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Year
2001
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Description
TransAmerica is a simple railway game. Each player has a set of five cities strung across the U.S. that need to be connected by rail. Players first place their station on an intersection on the map, then take turns placing one or two rails each turn on the lines of the map. Initially they can place only adjacent to their station or on a line that touches their station, but once their network connects with another player's, they can place anywhere along the combined network.
The game ends when the first player completes a connected route between their five cities. The player who can make the best use of the other players' networks is generally victorious.
Transamerica Family
(2 games)
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 1:51:50 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I'm not an image guy.
- Oh, my God, me and I look so freaking young.
- We're innovators.
- I don't know how to like talk about the game without like It's It's incredibly complicated.
- I don't know how to win that game.
- The raw and write is really good. Which is and it's really simple.
- It's a trading card game where the sizzle is more than the steak there.
- Harvest now, decrypt later.
- I feel like I've talked about it for a long time.
- You got to watch The Blues Brothers.
- He's the second coolest guy of all time.
- We're only on two We've only done two slides.
- This is a super super deep cut.
- I don't know what the name of this thing.
- This is a movie that was on HBO or Cinemax all the time when we were kids.
- My favorite movie of all time.
- You don't know what you're talking about, man.
- There's not that many laughs.
- This is a deep deep deep deep cut.
- We're trying to throw our goblins cuz like tossing goblins is the only thing I could think of.
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Top List at 9:09 sentiment: positive
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Click to watch at 9:09 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Phenomenal old school German style Euro game
- Positively interactive
- Game rewards you for being annoying
- Deceptively simple rules with interesting interactions
- Incredibly satisfying chunky experience
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Route building
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Majority — Area majorities.
- Route Building — Based on route building.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- So just like the length of a football game.
- The game could not be any longer than 90 minutes in length according to Board Game Geek.
- So, for my five, I tried to come up with games that gave me the most satisfying kind of thinky or crunchy beefiest experience within that 90 minutes.
- Um I tried to pick games that we are normally not talking about on the channel.
- So, with number five, uh go with your number five.
- Number five is a game that I know you love, we both love.
- It's my my congrats my contractually obliged mention of Dr. Kemetia
- It's the brownest game on my list and it's Trans America
- Can you do in 90 minutes?
- Ah, the solo pick. Love it. Love to see it.
- We're flying to Japan in 90 minutes, Matt.
- I think for me I'm feeling so hot right now.
- So uh it's not a 90-minute game.
- Before we reveal our number ones in this 90 minutes challenge, a couple of honorable mentions for you.
- BGG completely wrong.
- The number one, the winner of the board game World Cup 90 minutes challenge.
- It is both one of the newest and one of the oldest.
- The ending of the game is so abrupt that you want to flick the table cuz you you were almost there to achieve fortune and then someone goes actually no we're done.
- One game that I don't know why we actually never talked about it on the on the channel but it's one of my favorite.
- So, before Matt and I melt into a puddle in the studio
- We'd like to invite you to comment below on what your favorite games are that you can get done in 90 minutes.
- And do you think it's coming home?
- It's probably not coming home, but we can dream.
- Hit the subscribe button.
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The Board Gaming Doctor Top List at 4:17 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- fast play
- high interaction
- simple rules for quick play
Cons
- may be overshadowed by Ticket to Ride in the broader market
Thematic elements
- route-building / transportation network
- United States map with route-building objectives
- light, abstract puzzle
Comparison games
- Ticket to Ride
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Contracts — points awarded based on completing city/contract connections; game ends when a route network is completed
- Network/Route Building — players lay routes between cities; can extend from other players' routes if starting points touch
- route-building — players lay routes between cities; can extend from other players' routes if starting points touch
- set-collection / contract fulfillment — points awarded based on completing city/contract connections; game ends when a route network is completed
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- thank you for sticking around and viewing this list once again
- it's easy to try them out there [Board Game Arena]
- these are the most underrated games in my opinion
- this is a tiny Epic type of game where it's really, small and quick
- I think this is a masterpiece of micro game design
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Board Games for One Discussion at 22:32 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Network route construction
- North America, route-building
- Array
- strategic/network-focused
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I find the more things I own the more they can stress me out
- it's okay to enjoy having things when you can and it's okay to be content with not having those when you can't
- anything I own can come or go
- I've narrowed it down to basically two things from that article: one do I feel like I own too many games and two do I have the physical space to allow for my games
- I am here to keep this channel a positive place for all of us
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