Trick Of The Rails

Fit

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 3.8

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Trick of the Rails has a moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players frequently need to pay attention to each other's strategies and turns. While there is some cooperation required, it is not a major focus of the game. Overall, the game has a balanced level of player interaction.

Replay value

Trick of the Rails has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, impactful expansions, deep strategic possibilities, and good scalability. While it may take some time to learn, the game offers a fresh experience each time it is played.

Luck profile

Trick of the Rails has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements like card draws and dice rolls have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

Trick of the Rails, themed on the rise of the American railway period, combines 18XX-like portfolio management and a trick-taking card game. Players collect stock certificates and make the companies more valuable by laying the rail network. The game alternates between stock rounds and operating rounds. In stock rounds, the cards played become shares for the players. In operating rounds, the cards played become track for the companies. The companies get trains, which determine how many track cards they can count for their profit (the trains have costs as well, which may lead to companies not making any profit at all) and in the end, players simply count the value of their shares and highest value wins.

Mechanism

2

Stock Holding Trick-taking

Family

1

Digital Implementations: Board Game Arena

Type

1

Strategy

Media