Based on their hand, they can then choose to purchase more cards with their “train” cards, build a station in a city in their railroad network with a “station” card, put down more rails with “lay rails” cards, or perform certain actions with “action” cards. I also like that the game fits in a tiny box, which seems like the right amount of shelf space to devote to a game of this type. There are also some awesome pop culture nods thrown in on some of the cards that I didn’t even notice the first time we played. Le matériel est comme les règles de ce jeu, assez simple mais c'est le genre de jeu avec des mécaniques simples et diaboliques comme je les aime.

There are other cards which make you and other players discard the indicated card to the middle and replace it with a card from the deck. You win by scoring the most points, which you earn by building up your train, completing contracts, and delivering passengers. Four players, you will need good table space and possibly will be waiting for your turn quite a bit, as people can tend to want to see everything going on.It’s hard to make a set of signals seem alluring through pictures, but it’s a testament that none of this art can be considered ‘dull’. FYI Brain Games is also the publisher of Ice Cool, the fun penguin flicking family game which we’d also recommend checking out. I do like how my play area looks with the train and carriages and you could almost just tell a story about what your engine is pulling, in your head that is. The entire world, characters and themes of ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ are solely Zevin’s fictional creation and the only games listed in the author’s acknowledgments are video games.

However, I did enjoy my plays and it is good enough to be added to my case of travel games I like to carry around in the back of the car. This is not a good game to play after you have become accustomed to (and addicted to) games that require attention to multiple areas – think Agricola. But this will help the other train conductors get a little closer to completing their goals, by giving them the cargo or passengers, which they can then use for deliveries and big end game points! It can feel limiting in the fact that if you don’t want to use an available ability, your only other option is a random card drawn from the deck that must be placed somewhere in your line. Another thing the game gives you to think about, if you can take in that much information, is that the card you are discarding in the middle might be a huge advantage for another player.The symbol-based approach to most cards is a welcomed diversion in a genre that frequently includes paragraphs on its cards. Cards can also be spent to pay for the construction of your new train cars and buildings, or you can use your cards as cargo and load them onto available freight cars. These force every player to discard a specified carriage and replace it with one from the draw pile. Some of the game’s juiciest decisions come from having a hand that allows expansion but trying to get the most out of your resources.