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2014 Ranked #6,617

Ivor The Engine

This family collection game has players help a little locomotive gather lost sheep and complete tasks for friends. Clearing sheep from areas and triggering story events creates extra rewards, with the largest flock deciding victory.

Family Games Movies / TV / Radio theme Trains Area Movement Pick-up and Deliver

Players

3-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.96/5

Rating

6.38

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.9/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Not very long ago, in the top left-hand corner of Wales, there was a railway. It wasn't a very long railway or a very important railway, but it was called The Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited, and it was all there was.

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Not very long ago, in the top left-hand corner of Wales, there was a railway. It wasn't a very long railway or a very important railway, but it was called The Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited, and it was all there was. And in a shed, in a siding at the end of the railway, lives the Locomotive of the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited, which was a long name for a little engine so his friends just called him Ivor... In Ivor the Engine, you'll help Ivor to collect lost sheep and complete tasks for his friends. You'll get extra rewards for clearing sheep from each area and bonuses for events from the Ivor stories. The player with the most sheep at the end of the game wins. Please note: This game features BRAND NEW artwork by Ivor's original artist, Peter Firmin!

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Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
2–5
Play time
60 min
Age
8+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Tony Boydell

Artists

3
Peter Firmin Klemens Franz Charlie Paull

Publishers

2
Esdevium Surprised Stare Games Ltd

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