How to Play Terra Mystica - No BS Guide

Quickly and easily learn how to play Terra Mystica, without all the BS.

00:00 - Introduction
00:29 - Setup
04:39 - Income Phase
05:47 - Action Phase*
06:25 - *1. Transform and Build
09:35 - *2. Advance on the Shipping Track
10:28 - *3. Lowering the Exchange Rate for Spades
10:46 - *4. Upgrading a Structure
11:09 - *5. Send a Priest to the Order of a Cult
12:52 - *6. Power Actions
14:55 - *7. Special Actions
15:16 - *8. Passing and New Starting Player
16:25 - Cult Bonuses and Clean-Up Phase
16:47 - Final Scoring

Rule Edits:
00:55 Set up the Scoring tiles and Bonus cards before choosing Faction boards.
11:18 When sending a Priest to the order of a Cult, "If you do not want to lose a Priest, alternatively, return him to your supply (next to your Faction board) and only advance 1 space." You may do this even if all the spaces are occupied.
16:42 At the end of the game, every 3 coins = 1 point

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*Rule Edits:*
00:55 Set up the Scoring tiles and Bonus cards before choosing Faction boards.
11:18 When sending a Priest to the order of a Cult, "If you do not want to lose a Priest, alternatively, return him to your supply (next to your Faction board) and only advance 1 space." You may do this even if all the spaces are occupied.
16:42 At the end of the game, every 3 coins = 1 point

[Alexanderkermani]

Wow. An 18 minute guide on Terra Mystica *WITH* A table of contents? Beautifully executed, my friend. Absolutely stellar, top notch guide.

[vaarios]

Even after 6 years, this still remains to be the best Terra Mystica guide out there. The order and way in which he chooses to explain the game should be studied. Great work

[Davidesonar]

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[StevenVandenabeele]

Excellent video to refresh your memory after you haven't played Terra Mystica for a while. Excellent job!

[defiantworkshop]

So I don't normally comment, but this is must see viewing for owners/first time players of the game. Bravo, well done.

[tilimo]

Wow man, you explained it in 17 min and it was clear as hell. Big thanks!

[russellscott]

Just got the game and watched this before opening the box. Think I might watch it a few times before I start trying to play. Many thanks.

[sadhappy]

Might be playing this tomorrow with new players, this was a really awesome video refreshing my memory. Top quality stuff!

[riccat]

Clearest and most precise explanation I've seen on YouTube when it comes to Terra Mystica

[MrBananaWaffles]

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[rafkaw]

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[simonmirsky]

Thank you for such a succinct and clear explanation on this game. My wife and I were very intimidated by the rules but we set up the game while watching your video and now we are comfortable enough with the mechanics of the game to play it.
Thanks for your dedication to teaching it.

[tomaszziomek]

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[qlu]

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[CandyCinema]

Thank you so much for this. I watched it twice. Playing for the first time today, and the owner of the game hasn't even played or learned the game yet, so I'm hoping we can have a good first time learning this game thanks to this video.

[zaslamel]

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[Searcher_]

Great work! Wish I had watched this before playing for the first time last night, would have saved us some time.

[GuiltySpark]

This is excellent! Clear instruction and solid editing throughout. THANK YOU for putting this together.

[lordkrekt]

Wow! super great video, thanks for putting it up. I got this Terra Mystica for my birthday but haven't been able to get my brain fully wrapped around it yet. This has cleared so much up, so i subscribed, can't wait for more vids!