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Episode 68 – In Training

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Episode 68: In Training

Host: Mark Teskey  ·  Guest: Martin Fowler

The Gaming Moguls return with Martin Fowler for an all-trains follow-up to last episode. We tackle the age-old debate of what is and isn’t a train game, working through the three classic families (18xx, Age of Steam, and cube rails) and a long list of boundary cases. Like usual, we recap the recent train games we’ve been playing, including 18 Royal Gorge, 1890 Osaka, Stellar Ventures, Chicago & North Western, Railway Boom, and Imperial Steam.

Chapters

  • 00:00 — Intro
  • 01:08 — What is a train game?
  • 04:20 — The three families: 18xx, Age of Steam, Cube Rails
  • 06:08 — Boundary case: Ticket to Ride
  • 15:18 — TransAmerica
  • 18:19 — Union Pacific & Acquire
  • 20:56 — Stephenson’s Rocket
  • 21:27 — Amabel Holland’s Gauge series: Ride the Rails, Irish Gauge, Iberian Gauge, Dual Gauge
  • 22:39 — Brass: Birmingham (and a Brass: Pittsburgh tease)
  • 26:31 — The Grand Trunk Journey
  • 28:35 — Russian Railroads
  • 29:21 — Indonesia (3rd Edition)
  • 33:12 — 18 Royal Gorge
  • 40:42 — 1890 Osaka
  • 44:00 — Stellar Ventures
  • 48:28 — Chicago & North Western
  • 55:43 — Steam Power
  • 56:00 — Railway Boom
  • 1:01:54 — Imperial Steam
  • 1:09:30 — Wrap-up

    • Also mentioned

    1830: Railways & Robber Barons  ·  Age of Steam  ·  Northern Pacific  ·  Baltimore & Ohio  ·  TransAmerica & Japan  ·  Brass: Lancashire  ·  Container  ·  Great Western Trail  ·  Shikoku 1889  ·  Wabash Cannonball / Chicago Express  ·  Age of Rail: South Africa  ·  Yokohama  ·  Across the United States  ·  Metro X  ·  Tzolk’in  ·  The Voyages of Marco Polo  ·  Grand Austria Hotel  ·  Barrage  ·  Food Chain Magnate  ·  Greed Incorporated  ·  Lisboa  ·  1849  ·  1848  ·  Mini Rails

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