How to Play Caverna - No BS Guide

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

00:00 - Introduction
00:21 - Setup
02:13 - Phase 1: Add a new Action space
02:39 - Phase 2: Replenish accumulating spaces
03:13 - Phase 3: Work phase*
03:32 - *and/or, then/or
04:03 - *Building in the Forest
04:52 - *Conversion table
05:16 - *Sowing crops
05:47 - *Farm Animals
06:33 - *Stables
07:25 - *Dogs
08:19 - *Expand your Cave
08:31 - *Furnish a Cavern
09:08 - *Family Growth
09:40 - *Mines
10:11 - *Rubies
10:30 - *Expeditions
12:30 - *Dwarf play order
12:54 - *Become the Starting Player
13:08 - Phase 4: Return home
13:19 - Phase 5: Harvest Time*
13:39 - *Sub-phase 1: The Field phase
13:57 - *Sub-phase 2: The Feeding phase
14:26 - *Sub-phase 3: The Breeding phase
15:43 - End Game Scoring

Rule Edits:
3:45 Clarification on *and then/or*: You have exactly 3 choices:
1. take action A without taking action B
2. take both actions, but you -must- take action A before you take action B
3. take action B, without taking action A
11:00 is a Level 3 Expedition, meaning you get to take 3 rewards. at 11:25 I say "2 rewards" but it should actually be 3.

Super special thanks to NoahTheDuke!
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[WatchItPlayed]

Nice job tackling Caverna. This will help a lot of people, I'm sure!

[Megamannen]

Just found this 6 years later, good job! To bad you stopped doing these

More errors:
* 5:28 You planted three fields when only two were allowed
* 6:47 could build two stables* (not pastures)

[adamanonymous]

God I love this style of tutorial - No BS indeed... you are my new go-to tutorial channel for boardgames

[benrohm]

Wow. This was nicely done. (I know the comment comes 6 years later) Clear, concise, and easy to grasp. It's impressive that you condensed a 3.6 weight game into a 16 minute teach. TWO MEEPLES UP!

[ProfPsycDad]

I lost it when you just threw a handful of sheep when you explained the double pasture!! LMAO

[estuansinterius]

Great guide, well-spoken.. good English; amazing visuals but basic - and not over-produced. Thanks!

[Fanatikk]

Bought the game, pulled out the rules and said "What! Twenty something pages! plus an appendix!". Didn't read. Went on youtube to find a one hour tutorial, a one and a half hour tutorial, and then THIS NO BS GUIDE IN 17 MINUTES!! My friend and I literally watched this on my phone, while setting up and playing the game. We went to the rules/appendix maybe twice the entire game. We LOVE this game. I just wanted to say excellent job on this guide and thanks for helping us have a great first experience.

[NoBSGuide]

*Rule Edits:*
3:45 Clarification on *and then/or*: You have exactly 3 choices:
1. take action A without taking action B
2. take both actions, but you _must_ take action A before you take action B
3. take action B, without taking action A
11:00 is a Level 3 Expedition, meaning you get to take 3 rewards. at 11:25 I say "2 rewards" but it should actually be 3.

[maarlzipan]

THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING DUDE. I don't know how you managed to get such a long rulebook down to 17m but I'm so grateful that you did!! Now I can just make my housemates watch this instead of explaining the rules to them! Yippee!!

[Metroidam]

10/10 guide. I was looking for a quick video overview as an Uwe fan who’s already played FFO, Agricola, Nufsjord, and Fields of Arle. Your explanations clicked immediately and I was able to teach this to my group. Thank you!!

[oOSonnEngelOo]

I tried to find a guide for this game in my mother tongue and all of them were at least 30 to 50 minutes long and filled with unnecessary commentary, unclear explanations and long pauses. Now I'm glad to have searched in English too. Thanks for this quick and easy guide, it really helped a lot!

[GameCrawler]

Just wanted to echo everyone else and say you did a fantastic job packing all these rules into such a concise video. With the timestamps I didn't have to consult the rule book much at all!
Hope you continue to make more tutorials in the future 🙏🙏🙏

[NorinTheWaryR]

Great refresher to the game after not playing for 2 years. Thanks!

[Helen_kaz]

Thanks a million. 6 years later it still helps. It's a pity you haven't fully started these videos. Would be nice to watch more 😢

[inakirivas]

Your videos are very instructional and easy to follow! I mean, you taught almost every rule in caverna in 17 minutes in a fun way. Subscribed... Keep it up!

[EadricRicmund]

These guides are much needed in the community. Especially in these work replacement games. I wish either you or someone can make one for twilight struggle. Cause that game is too dense for me.

[dimbe]

You're a godsend. The manual is not written well, its all over the place.

[ChristiMilligan]

What a great overview video covering the rules and game play! Love it!!!

[diarysupirbanget]

this video helped me a lot from mistakes from the 1st playthrough w/ my friends at friday night. Thanks a lot, awesome video and good explanations

[sadhappy]

Yes, you are back! Awesome! I still haven't gotten to play Caverna, it's been gaining dust on the shelf.