Nusfjord - Playthrough & Review (Uwe Rosenberg Series)

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Welcome to the continuation of our Uwe Rosenberg Designer Series, a series of gameplay videos where we will be showcasing a majority of Uwe Rosenberg's board game titles. This is “Nusfjord" a board game published by Lookout Games in 2017. This video includes a rules overview.

JUMP:
00:00 - Start/Teach
00:15:12 - Playthrough Start / Round 1
00:20:10 - Round 2
00:24:08 - Round 3
00:30:05 - Round 4
00:34:37 - Round 5
00:39:12 - Round 6
00:44:26 - Round 7
00:49:35 - End Game Scoring
00:52:27 - Review

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[BeforeYouPlay]

Have you played Nusfjord? Let us know what you think! 🐟🌲💰

[Agent_Pendergast]

Nusfjord is one of those rare perfect games. It is one of the most played games in our group and currently sits in the number 11 spot on my all time list. The perfect cozy Sunday afternoon comfort game. It’s just so damn good.

[iainodlin]

Thank you for the entire series. It's been great fun.

'Schooner' has the same sch that 'school' does. So it's "Skooner", not "shooner."

I love your "backdrop". It makes a *very* nice change from the standard Interesting-But-Cliché Wall of Games.

[palkojohn]

Nusfjord solo is amazing. You’ve got to play a single deck a number of times in a row and force yourself to try different building combinations to really understand all the ways of scoring points. The experience of trying different combos will give you the confidence to keep your overall strategy flexible until you more combos becomes apparent.

The other decks do have buildings that combo well with elders and other under-utilized combos in your playthrough. Give it a try!

[mikefoston]

Just wanted to say thanks for this, and many of your other videos which we have watched. We only play at 2 players so this aspect is ideal. We like the “vibe’ between you both, it feels comfortable and relaxed. The level of detail is always great to both watch before we play a game and to come back to and double check if we get stuck. We love that you play through the entire game, and it gives us a much better understanding rather than a simple ‘this is the first round’ go figure the rest out yourselves. We love Uwe’s games, so the series is brilliant for us, and this little tip is our thank you for a job well done, and we often look for you first now when looking for a video for any game, so please keep up the good work.

[benhsu]

Loved this game! Nusfjord solitaire games got me through the COVID lockdown

[McDavitt_Publishing]

Love this Uwe series you two are doing! Great job with the teach! Nusfjord is now on my list to find a copy to play. Keep up the incredible work!

[highergroundgaming]

One of my favorite Uwe's! Thanks for the playthrough!

[stevegeorge]

Really enjoyed the discussion at the end of this vid. Great, observant and just cool!

[VinegarAndSaltedFries]

Love Nusfjord also has one of the best Solo modes in a game period.

[dangerousbeans]

There’s nothing about what you two do that I don’t like.
Thanks guys! ❤

[kurt-the-viking]

Love the playthrough; thank you! This is my favorite Uwe -- simple rules that are easy to remember, comforting theme, quick to play, and enough twists to keep things interesting. I have all the expansion decks too which add even more variety. Anyway, thanks for the series!

[scottpayne]

I am impressed with your work and your play as always. Glad to get an inside look at this one.

[mattyweaves]

This is my second ranked solo game for the last few years. I can't wait to finally get my hands on the extra decks later this year.

[refocusongames]

Great play through as always! Nusjford is one of our family favorites! I've heard rumors of a big box reprint coming later this year with all the expansions. We sure hope so! Love your videos! Keep up the great work!

[damaddestgamer]

With the C buildings you get them into your hand in round 4 (though we typically house rule it that you get them from the start of the game so you can actually plan for them and not get random stuff that might not work for the direction you've gone).

[donnakeferlis]

YES! Another Uwe!! I love this series!!!

[MortlachNL]

I'm very excited for this and I have the Big Box on pre-order. I love all of Uwe's farming games from Agricola to Hallertau and even have Ora & Labora and Glass Road. The biggest issue is that I like Agricola and my partner likes Caverna and neither of us likes the other game very much. I mean, I play Caverna but I feel like I'm constantly treading water in that game never achieving very much.

[amchasteenable]

This is a perfect medium weight game that has accessibility and depth, but doesn’t over stay it’s welcome like some of Uwe’s longer complex games. Love the old and wise fishing town theme.

It’s a great solo experience as well. You guys should play, mention and compare the solo modes for Uwe’s games as well.

[doggyaugie]

Thanks for this! This is my favorite Uwe. But guess what, I thought the same thing as yall after only playing 2p. The shares mechanic (unique among Uwe games to my knowledge) is more interactive with more players, as is the competition for elders with a tighter action board (and more elders 👴🏼). Highly recommend trying again with 3p or 4p. Solo mode doesn't have any of these interactions, so it's really a different game but it's still such a nice quick Uwe-light puzzle I prefer it to 2p (but 3-4 is still best).

I will concede that it does disappoint in the art dept, no one would ever know the building cards were buildings from just looking at them. But still my favorite Uwe for 3-4 players.