Paia Groject

Yes, we promised a Firak guide and instead you get Bescods. But look on the bright side, it's a great Bescods guide. Also, they're both grey, so you'll barely notice the difference.

00.00 INTRODUCTION (STILL ON THE INTERVIEW WITH HELGE, AND GHOSTLY'S INFOGRAPHICS)

04.40 SO, HERE COMES THE FIRAKS GUIDE...

06.40 ...EXCEPT IT'S BESCODS, PLOT TWIST! FACTION DESCRIPTION

24.00 BESCODS & THE MAP

32.15 BESCODS & FINAL SCORING OBJECTIVES

41.50 BESCODS & THE TECH TRACKS AND OPENINGS

1.01.45 BESCODS & ADVANCED TECH TILES

1.11.30 BESCODS & BASIC TECH TILES

1.21.30 BESCODS & ROUND SCORING BONUSES

1.28.25 BESCODS & ROUND BOOSTERS

1.35.20 BESCODS & POWER/QIC ACTIONS

1.40.30 FINAL CONSIDERATIONS

1.44.50 CHATTING ABOUT THE 2ND EASTERN EMISPHERE GAIA TOURNAMENT - EURAFRASIAN EDITION

1.47.30 EVEN MORE RUMORS ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING GP EXPANSION

Ghostly's "Paia Groject Strategy Deck": https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2772018/paia-groject-strategy-deck

Simone's Bescods game where you can see some of the strategies discussed in this episode (three steps on the science track round 1; two academies built round 6; 3 points per lab adv tech tile on the top of the navigation track): https://www.boardgamers.space/game/AllaFieraDelBesc

Matteo's Firaks game in the tournament: https://www.boardgamers.space/game/EurAfrAsia-CUP-Group-E-2

While you wait for the next episode, come play with us (Molfo and El Temblo) on BGS: https://www.boardgamers.space.

Feedback and contact: [email protected]

We did it! We incredibly, amazingly did it! We managed to bring Helge Ostertag in front of  Paia Groject's microphones, and had a long chat with him about the game, its past, present and future. We dicussed playtest, balancing, and the much-anticipated expansion for the game. So what are you waiting for, dive right in, and as usual, give us you feedbacks here, via email, or on the Boardgamers Gaia discord!

00.00 INTRODUCTION

02.35 WHY GAIA PROJECT? A SEQUEL TO TERRA MYSTICA

06.25 HELGE'S FAVOURITE ELEMENTS OF THE GAME

08.10 HOW WERE THE FACTIONS IN GP BALANCED?

12.10 DISCUSSING SOME OF THE FACTIONS (LANTIDS, ITARS, FIRAKS, BALTAKS)

23.00 HELGE'S & THE META (INCLUDING ARUN'S STATISTICS!)

25.00 HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO DESIGN GP AND TERRA MYSTICA?

27.40 DOES HELGE STILL PLAY GAIA PROJECT?

29.15 SOME UNEXPECTED DIRECTIONS THAT GP TOOK AFTER ITS RELEASE

32.00 IS BALANCING REALLY A THING?

35.15 WHAT IS THE EXPANSION GOING TO DO TO THE OVERALL BALANCE OF THE GAME?

37.40 NEW ELEMENTS IN THE EXPANSION

45.00 THE FOUR NEW FACTIONS

50.25 HOW DOES ONE GET TO BE A PART OF THE PLAYTEST FOR THE EXPANSION?

53.45 HUGE THANKS TO HELGE AND JENS, THE CREATORS OF THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIMES!

You can view the components Helge showed us here:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2772009/sneak-peeks-upcoming-portals-expansions

While you wait for the next episode, come play with us (Molfo and El Temblo) on BGS: https://www.boardgamers.space.

Gaia "Fight Club" Discord server: https://discord.gg/876we5MaHf 

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In this episode we discuss round scoring bonuses, a core component of the game, and one whose importance is often overlooked. Luckily, the Paia Groject podcast is about to change this forever...

We hope you enjoy the episode, please give us you feedback here, via email, or on the Boardgamers Gaia discord!

00.00 INTRODUCTION AND FEEDBACK ON PREVIOUS EPISODES

05.30 REMEMBER THAT THE HELGE EPISODE IS COMING NEXT WEEK!

06.50 MATTEO'S CAT MAKES SOME NOISES, THEN ROUND SCORING BONUSES: AN OVERVIEW

17.20 POINTS-PER-GAIA-PLANET ROUND SCORING BONUSES

29.10 POINTS-PER-MINE ROUND SCORING BONUS

32.20 POINTS-PER-TERRAFORMING-STEP ROUND SCORING BONUS

41.20 POINTS-PER-TRADING-STATION ROUND SCORING BONUSES

53.20 POINTS-PER-LARGE-BUILDING ROUND SCORING BONUSES

1.00.20 POINTS-PER-TECH-ADVANCEMENT

1.06.00 POINTS-PER-FEDERATION-TOKEN ROUND SCORING BONUS

1.22.10 SUMMING UP

1.23.20 UPDATES ON THE ONGOING EURAFRASIAN GAIA TOURNAMENT

While you wait for the next episode, come play with us (Molfo and El Temblo) on BGS: https://www.boardgamers.space.

Gaia "Fight Club" Discord server: https://discord.gg/876we5MaHf 

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Happy belated Halloween everyone! We're back with our spookiest guide yet, here come the Nevlas!

00.00 INTRODUCTION

1.25.20 CHATTING ABOUT THE 2ND EASTERN EMISPHERE GAIA TOURNAMENT - EURAFRASIAN EDITION

Simone's Ivits game in the tournament: https://www.boardgamers.space/game/EurAfrAsia-CUP-Group-D-3

Matteo's Geodens game in the tournament: https://www.boardgamers.space/game/EurAfrAsia-CUP-Group-A-3

While you wait for the next episode, come play with us (Molfo and El Temblo) on BGS: https://www.boardgamers.space.

Feedback and contact: [email protected]

In case you are still craving for some discussion about statistics in Gaia Project, even after all the wonderful threads that Arun (AKA Roadrunner19) has opened on BGG, we decided to directly invite him to Paia Groject, and have a little chat with him about the work he's been doing and what all of this means. So sit down, relax, and enjoy the chat with this episode's guest star!

00.00 - INTRODUCING OUR AMAZING GUEST

Arun's massive work:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2720930/navigating-through-statistics-explaining-gaia-proj

Molfo's Lantids game in the tournament: https://www.boardgamers.space/game/EurAfrAsia-CUP-Group-D-2

ElTemblo's Hadschallas game in the tournament: https://www.boardgamers.space/game/EurAfrAsia-CUP-Group-A-2c

While you wait for the next episode, come play with us (Molfo and El Temblo) on BGS: https://www.boardgamers.space.

Feedback and contact: [email protected]

Gaia "Fight Club" Discord server: https://discord.gg/876we5MaHf

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Ooops, we did it again! Here comes yet another faction guide. Today we extensively discuss Geodens (and when we say extensively, we mean it: we were in a bit of a chatty mood). Also, feedback & errata are back, and if you live to get to the end of this episode, you will also get some update about the currently ongoing EurAfrAsian Torunament!

00.00 INTRODUCTION

11.50 FACTION DESCRIPTION (ok, first a discussion about cogs, then faction description)

1.23.50 CHATTING ABOUT THE 2ND EASTERN EMISPHERE GAIA TOURNAMENT - EURAFRASIAN EDITION

vizkris' nice Geodens game: https://www.boardgamers.space/game/EurAfrAsia-CUP-Group-C

Game 1, El Temblo: https://www.boardgamers.space/game/EurAfrAsia-CUP-Group-A

Game 1, Molfo: https://www.boardgamers.space/game/EurAfrAsia-CUP-Group-D

While you wait for the next episode, come play with us (Molfo and El Temblo) on BGS: https://www.boardgamers.space.

Feedback and contact: [email protected]

Gaia "Fight Club" Discord server: https://discord.gg/876we5MaHf

Theme song by Paranoixx: https://www.beatstars.com/titoc06/feed

Did you know that the Gaia Project International Tournament just took place? 

Since the chance was too good not to catch, we invited the organizer, Marco/ZeroCool, to talk with us about how the tournament went, and where his next big tournaments are going; our chat resulted in a very relaxed and special episode, which we hope you’ll enjoy as well.

Oh, and we also had to opportunity to ask something to the winner of the tournament…

(Sorry for the lack of errata, they will return in the next episode)

02:40 - TOURNAMENT DURATION, PARTICIPANTS, AND TIMING ISSUES 

09:14 - TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE: NUMBER OF GAMES, TABLE FORMATION, AND SCORING RATIONALE

13:02 - TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE: GAMES AND FACTION PICKING MECHANISM

14:25 - PROS AND CONS OF AUCTIONS IN TOURNAMENTS (AND NOT)

26:14 - IMPRESSIONS ABOUT FACTION PICKS

31:10 - REPORT FROM THE WINNER OF THE TOURNAMENT

38:45 - INTERESTING DYNAMICS WHICH SHOWED UP IN THIS COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT

45:00 - FUTURE PERSPECTIVES FOR FUTURE TOURNAMENTS

52:42 - A SHOUTOUT TO A FRIEND IN POLAND

Matteo's terrible Itars game (and Marco's super good Taklons one): https://www.boardgamers.space/game/GPIT-Round10-Table1

Matteo's really nice Lantids game (the 3vp/mine adv tile actually gave him "just" 24 points): https://www.boardgamers.space/game/GPIT-TURN4-TABLE1

While you wait for the next episode, come play with us (Molfo and El Temblo) on BGS: https://www.boardgamers.space.

Feedback and contact: [email protected]

Gaia "Fight Club" Discord server: https://discord.gg/876we5MaHf

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We're back with a second faction guide! Dive with us into the depths of the Lantids' ocean, but be careful: that ocean could easily turn into an abyss, a very deep and desperate, cold, unloving abyss from which there is no escape. So make sure to follow our tips to get the best out of your dolphin games!

We hope you enjoy the episode, please give us you feedback here, on the dedicated thread on BoardGamesGeek, or on the Boardgamers Gaia discord!

00.00 INTRODUCTION

While you wait for the next episode, come play with us (Molfo and El Temblo) on BGS: https://www.boardgamers.space.

Feedback and contact: [email protected]

Gaia "Fight Club" Discord server: https://discord.gg/876we5MaHf 

Theme song by Paranoixx: https://www.beatstars.com/titoc06/feed

In this episode we discuss one of the core components of the game: advanced tech tiles. ATT represent one of the main source of victory points in Gaia Project, and as such it is vital for players to learn how to deal with them. Once more, the Paia Groject podcast is here to save the day!

We hope you enjoy the episode, please give us you feedback here, on the dedicated thread on BoardGamesGeek, or on the Boardgamers Gaia discord!

00.00 INTRODUCTION, INVERTED CONSONANTS, AND THE NUMBER FIVETEEN

03.00 INSTANT SCORING ADVANCED TECH TILES

20.20 POINTS PER BUILDING ADVANCED TECH TILES

33.20 RESOURCES ADVANCE TECH TILES

44.20 END OF ROUND SCORING & 2 POINTS PER ADVANCEMENT ADVANCED TECH TILES 

While you wait for the next episode, come play with us (Molfo and El Temblo) on BGS: https://www.boardgamers.space.

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The fourth episode of Paia Groject features the first of our amazing faction guides! For this debut, we picked everyone's favourite faction: the Gleens!

[warning: sarcasm detected].

We hope you enjoy the episode, please give us you feedback here, on the dedicated thread on BoardGamesGeek, or on the Boardgamers Gaia discord!

00.00 INTRODUCTION

While you wait for the next episode, come play with us (Molfo and El Temblo) on BGS: https://www.boardgamers.space.

Gaia "Fight Club" Discord server: https://discord.gg/876we5MaHf 

Theme song by Paranoixx: https://www.beatstars.com/titoc06/feed