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| 0s | foreign |
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| 1s | [Music] |
| 2s | [Applause] |
| 5s | folks I'm e spark from Nepali Champions |
| 8s | League here to review some highlights |
| 10s | from the umaji polycium tournament |
| 17s | on turn 11 this is really key so watch |
| 21s | this giant this is a lovely lovely giant |
| 25s | push here by beige so watch the giant |
| 28s | giant he gets a second Giant in this |
| 31s | city pushes the Giant and then goes onto |
| 34s | the road and then onto the mountain the |
| 36s | onto this mountain is a much stronger |
| 39s | position right so let's see that again |
| 41s | right so here we go one giant here comes |
| 44s | the second giant the giant is gonna get |
| 46s | pushed towards the center of the map |
| 48s | there it is and then and then beige |
| 51s | makes a road on this Forest tile neutral |
| 53s | road to move the giant onto the mountain |
| 56s | excellent excellent play there here |
| 59s | yellow that's a Senor he's captured this |
| 62s | Village you can see there's a ruin and |
| 64s | he could move the rider onto the ruin |
| 66s | but he waits he gets an Explorer first |
| 69s | because he doesn't know what's back here |
| 71s | in the fall there could be an opponent |
| 72s | back there so he waits until the |
| 75s | Explorer clears out that section then |
| 77s | and he moves the writer onto the ruin |
| 79s | once he knows it's safe and that no |
| 82s | one's going to take that ruin from him |
| 83s | on turn nine here we see Viking the cat |
| 86s | has moved onto this Village he could |
| 88s | upgrade it with a workshop or an |
| 90s | Explorer but he doesn't so he waits and |
| 94s | he doesn't upgrade this city until turn |
| 97s | 11. and at that point he gets sailing so |
| 101s | with sailing and a port right he gets |
| 104s | that Tech now he gets an Explorer and he |
| 107s | waited until he got that water |
| 110s | technology to get the Explorer because |
| 112s | he wanted Vision on his opponent on the |
| 114s | other side of the water without that |
| 116s | Tech the Explorer would have bounced |
| 118s | back into his own territory and he it |
| 120s | would not have been as helpful green |
| 122s | moves these Riders up to attack the |
| 125s | battleship so having this Battleship |
| 127s | right on the shoreline allows these |
| 130s | Riders which are cheaper units so |
| 132s | attacking with the cheaper units is a |
| 134s | better damage trade to attack that |
| 137s | battle ship remember all of this is in |
| 139s | the fog that Shoreline green can use |
| 141s | these ship in the fog to attack and not |
| 145s | take any retaliation damage which |
| 147s | softens up that ship and then green can |
| 149s | use the rider to kill it the other thing |
| 152s | that's smart over here so yellow sieges |
| 155s | with the giant but that City can see on |
| 159s | Green's point of view that city has |
| 161s | three population needs only two more to |
| 164s | get their own giant there but so watch |
| 166s | what yellow does yellow sieges with the |
| 168s | Giant and then moves a ship onto this |
| 171s | spot preventing Green from building a |
| 174s | port and getting those two population |
| 176s | that they would need to pop a giant in |
| 179s | this the key moment one of the key |
| 181s | moments is when yellow gets an Explorer |
| 185s | in this Western City the Explorer has |
| 188s | only one way to go because of the water |
| 190s | and it hugs the edge of the map and |
| 192s | reveals this entire Western quadrant in |
| 195s | yellow sees the that this orange writer |
| 199s | is sneaking along and so what yellow |
| 201s | does which is really great yellow build |
| 203s | some neutral road to advance their |
| 206s | writer and try to match this Village |
| 209s | before orange and the thing is with |
| 211s | orange they still have all this fog here |
| 213s | they cannot see that the yellow writer |
| 216s | is coming up but yellow can see and what |
| 219s | happens is orange moves on to that |
| 222s | Village orange moves forward and then |
| 225s | yellow swoops in and takes it turn 16 so |
| 229s | we see that Alex in Orange has a really |
| 233s | nice night chain here night chain and |
| 236s | sets up a hit another hit and then one |
| 239s | more and then look at this beautiful |
| 240s | night chain and then able to leave the |
| 242s | night there with a Siege the other nice |
| 244s | move is Alex gets an Explorer here the |
| 248s | Explorer moves into yellow's capital and |
| 252s | all of those cities and this sets up |
| 254s | some very nice night chains later in the |
| 258s | game because now orange Alex can see |
| 260s | this whole section and it allows them to |
| 263s | move their knights in to set up some |
| 265s | very nice night chains and win the game |
| 267s | this game only lasts until Turn 6 when |
| 270s | magic in yellow sieges yellow puts down |
| 272s | a road attacks with the 10 HP Rider and |
| 275s | bounces and moves next to the mountain |
| 277s | moving there is key because it blocks |
| 281s | the two pink Riders from reaching the |
| 283s | city to unsiege and after that pink |
| 286s | resigns |
| 291s | so this game doesn't last long you'll |
| 294s | see |
| 295s | bkn uh here is crucial they get an |
| 299s | Explorer in this city which very nicely |
| 304s | clears out the fog and shows shows BK |
| 308s | this capital city so they have a lovely |
| 312s | line into this empty City and then what |
| 315s | happens is later on turn six BK can |
| 318s | still see this Capital they get roads |
| 321s | which allows them to hit the warrior |
| 325s | bounce into the capital which was open |
| 327s | and Siege and there's no way that Senor |
| 331s | can unsiege that City this was a really |
| 334s | interesting setup on turn 12 so yellow |
| 338s | has this swordsman here and is getting |
| 341s | ready to Siege take this Village yellow |
| 344s | moves the Riders up and then what's |
| 346s | really interesting is yellow builds a |
| 348s | road to put that veteran swordsman in a |
| 350s | boat and then the next turn when yellow |
| 353s | is getting ready to Siege yellow attacks |
| 356s | with the rider but then yellow knows |
| 359s | they can't keep it uh leaving that Rider |
| 362s | so they move the rider out and put the |
| 364s | veteran swordsman in that City so what |
| 367s | happens next is really interesting |
| 368s | because yellow's got to think oh yeah I |
| 370s | got this city I get to keep it but then |
| 372s | Watch What Happens green builds a |
| 375s | monument gets some population now watch |
| 379s | carefully this is going to be a fun |
| 381s | magic trick green positions there riders |
| 384s | with a bounce gets more population gets |
| 388s | a giant and poof |
| 390s | that is what we call a Houdini folks so |
| 394s | this is an interesting point in the game |
| 396s | on turn four Alex in green can see |
| 400s | yellow's borders so Alex knows that the |
| 403s | opponent is up here Alex uses an |
| 405s | Explorer on that Northern City to clear |
| 409s | out the fog and get the lay of the land |
| 411s | this allows Alex to see there is an Open |
| 414s | undefended City so Alex bounces a rider |
| 418s | into the city which he couldn't have |
| 420s | seen that without getting that Explorer |
| 422s | first the Explorer was instrumental the |
| 424s | way that marinak responds is is good |
| 427s | interesting too so let's see this next |
| 429s | turn so the way marinak unsieges is with |
| 432s | roads so they get roads that allows this |
| 435s | Rider to reach the city under siege |
| 438s | attack and then they use this other four |
| 442s | hit point Rider to kill the two hit |
| 443s | point Rider and then bounce back into |
| 445s | safety Alex continues to prevent yellow |
| 449s | from take King that City so each time |
| 453s | yellow tries to get a unit onto that |
| 456s | City Alex attacks with the writers but |
| 459s | then retreats to safety |
| 466s | yellow is going to unseech but in a |
| 469s | smart way they build a road to attack |
| 473s | from the north this allows yellow to |
| 476s | attack escape and bounce into this empty |
| 479s | Northern City then they get another |
| 481s | Rider to unsiege move away to safety |
| 484s | build a warrior to keep that City safe |
| 487s | and there's no way that brown can |
| 490s | unseech this is a fun play on turn five |
| 494s | where yellow wants to get an Explorer |
| 497s | and he clears out the fog before getting |
| 500s | the upgrade and this makes sure that the |
| 503s | Explorer goes it'll go one Tile East and |
| 506s | then it'll head south so very smart to |
| 509s | clear out the we call that priming the |
| 511s | fog so that the Explorer goes the way |
| 513s | you want the other thing that was a nice |
| 515s | move from teal is here on turn seven |
| 518s | they get roads one two three upgrade get |
| 522s | the five stars back first and then use |
| 525s | those stars to to invest and upgrade the |
| 529s | city in the South so that's really |
| 530s | important get those five stars back and |
| 532s | then use it on turn 11 teal has this set |
| 537s | up with some delicious whales right |
| 540s | there uh whaling costs 16. they have the |
| 544s | stars but they have to expand the |
| 545s | borders first so they use a monument and |
| 548s | a fish to expand borders get the whaling |
| 551s | Tech scoop up those yummy whales for a |
| 554s | profit and the other thing that's nice |
| 555s | about this border expansion is it steals |
| 558s | some of the terrain from this Village up |
| 562s | here so yellow is poised to get that |
| 564s | Village but by expanding borders teal |
| 567s | takes away that Farm tile the fish tile |
| 570s | and also prevents them from making roads |
| 572s | so limits the access that yellow has |
| 575s | yellow decides to move the writer up in |
| 579s | attack and weaken this writer in the |
| 582s | city so yellow has an eight hit point |
| 584s | Rider there yellow could retreat but |
| 586s | instead they leave that writer there and |
| 589s | that is to be a noble sacrifice to |
| 593s | prevent these two brown writers from |
| 596s | coming in and taking that City because |
| 598s | if that yellow writer wasn't there as |
| 600s | you'll see brown attacks but can't do |
| 603s | much more than merely kill that one |
| 605s | writer keeps this city safe yellow has a |
| 610s | whole bunch of giants in in Naval units |
| 613s | here but yellow is careful to move in |
| 616s | and attack and Siege this city this city |
| 620s | only has two shallow tiles where they |
| 623s | could put a port but it's not enough |
| 625s | it's very unlikely that brown could get |
| 629s | a giant there so yellow chooses to |
| 631s | Target this city and move a giant in |
| 633s | because they're pretty sure that they |
| 635s | can keep that City and brown cannot |
| 638s | unsiege by popping their own Giant |
| 641s | [Music] |
| 644s | thank you |