Discordia - Playthru With Friends!

Today I am joined by my friend Matt to play a full game of Discordia! I will start with a brief overview of the game, and then we will teach the rules while we play.

Timestamps:
Introduction - 0:00
Game overview - 1:11
Playthru - 3:04
Endgame discussion - 1:18:09

[BlueZaki]

I am continuing to love these playthrus with Matt!! :)

[GettingGames]

CORRECTIONS/COMMENTS:
29:12 - Matt forgot to subtract 1 for his Aqueduct bonus. This means he should have only drawn 10 workers from the bag.
1:04:56 - Matt took 3 out of the bag, but only put 1 back in instead of 3.
1:05:44 - Matt should have gained 1 advancement on his aqueduct as a bonus for flipping that tile.
1:15:49 - I could have placed another worker onto my middle market place because of the matching 2 activator.

[iminay]

Very cool playthrough. Thank you again for investing the time to make these for us.

[brazillb]

This game is so unique, I must try it. Great playthrough, thanks for showing off the game

[mickaeldecarvalho]

Really love this playthrough. I am not usually a fan of playthrough but it was super cool to listen to you guys. So excited to have this game to the table!

[ParlorPunch]

Had to watch this again. Thank you again!!

[shreyinspace]

Thanks for showing this game off. I played it once and found it very interesting and would try it again to see how it feels a second time. The mechanisms are integrated nicely and how workers come and go is unique.

I experienced something that you alluded to in your discussion where if some of the players play better early in the game it can feel like they snowball to a victory since they are receiving fewer workers at year end. This means that early decisions are very important. This is a fine design decision, however, if your opponent is taking significantly fewer workers from the bag at year end it can feel just a tad demoralizing.

I also had the same thought reading the rulebook where I didn't realize the goal was to get rid of your workers until I got to the end of the rulebook. However, it does state this goal on page 3 in the History +Goal of the game section. I wonder how many people reading the rules for the first time will miss that also.

[ParlorPunch]

That was fantastic! Watching a board game played by Jon and Matt is the best TV since Laverne and Shirley.
But wow, what a brutal game, is there no catch-up mechanism built in?
Looking forward to the next one 😀!!

[Avyncentia]

I laughed at Jon's "Done? Uh!" at 44:30. I think we've all been there, admiring a play and really wishing they hadn't made it!

[edifanobbonafide]

Your playthrough convinced me to order a copy of the game.

[djjackata]

Great game, maybe the best euro game of 2022. How it offers all a euro typically gives you (bonuses, tracks, race for goals, upgrade, buildings) but without needing to use victory points, is unique and it works all so well togteher.

[StevenStJohn-kjeb]

Never heard of this game - I was wondering if it was an ironically-named sequel to Concordia!

[rogerburrows]

At about 29:15, Matt forgets to subtract 1 (aqueduct) from the number of meeples to draw. At about 1:05:00, Matt takes 3 meeples but only puts one back in the bag.

[markmanning]

@1:25:13 If you look - To defeat the Germans you need 4 points. The guy at the top of the screen on the left HAS 4 points. Three men on the red card BUT that other card in the top-right of his board says he get ONE(1) additional armies. So 3 on the main board and 1 equal 4. At least - that is what it looks like to me. :-) Unless that "1" means one point - but I don't think that is what it means.

[Mike-A-M]

Why did Matt forego the boat option at 33:12? He could have advanced exploration and snagged a tower. One tower even had a "1" on it that could have been used immediately. The only reason I can think of is a shortage of stars, but Matt still had 5 stars.

[allenthiele]

1:05:40: Matt should have gotten a bump on the track from flipping the tile, correct?

[Ogrecrusher]

At 1:00:30 ish, does Jon miss taking the Development action for taking a 5?

[derekatlansky]

At 1:15:49, couldn’t you have also placed a person on the middle farm tile as well?

This game looks clever and fun. Hopefully it gets some distribution in the U.S.

Thanks for the playthrough!

[queparkerqp]

This is on my wish list now.
Any word when this going to be available in the USA?

[Skycroft]

I like the idea of this game, but upon reflection I feel there is too much randomness for me with the dice drafting. I feel like I wouldn't mind so much if this was a more typical roll-and-pick game where it's mostly multiplayer solitaire, but with the race element for decrees and so on the randomness becomes obnoxious instead of fun. In addition, I also feel like, as you said, the game has a significant snowball element to it. This isn't a problem in itself - indeed I like snowballing mechanics generally - but snowballing mechanics exacerbate issues with randomness and that seems to me to be an issue with this game.

Overall I'm afraid to say that it's not for me. I have been loving these playthroughs though!