Game Info
Year
2022
Players
2-4
Age
8+
Playtime
45 min
Complexity
1.6/5
Collection
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Description
Players race to build rail routes across 1950s Poland while connecting neighboring countries for bonus Country Coins that boost their scores.
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 7:30 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fast play time
- Quick scoring
- Unique scoring mechanism
- Good for new players
Cons
- Requires base game
- Can end quickly
Thematic elements
- Ticket to Ride with a different map
Comparison games
- Ticket to Ride Switzerland
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Route Building — Connecting various countries that border Poland.
- Set Collection — Collecting cards.
- Ticket Drafting — Completing destination tickets.
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Quotes (from this video)
- When you get married during a leap year and you always have the discussion you the only ones you celebrate is the 29th that's when you do the big celebration.
- If you're looking for a different game like that so that is get on board from yellow game.
- The nice thing is if your buildings get destroyed they don't go back to your board so if you've like I said they go to the opponent's board because you don't want them to go back to your board because you've already unlocked the bonuses of either generating extra resources extra bricks extra Scholars depending on the type of building that you built.
- This is like a Choose Your Own Adventure story from middle school but it's it's on steroids.
- Oh my God he had the word Bostwick on top of it and I said wait was that it oh I said oh these two go together because there was a Barry Boswick and his face was Stone Cold and you were like was he a stud and I was like I don't know but he was popular back in the 80s.
- The race is really simple I as the one controlling the race would roll two dice and let's say a six came up I would move that horse one space and this is all happening real time.
- And what's so cool is if have never played this literally with a core set which is required for all campaigns a core set and this one box here edge of the Earth you could have a full game experience.
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Watch It Played News at 7:11 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- creating connections between countries
- Europe (Baltic Sea to Carpathian Mountains)
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Route Building — Players create connections between cities and countries.
- Set Collection — Connecting countries earns extra points, with diminishing returns.
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TheGameBoyGeek - Hi Quality Hi Energy Board Game Reviews Review at 0:24 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- tight, block-heavy map creates tense and engaging play
- cascading country bonuses add depth and strategic variety
- official map with strong thematic fit from Days of Wonder
- works well at 2-4 players and scales down nicely for lower player counts
Cons
- very tight; can feel mean for some groups
- availability is Poland-only, making acquisition difficult in North America
- learning curve increased by blocking-heavy scoring and country-cascade rules
Thematic elements
- rail network building across multiple countries with competitive and cascading scoring
- Poland and neighboring countries; an official map expansion for Ticket to Ride
- explanatory, with live gameplay commentary and evaluation
Comparison games
- Little Switzerland (2-3 player map)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- blocking and blocking tension — the tight four-panel map encourages blocking, with routes into countries that cannot be blocked from certain spots, creating tense decisions.
- country-card linking and scoring — players collect country-specific cards; linking multiple countries yields country bonuses that scale with the number of connected countries.
- multi-country cascading bonuses — completing a second country in a chain grants bonuses from both; extending to a third compounds points and bonus cards.
- Network/Route Building — players claim rail routes between cities to connect networks and score points.
- Route Building — players claim rail routes between cities to connect networks and score points.
- tickets drawn and managed — players still contend with tickets; higher-value country tickets are hotly contested and influence risk-reward choices.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this map is extremely tight and block-heavy, which makes it feel tense from start to finish
- the cascading bonuses when you connect multiple countries is a simple concept, but it works incredibly well and adds depth
- I really really loved this map and I hope Days of Wonder releases it more widely
- this is one of my favorite expansion maps for sure
- it's a fantastic map for lower player counts and tight sessions
- it's not a fan map; it's an official Days of Wonder map
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