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That dad-blam Sheriff has gone too far this time! He's ridin' the rails with his corrupt and wealthy friends, while the good folks of this territory are stuck in poverty. No sir, that just ain't right! We aim to bring justice to the West, and the only way to do that is to rob that there train and see that the good folks of this county get the spoils!
In Train Heist, up to four players work together to board the train, loot the passengers and cargo, and vamoose with the goods before the Sheriff catches you! Bring enough finery back to each town before the train arrives to keep the Sheriff at bay. If you can pull this off, everybody wins, but be careful because if enough perilous events occur or a hangman noose is tied up, it's game over for all!
- Neat family co-op game.
- Great introductory game.
- Interesting tactile components like magnetic dials.
- Has a PvP variant that sounds cool.
- The rules were helped written by someone who hadn't looked at them in two years.
- Horse movement mechanics were initially confusing.
- Bandits robbing a train
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Players manage a hand of cards and use them for actions.
- cooperative play — Players work together as bandits trying to rob a train.
- Modular Board — The train moves in a circular pattern, and switches can change its direction.
- Player interaction (PvP variant) — A PvP variant is mentioned where players try to steal the most loot.
- Set Collection — Players collect loot by forming poker hands with cards from their hand.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- I cannot wait one day when they can will you let me not name these stupid things anymore
- We met at our Caroline tabletop game store in Pineville North Carolina plug
- My goodness Tony you and I used to play a war machine right we used to you always play a lot of war machine and it was a it was a lifestyle game
- So I stepped my toe into Warhammer 40k and you and I can play we could talk about it later on
- It's just the little things like that I enjoy I wish some of more of the board games had those little neat mechanics to it you know
- This is the exact same thing and Tony I think this is one that your group would really like except except you said interaction is to take that type of element no it only plays five players
- So my pitch is that I have a seamless soulless cube pushing euro game where you're just treating cubes for other cubes to trade cubes for victory points
- I'll go on record and say I do enjoy playing splendor so I think it's a fine game
- I think this is a solid euro game I think everybody that said to this table said this is really really good
- I'm really digging these games that the when you read the rules it's like oh that's pretty simple that's probably just a really simple quick little game but there's enough meat behind it to where you enjoy it but it doesn't overstay its welcome and it's played in under an hour