Yardmaster Express

Draft from a shared hand to build the highest-valued train in this quick family game. Each round, players add a railcar to their train before passing the remaining cards to the next player. New railcars must match the previous card’s resource type or value, or can be played face down as low-value wilds. These wild railcars provide a fallback and can keep useful cards from opponents. The game supports two to five players and plays in about ten minutes with 32 cards.

Players: 2–5 best 4
Playing time: 5–10 min
Age: 6+
Complexity: 1.1 / 5

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About the game

Design: David Short
Art: Vincent Dutrait
Darrell Louder
Dan Thompson
Peter Wocken
Maciej Szymanowicz
Publisher: (Web published)

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Yardmaster Express: Caboose Expansion2014

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30
Plays logged: 19
Players: 5
In collections: 1
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4.1/10

from 5 Ludoya reviews

Evan3.5
This plays faster than Yardmaster, because you just draft with a single hand of cards, and there is a little more game because each player gets their own goal they are going for. That being said, nobody was particularly impressed with this one either. I have the same questionable feelings about this. I don't know if I could even say which of the two I prefer more. I want to play both of these with my more heavy-euro group and see how they feel about them. ★ Art, Iconography and components functional ★ Clever or interesting mechanisms ★ Reasonably low downtime between turns with mildly AP players ☆ Multiple plays stay interesting ★ Low or mitigatable luck elements ★☆☆☆☆ Raw enjoyment

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