Game Info
Year
2020
Players
2-4
Age
12+
Playtime
30 min
Collection
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Description
Quick-paced tile-laying drafting game about building a railroad network for commuters visitors and mailbags
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Review at 0:28 sentiment: positive
video_pk 67942 · mention_pk 164231
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Simple rules, straightforward actions
- Can be played with casual players and families
- Good as a filler game between heavier games
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Building a train network
Comparison games
- Ticket to Ride
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- drafting — Players take turns drafting tiles and wooden pieces from an offer.
- network building — The core of the game is expanding a train network by placing tiles.
- Objective Cards — Players have secret objective cards that provide end-game scoring conditions.
- set collection — Players score points by connecting different colored stations or collecting different attractions along routes.
- tile placement — Players draft tiles and add them to their network, connecting track to track.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Traintopia designed by Semak deploy Dacovia this is one that will be coming out in June so it's it's a very very soon upcoming release very excited
- The rules themselves are very simple like I said the the the actions do you take on your turn it's very straightforward you basically draw a map tile or one of the wooden pieces you add it to your network and and that's basically it
- This is definitely one that you can you can play it with casual people getting great for families maybe even good to have just si as a liner game on game night between heavier games so it's it's more of a light to medium euro game
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Ryan Bethany Board Game Reviews Review at 0:07 sentiment: positive
video_pk 66173 · mention_pk 160831
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fast, 30-minute playtime
- Accessible and colorful components
- Tight decision-making with multiple viable paths
- Seamless turns and setup
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Rail network construction, passenger experience, scenery as scoring
- A stylized railroad world where players build train routes to connect passengers with scenic destinations
- expository with playful commentary
Comparison games
- Ticket to Ride
- Empire Builder
- 1830
- 18XX games
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Bonus cards and mailbag/double points — Collect mailbags to double points; blue bonus tiles provide stronger objectives.
- Commuter color changes — Spend money to change a commuter's color affecting scoring on routes.
- Different scoring routes by meeple color — Gray, yellow, green and white meeples score differently based on scenery or attractions encountered.
- End-game scoring — Score based on track length and bonus cards. Longer tracks and special bonuses yield more points.
- Resource management — Spend dollars to buy cards, blue bonus tiles, and upgrade commuters.
- Resource management and purchasing — Spend dollars to buy cards, blue bonus tiles, and upgrade commuters.
- tile drafting — Draft from a visible pool of tiles and place them to extend networks.
- tile placement — Place tiles to connect routes; avoid dead ends.
- tile placement / route building — Place tiles to connect routes; avoid dead ends.
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Quotes (from this video)
- this game is all about building train tracks and giving your passengers the best possible experience
- i love train games and this gave me all those same feelings in a short 30-minute package
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Playthroughs Free Me Playthrough at 3:42 sentiment: positive
video_pk 66157 · mention_pk 160802
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Accessible for families and casual gamers, yet strategic for experienced gamers.
- Visually appealing.
- Offers different ways to score points.
- Engaging tile drafting and route building.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- building railway networks
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Objective Cards — Players draw objective cards that provide scoring goals.
- Route Building — Players build railway networks by placing drafted tiles.
- set collection — Players collect passengers and tourists who like certain terrain types or attractions.
- tile drafting — Players draft tiles from the middle to build their railway networks.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I feel sorry for you you have to do with us again so thank you so much
- Let's get you to the table
- I have to say that in preparation for this this dream I was training very hard
- It's both something that is easy enough for me to to play with more casual gamers or non-gamers or or with my children and stuff but we can also play this as gamers
- The perils of taking the tourist route
- Depriving other people of stations is always yeah just like as Terrence a luff laughter of and not so laughter of that kind of like it's part of the game
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