Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Aegean Sea is a complex game that can take a bit to get the hang of. In this demo, Chris explains and demonstrates the flow of Basic Actions before moving on to Island Special Effects and Customs. We've found this to be a good pathway to explaining Aegean Sea to new players, and hope it's useful to you either as a player or a teacher.
This isn't a complete explanation of every single rule in the game - it's meant to get you off the ground with a basic understanding of the core mechanics.
Minor Video Errata: The Home Islands we show on-screen at 21:30 are from the beta version, I grabbed the wrong image files! Their wording is a bit clearer in the actual print version.
00:00 Introduction
01:46 Card Layout
05:27 Table Layout
06:50 Basic Actions
15:33 Island Special Effects
21:30 Customs
25:20 Vainglory
26:17 Game End + Scoring
Aegean Sea is a complex game that can take a bit to get the hang of. In this demo, Chris explains and demonstrates the flow of Basic Actions before moving on to Island Special Effects and Customs. We've found this to be a good pathway to explaining Aegean Sea to new players, and hope it's useful to you either as a player or a teacher.
This isn't a complete explanation of every single rule in the game - it's meant to get you off the ground with a basic understanding of the core mechanics.
Minor Video Errata: The Home Islands we show on-screen at 21:30 are from the beta version, I grabbed the wrong image files! Their wording is a bit clearer in the actual print version.
00:00 Introduction
01:46 Card Layout
05:27 Table Layout
06:50 Basic Actions
15:33 Island Special Effects
21:30 Customs
25:20 Vainglory
26:17 Game End + Scoring
