Game Info
Year
2018
Players
2-4
Age
12+
Playtime
110 min
Complexity
3.7/5
Collection
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Description
An expansion adding a railroad system so players deliver cattle herds to northeastern US cities for greater strategic depth
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Video ZAaxnhxtspw
Heavy Cardboard Review at 1:46 sentiment: positive
video_pk 79592 · mention_pk 193088
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Makes decisions more interesting
- Adds significant strategic depth
- Expands the engine-building aspect of the game
- Brahmins provide good income
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Train delivery
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Players draw cards from a deck and manage their hand throughout the game.
- network building — Players build their own network of connections using branchlets and delivery discs in the north.
- Route Building — Players place branchlets to build out a network of rail lines.
- Set Collection — The game involves collecting sets of bells, which can be referenced by point scoring abilities or objectives.
- Worker Placement — Workers are used to take actions, such as potentially picking up a Station Master tile.
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Quotes (from this video)
- It's less a new direct way to win and more just kind of another major piece to help you get there.
- The Brahmins are all to delivery value three points. But every time you deliver a Brahmin, you get four extra dollars.
- I really like what this adds. I think I'm going to like New Zealand then, too.
- I think this really leans into allowing you to build an engine. It lets you set up more interesting combos for yourself.
- The real Great Western Trail was the friends we made.
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Video 0o4FKhr9mPQ
Meeple University Rules Teach at 0:02 sentiment: positive
video_pk 70185 · mention_pk 246165
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Adds flexibility to card hands with exchange tokens.
- New auxiliary action for building branchlets offers strategic depth.
- Provides more options for delivering cattle and scoring points.
- New station master tiles offer unique benefits.
- New York City delivery offers bonus station master tiles.
- San Francisco delivery rewards players based on revealed bells.
Cons
- Delivery to Kansas City is now less appealing due to increased negative victory points.
- Fewer cities on the red and white city strip, potentially limiting delivery options without building north.
Thematic elements
- Cattle delivery and expansion across a railway network
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Choosing auxiliary actions and delivering cattle.
- Route Building — Extending a network of branchlets to reach new delivery locations.
- Set Collection — Collecting cattle cards to fulfill delivery requirements to cities.
- Tile Placement — Placing medium town tiles and station master tiles onto the board.
- Worker Placement — Players build branchlets onto specific locations on the board, which can provide immediate benefits or unlock new actions.
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Quotes (from this video)
- The simplest feature of the new expansion is the exchange tokens and play a start the game with one and can collect them through some of the expansion actions in the game.
- The second and most significant feature of the expansion is in your new auxilary action which allows you to build branchlets up into the rails to the north.
- Expanding north and creating cities where you're eligible to deliver to on the rails for north board is worth a reasonable amount of victory points.
- bears in earlier games in the base game people delivered maybe three times they did not mind the minus point and now I think it's not at that good choice to deliver more than one time here I even prefer to make another first delivery maybe Chicago.
- if you don't build north you're going to have a much more limited choice of locations than you would have in the base game.
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Video RP6JHCDqo8o
Rolls in the Family Top 10 List at 3:39 sentiment: positive
video_pk 34531 · mention_pk 102819
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- clear, thematic improvement to core delivery flow
- introduces meaningful variability via branchlets and city network
- great for experienced players seeking depth
Cons
- not ideal for complete beginners
- some players may prefer base game pacing
Thematic elements
- logistics and route optimization
- 19th-century American West, cattle trade
- logistical engine with variable setup
Comparison games
- Great Western Trail base game
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- delivery_phase — deliver goods to cities via a scalable network.
- variable_setup — branchlets create a new map dynamic each game.
- Worker Placement — utilize workers to perform actions and manage deliveries.
- worker_placement — utilize workers to perform actions and manage deliveries.
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Quotes (from this video)
- the Builder's the one that like gives you double turns
- opens up that delivery phase ... there’s a network of cities
- Prelude cards that give you good stuff
- pivotal moments in Twilight Imperium games
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