Drillers | Solo Playthrough & Tutorial (Learn to Play)

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Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/BoardGameCabin Join me for a full solo teaching playthrough of Drillers, a mining and mech-building board game where we descend deep underground in search of valuable minerals while trying to keep our rig fueled, upgraded, and operational. In this video, I teach you how to play Drillers while playing through a complete solo game against the Corporate Bot. By the end of the video, you should have everything you need to set up and start playing Drillers yourself. We'll cover: • Complete solo setup and rules • How Operations, Surfacing, and Upkeep work • Playing cards and managing Fuel • Movement and Drilling • Excavating Corridors • Removing Barriers and exploring deeper floors • Collecting and selling Minerals • The Market and Overflow Zone • Buying new cards and Advanced Technology • Upgrading your Mining Rig • Repairing Damage cards • Drones and their special abilities • Milestones and Consolation Prizes • Floor Card effects • How the solo bot works • The bots Action and Reset turns • Triggering the Mine Collapse • Final scoring We're playing against the bot on 3-star difficulty, giving us a challenging solo game while also demonstrating how the Corporate Bot works. Have a question about Drillers? Or if i did any rules misstakes please leave it in the comments! For business inquires you can contact me via boardgamecabin@gmail.com 00:00 Intro 00:58 Setup & Core Rules 03:06 How the Game Ends Explained 04:11 Playing Cards Explained 04:47 Gaining Fuel from Cards Explained 05:12 Collecting Minerals Explained 05:24 Excavating Corridors Explained 06:13 Excavating a Corridor Example 06:48 First Floor Card Explained 07:27 Collecting Minerals Example 07:52 Default Functions Explained 08:40 Upkeep Phase Explained 09:27 The Bot's Turn Explained 09:45 The Bot's Action Turn Explained 10:23 The Bot's Drill Priority Explained 11:20 The Bot Collects Minerals Explained 12:18 The Bot Moves Explained 13:08 Playing a Card for Fuel 13:30 Drones Explained 14:55 Surfacing Phase Explained 15:40 Selling Minerals Explained 16:13 Overflow Zone Explained 17:05 Discarding Cards for Credits Explained 17:12 Buying New Cards from the Shops Explained 18:00 Upgrading Your Rig Explained 18:40 Repairing Damage Explained 19:34 Refueling Explained 19:48 Buying Cards from the Shop 21:50 The Bot's Reset Turn Explained 23:34 Refreshing Drones Explained 24:20 Removing Barriers Explained 24:35 Milestones Explained 25:00 Removing Barriers Continued 26:47 Empty Deck Explained 29:25 Flipping Tiles for Bonuses Explained 32:30 Upgrading the Mech (Rig) Example 33:40 Shop Refresh Tiles Explained 35:00 Repair Example 40:32 Buying Advanced Technology Explained 44:48 Permanent Cards Explained 46:00 Full Gameplay 56:04 Final Scoring 58:14 Bot Scoring BGG link: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/465669/drillers MUSIC: March to Ruin by Helmut Schenker Blush Response by Hampus Naeselius courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com THUMBNAIL: Artwork for the box of Drillers is made by Ondřej Hrdina, Jiří Kůs, Jiří Mikovec and Jakub Politzer #Drillers #Boardgames #Tutorial #Playthrough #SoloBoardGames