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In this video, we're going to learn how to play Mindbug, using the Mindbug: Battlefruit Kingdom release! If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to post them in the YouTube comments below.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:09 - The Setup
02:02 - Game Play Overview
02:32 - Picking The First Player
02:55 - Playing 1 Card
03:22 - A Card Overview
04:45 - Playing 1 Card (continued)
04:50 - Play Effects
05:05 - Octinite Tokens
05:36 - Attack With 1 Creature
06:16 - Losing Life
05:32 - Blocking An Attack
07:15 - Turn Summary
07:30 - Using A Mindbug
08:48 - Mindbug Limitations
09:36 - Taking Your Turn Again
10:23 - Having Less Than Five Cards
11:17 - FAST Keyword
11:51 - FRENZY Keyword
12:02 - HUNTER Keyword
12:27 - SNEAKY Keyword
13:00 - POISONOUS Keyword
13:24 - TOUGH Keyword
14:05 - Attack Triggers
14:46 - Defeated Trigger
15:31 - General Effect Rules
16:41 - Constant Abilities
16:54 - Octinite Tokens
17:07 - Harvest Triggers
18:00 - Gaining Life
18:13 - The Artimist
18:30 - Mindbug Effects and Harvesting
19:01- Player Aid
19:22 - Ending The Game
19:55 - Other Add-ons
20:24 - The App
20:30 - Conclusion
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2022·Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, Marvin Hegen, Christian Kudahl
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Mainly reviews. Mindbug: First Contact is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 50 reviews, 23 how-to-play guides, 18 recorded sessions, 5 unboxings, and 7 other videos.
2 players
15 - 25 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
About Mindbug: First Contact, from BoardGameGeek:
In Mindbug, you summon hybrid creatures and send them to battle against your opponent - but when you summon a creature, the opponent may use one of their Mindbugs to take control of it. Outwit your opponent in a fascinating tactical duel in which having the best cards and playing them at the wrong time can be deadly for yourself.
Cards in Mindbug represent weird creatures that all come with unique and powerful abilities such as a Compost Dragon, a Snail Hydra, or a Kangasaurus Rex. Each player starts the game with ten creature cards (five in hand and five in a draw pile) and tries to use them to reduce the opponent's life total to zero. In addition, every player receives two Mindbug cards that can be used to mind control an opposing creature when it is played. This innovative Mindbug mechanism is the core of the game and leads to a unique decision-making process that makes Mindbug feel utterly different from any other card game.
Playing a card doesn't require any resources in Mindbug. As a result, the game has no ramp-up phase (such as gathering resources) and doesn't require weak cards. Since there is also no deck-building, you can start playing right away from a single deck. There is also no unfair advantage as players draw cards from the same deck and always get the chance to mind control the strongest opposing cards. In the end, it all comes down to your own decisions, making the game extremely fair and competitive at the same time.
-description from the publisher
Designers
Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, Marvin Hegen, Christian Kudahl
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