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Next Station Paris
As the 2024 Summer Olympic games begin, purchase your metro ticket and join us in Paris... the new addition to our Next Station series welcomes you to the City of Light! Next Station Paris combines familiar play elements found in Next Station London and Next Station Tokyo while also offering additional twists. Players will continue to flip station cards and draw subway lines on their maps, but now they will need to utilize bridge crossings, visit the French capital's iconic monuments, all while taking advantage of the central platform, the busiest station on the network! Who will be the best designer of the Parisian metro? Optimize your four sketched subway lines over all Paris districts in order to win!
Contents:
200 Sheets Scorepad
24 Cards
4 Color Pencils
Illustrated Rules
Year Published
2024
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Next Station Paris Review!
Transcript Analysis
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Total mentions: 3
This page: 3
Sentiment:
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mix 0 ·
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Video XhG6urKw9yU
Ryan and Bethany board game reviews game_review at 0:07 sentiment: positive
video_pk 62241 · mention_pk 154750
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Engaging network-building and route-drafting
- Multiple scoring vectors (districts, monuments, crossings)
- Modular scoring options via advanced modules like city gates
Cons
- Can be long or dense for new players
- Large component count and box size may deter casual buyers
Thematic elements
- network building and route optimization
- Paris, urban rail network
- abstract strategy
Comparison games
- Next Station London
- Next Station Tokyo
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Central Station — Central Station allows entering from the middle and exiting to any location, enabling strategic repositioning
- deck flip / symbol matching — Flip the top card and draw a route to the matching symbol on your map
- district control and scoring — Score by the number of districts dominated; multipliers apply based on the strongest district you control
- monuments — Monument tiles grant end-of-round point bonuses
- Network/route building — Use colored pencils to trace connections to stations as you aim to maximize coverage
- overhead crossings — Overpass/underpass features give end-of-round scoring bonuses when utilized in specific ways
- route drawing — Use colored pencils to trace connections to stations as you aim to maximize coverage
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is the third in line of the next station games from blue orange
- there's something called monuments all over this city
- I enjoyed this it was fun
- this one's probably my favorite
- it's a good clean system
- I personally think that there's a lot of overlap between the three games
- London and Tokyo both have a special kind of mini module and you can use it for the other ones as well
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Video JGcZ0uMTatM
Board Gaming Doctor general_discussion at 24:56 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fast, accessible, Olympic-themed flavor
- Variation from previous London edition adds flavor
Cons
- Not a favorite system for some players; may feel similar to other city-connecting games
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Next Station London
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Network/route building — Build routes through a central hub to connect locations.
- route network planning — Build routes through a central hub to connect locations.
- route/rail network building — Connect routes via a central hub to fulfill objectives.
- Variable objectives — Public objectives guide scoring and route choices.
- variations on route connections — Different objective structures add variability.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- and so I really like that the ramping difficulty is really nice as well
- thematic integration the push your luck mechanism of brewing your beers feels what I imagine to be very thematic
- I soundly lost
- I feel like it is a marriage between The Best of Both Worlds
- I would happily play if someone recommended it
- I really enjoyed the puzzle that this game provides
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Video ZdCojFgVd-0
Board Game Arena News general_discussion at 1:59 sentiment: neutral
video_pk 29216 · mention_pk 85887
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- Easy entry as part of the Next Station line
- Solid family weight with potential depth
Cons
- Details of mechanics are not fully spelled out in the excerpt
Thematic elements
- Rail/metro route planning
- Urban transit network design around Paris
- Accessible, modular line-building
Comparison games
- Next Station (other titles in the line)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- set collection — Collect sets of route cards to gain actions and points
- set_collection — Collect sets of route cards to gain actions and points
- tile_drafting — Draft route/track tiles to extend the network
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the latest game to be released to BGA is ginopolis
- three games are now available starting with next station Paris
- Festive Vibes is a 2024 game by Pascal Barnard
- nacho pile is a 2022 game by Ken Groll
- hope you schedule an appointment with us real soon
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