Wow, you could not have scripted a more epic game. You two do the best playthroughs of anyone, IMHO. Every moment is fun to watch. Please do a rematch! In fact, maybe a monthly game of Dune Imperium is in order! That spice must flow, after all.

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

So kind of you to say Jon, very glad you enjoyed!!

@buyaka777

3 ай бұрын

Totally second this! You both do the best playthroughs! I was going to leave that comment and then saw this one so figured I'd say DITTO! 🤩

Thanks for the video. A few rules corrections/FYIs :) - You can still go the Mentat spot even if the Mentat isn’t there (just for the card draw) - You need to play a card, choose a location, place your agent, and pay the board space cost. THEN you can activate the board space and your card’s agent box in any order. - You are correct on the timing of Harvest Cells (very end of conflict phase) - You do get the two troops from Treachery even when you use it for an Agent Turn. The card has Unload so you get the two troops from the card being trashed, and they must go straight into combat. - If it says Lose 2 Troops and doesn’t say from where, you can choose from combat or from garrison. Great to see my all time favorite game played by one of my favorite playthrough channels!

Was on the fence about getting Immortality but after this playthrough, I'm sold. Not many boardgames that a comeback like Naveen's would even be possible. Exciting to the very end. The "watching it played" part of Watch It Played is in good hands!

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Amen to that! -Rodney

Worth everything just to see Naveen's face during the final conflict. 🤩

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Agreed :)

Naveen, your face lighting up in the last round upset made me laugh. Great playthrough, love to watch these.

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

The expressions brought me joy too! -Rodney

This playthrough was it. Such an exciting one in the end especially. Love you guys and all of your playthroughs!

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking out the video!

Good job Naveen!🎉 This is my new favorite game of last year and possibly this year. What an epic game of Dune Imperium with all the expansions! Thanks for the great play through!

"i played the long game but i think it was a little short" im busting that out next time i play 🤣

What a thrilling playthrough. I hope we can see a few more Dune Imperium videos from you.

what a fantastic play through, really enjoyable to watch, i really love watching you two play games together, I think the first game I saw was Brass : Lancashire and immediately bought it! your synergy works really well and makes all the games you play very watchable. Keep up the great work and thank you 😊

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Very kind of you to say Chris - thank you!

Really enjoyed this video, thank you. The pace is perfect - a nice mix of explaining strategy without taking too long for a turn. Looking forward to other play through videos from you both 😊

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Very kind of you to say!

Naveen had some cool backdoors into combat. One of most fun strategies is to build a combat heavy reveal deck with the cards like treachery that let you sneak troop on reveal either stealing first or barely commiting anything for 2nd. Your agents just gather resources and gain influence and ppl never are quite sure how much they have to commit.

This was such a great playthrough and very fun to watch! Definitely did not expect the outcome.

@WatchItPlayed

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for joining us for it!

So exciting at the end! I also thought Monique had that game in the bag. This was the best play through of Dune that I have seen. It also taught me how that second expansion worked in practice which is great as I have just purchased it. Great job you two. Well done Naveen!

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, very glad you enjoyed!

At 24:20 you can resolve the shipping track rewards in any order, meaning you could take the 2 spice and then buy the restricted ordnance tech using the newly gained spice and -2 discount

Wow, fantastic game and great narration! That was tense right up until the end. I love this game!

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed!

Great video! Your playthroughs are always must-see TV, especially an epic Dune face off.

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Henri - this one turned out to be a real nail-biter!

Wow! What a finish 👏 I recently bought the Immortality expansion buy haven't had a chance to play it, and it was great to see it in action. Great playthrough👍

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining us for the play through - glad you enjoyed Billy!

This vid gets a 👍 before even watching. Dune is amazing, looking forward to watching this!

@BeforeYouPlay

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great playthrough! And wow, what an ending! 👀 I have Dune Imperium, but I don't have either expansion yet. Rise of Ix looks really interesting. Not so sure about Immortality though.

Great job! Really enjoyable to watch. Cheers 💙

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian!

Awesome video. Favorite board game content creators playing my favorite game. Some minor rules goofs but overal very solid gameplay. 1:14:15 Naveen should in fact get the unload/reveal bonus from Treachery, as the card gets trashed which is an unload condition. So he should get 2 more troops in the comflict for free that round. Haven't seen final battle, but Monique could have used invasion ships tech tile to visit Stillsuits, and then use Flagship to put in those 3 troops and 2 more from garrison.

@milanstevic8424

7 ай бұрын

They made a mistake at 1:27:15 Naveen shouldn't have won the way he did. The two cubes he mistakenly added after the plot made a huge difference.

Sooo enthusiastic in the beginning. It shows u love the game. Just bought it today 😊 and as said,Naveens eyes when he went past and win was a big turnaround 😮 what a great game you had.

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Have a great time playing Daniel - so glad you enjoyed the video :)

This playthrough was just as epic as the 2nd movie, and it proves that dune imperium is one of the best board games out there

@WatchItPlayed

3 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed the play through, and the game and the movie (the second movie surpassed my already high expectations). -Rodney

Love how often this game has epic endings. Great video!

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

I did not expect this finish! -Rodney

Loved it, but Monique! You should have played your Invasion ships for your last action to go to Stillsuits and add 2 more troops to the conflict! Maybe Naveen had another intrigue to add to the combat, but that would have swung the game. No shame though. It is easy to see these things when you are just watching at home and not swept up in the moment. Great playthrough of a great game.

4p Dune Imperium is my number 1 game!

Great play through, going to get it to the table now with Immortality expansion which I got a while ago but not yet tried!🤓👍

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Have a great time playing Jeremy!

This session was really entertaining to watch. I’m not even sure if the expansions are worth it for us, but wow, unexpectedly tight!

@SwedishWookie

Жыл бұрын

The expansions are amazing 🤩

@emmalind4484

Жыл бұрын

@@SwedishWookie We actually bought IX (acquisition disorder lol), but we enjoy it!

@grantfraser5430

Жыл бұрын

Not totally unexpected. In my experience, Dune Imperium games are always a tight finish.

that was such an intense playthrough - I have found that this is not uncommon in this game which is why it's one of our favorites!

That was quite the finish! It should be part of the advertising for sure.

Woooooahhh Naveen with the comback. I felt like I was watching sports with the amount of emotional investment hahah. Epic.

I was introduced to this game and I bought it next day. is an amazing game. I do not have the full miniature edition but i think is not necessary.

@BeforeYouPlay

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome!! Have you tried the expansions?

Excited to see this one! Love Dune: Imperium, but haven’t gotten Immortality to the table yet. For these games like this with variable player powers, how do you choose your leader for the games you record? Random or do you pick ones you think will be interesting to play or showcase?

@BeforeYouPlay

Жыл бұрын

We do a combination! We narrow down the ones we think will showcase well and then randomly distribute from there. Thanks!

Holy Worm what a comeback!!! That was insane.

Second time watching. This playthrough was better than most movies! Great work.

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed - this was a fun challenge to take on :)

Thank you, it was a great playthrough :)

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the kind comment, thanks for checking it out Andrey!

Well played! Thanks for sharing a very entertaining game. 🖖

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Thomas!

I think Monique could’ve played one of the daggers instead of diplomacy to go to Hagga Basin and deploy 2 more troops. That might’ve been enough! 😊 Awesome playthrough, love the energy and skill of both of you! 🎉

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alexandru!

@knirfie

5 ай бұрын

I would have gone for a different opening if I was her. start with "wealth" for 3 solari, and Arakeen all-in on the combat for the 2nd turn for smuggling for 2 solari for a total of 5. In the 2nd round another visit to smuggling for another 8 solari, and then visit swordmaster. But in this case, Naveen would likely have blocked smuggling in the 2nd round. In my opinion Yuna's biggest strength being able to get both swordmaster and high council by round 3.

What a dramatic win for Naveen! Congratuation 🎉

That was a really good exciting playthrough and really unexpected! It shows how well balanced this beautiful game is! Love it!

@WatchItPlayed

7 ай бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed!

WOW!! Tight, exciting ending that was so close!

This is my family's defacto favourite game.... I also have all the expansions and now I am hunting for the promo cards!

@BeforeYouPlay

Жыл бұрын

What are these promo cards you speak of??? We must have them too!! 😀

Wow, what a comeback Naveen 💪

I was so intimidated to introduce the new expansions. Now after watching this video, I never want to play another game without them!

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

So glad you found this helpful to see in action :)

Good job guys!! it was awesome

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Marta!

My goodness, what an epic turn of events!

ALL IN!!!

That was a great match. One of my favorite games.

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed!

1:36:00 Naveen priceless face .. well done mate.. well done..

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

I loved that moment too :) -Rodney

Love your gameplays! :) You guys have dune uprising in the plans? Super excited for it!

@WatchItPlayed

29 күн бұрын

Thanks for the interest!

Wow, this wasn't only a demonstration of Dune Imperium and all expansions, but also a demonstration how tide turning this game can get. That's why i love this game. You can still win it, when you won't give up. A purely tournament game.

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

It can provide some real tension!

Absolutely epic.

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed!

I thought this was one sided, but that ending! what a comeback!

@WatchItPlayed

4 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed :)

Fantastic playthrough guys! Some minor things I saw...and spoliers below! 1:12:49 Hagal should have sent in a Dread and a troop, would have affected deployments...and might have stopped M from getting 2nd - but Naveen was getting 1st anyway. She had enough spice to do what she needed to do next turn anyway. 1:14:00 you ABSOLUTELY get the trash effect on the bottom of Treachery when trashing it, so two more troops. That's why that card rocks. And then you'd have some more in reserve for rd 8 - not sure it would have mattered. (Would have had 1 extra troop, to 21 strength total.) Naveen still would have won that conflict. Wow! I thought that was going to be a stomping at 8-3, but to get to 13 is really something. Show that you're never quite out of it in this game, and the end game cards make a difference (better have 1 trick up your sleeve!). The scarab card might have been the winner. You're right, the retake is HUGE! Also..came upon this rule, and I never knew about it. I suppose it has implications for House Hagal! "Each dreadnought in a Conflict is worth 3 strength. (Also, your dreadnoughts provide strength even if you have no troops in a Conflict-your strength does not become 0, your swords still count, and you may play Combat Intrigue cards.)" !!!

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Good catches Allen!

@chrischi7005

Жыл бұрын

Not sure if already stated but Monique didn't take her combat benefits at 1:22:58

@milanstevic8424

7 ай бұрын

@@chrischi7005 1:27:15 Naveen adds two cubes after a plot intrigue (Double Cross), which isn't legal, because it's not a conflict icon so you don't get to drag in "up to two" cubes. This allows him to win the conflict and earn two VPs. If it wasn't for this error, Monique would win.

to me this game shines at 3 or 4 but it is a very good one - still undecided about Immortality but Ix is a must have.

@BeforeYouPlay

Жыл бұрын

Our favorite player count is 4!

*SPOILERS* Genuinely thought Naveen was toast in the penultimate round, thought Monique's strategy was great but I can't believe that comeback, wow!

Amazing game. The tension is amazing.

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out Eric!

This game was awsome.... the battle for the 1st VP was epic 🤟😎

@WatchItPlayed

2 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed :)

1:27:26 Naveen doesn't get to add 2 troops to conflict at this point. He didn't play an agent to a conflict marker, it was just a specific plot card that gained him 1 cube (practically one of her troops deserted and changed their color). Edit: Basically he wouldn't have won in the last conflict because he would have had 15 strength against Monique's 17. Edit2: And she would've won the game. IT WAS JUST 2 CUBES!!

The year of Naveeeeen!

At 47:18 i was just hoping Naveen would go buy Spy satellites tech and get 3 points 😩 Update: He still won the game either way and holy damn that ending was tense!! Great game

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

It was quite a conclusion. I was sweating this outcome! -Rodney

Do you guys have any idea when the app update will happen that includes the expansion? As of right now neither Android nor Apple version seems to have the expansion cards that I see your House Hagal use :)

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

My guess is you are using the old app (which I believe was called Dune, or something), you'll want to grab the newer Dire Wolf Game Room app, which is the one they update now. Monique and Naveen didn't have early access or anything, they just used this app. Hope that helps! -Rodney

@keladryel5950

Жыл бұрын

@@WatchItPlayed Thanks Rodney! That was actually it.

Is playing with both expansions your preferred way of playing?

@BeforeYouPlay

Жыл бұрын

Totally!

39 minutes when one trashes a non in play card lol on a serious note there are quite some rules thus its alright to sometimes miss one c:

Pretty sweet game looks like

@BeforeYouPlay

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking out the video!

Hey guys! Do you plan to make a video on Dune Imperium Uprising? Would be great.

@WatchItPlayed

10 ай бұрын

We don't pre-announce upcoming videos, so we'll have to see! :)

Best game ever !

Should the rival move up on the shipping track for winning combat with the shipping reward?

@BeforeYouPlay

Жыл бұрын

The rival doesn't collect any rewards from combat

@baschwar

Жыл бұрын

@@BeforeYouPlay Thanks! Great playthrough! Congrats Naveen! That was an amazing final 2 rounds.

Epic

Can anybody help, I've been wanting to show a friend the Cuba Libre playthrough with Matthew, Rodney, Monique and Naveen but I can't find it (I can find the 6 hr learning stream with Matthew and Rodney).

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

The teach: www.twitch.tv/videos/1299595197 The play: www.twitch.tv/videos/1299598428

@bearhustler

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I tried Twitch with no luck but I'm the first to admit that Twitch confuses my poor brain 😁

So House Hagal dreadnought doesn`t cover any space when they win a combat?

@BeforeYouPlay

Жыл бұрын

They do and there is a priority order established in the rules.

@Gvendal

Жыл бұрын

Just noticed that they put the dreadnought back into the garrison. So got confused. Thx :)

Awesome job Monique and Naveen (thats my nephew's name, so bonus point FTW!). Do you have plans to run it back but do so with the new uprising standalone expansion? Maybe you can get Rondey to join for epic 3 player action! 😁

@WatchItPlayed

3 ай бұрын

We don't pre-announce videos, but that would certainly be a fun idea! -Rodney

@buyaka777

3 ай бұрын

@WatchItPlayed haha well I can't wait! As a side note, I have a friend who launched a game company and has a cool space-themed 4X fast-paced card game he is launching...if we wanted to see if there was interest in giving it a go, how would we go about doing that? I saw a video from last year where Monique and Naveen shared some thoughts on that when they were interviewed (link here if it works: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZpaBmc-ufrOcnNY.htmlsi=wknvTBo59EOkqur2)

@WatchItPlayed

3 ай бұрын

@@buyaka777 I don't have time to watch the video, but I can let you know that on the channel here we don't feature games while they are at the crowdfunding stage, so that wouldn't be the right fit for here - there are quire a few channels that do cover crowdfunding projects while they are at that stage though. -Rodney

@buyaka777

3 ай бұрын

@@WatchItPlayed thanks Rodney! Still can't wait for another play thru with the 3 of you for Dune Imperium uprising! :)

@WatchItPlayed

3 ай бұрын

@@buyaka777 We live in different countries and continents, so it's not likely, but you never know.

Not sure why the AI player didn't start with garrisoned troops at the start of the game, anyone knows?

@BeforeYouPlay

Жыл бұрын

We followed the House Hagal 2-P rules according to the base game setup and it says they start with no troops in their garrison

That was awesome! Lol

@WatchItPlayed

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking out the play through!

Klingon is a different universe :)

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Ha! Fair :)

Isn’t it spice? Not salt?

@sarumon17

Жыл бұрын

It is a joke, because it sounds like someone’s attitude was “salty”

@Noobwater

Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it's called The Salt Melange

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Watch the rest of the episode :)

What’s with the title ? Did they not realize it’s “spice” or is there an inside joke

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

It’s explained in the video :)

I second Jon's suggestion of a monthly Dune game. You two do not need Epic mode. What I like about Dune Imperium is the tightness of rhe finish, when someone gets to 8 or 9 everyone is in it. But to see Naveen come back from 3-8 to win even with Monique crushing the tiebreakers. And having a dreadnought instead of a troop would have cost him the game. What can I say, mind blown.

@WatchItPlayed

Жыл бұрын

Pretty wild ending, right?!

@grantfraser5430

Жыл бұрын

That's why Dune Imperium is my favorite game. I have both expansions and still only played IX solo once and Immortality not at all. I live vicariously through your playthroughs. Thanks for all you and Rodney do for the boardgame community.