Reading Rulebooks Lily Gould
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Reading Rulebooks is a podcast dedicated to reading through rulebooks and teaching board games! In this podcast, I directly read the rulebook as well as discuss the game and try to clear up potential areas of confusion.
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Lost Cities
This week we are going to cover the rules for Lost Cities. Lost Cities is a game designed by Reiner Knizia and is illustrated by Vincent Dutrait, Michaela Kienle, Anke Pohl, Thilo Rick, et. al.. The game is published by KOSMOS.
About Lost Cities
Gain points by mounting archeological expeditions to find lost cities and (hopefully) find more than the cost of the journey.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction & Game Components
01:32 Preparation (Setup)
02:11 Object of the Game
02:42 Sequence of Play
04:46 End of the Game and Scoring
08:58 Thoughts -
My Island
About My Island
My Island is a legacy game where you develop a unique island and discover its secrets that could permanently change the island.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:41 Game Materials
02:47 Game Setup
04:29 General Rules of the Game
05:18 The Placement Rules
06:55 End of an Episode
11:10 The Sealed Envelopes
12:52 The First Chapter
13:37 The Eternal Game
14:20 Game Setup
16:00 Course of Play
16:28 The Placement Rules
18:03 Farm / Village / Fortification
19:36 Road from Statue to Sea
20:36 End of the Eternal Game
22:38 Thoughts -
My City
About My City
My City is a legacy game about developing a city through the different episodes of the game. My City has both a legacy and non-legacy format of play.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:36 Game Materials
02:46 Game Setup
04:30 General Rules of the Game
05:31 The Construction Rules
08:07 End of an Episode
11:48 The Sealed Envelopes
13:35 The First Chapter
14:20 The Eternal Game
15:05 Game Setup
16:40 Course of Play
17:11 The Construction Rules
21:07 End of Episode
22:07 Thoughts -
Spectaculum
This week we are going to cover the rules for Spectaculum. Spectaculum is a game designed by Reiner Knizia and is illustrated by Marc Margielsky. The game is published by Pegasus Spiele.
About Spectaculum
Spectaculum is a game of managing your wealth while managing traveling shows as they journey throughout the color world of fortune-tellers and snake dancers.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:21 Components
02:49 Object of the Game
03:25 Setup
04:46 Playing the Game
12:34 End of the Game (and Variant)
14:08 Thoughts -
Babylonia
This week we are going to cover the rules for Babylonia. Babylonia is a game designed by Reiner Knizia and illustrated by Jonas Hassibi and David Prieto. The game is published by Ludonova.
About Babylonia
Compete for land and cities in Babylonia around and between the river while commanding mighty ziggurats.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction & Components
01:26 Setup
03:57 Summary and Objective
04:31 Playing
11:53 End of the Game
12:22 Variant
12:40 Zigguart Cards
14:27 Thoughts -
Samurai
This week we are going to cover the rules for Samurai. Samurai is a game designed by Reiner Knizia and is illustrated by Franz Vohwinkel. The game is published by Fantasy Flight Games.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:35 Game Components
03:02 Game Overview
03:38 Setup
07:15 Playing the Game
18:46 MCG Thoughts