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Box of Delights
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Box of Delights is fronted by Ricky Royal. A channel devoted to board and card game play-throughs, where we open the box and show you how the game is played.
BOX OF DELIGHTS does not accept payment for content. This is purely a not-for-profit hobby, to share a love of gaming and to spend time making films and playing games.
BOX OF DELIGHTS does not accept payment for content. This is purely a not-for-profit hobby, to share a love of gaming and to spend time making films and playing games.
War of the Ring: The Card Game - Against the Shadow - PART 2 of 2
Solo playthrough and how to play
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War of the Ring: The Card Game - Against the Shadow
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solo playthrough and how to play
War of the Ring: The Card Game - Fire and Swords Preview
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A pre-production preview sent to me by Ares Games, so that I can try out the new expansion.
Oath: New Foundations - Clockwork Adversaries - Pre-Development Preview
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A preview of a pre-development design for the clockwork adversaries in the upcoming Oath expansion. LINK to Liz's video: ua-cam.com/video/iC-cV3qRCb4/v-deo.htmlsi LINK to the Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/2074786394/oath-new-foundations
Kreel Manor - Part 5 - Adventure 2 - Full Playthrough !
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For another great playthrough of Kreel Manor, check out @CanjeStudios here: ua-cam.com/users/liveZTUU7tOzKoc?si=xc5EveS9CwNhjd-b
Kreel Manor - Part 2 - Gameplay
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Link to @RollingSolo playthrough: ua-cam.com/video/G65g1dgaWRo/v-deo.html
Kreel Manor - Part 1 - Introduction & Setup
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Kreel Manor - Part 1 - Introduction & Setup
EARTH: Abundance - PREVIEW
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*Box of Delights does NOT take any payment for kickstarter preview videos. This is purely a non-profit hobby channel.
Quartermaster General - EAST FRONT
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Quartermaster General - EAST FRONT
Halls of Hegra - PART 6 - Days 8 & 9
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Note: the intro says "Part 5", but it is actually, and indeed, Part 6
Halls of Hegra - PART 5 - Days 6 & 7
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Halls of Hegra - PART 5 - Days 6 & 7
Wroth ... quick peek... coming soon...
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Wroth ... quick peek... coming soon...
Halls of Hegra - PART 4 - Days 4 & 5
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Halls of Hegra - PART 4 - Days 4 & 5
Halls of Hegra - PART 3 - Days 2 & 3
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Halls of Hegra - PART 3 - Days 2 & 3
Halls of Hegra - PART 2 : Gameplay (Day 1)
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Halls of Hegra - PART 2 : Gameplay (Day 1)
Halls of Hegra - PART 1 : Introduction and setup
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Halls of Hegra - PART 1 : Introduction and setup
Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze
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Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze
Flame & Fang - SOLO PREVIEW - PART 2 ( of 2 )
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Flame & Fang - SOLO PREVIEW - PART 2 ( of 2 )
Flame & Fang - SOLO PREVIEW - PART 1 ( of 2 )
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Flame & Fang - SOLO PREVIEW - PART 1 ( of 2 )
Molly House Solo Gameplay Designer In-Development Preview
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Molly House Solo Gameplay Designer In-Development Preview
The Old King's Crown - SOLO Preview - Part 2 of 2
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The Old King's Crown - SOLO Preview - Part 2 of 2
The Old King's Crown - SOLO Preview - Part 1 of 2
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The Old King's Crown - SOLO Preview - Part 1 of 2
Hoplomachus Victorum: Pandora's Ruin sneak preview
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Hoplomachus Victorum: Pandora's Ruin sneak preview
Kavango - SOLO PREVIEW - Part 2 of 2 - by Box of Delights
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Kavango - SOLO PREVIEW - Part 2 of 2 - by Box of Delights
Kavango - SOLO PREVIEW - Part 1 of 2 - by Box of Delights
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Kavango - SOLO PREVIEW - Part 1 of 2 - by Box of Delights
Senjutsu - PART 3 - SOLO - Extended Gameplay
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Senjutsu - PART 3 - SOLO - Extended Gameplay
Senjutsu - PART 2 - SOLO - Gameplay
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Senjutsu - PART 2 - SOLO - Gameplay
correct me if I'm wrong, but when you finished your turn halfway thru, then dummy player went, shouldn't you have retreated to a safe space, or to where you entered the city from? It's a bit of a grey area if you can stay in a city etc if there are still ememies there ??
Yes, kind of; if your assault on the city doesn't completely succeed (like mine didn't: there were enemies still there), then you stay where you are, outside the City. So you will see for my next turn at 21:53, I had to generate 2 move to assault (i.e. move back into) the city again. You don't have to retreat any further, since the space I was assaulting from was already a safe space. Does this answer? best wishes, Ricky,
Hi, I ve been wondering if you would consider make a review /palythrough of the following games: Resist, Moon, Tin Realm and finally the game Glow. Although the last one isnt officially for 1 player I ve seen a few videos posted with a solo variant. There is little to no porper gameplays of this game. I dont understand any of the explanations for Glow that Ive seen online I think because people that are doing the videos dont actually PLAY the game and they re not methodic about it. Thank you for your time. Your playthorughs are wonderful!
Moon is on my list - I have been meaning to put the video together for absolutely ages, and still haven't done it; it needs to get pushed up my list for sure.... The others, I don't have those games. I did play Resist (I borrowed a copy), but not enough to do a video. Thank you for trusting me to show off some of your requests.. at least if I can do one of them, that's not so bad ? I am waiting for Witchcraft to arrive in stores, but no sign yet, if that's one you might be interested in?
Just finished the complete series Ricky and thank you for the time and effort you put in all those years ago. Very informative. Continued support for your channel, my next series will be Xia which I have just tracked down along with the solo expansion.
great to know people are still watching. I hope you enjoy Xia! R.R.
Anyone know if this game is out of print? It looks fantastic, but I can't find any product for it here in the US!
according to the publisher it is still very much in print, but yes, they are tricky to find in stores.
thanks for the vid i have this, now got the courage to play, one thing i would of liked was a Parliament army token to send around as well .
Thank you for the shout out. Your content is amazing
Quick question, if a response card is revelead, does it stay in game or is it discarded ?
discarded
Your examples of multiplication were too trivial. Try 14593 x 846. Give it a go...
it's actually very simple with the Curta. You put 14593 in the register, then shift to the 100 spot and turn 8 times, then to the ten spot and turn 4 times, then to the 1 spot and turn 6 times. The answer has been said countless times...
Kinda...cool game...
Watching before going to play with friends tonight. Don't want to be a complete noob, your video helps.
Why are there so many different types of cards with the same back?
because they all get mixed into the same deck; if they had different backs, a player would know what cards were what when drawing from that deck, and that would be a little cheatin'
wait so if he randomly drew the city tile on turn 1, does he instant win?
The city tiles are at the bottom of the stack; the stack is not random. The scenario you are playing will tell you where in the stack to place the city tiles - e.g. "shuffled into the bottom 3 tiles". And in future scenarios (not the Tutorial), you have to defeat the city, not just discover it.
@@BoxofDelights ahh okay. Thank you! Makes more sense to me now
Just found this video I absolutely love this game I like to play on stormy nights !!! You are a great teacher ❤❤❤
sounds perfect ! and thank you :)
FINALLY! Teh focus on solo play is not for me. It is great 2 vs 2 game this. Well up to 3 vs 3 now :)
Watching this in 2024 :D. Rules for taxing in 4:30 have indeed changed, but in order to tax at all you need at least one tribe and plurality of tribes+armies in that location. That's the same rule in 2nd edition basically (you're ruling a region), and here you have no tribe, hence no taxing. In 14:30 you say and do this correctly.
Also, E5.3 on 25:56 states that you can only put a spy on a band (patriot or loyalty) if card has one or two colored bands that is NOT on your Tableau. First. that means that you cannot increase Patriot number of your own loyalty and if you have e.g. Russian color in your tableau as prize, you cannot move it to Russians as well, unless Russian color is on the same card as e.g. Afghan that you don't have. So basically, you're limited on where your spy can snoop based on colors that you have on your own tableau.
So, how are the court cards (helpers) for the suits of cups used? If I have a ten of cups and a queen of cups in my satchel and I want to restore vitality, can I use the Queen of cups to double the value of the ten of cups to return 20 vitality? Do I do this by discarding two pentacles (One to use the ten of cups and another to use the court card to double the value)?
You don't need to use Pentacles to use Cups; Pentacles are only used to Deploy a Court card. So in your example, you would spend a Pentacle from your wisdom (discard any one Pentacle card from your resources), to attach the Queen of Cups (a court card) to the 10 of Cups in your satchel, to make that "20 cups", and then you could spend that 20 cups (discard the 10 of cups and the queen of cups), to restore up to 20 Vitality.
@@BoxofDelights I see! Thanks for the clarification!
New solo in development has finally gotten me to order Oath.
Just discovering this game system for solo play, and have to thank you for such a comprehensive and clear summary. Legends will be going straight on to the table when it arrives later today. Terrific work!
Excellent demonstration! Gives me a perfect feel for the solo play process. I think I'll enjoy it very much. Thanks!
We got the 1974 version secondhand circa 2000 and bounced off it hard. Obtuse rules, and the game board was too small relative to the counters, are my main recollections!
it's great to have a modern upgrade for sure (I also did a video on the original game, if you want to be reminded of how things used to be! )
So this is like a duel, where the two knights, that are also wizards, and are like let's not use guns. Let us hit each other to a certain point, like fight club. Lol imagining the movie fight club, but with the characters of Mage Knight 😅😂 Also, your transitions are so good. I hope more people like and subscribe to your channel!!
thank you ! R.R.
YOU ARE AWESOME! ❤❤❤
You didn’t pay a card to play Frodo, right? I can’t wait to have this expansion, love the playthrough, thanks
I think I did forget - good spot - I should have Forsaken a card from the top of my deck and I am sure I did forget that.
Great game and series. I already watched all once , when bought and play game a while ago. Now i'm back to game and forgot and watching again, looking for answers. Question about how crown priority list works like for transfers with manager of shiping and others roles. If thers multiple choices for transfer from first priority, two ships in 16:19 here. So does crown use tie braker, make the transfer and skip the other eligible pices and for next transfer goes to second priority and so on? Like if crown would transfer my pice, I'll prevented with a cube. Then it would skip next one so i dont have to spend cube for that
For Director of Trade, yes, if it skips one in the list (e.g. you bribe with a cube), it steps to the next one down in the list - i.e. it does not look to other alternatives for the same step in the transfer list. This only applies to Direct of Trade. If you look at Military Affairs transfers, for example, each transfer will restart at the top of the list of priorities, which is different from how Director of Trade works.
The more i watch the more i can tell how potentially fantastic this game could be, if only I can get my head round it. Stumbled my way through first reconnaissance more by luck than skill... Looking forward to trying this one, thanks for the inspiration!
Hope you enjoy playing ! R.R.
@@BoxofDelights I really did! Your videos gave me enough confidence to try myself, and I found a solo scenario book on BGG I'm excited to play my way through. Thanks a million!
I asked a solo Facebook group for advice on what videos to use for learning the game (the book overwhelms me and I don't always absorb everything by reading), and this was overwhelmingly recommended. And watching this, I can see why! Very clear and understandable. Thanks, disembodied hands!
You're most welcome. Glad it helped. Sounds like a nice solo FB group ;) Thank you for watching disembodied text person! :D
Thanx from Australia for doing this mate. It is much appreciated
I may have missed it, but is there any distinction between the expansion cards and the base game, like an icon or something? Say you play a 6 player game and then want to restore the decks back to 4 players?
yes - each card has an icon and a card number at the bottom, to say which set it came from.
Moon and star labels are differenti on site to print and play, what' the last correct update? Thanks
The ones in my video are out of date.
Geeat series, really helps. There appears to be a conflict on the 2 person faction set up though. In that Beauorts faction has the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster but stafford's faction has Lancaster, so who controls what?
The town of Lancaster and the Duchy of Lancaster are two different denominations - one is a town and one is a title. The duchy is a collection of estates awarded to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and it just so happens that this does not include the town of Lancaster; instead the Office of Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster gives the holder access to the Town of Conwy in north wales, because the Chancellor of the Duchy title is awarded a collection of estates in north Wales . Confusing I know, but it reflects the way parcels of land were awarded to different office holders.
@@BoxofDelightsthank you, makes sense now
looks really good as a solo game. I like how the overpowering of the bot is balanced by getting to make the worst choices for them. Looking forward to getting this. Thanks for the playthrough.
i played with the expansion rules like the reversals of the challenge cards, adds so much playability.
I was just thinking about this game the other week. And lo and behold, a playthrough from Ricky Royal! Most excellent.
Thanks Ricky. Nice video. Love you calm voice. I was wondering about part 2 of this solo play. Is it coming?
Yes - it is coming soon. Thank you for your kind comment :)
I got this game, had no interest in multi handing so just combined the 2 decks for each side into 1. I felt the game was a bit underwhelming tbh. But after watching your video (and you always seem to have this power) im suddenly intrigued to try it out as separate decks. it does look way better that way.
The solo game is much better with multiple decks.
agree - 100%
Thanks for the well-made video. I found the Senjutsu instructions quite confusing. I got along better with more extensive instructions such as for Gloomhaven, Sword & Sorcery, Burncycle and others. You explained the rules very well and implemented them in the game. I particularly liked the camera work and the references to the rule booklet, so it quickly becomes clear where I can read up on certain rules if necessary. You also explain the rules quite comprehensively and in detail. For me it was very helpful.
Greetings! Your solo mode is amazing. Great job. And thank you very much for the video on JK - they helped me understand the rules. I'm playing 1710 so far - I'm absolutely delighted. I plan to play through all the scenarios at all difficulty levels solo. Now this game is in my top. From Russia with love (c). Thanks for the work you've done! I am delighted.
thank you !
@BoxofDelights Hey Ricky, I just watched another video where the bot activates a battleground only if it can conceivably win so in that case the event card should have been cycled instead cause it wouldve been an easy 3 points.
Yes - I believe the designer has clarified. As it stands, there is no rule governing Events, so I have just been playing them; but you are absolutely correct, that the designer has [on forums] qualified that you should also apply the usefulness and 'conceivably win' rules to events too. Perhaps I shall call the 'always play events' rule a house rule for making things a little easier!
@@BoxofDelights haha sure! The bot is already hard enough I've yet to win a game against the bots
This was really helpful thanks Ricky!!!
I really appreciate that you take your time and do not rush through it. I have been watching some videos to find out, if I will enjoy this game as a solo game and now I'm going to order it :)
Still no solo mechanic in this game right?
I’m playing the solo rules in the video
@@BoxofDelights lol, I mean, an on the box 1-n players, like Scythe, or some mission scenario like Mage Knight, etc. But yeah, haven't watched the series yet, cause I always saw 2-4 players and 'best with 4', so I assumed it was no good on solo. (busted ;)
yes- the expansion is for solo and says1-6 on the box. Watch the video and you will see 👍 And yes, it’s great solo 👍
Thank you for teaching me the rules. You answered a couple of questions I had. First that you can only fortify the same strong point twice a turn and that you can besiege several times. I was interested to see you manage the political tracks. The biggest thing was you explained the red/blue side in the manual. In the new print they are not red/blue but the manual is still using the older description.
I've really been enjoying these last two videos. In addition to the 'deck labels' you made using the turn tracker and the two extra ring tokens, would there be any other new tokens that came with the game or could be useful? I'm asking because I got some custom token replacements from Etsy and would love to order some more to prepare for my pickup of Fire and Swords.
you got it; nothing else needed. The expansion comes with an additional 6 corruption tokens.
Thanks Ricky, been looking forward to this. Placed a pre-order for the expansion, love the artwork.
15:00 it looks like the new path is of a slightly different tint that the original ones. Is that the case? If so, it’s unfortunate. How is the balance with the number of battlegrounds for each faction? My gripe with the base game is that if all battlegrounds for a faction have been resolved, that faction is basically useless (similar to characters and low path numbers). Even worse if you’ve only got such factions in your deck…
Re the path tint: this is a pre-production prototype; it's not the final game. I did check with Ares and they assured me that the card backs will be the same in the final product. The expansion adds 9 new Battlegrounds (4 shadow and 5 free peoples), so you should be good!
I think you mixed up Against the shadow expansion deck with ordinary evil factions expansion deck when you showed the new cards Because Goblins of the Misty Mountains in base game don't have 'if eliminated for any reason cycle this card' only Against the shadow Goblins of the Misty Mountains have that All in all amazing review
Yes - indeed, I was showing the new solo cards from Fire and Swords.
Hi Ricky! Would you recommend the card game over the board game for solo play? Theres gonna be a reprint of the BG in my country and I'm wondering if it's still worth it
The boardgames doesn't really support solo play, so yes, for solo, the card game is your choice. However, if you are happy playing both sides in a solo-not-really-solo-kind-of-way, then the board game is in a class of its own.
@@BoxofDelights thanks for sharing your opinion! I'm on fence because I have never played a wargame 1x1 both sides before, but I also find the board game really impressive. Your playthrough is also really helpful and well done. I just wonder if one can really have fun playing both sides. I'm very used to solo gaming, but that would be my first experience. War of the ring is pretty long too so there's that
check out my WoTR board game series where I do exactly that: play both sides - and see what you think.
I'm confused I thought that this expansion was supposed to introduce cooperative play?
The game is inherently cooperative, since it is a team game, even with just the base game. If you mean cooperative as in 2 or more players cooperating against the game, that was introduced in the "Against the Shadow" expansion.
Lovely art on the cards.
Definitely getting this.
Great preview! It seems like in epic duel mode, cards will be added into the decks in sections one by one. Is that correct? And if so, are they added when you have to refresh your drawpile? Do battlegrounds get added in sections as well in this gamemode?😊
In Epic Duel mode, each player's deck is split into 3 sections (of 45 cards, 25 cards and 20 cards each). They start with their section 1 deck, and with the section 2 deck in their cycle pile. The section 3 deck is set aside. Once you cycle through your deck for the first time, sections 1 and 2 will be shuffled together, and then you add section 3 to your cycle pile. Likewise, the battlegrounds are divided into 3 sections, with each containing specific locations as described by the scenario. You start the game with just the section 1 battlegrounds. When both players cycle their decks for the first time, the section 2 battlegrounds are shuffled in; and then once the decks are cycled again, the section 3 battlegrounds are shuffled in. You can see the game is expected to be much longer, and that's because there are twice as many paths: for Paths, rather than having 1 of each path number, there are now two: so there are two Path 1s, and two Path 2s, and so on. So you progress paths like this: 1->1->2->2->3->3... and so on. Hope this answers ! R.R.
@@BoxofDelights Thanks so much!