- Tribune Review – with Tom Vasel
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- The Tribune Hotel JdV by Hyatt Rome, Review of Family King Room Nr. 208
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Tribune Review – with Tom Vasel
and now its time for another diced our,review with Tom vassal for me there are,some themes that just are completely,driven into the ground I dont think Im,tired of them trading in the,Mediterranean is one of those things Im,just tired of it think of something new,but you know theres one theme actually,enjoyed quite a bit and thats ancient,Rome especially that time frame before,the Caesars came in and mucked,everything up with all their conquering,the world and all that nonsense and so,when I saw it reviewed thats a game,that I was really eager to play it had a,couple things going for it one,karl-heinz meal is the designer of it,and hes a designer of democra which is,a very well designed game a very deep,game about the German elections its,also produced or at least distributed in,the United States by Fantasy Flight,which as many of you know is one of the,greatest board game companies in,existence at this point in time and so I,read the rules went over the game and I,said wow this game doesnt sound so bad,now what is Tribune basically its,another worker placement game each,player is gonna be putting workers down,and using those workers to take,different spots on the board and theres,a quite a few of those games coming out,at least in the past couple years and,another one but this one is good enough,that its made my favorite games list,and not only is the theme good and its,while its not hugely tied in it does a,very good job of fitting and matching,with the mechanics of the game but its,very good its very interactive its a,very immersive experience and it doesnt,take so long in fact some people,complain that the game is is too short,for what it is the board itself looks,very good and its has overall really,good layout you can see all the people,running around and it shows several,spots the place cards these cards are,going to be placed all over the board,these cards are different colors to,match different factions this is the,gladiators faction the plebeian faction,the Senators the the Praetorians and,theres all different factions in the,game and these cards are ranked,different numbers for example the play,torians go from 2 to 8 and the Senators,go from 3 to 10 and so theres different,cards in some places on the board the,cards are placed facedown and other,places theyre placed face up and then,players will take their,kurz and the workers are wooden pieces,who I dont know if theyre anything,special really but youre taking these,workers and placing them on spots on the,board and once you put it on a spot no,one else can put one on that spot now,most of the places that youre putting,cards I mean put putting your Bureau,workers is places to get cards depending,on where the board you are some of these,places you have to pay money to get,cards and one place you have to auction,what other people in one place is five,cards stacked down and whoever pays the,most money gets to look through that,stack first and take one of the cards,well is thats not just the game taking,these cards well no because at the top,of the game board and Ill show you a,part of it right here you can see a,place for each faction and if you put,one of your workers on a faction you are,attempting to take control of that,faction and that is what youre going to,be using the cards in your hand for when,you try to take over a faction the first,person to take over faction simply needs,to play two or more cards of that type,when you do so,you now control that faction and youll,mark so on your player board because,youre trying to take control of several,of these factions during the course of,the game after that someone else will,try to take the faction from you and,theyre going to do so in one of two,ways theyre going to either play down,more cards than you so if you have two,parts with values of five and six in,front of you another person can play,three cards any value and take the,faction away from you or they can play a,higher total sum than you did and take,the faction away from you and thats a,very interesting aspect of the game,because factions are going back and,forth and its possible for two people,to try to take over the same faction on,the same turn and so thats the main,basis of getting your workers on the,board so that you can take these,factions each faction gives you a,special ability these special abilities,allow you to control and get different,pieces and these pieces are essential,for victory at the beginning of the game,depending on how many players you have,youre gonna pick a card like this this,part is going to show the victory,conditions for this game so for example,here I have a four player game here and,theyre going to be looking at this and,theres several things here on the get,on on this card and you have to get four,of those to win the game youve to get a,Tribune thats one of the,things that you can get and you get him,by controlling two different factions at,the same time its a difficult thing to,do but if you pull it off you then have,the Tribune piece for right for you or,the favor of the guys that theres a,certain faction that you get a control,to try and get the favor of the gods or,three legions if you control certain,factions they give you Legion pieces you,collect enough three of those youve one,of your victory conditions or ten,laurels theres one place you can go to,get laurels actually a few places you,can go to get these laurels or,easier to get but you need ten of them,to meet that victory condition or five,faction markers you need to have control,of five factions at one point or another,during the game or $30 and on this card,you have to have the $35 denarii 30,denarii to meet this victory condition,so all you need to get is four of those,and you won the game unless someone else,has gotten four then theres some tie,breakers and such but Im telling you,because of that theres so many,different ways to go for so many,different things people strategies will,be mixing and matching and fighting each,other for control of factions possibly,for very different reasons and I like,the game for that now the problem is,these cards even with the cards that say,a long game arent really that long a,game lasts maybe an hour a little over,an hour maybe an hour and a half at the,latest and sometimes it feels like its,over it just ended were in the middle,of the game and its done and so because,of that they offer an alternate way to,play where you can basically just get,victory points depending on what things,you got for example a Tribune is seven,points a scroll is three points each,Legion is worth two points of laurels,worth one point and so on and so forth,and actually thats my preferred way to,play because that allows you to go for,several several things and even if,someone is controlling a certain faction,you might be able to use another faction,they get to them theres a lot of,back-and-forth in this game its very,interactive because youre taking,factions youre trying to lay down cards,it almost has a rummy type field in the,sense when youre laying down sets of,cards but because someone can take you,by total sum or by amount of cards that,brings back a lot of interest in the,game you also have to watch your money,supply theres a place to go to get,money but by getting money youre giving,up cards which in turn might put you,behind in the race to control different,factions,someone might control three factions or,more,Timon makes them a very powerful force,and all this brings and ooze is kind of,this Roman theme into the game and yes,its another worker placement game but,this is one where youre really at each,others throats in a sense because,youre trying to steal that faction of,someone elses right underneath their,nose the rules are very well done its a,pretty thick rulebook but mostly its,just explaining everything in detail,with lots of full-page examples on how,to take over a faction and really even,though the rulebook is what 16 pages,long always able to explain the g
Zelos Sister Brand Releases Awesome Sector Dial Watch! (Axios Tribune Review)
in a sea of micro brand divers and mecha,quartz chronographs,is one micro brand watchmaker bold,enough to,make something different i just realized,when i said bold i could have done this,during a boulder episode but i didnt,were looking at the axios tribune its,not a vk mecha quartz chronograph and,its not a diver,that statement would have been uh better,if i it bowled for boulder,now jokes aside this watch was actually,sent to our office by none other than,bruce williams which im realizing now,bruce williams has my address,oh rookie move jory i know where you,sleep now,i mean,whats on my wrist today im wearing the,sky dweller from rolex the black bright,black stainless steel sky-dweller,seriously though,i know where you live whatever hes,hes a nice guy right its a it,shouldnt really be that big of a,problem right hes cool,[Music],gotta change my locks it is 2 31 pm,lets get down to business,[Music],jumping right into the specs were,seeing a,38.2 millimeter diameter with a,45.4 millimeter lug to lug a 10.2,millimeter case thickness so very thin a,premium 9015 miota movement so you are,getting hacking hand wind and a 28 800,vph sweep vph sweep or bph sweep but i,slurred those both together my bad,youre getting a box sapphire crystal,and a 50 meter water resistance rating,all in a very vintage package now i want,to be clear all right i wouldnt,consider this watch like a blatant,homage to any specific model thats,already out but we can be honest in,saying this watch does look familiar,from the case in lugs i get the omega,rail master,from the dial i see the longine heritage,classic you guys are seeing what im,seeing right now im also seeing patek,philippe calatrava 5296 and jlc master,control date what do all of these have,in common well as i said earlier this,tribune might not be an homage to any of,these models specifically,but its more so an homage to these kind,of old-school simple sector dial watches,which actually brings us to the pros and,cons because i was about to say,something but,id rather put it in the pros section,the first pro is that i am actually a,huge fan of sector dials and with this,axios tribune specifically um you get,this really really nice kind of textured,cut in the middle very dynamic with the,chaptering everythings raised and cut,down,perfectly right very very pleasing to,the eye theres enough going on there,that you like it without it being too,much that its kind of just way too busy,and weird everything looks very,deliberate is what im trying to say im,really digging this kind of slate,handset that this watch has it plays,with the light very very nicely and the,box crystal is a really nice touch,especially for one of these kind of,almost vintage aesthetic watches jumping,into the cons the case back kind of,boring maybe give us a display case back,or you know i dont know,sometimes micro brand watches and their,case backs are very hit or miss the next,con would be that theres really like,zero finishing on the underside of the,lugs now im assuming this is a media,piece this might even be a prototype so,i cant say this is indicative of the,production models but i can only review,the one that ive had here in the office,and you can see close up that theres,like very very blatant tool marks and i,just i wish that they finished those up,a bit better and the final con would be,unfortunately they did not give me,pricing on these watches all right so,its hard for me to,give you the bang per buck assessment,what i will say is with this really nice,design,but with the miota movement keeping in,mind its a premium yoda movement,and you are getting you know a sapphire,crystal and some,pretty good finishing not great,finishing they could have done better,with the underside of the lugs i would,like this to be just under the 500 range,now this is where it gets kind of,precarious because again i dont like,doing this where i tell you what i think,it should be without having the solid,spec sheet for you guys but thats the,risk these watchmakers run when they,send me watch without pricing but,comment please comment in the comment,section let me know where youd expect,this watch to land on the grand scheme,of things again i think just under 500,bucks is reasonable but in 2022 i think,were at like 8.5 percent inflation who,the [ __ ] knows all right guys i hope you,enjoyed this micro brand monday review,thank you to axios for sending me the,watch and sponsoring this channel thank,you to bruce williams for having some,fun with me on the intro of this episode,guys again ill leave a link to his,channel in the description below please,everyone go subscribe to him and tell,him the time teller sent ya so yeah guys,hit the subscribe button if you havent,already please check out t3 time to,drive if youre interested in cars and,check out my other channel things that,keep me up at night where we talk about,really important topics and that channel,is actually growing at a faster rate,than the time teller channel which is,insane so please jump on over there and,id love to see you um yeah stay happy,stay healthy stay blessed i will catch,you on the next one im jory goodman the,time telling always remember i didnt,invent time,i just tell it,[Music],bye
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Aqua Terra Style Case + Sector Dial! Axios Tribune Review
last year axis had a pretty successful,kickstarter launch with their pathfinder,field watch getting fully funded in a,matter of minutes and reaching almost,eight times the original goal if you,havent seen it before check it out its,a great field watch that seems to,straddle the line between dressy and,casual,making it a pretty interesting and more,importantly an affordable alternative to,a hamilton khaki king or a seiko,albinist well this year the singaporean,microbrand is back and theyre hoping to,repeat that same success except this,time theyre taking the dressy up a,notch this is their latest release the,tribune due to launch in kickstarter,sometime in may and for this one axis,wanted to do something a little bit,different than their previous tool,watches so for the tribune they combined,a sector style dial with a very sleek,classically sized 38 millimeter case,now before we jump into this one i need,to point out that this watch is a,prototype that was lent into the channel,and as such all your standard prototype,warnings apply,and the promotional tag was up because,axios also mentioned that if the,campaign is successful theyd send me,one later on,now that said lets get into it,for the tribune youre looking at a,slimmer 38 millimeter wide case with a,corresponding shorter lug to lug of just,under 46 making it practically perfect,for those slender risk collectors out,there as well as those that appreciate a,smaller classically sized piece,its also fairly thin at 10.2,millimeters which is fairly remarkable,when you consider that also includes a,box sapphire crystal which rises,beautifully out of that case however,this slim profile does come with a price,even when its paired with a thinner,myota 9015 movement as the tribune here,only comes with 50 meters of water,resistance,firmly placing this is more of a dress,watch than a sports,the case is simply fantastic its,actually my favorite part of the watch,it has an all brushed finish that is,complete with a wide circular brushed,bezel,the only exception of that is this,polished edge that sits on the outside,of the twisted lugs which really draws,attention to that feature as well as,highlights the overall sleek and dare i,say sexy nature of the case in in a lot,of ways i think this is done in the same,spirit as a smaller 38 millimeter omega,aqua terra but here that case is,combined with a nice box crystal as well,as a sector dial underneath it,giving it more of a vintage 40s art deco,dress watch vibe than say the sleek,modern sports watch of the aquaterra,to the right we have a modest sized,crown which is fairly easy to get a grip,on and use,its not a screwed down crown but it is,signed with their logo a logo that is,then surrounded with this mirror,polished surface which i have to admit,is really eye-catching when you see it,and it really helps that logo stand out,but when you compare this to the rest of,the case design i think it feels off a,little bit and maybe stands out too much,on the rear we have a custom screw down,closed case back captioning not,that really likes available watches i,think this is going to be perfect,the fairly lightweight nature of the,watch combined with a smaller platform,makes us something that just melts into,your wrist in the aggressive curvature,of the lugs brings the spring bars down,just a little bit and that doesnt hurt,either,its also simply a gorgeous watch to,look at,in particular this salmon dial is,especially eye-catching but if youre,looking for something that isnt quite,as attention-grabbing i think some of,the other color ways will be toned down,a bit,the basic dial design is that of a,sector style dial which does seem to be,a growing trend these days although,axios has put their own spin on it,creating a very visually interesting and,engaging design from the various layers,depths and textures used within,the base of the dial looks to be the,same as that in the salmon pathfinder,with this matte textured rose gold or,copper material which here has two,reflective metallic rings then placed on,top both of which have text printed in,black as well as this mini moat,separating the two one of which is this,thin ring at the outer edge creating a,detailed chapter ring and the other is,the center ring containing the hour,indices for dress watch fans i think,this design is going to be a bit,divisive some are going to love it and,some are going to hate it but if youre,someone that does prefer a more detailed,driven dress watch like myself,this is right up your alley and,personally i think its just striking to,look at,i always appreciate a good functional,design and here you get that ability,while still looking good,but there are a few things that do feel,a little off at least with this,particular colorway on this version of,the tribune axius has decided to use a,set of blued hands and other than them,being rather short they look great just,like the dial but while i like each,aspect individually im still not,convinced blue hands go with a salmon,color dial,the color contrast helps them come,through clearly but it also seems like,it clashes,and depending on your perspective there,may be a little bit of a disconnect,between the subtleness of the font the,slimmer hands and the wider bezel which,i think will really come down to whether,or not you prefer the focus to be on the,dial or the case but overall i think,here theres a decent balance the other,thing is with the axios name on the dial,now in previous watches axios has always,used their star trek look and logo like,on this pathfinder and as a big sci-fi,geek thats something ive always liked,about the brand i know its not supposed,to look like a communicator but i cant,help but see that when i look at it but,here they left off the logo and just,used a simple brand name on the dial now,considering the vintage 40 style theming,the brand name may be more fitting than,the logo although i have to see kind of,a mock-up to be certain but for me the,problem isnt so much the name on the,dial as that they left the logo on the,crown and having both on the same watch,does create a little bit of a branding,mismatch just between the various,elements as well as their previous,models,now as for the strap thats kind of a,whole other story some of you eagle-eyed,viewers may have noticed the zellos,branding on the buckle which at first,glance may seem a little bit odd but,axius is sort of a system brand to zelos,and i guess their particular straps,werent ready so they just use one of,the old zealous ones the production,version should ship with something,similar but that one should have the,axios branding this strap is pretty,similar to what zelos shipped with,their nova its overall a good quality,strap made with good horween leather and,its done in a classic style which,matches what axis is trying to go for,however its not quite a perfect match i,think when you take a step back and look,at the entire package the strap seems a,little bit overpowering to the watch as,compared to the sleek case design this,seems a little big and a little wide now,among watch collectors i think 20,millimeter straps would be preferred but,from an aesthetic standpoint i think 18,might have been a better choice here or,if you really want to keep that 20,millimeter lug width have a more,aggressive taper to the strap matched,with a more slimmer buckle now for the,movement axis has decided to use a myota,9015 personally im a big fan of that,movement and i think its a perfect,choice here its a nice upgrade over,your standard beat seiko nh35a,yet still costs less than swiss,alternatives its also a fairly thin,movement and thats something axias took,full advantage of here the only real,drawback of the 9015 is that the rotor,noise can be a little louder its never,something thats bugged me but i do know,some find it bothersome overall for the,tribune its a great choice assuming of,course that the price will be kept,reasonable,and that does bring up a very important,point a
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The Tribune Hotel JdV by Hyatt Rome, Review of Family King Room Nr. 208
hi guys welcome were at the tribune,hotel georgia weaver by hyatt in rome,italy this was a one night stay,on september 2nd 2022,and this is one of the family rooms king,size bed number 208 here at the tribune,and,i booked this on the last minute as i,originally,had a reservation at another hotel as,well and they were able to accommodate,me here and i have to say im really,satisfied with this particular property,so lets have a look around its,actually,um,not the largest room but its quite,comfortable and uh,spacious to begin with for,a one-night stay i think like its not a,suite but,i think they call it family room because,of this,sofa bed over here,but yeah lets see so you got the sofa,bed here which i didnt use except for,laying down some clothing,then a large,tv on the wall here you got a,nice book there we go,its about rome and has some nice,stories and pictures in it,and its in english not in italian,so i guess guests can read it if they,like to,that was extremely comfortable and um,has also some nice decoration,we have a mini bar here which,contrary to many other hotels,is actually filled so you got,some,beers and soda and,also this water here is complementary,however i ordered some sparkling water,from ubereats last night and got it,delivered together with some snack,because,the um restaurant closed at,10 30 and i was still quite hungry,then,you have the,closet,and the closet is also whoops,the suit jacket fell down,the closet is,equipped with the in-room safe there are,some slippers and the laundry bag,as well as the hairdryer that was down,there in the drawer,so,definitely spacious enough for your,clothes here as well,and then,when you need to uh call the front desk,you have to dial the nine with this,phone not zero and there are also no,direct dial,options on that phone the bathroom was,interesting,its very compact but it does have here,you go with a,single sink as well as some,bathroom amenities i didnt use them um,and you got the large tub over here,as well as,the toilet and the bidet,plenty of towels,and it has a rainforest shower,as well as the shower head,and,the bathroom amenities were actually,quite nice however they are using the,pump bottles here,but the scent and the product was,adequate and the top is actually very,very big so you can actually take a bath,if thats your thing,and the only thing here like,you cant really open the door while,youre free standing,in the bathroom so you always have to,take this step back otherwise,its going to hit you,but yeah i mean tribune um this is a new,hotel that hyatt took into their,portfolio i was surprised that it popped,up,and i booked it as i said on the last,moment for 15 000 points the rate would,have been,staggering 615 euro yesterday so i think,its a very good use of world of height,points or free night certificate if you,have any,and ill definitely come back to this,property,if travel brings me back to rome and now,its time to check out and go to my,cruise ship so once again this was the,tribune hotel by haya george viva,in rome italy and its september 2022
Tribune Review
hey everybody john brown here again and,for my third board game review,i decided to do a little bit of an older,game for my first two reviews i did a,game that was either brand new,or had a new expansion coming out but uh,for this game i decided to do,a game that may be a little bit,difficult to find i did check,you can find it on ebay right now for,reasonable prices,but as far as i know it is out of print,but if its something that interests you,maybe its something you want to pick up,while you still,can get it at an affordable price so,today well be looking at a game,called tribune tribune has kind of some,work replacement elements,um i dont really want to call it,drafting but youre trying to get,certain cards in your hand,but its more of a hand management game,themed,around the roman empire so um its a,game,that i enjoy quite a bit but doesnt,have a lot of buzz,i was going through some of the games,that i have i thought about doing a,video for,and this is a game that doesnt have a,lot of videos for it uh,and maybe its because it came out,before there was a lot of video,reviewers so,i decided to give it a little bit of,love and do a video for it today so,lets check out how it plays,all right here we can see the board laid,out there we have the box cover,a quick start guide that basically after,you understand the rules of the game,gives you a reference to the things,youre going to need the most something,that,every game should have a pretty well,written rulebook,decent storage in the box and theres,playmats,right here have two laid out you can,play two to five players,um ive never played it with two ive,played it with all the other numbers i,think it plays pretty well,with each type um the cards that well,be choosing,the board there are several different,chits and whatever that youll get,depending on the victory conditions,youre trying to make money of course,but one of the things that i want to,point out is heres the deck of cards,were going to be drawing from and,placing out on the board and trying to,get into our hands,but these are all different this very,big stack of cards all different cards,so theyre either,player aids or different victory,conditions you can play,for different numbers of people and you,can choose to play either a quick game,a medium life game or a long game,depending on the number of victory,conditions,and it also scales depending on the,number of players what do we have going,on on the board here,well up top we have all these different,areas of influence in rome that were,going to be trying to take and,take control of and were going to have,a hand and our hand size is going to,vary during the game,of certain number of cards,so lets say this is our hand right now,so this is actually a really good hand,in the sense that right here what were,going to want to do during the game,is get sets of certain types of cards so,here we have a pretty good group in,order to take over a faction you need at,least two cards of that type,and then well have a starting hand and,then of course our hands will change,each round,but i might be going after more of the,cards i have if i want to take over,those factions,during the game so during the game,basically,were going to be placing our im not,sure what theyre,called in this game asians meeples,workers whatever,in different spaces on the board,basically up here,this is going to cost us one goal to get,that card,and then in turn order well go around,each of us placing meeples any of these,will cost us three to get,but and actually interestingly enough,the uh,forum um,the auction basically the catacombs all,these things are described thematically,in the book what they were in ancient,rome and and kind of trying to tie it,into how the different systems in the,game work,its a card game its not necessarily,the most thematic game but i did find it,interesting that they really did make an,effort to explain,why things are they are and why they,would why they work the way they do in,the game something a lot of board games,miss they just,either assume youll get why it works,thematically or im not quite sure,um see this is an interesting place if,we go here,we flip over the card and then the,player can choose they can either pay,five denarii or whatever it is to,buy that card or get rid of the card,and get paid five instead so thats an,interesting spot but you dont know what,that card is going to be,here without cards until we have a,certain value of cards or if we get a,leader,out and then you can go there and,discard a card so here you could discard,one card to get three cards thats,pretty good value,if those are cards you want here the,first player to go here well flip over,to,and you can choose any two oh and here,we have a leader card and leaders are,interesting because when you take over a,faction,they dont count as any power when,taking over a faction they do count as a,card,they give you a special bonus when you,take over faction if another player were,to go here then wed flip over all three,at the end of the round when all these,things are resolved on board,basically there would be a bid between,those two players,basically you put how how much you want,a bid in your hand and you flip it over,simultaneously,when then after you bid whoever the,winner is pays the loser whatever the,winning amount of gold,was so you can go there and not bid,anything and potentially,get gold if thats the case if only one,person goes there only two cards will be,flipped over,and then they just have to pay one of,the bank to get it,up here in the catacombs you can choose,you dont have to go in any one of these,spots first,if i were to go here then when this,resolved i would get to look at all,these cards,and pay for right into here and then,there are ways to,for people to get the money out of here,at some point during the game but,and choose one of these cards if i just,wanted to get one of them i could go to,the two but i would pick last if anyone,else went to the four or three,so you can go there just hoping get a,card that you need you can pay a lot to,go first,you can go in the middle hope no one,else goes there um here,to pantheon whoever goes here they have,to have,sorry about the flare there but on their,board a,vestal virgin faction tile in order to,get one they can take it over there are,certain ways to get,tiles in the game other than taking over,faction once you get one of these tiles,you dont,lose it so even if you no longer control,that faction youll still have it,but if you have it you can come here and,peek at what this card is,and then in order to get the favor of,the gods basically which is one of the,win conditions and can be represented,you can have a temporary or if its,purple a permanent favor of the gods,in order to get that you have to discard,a card of that color,so you can go there early and see what,it is if you already have that color,great if you dont,then you can try to get that color,somewhere from the board,lets see here theres the field of mars,down here where any players that go here,discard a pair of cards and if they,discard the highest pair they get two,laurels instead of one,up here the spot as many players can go,to as they want the first player to go,here will just get,seven money every other player even if,the same player goes here again will get,five more and money,is often one of the victory conditions,so sometimes theres a mad rush for this,spot,at the end of the game if thats the,only victory condition someone is,winning,or doesnt have to win and then up here,is where wed actually place someone to,say i want to take over this faction,another player can go to the same spot,and try to take it over,as well and then but if youre the first,player youll have a slight advantage,so how do you take over a faction well,as long as you have two cards,you can get that faction and then you,will get whatever bonus,this card says so here youll get one,legion and legion is usually a certain,numb
Tribune
hello welcome to another review in my,series,Jackies review today Im gonna review,tribute pre moves into Paris its as,likely on the game again came out in,2007 is published in the US by Fantasy,Flight Games and in Germany by Eddie,burgers pillar speed lever lock speed a,film ugh I hope I pronounced that right,the game plays in about an hour enough,it accommodates two to five players,although you want to play three three,plus in my opinion um and its a worker,placement and card management game and,lets see what is it about this is the,main board on which game of Tribune,takes place it depicts the city of Rome,cheek a first century before Christ in,which you represent political leaders,trying to gather influence over,different factions in the city the board,is divided in two parts a city part and,the faction part you will be placing,your workers in both parts respectively,trying to gain cards that you will then,use to influence factions cards come in,seven different suits corresponding to,the seven different factions we have,gladiators,we have lag AIDS here lets see if you,can see this yes Praetorians,plebeians patricians Vestal Virgins,and Senators they all have a different,value although you will never confront,values from different color cards they,are only used to have a different,combination of cards when vying for,influence inside the same faction you,will have a certain amount of workers,that varies depending on how many,players are in the game,workers are these robed meeples,representing clients in Rome in your,game and you will be placing them on the,spots on the board and as it most,welcomed placement you place one of your,workers the next player places one the,new place again and so forth and so on,there are two part of the board two part,the board one is the city where you will,be getting cards and one is the fraction,part where you will be spending cards,and since you the placement is in the,same face but the resolution is in two,different face you will have to,carefully planning gathering the,resources and having the chances to,spend them the game is not very long,both in time and in turns so you cannot,just ignore the factions for the moment,being lets say you must always fight,for political influence and if you miss,a round or two you will be in a very bad,shape lets see,in a little bit of detail what these two,phases correspond to each turn the board,will be populated with cards that you,will be up for trying to get one place,the worker in this left side of the,board you simply pay when you take,you will pay the money and get the,corresponding card these two cost one so,theyre cheaper these ones cost three,but beside the difference the Tama and,the for aluminium work exactly the same,you pay you get the card the latrine a,latrine if you want makes for a lot of,jokes when you play with the wrong,people you meet someone you can either,pay to get that card or discard the card,to get that amount of money so its it,gives you a little bit of flexibility,but you dont know whats coming,even the Korea you will make groups of,people there will be group of cards,which value 5 or higher so see it was,two one and three then we stopped a,seven is higher than five and six desire,to five in this case you place your,meepo and then you will discard one card,to get the entire group of cards so for,these is just additional chances to get,the cards that you need here is you get,a bunch of cards in exchange for one the,attraction our room is another way to,get cards of money as the latwon is when,the first player goes there you reveal,two of the cards if anyone else is,interested in joining you in your action,item you would reveal the third card and,then you undergo a secret bidding you,will take some denarii in the game,currency in your hand,bid whoever beats the most pays the,other player and gets the three cards so,its a good way to get cards but also,you will get money if you lose and the,catacombs when you go to the catacombs,lets see if I can show you well clearly,you choose the spot you are going on for,three or two you can choose whatever you,want as long as it is free so why would,this will be the amount that you pay but,why would you want an eye or one simply,put this because the catacombs cost five,refugees I guess you when you resolve,your worker you go through the cards,pick one if you want and pay whatever,the cost is so going first apps you have,in your matter,but costs you more I have two other,spots but I will explain them later,because they wouldnt make much sense to,you right now so the cards are worth,nothing per se in the game but they are,the only way that you have to get,control over factions and what makes it,really interesting that makes premium it,really interesting is that you get,bonuses when you take control of,factions as long and as long as you,control them so from one side you will,be wanting to keep your factions to get,better bonuses but over and over new in,the turn are doing the turns but on the,other side first you can never bring,forth your position so you will only,have to hope that other people cannot,take it and try to prevent them from,gathering the resources they need but on,the other side you also want to,constantly gain new controls over these,factions why do you want to take control,all of the factions well another,interesting thing about Tribune is that,you are not buying for points as you see,there is no scoring track around the,board what you are trying to do is,gathering victory conditions each game,you play will have a different set of,victory conditions indicated by a card,there are different cards this one is,for five players and is yellow it means,a medium length game you could have a,short game with green or a red game with,I have a long game with red and these,indicate which conditions you are buying,for they will usually have the Tribune,that can be obligatory in some games or,not so become a Tribune we will see what,it means favor of the guards three,legions eight,for faction markers and twenty five,Denari so the bottom part of the board,of the card indicates a variable,quantity so that is what makes the game,very different sometimes you will need a,bunch of money to get the victory,condition some other times like this one,it will be fight cheaper but one of the,conditions is always faction markers and,factual markers are corresponding to the,faction you get them as soon as you,control a faction for the first time so,thats another reason that helps you,move the game forward because you,constantly want to switch your controls,to get new faction markers all the other,things that we mentioned laurels legions,money favor of the gods and Tribune come,into the game through control of the,factions so lets go back to the board,and see how control of the factions work,when you are trying to get control of,the faction you simply remove your guide,and play some cards in front of you this,case Im removing from gladiators and,now you have to play at least two,gladiators so the first time I try to,take control of the gladiators I just,need two of them doesnt matter the,number I just need gladiators so orange,cards in following rounds when someone,tried control of the gladiators away,from me they must play either mayor,number of cards or I or total of value,in the cards so sometimes you will need,exactly the same amount of cards to beat,them otherwise you will need far more,especially with the other factions in,which the range for numbers is big so,when you have plebeians ranging from 3,to 9 to beat 7 8 with numbers will be,odd but you could beat them with lower,lower plebeians 4 in this case a total,of 12 although with more cards,so whenever you beat someone for the,control of the faction or you take,control for the first time you,immediately gain something,the takeover bonus so so cool is not,usually very big but its a nice little,addition to what you need dont let us,give you legions legates give you,laurels P
Salena Zito — Editorial Columnist for the Pittsburg Tribune Review
four score and seven years ago our,fathers brought forth on this continent,a new nation conceived in Liberty and,dedicated to the proposition that all,men are created equal all right folks,welcome back to the sea Malzberg show,the gettysburg address and the 150th,anniversary today and dont forget,coming up right after this show at six,pm eastern three o clock pacific time on,Newsmax TV WWE news max TV com will be,airing a special a special documentary,Lincoln at Gettysburg hosted by our very,own John fund thats Lincoln at,Gettysburg today its 6 p.m. eastern,right after this show only on Newsmax,tv.com joining us now is salena Zito,editorial columnist for the Pittsburgh,tribune-review hello Selena how are you,hey thanks so much for having me on well,its my pleasure okay you wrote a great,piece that I still posted it real clear,politics calling it what it is Obamas,stunning snub his refusal to be at at at,the ceremonies today commemorating the,150th anniversary of one of the most,meaningful memorable yet short speeches,given by a president a president that he,professes to adore and and and wanted to,emulate and was sworn in on the,Lincolns Bible let me put up a tweet,exchange this would be that tweak will,this is between Dan Pfeiffer and Ron,Fournier of of a national journal i,believe is is what he who is with and,and they theyre asking pfeiffer who of,course is you know one of the,presidents go-to guys why why wont the,president be there and finally it gets,down to him saying serious serious,question what is on its schedule thats,more important than getting the,Gettysburg anniversary and a fight for,rights back oh I dont know theres this,whole website thing that someone some,someone suggested might destroy the,Democratic Party now you know this he,turned this invitation down a long time,ago and he was speaking today in front,of a group of CEOs blaming Republicans,for the shutdown he couldnt have taken,a half hour,go to get for the Gettysburg memorial,right William you get the point exactly,20 minutes late from Washington but,where he was with different with a group,of Wall Street CEOs and thinking at the,four seasons hotel and he did not he,chose not to speak at Gettysburg about,the same time that that the website was,being rolled out so you know it I think,what it underscores is that the his,embrace of Lincoln was always a,political calculation and it wasnt,really about identifying with him it was,just about exploiting the link,experience you cannot go to the 50th,anniversary celebration of Mark livak,you impressive historic speech at the,Lincoln Memorial and not go to the 150th,of the Gettysburg Address you cannot,have one without the other I wasnt it,was one of the most it is the most,pivotal speeches in our nations history,in terms of holding is it the Union,together in terms of laying out or,reason why you know there should be,sacrificed in the name of holding of,preserving the Union and preserving the,country ten ten sentences 270 words two,minutes okay and what dumps are good was,it that was it and you know you know,Lincoln was not asked to go there to,speak that was only an afterthought he,was asked then once once he replied that,he would attend and he received the same,play down below that all 200 other,people that received when the,indications went out and he and he had,every excuse not to come not to go,absolutely his son tab was there at,least sick with the fever at home he was,in the middle of horrendous budget talks,with Congress just negotiation he was,losing the war out in the West,despite the victory at at Gettysburg and,he was facing a political campaign to,say if instead of the time when wentland,Lincoln said Im going to get his first,hit Thaddeus Stevens clip was forget the,deads going to to recite to the dead,well you right Im so you you wrote and,were talking to salena Zito editorial,comments for the Pittsburgh,tribune-review here in the sea Malzberg,show you you summed it up so so well you,wrote they his dismissal of the request,shows a man so detached from the duty of,history from the men who served in the,White House before him that it is,unspeakable in its audacity ask almost,any person in this historic town even,his most ardent supporters here are,stunned Obama long ago veered away from,any affinity he may have believed he had,with Lincoln which gives credibility to,the criticism that his connection to,Lincoln was always a political,calculation absolutely does there is,really no excuse for him not to be there,he is in fact the National Park Service,told me this he not only has never been,there as president he has also never,been there period he doesnt care he,doesnt care hes did like you said,disinterested detached um you know hes,described himself as lazy I you know I,mean hes and and he went back and got,to cut from him from 08 during a,presidential debate where he said that,you know he loses things his desk is a,mess this is back then he cant hes,unorganized if he needs something,important his staff knows to give it to,him two seconds before he needs it I am,mean hes just not equipped to be the,commander-in-chief of this country well,in theres been plenty of please across,sort of the board in the past two weeks,since I wrote this column to you know,asking him to please to please down and,these have come from supporters these,have come from former staff members and,former cabinet members send-off he,decided not to go and oddly so did,senator joke or Vice President Joe Biden,who was awesome,to assert senator from Pennsylvania he,certainly has a problem when hes,campaigning talking about his,pennsylvania route unbelievable well he,could not go I gotta tell you Selena I I,do though have an inkling of what the,president might be involved in today,although I dont know why it had to be,done today its now come out theres a,story breaking that on the apologist in,chief as part of the security deal with,Afghanistan which apparently is going to,leave thousands of troops in Afghanistan,for years much to the chagrin of sure,the left and myself as well not that,they were all coming home we heard that,a million times to put it up there with,you could keep your doctor but theres,going to be an apology to the Afghan,people that the u.s. made mistakes along,the way so maybe hes writing his own,you know Afghanistan address a cobble,address that he considers to be even,more historically important blaming his,own country as he loves to do than,honoring Abraham Lincoln and the,Gettysburg Address that is incredibly,disappointing if you take day and decide,to do that yeah well I dont know that,its going to apologize today but thats,the story thats breaking that that,apology will be forthcoming so Im just,trying to make light of it a little bit,but uh you know the first anniversary,was sufficient it was first time,sonorous now forever reunited together,and that was Woodrow Wilson was,president he did not want to go but he,did and he lived to never regret that,decision so 100th anniversary was 1963,John Kennedy was scheduled to be there a,couple days before he reschedules for,political reasons to go to Texas to mend,fences between two warring factions the,Democratic Party because he needs to win,Texas 22 when the president for the next,year right what happened in Dallas yep,yep its amazing listen Greg akudo see a,great great piece its such an important,issue thank you for writing the column,well thank you so much for having me on,take care of salena Zito editorial,comments for the Pittsburgh,tribune-review and dont forget,following the show tonight John fund,whos coming up next 6 p.m. Eastern 3,p.m. pacific,at newsmax tv.com you could see the,documentary Lincoln at Gettysburg hosted,by John fun presented by Newsmax newsmax,tv.com immediately following this show,if youre already watching it just stay,there if youre listening on radio go