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El Grande vs Axis & Allies
In this S1 E2--El Grande vs Axis & Allies--we introduce the two main commonalities between the games--Area Control and Classic Games. Both quest in this Game vs Game Video for the title of Best Area Control Game of All Time: who will win?
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Suggested Reviews for the Games:
El Grande:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kELUXinzn4
Axis & Allies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwEPZ2pJzYY
Suggested Retailer for the Games:
Axis & Allies
https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147342182/Axis-and-Allies-Revised-Edition?awid=1185
El Grande vs Axis & Allies
00:00 - Intro to El Grande vs Axis & Allies
00:18 - Two Similarities
01:02 - Round 1: Replayability
03:16 - Round 2: Masterability
05:23 - Round 3: Mechanical Theme
08:10 - Winner
08:15 - El Grande Final Score
08:50 - Axis & Allies Final Score
09:51 - Questions and Comments
10:06 - Support the Channel
10:10 - Outro to El Grande vs Axis & Allies
Mainly reviews. El Grande is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 36 reviews, 18 how-to-play guides, 7 recorded sessions, 8 unboxings, and 7 other videos.
2 - 5 players
60 - 120 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About El Grande, from BoardGameGeek:
In this award-winning game, players take on the roles of Grandes in medieval Spain. The king's power is flagging, and these powerful lords are vying for control of the various regions. To that end, you draft caballeros (knights) into your court and subsequently move them onto the board to help seize control of regions. After every third round, the regions are scored, and after the ninth round, the player with the most points is the winner.
In each of the nine rounds, you select one of your 13 power cards to determine turn order as well as the number of caballeros you get to move from the provinces (general supply) into your court (personal supply).
A turn then consists of selecting one of five action cards which allow variations to the rules and additional scoring opportunities in addition to determining how many caballeros to move from your court to one or more of the regions on the board (or into the castillo - a secretive tower). Normally, you may only place your caballeros into regions adjacent to the one containing the king. The one hard and fast rule in El Grande is that nothing may move into or out of the king's region. One of the five action cards that is always available each round allows you to move the king to a new region. The other four action cards vary from round to round.
The goal is to have a caballero majority in as many regions (and the castillo) as possible during a scoring round. Following the scoring of the castillo, you place any cubes you had there into the region you secretly indicated on your region dial. Each region is then scored individually according to a table printed in that region. Two-point bonuses are awarded for having sole majority in the region containing your Grande and in the region containing the king.
Designers
Wolfgang Kramer, Richard Ulrich
Artists
Doris Matthäus, Stefan Sonnberger, Franz-Georg Stämmele