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2019 Ranked #13,334

Transamerica & Japan

Rail-network building game has players connect destinations across United States or Japanese maps using shared routes. Variant cards alter each round, creating changing constraints on the familiar connection race.

Trains Connections Continents: Asia

Players

2-6

Play time

30-45 min

Age

8+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

6.93

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

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?

A new version of the popular TransAmerica game by Franz Benno-Delonge. This version, published in Japan, features the original US map on one side and a new Japan map on the reverse with its own set of cards.

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A new version of the popular TransAmerica game by Franz Benno-Delonge. This version, published in Japan, features the original US map on one side and a new Japan map on the reverse with its own set of cards. The game includes the same scoring variant that was introduced in the 2018 Ravensburger release of Trans Europa & Trans Amerika. This game also includes variant cards that alter each round. These cards are similar to, but not the same as, the cards that were introduced in the Ravensburger release. While the rules for the game do not include the rules for the "Vexation" expansion, the game's components include three track shaped wooden pieces in each of the possible player colors. The rules indicate that these pieces are used in selecting which variant cards to introduce each round. —user summary

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2
Play time
30–45 min
Age
8+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Franz-Benno Delonge

Artists

1
TANSAN Inc.

Publishers

1
Group SNE

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