STATION MASTER

Far flung from the slimmed down roll and writes and the heavier 18XX games, comes Station Master with a little sense of crunch that sits somewhere between. Players perform the simple loop of attaching railcars to one of the shared central trains – which will depart form the station when they meet their length requirement. Or adding passengers, which effect the score for a single train for that player. This leads to attempts to sabotage other player’s trains while fighting to retain control of your own. Surprisingly cutthroat and vicious, the companion app takes some sting out scoring – and also offers a variety of train toots.