The Shipwreck Arcana - The Occasional Board Game Show

On this episode Ian is joined by Jason Wishnov of Iridium Studios and Jack Covell of Heart Machine and they play a logic deduction game with lovely art called The Shipwreck Arcana! Thanks to Sofia Hariz for Technical Direction.

#EasyAllies

[ildejohnortiz]

Jason dismissed the "higher" card so quickly in the first round that he didn't notice that it was the sole reason Ian had to have had a duplicate number pull

[azriell]

I watched a review for this (Dice Tower) awhile ago and thought it looked dry and boring. This episode changed my mind and convinced me to buy it.

Ian, I think you're doing a great job but I'd like to offer a little advice. I play and teach a lot of board games, and something I have to deal with when teaching is giving my players too much information on topics I'm not ready to discuss yet. You see that happen in this video when Jack is confused about cards fading and pips when Ian is still in the middle of explaining the logic deduction aspect of the game.

In my experience, players try to figure out where a game is going by jumping ahead, which causes confusion. Especially when people end up on their own little tangential distractions. When I teach games I usually write out a simple outline to help me teach aspects in a specific order. I also will point out elements they are likely to see and ask questions about, but tell them I'll come back to that element in a minute; in the case of this game, I would do that with the pips and circle around to fading/moon/pips only after finishing the discussion on logic and clue giving.

Consider checking out the YT channel Watch It Played, where the host can make complex games much more easy to understand. I have also had people watch that channel with me before jumping into rules discussion, to get them primed.

I hope this doesn't come across as condescending or negative. I love this show and I think everyone involved is doing a fantastic job. I just hope my experience can make your job a little easier.

Thanks for everything you guys do. L&R

[MrFacepunch]

It would be cool if this show was always the DnD crew since that is the slot it’s replacing. I miss the dynamic

[ChrisLerouxDesign]

So looking at the rules on the website, they mention drawing new fate numbers before talking about "The Hours" card, so technically it seems you are correct in that you can play either fate. The only thing that's confusing is that if you play the fate that was originally being guessed at, it essentially resets the "prediction numbers." The curveball is that the rule cards are always changing as they fade so you can't make the same assumptions as previously. For example, at 31:29 Jack plays incorrectly (but that's because he didn't realize he could play the "7"). He should have played that on "Higher, " leaving him with a 5, but as you can see the 3, 4, and 5 are turned over because in the previous round he had to play a 5 on the "3-4-5" rule card. Maybe I'm ignoring something, but that's confusing as hell. You'd have to mention to the other players "Hey I'm playing the fate you guys were initially guessing at so you're predicting a new number in relation to this one."

[YuiHirasawa-HTT]

Would have loved to see the Easy Allies on this show.

[___IG]

Love these three cuties, but more Allies please! <3

[RuneRelations]

Idk why when I see none-Allies in EZA show my mind goes

(Filler Arc)-not a complete slight, just not part of the main quest. But, gives more screen time to less developed characters (people I don’t watch usually)

[this_alec]

This is great. Just bought this game because of this video. <3

[flotador]

A game of deduction featuring Jason Wishnov... now this is something I had no idea I needed.

[dabastion]

Dont often comment but this was super fun! Good work Ian and the crew!!

[thecorsairhimself]

The Mango Hi-Chew is the best one IMHO

[kaizoaudio]

This was very fun. I’d love to play it. I’m down to clown with tabletop.

[JustoFigueroaArt]

I haven't watched this yet, but I just wanted to say I love this type of content. Big thank you Ian! It's also very welcome to see new faces and people.

[trignite]

House of danger was so much more fun to watch and easier to understand

[KerstinMamma]

When validating becomes validifying the hour is late.

[obchamp]

I watch easy allies because of the allies, not because of guests... sorry but i always skip videos that feature more guests then allies

[indiefilmreviewpodcast]

All this math is making me want a Hi-Chew break!

[AwkwardRenegade]

Yeah, I'm definitely not a numbers person, I enjoyed the previous game infinitely more, interesting concept though.

[FrothingFanboy]

The part where the rules were explained was completely unentertaining. I think this could be alleviated via the players learning the rules off camera, then a polished/succinct rules explanation video being filmed and placed at the beginning. It would require more production time/effort, but as I always say, think of the benefits!

[AlexanderArts]

I don't know about all these number things...