Nations Gameplay Runthrough

The war cost Jen one point, but you took the point from your stack, instead of hers...

"Hold onto your butts!" - how did I know this was going to be an awesome runthrough?

"Hurtin' for certain" a new Rahdoism!

Love at first sight for this game. Thanks!

Kinda disappointed on this one, as it is essentially a card game with placemats. It has some clear call-outs to Sid Meyer's Civ series, but without a map there's no exploration.

Great Game.
 I will buy 

ugh its like watching cloverfield, nice run through but the camera definitely needs to be stable

This game looks like so much fun...but how heavy is it compared to others ( is it a brain burner ) ?

This just arrived on my porch today; my wife informed me while I was at work.  Watched this again on my lunch break in eager anticipation!!

Ohh this seems to be a nice game!

Good run through and it's only the first video :-)

I just bought this game today. Quite excited about trying it out. Even though I already own Through the Ages. Main reasons were the solo rules and that difficulty adjustment -  very slick, that.

somewhere around the 30 minute mark your dog showed up.  I love your dog.

Cool video - Nations is tempting for me as I was looking at TTA recently. I'm curious as to your camera - despite low light, you have crystal clear video. I've done videos with a compact digital camera in HD but always encounter grain - what camcorder do you use?

I bought the first edition of the game (the one with Finland as a colony) and I was dissapointed because the instructions were very confusing. Thank you very much for doing this guide!

Really You could do something like that? Bump up military to ten, buy a card  and dump it all the way back to two with no bad consequences for the colony? Thats just dumb rule. If you dont have enough military, colony should start rebel or something.

I'm not usually one to get too hung up on production value, but I feel like this game's look doesn't quite match it's price.

Am I crazy? A friend and I tried to learn this game last week and I got the impression that you do not start the game with the progress cards on the board.

Can you really dismiss all four workers on a single action? I own the game and I absolutely love it, but this particular action caught my eye while watching this awesome video. I might have missed something while reading the rules, hopefully someone could confirm it's a legit action? Thanks!

Hi, just bought the game and finished going through the rules. From your experience, how much of the recommendations on Page 21 (re. playing with B-sides, the aggressiveness of 2P games and how it's better to play with 3-4 at first, omitting advanced / expert cards, etc), do you believe could easily be bypassed while still providing an enjoyable experience? Do you believe it's that much of a hurdle (especially for more experienced gamers) to dive in without the precautions suggested by the rules?

He forgot he had his advisor and missed essentially 2 turns

Thanks rahdo! I watched this review and a few others of yours (top 10 + Nations Dynasties) before buying. This is now our favorite two player game. Great amount of depth, replay-ability, and just enough direct conflict without overdoing it.

Could Jen have used Petra to convert food into ore and pass you up in stability if she want . Jw. Thanks

Another rule you missed is that each player starts on Culture track at diferent values.

Player 1 starts with 1 Culture
Player 2 starts with 2 Culture
And so on.
That is to balance player order a little bit

Great runthrough, but I had to stop at the halfway point. WAAAY too much camera movement, getting nausea.

aRE yOu Calling ME?

I played the game as you could only take one action per round. This makes more sense.