Board Game Geek Description: "The object of the game is to make the rail lines as long as possible. Players start with a number of trains ringing the board. Whenever a tile placement connects a train to a station (either on the edge or the center of the board), that train is removed and the player scores one point for each tile that the route crosses, which can cause one tile to score multiple times if the track loops around. However, players score double for city connections, which are the stations in the center of the board."
You can play a Java version of the game online at Bluering.nl or even download the .exe to play on your own computer. This version can be player upto 6 players with any number of computer controled opponents.
I've never really understood these things, 'though I do see friends playing them all the time. They have to have some merit which I'm not seeing.
ReplyDeleteI have been wasting time at www.virtualapple.org/
Oregon Trail will not let me stop. Like Dave Nelson from "Newsradio" it's my "Defender." Must save the settlers...
They are strangly addicting. Not sure if it due to their simple rules, which may seem complex at first, or the fact that it doesn't take a full evening to play one game.
ReplyDeleteGuess you'll just have to try it and see if you like it.
And yes, I too still like to play Oregon Trail. :)