How to Play Binding of Isaac: Four Souls - How to Game with Becca Scott

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The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls is a tabletop card game about sacrifice, betrayal, and hoarding. Inspired by the massive hit video game The Binding of Isaac, the official card game was launched in 2018.

LINKS
Merch: Coming Soon!

CAST

CREDITS
Director: Jake Michels
Cinematographer: Sam Bermudez
Editor: Tony Gomez
Set Design: Katie Michels
Equipment: @Blackmagic Design

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Overview
0:41 Setup - Slots
1:24 Setup - Characters
1:42 Setup - Bonus Souls & Loot Cards
2:02 Key Concepts - Priority
2:33 Key Concepts - The Stack
2:52 Key Concepts - Card Types
4:08 Gameplay - Overview & Start Phase
4:46 Gameplay - Action Phase
5:07 Action Phase - Action Breakdown
6:34 Action Phase - Death Penalty & Purchasing
7:12 Gameplay - End Phase
8:13 Winning The Game
8:32 Outro & hehehehehe

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[jbsgroup]

Quick note to any new players seeing this, a house rule that can improve the game experience is to deal two characters to everyone instead of one, and let them decide which one to keep. Not all characters are created equal, and this stops players from getting frustrated that they got an unfun character for the 10th time.
Also, I recommend starting with starting items deactivated. Some starting items can give players NOT going first a distinct advantage, so leaving them deactivated to start just evens the playing field a little
Final house rule I recommend is to deal character cards before revealing any other cards, just so nobody picks a character just because they see an easy soul with a certain character or w/e
As a last note, you don't need to say priority pass and go around the table whenever you do something, which is kind of implied in this video. After someone does something, just wait a moment to see if anyone wants to react before doing it.

[dann]

I started playing this game for the first time and pulled this video up not realizing it was uploaded an hour ago. Fantastic timing!

[ThatOneKimi]

Four souls is a big part of our game nights and i can confidently say this is the clearest video about how the game works. If only this was available earlier 😅 great video!

[Fenrir_]

A nice, concise, and effortless explanation that will really help beginners! Good job :)

[KoniWorx]

This video skips a few priority passes, like when you decide on buying something. Priority also passes before you decide what monster to fight. I usually tell people I play with that "Priority passes when you say - I will buy, or, I will fight". I found that to be the easiest way of explaining it. And I explain the stack like a gun's magazine, you load it with ammo and the gun goes off once all have had their turn loading it.

[thomasjauncey]

Can't believe Becca got pregnant just to on theme for this game!

[damiens]

I am so lost about priority and the stack

[snbd]

Great to see segments now, very handy. 8)

[dockboys]

Oh I-saac see that you have your Kickstarter already. Congrats!

[stefbosch]

I am confused about this stack and priority thing. So with everything you do, you will have to go around the table and other people can play during your turn?

[locomokuu]

I play with 3 face up cards from the treasure and monster decks, not sure when I started doing it that way. I'd recommend it though, it's fun having more options

[etiketi]

The concept of a "Loot Play" isn't discussed here, and it was the primary thing that confused my friends and I and has ultimately soured our opinion. It's hard to interact with players when you really are never allowed to without significant effort, and the mechanic is not explained well with seemingly no way to increase "Loot Plays".

[anxietysquid]

How do you guys normally resolve multiple event cards coming from the monster deck?

So, let's say I kill Bloat, and when I reveal a monster card, I get a curse. Do I give the curse to someone and draw another monster? What if I get 3 curses in a row?

[xfozty]

Great explanation, can’t wait to get my hands on requiem

[Pepperony]

exrtremely similar to yu gi oh tbh! seems great, can't wait to try it out tonight with friends

[nightcatarts]

Becca already has my soul, but it's okay. I wasn't using it.

[sonofsol]

I xant get my head around the stack, do we literally stack them and when do we go through the stack?

[kbrnoficial]

El juego es muy entretenido. Solemos jugarlo con amigos y nos sacamos unas risas tremendas siempre.
Juego difícil de explicar pero cuándo se entiende es uno de los mejores para pasar una tarde amena.

[seeliLP]

Do monster full heal at every end phase?
soo you have to oneshot every enemy ?

[ganamana]

Hello People, i didnt understand what the priority means. Can some one explain with examples, step by step? Thank you!