Thanks Jon for doing tutorials on Cube rails games,! I had Irish Gauge and Ride the Rails prior to your videos. I am now hooked on them and currently own many more thanks to your videos.
I’m not sure what it is about this game in particular, but despite no interest in cube rails games I feel like I’d really enjoy this one. Maybe it’s because it’s a little less abstract / stock-y as you actually ride the rail lines that have been built out? Not sure, but I’m hoping to give it a try sometime!
I got the base game purely on the basis of watching Jon's original play-through tutorial. I love it and my game group really enjoyed it too so far. There's a lot of potential to both work semi-cooperatively, or play a spoiler/saboteur role if you like 'take that' mechanics.
For marketing I understand why it's called Canada, but it's good to know that only a part of Ontario and Quebec are on the map. And is this the published version, or a pre-production version? I spotted one spelling mistake, and it appears as if a couple of city names have been transposed.
I don't really see the point in even chasing after the long distance, because unless your opponents really aren't paying attention, you can very easily end up in a position where you sacrificed for a build-up that either gets swooped up last minute with that final track laying as we saw here with red, or getting blocked by having the token removed, as we saw here with orange. It just seems like bad strategy to even chase after it to begin with
OOF.. Calling Southern Ontario the the "Canada" map isn't going to sit will with people from the rest of Canada--though I fully realize that it's one of the best regions based on the scoring mechanisms of the game. Still happy to see some of these smaller communities get some board game representation!
@@JonGetsGames Oh, no worries! It wasn't commentary on your delivery-I really enjoyed it and have preordered the map and now game. These are the actual names of the boards, so just a small faux pas as far as the company's branding goes. I can't imagine a Southern Ontario or "Upper Canada" map marketing as well as "Canada", but it's a bit like doing a USA map and only showing one or two States . I hadn't seen the maps before watching your tutorial, so it came as a shock. All that said, thanks for bringing cube rails to my attention, I am really enjoying this genre!
CORRECTIONS:
22:58 - White has one orange stock and should have gained $4 here as well.
22:20 green player got 16 money he was at 13. You said 31 in the video but it’s 29.
Oh boy, these train games get more and more enticing each time I watch a playthrough vid.
Thanks Jon for doing tutorials on Cube rails games,! I had Irish Gauge and Ride the Rails prior to your videos. I am now hooked on them and currently own many more thanks to your videos.
I'm glad you are enjoying them :) I have another cube rails game video in the pipeline, hopefully releasing sometime in May.
@@JonGetsGames Definitely looking forward to that!
Awesome! I missed your full playthroughs! Very thankful for this vid. This might end up being my first cube rails :)
Thanks for making this video Jon. I am really excited about the Canada and Australia maps. They seem really different to USA/France/Germany maps.
I’m not sure what it is about this game in particular, but despite no interest in cube rails games I feel like I’d really enjoy this one. Maybe it’s because it’s a little less abstract / stock-y as you actually ride the rail lines that have been built out? Not sure, but I’m hoping to give it a try sometime!
I got the base game purely on the basis of watching Jon's original play-through tutorial. I love it and my game group really enjoyed it too so far. There's a lot of potential to both work semi-cooperatively, or play a spoiler/saboteur role if you like 'take that' mechanics.
For marketing I understand why it's called Canada, but it's good to know that only a part of Ontario and Quebec are on the map. And is this the published version, or a pre-production version? I spotted one spelling mistake, and it appears as if a couple of city names have been transposed.
I believe this was a pre-production version, though I'm not sure how final it's art actually is.
22:55 It also help out the white player as well giving them 4 dollars as they also have 1 orange share.
Ah, yeah I did miss that. I've added a note to the Klingon subtitles, thanks!
I don't really see the point in even chasing after the long distance, because unless your opponents really aren't paying attention, you can very easily end up in a position where you sacrificed for a build-up that either gets swooped up last minute with that final track laying as we saw here with red, or getting blocked by having the token removed, as we saw here with orange. It just seems like bad strategy to even chase after it to begin with
OOF.. Calling Southern Ontario the the "Canada" map isn't going to sit will with people from the rest of Canada--though I fully realize that it's one of the best regions based on the scoring mechanisms of the game. Still happy to see some of these smaller communities get some board game representation!
I intentionally said "part of Australia" when introducing that map, I forgot to do that for Canada unfortunately.
@@JonGetsGames Oh, no worries! It wasn't commentary on your delivery-I really enjoyed it and have preordered the map and now game. These are the actual names of the boards, so just a small faux pas as far as the company's branding goes. I can't imagine a Southern Ontario or "Upper Canada" map marketing as well as "Canada", but it's a bit like doing a USA map and only showing one or two States . I hadn't seen the maps before watching your tutorial, so it came as a shock. All that said, thanks for bringing cube rails to my attention, I am really enjoying this genre!
Round 2 looks like white missed some money for owning orange stock
Ah, yeah I did miss that. I've added a note to the Klingon subtitles, thanks!
Solid looking game. FWIW, it seems like a ton of accounting with easy chances to make math errors.
Yeah, though that is lessened when player can take care of their own payouts IMO.