Gates of Gold: Viscounts of the West Kingdom - Stella's Short and Sweet. A Board Game Preview.

0:00 hi graduates it's stella from meeple university and this is stella's short and sweet preview for gates of gold expansion for five counts of the west kingdom from garfield games we now welcome the outsiders through these gates of gold will the king's order welcome them or refuse their presence the choice is yours the gates of gold expansion as with the base game plays one to four players now i won't explain the basic game of five counts of the west kingdom so if you're not familiar with it or just want a refresher check the link in the video description for overview and how to play videos so what makes the gates of gold so desirable so many want in well it depends on what you do with the king's order you start with one of king's order card all of them are exactly the same and you can get more of them instead when hiring townsfolk cards on the main board when you drop it off your tableau it is returned to the pile yep gone one use only but you get to add one of three face-up outsider cards to your discard pile do you trust the outsiders to join your course let's see they give you bonus and points at the end of the game so if you work things

1:32 out with them it's a bonus plus they are pretty useful during the game or maybe you prefer the benefits for refusing them you can destroy king's order card with the usual destroy card action to just dismiss one outsider card and gain the bonus and the consequences because why not right kick them out and steal their stuff king's order does take a while to plan potentially with a weaker trade icon but the reward could be pretty good at the end or use the advantage of rearranging your tableau to get faster reward oh yes the next is the manuscript you start with one of the four color ribbons printed on your manuscript board and when you collect at least one ribbon color you get ongoing bonus shown on your manuscript board everyone has the same types of bonuses just different color things like use a resource instead of a silver or spend free resources to rearrange cards on your tableau manuscript bonuses give greater benefits if you're going to the manuscript strategy there are some new manuscripts to collect including the wild color ribbon last but not least the main addition to the wonderful gaze of gold is builder and leader cards you get the big one randomly for each of

3:04 these three types each game bonus for building all buildings of the same type bonus for building three different types of buildings and a variety of bonuses when your meeple gets to the castle center first all bonuses are ongoing so could be good to tie in with your strategy like getting bonus whenever a collision happens and don't forget the end game victory points there are also more hero and neutral chanfo cards added and solo players yes you'll get a new ai reference card and rules now before i go let me introduce you to my sister here who will present you keeper of case the other expansion for 5 counts of the west kingdom indeed unlock the mysterious chests ways to get more heroes and build public buildings for more cool ways to earn victory points check out the video here thanks for having me my pleasure well gates of gold and keeper of keys expansions bring some fresh new things to the gameplay with more icons you can combo your actions with and more powerful actions so thanks for watching fox check out both expansions on kickstarter i'll put the link in the description below the components featured in this video are prototype so rules and artwork on the final

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