Watch “Learn to Play Presents: Elder Scrolls Core Rules,” a how-to-play guide for The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Learn to Play Games on YouTube:
In this video I will teach you about the core rules of the game including: components, setup and the five phases of each day. I will have a third video covering combat rules as well.
Game type: Cooperative
Run time: 120-240 mins.
Number of players: 1-4
Creator/Designer: Josh J. Carlson, Michael Gernes, Logan Giannini, Ryan Howard,
Salem Scott, Josh Wielgus
Artist: Chris Beck, Yoann Boissonnet, Anthony LeTourneau, Federico Pompili
Publisher: Chip Theory Games
Play Through video: https://youtu.be/dOHK1sktelI
Teaching video for character creation: https://youtu.be/fJVhiVYhx80
Teaching video for combat rules: https://youtu.be/rNuF14BMxCo
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:39 Components: Dice
2:55 Components: Overland Cards
5:38 Components: Side Quest Cards
6:57 Components: Guild Cards
7:52 Components: Overland Map Features
10:10 Components: Gazetteer Features
11:30 Game Setup
24:06 Game Summary
24:33 New Day Phase
24:47 Overland Phase
29:22 Encounter Phase
30:31 Encounter Phase: Town Encounter
37:30 Example Turn
39:08 Encounter Phase: Peaceful and Conflict Encounters
43:22 Encounter Phase: Quest Encounter
44:01 Reward Phase
44:16 Reward Phase: Gaining Rewards
46:21 Reward Phase: Untrain
48:26 Reward Phase: Gaining Advancements
52:03 Reward Phase: Tracking Quests
52:19 End of Day Phase
52:34 End of Day Phase: Activate Province Effect
54:44 End of Day Phase: Adventurer's Rest
57:29 Status Effects: Bane
58:06 Status Effects: Blind
59:12 Status Effects: Daze
1:00:10 Status Effects: Fear
1:00:57 Status Effects: Maim
1:01:42 Status Effects: Stealth
1:02:50 Guild Assist
1:04:15 Exit
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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
