Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Here is my Trailblazer: The Arizona Trail tutorial, where I teach the game as it is being played. Paid sponsorship by Mariposa Games.

Teaching Timestamps:
Introduction - 0:00
Game overview - 0:57
Game start - 3:57
Planning phase - 4:21
Terrain track advancement - 7:01
Gila monster explanation - 8:56
Journey phase - 11:03
Placing polyominoes - 13:14
Elevation ladder advancement - 14:14
Arizona grit explanation - 15:33
Gaining a passage card - 16:26
Turn order action - 18:34
Gaining a fauna card - 20:25
Crossed arrows action - 22:41
Gateway action - 23:21
State 48 cards explanation - 24:47
Lost dutchman tokens explanation - 27:24
Recovery phase - 32:05
Saguaro token explanation - 35:45
Weather cards explanation - 39:00
Spirits of the desert explanation - 39:40
Gaining 4th adventure marker - 41:24
Player board goals - 43:43
Roadrunner & coyote tokens - 51:15
How the game ends - 52:28
Final scoring explanation - 53:07

BGG link - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/372967/trailblazer-the-arizona-trail

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