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Orleans

Category: Age: 12+ 90 Min 2 - 4 Players 2014

Watch It Played is a series designed to teach and play games. In this episode we’re going to learn how to play Orleans.

00:00 – Introduction
00:46 – The Setup
03:03 – Game Play Overview
03:23 – Phase 1: Hour Glass
03:43 – Phase 2: Census
04:20 – Phase 3: Followers
05:00 – Phase 4: Planning
05:58 – Phase 5: Actions
06:39 – Action: Ship
06:58 – Action: Wagon
07:09 – Action: Guildhall
07:25 – Action: Castle
07:54 – Action: Farm House
08:09 – Action: Village
08:16 – Action: Village: Boatman
08:27 – Action: Village: Trader
09:08 – Action: Village: Craftsman
09:20 – Using Technology Tokens
10:34 – Action: University
11:12 – Action: Monastery
11:17 – Monk Tokens
11:38 – Action: Scriptorium
11:43 – Action: Town Hall
12:02 – The Beneficial Deeds
12:40 – Action Restrictions
13:14 – Checking Your Bag
13:23 – Phase 6: Event
13:34 – Event: Plague
13:55 – Event: Trading Day
14:01 – Event: Income
14:12 – Event: Pilgrimage
14:21 – Event: Taxes
14:35 – Event: Harvest
14:53 – Torture
15:36 – Phase 7: Start Player
15:44 – Ending The Game
16:00 – Scoring
16:37 – Determining The Winner
16:50 – Returning Followers From A Space
17:14 – Advanced Player Variant
17:31 – Conclusion

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