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Sep 26, 2022·How to play·19:05·20·Watch on YouTube

Obsession: Upstairs Downstairs and Wessex Expansion - How to Play

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Watch “Obsession: Upstairs Downstairs and Wessex Expansion - How to Play,” a how-to-play guide for Obsession: Upstairs, Downstairs on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Meeple University on YouTube:

Learn how to play the two expansions from Obsession - Upstairs Downstairs and Wessex - we're rules teaching in the clearest, concise way, so hopefully you can skip most of the rulebook and just play! If you want to learn how to play Obsession the base game, here's our how to play video - https://youtu.be/h8x0hNuQU_s For playthrough of Obsession the base game, go here - https://youtu.be/_jRP1VPcPdA For playthrough of Obsession with Upstairs Downstairs and Wessex expansions, go here - https://youtu.be/yS-o_V6ujK8 Find out how you can be part of Meeple University member to get access to exclusive perks, like exclusive badge next to your name (when commenting on our videos), and emojis in chat and live stream chats! : https://www.youtube.com/meepleuniversity/join INDEX 00:00 Start 00:22 Game appraisal 00:57 Wessex expansion 01:36 Upstairs Downstairs components 06:03 Upstairs Downstairs setup 07:00 Suplemental service 08:05 Servant: Cook 08:58 Servant: Hall Boy 09:40 Servant: Head Housemaid 10:16 Servant: Useful Man 12:05 Hiring while passing 13:12 Milestone module 13:53 5 to 6 players 14:23 4 or 6 player teams 16:32 Tableau mode Join our Discord channel for board game talks, chatting, and connect with others alike - https://discord.gg/JUNsVty NEW SHOP! Meeple University has a fun merchandise shop, where you can find stuff we talked about in live playthrough, our other videos, and just board game nerdy stuff in general! Check it our here - https://meepleuniversity.creator-spring.com/ Connect with Stella & Tarrant: YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/meepleuniversity?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/meeple_university/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/MeepleU Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/meepleuniversity Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/meepleuniversity/ Meeple University Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/meepleuniversitycommunity/ Website - https://www.meepleuniversity.com We're also on The Dice Tower Network - https://www.dicetower.com/contributors/meeple-university By Meeple University - Tarrant Falcke and Stella Jahja Board Game Geek Link- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/279067/obsession-upstairs-downstairs Hi everyone! Stella & Tarrant here. Thanks for watching! If you could please help us like the video, subscribe and comments if you find it useful and will help others to find the video and seeing your comments. That would help us a lot. Small gesture (even thumbs down, thou we prefer up lol) would help us a lot. And if you comment, I'll try to get back to you soon, and it's usually Stella, about 98 percent hehe. Many thanks for your support. Love from Down Under 🥰🙏🦘 Game is provided by publisher. If you want your board games to be featured in Meeple University channel, email us with the rulebook at meeple.uni@gmail.com - or go here for more information - https://www.meepleuniversity.com/work-with-us/ #meepleuniversity #boardgame #ObsessionBoardGame

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Obsession: Upstairs, Downstairs

Obsession: Upstairs, Downstairs

Expansion

2020·Dan Hallagan

Videos
28
Creators
15

Mainly playthroughs. Obsession: Upstairs, Downstairs is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 15 recorded sessions, 6 unboxings, and 1 other video.

1 - 6 players
30 - 90 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach

About Obsession: Upstairs, Downstairs, from BoardGameGeek:

An expansion for Obsession that introduces four new servants-the Hall Boy, Cook, Head Housemaid, and Useful Man-who can be used to mitigate Victorian Fate found in the base game. It also enables 5 and 6 players and adds the Howard family with their legendary cook. Upstairs, Downstairs includes new service and improvement tiles along with a ton of new casual and prestige guests. The expansion components empower players to screen guests, work around prestige limitations, find tiles, refresh the market more easily, and enhance favors early in the game. Finally, there are three new game modes: Solo Estate Challenge, Team Cooperative Play, and Tableau Obsession.

Designer

Dan Hallagan

Artist

Dan Hallagan

Publisher

Kayenta Games

Categories

Post-Napoleonic

Mechanics

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