ARK NOVA | Boardgame | How to Play and Full 2-Player Playthrough

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In this video, Pat and Glai will craft a meticulously planned and scientifically managed zoo. We will navigate the delicate balance between conservation and visitor appeal, constructing enclosures, procuring diverse and exotic animals with help from partner zoos and universities worldwide and actively support conservation initiatives.

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Ark Nova:

00:00:00 Start of video
00:00:03 Introduction
00:01:03 Game Explanation
00:06:37 Gameplay
01:55:46 End of game interviews
01:57:36 Outro

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ARK NOVA | Boardgame | How to Play and Full 2-Player Playthrough

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[SuperFilip]

This has to be my favorite Ark Nova gameplay ❤️

[trent-canada]

This is the best way to teach; give an overview and then explain detail during actual gameplay. After watching 3 other tutorials with little result, this video did the trick. I love the way you have the cards and cameras setup. Another A+!

[stephanemaleau]

Great play. I realy enjoy this game. I played it almost 100 times on BGA.

Some small mistakes:

- The first enclosure you bilt has to touch a border space. Pat’s first build wasn’t touching a border space (even if the rocks were).

- At 37:12, the upgrade building card says that you can build different buildings at the cost, so you can’t build the same building twice (or three times in this case) on the same turn.

- 43:11, Pat forgot to advance his reputation by 2 (bonus of his sponsor card)

-, Gaï payed an extra X to upgrade her sponsor action by one to play a level 5 sponsor, but the upgraded sponsor card already allow her to play a x+1 sponsor card.

-, Gaï forgot to advance her reputation token by one after playing the upgraded animal card in level 5)

[mreroots]

Great video! love how you explain the rules as you go, rather than overwhelming the viewer with full rules before the game play, makes it easier to learn the game and makes it a more immersive experience!

[MrTheBigNoze]

You guys are such an excellent resource for us couples without regular game groups and to see how games work with only 2! Thanks for the video

[djackson]

I can’t believe you played a full play through with a teaching segment in under 2 hours! This is game has been on my shelf of shame months because of the length. After watching this I think we will give it a go. It looks like a great game with mechanics very similar to other games my husband and I enjoy.

[hoseinabbaspoor]

You’re my favorite couple YouTubers. Really enjoy your play throughs. Love ❤

[peterpeter-kprl]

The first game that took several nights to learn it before teaching to my wife. Your video was the most helpfull out there with clear views. Thank you 🙏

[BmlCom]

Great quality playthrough. Keep up de good work. Just subscribed to you guys. Also found some extra errors for the Klingon
- 32:32 card action, forgot break 2
- 1:19:42 Build action 2x same building of two.
- 1:47:05 she can't have 1 reputation because she didn't upgrade her cards card? (1:37:37 was also a moment when she would have received 2 reputation)

[NealMikeMortnoy]

huuuge thank you for this and many other playthroughs on your channel! this was a really great playthrough of ark nova!
there are so many bad ones out there where you can't follow the game because of bad cameras or "bad palyers" who did not think of the people watching
but you did an outstanding job!
you explained your moves and showed the cards in detail so the people watching could follow and understand realy good what you're doing
i know that this is hard work - so thank you again! =)

[dennisklang]

Great video, very helpful! Keep it up U2!

[davidrossmcilmoyl]

1:46:55 - I think Glai missed taking a reputation point on her x-token upgraded animal card play. Apologies in advance if I am mistaken!

[sharonjessen]

Wow! Fantastic play through, loving the different camera angles and zooming in on the cards. I have just bought the game &hope to play it this weekend.
Once again loving the irish accent. You're both great to watch and listen to, and clear explanations.

[freddieyu]

That was a close game.. Closer than the score indicates. I am conaidering getting this game and playthroughs like this help me see if this will be right for my group. What concerns me is the game length though. It is quite long!

[MisterG]

Thank you for this one. I've been foolishly playing this on BGA without reading rules, not a good idea. Your playthru has helped me grok the game much better.

[reed]

This is the best playthrough channel I've seen. The camera work and angles/zooms make all the difference for someone who's trying to understand the game by following along. Highly appreciate the hard work that goes into this. Subbed.

[stephanemaleau]

Other small mistakes:

- 1:30:33, Pat did « swap » a card at his Cards action but it was in his reputation range so he sould have taken 3 more.

- Not 100% on this one, but at 1:34:36, when Glaï built her bird house, she could take the bird that she had played at the beginning of the game and put it in it so she could free a 4 space enclosure.

[stevegeorge]

I think pat did a illegal move, his first build should be on the outer boarder of the map. Unless I’m missing something with his power?

31:37 kiosks will only give you 2 coins not 3 as one of the kiosks needs to be next to different sized locations or enclosures. I knew that was going to happen when she first placed them in the zoo.

43:18 one forgets to increase your middle track by 2 for playing the card 5 icons for a conservation point.

1:02:07 can only build a total of 5 size for where your card action is. A 2 size and 4 size is 6.

1:33:30 not sure if she had a bird to move into the Avery. Couldn’t tell as that is a free option in building the enclosure.

1:34:00 she also had the bird card to get her money when playing a card with bird icons. There is a lot that goes on in this opus of a game. It meant getting to reuse a level 4 enclosure.

Above time stamp, or so. She didn’t get the appeal for the second animal card. Only the first.

Those coins are great! Where did you get them?

This recording must have been a pill to manage! Greatgreat effort, really well done!

[Strangelove]

I was considering getting this for a while but it looked too complicated for me. I think your video convinced me to go for it! Great playthrough and explanation. You're both very pleasant and thorough.

[davidrossmcilmoyl]

1:49:00 I believe Pat missed turning over a level 1 enclosure to house his animal in that he just played. Again apologies if I am mistaken!