Let's Play ARCS | Roll to One Boardgaming

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Arcs Board Game Playthrough We're back at the table with Arcs, the sprawling space-conquest game from the makers of Root — and tonight's Vibe is Cutthroat, which means every tax, raid, and betrayal is fair game. Arcs hands you cities, starports, and fleets and asks you to fight, scheme, and chase five different Ambitions, because declaring and winning an Ambition is the only way to actually score points. With a Cutthroat table like ours, that scarcity turns every round into a fight over the same few cards. This is only our second time through Arcs, and it shows — we're still working out starport jump rules and how resource rearranging actually works, rulebook in hand more than once. Andy opens with a four-action turn straight out of the gate thanks to going first, but Scott quickly turns the tables, securing cards to take captives and hoard nearly every relic on the board. George spends most of the night on the losing end of it, watching his cities get destroyed and rebuilt over and over — until a Guild Struggle card throws the whole court into chaos and flips the game on its head. It all comes down to the final relic in Scott's hands, deciding in real time whether George or Andy walks away with the win. This episode is part of Roll to One Gaming's Season 2 — every win here counts toward the Season Board, and our top 3 players at the end of the season earn themselves some Roll to One Shop merch. New Roll to One Gaming episodes drop every other week. Watch the full season here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKY09bjhcHNA Merch: https://rolltoone.shop/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/rolltoone TTRPG Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@rolltoone #BoardGames #BoardGamePlaythrough #RollToOneGaming #Arcs #CutthroatGames Video Chapters 0:00:00 Intro & Arcs Setup 0:09:25 Dealing Cards & Turn One's Four Actions 0:19:16 End of Round One 0:31:00 First Captives & Hostages 0:46:00 Guild Struggle Card Chaos 0:51:44 Chapter One Scoring 0:55:16 Round Two Begins 1:00:00 George's Villain Arc 1:05:00 Seize the Initiative Rules Debate 1:15:00 Chapter Two Scoring 1:28:00 Escalating Battles & Trophies 1:42:00 In-Law Trophies & Running Jokes 1:55:00 Building Fleets & Resource Trades 2:13:00 Scott's Massive Raid 2:28:00 Chapter Three Ambition Scoring 2:45:38 Down to the Wire 2:55:27 It All Comes Down to This Relic 2:58:08 Final Scoring — George Wins 3:08:37 Ratings, Wrap-Up & Sign-Off Game on BoardGameGeek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359871/arcs