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The Transcontinental

€55.83
Complete the railway that built a nation by outsmarting rivals and enlisting allies.  learn more +
12+
1-4
75 min.
627987651119
train Worker Placement pick-up and deliver Area Majority / Influence Wheelhouse Games Expert Games Ultra Late Pledge
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Rules Difficulty

Simple
Moderate
Complex

Concentration

Casual
Focused
Intense

Atmosphere

Relaxed
Exciting
Engaging

Publishing

Language:
EN
Game Designer:
Glen Dresser
Illustrator:
Glen Dresser
Original publisher :
Wheelhouse Games
The Transcontinental - WHEELHOUSE GAMES - Board game | IPA Gameshop

Universe

In 1871, with Canada only four years old, the Prime Minister calls for a massive undertaking: a transcontinental railway to link the established eastern provinces with the newly-added western province. Between them lay the vast, undeveloped interior. It would be a nation-defining project, opening up the resource-rich Canadian shield, the fertile prairies, and the breathtaking Rocky Mountain Cordillera, shaping not only the economy of the young country but its identity as well.

The Transcontinental is a medium-weight Eurogame with worker-placement and pick-up and deliver mechanisms about the development of the Canadian transcontinental railway.

Gameplay

Players are contractors who work to complete the railway. They send out telegrams along a linear worker-placement track — reserving those action spaces for themselves — then take turns in telegram order, loading and unloading to a shared train that travels across the country. Players can use these resources to complete developments ranging from lumber mills and farms to cities and national parks, or they can use the resources to bid to extend the railway. Powerful one-time-use ally cards, themed around a rich and inclusive cast of Canadian historical figures, allow players to make powerful combined actions.

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Reference

WHETCL001111

Release date

2022-04-29

Age

12+

Number of players

1-4

Game length

75 min.

Rules Difficulty

Complex

Concentration

Intense

Atmosphere

Relaxed

Theme

, train

Language

EN

Game Designer

Glen Dresser

Illustrator

Glen Dresser

Product type

Game

Mechanics

Area Majority / Influence , Worker Placement , pick-up and deliver

Collection

Transcontinental

Box size

325 x 105 x 200 mm

Weight

2.00 KG

Package size

10.00 x 32.00 x 20.00 CM

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