Games & Comics

Trans America
2 - 6 players
Ages 8 & up
Playing time: 30 minutes
Publisher Rio Grande Games / Winsome Games
Authors: Alan R. Moon / Aaron Wiessblum

Awards

• Winner Mensa Select Mind game award 2003 - Honored for excellence by Mensa, the high IQ society.


• Finalist Spiel des Jahres 2002


• Runner Up Deutscher SpielePre 2002


• Finalist International Gamers Award 2003

America in the 19th century: railroads are booming! Pioneer spirit and vision are everywhere.

Everyone wants to be the first to build a railroad network across the country.

Who will be the first to connect his cities? Who was the first to build through the mountains to the west? Who was the one who best made use of the others' tracks?

Goal: connect 5 cities with track - Choose the best starting point - Lay 1 or 2 tracks per turn - predict where others will build - and use the others' tracks.

A fast family game with simple rules. A train game for kids and adults.

Contents: 1 game board, 85 tracks, 35 city cards, 6 start markers, 6 locomotives, 1 starting player card, 1 game rules, all in a box approximately 23 x 23 x 5cm