Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Here is my LA-1 tutorial, where I teach the game as it is being played. Paid sponsorship by Trick or Treat Studios.

Crowdfunding link - trickortreatstudios.com/pages/la1-launch

Teaching Timestamps:
Introduction - 0:00
Game overview - 0:54
Game start - 4:03
Darkness phase - 6:23
Darkness track - 7:42
Losing the case - 8:06
Heat explanation - 8:41
Taking damage - 8:58
Actions phase - 10:05
Move action - 10:30
Black market action - 11:17
Prepare action - 13:01
Shuffling your deck penalty - 14:39
Locations going dark - 15:01
Hot tip action - 15:46
Investigation phase - 17:44
Investigating an encounter card - 18:56
Skill test explanation - 19:46
Using karma - 23:21
Trading tokens - 25:31
Plot tokens explanation - 32:40
Bribe contact action - 41:22
Lay low action - 44:43
Gain major skill card - 46:21
All location actions - 46:57
Advancing a case - 49:40
Fighting darkness - 51:48
Resting - 52:15
Closing a case - 54:03
Refreshing tokens - 55:31
Campaign mode overview - 1:07:52

BGG link - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367897/la-1

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