Mercurial Alchemia – Solo Playthrough

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In this full solo playthrough of Mercurial: Alchemia, I’ll guide you through an entire game while teaching the rules as we go with a learn-as-you-play approach. If you want to understand the gameplay flow, decision-making, and solo mode dynamics, this is the video for you. ________________________________________________ 🧪✨🔥Kickstarter Page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davidgoh/mercurial-alchemia ________________________________________________ ⏱️ Timestamps 0:00 - Intro and components 2:29 - Round Phases 2:34 - Turn 1 11:08 - Turn 2 12:33 - Automa Operation 14:23 - (Back to my turn) 15:20 - What happens when we shuffle the deck? 17:24 - Turn 3 22:39 - Turn 4 23:51 - The Guild Action (and Scoring) 29:25 - Turn 5 37:17 - Turn 6 41:41 - Aether 43:08 - Turn 7 48:36 - Turn 8 56:24 - Turn 9 57:24 - Brewing a bigger potion 1:04:32 - Turn 10 1:16:39 - Turn 11 1:17:46 - Brewing a less than optimal potion 1:26:08 - Turn 12 1:28:52 - Transmuting 1:36:15 - Turn 13 1:38:48 - Last potion of the game 1:43:12 - Scoring 1:43:18 - What is Corruption? 1:47:17 - Scoring the Automa 1:50:31 - Final Result