Ticket to Ride and maybe other xbla boardgames AKA Catan

Speed Racer

Okay so

some people just Peer Pressured me into buying Ticket to Ride on XBLA

and fuck it's a lot of fun

everyone buy it so that you can play with me and @T4CT and T4CT's friends that I don't know the forum names of to @ them

here's a picture to make this OP less barren

SLyM

Does this exist places that aren't the Xbox or smart phones?

Because this is the second time I've heard of it and I've had a soft spot for trains ever since I was a wee laddie.

Weaver

Is I Am Alive worth buying the full version?

Veretas

Is this a game where I can become the Rail Tracer

Speed Racer

SLyM wrote: »

Does this exist places that aren't the Xbox or smart phones?

Because this is the second time I've heard of it and I've had a soft spot for trains ever since I was a wee laddie.

there's a physical version of it yeah

if you've played settlers of catan it's kind of like someone made an entire game out of just the road-building portion of it

SLyM

Pfff like I have friends.

In the physical world.

PFF I SAY.

Vivixenne

look not to be snarky because I could totally google this game and look it up

but what is it and is it multiplayer only?

T4CT

yes to @Veretas

did you like the demo @Weaver (you can listen to the new episode of the brocast if you would like to hear about I Am Alive)

Butler For Life #1

I think I'm gonna be sad

I think it's todaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, yeah

Orikaeshigitae

YEAH MOTHERFUCKER

WE DOIN' THIS

T4CT

Orikaeshigitae wrote: »

YEAH MOTHERFUCKER

WE DOIN' THIS

do you own this game

Weaver

T4CT wrote: »

yes to @Veretas

did you like the demo @Weaver (you can listen to the new episode of the brocast if you would like to hear about I Am Alive)

I liked the interactions with people, I didn't like the climbing stamina part.

Veretas

Wait really? I can murder all the people on a train but find out some of them are actually immortal?

George Fornby Grill

Game owns, on my list of "Games that will make me hate my friends for at minimum several hours."

Also on the list: Catan, Carcassonne, Risk

T4CT

Weaver wrote: »

T4CT wrote: »

yes to @Veretas

did you like the demo @Weaver (you can listen to the new episode of the brocast if you would like to hear about I Am Alive)

I liked the interactions with people, I didn't like the climbing stamina part.

no, then

Weaver

T4CT wrote: »

Weaver wrote: »

T4CT wrote: »

yes to @Veretas

did you like the demo @Weaver (you can listen to the new episode of the brocast if you would like to hear about I Am Alive)

I liked the interactions with people, I didn't like the climbing stamina part.

no, then

Thanks.

Speed Racer

Vivixenne wrote: »

look not to be snarky because I could totally google this game and look it up

but what is it and is it multiplayer only?

it is a board game

technically you can play against AIs but yes it is basically multiplayer only


you're given a map of the united states and canada (there's DLC for a Europe map), and you're given a couple random cities. The goal is to build railroads to connect the cities. You get points for every section of track you lay down, as well as points for doing a connection, based on how far apart the cities are. Phoenix to Portland is worth 11 but New York to Seattle is worth 23, for instance. If you have any incomplete connections at the end of the game, you take their point value as a penalty. Whoever has the longest railroad gets a bonus ten points. Most points wins.

Klendy

I've played the board game, and it's p. sweet.

Veretas

So is anyone gonna play this game right now or what

Speed Racer

in spite of being the one to make this thread I think I am good on this game tonight

I am just trying to ensure that there are people to play with tomorrow!

Vivixenne

Speed Racer wrote: »

Vivixenne wrote: »

look not to be snarky because I could totally google this game and look it up

but what is it and is it multiplayer only?

it is a board game

technically you can play against AIs but yes it is basically multiplayer only


you're given a map of the united states and canada (there's DLC for a Europe map), and you're given a couple random cities. The goal is to build railroads to connect the cities. You get points for every section of track you lay down, as well as points for doing a connection, based on how far apart the cities are. Phoenix to Portland is worth 11 but New York to Seattle is worth 23, for instance. If you have any incomplete connections at the end of the game, you take their point value as a penalty. Whoever has the longest railroad gets a bonus ten points. Most points wins.

that sounds oddly like Settlers of Catan

Speed Racer

Vivixenne wrote: »

Speed Racer wrote: »

Vivixenne wrote: »

look not to be snarky because I could totally google this game and look it up

but what is it and is it multiplayer only?

it is a board game

technically you can play against AIs but yes it is basically multiplayer only


you're given a map of the united states and canada (there's DLC for a Europe map), and you're given a couple random cities. The goal is to build railroads to connect the cities. You get points for every section of track you lay down, as well as points for doing a connection, based on how far apart the cities are. Phoenix to Portland is worth 11 but New York to Seattle is worth 23, for instance. If you have any incomplete connections at the end of the game, you take their point value as a penalty. Whoever has the longest railroad gets a bonus ten points. Most points wins.

that sounds oddly like Settlers of Catan

yeah like I said a few posts up it's kind of like if they took settlers of catan and stripped out the development cards, towns, and cities, and made road-building a little more complex to compensate

Rankenphile

this is pretty great on iOS

Rankenphile

it is better in real life

Orikaeshigitae

T4CT wrote: »

Orikaeshigitae wrote: »

YEAH MOTHERFUCKER

WE DOIN' THIS

do you own this game

no, but i got like 300 points

Orikaeshigitae

Vivixenne wrote: »

Speed Racer wrote: »

Vivixenne wrote: »

look not to be snarky because I could totally google this game and look it up

but what is it and is it multiplayer only?

it is a board game

technically you can play against AIs but yes it is basically multiplayer only


you're given a map of the united states and canada (there's DLC for a Europe map), and you're given a couple random cities. The goal is to build railroads to connect the cities. You get points for every section of track you lay down, as well as points for doing a connection, based on how far apart the cities are. Phoenix to Portland is worth 11 but New York to Seattle is worth 23, for instance. If you have any incomplete connections at the end of the game, you take their point value as a penalty. Whoever has the longest railroad gets a bonus ten points. Most points wins.

that sounds oddly like Settlers of Catan

it's my favourite board game

Melding

this is a pretty sweet board game, yeah. my brother in law has an expansion that involves a dinosaur so i'm all kinds of over it.

Speed Racer

Rankenphile wrote: »

it is better in real life

i wish I knew anybody in real life that liked board games

T4CT

if we get some people I could be inclined to put pants back on for like one or two games

Vivixenne

Orikaeshigitae wrote: »

Vivixenne wrote: »

Speed Racer wrote: »

Vivixenne wrote: »

look not to be snarky because I could totally google this game and look it up

but what is it and is it multiplayer only?

it is a board game

technically you can play against AIs but yes it is basically multiplayer only


you're given a map of the united states and canada (there's DLC for a Europe map), and you're given a couple random cities. The goal is to build railroads to connect the cities. You get points for every section of track you lay down, as well as points for doing a connection, based on how far apart the cities are. Phoenix to Portland is worth 11 but New York to Seattle is worth 23, for instance. If you have any incomplete connections at the end of the game, you take their point value as a penalty. Whoever has the longest railroad gets a bonus ten points. Most points wins.

that sounds oddly like Settlers of Catan

it's my favourite board game

my current favourite is Carcassonne

and really there's elements of that in this, too, from the sound of things

T4CT

Weaver wrote: »

T4CT wrote: »

Weaver wrote: »

T4CT wrote: »

yes to @Veretas

did you like the demo @Weaver (you can listen to the new episode of the brocast if you would like to hear about I Am Alive)

I liked the interactions with people, I didn't like the climbing stamina part.

no, then

Thanks.

like I agree that the interactions are fucking cool and great

but the stamina is just constantly present and plays such a huge role that I think you'll end up finding it detracts from your experience

Vivixenne

T4CT wrote: »

if we get some people I could be inclined to put pants back on for like one or two games

wait why do you need pants to play this game?

I ain't playing it if it requires pants

eff that ess

miscellaneousinsanity

I have the card game version of the board game, no idea there was a videogame version, too.

Antimatter

http://www.shutupshow.com/
board game thread? meet funny board game reviewers.

Speed Racer

T4CT wrote: »

if we get some people I could be inclined to put pants back on for like one or two games

i probably could be too

I should go to bed

but if there are trains to be built well

who am I to say no

QuestionMarkMan

I've got this on my iPad

It's p sweet

Speed Racer

okay i am online RIGHT NOW if 3-4 other people would like to hop on and build some motherfucking railroads

T4CT

coming

Speed Racer

Hey @Veretas come play

and also anybody else that is around and is interested

T4CT

@Vivixenne you convinced me to put on flanel and wake up to play so if you don't even own this game imma be nine kinds of PO boxed

Vivixenne

man I didn't do SHIT!

I do not own it

I am not even at home at the moment