Aquatica - Tutorial & Full Playthrough

I love this game! I'm sorry it never hooked you in.

The Matrona lets you pick up all your discarded characters, OK cool. I feel like that should be written in bold somewhere. We all ran out of characters in our first play through and were like "hmmm something is not right"

Played my first solo after this. Even then your video was helpful.

Great video, Jon, but I have some rules questions. Sorry if you answered this, but I didn't get it: can you only use a benefit on your card ("exploit") once per turn? Can I use the benefit on card A, a benefit on card B that "raises" card A, then use the next lower benefit on card A? Thanks.

The shipped instructions are so confusing
This helped immensely

well done Jon. This has clarified so much for me and made the game much more interesting. Excellent video sir!!!

Ty for another god tier tutorial. I was wondering is there any where to get some jgg shirts or something ?

Scouting only allowed when 4 or fewer cards left in the Location row (see rules p23).

I have had so many discussion on these rules and you have beautifully clarified them. Thanks so much Jon!! ❤️

I have played this game a few times and the only thing I dont like is the all 4 objectives to end game. It turns the game into a race those 8 pts. It takes much longer to get points from lands.

Maybe the harder objectives is better

Just bought this game!Thank you for your time to make this video!

This game really strikes me as a combination of deck building and set collection in their purest forms, nice work on the video as always. Very informative and concise with the gameplay and explanations.

You ar so great man! I love your videos! Some of the greatest game explaination i have ever seen! Congratulation for you and your equip.(from Brazil)

Really like the way you did the scores at the end with the running totals on the screen :)

Excellent playthrough. Makes me want to play the game...so now to the wishlist it goes!

Thx again for this beautiful video. But I need to ask which cam you use for recording. The color looks to cold and also a little unsharp. I have the feeling the video was made 10y ago.

After years of boardgaming your video's are still my "go to" source of content when I really want to know how a game plays or feels. I knew about aquatica but after watching this It has risen to the top for me on my wish list, it really looks great! Keep up the good work!

After considering my options, this looks like a fun one. I may have to pick it up.

Thanks for the playthrough. Always enjoy your videos.

The "Using a manta" section repeats its self

The mechanisms seem fun, but thematically I can’t buy-in and wish we were constructing buildings or something, Card names like “Diplomatic Crab” aren’t doing it a service either. 😬
Either way, Thanks for another great video!

Unfortunately couldn't even finish watching it. Got really bored with the game.😔

By the way, Jon, did you try to sleeve the cards? Can the cards fit the slots when sleeved?

Go support Jon on Patreon for at least $5 a months it’s the cost of a mid-tier IPA and I know you’re getting one to watch football tomorrow.

This game is intriguing for sure. I wonder if the downtime in some of these combo crazy turns can be a turn off.

Great play through! Very easy to follow.

O, Gosh. Aquatica was designed in 2019, but comes published in Russia only in 2021. Next week actually. So excited you made a video about it right. Now I can make a decision about buying it or not

I like it when games make their player boards indented and raised in places to help you organize as well as keep track of your actions on your turn. Its just a quality of life that I really appreciate.

I was wondering that it’s been long Jon posted a playthrough. I have heard about this game a lot but didn’t get it. But I have backed a similar game on KS called Aqua Garden. Heard of that Jon?
Love your playthroughs like always. Love from Seattle ❤️

I was just thinking about what this game is, is it good, is it bad, – and here is your new video. Magical! Just magical.

Thanks for doing this. It’s been on my radar :)