How To Teach Board Games Like a Pro

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  @petergreg101 · 6 years ago

  I am entirely on board for the implication that teaching someone boardgames and bringing them into the hobby is done with the inevitible long term aim of convincing them to play Twilight Imperium.

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  @marcjohnston5656 · 6 years ago

  Hearing one of my friends sincerely say "you're really good at teaching this stuff" while explaining game rules to them is genuinely one of those nice rewarding little memories that keeps coming back years later.

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  @MozilloGames · 6 years ago

  I think Quinns really needs to get some props for taking the time to set up several board games for single scenes in this video. Oh lord must that have taken ages.

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  @aarcade6676 · 6 years ago

  My number one tip in addition to all of this: narrate your turns in the opening rounds. Clearly walk them through your thought process behind your moves. Encourage them to do the same.

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  @MrPotapnik · 6 years ago

  One: We are an iron, boot and a hat. Two: You win by bancrupting your whole family. Three: It's fun to make your younger sister cry.

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  @HelloFutureMe · 6 years ago (edited)

  As someone who has had to teach Spirit Island to at least a dozen different people 6+ times, the skill of teaching how a board game works has become an art.

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  @MrDoctorDake · 6 years ago

  &quot;If you&apos;re not reading the manual to the game on the toilet the week before your board game night, you&apos;re probably doing it wrong.&quot;<br><br><br>This hit way too close to home.

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• JA

  @jakeparker44 · 6 years ago

  This might be the most important video on YouTube.

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  @Livingdeadghost · 6 years ago

  Absolutely top notch scripting and delivery. &nbsp;It&apos;s so satisfying to see someone who&apos;s really brilliant at their work. &nbsp;It&apos;s so easy to share your videos with friends and family, even if they&apos;re not that into board gaming, because of the obvious quality of the work you produce! &nbsp;Thanks for trying to teach us too. &nbsp;A pleasure as always. &nbsp;Don&apos;t work too hard you lot.

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  @Duchu26 · 6 years ago

  &quot;And in learning Action Points when playing Pandemic, that&apos;s a building block for when you teach them... Twilight Imperium!&quot;<br><br><br>Things just went from zero to one hundred real freaking quick.

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  @ErikHerrmann91 · 6 years ago (edited)

  Something I always avoid is teaching strategy as part of the main rules. I often see people go off on tangents when teaching rules with, &quot;...and if you have this card, you&apos;ll want to use it right away because if someone else has this card then this can happen, etc.&quot; All that confuses people, it makes people mistake what is advice and what is actually rules, and it robs the players of the joy of coming up with their own strategies and playstyles themselves. To be clear, I&apos;m not talking about basic principles of the game, but more advanced strategies that come from time playing the game.

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  @Jugggiler · 6 years ago

  IMO the best tip Quinn&apos;s gave was, teaching the objective / How-To-Win early in the process. &nbsp;By doing this, every player can structure the rest of the rules around the objective and it helps to facilitate strategies early on in the teaching process.

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