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Starship Samurai

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Category: Age: 14+ 75 Min 2 - 4 Players 2018
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Watch It Played is a series designed to teach and play games. In this episode we’re going to learn how to play Starship Samurai.

00:00 – Introduction
00:52 – The Setup
03:13 – Gameplay Overview
03:28 – Player Turns Phase
03:46 – Location Rewards
04:48 – Gaining Influence
05:46 – Rewards Description
06:13 – Performing Orders
06:33 – Order: Move Allegiance
06:48 – Boosting Orders
07:06 – Placing New Orders
07:26 – Order: Draw Cards
07:32 – Hand Limit
07:42 – Order: Gain Wealth
07:51 – Order: Move Units
08:31 – Carrier Ability
09:10 – Moving Mechs
09:39 – Destroyed Ships
09:45 – Order Cards
10:25 – Free Orders
10:44 – Attaching to Locations
10:53 – Battle Phase
11:12 – Battle Cards
11:53 – Resolving Battle
12:13 – Battle Tiebreakers
12:17 – Claiming Locations
12:39 – Removing Attached Tokens
12:49 – Locations With no Battle
13:04 – Resolution Phase of love
13:56 – Ending the Game
14:06 – Final Scoring
14:25 – Tiebreaking Rules
14:48 – Variants
15:03 – Conclusion

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