Watch “Skytear - Beginner's Guide | Learn to Play in 15 Minutes!,” a how-to-play guide for Skytear from ChaosTheory on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by ChaosTheory on YouTube:
This video will teach you how to play Skytear, the Card Driven Tabletop MOBA in just 15 minutes!
UPDATE: This video was put together prior to some rather large rules updates, so some of the things in this video are not entirely accurate anymore. If you'd like to see what has changed since the publication of this video, and would like to stay up to date on Skytear's living rules, you can go to the Living Rules Document here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mhft8_0j2L2W1OnMrxN5jH_JJkDKv3fS/view
0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Main Objective
0:44 - The Battlefield
1:08 - Rounds and Phases
2:05 - Heroes Overview
4:19 - Minions Overview
4:35 - Hero Phase (Hero Actions)
8:02 - Minion Phase
9:43 - The Outsider
10:26 - End of Round
11:06 - Power Cards
13:38 - Targeting and Line of Sight
14:40 - Outro / Website
Skytear Official Website - https://www.playskytear.com
Official Skytear Discord - https://discord.com/invite/ktBuVAn (I don't know if this invite is permanent, but there's a link on their website as well!)
Team Covenant Skytear Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmHifZPFC_Jv3-GqmVOTSfFVCWD8VxW5C (TC has some awesome Skytear content on their YouTube page!)
Skytear Tabletop Simulator Mod - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1511075586
If I got anything wrong or missed something, please let me know in the comments! Hope you find this video helpful!
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Skytear is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 17 reviews, 12 how-to-play guides, 12 recorded sessions, 6 unboxings, and 7 other videos.
2 - 4 players
45 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
About Skytear, from BoardGameGeek:
Skytear is a competitive card-driven miniatures game inspired by MOBA video games (like League of Legends) featuring 32 heroes from an original fantasy universe.
Using a draft system that supplements regular deckbuilding, players pick heroes from four factions in order to flexibly respond to their opponent's selections. Then, using these heroes, players compete to take control of the lanes and lead the minions there to assault the enemies' towers, or enter the dome to take control of the outsider there. In doing so, they will win one of the three victory conditions selected at the start of the game, allowing for potential bluffing or feints by switching objective.
Skytear is diceless, instead revolving around modifiers printed on each power card. This duality of effect means deckbuilding is a nuanced issue: cards that are most beneficial when played (and likely will) come with a negative modifier, reducing the effectiveness of most attacks. At the same time, drafting a particular hero provides you with their associated cards, meaning flexibility can be integrated into your hero selections.
With two maps, 32 heroes, and over 65 power cards at launch, Skytear is an extremely replayable tactical experience.
Designers
Riccardo Neri, Giacomo Neri, Riccardo Parmeggiani
Artists
Anca Albu, Bogdan Antoci, Rafael Dioli, Marko Fiedler, Jack Kaiser, Francesco Orrù, Alba Palacio, Kim Van Deun