Can't wait to play my first game of this next week. Thanks for the great video.

Thanks for making this video. I noticed a couple of rules that you didn't follow. After auctioning containers at the foreign island your turn ends immediately, so it's not permitted to pay off a loan at this point. Also, when declining a bid, the cash paid goes into the investment bank, not the supply.

Came thanks to Matt from SU&SD wearing a shirt -- Figured you must have done a play through then! Wonderful as always :)

great stream and it looks like the size is ok for most tables

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Seems a like the game runs on the longer side from the run-through (2 hours). Is it that way just cuz of all the talking that went on, or does the game typically run 1.5 - 2 hours? Could it be shortened by taking away containers of each color during setup without ruining the balance?

Container is a wonderfully pure economics game with no meaningful randomness. It's an absolute best-in-class game that gets my highest recommendation. The original expansion, unfortunately, was mostly bad with interplayer lending being the only decent add-on. Bank loans, from this edition, are a terrible idea that undermine several important aspects of the original design (like navigating the scarcity of cash in the early game).

Now I see the point of the investment bank, it provides a mechanism for freeing up the economy of the game

So I really like the idea of the investment bank! But it seemed like all the value stayed at the top , and increased throughout the game. Is that just this play?

Nice game! I own the first edition + expansion and i prefer the normal size components instead of the huge ones in this edition (their only purpose is to increase the price of the game).

Cool, you mentioned Merchants and Muraders have as a group, played it? if so, where is it posted? if not can you play and post it as your group. Thanks.

I thought your turns ends after an auction, so you can't repay loans after getting paid from the auction on the same turn.

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Now regret not backing.

When did Bradley Cooper start playing board games? Lol someone sounds just like him

Sorry to post a question 2 years afterwards, but, is money piece limited? And if so, can you confirm the limits? Thanks!

This game is so expensive. Lol

You can't purchase a container from a harbor store without also sailing into a harbor, right? So red's second action at

That rule at the end where there is a tie in max containers and you have to drop the 5/10 if that is one of them just seems so out of place. If it was the 10 spot that was forced it would make a little more sense to me. I feel like leaving that rule out to ease teaching. The rest of the game is pretty straight forward and easy to teach but that rule seems to be the rule that broke the camel's back. It is the kind of thing I explain three times, and invariably it will come up and decide the outcome and the loser will forget that I explained that rule or they will have misunderstood it and feel real bad. I can't see it hurting the game too much to leave that rule out...