The Great Evening Banquet — Solo Playthrough

Description provided by One Last Hand on YouTube:

A full solo playthrough of The Great Evening Banquet by Sashi & Sashi! I give a quick teach-by-playing overview—components, table objectives, photo scorers, wine scoring, and how sets/colors work—then run a complete game to final tally. If you’re curious how scoring really shakes out, this will help. 👉 BGG page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/445552/the-great-evening-banquet 👉 Learn-as-I-play session (and extra playthroughs): https://www.patreon.com/c/OneLastHand 📅 Channel Schedule 🎲 Big narrative campaign — Saturdays 5:30pm (UK) ☕ Cosy/chill campaign — Sundays 📦 Unboxings & extras — Tuesdays 🎮 Solo one-shot playthroughs — Thursdays Timestamps: 0:00 Intro & what we’re playing 0:23 Components overview (scoreboard, salon, redraw token) 0:49 Turn structure & carriage setup (bag draw “4”) 1:16 Table objectives (icons explained) 1:55 Scoring basics: type sets → colors → wine → table objective 3:39 Photo scorers (how each icon scores) 4:55 First carriage decisions & early placements 6:07 Second round (2 guests): pairs, color planning 7:12 Two-carriage round: splitting wine vs set-building 8:55 More arrivals (2 guests) & first full table scored 12:00 New carriages (3 & 3) and table planning 13:35 Completing a table with old ladies/greens 14:49 Two-token draw & awkward colors 15:37 Finishing a four-type table (swap from salon) 16:56 Final round setup (not at 19+ points → two carriages) 17:48 Last placements for max sets/colors 18:47 Final scoring — three tables 20:04 Photo scoring (exactly 3 colors, pairs, color counts) 20:59 Final score & closing thoughts Tags: the great evening banquet, sashi and sashi, sashi & sashi, great evening banquet solo, great evening banquet rules, great evening banquet scoring, how to score the great evening banquet, sashi solo games, japanese board games, set collection board game, wine scoring board game, photo scoring board game, one last hand, solo playthrough, learn to play by watching, board game teach, board game playthrough, cosy board games