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In this video, we're going to learn how to play Return To Dark Tower! If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to post them in the YouTube comments below.
UPDATE: As of the second printing of Return To Dark Tower, there has been a rules adjustment: when a fourth skull would be placed on a building, the building is destroyed, and all four skulls are removed from the game. In the prior version (and therefore in this video), the fourth skull was returned to the supply.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:45 - Game Setup
03:56 - App Setup
08:25 - Game Play Overview
09:51 - Monthly Quests
10:58 - Quest Items
11:42 - Start Of Turn
12:13 - Middle Of Turn
12:44 - Movement
14:08 - Heroic Actions
14:17 - Heroic Action: Cleanse
14:34 - Virtues
15:05 - Heroic Action: Battle
16:20 - Corruption
17:08 - Losing The Game
17:46 - Advantages
21:21 - Removing Foes
21:54 - Heroic Action: Quest
22:34 - Exploring Dungeons
24:21 - Reinforce Actions
24:50 - Gaining Potions
25:15 - Gaining Virtue
25:46 - Removing Corruption
25:59 - Gaining Warriors
26:06 - Gaining Gear
26:32 - Gaining Treasure
27:13 - Rolling The Haggle Die
28:04 - Trading
28:19 - Companions
28:38 - End Of Turn
28:54 - Tower Effects
29:43 - Placing Skulls
30:31 - Destroyed Buildings
31:00 - Events
31:41 - Removing Tower Seals
32:10 - Revealed Glyphs
32:56 - Winning The Game
33:47 - Battling The Adversary
35:27 - Conclusion
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2022·Tim Burrell-Saward, Isaac Childres, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Brian Neff
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Mainly reviews and unboxings. Return to Dark Tower is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 43 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 26 recorded sessions, 28 unboxings, and 22 other videos.
1 - 4 players
100 - 120 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About Return to Dark Tower, from BoardGameGeek:
For an age, the tower lay in ruins. Unbeknownst to the people of the realm, a great evil stirred in its bowels. It started with strange sightings: a flock of crows flying in circles until they dropped from the sky, the lake frozen solid in the height of summer. In time, they could not deny that which they most feared.
The evil had not been vanquished. The darkness would soon fall again. The tower will rise.
A "sequel" to the 1981 grail game, Return to Dark Tower is a game for 1-4 players who take the role of heroes. Together, they gather resources, cleanse buildings, defeat monsters, and undertake quests to build up their strength and discern what foe ultimately awaits them. When the heroes face the tower, the game shifts into its dramatic second act, where the players have one chance to defeat the enemy once and for all.
The game features both cooperative and competitive modes of play.
The game features traditional game mechanisms, such as engine building and resource management, paired with a technological interface unlike any seen before in games, including the titular tower, which holds more than a few secrets.
-description from the publisher
Designers
Tim Burrell-Saward, Isaac Childres, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Brian Neff
Artists
JJ Ariosa, James Bousema, Tim Burrell-Saward, Lindsay Daviau, Hakan Diniz, Chad Hoverter, Garrett Kaida, Qistina Khalidah and 3 more