Metro (game)

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metro
Game board
Game board
Game data
author Dirk Henn
graphic Franz Vohwinkel
publishing company db-Spiele (1997),
Queen Games (2000),
Tactic ,
Überplay
Publishing year 1997, 2000
Art Board game
Teammates 2 to 6
Duration 45 minutes
Age from 8 years

Awards

Game of the Year 2000: Shortlist
Gamers Choice Award 2001: Multiplayer Finalist
Mensa Select 2001

Metro is a board game by Dirk Henn for 2 to 6 players.

Queen Games produced the game in 2000 after Henn self - published it in 1997 as Iron Horse db-Spiele .

The game was on the shortlist for Game of the Year in 2000 and was one of the finalists for the Gamers Choice Award in 2001 . It was also awarded a Mensa Select in 2001.

Furnishing

  • 1 fold-out game board
  • 60 track tiles
  • 6 overview boards in the different game colors
  • 61 metro wagons
  • 6 counting stones
  • 1 rules of the game

The game

Game background

The players slip into the role of subway builders who are supposed to build the Paris Metro in 1898 for the world exhibition in 1900.

Game board

The playing field is rectangular and consists of a total of 10 × 10 fields, whereby the four corner fields remain free. The edge fields represent underground stations, of which each player has a certain number in his possession, as do the four middle fields; a connection to these main stations earns double the number of points in route accounting. The remaining 60 fields are free and the track tiles are placed on them.

Game situation

Game objective

The aim of the game is to create the longest possible routes between two train stations by cleverly placing the track tiles. Each route brings points, the winner is whoever has collected the most points at the end of the game.

Game flow

It is the turn of the players to take turns. In your turn you draw one of the track tiles hidden around the game board. Now he has the choice of placing it on the board or drawing another tile, which he must then put down in any case. If one or more routes are completed by filing, these will be billed. This ends the turn.

Playing

The game ends when all train stations are connected to a metro line.

variants

The game can be varied in such a way that the very high luck factor in the basic variant decreases in favor of strategy. This allows you to allow the track tiles to be rotated as you like, which is not allowed in the basic variant. Another variant gives a certain number of tiles in hand , so that the player has a better opportunity to plan his routes in advance.

Cable car

In 2009 Queen Games released the game San Francisco Cable Car , which is based on Metro or Iron Horse ; The setting was changed and another game variant in the form of the expansion "The Societies" was added. In this game variant none of the colors is assigned to a player. Instead, one acquires shares in the individual railway companies (colors) through trading. The players then receive points according to their ownership of the individual companies.

Web links

Commons : Metro  - collection of images, videos and audio files