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How to Play Earthborne Rangers | A Step-by-Step Guide

Covenant

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Steven and Zach walk you through the core mechanics of the highly acclaimed Earthborne Rangers narrative system. Starting with common tests and going all the way to "ending the day", this comprehensive tutorial will help you learn the deceptively complicated mechanics of Earthborne Rangers without compromising your own discovery of the game.

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro
00:03:55 Common Tests: Traverse
00:14:05 Common Tests: Avoid
00:19:33 Common Tests: Connect
00:24:28 Common Tests: Remember
00:28:24 Round 1 Recap
00:30:07 Injuries
00:32:05 Round 2
00:33:25 New Concepts: Approach Icons and Tests on Cards
00:33:59 Approach Icons
00:45:30 Soothing Fatigue
00:49:38 Putting a Path Card Into Play
01:01:14 Round 3 Overview
01:02:44 Playing Cards From Hand
01:24:42 Gear
01:28:42 Traveling
01:32:29 Arriving at a Location
01:33:47 Making Camp
01:35:26 Ending and Starting the Day
01:36:36 Tips

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20 Comments

@eeeealmo 1 year ago Pinned

One clarification - was it legal to use Oru's Fit test (1:20:00) to soothe fatigue when he was already exhausted? You had previously said when a card is exhausted it is as if it was blank.

@wg7297 1 year ago

I really appreciate the “normal conversation” tone you guys have in this video, it really helps me pay attention for longer

@haloslippin6894 8 months ago

The absolute gold standard for teaching games right here. Thank you for all of your content. First, you taught me netrunner, now EBR. Picking this one up as soon as I sell some games.

@doodlepookie 1 year ago

Loved so much about this video — the lack of story spoilers, your friendly and clear description of the rules, your walking through all the foundational pieces of the game, and your excitement for the game! 🤩 thank you TC! 🥰

@ForTheWhimsy 1 year ago

I tried the prologue the day before you posted this video. Lots of confusion, but we did enjoy it. Man this video makes things SO MUCH clearer! One of the best "How to play" videos I've ever seen for any game. Looking forward to my next game!

@franklevi1374 1 year ago

"Third type" person here. It's not just Steven's mom watching Covenant videos for fun. There are dozens of us.

@valindor 9 months ago

Felt the same about Vantage. Had to tell my game group, who were getting frustrated, to calm down and remember - you’ve crash landed on an alien planet. You wouldn’t and shouldn’t know what’s going on. The game is the experience of discovery, not winning or losing.

@truce11 1 year ago

Covenant Learn-to-Plays are so satisfying. Netrunner for lyfe.

@aaronclark7687 1 year ago

Coming back to compliment the production and graphics on this video. I've enjoyed watching all of your videos over the past years, but your pre-recorded stuff is next level now. This is a well done "tutorial" of sorts. It does a good job of straddling the line of being a "How to Play" while providing more context in reasoning on how the game works and they type of decisions you will be considering. Well done TC, especially all those working behind the cameras this time!

@Dikkotek 7 months ago

I usually do not comment, but I just wanted to thank you for making an excellent guide. Really structured and well explained which made it easy to follow.

@WoodWizard13 3 weeks ago

What a fantastic walkthrough of the game, much more confident to dive in for the first time later this month. Thanks!

@OffThePageGames 1 month ago

This was really helpful as I prepare for my first adventure this weekend with my 2 boys! Thanks!!

@marks6928 1 year ago

I’m getting my core box sometime soon, when the second printing hits the UK.

This video is going to be a life saver, thank you guys.

@XY-ry4qt 1 year ago

This was soooo helpful! After reading the rules and watching the "official" rules videos twice, we started playing the prologue. But we had lots of questions and struggled with the rules. This video clarified lots of things and made me much more confident in playing the game. Thanks so much for this!

@InStim 1 month ago

Definitely one of the best game tutorials I have watched! Your clear approach, development of concepts and application, and conversational gameplay made it a pleasure.

One consideration, your callouts are great and informative. For accessibility it is great if you can avoid the bottom 20% of the screen for viewers using captions. As the captions overlaid many of the callouts, I had to pause, disable captions, and then rewind to catch them.

@beakerkell 4 weeks ago

Excellent video! It's so cozy, easy to follow and incredibly helpful for a first time player. Thanks!

@subzonepen 8 months ago

This is BY FAR the best how-to-play video for this game I've found and I've looked at a lot of them. Thank you!

@Kingspawn000 1 year ago

This makes me miss your Arkham LCG content! Appreciate you giving me a look into this game system. While I don’t think it’s for me, it’s cool to see what MJ is up to in the new role. Definitely will be sticking around for the vibes on any of these co-op games. And your Sorcery content!

@Violetdog123 1 year ago

Really well done here, thanks for this! Great non-spoiler demonstration. Also enjoyed when you opened the gates to show what the game can do after the basics. I had a much easier time following than the many other playthroughs I’ve seen. Now I’m ready for my game to come next week🤞 Greatly appreciate this video!