West Story - Solo Playthrough (with Pioneers expansion)

Описание: Recorded live on 2026-01-25 on Twitch:   / megashub  

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Chapters
00:00:00 - Starting Soon
00:00:10 - Intro
00:02:09 - The Teach
00:41:26 - Gameplay
03:15:24 - Impressions
03:23:35 - Thanks for Watching

Note: I am playing with the Deluxe edition components, including metal coins, and a neoprene dice tray. I have also added in some of the extra cards and tiles from the Pioneers expansion for added variability. This is also where the solo mode comes from.

Game Info: https://bgg.cc/boardgame/401009/west-...

Known mistakes:
1. I may have missed a combo or two at the beginning, but nothing that would have impacted the outcome of the game.

2. I missed making Tom pay for things sometimes, especially Trading Posts and Bandit Raids.

3. I couldn't quickly find an explanation about how to interpret Tom rolling a 1 or a 6. The game's designer kindly explained that Tom checks the top card of his deck or the symbol(s) shown on his License to determine where he builds Trading Posts in towns, which cards he buys, and which bandit he want to catch etc. (depending on what he is doing when 1 or 6 is rolled). In this game, I struggled to interpret this correctly during play, and had trouble determining which option he should take in those situations.

4. The game's designer also pointed out that I incorrectly included basic (non-upgraded) Home Town slots in my end of game License scoring. This definitely would have caused me to lose the game instead of win, as I completely missed the "does not score during end of game" crossed out campfire icon on those slots. Great catch!

5. When Tom buys cards from the top row of the market, he pays the cost of the card, then collects one victory point and four coins. I struggled to interpret the iconography on this automa card correctly during play and made some accounting mistakes as a result.

Thanks again to the eagle-eyed viewers and the game's designer, Piotr Dachtera, who spotted these and spent the time to send them in. If you spotted something else not already mentioned above, let me know via the link below!


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