25 Next Step Train Games for Ticket to Ride Fans
In honour of #NationalTrainDay I've updated this classic game recommendation article filled with my all time favourite train and train themed games.
https://tabletopbellhop.com/gaming-advice/next-step-after-ticket-to-ride/
The question isn’t whether your trip will include a big ass tunnel, the question is HOW MANY big ass tunnels will be in your trip… #CherryBlossoms2025 #BoardGames #TrainGames
Those familiar with #TrainGames of the scribbly variety (Empire Builder, Iron Dragon et al) may remember the Nippon Rails variant having a map that was all mountains all the time. Having now been on several long road trips and train journeys, yeah, It’s REALLY like that. #CherryBlossoms2025
Hi - I'm Lachlan, and my latest nerd-snipe has cost like 6 months and counting.
I struggle having contiguous periods of time that I can play test, but get little blocks of it. So, I've built an implementation of MCTS in #Rust that can play various games. (I also learned Rust). The main reason is that I wanted to run simulations on Emu Bay Railway Company so I would hopefully be able to make it not broken and interesting.
#BoardgameDesign #Boardgames #Traingames #Cuberails #EmuBayRailwayCompany
If you know me, you'll know that I love economic simulation games. Add to that my love for playing with toy trains and you can see why I'm in love with 18xx games.
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/10/15/choo-choo-my-friend-from-shikoku-1889-to-1880-china-topic-discussion/
#topics #boardgames #18xx #TrainGames #trains #EconomicSimulations
We played 3-player Chicago Express last night. Incredibly tight game, where every decision mattered: first place, $82; second place, $80; third place, $78. #boardgames #TrainGames
The country is investing heavily in new technologies. Across all four islands, new railway operations are created. It's the same here on Shikoku 1889 by Yasutaka Ikeda from Grand Trunk Games.
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/07/06/shikoku-1889-saturday-review/
#boardgames #reviews #18xx #TrainGames #trains
It's a great irony that #TrainGames (both #BoardGames and #VideoGames ) are almost always about, or primarily about track.
The Gotthard Base Tunnel in the Swiss Alps is the longest train tunnel at over 57 km (35.5 miles) long. Opened in 2016, the majority of trains passing through it are freight trains: one of the biggest hopes behind its construction was to reduce the environmental impact and road dangers of heavy trucks.
Check out the demo of Iron Roads and construct your own underground web of train tunnels!
#TrainGames #Gametips #IronRoads #GotthardBaseTunnel #trainfacts #screenshotsaturday
I finally played my first #18xx game: Shikoku 1889 from Grand Trunk Games. We stopped in phase 5, but it was a lot of fun. We got a couple of things wrong, but it was relatively easy to learn. Thank you to @ambierona for the great rules teach video. 😃👍 #ccmf #boardgames #TrainGames
HEY HEY HEY KIDS IT'S #TRAINTUESDAY!
Anybody train gamin'? Feel like musing about train games?
Today (Oct 27) is the 20th anniversary of the release of #RailroadTycoon3, and there is still no true successor.
Depending on your timezone - today (2024-10-27) is the 20th anniversary of Railroad Tycoon 3 coming out. Sadly - as far as I can tell - there's nothing yet that has quite matched it.
There've been other transport games - Railway Empire, OpenTTD, Cities In Motion, Sid Meier's Railroads - but nothing else has had that rich economic model, and that feeling that I'm making financial business decisions rather than being a civil engineer.
Hey hey hey friends, it's #TrainTuesday!
Not playing much right now, but I really wish I was playing #AgeOfSteam. It may have replaced Brass Birmingham as my favourite game.
What do you wish you were playing RIGHT NOW?
It's not always very populated, but #traintuesday is my favourite weekly thread on Reddit. Maybe we could start Train Tuesday here on Mastodon? Start posting about train games every week? Maybe some #trains to go with it?
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/16gi79x/train_tuesday_september_12_2023/
#18xx, plus #EmpireBuilder (Crayon Rails), plus #AgeOfSteam in a tasty real time digital form = #RailroadTycoon
It has such a satisfying gameplay loop that still hasn't really had anything like it since Railroad Tycoon 3
Save us #SidMeier, you're our only hope.
#TrainGames #Boardgames #Games #DebtForFunAndProfit
I'm the kinda dork who does an #AgeOfSteam redraw, and instantly goes 'Huh. Now I've got the assets, I should try making a map of my own!'
First draft of 'Victorian Gold Rush', a solo map, might be almost done. Then to figure out if it actually plays OK.
#boardgames #traingames #18xx-adjacent
