Watch “3. How to: The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era - Fight and Break Out of Jail,” a how-to-play guide on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Chip Theory Games on YouTube:
An in-depth guide on how to get started on your game of The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era. This video tackles combat and the jailbreak scenario.
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00:00 Introduction
00:39 What You'll Need
01:47 Clash Setup
02:53 Enemy Chip Anatomy
05:23 Continuing Clash Setup
06:38 Tracking Your Achievements
07:02 Jailbreak Battle Objectives
07:33 Breakdown of a Player Turn
09:45 What is an Engage Action?
09:59 Declaring a Target
10:43 What Dice Can I Roll and What Do They Do?
12:39 Tenacity
12:56 Additional Engage Actions
13:29 End of Turn
13:40 Companion Turns
14:10 Sample Combat Part 1
17:17 Enemy Turns
17:55 Enemy Movement
18:24 Enemy Attack
19:35 Sample Combat Part 2
24:48 Fatigue and Status Effects
27:53 Sample Combat Part 3
30:40 Lockpicking
33:56 Sample Combat Part 4
35:35 Resolving the Jailbreak Scenario and Choosing a Class
38:22 Adventurers Rest Step
39:00 Thanks for Watching!
2025·Josh J. Carlson, Michael Gernes, Logan Giannini, Ryan Howard, Salem Scott, Josh Wielgus
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Mainly playthroughs and how-to-play. The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 52 reviews, 68 how-to-play guides, 92 recorded sessions, 23 unboxings, and 19 other videos.
1 - 4 players
120 - 240 min
Very heavy weight: Rules-dense, long sessions
About The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era, from BoardGameGeek:
The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era is a cooperative tabletop adventure set during Tamriel's Second Era - specifically during the events of the Planemeld, as the Order of the Black Worm plots to secure the Amulet of Kings. As the dark cult schemes, however, one of its members is planning an even darker betrayal, one that will tie Tamriel in with Oblivion forever. Adventurers work to uncover her machinations and stop her plot amid a bevy of endlessly replayable content. As in The Elder Scrolls video games, players will travel on an epic journey, balancing exploration, character building, dungeon diving and close quarters combat.
Each adventure in the game takes place over the course of three gameplay sessions, with sessions being roughly two hours plus an additional half hour per player in length. Players customize and control a single hero throughout all three sessions of an adventure as they manage multiple skill lines, classes and experience the many regions of Tamriel, each with their own unique flavor and mechanics. Experience points are handed out generously, allowing players to build interesting and unique characters in the consolidated timespan required in a tabletop experience. Session to session progression is meaningful, but players are not required to remember complex narrative points or play with the same group forever.
Designers
Josh J. Carlson, Michael Gernes, Logan Giannini, Ryan Howard, Salem Scott, Josh Wielgus
Artists
Chris Beck, Yoann Boissonnet, Anthony LeTourneau, Federico Pompili