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Welcome to Kovray! A channel all about board games and finding you you're next great one!
Our names are Ilya (he/him) and Tylor (he/him) and we are a couple who loves board games. We hope to inspire the world to play games by sharing our experiences through videos, blogs and photography.
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www.kovray.com/
Our names are Ilya (he/him) and Tylor (he/him) and we are a couple who loves board games. We hope to inspire the world to play games by sharing our experiences through videos, blogs and photography.
Check out and follow us on social media!
Instagram: kovraystudios
Twitter: kovraystudios
Facebook: kovray
Email: contact@kovray.com
Check out our website and make sure to subscribe to our newsletter for monthly updates!
www.kovray.com/
Norsemen | How to Play | Learn to Play in 12 Minutes!
Learn to play Norsemen in just 12 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by.
Norsemen is designed by Christos Giannakoulas and Manolis Zachariadis, it's illustrated by Roman Kucharski, and published by Skellig Games, who helped sponsor this video.
Learn More: gamefound.com/en/projects/skellig-games/norsemen
In Norsemen, you'll reveal exploration cards and send your longships to obtain resources and bonuses, your lawspeakers to influence territories, and use your jarls to build settlements, forts, and more longships. Will you be the first to a territory? You'll play for five rounds and do all of this in hoping of scoring the most points by the end of the game.
Note: This game is still in prototype form, and some minor rules have changed. Please refer to your own game components and rulebook for the updated rules.
Question of the Day: What crowdfunding project are you most excited about? Is it an upcoming project, one that's almost delivered?
🥰 Enjoyed our content and want to support our work? Please consider checking out our Patreon: www.patreon.com/kovray
Thanks for watching our how to play video of Norsemen! Have questions? Please ask us in the comments as we're happy to chat about this game with you!
Follow along our social media to join in on our adventures!
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0:00 Norsemen
0:24 Setting Up
1:11 Player Set Up
1:56 Game Overview
2:13 Exploration Phase Part 1
3:23 Exploration Phase Part 2
3:46 Scandinavia and Normandy
4:20 Scoring Cards
4:35 Additional Cards Acquired
5:02 Expansion Phase - Place 1 Jarl
5:36 Player Board Ladder Explanation
6:02 Jarl Actions - Building Longships
6:23 Jarl Actions - Building Settlements
6:39 Jarl Actions - Building Forts
7:04 Jarl Actions - Drawing Cards
7:31 Jarl Actions - Training Lawspeakers
7:55 Expansion Phase - Place a Longship
8:07 Expansion Phase - Take a Thing Action
8:38 Expansion Phase - Repair Longship(s)
8:49 Expansion Phase - Use the Title Space
8:59 Passing
9:11 Return Phase - Player Order
9:21 Return Phase - Lore Majorities
9:47 Return Phase - Settlement Effects, Legendary Tokens
10:07 Return Phase - Returning Tokens
10:17 Return Phase - Port Action
10:32 Return Phase - Reveal New Territory
10:42 Game End and Final Scoring
11:08 PROTOTYPE - Changes Made
10:26 Question of the Day
Join our Discord Channel! discord.gg/mqwR9PPpdr
BGG Link: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/419643/norsemen
#boardgames #norsemen #howtoplay
Norsemen is designed by Christos Giannakoulas and Manolis Zachariadis, it's illustrated by Roman Kucharski, and published by Skellig Games, who helped sponsor this video.
Learn More: gamefound.com/en/projects/skellig-games/norsemen
In Norsemen, you'll reveal exploration cards and send your longships to obtain resources and bonuses, your lawspeakers to influence territories, and use your jarls to build settlements, forts, and more longships. Will you be the first to a territory? You'll play for five rounds and do all of this in hoping of scoring the most points by the end of the game.
Note: This game is still in prototype form, and some minor rules have changed. Please refer to your own game components and rulebook for the updated rules.
Question of the Day: What crowdfunding project are you most excited about? Is it an upcoming project, one that's almost delivered?
🥰 Enjoyed our content and want to support our work? Please consider checking out our Patreon: www.patreon.com/kovray
Thanks for watching our how to play video of Norsemen! Have questions? Please ask us in the comments as we're happy to chat about this game with you!
Follow along our social media to join in on our adventures!
📘Facebook - @Kovray kovray
📸Instagram - @kovraystudios kovraystudios
🐥Twitter - @kovraystudios kovraystudios
🕰️Tiktok - @kovraystudios
0:00 Norsemen
0:24 Setting Up
1:11 Player Set Up
1:56 Game Overview
2:13 Exploration Phase Part 1
3:23 Exploration Phase Part 2
3:46 Scandinavia and Normandy
4:20 Scoring Cards
4:35 Additional Cards Acquired
5:02 Expansion Phase - Place 1 Jarl
5:36 Player Board Ladder Explanation
6:02 Jarl Actions - Building Longships
6:23 Jarl Actions - Building Settlements
6:39 Jarl Actions - Building Forts
7:04 Jarl Actions - Drawing Cards
7:31 Jarl Actions - Training Lawspeakers
7:55 Expansion Phase - Place a Longship
8:07 Expansion Phase - Take a Thing Action
8:38 Expansion Phase - Repair Longship(s)
8:49 Expansion Phase - Use the Title Space
8:59 Passing
9:11 Return Phase - Player Order
9:21 Return Phase - Lore Majorities
9:47 Return Phase - Settlement Effects, Legendary Tokens
10:07 Return Phase - Returning Tokens
10:17 Return Phase - Port Action
10:32 Return Phase - Reveal New Territory
10:42 Game End and Final Scoring
11:08 PROTOTYPE - Changes Made
10:26 Question of the Day
Join our Discord Channel! discord.gg/mqwR9PPpdr
BGG Link: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/419643/norsemen
#boardgames #norsemen #howtoplay
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Luthier | A Thematic Masterpiece | Hidden Bidding Worker Placement | Kickstarter Preview
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Thanks for these videos! I love 2 player games
Harris John Anderson Thomas Williams Cynthia
Where does the name Kovray come from?
You guys are great, love your enthousiasm. I wonder what you do for a living both?
Definitely some new games I'm going to check out. We love playing with 2 players
Pixies is a fun game. Even though I learnedmit through the rulebook and not your video😅
@@denycast it’s so fun! Glad you still left a comment and told us about your experience :)
I love playing with 2 players! We definitely play most at 2
Happy birthday, and thanks for the giveaways!
Thank you!
Late to watch but many, many congratulations! Great video to celebrate. ❤
@@lisahasegawa2674 Thank you sooooo much Lisa! You’re the best.
Great meeting the two of you at Gen Con! I’m so jealous that you get to discover Photograph for the first time. It’s easily one of my favorite games and one of the best card games out of Japan. It’s like Lost Cities but with nothing but brutally painful choices. Cheers!
@@CardboardEast oooooo we will play it first thing when we’re back from Toronto knowing this now!
Congratulations! 🎲🃏
❤️❤️❤️
This is heaven! What game do you guys play the MOST?
Honestly we love playing new games, we do revisit Aqualin and Calico quite a bit though
I am going to check these games out, thanks
Thanks for watching!
Do you have an full video on how to pay this game?
@@Keindzjim we don’t, but we can certainly see if we can do one in the future once our schedule clears a little :)
You're cute! Thanks for this video. This was the first video I saw on your channel, I subscribed
@@Keindzjim ah you’re the best! Thank you for making our morning :)
That's amazing!! Congratulations!! I was sooooo close to buying this at Gen Con but alas... I had no more money 🤣
Thank you! 🙏🏻 Hopefully, you’ll be able to pick it up another time and give it a try
@@kovray That's what I'm hoping!!
HI, do you two know of anything hitting kickstarter or gamefound coming up that i should keep my eyes out for? Been checking the last few days and not seeing anything catching my eye. :(
lol legit did not see ur question of the day til after i posted this LOL i just got Ludos from kickstarter but the package was heavily damaged cause they packed it in a box that was one paper width bigger then the game box itself so the box was crushed meaning i paid for a paper weight YAY...... sad
Noooo that’s sad I’m sorry! In terms of Kickstarters to watch for, we’ll be chatting about Moon Bunny soon and the Rose Gauntlet Bird Series is wonderful!
@@kovray moon bunny is on my buy no matter what list even thou i despise rabbits but it just looks so good kinda like ur cat in japan one just a haft to own it :)
no idea what its about and never seen it played just like the box
Thanks for this!!! Just ordered.
@@mrmoto66 hope you enjoy!
Been playing Pixies on BGA. Fun little game! A favorite travel game for me would be Ancient Realm.
It really is! We haven’t played Ancient Realm will have to take a look!
Congratulations!
Thank you!!!
I can’t wait to play this one!! It is so pretty and I love the theme!! Congratulations! 🎉
It’s beautiful! 😍 Thank you!
Damn… I need friends
I hope you find your people! ❤️
@@kovray Haha I have my wife and rarely another dude, who I play Attack Wing with. It’s hard when you have small kids
@@DylanWOWilliams super fair.
I’m just waiting for the game to arrive and I’m so excited to play it !!!
Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
Wait you like board games? I didn't know that,. Such a suprise😂
I know right, I try to keep it on the down low 😅
Congrats, Tylor!
Thank you! 😊
Great video! I got the game three days ago and haven't had time to properly read the rules, so I needed something to get me through the rules :^)
@@thomashverring9484 glad we could help! 🥰
@@kovray And I subbed, of course :^)
ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank youuuu!
@@kovray 🥰
YOU ARE AWESOME! ❤❤❤
Looks wonderful! Huge congrats :D
Thank you, I really appreciate it !
Right now I'm most excited about Old King's Crown. The discord community is super strong and it's great seeing the results of the playtests and the new art reveals. As for ones arriving soon I'm probably most excited about Through the Ice and Snow which has been a long time waiting and the new Tokyo Highway + Expansion as it looks really different from anything in my collection. The 2 upcoming campaigns I'm most excited about are Natera which I played at Origins and fell in love with and Speakeasy which is likely to be my favorite Vital Lacerda theme of all time.
Hey guys. Thanks for the overview as always. I don't think that I would rush to get Norsemen even though it looks interesting. It might be a little bit too... I don't know... dry? for me. I just like cute designs or distinct characters better. Funnily enough the crowdfunding campaign I'm most interested in at the moment is a very abstract game called Northwest. It is a puzzly coffee table piece. But I have to admit that I'm not too invested in crowdfunding since I don't have a credit card to back any projects and from a designer's point of view I want to go the more "classical" route of pitching and licensing to publishers. However... I think I definitely would try Norsemen if I had the chance.
Thanks for the video! Favorite IRL games-both first plays: The Whatnot Cabinet and Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest. Favorite BGA games: Orchard and River of Gold. Favorite want-to-play from this list: Parks Roll & Hike. 🙃
Ohhh, lots of good games on that list! We need to get river and gold to our table, it looks great!
LOL! All of us mere humans, be reading the rules 3 times and still have to refer to the rule during the game!! 🤣😂
How long have y’all been collecting games now? “Wouldn’t you think my collection is complete…. But who cares, no big deal, I want more!!“ - Ariel 😄😍🤗
@@LisaSueMarieHuffman Love a great Disney reference! ❤️ We started seriously collecting about 4 years ago
@@kovray I hope my collection is half that great in only 4 yrs! Makes me want to become a creator just so I have a reason to buy more 😂😂😂
Happy belated birthday! I was surprised that the hat didn't come off during your flip! For my birthday game I would probably want to play either Wyrmspan or Ark Nova, we're having a good time playing them still.
Thank you! That’s exactly what I told Ilya after I did the flip, haha I was just as surprised. Great game picks!
Congratulations!
Thank you !
Thanks for the great run through! Have you tried the game 2-player? Not sure whether the 3rd element card will make it scale well for a couple.
Looot was my favorite. I met you both while playing LOTR Duel...so fun. I also bought ARCS so can't wait to see your run through/review. Did not see River of Gold on your list. THAT IS A MUST, I loved it :)
We have River of Gold! I can't wait to play it, it seems like it'd be very up our alley. Will share our Arcs thoughts soon, so many games to still get through. Appreciate you Bryan! Thank you.
I'm trying my hardest to maintain excitement for Merchant's Cove - Master Craft edition. Backed it in Sept 2022 with an estimated Sept 2023 delivery but they're still working on it. Current expectations are a November 2024 delivery, so basically an early Christmas present! lol
I believe Tylor backed that as well, we will patiently wait together! Thanks for watching!
excited about "Root The New Expansion" coming soon :) Nice run-through. it is on my watch list (I am a sucker for anything VIKING...ps LOVE Knarr). Also I played PIXIES at GenCon and LOVED IT but it's not available anywhere yet and I can't find any news on it. PLEASE HELP. Keep up the wonderful work :)
AH I hope you're able to find Pixies soon! I will keep you posted if I see anything, I know its available in Canada now. The new Root expansion will be so interesting! I cant wait to see what the new factions add.
@@kovray you lucky Canucks :) You are both awesome
why do you keep repeating it?? LOL i am so confused
@@Jueglar it’s a trend right now on TikTok created by Jools Lebron :)
@@kovray dont think ive ever been on tiktok which would explain that.
Question of the Day: What crowdfunding project are you most excited about? Is it an upcoming project, one that's almost delivered?
My first backed game is coming in September - Mycelia by Splitstone Games!
@@Jnepomuc89 how exciting! Hope you love it!
This game looks gorgeous. I don't have trick taking games in my collection yet. If my maths is correct... I need to buy tjst one 😂 Thanks for the explanation. I feel like I could instantly start playing. I saw Panda Spin on the Essen Spiel preview list but I did not really feel the urge to check it out more. Well... that has definitely changed. Which animal would I like to see in a boardgame... interesting question. My favorite animals are raccoons. But I think there are already raccoon games. I would like a game that teaches people about other animals I love... Like the Binturong.
Well your comment made me learn about the Binturong, what a unique animal! Also Raccoons are the best, I wouldn't mind even more games with them. Thank you so much for watching, glad we could share our excitement with you.
Chudyk AND Trick Taking ./Swooooon Thanks for the overview/how to play! MUST HAVE!!! And...more Otters and Wolves games, please!!
@@ashwinkamath4598 We do love otttterrrs!
Would love to see an updated game featuring a Red Panda!
Red Pandas are so adorable!
i feel verry called out.
Oops! 😂😂😂
Question of the Day: What animal would you love to see a board game based on?
Honeybadger or hummingbird or peacock.
Hmm maybe it can be a game about being a peacock and wanting to impress a lady, and you want to collect the most beautiful feathers and spread them, in card form. Something like that?
We need more narwhals!!!!!
Oh this had been on my radar already but your video got me extra psyched for it. As for a game based on an animal there's already Tighee but I also really love Snow Leopards, so maybe someone will make a snow leopard game too.
Snow Leopards are so darn neat! I’d love to see them incorporated in a few games
YOU ARE BOTH AWESOME! ❤❤❤
@@mike9139 Thanks for always bringing a smile to our faces :)
@@kovray 🥰
Hahahahahahaa OMG I love this trend usage.
It cracks me up so much! I want to do a million of these haha