How to Play Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory

Learn how to play Hegemony in just 47 minutes (yes I know the runtime is longer than that, there's a bit of silliness at the front and back) To support RTFM, consider pledging at   / rtfm   Want to buy this game? Get it here https://amzn.to/3UitjAm and it'll kick back a few bucks to me. Or if you want to get it direct from the publisher, you can do so here https://hegemonicproject.com/hegr7 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Important Info 1:24 - Game Overview 2:03 - General Setup and Board Overview 3:28 - Phases of the Game 5:22 - Action Phase Overview 6:07 - Proposing a Bill 7:51 - Working Class Basics 9:06 - (Working) Prep Phase 9:47 - (Working) Basic Actions 10:10 - (Working) Assigning Workers 11:46 - (Working) Buy Goods and Services 12:41 - (Working) Strike 13:49 - (Working) Demonstration 14:45 - (Working) Free Actions 16:30 - (Working) Production Phase 17:50 - (Working) Scoring 18:30 - Capitalist Class Basics 19:37 - (Capitalist) Prep Phase 20:02 - (Capitalist) Actions, Building and Selling Companies 21:28 - (Capitalist) Sell Goods and Services / Business Deals / Lobbying 22:52 - (Capitalist) Free Actions 24:00 - (Capitalist) Production Phase 25:14 - (Capitalist) Scoring 26:27 - Middle Class Basics 27:31 - (Middle) Prep Phase and Important Info 28:19 - (Middle) Shared Actions / Middle vs Capitalist Companies 29:42 - (Middle) Extra Shift 30:10 - (Middle) Free Actions 30:31 - (Middle) Production Phase 31:41 - (Middle) Scoring 32:17 - State Basics 34:11 - (State) Legitimacy 34:56 - (State) Providing Resources 35:42 - (State) Prep Phase / Basic Actions 36:02 - (State) Events / Selling to Foreign Market 36:50 - (State) Meeting With MP / Extra Tax / Campaigning 37:26 - (State) Free Actions / Production 37:46 - (State) Election Prep / Scoring 38:48 - What's Left 39:15 - Fiscal Policy 40:16 - Labor Market / Taxation 41:31 - Healthcare / Education 42:02 - Foreign Trade / Immigration 42:36 - Elections 45:01 - Loans and IMF Intervention 47:13 - Endgame 47:43 - Outro Corrections: In the updated version of the rules, when the working class uses Education, they can upgrade skilled workers that are in a company, they just can't be on a skilled worker space. Middle class skilled workers can still only be upgraded if they're unemployed. (I'm sure it's more balanced this way, but man it's annoying that these rules are so slightly different) In the video I show the Capitalists spending $30 from revenue to pay for Lobbying, but this should come from their capital instead. I said that you can't adjust wages on committed workers, but it's actually that you can't LOWER their wages. You can raise them, though you won't usually want to. During their Prep Phase, the Capitalists can choose which companies to discard, then draw new ones until they have four. You don't have to discard all companies. When the Middle class sells to the Foreign Market, unlike the Capitalists, they gain a point for each transaction they make. The State only gains a point from people buying services from them if the relevant policy is at B (costing $5) During the State's scoring phase, after earning points, you reduce the legitimacy tracks TO half (rounded up), not BY half (rounded up), so the example is a little bit off. Twitter:   / rtfmshow   Instagram:   / rtfmshow   Personal Twitter:   / sheasayswords   Want to check out the gaming table I use? https://bandpassdesign.com #tutorial #boardgames #RTFM #rtfmshow