Long Shot: The Dice Game - Tutorial & Full Playthrough

Here is my Longshot: The Dice Game tutorial where I teach the game as it is being played. Paid sponsorship by Perplext.

Teaching Timestamps:
Introduction - 0:00
Game overview - 0:32
Game start & primary horse movement - 2:31
Secondary horse movement - 3:35
Taking actions & buying horses - 4:31
Making a die wild - 5:46
Betting on a horse - 7:23
Concession action - 9:41
Jersey action - 15:36
Helmet action - 17:33
End game scoring - 54:22

[MortlachNL]

It's scary how quickly I went from "Hmm, that's a novel idea but not really for me" to "GO ON NUMBER 7 YOU BAG OF BONES. DADDY NEEDS A NEW PAIR OF SHOES!"

I should probably never visit a racetrack in real life...

[GettingGames]

CORRECTIONS:
20:11 - I forgot to remove a refilmed version of this turn. Ignore what I say until 20:37, sorry for missing this while editing the video!
36:29 - They only completed a column, not a row as well. They should only have taken one concession bonus here instead of two.
46:45 - The horse die is an 8, so they either have to use that value or cross out a wild horseshoe. Unfortunately in this case they did not use the wild as they would have had to in order to bet on horse #3.

[alexanderolferuk]

What a neat and fresh roll'n'write!

[CitrusArchitect]

Very entertaining, your quick pace and editing are top-notch!

[bryanm]

Excellent video! Thanks for taking the time to put this together. I’ve had this game sitting in the box still in the shrink wrap for a few weeks while I make up my mind as to whether or not I want to give it a try. The last couple of games I bought looked great in the videos that I watched and ended up being somewhat of a dud when actually playing it ourselves. Your video was very informative and help me decide that I will in fact remove the game from the shrink wrap and give it a try. Thanks again!

[Cleansweep]

Glad to watch another of your full play throughs!!! Well Done!

[bryanbrammer]

Gonna backed this IMMEDIATELY! Thanks Jon!

[GeorgeVelev]

I was very skeptical about roll and write games but this one looks extremely fun and I'm totally sold on backing it.

[eagleaddict]

Fantastic--thanks so much! Just got the game today and after this video I feel I'm ready to play!

[tcp]

A copy of the game just arrived, can't wait to try it! Excited about the high player count.

[brazillb]

This looks like a wild fun time! I could def see the backwards movement bothering some people. As long as everyone knows that going in, they should be able to enjoy the ride

[Nattytom]

At 20:38 the explanation for betting on horse 3 is repeated but the decision changed. Not a rules thing, just a change of mind. An old decision left in

[johnrudolph]

You can tell Y made a mistake in the concession area. You get 4 X's for rows and 4 for columns. That is 8 total X's. You have 9 X's marked in the bonus section.

[FarkyJ]

great tutorial cant wait for retail version.sadly i miss the KS.

[goetzandrew]

Oh man, I think I should get this game.

[brusslysb]

Best video you are very good and you’ve just gain a new subscriber TY

[TheNoobPan]

I was so focused on seeing if Jon would win I kept having to rewind and listen to the rules again 🤦‍♂️ great tutorial though, thank you for putting this out!

[Nattytom]

At 36:29 you say Y gets two concession bonuses. How does that happen? All I can see is a column being completed. Did I miss something?

[whothennow]

At 36:38, when you made another $3 bet on horse 6, shouldn't you have reduced your money by $3? Also, does anyone know what makes horse 8 pay out so much more than horse 1? I mean, why the different multipliers?

[dawgyv]

Does anyone know if this interaction works? If Player1 owns Two Lucky and the die rolls on 3. Can player1 use their wildcard to change it to a 2 and claim its ability? Or do Wildcards not activate abilities?