I'm exactly the target audience for it!
Thanks Richard :)
I have to get this...a game that is an experience, what a great idea and looks really well executed, closest board game to an RPG experience I've seen
I read your "closest" as "closet". I was so confuse for one moment.
The board game really catches the spirit of the video game. This looks amazing!
Wow. I played this on my computer. It's a great video game.
Great run-through ! As always! I and my girlfriend both played the video game and we really loved it. I think the board game offers a "similar" experience.
I am sure we are going to back this project.
Regards.
Wow! What a great idea for a game, looks intense. Sign me up ! Thanx for sharing this with us 😎
I don't see this getting played as a multiplayer game too often. Definitely looks like it was designed for one person to play.
Looks like a great game, thanks for the runthrough!!
Not familiar with the source material so mistook this for a war version of Dead Of Winter, didn't think I needed to double up on that theme so took a pass. Glad you had this up, after watching a bit I can see that this might strike a chord with our group.
We get Android to the table a couple times a year and it generates some amazing stories, Robinson Crusoe gets love as well, I think this would see some table time. Going to watch the rest and see where you take it!
i think these type of game needs a group of really commited players to make it an unforgettable experience. i, for one am really intrigued to play this game even though it would take 2+ hours for a sibgle campaign.
truly a great snippet of a great game.
Can't wait to get my hands on this game!
"Winter might be coming" - rahdo
Just learned about this already love it
For a prototype the tokens and models look great. This looks like on to watch for me.
+Warren Powell the resin models have been subbed out for plastic ones. you can still get the ones that rhado has through ks, but it's 100 euros in addition to the main game box. (technically its 60 for the figures +40 to have them painted for you)
I like it, I want it. Now! ;) Great runthrough!
23:50 Would you say you have....MASSIVE amounts of wood? Hehe...sorry, just had to throw this Catan joke out there :P
Great looking game!
Wait, how did you let someone steal your shotgun? XD
Anyway, this looks really cool! Not sure if I'll be able to get it for myself, but I have played the PC version for 30+ hours and early awaiting the little ones DLC.
Holy cow this looks faithful. Pretty interested in this now, given that I think the original video game was amazing in its own way.
Given the structure of play, would you rank it highly on your solo games list that you did recently?
+artcellrox yeah, i think so. it takes probably at least 6 or 7 hours to finish a full campaign, but the built in save system that lets you break it down into 40 min chunks is great
That long for a full campaign... it sounds pretty extensive for a board game, but I think that's about as long as a full run in the original too. Thanks for the answer though, really excited for this one!
+rahdo every game has a save system, it's called get up, walk away and come back. I don't get why you seem to think that a pair of cheap plastic baggies (and presumably some kind of score sheet) is such an amazing innovation. It's not like you can restore an old save to, for instance day 3 of your last campaign if you wanted a slightly shorter playthrough in your next campaign*
* well, actually, you could, theoretically. #paper.
Hi Rahdo, I have really enjoyed playing the video game. And in the video game, there;s this concept of time where characters do different things AT THE SAME TIME but only one person at a location at that time. Do you think this variant can eliminate the chance of having alpha player and makes a better multi-player experience game ? Would love to here your input and see if it is a good suggestion to voice it to the designer
+Tsun On LAU the problem is, sometimes the actions/choices you make in wom:tbg are deep and take awhile, sometimes they're really quick simple things. there's a huge variance from moment to moment throughout the game. so i think the boardgame's approach of splitting decisions amongst all players equally is the best way to go...
+Tsun On LAU No. I think that type of gameplay would destroy a lot of depth and richness from the game.
Hi Richard, I'd like your opinion on the replay-ability of this game. It's keeping me on the fence. Thank you! :)
+Ren Lim i would say it's as replayable as a typical ameritrash style game?
+Ren Lim Every game will be 100% unique, but it looks like you'll run through most/all of the common decks cards at least 4x. I think the story-telling element, at least for me, would mandate at least a one or two dozen playthroughs, since you aren't likely to encounter the same 18+ reality check events per game (out of a pool of over 1000, and even if you do, the way your characters react, the event's meaning within the game narrative will be completely different), however, due to the weight (6+ hrs, somewhat grindy, dark mood) i highly doubt I would personally choose to play it except on special occasions.... or, to put it another way, replayablility is high, but would you actually replay it?
+TheBrothergreen Thank you for the detailed advice. I was indeed wondering about that 1000 combinations of the story and if they might be too similar in the end especially once you know what choices might lead to what consequences.
Do you think that the stories will be "different enough" in a sense that it still engages players?
Wait, why do you say 6+hrs? I think it states 45-120+min on the game box, so perhaps 3hrs at most?
I like that this is a very "humanistic" game and if it can achieve what it sets out to (make players not just decide about the best choice, but actually tie in moral importance) , [if] combined with a different-enough story every time you play, I think I'd get it.
+Ren Lim
Honestly, based on this, 6hrs seems conservative. A solo player playing the game as solitaire might have a different experience.
1) *Rhado said during the play through that he thinks it would take 7-8 hours.*
2) *During this runthrough of a single day* (there are 7 days per game) *Rhado struggled to keep it under a 60 minute threshold* (14 minutes +48 minutes extended) while knowing the game pretty well. He cut short the exploration phase, didn't need to perform combat or looting, etc and didn't explore the basement even though he could have, due to time. yes, granted, he was teaching, but I don't think the pre-turn/post turn discussion period would be markedly shorter. His method of play is very much "i need to do this, this, and this; I also want to do this, and this; here, let me double check that i can't do something else, no, okay, well, I think I'm going to do this. imo, this was a realistic example of how the game would have progressed in a real "watch it played" style runthrough aswell.
3) it seems likely that *you will spend at least 5 minutes per round* (2-3 _read actions_) *searching for and reading story material*. That is a minimum of *35 minutes* of "pause time" per game not counting the journal passing, and other pause-time related to gameplay.
4) the game itself is broken up into 14 phases. 7 "days" and 7 "nights." each night is further broken up into a "scavenging" phase and a marauder/visitor phase, for a total of 21 "phases." *120 minutes for 21 phases* s completely unrealistic* imho (no single phase goes past 6 minutes, no single round (day + night)goes past 18 minutes). Obviously I can't be sure, having not played the game, but these are some of the reasons that I said 6hrs.
Yes, I think the stories will be very different, and if you are still concerned, there is a memoirs expansion on the kickstarter (for an addl 10 euro) and the multimedia story-line cellphone app for addl content... not to mention that if you back as a kickstarter backer there are AT LEAST 2 more complete expansions coming your way (*sewers* and either *scenarios* or *orphans* depending on the outcome of the current vote) to keep the game fresh.I can only guess at the quality of the epilogue mechanic, but in my experience, the epilogues aren't the be-all-end-all of replay-ability. The mechanics are solid, the game is thematic, there is TONS of material and *if the writing is good,* I think it would be immensely replayable. My biggest concerns are related to getting a group of people together for 4-8hrs (even with the save " -mechanic- " (read: plastic baggies) ) to play a game that has the emotional weight of a schindler's list/sophie's choice/ the pianist super-drama more than once. Imho, if your group can handle the emotionality of it, then they will find subsequent replays engaging and fun... or, you could throw out the RPG elements of it and JUST play it like a dungeon crawler. Explore, Arm, Fortify, Explore, Arm, Fortify, etc. Honestly, even without the stories, I think the game itself would be pretty solid (if a little too easy mode for my liking but there are ways to fix that).
+TheBrothergreen Insightful stuff! I understand now, thank you! (starting to have a feeling my group can't take this...)
Now to decide if I want a custom character made and also a painted diorama, which is really expensive! :O
Huh, no idea they made a board game out of it. Did a double take when I saw you doing what appeared to be a playthrough of a video game.
Great review and gameplay you did. Do you know when this game will be made available to buy? This is a must buy for me.
i think it's hitting the market in august?
This game looks absolutely amazing. I really liked the Journal mechanic, how do you think it would work with a 4-6 player game? would there be alot of down time?
+Clinton Morris Like anything, it depends primarily on who the 4-6 players are. If you are hardcore D&D gamers who enjoy emersing yourself in a narrative, I'm sure you could knock it out quite quickly. If, on the other hand you are more casual gamers (and despite the length, this isn't a really _heavy_ game) there is a lot of material here to spur conversation. Handing off the 1st player token occurs, what, 10x *per day*? Times 7 days? Pausing to roll occurs how often? Pausing to read? Pausing to do worker placement? etc, etc.
question about the rules:
If you elect to not put someone at the door, you would presumably lose the ability to "fight off" the invading hordes, but, since the "maximum" defense is prevent 2 (wounds or thefts... and you'll probably get a zero) wouldn't it make more sense to just not guard the door at all (unless you have a vigilant night watch card)? does the game discourage or prohibit this action?
+TheBrothergreen you can get a lot more stolen than just two by some of the cards that hit you. but yeah, it's perfectly reasonable to not guard the door and lose a certain amount of stuff every night...
+rahdo yes, that was exactly my point. The mitigation is so weak that it seems wasteful to stand guard at all. why risk 5 wounds +6 thefts (which you'll take the majority of the thefts either way). Just bug-out, take your most valuable stuff with you to keep it (safe-ish). I think the night raids might be a little overpowered and/or mitigation under-powered. Obviously this should not be a primary/effective strategy as it basically negates 1/3 of the game. Now, if it was possible to negate all, or nearly all of the wounds, and reduce the number of items stolen without leaving 4 people standing watch; I think that aspect of the game could be improved, either with more event cards (so that it isn't a 50/50 chance by day 4 that you'll get bopped with something-something-muggers or by using the fate die to control the thefts so that you could (theoretically) stop the intruders before they take anything of value.
+TheBrothergreen the more stuff you take with you out into the night, the more you're weighed down and can't bring new stuff back :)
otoh, someone standing watch with a good weapon can very readily mitigate home invasion. in the video i didn't have any good weapons, and arguably i shouldn't have put anyone on guard, but tbh i wanted to demonstrate the game more thoroughly...
+rahdo _the more stuff you take with you out into the night, the more you're weighed down and can't bring new stuff back_
true, but the more people you bring, the more stuff you can carry in total. If you bring an extra 4 "strength" then you can carry an extra 4 goods and not impact your total haul at all. furthermore you'll be a lot tougher if you get jumped by hobos,
_and arguably i shouldn't have put anyone on guard, but tbh i wanted to demonstrate the game more thoroughly_
No, I think you made the correct choice, BECAUSE you had a vigilant watch that allowed you to increase your mitigation by 6 (max potential of 8.).. unless that would have triggered anyway? the professor, who could only carry 1 good anyway was doing more good at the door than he would have been scavenging. I'm speaking more about the general rules, and honestly, the rules are thematic and realistic... If a band of looters smashes down your door, one burly muscular firefighter who could be holding 45gold worth of trading fodder (not to mention a pistol) and saving it from the looters, isn't going to have much to say about it... It just sucks from a game-play pov.
+TheBrothergreen true true. but the more people you take out into the night so that they can carry stuff, the more tired people you will have inviting more sickness and less work being done during the day, the greater chance they'll see horrors of war that send them into despair, the more likely they are to be injured by attacks, etc.
going out at night with a huge party to grab tons of stuff doesn't do you any good if everyone's too exhausted, sick and depressed to do any work with them during the day.
the designer, michael oracz, has been doing this for quite awhile, and is responsible for some of the most tightly balanced asymetrical games out there (neuroshima hex and theseus), so he's no design newb. :)
re: vigilant watch. yup, i have to admit, i forgot about that. bear in mind, i filmed this video almost a month ago, and i barely remember the specifics of what happened now :)
About the definition of the game: I would define it as an Anti-War game. Just like an Anti-War movie that tries not to glorify war or its participants but tries to reveal and cleanse your head from any positive image that wrongly got implemented in our brains by hollywood which makes it a different kind of entertainment. So yes, it doesnt try to give a picture of satisfaction or comfort, but it is still called entertaining.
24:36 - the locker - Rahdo puts a wood in the locker then puts 5 back into supply... Shouldn't it be just 4 to supply? Think he cheated himself out of one wood...?
+Garret Olds it was already noted... thanks
+Paulo Renato y'know.... I should probably read the notes 1st haha... Sorry mate!
+Garret Olds no problem :)
Love this concept... very innovative thinking. Whose the game company? What's the price point? Under Kick Starter???
+Jim Smith yup, follow the kickstarter links
Actually anton would have only not have been able to do the evening task...he would have been able to do the noon task (the noon limit is 6, the evening limit is 3)
timestamp please
20:10 (in the klingon goof subtitles) however they have changed how the prohibited works in the full build game.
Look fun and interesting!
+rand chua Fun isn't the word I would use here. But definitely looks worth playing. And grim, and depressing.
Hey rahdo! Please help me! I could not understand when i could draw from visitors pile!
this video is really old and the visitors work very differently in the final game!
rahdo thank you so much i found the answer and congratz on the amazing job you do with your runtrough! I love your channel!
Rahdo, Could you make another video showing the rulebook page by page? If you can't do it, no problem. Regards!
+Raúl PJ i'm sure they'll post a pdf of the rule soon, i kno wthey're making some tweaks now (including some suggestions I made based on my experience with the game) :)
I want this so much
Never liked to dive into the video game.
The black and white was wearing too thin and Im starting to despise it.
Is great watching the contrast on the colorful board game.
Are you going to do one for Lords of Hellas?
nope, they offered, but i passed. just not a good fit for us
Oh, that's sad. Sorry to hear that!
Is there a reason it didn't fit well?
i'm not one for combat games...
this game is very interesting.
When's this released
+Phil Barber no idea. maybe you could ask on kickstarter page?
Ok cheers
+Phil Barber Feb 2017 is the planned date
Instead of starting midgame... I wish there was a video where it shows u gameplay from the start.
+The Awesome Man it would have shown you pretty much exactly the same thing, just less of it
+rahdo true i guess, but i would have personally preferred it as it would have given me a better since of thw initial progression of the game from the start... more like how the first half an hour would be with new players.
+The Awesome Man No, it really wouldn't have. The game's mechanics are just very grindy and wear-you-down. In the first couple of days, he scavenged, explored, acquired misery and illness (and pavlo) and had his place broken into. The only thing I think we missed out on was the "sad story" that was so scarring that it caused pavlo to abandon his home and put the other guy on the harry edge. I'm guessing it involves a pair of orphans with no shoes who froze to death and were dumpstered with their favorite broken toy truck, still huddling together for warmth. Unfortunately, this runthrough doesn't dive very deep at all into the storytelling. Richard says it's awsome, but most of what we saw was pretty generic (the hobos, the punk-kids, etc.
+TheBrothergreen that is exactly what i want to see tho!
:) not cuz its fun but cuz it sucks... how bad will it be? will it bore my friend and wife if we play it togther and have it collecting dust in the shelf or will it hold interest and keeps us playing?
i dont want to see the interesting parts only i want to see the toast and its crust to decide if its worth backing.
+The Awesome Man the first round day plays out almost exaclty like the 2nd and 3rd and 4th day, etc. Just much faster. The whole house is open for exploration, so you'll clear lots of rubble and whatnot, find some equipment, maybe make a tool depending on what you find, then you go out into the night doing the exact same sort of stuff you saw me do. The only real difference at the beginning is the entire house must be explored. i thought it was more important to demonstrate *a little* of the house exploration, but also the act of building stuff in the house. plus, dealing with tired/sick people, who you don't have at the start of the game.
I was looking forward to see the runthrough of this game. Also learn polish, it is [sarcasm] most important [/sarcasm] language in the world.
I wish that i have a money for that :( euro is so much for my currency philippine peso