**MAKE SURE YOU TURN ON THE ENGLISH (UNITED STATES) SUBTITLES TO SEE ANNOTATIONS TO THE VIDEO**
This was originally made for a friend of mine to learn the high-level concepts ahead of a play of Maria. So this is an abbreviated rules explanation of the main concepts of the game. This video should be enough to get you up and running with the game provided you are playing with someone else who also knows how to play.
I have since made a Part Two that you can use to learn everything you need to know about the game.
0:00 - Intro and Overview
3:29 - How to Win
5:23 - How Does The Game End
6:24 - Turn Overview
7:36 - Turn Detail: Draw Tactical Cards
8:26 - Turn Detail: Supply
12:12 - Turn Detail: Movement and Conquering Fortresses
20:03 - Turn Detail: Combat
26:28 - Bringing it All Together
28:11 - Politics Phase
32:57 - Outro
Concepts that will need to be explained during play that are also detailed in the Part Two video here:
https://youtu.be/I0OV3N9Ygzw
1. Stacking Generals
2. Retroactive Conquests
3. Prussia Offering Peace to Austria
4. France Reducing Military Objectives
5. Electoral College/Imperial Election
6. Hussars
7. Subsidy Contracts
8. Winter Phase and Reinforcements
9. Conserving Politics Cards
10. Austrian General Using Pragmatic Supply Train