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Loco Motive box art
2009 Ranked #4,605

Loco Motive

This team communication game has partners seat train passengers through gestures and shouted names. Speed and coordination turn a simple carriage into comic chaos.

Party Games Action / Dexterity Party Game Acting Team-Based Game

Players

4-8

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.08/5

Rating

6.43

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

In Tokyo Train, teams of two players compete for seating passengers on a train at their place, according to the card drawn. One team member tries to guide the other through gestures and calling the passenger's name.

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In Tokyo Train, teams of two players compete for seating passengers on a train at their place, according to the card drawn. One team member tries to guide the other through gestures and calling the passenger's name. the other team member will then switch passengers' positions on a board. The first team who manages getting each passenger on his seat cries "Tokyo Train" and takes the card. The first team who gets 7 cards wins the game.

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
4–8
Best with
2
Play time
15 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Walter Obert

Artists

2
Miya Chan Stivo

Publishers

4
asmodee Brain Games Cocktail Games Kod Kod

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