How To Play Scythe!

Ivan Van Norman teaches you how to play Scythe.

Ivan Van Norman:

[Gafweebo]

If you're here for a refresher, you're golden

If you want to learn the game from scratch, get outta here and click that 30 minute video you passed over on the way to this one. >:D

[itsjustmemildoze]

For how complex this game is, getting almost everything into an 8 min video is pretty impressive. Almost as impressive as the game itself... Can't wait to play this one.

[mattknisley]

Only characters can trigger encounters, you get to use one combat card per non-worker figure on a hex during combat, and you only receive your enlist bonus when you or an adjacent player activates the corresponding bottom-row action. Other than that, clear and concise rules explanation! Loved it!

[briarrose]

I've played this twice but forgot how to play it and this was the perfect refresher to get back into it! Can't wait to use my painted mini upgrades 😀. Thanks for the video James Spader.

[StraightUp_Mikey]

It took me close to 3 hours to figure out this game and then I watched this. Should have watched first. Thank for the vid, cleared up a lot of stuff. The game really isn’t overly complicated but still intricate enough.

[ieatstheinternet]

The guy that does the art work for this game is amazing. been a desktop background go to of mine for years.

[brazzane]

I'm impressed you did this in 8 minutes, it was exactly what we needed to get started.

[lorddread]

you made a few mistakes on this one Ivan. Only heroes can have encounters and you may only activate 2, 3 or 4 zones when you produce depending on how much you upgraded the action and/or if you built the windmill. The recruit upgrades only give you the bonus when you or your immediate left/right neighbors use the same action. You can use one combat card for each mech/hero you have in the combat. Also the loser of combat receives a combat card if they spent at least one power on their dial.

[maryl.]

Music is overwhelming but review is very helpful. Thanks for helping!

[DuelScreen]

I like the series but the music in this episode was too distracting. It needed to be lower or eliminated completely. I found myself unable to focus on Ivan for the music.

[Neph]

I just played this for the first time tonight. I got my butt royally kicked and loved every second of it.

[chrissneary]

Nicely done. I do believe that the enlistment bonus only applies when you or a neighboring player performs the bottom row action, not when any player does.

[DavidLandonCole]

I'm so pleased to see this game receiving so much attention; it's a huge amount of fun, and really deserves to do well. I've played some of Stonemaier Games' previous products, but I really do think this is the best.

[Katetanic]

Thank you so much! I was watching other tutorials and doubting my ability to play tonight at my church's Strategy Board Game Night!
Thanks to you, I've decided to give it a go!❤❤❤

[catherineblack]

Scythe is a grand game! So many variables, the art is amazing. The whole game production is outstanding.

[DanieleMazzoni]

congrats for giving such a succinct overview with so much content!

[QT]

Great overview which I've learnt at least one new thing from although I think you should've mentioned how the factory affects final score (because some players often forget).

[NoSoyCaca]

This series is an amazing idea! Cant wait to see more

[emanuelmatos]

Thank you Ivan for this quick explanation, there is GDC talk "How game boards matters" that shows a couple of board games that maybe you are familiar with. This one, Scythe, is the first time I heard of it and looks amazing. Do you have any video showing a real-time Scythe match? Thank you.

[naev]

Am I the only one who was completely fine with the music and didn't even notice it?