Cryo - How To Play

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00:00 - Introduction
00:47 - Game Setup
04:42 - Game Play Overview
05:25 - Deploying Drones
05:58 - Performing Actions
06:31 - Spending And Gaining Materials Or Energy
06:46 - Nanite
07:14 - Action: Gain Nanite
07:22 - Action: Draw or Play Cards
07:52 - Card Use: Upgrades
08:16 - Card Use: Missions
08:42 - Card Use: Vehicles
09:31 - Action: Move Crew Pods
10:09 - Action: Assign To Salvage
10:50 - Action: Withdraw From Salvage
11:01 - Action: Move Pod To Cavern
11:33 - Action: Launching
13:39 - Action: Take Resource Token
14:45 - Recall Drones
15:01 - Recall Step One: Recover Salvage
15:20 - Recall Step Two: Resolve Incident Token
15:41 - Recall Step Three: Return Drones
18:53 - Scrap
19:18 - End Of Turn
19:27 - End Of Game
19:50 - Final Scoring
21:25 - Conclusion

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[lukelaurie]

Great video Rodney! Thank you! I think a lot of folks are going to like Cryo - both for its similarities and its differences from other games I've designed or co-designed. Cryo is tight - and I think its going to have a strong appeal to people who like that kind of tense Euro feel where you're operating with scarce resources and a limited amount of time. The cool sci-fi look and feel really come through in your video, so thanks for showing it off so well!

[rjtopper]

I'm just disillusioned now, knowing that Rodney never misses the box spin/catch. Another great video in the books, thank you sir.

[danielgreen]

As expected, a great walkthrough! I've run a playtest group for Luke's last 3 games and Cryo was our favorite of the bunch. Z-man did an absolutely amazing job with art direction and production. Can't wait to have the real thing in my hands!

[charliekohlmeier]

Your videos are by far the best way to intro folks to a new game. Thanks for doing what you do!

[avann]

Rodney is simply the best YouTube game teacher out there. He knows when to recap things, illustrates things visually in a clear way, and his videos are always well edited. It is a sad day when I'm about to play a game that Rodney hasn't created an episode for. I regret not getting his autograph at PAX Unplugged a few years ago. Rodney, please never change!

[SteveNathanson]

I just preordered this, calling it now it’s gonna be the next big thing!! Thanks as always Rodney for the great rules run through!

[AdiusOmega]

Just played this for the first time with some friends, great game it took us a while to figure out how to play and we didn't quite understand some of the nuances. This video was excellent and the next time we play it will be even funner! Love it!

[grilledspam]

I've not played DoE, but I have played Whistle Mountain. I see many similar game mechanics between the two. I adore Whistle Mountain, so Cryo looks like a winner to me! Thank you for another great video Rodney.

[markcooke]

Another great video, thanks Rodney. Was particularly helpful with how the end game worked, we weren't quite 100% how it worked from the rulebook, but your video cleared it right up for us :)

[unseentongue]

Definitely seeing some similarities to Dwellings of Eldervale (which is a really good thing!). Thanks so much for another excellent video, Rodney!! You rock!!

[atomiccritter]

have to give a huge thumbs up to the timestamps in the video description

[sentient]

Good one Rodney. Thanks again for the easygoing teach thru.

[mkietzmann]

Another great video. Just got the game. Thanks, Rodney.

[S.Korolev]

Thanks for the video. It really helped us to play our first time today 🎉 The game is awesome by the way.

[TheShadesOfBlack]

This games definitely on my radar. Thanks

[paul_springer]

Rodney always looks like he's barely keeping it together, and I'm here for it.

[Hero]

Thanks Rodney for the video! This game looks great!

[spiozke]

Thank you, Rodney. The game will be published in Russia in autumn. Great there is a chance to see it beforehand.

[_varden]

19:40
"...where all of any one person's crew pods are destroyed and/or in the caverns".
To confirm: taking the last crew pod from the board to your platform and/or vehicle doesn't trigger the end of the game. Once I launch them all into the caverns, the game ends. Correct?

[tberceau]

This has a lot of similarities to Luke Laurie's other game Dwellings of Eldervale. That game is awesome so I think this one will be good as well.