Etherium - 3D landscape, chunky pieces, and programming goodness

ether is the most important resource of all things in the planet and when everyone started to become greedy the fight is on in ethereum and today we'll show you a quick how to play or overview of ethereum and hello everyone it's Stella and Taran here from Maple University now let's go to the classroom ethereum is a tactical programming battle game in a three-dimensional ethereal world it was designed by Francois bero and Kristoff tritz and published by look CEST the game plays two to four players in 60 minutes and is of medium complexity at the center of the Spiral planet of ethereum Lies the single source of the most sought after ether now after years of Peace the tribes fight among themselves over the resource over seven rounds of play players will chase the best resources fight over the territories and make the best tactical Maneuvers to score the most points and win to set up the three-dimensional board is assembled and each player is given starting units which are a gatherer a soldier guards and guides in each of seven rounds players will use numbered tokens to program their actions in advance for at first but upgradeable to as many as six and players will then take those actions one at a time in the player order shown on the current round season card actions include moving the three-dimensional nature of the landscape comes into play as a single movement involves any number of steps downhill followed by at most One Step uphill with both halves of that optional and finishing on a space which matches the color you programmed other actions include gathering in which your gatherer collects resources from its space upgrading in which you spend some resources to make a unit stronger for example a gatherer who gathers more resources or a guard which better protects your city actions include making exchangers which could be basic resources for ether or spending ether for powerful upgrades including playable flashcards ability tokens or booster cubes which come with extra actions or points or actions include connecting roll a die in the hopes of scoring a bonus gaining abilities or upgrading your guides give you a boost on your die rolls which takes you away from the negative outcomes and increases your chances of of gaining richer rewards ethereum is a tactical game with combat and situational objectives the key to Victory a conflict occurs at the end of any set of each player's matching numbered turns when a soldier occupies a space with any other units soldiers defeat gatherers automatically while if a soldier fights another Soldier or a soldier fights a city you'll resolve it with a roll of the dice higher strength units means more dice rolled this would be one versus two and the single highest result wins depending on the situation the winner May steal resources or claim a victory token while a loser Retreats and in most cases both units will lose a level ultimately the aim of the game is to collect victory points through true Victory tokens which are achieved by winning combats especially against any cities which have booster upgrades by collecting ether by maximizing a connection role and by upgrading your city with guides and abilities the player who gains the most points over seven rounds of play will be the winner ethereum thrives on the balance between the need for resources for engine building and the need to fight for tactical scoring objectives the tight map and element of chance which is inherent in a game of pre-programmed actions makes this high on interaction while the straightforward battle mechanic and Rule set make it quick and simple to play the table presence is strong with the interlocking game board both striking and relevant to gameplay and with satisfyingly chunky player pieces and that's our quick how to play of ethereum we are using a prototype copy of the game so the rules and components here are not final and do check out the project page we'll put a link to that in the description below and thanks so much for watching your like and comments are much appreciated subscribe to see what's coming and let us know what games you've been playing see you next time