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2025Totsuca Chuo
- Videos
- 53
- Creators
- 40
Mainly reviews
1 - 4 players100 - 200 minVery heavy weight
Ostia
2022Totsuca Chuo
- Videos
- 42
- Creators
- 33
Mainly reviews. Ostia is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 23 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 7 recorded sessions, 5 unboxings, and 3 other videos.
1 - 4 players
100 - 120 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
Ostia is a strategy game for 1-4 players. Players lead a large fleet to explore the ocean, trade and develop the port. Make good use of the Mancala system to strengthen your personal board and aim for the highest honor! The player chooses one of the six spaces on his board. Corresponding resources will be produced for the number of ships in that space. After that, take all the ships in that space and place them one by one clockwise. Take action corresponding to where the last one ship was placed. By repeating this, you can build a new ship on your personal board, strengthen your ship to a larger one, or build a building in the harbor. -description from the publisher
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Which Ostia video should I watch?
Ostia has 42 videos from 33 creators: 23 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 7 playthroughs, 5 unboxings and 3 other videos. They date from 2022 to October 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Ostia | Board Game | How to Play | uchibacoya | Totsuca Chuo" by Fun With Boxes, which runs 39 min. For a quicker teach, "SAM erklärt OSTIA / Portus - das ist kein Regelvideo" by brettspielfieber runs 15 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Ostia Review: Port of Trajan" by The Dice Tower. 20 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Ostia - Solo Playthrough (Trajan's Triumph)" by Tabletop Tryst, one of 7 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Sweet Lands, Aqua Garden, Rosalie and Ostia: Pirates, also by Totsuca Chuo. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2025.
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2027Totsuca Chuo, Higabito (ヒガビト)
- Videos
- 23
- Creators
- 18
Mainly reviews
1 - 4 players120 - 180 minVery heavy weight
About Ostia
From BoardGameGeek:
Ostia is a strategy game for 1-4 players. Players lead a large fleet to explore the ocean, trade and develop the port. Make good use of the Mancala system to strengthen your personal board and aim for the highest honor! The player chooses one of the six spaces on his board. Corresponding resources will be produced for the number of ships in that space. After that, take all the ships in that space and place them one by one clockwise. Take action corresponding to where the last one ship was placed. By repeating this, you can build a new ship on your personal board, strengthen your ship to a larger one, or build a building in the harbor. -description from the publisher
Designer
Totsuca Chuo
Artists
Tatsuki Asano, Rocinante Urabe
Publisher
uchibacoya
Categories
AncientCity BuildingNautical
Mechanics
ContractsEnd Game BonusesResource ManagementAbstract Movement & Capture