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Great Western Trail
75m - 150m
2 - 4 Players
Ages 12+
Deck building/Pool building refers to a collection of related mechanisms. Players have a personal pool, or collection, of cards or tokens, that provide different actions and/or resources. A subset of those cards/tokens are randomly drawn each turn.
Deck / Pool Building
Hand management games are games with cards in them that reward players for playing the cards in certain sequences or groups. The optimal sequence/grouping may vary, depending on board position, cards held and cards played by opponents. Managing your hand means gaining the most value out of available cards under given circumstances. Cards often have multiple uses in the game, further obfuscating an "optimal" sequence.
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The primary goal of a set collection mechanic is to encourage a player to collect a set of items.
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EXPANSION: Great Western Trail: Rails to the North (2018) PROMOS: Great Western Trail: The Eleventh Building Tile (2017 Goodie Box) Great Western Trail: At the Poker Table (2018) EXTRAS: BGG Linen Drawstring Bags for Great Western Trail
adebisi
There seems to be multiple ways to victory in Great Western Trail, none of which feels overly dominant which I take as a sing of a good game. Every action seems significant although not decisive. The only things that seem like a must, are getting those extra hand cards as early as possible and increasing your movement speed early enough so that you can avoid being caught in the web of buildings other players are laying down. I must admit that the game can feel a bit repetitive since the only thing that changes is that you get more and more money every round from shipping your cattle. Luckily the game progresses at a decent pace so that it does not become too tedious.
adamszlenda
At first I was blown away by how good, complicated but fun it was. Then I played it more and with each playthrough it seemed to lose something for me. I had a 10/10 experience as well as 5/10 and I don't know why yet.