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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