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Year
2012
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Description
Trainmaker is a fast-paced, press-your-luck dice game that puts players in the roles of aspiring railroad magnates building an empire! On a turn, you:
Roll the custom railroad dice.
Build a train using locomotive, rolling stock and caboose results.
Push your luck to reroll dice, trying not to derail!
Score city cards that match the train you created.
If you are clever — and lucky — you can score all three city cards on your turn! Use your switch track token to manipulate a dice result, but once you use it, you lose it - so pick your moment carefully!
The first player to score one of each type of city card — or complete their hidden contract card — wins!
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 29:16 sentiment: mixed
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mixed
Pros
- easy to pack
- quick game
- good as a filler
Cons
- not ideal for two players
- lacks intensity and strategic depth for some players
Thematic elements
- Trains/Railroads
Comparison games
- Criss Cross
- Yahtzee
- Railroad Ink
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- contract fulfillment — Players aim to get the most contracts on the board, by collecting specific commodities or filling special contracts.
- Push Your Luck — A dice rolling game where players push their luck to complete contracts.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I've never heard a song called October trees.
- Unless there's free stuff to it but I'd rather dress like a cow to get free chick-fil-a or go in a Krispy Kreme and get a free donut then it's long john silver's to get fish.
- There should be no time limit on dress like a cow day Tony.
- Fool I'm dressed like a cow right now could you just throw a brother a free sandwich or something and he didn't did he he did not.
- Why do you guys build power lines and canals?
- You are now mr. Instagram that's it it's done it's over.
- Good god there's people everywhere it's oh it's it was on real Wow lots of people dude lots about but the tube is amazing that was fun.
- And their main exports are sheep and coos all highland coos coos what Koot howls okay okay yeah.
- One thing I noticed and I know I didn't get all of them but I did notice that every gaming store I went into there was no place to play.
- I was watching one and they were like what what component of this game I'm like seven wonders people.
- Me I know you don't have a switch but let me tell you for a little portable handheld gaming system these games are gonna be amazing on that system so let me understand this you're now making me want to go buy a switch I had
- now and some one of the hottest games it's number one at BoardGameGeek and that is mezzo from colossal games so if you haven't checked it out Marty and I got to play to Gen Con and it was fun it was good it was like it was like blood rage mixed in with some other stuff it has that kind of feel to it
- I'm sure it's already funded go check it out Tony and I'd really liked it and Tony I'll be getting this game yes I agree it's it's one of those games that I'm excited for
- Wilke Forge be number one and two again we'll find out I was gonna ask you what was number one so key Forge and key for starter right yep he forged starter set was number one he forged X we're number two
- so be sure to head over to miniature market calm and get your pre-orders in for key forge and save your money and not spend it on eBay where they're going for $75 just wait people
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