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8.4

Great Western Trail: Rails to the North

Expansion for: Great Western Trail
eggertspiele
2018
Great Western Trail: Rails to the North
0
BGG Overall Ranking
2-4 players
Best: 3
3.8 / 5
Complexity
75-150 min
Playing Time

About Great Western Trail: Rails to the North

Great Western Trail: Rails to the North introduces a new railway system for players to compete on as they grow their cow herding businesses. With this expansion, players deliver their herds t...Read More

Reviews

7.5
Abdul

This expansion felt a bit superfluous, adding a bunch of new mechanics and sideboards only serves to highlight how elegant the base game was. The new mini-stations were interesting, but it seems like you are forced to use them to do well. I feel fine ignoring this expansion until I have played the base game many more times.

9
AdelinDumitru

This is what an expansion should look like!

9
AgentDib

Expansion stored in main game

8
ajewo

Very good but not essential expansion for Great Western Trail. The expansion adds more choices when delivering cows, however, it comes also with more complexity and decision-making before delivering cows. Moreover, the variety of the base game is slightly improved.

All in all, the expansion convolutes the base game. The streamlined feel isn't there any more.

  • The biggest addition is the new railway board that is nicely overlaid on top of the main board. It adds more cities where players can deliver cows which means more choices and decision-making (but also more complexity)
  • Players can now build houses (bonus action) along rail tracks to unlock new cities or boni
  • Adds more variety (2 new building tiles for each player and new station tiles)
  • Added complexity may be too much for some players (especially for beginners)
  • The new bonus action "build house along tracks" makes some of the old bonus actions somehow obsolete / less interesting
8
ajie426

很有必要加入的一个扩展,使吹牛行动有了更多的可能

10
Akupro

Expansión esencial para el juego base. No lo jugaría sin ella.

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