We ended up playing TTR/India with four people. The winner completed a bunch of long routes. Zzzzz.... Fun people however. I will rent Chicago Express and give it a whirl. Isn't Railways of the World the same weight as Steam? The core members of this group are ready for Steam, I believe. I would say that it's because two of them have Ph.Ds, but I'm living proof that there is absolutely no correlation between post-secondary education and gaming prowess.
Also, sell me back that copy of Shogun, because you know you're not playing it :) On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Andrew Frick <enderfr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Railways of the World! > > > Andrew > > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 9:56 AM, <ucboardgamers@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Today's Topic Summary >> >> Group: http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers/topics >> >> - Looking for a rail >> game<#135fd91d10c645f7_135f86403fa9e8ae_group_thread_0>[5 Updates] >> >> Looking for a rail >> game<http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers/t/248b00fe21f46a2b> >> >> Mark Crane <cran...@gmail.com> Mar 08 11:41AM -0700 >> >> I may be playing boardgames with friends who are a fan of Rail Baron. >> I'm >> looking for something that is better than RB (6.5) but not as heavy as >> Steam (3.5), although many of them are gamers. Any suggestions? >> >> -- >> Mark Crane >> >> >> >> >> Bret Swalberg <bretswalb...@gmail.com> Mar 08 11:45AM -0700 >> >> Empire Builder? Haven't played it yet, but it's highly regarded and >> fits >> both of your criteria. I just picked up a copy a couple of weeks ago. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Matthew Fisk <mafis...@gmail.com> Mar 08 11:50AM -0700 >> >> You know I have a copy of Railroad Tycoon ;) >> >> >> >> >> >> Chris Robbins <crobbins...@gmail.com> Mar 08 12:07PM -0700 >> >> Chicago express. >> >> >> >> >> BoardGame Revolution Support <supp...@boardgamerevolution.com> Mar 08 >> 02:26PM -0700 >> >> Looking at the list Chicago express looks fun as do many of the >> crayon rail >> games. >> boardgamegeek.com >> >> search<http://boardgamegeek.com/search/boardgame?sort=rank&advsearch=1&q=&include%5Bdesignerid%5D=&include%5Bpublisherid%5D=&geekitemname=&range%5Byearpublished%5D%5Bmin%5D=&range%5Byearpublished%5D%5Bmax%5D=&range%5Bminage%5D%5Bmax%5D=&range%5Bnumvoters%5D%5Bmin%5D=20&range%5Bnumweights%5D%5Bmin%5D=&range%5Bminplayers%5D%5Bmax%5D=&range%5Bmaxplayers%5D%5B >> >> min%5D=&range%5Bplayingtime%5D%5Bmax%5D=150&floatrange%5Bavgrating%5D%5Bmin%5D=6.52&floatrange%5Bavgrating%5D%5Bmax%5D=10&floatrange%5Bavgweight%5D%5Bmin%5D=&floatrange%5Bavgweight%5D%5Bmax%5D=3&searchuser=&nopropertyids%5B0%5D=1042&playerrangetype=normal&propertyids%5B0%5D=1034&B1=Submit<http://boardgamegeek.com/search/boardgame?sort=rank&advsearch=1&q=&include%5Bdesignerid%5D=&include%5Bpublisherid%5D=&geekitemname=&range%5Byearpublished%5D%5Bmin%5D=&range%5Byearpublished%5D%5Bmax%5D=&range%5Bminage%5D%5Bmax%5D=&range%5Bnumvoters%5D%5Bmin%5D=20&range%5Bnumweights%5D%5Bmin%5D=&range%5Bminplayers%5D%5Bmax%5D=&range%5Bmaxplayers%5D%5Bmin%5D=&range%5Bplayingtime%5D%5Bmax%5D=150&floatrange%5Bavgrating%5D%5Bmin%5D=6.52&floatrange%5Bavgrating%5D%5Bmax%5D=10&floatrange%5Bavgweight%5D%5Bmin%5D=&floatrange%5Bavgweight%5D%5Bmax%5D=3&searchuser=&nopropertyids%5B0%5D=1042&playerrangetype=normal&propertyids%5B0%5D=1034&B1=Submit> >> > >> -Jeremy >> >> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Chris Robbins <crobbins...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Chicago express. >> >> > On Mar 8, 2012 12:42 PM, "Mark Crane" <cran...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> I may be playing boardgames with friends who are a fan of Rail >> Baron. >> I'm >> >> looking for something that is better than RB (6.5) but not as >> heavy as >> Steam >> >> >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Group ucboardgamers. >> You can post via email <ucboardgamers@googlegroups.com>. >> To unsubscribe from this group, >> send<ucboardgamers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>an empty message. >> For more options, >> visit<http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers/topics>this group. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "utah county boardgamers association" group. >> To post to this group, send email to ucboardgamers@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> ucboardgamers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "utah county boardgamers association" group. > To post to this group, send email to ucboardgamers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > ucboardgamers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers?hl=en. > -- Mark Crane -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "utah county boardgamers association" group. To post to this group, send email to ucboardgamers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ucboardgamers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers?hl=en.
