Northwest Tutorial, Playthrough, and Review | with Expansion! | Bits & Biology

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Welcome to Bits & Biology, a channel about board games from the perspective of a biologist gamer. In this video I show you how to play Northwest, including the solo and campfire modes from the new expansion, followed by a playthrough and review. Timestamps can be found below in case you want to skip around. Northwest is an abstract strategy game for 2-4 players that plays in about 30 minutes. The new expansion includes a solo mode, as well as a set of 10 Campfire Tale cubes that can be played both with the base game or the solo expansion. Northwest Campfire & Solo Expansion Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brickhousegames/northwest-campfire-and-solo-expansion Let me know you liked the video by giving it a thumbs up! Have you played Northwest? What do you think of the game? What other games would you like to see on the channel? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 1:45 Expansion overview 2:04 What the expansion contains 2:49 Campfire Tale cubes 5:04 Tutorial start (common rules for multiplayer & solo) 5:51 Gameplay summary 5:49 Setup 6:20 Player turns 7:21 Pinecone tokens 7:45 Placement rules 8:06 Movement rules 10:01 What if there are no legal moves? 10:01 Game end conditions 10:59 Endgame scoring 13:39 Solo rules 20:18 Solo Summit Campaign overview 21:56 Playthrough introduction 22:36 Mission introduction 23:18 Playthrough 43:51 Tangent about leafcutter bees (~1 minute) 45:07 Playthrough part 2 55:15 A story about Mount St. Helens 56:20 Playthrough part 3 1:00:25 Endgame scoring 1:02:33 Comments about the solo campaign 1:05:48 Disclaimers (and more) 1:08:34 Review Northwest Campfire & Solo Expansion Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brickhousegames/northwest-campfire-and-solo-expansion Link to Northwest on Board Game Geek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/377041/northwest Link to Northwest Campfire & Solo Expansion on Board Game Geek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/450222/northwest-campfire-and-solo-expansion https://youtu.be/7zJhJsdoTYQ?si=cNeFeNb_djj006wg https://youtu.be/J50Ba7psR-Q?si=mokcFTnMdZu1Uwcm My profile on BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/lizmari ----------------------------- If you like what you see, please subscribe to be notified when new videos are uploaded! My focus is board games that feature anything having to do with biology (e.g., nature, wildlife, plants, ecology, environmental science, etc). Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/vFGpeT8hM4 Read the Bits & Biology Blog! https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/12551 Follow Bits & Biology on social media: Instagram: @bitsandbiology Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitsandbiology.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bitsandbiology/ Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BitsandBiology Email for collaborations and partnerships: bitsandbiology@gmail.com