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Yardmaster Express (2014)

Players
2–5
Best: 3, 4
Playing time
5–10 min
Age
6+
5.74
Average rating
1,266
Ratings
1.07/5
Weight
#10708
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Alternate names:Jamniki
Designer:David Short
Artist:Vincent Dutrait, Maciej Szymanowicz, Peter Wocken, Darrell Louder, Dan Thompson
Publisher:(Web published) +4 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 2.1, Theme 5
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity2.1
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

Card GameTransportationTrainsPrint & PlaySet CollectionOpen Drafting

Overview

In Yardmaster Express, two to five players compete to have the highest valued train after a set number of rounds. The game starts with the first player drafting a Railcar card from his hand, attaching it to his train, then passing the rest of his hand to the player to his left. This draft continues until all players have added one Railcar to their train for each round of the game. The trick is, while each new Railcar must match the resource type or value of the one previously played, players always have the option to play any card face down as a Wild Railcar; the Wild Railcars don't have much value, but they can be used to save a player in a bind or to thwart your opponents by "hiding" a card they need.

Yardmaster Express plays in ten minutes and consists of just 32 cards (no tokens, no cargo cards).

Expansions

Yardmaster Express: Caboose Expansion
Not available yet

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