Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video, we're going to learn how to play ! 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
00:40 - The Setup
03:40 - Game Play Overview
04:25 - The Rolling Dice Step
04:43 - The Picking Dice Step
05:45 - The Advancing Disasters Step
06:27 - The Check For Dark Age Step
07:33 - The Spending Dice Step
08:04 - Action: Developing Technology
10:45 - Multi-colored Technologies
11:40 - Technology Benefits
11:51 - Instant Benefits
12:08 - Gaining Victory Points
12:20 - The Any-Resource Symbol
12:38 - Effects That Target More Than One Player
13:00 - Production Effects
13:08 - Ongoing Effects
13:19 - Card Color Effects
13:41 - Putting A Card Into The Past
13:54 - Flip A Die Effect
14:42 - Action: Expand Territory
15:43 - Action: Research
16:38 - Action: Enlist Personality
18:08 - Objective Scoring Effects
18:18 - The Cleopatra Personality Effect
18:31 - Don't Replace Taken Cards
18:54 - Unrest
20:13 - Civil War
20:31 - Damaging Cards
21:11 - Action: Reduce Unrest
21:32 - Action: Gaining Resources
21:52 - Action: Repairing Damaged Cards
22:44 - The Check For Disasters Step
23:05 - Resolving Disasters
24:41 - Avoiding Disaster Effects
25:02 - The Production Step
25:17 - Production Effects
25:28 - The-Most-Of Effects
25:47 - The Clean Up Phase
26:20 - The Scoring Phase
27:28 - Scoring Objective Effects
28:13 - Entering A New Era
28:28 - Evolution Cards
30:25 - Making Cards Obsolete
31:37 - The Final Scoring Phase
31:53 - Determining The Winner
32:06 - Fast Play Variant
32:12 - FAQ And Errata
32:24 - Conclusion
#watchitplayed #boardgames #tutorial
In this video, we're going to learn how to play ! 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
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This game's BoardGameGeek Page: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/429114/nova-era
Check out my personal vlog here: @RodneyJSmith
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We truly appreciate your views, feedback and subscriptions.
00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - The Setup
03:40 - Game Play Overview
04:25 - The Rolling Dice Step
04:43 - The Picking Dice Step
05:45 - The Advancing Disasters Step
06:27 - The Check For Dark Age Step
07:33 - The Spending Dice Step
08:04 - Action: Developing Technology
10:45 - Multi-colored Technologies
11:40 - Technology Benefits
11:51 - Instant Benefits
12:08 - Gaining Victory Points
12:20 - The Any-Resource Symbol
12:38 - Effects That Target More Than One Player
13:00 - Production Effects
13:08 - Ongoing Effects
13:19 - Card Color Effects
13:41 - Putting A Card Into The Past
13:54 - Flip A Die Effect
14:42 - Action: Expand Territory
15:43 - Action: Research
16:38 - Action: Enlist Personality
18:08 - Objective Scoring Effects
18:18 - The Cleopatra Personality Effect
18:31 - Don't Replace Taken Cards
18:54 - Unrest
20:13 - Civil War
20:31 - Damaging Cards
21:11 - Action: Reduce Unrest
21:32 - Action: Gaining Resources
21:52 - Action: Repairing Damaged Cards
22:44 - The Check For Disasters Step
23:05 - Resolving Disasters
24:41 - Avoiding Disaster Effects
25:02 - The Production Step
25:17 - Production Effects
25:28 - The-Most-Of Effects
25:47 - The Clean Up Phase
26:20 - The Scoring Phase
27:28 - Scoring Objective Effects
28:13 - Entering A New Era
28:28 - Evolution Cards
30:25 - Making Cards Obsolete
31:37 - The Final Scoring Phase
31:53 - Determining The Winner
32:06 - Fast Play Variant
32:12 - FAQ And Errata
32:24 - Conclusion
#watchitplayed #boardgames #tutorial
