Once we got home from the park, unpacked the picnic and packed the children off to bed it was time for a bit of Wednesday night boardgaming. We played Union Pacific. ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
alaimacerc had left the game at our place for several weeks now, hoping to get a play of it in and last night we decided the time was right.
Rule explained (or re-explained for those who couldn't remember from the last time), we got stuck in. It's an odd mixture of set collecting, with elements now very familiar from Ticket to Ride, and distractions like the poor differentiation between suits by colour and the four kinds of track. I felt that getting only one card per turn made it drag. I couldn't help but think that Ticket to Ride gives you two cards, softening the blow of the player to your left taking the one good card from the tableau and speeding things up.
Speed was a big problem. We got started around 9h30, I'd guess, but were nowhere near finished past 23h when we called it a night. (Quasi-) final scores weresammywol 45, alaimacerc 41, me 39 and irishkate 24.
Probably worth another go soon while the rules are still more or less fresh in our heads.
alaimacerc had left the game at our place for several weeks now, hoping to get a play of it in and last night we decided the time was right.Rule explained (or re-explained for those who couldn't remember from the last time), we got stuck in. It's an odd mixture of set collecting, with elements now very familiar from Ticket to Ride, and distractions like the poor differentiation between suits by colour and the four kinds of track. I felt that getting only one card per turn made it drag. I couldn't help but think that Ticket to Ride gives you two cards, softening the blow of the player to your left taking the one good card from the tableau and speeding things up.
Speed was a big problem. We got started around 9h30, I'd guess, but were nowhere near finished past 23h when we called it a night. (Quasi-) final scores were
sammywol 45, alaimacerc 41, me 39 and irishkate 24. Probably worth another go soon while the rules are still more or less fresh in our heads.