Chaz, wow, I Just love how clear and articulate you are in your explanation of Mosaic. No assumptions from you whatsoever and though some may see that as redundant or boring I think it’s great. I just feel bad Rodney only managed to score 3 points at the end of the game (lol). You are a great addition to this channel. Cheers!
Heyhey, thanks so much for the kind words! I must confess, Rodney did such a great job guiding me through the process of making this tutorial that I almost feel bad that he only scored three measly points in the sample game. Not bad enough to not mention it or show his score on camera. But almost. Thanks for watching and sharing a comment with us! :D -Chaz
UPDATED! The following items are now in this corrected version of the tutorial: 1. In the "SET UP: Trade Goods Tokens" chapter, removed an extra token that was in an illegal location on the board, and should not have been there. 2. In the "SET UP: Make the Tax & Tariff Deck" chapter, added the instruction that an equal number of Tax and Tariff cards should be used when constructing the Tax & Tariff deck. Previously, this instruction was missing. 3. In the "SET UP: Make the Build Deck" chapter, corrected the instruction for adding the Scoring card to the Build deck. Previously, it was instructed to split the deck in thirds. This has been changed to splitting the deck in half.
@@EgeTunca To be clear, these aren’t corrections needed for “this” video, but a note for people who saw our original upload (that was missing these updates). This new upload includes them, so for everyone coming to “this” video now (which will be most people), this isn’t something they need to be aware of. Hope that makes sense.
GREAT!!!!!!! Another game I must have. I’m going to be sleeping on the couch for a month. This looks absolutely amazing. Excellent video, Chaz, even if you did cheat and score way more points than Rodney……. Now I need a tutorial on how to convince my wife we need another game…..LOL
I think it's very, very impressive when a designer can take something that is usually humongously difficult to grasp and distill it down into a much easier game. I've heard this game does a great job of simplifying civ game mechanics & concepts.
LOL. To be honest, I still find it a little surreal when I hear myself say, "Chaz here, with *Watch It Played* ". In the back of my mind, I always say, "Really!? Coooool!" I don't know if I'll ever get completely used to it. 😊 -Chaz
Thanks, Chaz. I got this for Christmas. This was really helpful. Man, Rodney really didn't do very well. Maybe he should have watched your video first!!.
Thank you very much, Frank! I've seen your comments on other videos, so it's nice to know that I was able to help teach you a game, too. I hope you enjoy playing it, and end up scoring better than Rodney did. 😉 -Chaz
@@WatchItPlayed I think my dog could score better than Rodney, especially after she watches your video. I hope we can get Mosaic to the table this weekend!! Thanks again, Chaz.
Thank you so much for this. I got this game from Santa (wife) and can't wait to play it. I'll read the rulebook but these videos are always a leg up. BTW, I couldn't tell if you were saying cavalry or calvary but it's cavalry for sure. Common mistake.
I have the game, I played a ton, but I still don't understand this Trade Goods Token setup... I use a house rule and just use a draw bag to fill up the spaces with face up tokens instantly, after that I remove the X tokens and it's all set. Why bother flipping the tokens face down, then flip everything face up.
Excellent video, as usual. Thanks Chaz! Side note: When I saw the video thumbnail, my first thought was "Oh, that beard looks good on Rodney. Makes him look more serious." 😅
I played Terraforming Mars a few weeks ago, and I thought that game was complicated... Tonight my friends want to play this. I think they hate me. Thanks for the tutorial video!
Have fun playing Mosaic! I'm sure you and your friends will master it in no time. And then, you'll be ready to try the _next_ complex game they have in store for you! 😉 -Chaz
@@WatchItPlayed I had fun. I came in last place. The first place player beat me by exactly 100 points. They said I did really well at holding my own for my first time playing. I actually think I liked it a little more than terraforming Mars because there was less things to do per round, even though there were more options.
Wonderfully concise and clean 'how to play' video. But I am confused by your placing of a 5 population token in your supply at start of play at 6:05 in the video. I cannot find this in the rules. Please help me with this. Thanks!
Hello. I believe that is in the "Select a Player Board" paragraph on page 9 of the Mosaic rulebook: _"At the start of the game, each player receives 5 Population."_ I hope this information is helpful! -Chaz
Don't worry, Casey! Everything okay; it will be alright. And by that, I mean certain doom is imminent. But other than that - everything's peachy. 🙂👍 -Chaz
At 2:06, I don't get why you place the tokens in those bottom 2 hexes. They don't show all six sides and so are incomplete/covered and doesn't the rulebook say to not add them to there? Just seems a little confusing why those incomplete hexes were chosen to have a token but others weren't.
Great question. If a hex space has 6 sides (even if some of some of its sides are shorter, due to being cut off by other graphics on the board) then it is considered to be a complete hex space, and a token would go there. That's why tokens would go in those two spaces shown in the example: even though the box area those hexes (for Tax & Tariff cards, Holding Area, Military, etc.) overlaps those two hexes, the remaining portion of those two hexes that are shown can still be traced to show six different sides. I hope this information is helpful. Cheers! -Chaz
@@matebrunner5195 I can appreciate the confusion, but we work directly with the publisher on all our tutorial videos, so they are checked over before they go public. That doesn't mean a mistake can't sometimes slip through, but this was a specific question we asked the designer during the creation of this video and I can say with confidence, Chaz's answer above is correct. The unfortunate reality is that rule books sometimes contain errors, or aren't clear, and these videos give us a chance to make things clear, or correct those errors - this means sometimes the videos are more up-to-date than the rule books themselves. -Rodney
Excellent question. Fish always equal 5 food. In that scene, I should have included an additional, second fish token in my payment. I apologize for the confusion that this oversight may have caused. I hope this information is helpful, and if you have any other questions, be sure to let us know! -Chaz
Great question. The rules to Mosaic itself weren't changed or updated. There were just three minor corrections that needed to be made to our video. The items that were changed in the video are listed in its description, and in a pinned comment. I hope this helps! -Chaz
Good catch. I hope that didn't cause you confusion. I've added a note to the video's description that addresses that I accidentally used 7 Food to purchase a card that costs 12 Food. (One of my Fish tokens, worth 5 Food, fell off the table right before I slid them into place, and I didn't notice the error.) Five more units of Food than what are shown on-screen should have been used to purchase that card. -Chaz
@@WatchItPlayed I am just learning the game for future teaching, so it didn't matter now. Thank you for the quick response and I really appreciate I didn't have to learn it from the rulebook!
Great teach! Thanks! Question: Some city cards say “Add 5/10 coins to the Tax & Tariff bonus area” while other city cards don’t. Is this a editing error or for these cards do we add double the amount of coins? Thanks!!!
Hello! I had that same question during the research for this tutorial. I looked through my notes to double-check, and found the confirmation from the publisher that the Tax & Tariff fee text that appears on some cards is just a reminder of the rule. It is not an additional fee to pay. I hope this helps! -Chaz
That is a good question! In this thread (on the game's BoardGameGeek forum (boardgamegeek.com/thread/2961959/article/41192986#41192986), I found a link to a FAQ document that states: "The "?" Trade Goods tile is used to represent the wild trade good obtained via the "Craftsmanship" Technology card." I hope this helps! -Chaz
Very helpful thank you! Last question I had was for the government tile, if you flip to replenish a row but then buy a new government tile you can now use the action again. So is it once per tile per game I.e. potentially 6 replenished rows, or if you switch governments but later buy a previously owned government back, do you now have the ability again or does it go into your play area already flipped to the used side?
I double checked with the publisher, and confirmed that every time a player obtains a government tile, they receive it ready to use. So, in the scenario you described, the player would be able to use the ability of their previously owned government tile once again after they re-purchase it. I hope this helps! -Chaz
Are you sure if a government tile goes back to the pile it resets the arrow? I thought the flushing of a deck was only allowed once per game for the government tiles.
Yep, the arrow is reset when the government tile goes back in the pile. We were able to receive a confirmation from the game's designer as well: _"Yes. Each new government tile comes with that free action [clearing a card offering]. If a player replaces their government with a new one, they may clear one of the four card offerings on the board again. If they can pull off two governments, or three (!!!), they would have certainly earned the right to clear an offer more than once."_ I hope this information is helpful! -Chaz
Chaz! I've now got a face to the name! Muhahaha! My nemesis! I shall incur my eternal wrath against you someday! Just wait! Well, I guess not nemesis. That's a pretty strong word considered we've had like 2 interactions in comments on youtube. There's no wrath to speak of either. But I'd like to work towards those goals. One day, I will earn the right to be your nemesis and find a good reason to be wrathful! Muhaha- wait. I really like those Marvel posters in the background. Good choice Chaz. Argh, now you've ruined my wrath. Perhaps I'll be wrathful of your denying my wrath with your non-wrathful poster choices. Muhahaha?
Oh, don't worry, my friend. If you continue posting comments that I respond to, I'm sure that sooner or later I provide you with something to be wrathful towards me for. 😉 -Chaz
All features of the game are covered in the video. So, if there's a version of combat you were wondering about but didn't see featured in the video, then it's not included in the game's rules. I hope this helps! -Chaz
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Chaz, wow, I Just love how clear and articulate you are in your explanation of Mosaic. No assumptions from you whatsoever and though some may see that as redundant or boring I think it’s great. I just feel bad Rodney only managed to score 3 points at the end of the game (lol). You are a great addition to this channel. Cheers!
Heyhey, thanks so much for the kind words! I must confess, Rodney did such a great job guiding me through the process of making this tutorial that I almost feel bad that he only scored three measly points in the sample game. Not bad enough to not mention it or show his score on camera. But almost.
Thanks for watching and sharing a comment with us! :D
-Chaz
@@WatchItPlayed XD
UPDATED! The following items are now in this corrected version of the tutorial:
1. In the "SET UP: Trade Goods Tokens" chapter, removed an extra token that was in an illegal location on the board, and should not have been there.
2. In the "SET UP: Make the Tax & Tariff Deck" chapter, added the instruction that an equal number of Tax and Tariff cards should be used when constructing the Tax & Tariff deck. Previously, this instruction was missing.
3. In the "SET UP: Make the Build Deck" chapter, corrected the instruction for adding the Scoring card to the Build deck. Previously, it was instructed to split the deck in thirds. This has been changed to splitting the deck in half.
Thanks for the update, and the notes!
Got it, thanks…😊
Would be awesome if you could pin this comment so its the first thing very one sees :) Appreciate the correction.
@@EgeTunca To be clear, these aren’t corrections needed for “this” video, but a note for people who saw our original upload (that was missing these updates). This new upload includes them, so for everyone coming to “this” video now (which will be most people), this isn’t something they need to be aware of. Hope that makes sense.
@@WatchItPlayed ahhh I see :) Sorry about that. Thanks for the clarification. Now I just feel silly.
GREAT!!!!!!! Another game I must have. I’m going to be sleeping on the couch for a month. This looks absolutely amazing. Excellent video, Chaz, even if you did cheat and score way more points than Rodney……. Now I need a tutorial on how to convince my wife we need another game…..LOL
31:24 That nervous side eye is **incredible**
And, as always, fantastic video and walkthrough!
Thanks so much!
I have heard so many good things about this game's accessibility and playability. You do a great job teaching it, too, Chaz!!!
Thanks Teej :)
I think it's very, very impressive when a designer can take something that is usually humongously difficult to grasp and distill it down into a much easier game. I've heard this game does a great job of simplifying civ game mechanics & concepts.
This is amazing, so clean and precise. Took me just around 15min on x2 speed. Thanks a lot for such an awesome how to play.
Very kind of you to say - glad you enjoyed!
One of the best rules vids I have seen thank you
Very kind of you to say - so glad you liked it!
I like how u did Rodney dirty on his final score.. lol 😅... you guys both do a great Job teaching a game!!! Ty 😊
We do like to poke a little fun at each other. All in love :) -Rodney
Still can't get use to Chaz not saying "welcome to Pair of Dice Paradise" 😂
LOL. To be honest, I still find it a little surreal when I hear myself say, "Chaz here, with *Watch It Played* ". In the back of my mind, I always say, "Really!? Coooool!" I don't know if I'll ever get completely used to it. 😊
-Chaz
Thanks, Chaz. I got this for Christmas. This was really helpful. Man, Rodney really didn't do very well. Maybe he should have watched your video first!!.
Thank you very much, Frank! I've seen your comments on other videos, so it's nice to know that I was able to help teach you a game, too. I hope you enjoy playing it, and end up scoring better than Rodney did. 😉
-Chaz
@@WatchItPlayed I think my dog could score better than Rodney, especially after she watches your video. I hope we can get Mosaic to the table this weekend!! Thanks again, Chaz.
I just punched Mosaic. Definitely one of the biggest punch sessions I have ever had! I think we'll be playing this weekend! Very excited!!
Thanks for this video!! We are going to try and set up to play today!
I'll be following up to hear how it goes!!
Thank you so much for this. I got this game from Santa (wife) and can't wait to play it. I'll read the rulebook but these videos are always a leg up. BTW, I couldn't tell if you were saying cavalry or calvary but it's cavalry for sure. Common mistake.
Have a great time playing - very glad you enjoyed the video :)
Played it last night for the first time, it was great. We used the chapters in this video quite a lot.
Thanks for the video 👍
It really helped me catch on quickly.
Very glad this was helpful!
I’ll be glad when I’m off board game buying restrictions so I can get this beauty!
Glad you enjoyed what you saw!
I have the game, I played a ton, but I still don't understand this Trade Goods Token setup... I use a house rule and just use a draw bag to fill up the spaces with face up tokens instantly, after that I remove the X tokens and it's all set. Why bother flipping the tokens face down, then flip everything face up.
We presented it this way since that’s how it is in the rule book, but in practice, your method is perfectly fine!
I think its purely for randomisation, I'd you have an opaque bag to draw from this does the job just the same
Really helpful tutorial, thank you, clear and well delivered. Rodney needs to watch his back… or after the scores, maybe the other way around?
Ha! So glad you enjoyed Jason :)
Excellent video, as usual. Thanks Chaz!
Side note: When I saw the video thumbnail, my first thought was "Oh, that beard looks good on Rodney. Makes him look more serious." 😅
LOL, thanks, Gerald! And I know what you mean about the beard. I think that's why Rodney has started wearing a monocle. 🧐
-Chaz
I played Terraforming Mars a few weeks ago, and I thought that game was complicated... Tonight my friends want to play this. I think they hate me. Thanks for the tutorial video!
Have fun playing Mosaic! I'm sure you and your friends will master it in no time. And then, you'll be ready to try the _next_ complex game they have in store for you! 😉
-Chaz
@@WatchItPlayed I had fun. I came in last place. The first place player beat me by exactly 100 points. They said I did really well at holding my own for my first time playing. I actually think I liked it a little more than terraforming Mars because there was less things to do per round, even though there were more options.
Very good explanation, thx for this. Keep up the good work. :)
Very glad you enjoyed it - thanks for the kind comment!
Wonderfully concise and clean 'how to play' video. But I am confused by your placing of a 5 population token in your supply at start of play at 6:05 in the video. I cannot find this in the rules. Please help me with this. Thanks!
Hello. I believe that is in the "Select a Player Board" paragraph on page 9 of the Mosaic rulebook: _"At the start of the game, each player receives 5 Population."_ I hope this information is helpful!
-Chaz
@@WatchItPlayed Thank you. I was solely focused on game setup on page 11 I didn't think to look back to page nine.
What in the world is this…has Rodney ceased existence …what alternate timeline have I fallen into? Ohhh what a world.
Don't worry, Casey! Everything okay; it will be alright. And by that, I mean certain doom is imminent. But other than that - everything's peachy. 🙂👍
-Chaz
@@WatchItPlayed who is Rodney? We only know Chaz the wonderful teacher. All hail Chaz. We love Chaz.
The board doesn't have a VP track, nor did the retail version come with a score pad. How do you guys track your points when region scoring triggers?
At 28:44 in the video, recommended methods for tracking points are mentioned. (Spoiler: we simply used pen and paper.) I hope this helps.
-Chaz
Great rules teach. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Tony, we appreciate you checking it out!
At 2:06, I don't get why you place the tokens in those bottom 2 hexes. They don't show all six sides and so are incomplete/covered and doesn't the rulebook say to not add them to there? Just seems a little confusing why those incomplete hexes were chosen to have a token but others weren't.
Great question. If a hex space has 6 sides (even if some of some of its sides are shorter, due to being cut off by other graphics on the board) then it is considered to be a complete hex space, and a token would go there. That's why tokens would go in those two spaces shown in the example: even though the box area those hexes (for Tax & Tariff cards, Holding Area, Military, etc.) overlaps those two hexes, the remaining portion of those two hexes that are shown can still be traced to show six different sides. I hope this information is helpful. Cheers!
-Chaz
@@WatchItPlayed I still doubt it. The rule explicitly says: "Note: Only hexes with all 6 sides are valid hexes"
@@matebrunner5195 I can appreciate the confusion, but we work directly with the publisher on all our tutorial videos, so they are checked over before they go public. That doesn't mean a mistake can't sometimes slip through, but this was a specific question we asked the designer during the creation of this video and I can say with confidence, Chaz's answer above is correct. The unfortunate reality is that rule books sometimes contain errors, or aren't clear, and these videos give us a chance to make things clear, or correct those errors - this means sometimes the videos are more up-to-date than the rule books themselves. -Rodney
Oh, okay, thanks!:)@@WatchItPlayed
Is there a list of updates to the video? I watched the original and taught/played the game already and am just curious what was wrong.
Hi Notaro,
A list of all the updates is provided both in the video's description, and in a pinned comment. I hope this helps!
-Chaz
Very clear explanation, thanks
In population action on 15.00 it says pay 12 but you paid 7 right ? fish equals 5 ? or in some cases its also a 10 ? im confused
Excellent question. Fish always equal 5 food. In that scene, I should have included an additional, second fish token in my payment. I apologize for the confusion that this oversight may have caused. I hope this information is helpful, and if you have any other questions, be sure to let us know!
-Chaz
Great Video, Chaz!
Thank you, Henri!
-Chaz
Heya guys, were these updates from a rules change somewhere? I’m not post but I thought my rule book didn’t have those changes either.
Great question. The rules to Mosaic itself weren't changed or updated. There were just three minor corrections that needed to be made to our video. The items that were changed in the video are listed in its description, and in a pinned comment. I hope this helps!
-Chaz
Nicely done, thx
Thank you, Steve. I hope the tutorial was helpful! 🙂
-Chaz
Little mistake at 15:24 That is just 7 food, not 12.
Good catch. I hope that didn't cause you confusion. I've added a note to the video's description that addresses that I accidentally used 7 Food to purchase a card that costs 12 Food. (One of my Fish tokens, worth 5 Food, fell off the table right before I slid them into place, and I didn't notice the error.) Five more units of Food than what are shown on-screen should have been used to purchase that card.
-Chaz
@@WatchItPlayed I am just learning the game for future teaching, so it didn't matter now.
Thank you for the quick response and I really appreciate I didn't have to learn it from the rulebook!
Another one I want to play! :)
I hope you get a chance to try it out! :D
-Chaz
Great teach! Thanks!
Question: Some city cards say “Add 5/10 coins to the Tax & Tariff bonus area” while other city cards don’t. Is this a editing error or for these cards do we add double the amount of coins?
Thanks!!!
Hello! I had that same question during the research for this tutorial. I looked through my notes to double-check, and found the confirmation from the publisher that the Tax & Tariff fee text that appears on some cards is just a reminder of the rule. It is not an additional fee to pay. I hope this helps!
-Chaz
That totally helps! They should have kept the language uniform. Glad you were confused too. 😆
Does anyone know what the question mark trade good tile is for?
That is a good question! In this thread (on the game's BoardGameGeek forum (boardgamegeek.com/thread/2961959/article/41192986#41192986), I found a link to a FAQ document that states: "The "?" Trade Goods tile is used to represent the wild trade good obtained via the "Craftsmanship" Technology
card." I hope this helps!
-Chaz
Very helpful thank you! Last question I had was for the government tile, if you flip to replenish a row but then buy a new government tile you can now use the action again. So is it once per tile per game I.e. potentially 6 replenished rows, or if you switch governments but later buy a previously owned government back, do you now have the ability again or does it go into your play area already flipped to the used side?
I double checked with the publisher, and confirmed that every time a player obtains a government tile, they receive it ready to use. So, in the scenario you described, the player would be able to use the ability of their previously owned government tile once again after they re-purchase it. I hope this helps!
-Chaz
Are you sure if a government tile goes back to the pile it resets the arrow? I thought the flushing of a deck was only allowed once per game for the government tiles.
Yep, the arrow is reset when the government tile goes back in the pile. We were able to receive a confirmation from the game's designer as well:
_"Yes. Each new government tile comes with that free action [clearing a card offering]. If a player replaces their government with a new one, they may clear one of the four card offerings on the board again. If they can pull off two governments, or three (!!!), they would have certainly earned the right to clear an offer more than once."_
I hope this information is helpful!
-Chaz
@Watch It Played thanks so much..
Great video
Thanks! I hope you found it helpful. :D
-Chaz
Hey! I remember that score!
RODNEY HAD 4 POINTS! How dare you throw shade on our beloved Rodney!
:)
My apologies, next time I’ll be certain to give him even more free unearned bonus points to his score. Problem solved! -Chaz (winner)
@@WatchItPlayed :)
Chaz! I've now got a face to the name! Muhahaha! My nemesis! I shall incur my eternal wrath against you someday! Just wait! Well, I guess not nemesis. That's a pretty strong word considered we've had like 2 interactions in comments on youtube. There's no wrath to speak of either. But I'd like to work towards those goals. One day, I will earn the right to be your nemesis and find a good reason to be wrathful! Muhaha- wait. I really like those Marvel posters in the background. Good choice Chaz. Argh, now you've ruined my wrath. Perhaps I'll be wrathful of your denying my wrath with your non-wrathful poster choices. Muhahaha?
Oh, don't worry, my friend. If you continue posting comments that I respond to, I'm sure that sooner or later I provide you with something to be wrathful towards me for. 😉
-Chaz
Great explanation. After reading the rulebook I think it is one of the worst I have ever read.
Very glad you found it helpful!
Is thier any kind of combat?
All features of the game are covered in the video. So, if there's a version of combat you were wondering about but didn't see featured in the video, then it's not included in the game's rules. I hope this helps!
-Chaz
Did Rodney slept during the game? :D
Yes. Let’s say that’s what happened! -Rodney
Why is Rodney so bad at games, this time 48 to 3 lol
That is a good question. The answer to "why is Rodney's score three?" is: "because I gave him two extra points." 😉
-Chaz
Rodney doesn't seem to be a very good player, right? ;-)
Either that, or I'm just not a very good score keeper. 😉
-Chaz
@@WatchItPlayedWho knows!? ;-)
Wow, Rodney sucks at this game! 😆
Grrrr. -Rodney