Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video, we're going to learn how to play Koi! 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
00:38 - The Setup
03:50 - Game Play Overview
04:17 - Meditating
05:04 - Gaining New Tiles
05:30 - Acquiring Koi
06:39 - Collecting Cards
06:54 - Gaining Helpers
07:30 - Well Cards
07:50 - Storage
08:34 - Rain
09:20 - Markets
09:44 - Parchments
10:02 - Collecting Non-Helper Cards
10:29 - Mediate Summary
11:05 - Working
11:18 - Work: Placing 2 Water Tiles
11:46 - Water Placement Rules
12:38 - Work: Placing Shores
12:48 - Shore Placement Rules
13:18 - Work: Gain Luck Place Lantern
13:39 - Lantern Placement Rules
14:05 - Work: Place Foliage
14:14 - Foliage Placement Rules
14:24 - Work: Place Water Lilly
14:32 - Lilly Placement Rules
14:42 - Work: Add Koi To Your Pond
14:56 - Koi Placement Rules
15:20 - Work: Move Koi In Your Pond
15:43 - Using Helpers
17:12 - Spending Luck Tokens
17:45 - Collecting Goals
18:04 - The Statue Goal
18:48 - The Waterfall Goal
19:36 - The Branches Goal
20:43 - Goal Summaries
21:08 - Checking Capacity
21:42 - Turn Summary
22:05 - Ending The Game
22:35 - Final Scoring
26:05 - Determining The Winner
26:24 - Solo Play
26:34 - Conclusion

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