Pioneer Days - How To Play

In this video, we're going to learn how to play ! If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to post them in the YouTube comments below.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:54 - The Setup
02:17 - Townsfolk Sets
02:52 - Player Boards
03:17 - Starting Resources
04:40 - Gameplay Overview
05:03 - Starting the Day
05:23 - Taking a Turn
05:34 - Triggering Effects
06:11 - Not Enough Space
06:29 - Changing the Die Face
06:53 - Taking Income
07:09 - Taking Actions
08:00 - Wild Symbol
08:16 - Recruiting Townsfolk
09:15 - Turn Overview
09:43 - Buying Wagons
09:58 - Advancing Disasters
10:16 - Resolving Disasters
11:48 - Ending the Day
12:02 - Ending the Week
12:26 - Satisfying Town Cards
12:52 - Starting a New Week
13:45 - Ending the Game
14:07 - End Game Scoring
15:06 - Tie-breaking Rules
15:17 - Conclusion

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[RobertLink]

Calling the ultimate destination "Victory Point" was a pro move. Well played, TMG.

[mallowpufft]

I know this is an older video but thank you so much for it. I got the game a couple weeks ago but the rule book is less than stellar so we had some questions and stumbled through our first game. We found your video and it makes a lot more sense now.

[timothyweddle]

My wife and I just played this tonight and had a great time. There are lots of tactical and strategic options to pursue. And although some disasters may damage you, it doesn’t count you out for the game. My wife got affected by a disaster but still pulled the win. Great production and gameplay. It’s in the same wheel house as Gold West, but I like this more. Thanks for doing this video, Rodney. Great job as always.

[jhuztein]

Omg i just found it so adorable when you placed the cattle token on the card behind the wagon illustration. It's meant to be! 😍

Also, I attribute my newfound love of boardgames and growing collection to your videos! This is making my quarantine more bearable and fun! Thank you!

[colfisher]

This is a game I wouldn’t normally consider but your walkthrough has as usual been superb.... definitely a game I’m going to buy

[thegameacademy]

I needed a quick refresher and this was nice and succinct, got me ready to play again!

[rohitchandra]

Would love to see a playthrough of this!

[Lavenderzukin]

Thanks for the video! Ive taught the game incorrectly twice now... For some reason I thought it was 5 weeks and 5 days each week... I always like to watch your videos to make sure I didn’t miss anything. Thank you for the quality videos!

[jippy]

I think I've said it before, but again...watching you explain games is like zen. Even when the games suck, I don't care.

[pepijnvemer]

This game looks wonderful. Nice detail. I can see a followup game/expansion, making a new town/settlement, based on how well you did the trail. With wood, you can build buildings. And those buildings will help with protection against disasters (walls, hospitals, sheriff’s office), or gain stuff (silver from banks, shops; favors from saloons). And things like banks might influence disasters in other ways as well: higher likelihood of being raided?

[CarterElkins]

Just got this game for Christmas! Unfortunately the manual is written rather poorly, and left me confused on several points. I appreciate your structured, organized approach to all your rules explanations. You cleared things up for me, particularly what you can do with the dice on your turn. Thanks!

[checkrazor]

Perfect timing. I just picked this up. Thanks Rodney !

[FrankMinogue]

Yup, gonna check this one out. Good job, as usual, Rodney!

[Atticus]

Rodney, thanks for another high quality video, looking forward to playing this one!

[Darrinpepe]

Game looks really Fun! Another great Rodney!

[TheMadLord]

It's essentially 'Oregon Trail' the boardgame! Which isn't a bad thing at all!

Great explanation as always Rodney!

[davegildersleeve]

Hi Rod! Would you explain the 10 pt favor tokens again. I'm assuming that the2 pt tokens are the ones awarded during the game. Thanks. Great video!

[davegildersleeve]

Hi Rodney. Great video as always! Maybe I'm thinking too much, but if you choose the wild die can you pick only any other action, i.e., take a wood, take medicine? Or, can you take the villager or silver amount at that action as well? Thanks in advance!!

[NSFRS]

Hi, me and my partner are discussing on if during a disease disaster, it states you must pay medicine for each town folk on the board but it also states either pay medicine or discard the townsfolk. Our debate is, even if we have enough medicine to save all the town folks, could we also decide on not spending a medicine token and discard the townsfolk? Thank you.

[AlexSem]

I'm glad this is not shipped to my country. Otherwise that would be an insta-buy. And I already promised myself (and my wife) to keep from buying any more game for some time.