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New York Central

Game ID: GID0226193
Game Info
Year
1999
Players
3-5
Age
12+
Playtime
60 min
Complexity
2.5/5
Collection
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Description

A card game where players acquire shares of railroad stock create delivery routes claim freight runs and start passenger services to expand four competing railroads

Description

A card game where players acquire shares of railroad stock create delivery routes claim freight runs and start passenger services to expand four competing railroads

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Video s8DDOE3V8XY Getting Games Discussion at 31:01
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Pros
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Cons
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Thematic elements
  • cube-rails/card-like mechanics; limited copies
  • New York rail era; historical routing
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • card-based / cube-rail style — a card game with rail-themed decisions; prototype components mentioned
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Quotes (from this video)
  • it looks like this is a 60 to 120 minute game
  • the balance between workers (which are warriors) and resources (which are livestock) are two sides of the same coin
  • the more of uh one thing that you do the less of the other thing
  • this is the next game coming out from delicious games
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Video QcMfPKEjmww Getting Games Q And A at 2:49 sentiment: positive
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positive
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Mechanics unknown.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • I'm spoiled for Choice over here
  • Trans-Siberian railroad is indeed excellent
  • it was a joy to have the game go so sideways like everybody was just laughing like crazy
  • I thought it looked super cool
  • I'm actively excited I'm looking forward to playing that one
  • there's a mountain of prototypes off camera
  • Darwin's Journey was the first rule book I ever wrote from scratch
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