Every Game is Awesome 45: Great Western Trail

Tom and Jason embark on the Great Western Trail!

00:00 - Introduction
01:35 - Game overview
10:00 - Final thoughts

[alexxpfister]

Thanks Tom and Jason for the great review and your nice words!

[westlin]

Don't feel bad Jason. Kid Rock doesn't sing Kid Rock very well either.

[wroot_lt]

Love special sound effects by Jason in every episode :D

[justinfarkas]

Looks interesting and looks like the replay ability for this is really high. I really enjoyed Mombasa and this feels like another clever game, can't wait to try it out.

[meechibell]

Great review! Y'all are awesome! Yee haw! :)

[Steve-L]

Looks like another Euro I will enjoy. The theme helps a lot here.

[carlrobinson]

"At the beginning of your turn you get to 'moove' "

Can't unhear that. Every time you say moove...

[mogelyCowboyUp]

Great review guys! Thank you so much!!

[halhammons]

Tell Jason not to use "rustle" as a verb to describe cowboy behavior. Cattle rustling is thievery. Cowboys herd cattle. Outlaws rustle cattle.

[davidw]

Missed a perfect opportunity with, "you can see as we along".

[dabearz]

A remix of Cowboy and Everything is Awesome needs to happen!

[derwoodbowen]

Think it has been covered, but wrangling is the correct term for what the cowboys do on cattle drives.

[thegameacademy]

If Jason says its great, I'll definitely pick it up

[sarahlanger]

Mombasa won the German Gaming Award (Deutscher Spielepreis), which is voted on by the people. So I'd say it did win a major award...

[sidneyleejohnson]

Perhaps it was a bit early for them to notice the Dominion like mad cow race deck (or similar to the Halifax Hammer in A Few Acres of Snow). While there are some counters to this fast big cow approach, the odds may still be heavily stacked in the favor of the mad cow deck ...perhaps not enough to outright call the game "broken" but it still means you won't experience a good chunk of the game options if one or more players are racing around and around.

[TripleGMS]

I got really excited when you listed the player count. Unfortunately, your game summary is mistaken on the number of players. It is listed as a 2-4 player game on both BGG and Stronghold's website.

[twoflower]

Tom is looking his best in that Cowboy hat

[musicjunkie]

I like the game a lot but it's one of those that's best played with those who are familiar with it as there's quite a steep learning curve, it's not easy to teach and there's a ton of iconography to explain.

[O.G.Alphaborn]

Hello Carson City Vs Great Western trail. Have to keep 1 which 1?

[wolflarson]

Curious how this compares to Railroad Revolution, another new Essen game.