So where is this platform? – review of the game “Get on the train: Amsterdam”

Boarding the train  games need no introduction. It has its supporters in every corner of the world and it is no wonder, because every moment spent with this board game is great fun. This time we got the opportunity to travel the routes of 17th century Amsterdam.

Admission word 

We are entering the Dutch Golden Age. During this period, all the local cultural goods, science, military and trade were among the most recognized in the world. And as we are talking about trading, we will stop at it for a longer time. Our goal will not be to build passenger train routes, but commercial trains. We will have to carry out contracts and acquire valuable goods. There is nothing to delay, get to work!

What’s inside and a few rules 

This is a smaller version of the game than the original Board the Train: Europe , which makes the gameplay fast. 10-15 minutes and we are already counting up the points.

The preparation for the game itself does not take much time, especially when someone has already dealt with any other version of this board game. Then he just takes everything out of the box, sets it on the table, and starts.

Inside we find:

• a board showing the commercial network in Amsterdam,
• 64 plastic carts,
• 44 Locomotion cards
• 24 Contract cards
• 16 bonus Merchandise cards,
• 4 scoring markers
• instructions.

The goal of the game is to score as many points as possible, and this can be achieved by creating connections between two adjacent places on the board, completing the Contracts you have, and earning bonus Merchandise cards for connection strings marked with the appropriate symbols.

During his turn, a player has the option to perform one of the three available actions: draw a Locomotion card, create a connection, or draw a Contract card.

Karty Lokomocji służą nam do tworzenia połączeń i możemy trzymać na ręce ich dowolną ilość, by w najdogodniejszym dla siebie momencie zbudować trasę. A to za sprawą tego, że połączenie musi zostać zrealizowane w trakcie jednej kolejki, więc jesteśmy zmuszeni do spełnienia warunków dotyczących ilości posiadanych kart w danym kolorze. Dodatkowo, jeśli na polach utworzonego połączenia znajdują się symbole wozów, gracz dobiera z talii jedną bonusową kartę Towarów.

Kiedy mamy ochotę na zbieranie Kontraktów, musimy wziąć pod uwagę fakt, że nie tylko otrzymamy na koniec punkty za realizację, ale również mogą one zostać nam odebrane, jeśli takiego kontraktu nie uda nam się zrealizować. Trzeba więc rozważnie zaplanować swoją taktykę.

The game ends when one of the players has a maximum of two carts. Then everyone can play their last round and the points are scored. The person who obtained the most of them wins.

summarizing 

It can be said that this is a pocket game compared to its larger friends and if someone is looking for fast-paced classic games that give a lot of fun, this item will certainly satisfy him. It will also work well as one of those board games taken on trips, because the box takes up little space, and the title itself encourages you to reach for it multiple times.