Men-Nefer l A Solo Playthrough (Era I & II)

Welcome to Men-Nefer Egypt during 3100BC, where we get to hunt for Mummies! ok, no killer Mummies, just another great Euro board game full of action-packed excitement!

In this episode I will go up against Imhotep, the Solo opponent ready to out-architect my skills as we build Pyramids.

Intro - 0:00
Setup - 0:41
Imhotep: First Boat - 3:56
Imhotep: Specialize - 10:02
Imhotep: Gaining a Tablet - 14:42
Queen's Pyramid - 16:02
Imhotep: Funerary Rite - 21:42
Imhotep: House of Life - 27:28
Imhotep: Obtain a Craft - 28:12
Build Great Pyramid - 29:52
Papyrus - 34:02
Obtain a Tablet - 36:00
Free Scarab! - 36:58
Corrections - 44:51
Harvest Era 1 - 45:34
Flood Era 2 - 48:36
Harvest Era 2 - 1:18:24

Hope you enjoyed this video. Feedback is always appreciated!!!

[realdealalchemy]

I love this game. I won my first two games, 76 to 66 on normal, then 75 to 74 on hard (giving the bot 15 VP instead of 10 at the beginning). Phenomenal game!

[nodmonkey]

Thank you for this fantastically clear demo. Don’t fret on the mistakes, we all make them! Deeply appreciate the annotations when you spotted them though.

[lucindaarmstrong]

This game is right up my alley! Your playthrough confirmed my read of the instructions and I'm ready to give it a whirl. Thank you!

[deemich]

Thanks for the playthrough. Great job!! @5:44 two already-placed apprentices will cost you 3 fish, not 2.

[realdealalchemy]

Thank you so much for clarifying the solo setup. The rules said to setup for 2-player games, and I was wondering why there were no icons to cover with hammer tiles. This led to questioning whether the neutral apprentice placement tile had to be placed, since that was part of 2-player setup.

[Javaslinger]

Great Playthrough! Looking forward to Act III. Man you are doing videos of all my recent pickups! Subscribed!!

[Buckshot]

At around the 36:00 mark, you tooka papyrus and put it on your board upside down. I ahven't watched all the way through to see if you caught and changed it.

[EToaster]

I've been thinking I may as well just remove one of the "Visit a house of life" tiles from the bot deck, since he always has to do that first anyway. You lose a bit of meta information on his last few actions, but that doesn't feel great to abuse anyway.

[bertdekimpe]

I realize now that I have been playing the obtain an action tablet for Imhotep wrong, in my first two games. Thx for unintentionally pointing that out. I believe you made a few errors as well. For example, when you enter a spot with 2 apprentices, you have to pay 3 fish and not 2. And there might have been some mistakes in determining the level of the sphinx and funerary actions. This depends on the scarab level, not the era, I believe.