COLT EXPRESS

This might be a bit of a cop-out. It’s not really about railways, and more about robbery – but it does all take place on a cardboard train you have to slot together at the start. And it is based on a Butch Cassidy rain robbery of 1889, loosely. Players take the roles of bandits all trying to rob the same train, playing action cards face down in a pile in the middle. Next, all of the actions are played out in the order they were laid, making for silly and slapstick action scenes which are more Blazing Saddles than a true Western. Great for families and a jolly winner of the Spiel des Jahres.