Rails of Europe Overview Pt. 3 of 3

Part 3 of 3 of our Rails of Europe overview and review. Highly suggested that you click on the HD option to watch this if you are capable of doing that. Sorry for splitting this up into 3 parts. Rails of Europe is an expansion game based on Railroad Tycoon. It requires the Railroad Tycoon board game in order to play it. But it provides a much different experience, due to the setup of the map and a few new rules. Visit Game Night with Geekshow at http://www.geekshow.us/category/content/podcasts/gamenight/ or our BoardGameGeek guild at: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/guild/648

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[Predatorocks]

I guess you are right compared to video games. I'm not the person though that has a Wii, Playstation, and so on basically because I get bored of a lot of those games overtime, or I beat the games.

How do you compare Ticket to Ride, and Railroad Tycoon? I'm thinking you two like Railroad Tycoon better.

[SaberGeekiN]

I hate when I get this answer for board games, but it's true. They are two completely different games. Ticket to Ride is more of a card game than a board game.

They play a lot differently. Ticket to Ride is more of what is called a gateway game. Random friends that don't generally play board games will be more likely to "get" Ticket to Ride.

For a quick play game, Ticket to Ride might be a better choice. But I think RRT is a deeper game with more play time. Ticket to Ride review is coming.

[Predatorocks]

To me, neither of these games sounds like bad games (They sound pretty good.), but the price is really high in my opinion.

That's probably why the other game went out of print so fast. How many people are going to spend $40 on a board game? Even at Wal-Mart I was looking (Wal-Mart is like cheap r us), and they were at $40 even though they say it's out of stock.

[SaberGeekiN]

$40 is a bit hard on the wallet at times. But comparatively speaking, video games tends to run about $60 for a comparable amount of entertainment value. A board game to me is something that I can play for years to come. Where as a video game will last me for months at most.

The argument is that a video game takes a lot of money to make. Hundreds of thousands, or even millions. But once it's done, it's as single as printing cheap disks. The cost development for a board game is cheap.

[SaberGeekiN]

However, the cost of production for a board game is astronomical. A 15+ page full color manual, a thick card board box (also in full color), all sorts of plastic pieces, dice, boards, etc. It's not cheap at all.

So I don't think it's priced bad at all. The question becomes, is it a good value for you personally. For many people, that is yes, and for many people that is no.

On Boardgamegeek alone, 3000 people are listed as owners. That's pretty good for a niche website listing a niche game.

[SaberGeekiN]

A couple more points in closing. Wal-Mart is generally a cheap place to buy things. But certain items (Board games, DVDs, Computers, etc) are usually cheaper online than they are in store. The funny thing is that many of these games retail for much higher. LNoE retails for $50. Want to see a really nice price on a game? Check out World of Warcraft. It retails for $90.

Finally, Railroad Tycoon went out of print because the company went under. The new company doesn't want to spend on re-licensing

[SaberGeekiN]

I love Rails of Europe. But I haven't played Age of Steam yet, due to it being out of stock. Still, the issue seems to come down to whether or not you like the randomness of cards (Which RoE has, and AoS does not) and how forgiving you like you games to be (AoS is apparently less forgiving). But for me, the other issue is that I like the look of RoE better than better than the original AoS. Though, I think Steam: Rails to Riches looks fantastic, and I'll probably pick it up when it is released.

[mvallis]

Thanks guys for the great review. I was trying to figure out if I should buy this, the upcoming Steam or the AoS reprint.