But this will help the other train conductors get a little closer to completing their goals, by giving them the cargo or passengers, which they can then use for deliveries and big end game points! Every game will evolve differently with unique twists and turns as you control the movement of goods across the game map! Each of these cards features some lovely artwork at the bottom, a special ability icon at the top and is numbered between 1-84.

If ever two face-up cards next to the draw deck with the same action appear, those cards are discarded. There are two means to eliminate Waste from your deck: you can skip an entire turn to eliminate any Waste in your hand or you can purchase cards that allow you to eliminate Waste cards without skipping your turn (these cards may or may not be available depending on the Randomizer cards drawn during set-up). Maybe somewhere out there is a variant that you have to collect the same type of carriages, but of course that will add way too much randomness and complexly to it. You can either take a card from the deck and replace any existing carriage with the one you have just drawn, or you can use the ability of one of the face up cards next to the draw pile.Every time you pull a move that will climb you up the Victory Point ladder, you get a ‘Waste’ card added to your deck. At the end of the game, you can actually see that you accomplished something by looking over your network. Actions include things like swapping cards in the lineup, moving cards in the lineup, forcing every player to discard a specific card in their lineup, or protecting a card from discard. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.

Also, I have really enjoyed playing it with Caitlin (my 10-year-old) she picked up how to play straight away and we played four games in a row with her winning one of them and wanting to play more the next day, but the timing wasn’t right. There is no official solo mode, but crusador84 came up with his rules which can be accessed using the link. There is always planning to do in Trains, and as long as you’re willing to pay there is little your opponents can do to get in the way of your plans.I am also a sucker for any board that is a map and this one is a great stylized version of Tokyo and its surroundings on one side and Osaka on the flip-side.

In the game, players are tasked with transporting passengers along a railway before their opponents.While Trains is bereft of the cute molded plastic train cars we’ve grown accustomed to, there is plenty of cool imagery on the cards to distract younger gamers from the boring wooden cubes. The only choices are where to place the drawn card (if at all) and who to impact when discarding a card with an action. The stress of hoping that you picked a combination of cards that compliment each other adds with the stress combined with hoping that the others players aren’t jerks that will cut you off or steal your well laid plans for points.