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Richard Alley23 May 2021 4:14 a.m. PST

Hi

Why has no one with good knowledge of the rules never produced a youtube video of the rules?

Many of the rival rule sets have.

Is it because a copy of the rules are so hard to find these days?

Richard

JMcCarroll23 May 2021 5:42 a.m. PST

They would need to hire a lawyer to explain the rules.
Or better yet, hire one to play.

14Bore23 May 2021 6:25 a.m. PST

They are not that difficult. Pondered adding up for the thread on rule complexity.

Garth in the Park23 May 2021 7:19 a.m. PST

Most videos of miniatures rules aren't done by the publisher, but rather by enthusiasts, magazines, or other independent reviewers.

It's probably just that Empire V appeared 31 years ago and thus pre-dates the existence of YouTube by about seventeen years. It's likely that the game appeals to a certain demographic that might not be video-production-savvy.

Making videos is quite a bit of work, and it takes longer to explain something in speech and with images, than it does to explain it on paper. So I imagine that for a game with as many steps, charts, tables, etc, as Empire, it would need to be a pretty long video or series of videos. There probably just hasn't been any incentive to do that for a game that was printed so long ago.

Not to mention: among Empire enthusiasts, there are some divisions regarding which edition should be used. If you did a video about the "wrong" edition, you'd have to put up with all their snark.

Maybe if there really is a new edition coming, that would be the right time to do some videos and help promote it. There's not much point in trying to promote a 30-year-old game now; even if the videos got somebody interested, they'd have a hard time finding a copy to buy.

Richard Alley23 May 2021 11:12 p.m. PST

Cheers I see your point Garth

14Bore24 May 2021 1:20 p.m. PST

Garth good point, a video with a new Empire addition would be a selling point, and might explain some rules better.

Richard Alley26 May 2021 12:04 a.m. PST

Yes please 14Bore.

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