So What's All This About... Empyreal 2/2: cool ideas

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Hello! Welcome to So, What's All This About... the reboot following the last reboot! In this iteration, I've decided to divide up each game into two videos to cover two very different things: the cool stuff, and the cool ideas. So here we are in the follow-up to last week's video all about the cool STUFF inside the massive Empyreal box (and let me assure you, there's a lot of cool stuff to behold). But as much as I praise games for being wonderfully toy-like in their presentation, it _is_ a board game after all, so it's important that there are rules, concepts, and mechanisms to tie all those cool things together... and of course, it helps if those ideas are cool, too. So come along as I delve into the Empyreal cube once again to show off what's going on behind the pretty pictures and pieces to show off the 5 cool ideas that I love about this game (and also kinda show off how cool it all looks once again, while I'm at it). Enjoy! And if you missed the first video on Empyreal, head to this link to see all the beautiful bits and bobs: https://youtu.be/5MuVnBi25vA ----------TIMESTAMPS… 0:00 - Greetings and explanation why this exists (0:34 link in the corners) 1:27 - COOL IDEA 1: maps & metros (setup variety) 5:57 - C.I. 2: robo-railroads (automa decks) 12:59 - C.I. 3: all the specialists (decks of powers) 19:04 - C.I. 4a: captains, my captains (asymmetric leader powers) 20:20 - C.I. 4b: eight’s company (asymmetric faction abilities) 28:07 - C.I. 5: the spellcars (building the train you wanna ride) 32:26 - Closing thoughts 34:11 - Plans for upcoming content MY PLACES... LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/givepausehobby Website: givepausehobby.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/GIVEPAUSEhobby Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/givepausehobby/ MY THANK YOUs: MUSIC! A MASSIVE thank you to Andy Lowe for allowing me to use his fantastic album Twilight Park for this video. Head on over to Bandcamp at this link to support it because it's genuinely been a life-changer for something to work, play, relax, and just live in the moment with. https://andylowe.bandcamp.com/album/twilight-park The following music was used for this media project: "Onion Capers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ VIEWERS! Thanks for being here! #boardgames #level99games #empyreal