Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video, we're going to learn how to play Finspan! 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
00:42 - Setup
02:42 - Game Play Overview
03:00 - An Ocean Board Tour
04:15 - Playing A Card On Your Turn
04:50 - Fish Costs
05:01 - Blue Rectangle Cost
05:34 - Playing Your Fish To A Zone
05:57 - Consuming A Fish
06:48 - Consuming As A Cost
07:07 - Egg Token Cost
07:25 - Young Token Cost
07:38 - School Token Cost
08:40 - Dive Site Requirements
09:10 - Play A Fish Summary
09:24 - When Played Effects
09:45 - Blue Rectangle Benefits
10:01 - Fish Scale Benefits
10:32 - Egg Token Benefits
11:10 - Arrow Placement Benefits
11:39 - Fish Sizes As Benefits
12:15 - Benefits For All Players
12:35 - Benefits Are Optional
12:50 - Hatching Egg Benefits
13:40 - Young Token Benefits
14:02 - Young Tokens Becoming School Tokens
14:15 - School Token Restrictions
14:31 - Move Young Or School Token Benefit
15:29 - Play A Card Benefit
16:20 - Tags
16:32 - Tag Effects
17:13 - Play A Card Summary
17:31 - Running Out Of Cards
17:48 - Diving On Your Turn
19:07 - If Activated Effects
19:21 - Consuming If Activated
20:05 - Diving Continued
20:40 - Reaching The Bottom Of The Board
21:06 - Turn Summary
21:22 - Resolving The End Of The Week
21:50 - Starting The Next Week
22:07 - Scoring Future Weeks
22:28 - Scoring The Fourth Week
22:46 - End Of Game Scoring
24:00 - Determining The Winner
24:12 - Advanced Setup
25:07 - Solo Play
25:14 - Conclusion
#watchitplayed #boardgames #tutorial
In this video, we're going to learn how to play Finspan! If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to post them in the YouTube comments below.
Become a member of the Watch It Played Patreon Team! patreon.com/c/watchitplayed
Watch It Played Merch - get your shirts, mugs and other items! watch-it-played.creator-spring.com
This game's BoardGameGeek Page: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436126/finspan
Check out my personal vlog here: @RodneyJSmith
Get A BGG Watch It Played Microbadge: boardgamegeek.com/microbadge/25384
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We truly appreciate your views, feedback and subscriptions.
00:00 - Introduction
00:42 - Setup
02:42 - Game Play Overview
03:00 - An Ocean Board Tour
04:15 - Playing A Card On Your Turn
04:50 - Fish Costs
05:01 - Blue Rectangle Cost
05:34 - Playing Your Fish To A Zone
05:57 - Consuming A Fish
06:48 - Consuming As A Cost
07:07 - Egg Token Cost
07:25 - Young Token Cost
07:38 - School Token Cost
08:40 - Dive Site Requirements
09:10 - Play A Fish Summary
09:24 - When Played Effects
09:45 - Blue Rectangle Benefits
10:01 - Fish Scale Benefits
10:32 - Egg Token Benefits
11:10 - Arrow Placement Benefits
11:39 - Fish Sizes As Benefits
12:15 - Benefits For All Players
12:35 - Benefits Are Optional
12:50 - Hatching Egg Benefits
13:40 - Young Token Benefits
14:02 - Young Tokens Becoming School Tokens
14:15 - School Token Restrictions
14:31 - Move Young Or School Token Benefit
15:29 - Play A Card Benefit
16:20 - Tags
16:32 - Tag Effects
17:13 - Play A Card Summary
17:31 - Running Out Of Cards
17:48 - Diving On Your Turn
19:07 - If Activated Effects
19:21 - Consuming If Activated
20:05 - Diving Continued
20:40 - Reaching The Bottom Of The Board
21:06 - Turn Summary
21:22 - Resolving The End Of The Week
21:50 - Starting The Next Week
22:07 - Scoring Future Weeks
22:28 - Scoring The Fourth Week
22:46 - End Of Game Scoring
24:00 - Determining The Winner
24:12 - Advanced Setup
25:07 - Solo Play
25:14 - Conclusion
#watchitplayed #boardgames #tutorial
