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The Train Game box art
1997 Ranked #18,834

The Train Game

This compact dice-building game has players roll up to three times to assemble the most valuable train. Limited rerolls make each decision a balance between preserving a useful result and chasing a stronger combination.

Family Games Dice Trains Dice Rolling Containers: Tubes

Players

1-8

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.14/5

Rating

5.77

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

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?

This is the smallest Train game in the world!!! It only has 6 special dice that is it!! On each turn players can roll the dice up to three times. The goal is to make a valuable train out of the dice.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
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Type

1
Family Games

Category

2
Dice Trains

Mechanism

1
Dice Rolling

Family

1
Containers: Tubes

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
1–8
Best with
2
Play time
10 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Will Niebling

Publishers

2
Koplow Games Pegasus Spiele

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