A variety of 8 train games were on track, nothing but train games….and we ran out of time for initial plays of both Whistle Stop and Tranintopia

March 2 will be a night of completion….a chance to finally get some of the games that our table leaders previously prepared yet due to time constraints and attendance never got played:

Baren Park

Whistle Stop

Traintopia

Hanabi Deluxe

SmartPhone Inc

Sean and I have also recently received a handful of new Kickstrarter titles that we backed:

Canvas: Reflections

Streets

Lizard Wizards

Long Shot : the Dice Game

TEN

Blume

Roar & Write

and more

…and we’ll lead off the March 2 session with 2-player fare – including Paris: City of Lights, 60 Second City, Mass Transit (also great with 3) , Odin’s Ravens etc.

IN: Steve & Sandy, Sean & Wendy, Emmet, Armando, Tim, Dwayne, Danny, Amy, Emily, Edward & Kitty, Zach

Trans Europa (led by Edward) network building game, racing to be the first to connect cities in 5 different regions. The 2005 original German edition was revised with larger cards and the Vexation expansion included.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/16267/trans-europa

TransAmerica (led by K-ban) 2001 – same game as above but with USA map.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2842/transamerica

RailRoad Ink (led by Tim) 2018 Roll & Write – roll special dice to call out the shape and type of transport (rails and/or roads) to make connections with exits on the edge of the wipe-off grid, scoring VPs

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245654/railroad-ink-deep-blue-edition

Brass: Lancashire (led by Amy) a complex 2007 Martin Wallace design on the industrial revolution in Manchester using rails and canals in conjunction with economic development.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28720/brass-lancashire

Ticket to Ride – Asia Expansion (led by Emmet and Edward) the 2011 first expansion and only one that includes team play (we had 3 teams of two). Partners share common train car cards as well as destination tickets – but score points together with limited communication.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/106637/ticket-ride-map-collection-volume-1-team-asia-lege

Railroad Rivals (led by K-ban) 2018 Glenn Drover design. Bid and draft both City and Stock tiles, then place the cities, increase values of shares via moving goods over rail links.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244212/railroad-rivals

Station Master (led by Wendy) 2004 design, revised in 2020 – card game for 2-6 players who are attaching rail cars to locomotives and boarding passengers on trains, trying to score the most Efficiency Points. The revised edition includes all-new artwork based on classic locomotives, railcars, and railroad history along with rules being streamlined and refined.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/296113/station-master

Paris Connection (led by Sean) 2010 train stock market games – lay train pieces forming routes that reach cities for point scoring or trade one of 8 trains behind your screen for 1-2 trains of a different color. Fast paced.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/75358/paris-connection

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