Reading Rulebooks

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

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

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

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

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

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

This week we are going to cover the rules for Ghosts of Christmas. Ghosts of Christmas is a game designed by Taiki Shinzawa and is illustrated by Misaho Sugawara and Maria Surducan. This game is published by BoardGameTables.com.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction & Components

00:58 Game Overview

01:34 Setup

02:19 Bidding

03:07 Playing a Round

03:59 Scoring Tricks

05:07 Scoring Hands

06:08 Variants

07:04 MCG Thoughts

This week we are going to cover the rules for Winter Kingdoms. Winter Kingdoms is a game designed by Donald X. Vaccarino and is illustrated by Markus Erdt and Dennis Lohausen. The game is published by Queen Games.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:18 Object of the Game

02:00 Setup

05:08 Sequence of Play

06:25 A Turn in Detail

11:21 Building Rules

12:55 Twist Card

13:28 End of the Game and Final Scoring

14:47 Card Overviews

17:38 MCG Thoughts

This week we are going to cover the rules for Wabash Cannonball (also known as Chicago Express). Wabash Cannonball is a game designed by John Bohrer and is illustrated by Michael Menzel & Todd Sanders. The game is published by Winsome Games, Queen Games, & Rio Grande.

Expansions include Chicago Express: Narrow Guage & Erie Railroad Company (2009), and Chicago Express: Nickle Plate Road Expansion (2011). Both expansions are for Chicago Express and not for Wabash Cannonball which is currently being released.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro & Components

01:16 Setting Up

03:10 Initial Auction

05:00 Ending / Winning the Game

05:28 Sequence of Play

06:59 Expansion

11:02 Development

13:33 Capitalization

14:29 Chicago Dividends

14:52 Wabash Opens

15:43 General Dividends

16:33 Thoughts feat. Joe (from Dads on a Map)