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Hi, i used to play this game in highschool 2015-2018. I recently wanted to play it again and found your channel. I find it interesting that the strategyes I have seen in your vids so far are exactely the same as we came up with back in the days. It is a fun game with many aspects to it and captures the feel of GoT so well! Who is your faviorite faction? Mine was either Tyrell or Martel, with Greyjoy and Stark on close 3. and I hated Lannister and Baratheon, lol.

Great video. I hope you make a House Arryn and Targaryen video. I know it's not on the online version, yet. But would love to hear your feed back.

I click create server and nothing happens. I dont get the popup for loading games.

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Hi. What if I downloaded a game from an outside source like the website NexusMods? How would I load that into TTS?

"Lucky" unlucky you mean. There is really nothing to negotiate about with greyjoy (they are the agressor), if they get muster round 1 the math just doesn't add up for Lannister, they can just take golden sound and crush lannisport and it's kinda over for Lannister. It's bad game design...i would love to be proven wrong tough.

Hey Beyond, How to I play like your doing here? Is the game on Steam?

Wish you'd finish these videos, but I get that this game is niche to say the least

I literally just followed this guide and tabled Lanister and Stark and won the game

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I don't have bio stims?

I'm waiting for Epic games to add the Mother of Dragons expansion so we can see Targaryen and House Arryn enter. I love to see a House Arryn Video. Even if it was without House Targaryen. Also the vassal system is very interesting too.

Hey man, I love the Game of Thrones tutorials you did. Any chance you'll come back to do some more house card videos?

Diplomacy in general is very clunky because it’s common to want the first ability right away but have nothing exhausted

I'm looking forward to my next game, this time wirh the Creuss for the first time. While other factions only need some techs that make sense for them, with the Creuss my head is already spinning because there are so many good options to choose from. Before I thought that going full blue with a little bit of green for more command tokens would make sense. Now I see all the viable possibilities for unit upgrades and red techs that I'm hyper nervous to choose badly. We will have a Nekro first timer at the table so spreading out too thinly on the board would not be advisable. I'm really excited to see how this faction will play out in practice.

It's a shame these videos didn't get the popularity they deserve - really interesting to hear the thought process throughout a game.

isn't turn 2 mustering bad for you? tyrell gets5 units whereas you get 3

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Hey would you consider updating this video to include the mother of dragons expansion. If I'm not mistaken, it's no longer possible to take Kings Landing in R1 without the special order?

Not sure if getting Hyper is worth it. In PoK games are 5 rounds. Getting Hyper round 1 with a green skip might be the only way (even then, it nets you only +1 CC from round 3, since round 2 you're just getting back the CC spent for the tech), but in total, it's only 3 CCs more. Genetic Combination looks ok, but I would go that route only in smaller player counts (less than 6).

Best card, Sallahor. Hands down. WHilst situational, it makes Baratheon a beast on the waves at holding the ocean, and if the right allince can be struck up, attacking dorne. Honorable second is Stannis. The 4 is strong, and loss of the It is less punished by making it a 5. Especially fi you want to attack last, allowing you to be reactionary. Patchface is also a very strong defence card. Especially against cautious players, as cautious players hate to lose their good cards. Melisandre, awful. Renly, good, but situational, otherwise he is just a 3. Davos, great as he amps from a 2 to a solid 3. Brienne, just your average 2. Baratheon has good cards, but they are meant to be played in rhythm. If you can't set up the rhythm, then they are average. In a good player's hand, baratheon's cads are as strong (if not stronger) than greyjoy's. However, beware Rosse Bolton. Roose is a rhythm breaker. Stark can cycle back in strong cards fast, as you can be caught with your pants down. In a 7 player game beware Arryn. Robert/Robin arryn can destroy your stannis or salladhor, and leave your very weakened. Borrell is also a natural counter to Sallaadhor.

Why is there a ship in the lannisport port? It aint that in the physical board game. If that's there its too easy to win as lannsiter (in a game of good players)

You are the best thank you so much

25:35 The best thing to do was Raid in East Summer Sea, March in Dragonstone port/Blackwater bay. This way you could burn Martell's support and defend a sea with Stannis considering weak remaining Martell cards. Then you could take empty Shipbreaker bay and capture Sunspear the same turn. The second best thing to do was March+1 in East Summer Sea, March in Dragonstone port/Blackwater bay in order to destroy 3 ships in the sea of Dorne On the other hand, Storm's End was not worth attacking at the moment. After your consolidation in Martell's lands and seas it would be pretty easy to capture in the following rounds

Thanks for the video. We need more GOT strategy videos! ^_^ Several points I wanted to add: 1) Cercei can seem a weak card, but it's invaluable for retaking Riverrun in round 2 and ensure there will be no counterattack. Also the Mountain is the reason why Greyjoy really shouldn't capture Riverrun with more than 1 unit. 2) Majority of people I played with underestimate the value of Throne. Lannister vs Greyjoy war is a showcase of Throne importance. Not only you have first move, but also your Raid orders become super strong cause cannot be raided - this way you can ensure strong support and win with Cercei. It's really worth mentioning that in case of early CoK even 3 tokens spent on Throne are not too much: not only you get first raid and first move, but also as a king you effectively save 1 token on each subsequent bidding. 3) Attacking Tyrell early can be a strong decision in case of alliance with Greyjoy. If they didn't manage to grow strong then taking Highgarden and Oldtown can ensure your victory. It all depends on Tyrell play and overall diplomacy, of course. 4) Owning Raven at the start of the game makes some tricky order-changing tactics viable. It makes Greyjoy prepare to literally any possible order setup, without usual guessing games. 5) King-Beyond-the-Wall is your friend. If you scout that he's the guy in charge then surprising Valyrian sword grab is devastating for Greyjoy and turns the tides strongly in your favor. I won a couple of games like that. I'm also interested in longer videos with entire games against human opponents where you explain why you put this order there and what were your plans. This way chess-like warfare tactics can be covered in a more profound and interesting way!

How did he use warfare, tech and politics secondary with only 2 strategy markers?

My opening moves for Stark are usually muster at White harbour. (Ship in frozen sea) March +1 on the boat. March 0 for Winterfell. (Move the footman to Widows watch for supply and Knight to Moat Cailyn.) This gives 3 castles if a muster comes out ups supply to 2. Winterfell is empty but no danger of attack. Next turn, defend the moat. March foot knight back to Winterfell so you can start mustering the following turn. Muster a ship in port at White harbour (or support if Greyjoys and Lannisters are playing nice as Greyjoy might try for the moat) Defend the narrow sea and support +1 in the frozen sea. Your then safe on the East side and can muster a ship in bay of ice port just to collect power or raid as needed and a footman at Winterfell to send north and start CP going.

Thank you for the nice explanatory videos! I would like to be as supportive and kind as possible - this feedback is too direct and falls out of usual politeness conventions. It might also touch on sth that is very hard/impossible to change, but if it were possible - it is certainly worth it. The recording sounds very much as if you were speaking with a blocked nose - like having a cold. Views might also suffer from this. I have allergies myself, so I know this all too well. I have freed myself from the symptoms of dust mite allergy (running nose all year round) through desensitization. Now I am trying this for grasses. A friend of mine was speaking with a boy's voice at the age of 21. Like he didn't go fully through voice change. And then he solved it through exercises with a speech-language therapist. For me this is the anecdote about how much one can improve one's life quality. Wishing you that the next day will consistently be nicer that the past day!

I would put Diplomacy up a tier level, and probably Politics down one, but otherwise I agree.

Kinda hate that the game forces you to place Orders instead of skipping actions/ahead.

Nice guide. AI Development point was excellent. Personally I'm not sure I'd go for Dreadnought II with Sol as unlike other factions it doesn't solve too many problems. - Fighter Swarms and Carrier II sustained damage means Dreadnought resistance isn't so relevant. - Bombardment generally isn't an issue as Sol troops are abundant and high quality especially if upgraded. - 1 dreadnought II vs equivalent cost of carrier and 2 fighters loses about 80% of the time. 50% of the time without the Carrier force losing any units! In addition it takes two additional techs. I'd be more inclined to go Daxine Motivators and Infantry II.

I'll see how this goes tomorrow... I have a half baked thought that trade and tech are less valuable to pick the first round, but important to plan to play the secondary for. Trade- no one has any commodities to wash yet, few people are neighbors to make immediate deals with. Take the secondary (for free if you can get it), then 2nd/third round, start selling the free 2ndary. Similar with research the first round- you've only got your home system to spend on anything, and no trade goods yet. Now warfare and diplomacy- one lets you expand out further-maybe land on that tech skip, this will set you up better for round 2, and maybe make some neighbors. Diplomacy will let you refresh some newly acquired real-estate so that you can spend it on research. Leadership round 1 is good as you'll be ahead 3 command tokens. Maybe someone buys 1, but then they're tapped out of resources.

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Gotta grab those open settlements as soon as possible and fortify the sea. When you draw a muster card you'll gain enough power to invade Kings Landing, but if you don't control the narrow sea you're going to severely limit yourself in future rounds.

If I was richer I’ll still be with yab

I am going to play Sol in a few weeks. In a 8 player game. It is weird but in that case Diplo seems one of the best choices (even in a 4 player game): - players won't all be able to follow diplo (there is so many other cards to follow) - the Flagship round 1 seems just immense. I mean the ship is amazing and fights like 2 Dreadnaughts. By building R1 with Warfare and using Gravity Drive, you're set up for a MR conquest easy peasy. And if someone goes there first they know they're gonna lose everything with your next attack.

Aren;t you only allowed a max deploy of 2 units per system?

Great video!! I'm super curious in the first round if you would have still picked trade if Hacan was not in the game. It allowed you a huge start!

I think I'm going to play the game again thanks to this video 👍👍

Sol are still one of the top tier factions and the cool thing is there's really nothing too special about them. TI is a numbers game and at the end of the day, the Sol are second to none in that category imo.

I have a question. Can you switch mecatol rex and mallice? Because that would also mean that you have mecatol infinitely, but mallice just doesnt fit to the place

Just hosted my first game of TI4 with a bunch of newbies. I spent weeks watching videos, listening to podcasts etc to prepare. This video was by far the most helpful single video I saw. Distilling down the time, and narrating the thought process clearly is something I couldn’t find anywhere else. Subscribed, and hope to see more of these. Thanks for all the work, I know a lot goes into this!!

Roose Bolton uses leaches a lot in the books. Thats why he is “naked”

Hey I really like your strategies! I know it’s been over a year since you posted but could you do a video on your targaryen strategy? Interested to see how you play as them

well also with warfare you can take mecatol. place 4 influence planet between you and mecatol. wait for tech to pop, get grav drives. use warfare on 4 influence planet. go grab it lol.

In case anyone else is confused and has only played the base game of Twilight Imperium 4 the sling relay card was introduced in the expansion for Twilight Imperium called prophecy of Kings.

Is there any way to play this game past 10 turns?

Hey recently noticed your channel since got digital edition is free on epic games, and I noticed you stopped posting because of personal reasons. I just wanted to say thank you for the tutorials and I hope you are better now! And that maybe one day you will post again. :D

Sol's mech is underwhelming it is the only mech that cost more to deploy than to build.