Trains - How to Play

How to Play Hisashi Hayashi’s Trains by Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG).
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Table of Contents:
0:00 Trains - How to Play
0:36 Introduction
0:55 Game Setup
1:15 Please Subscribe
3:06 How to Play
4:55 End Game
7:41 Detailed Rules
10:02 Card Types
13:11 Laying Rails
15:18 9 Scenarios
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Version 2 of this video contains an update to the End Game section. I added an image that explains what triggers the end game.
The end game is triggered at the end of the current player's turn when one of the following occurs:
a) A player uses all (20) of their wooden rail tokens
b) All (30) of the white station tokens are placed on the board
c) Four (4) of the card supply decks are depleted, excluding waste.
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[@seanmcgowan4842]

First time visitor; this was a great and well-structured overview. I particularly liked your early emphasis of the end game up front, which does indeed put the rest of the info in proper context. Thanks!

[@ronniwillcox8906]

We’re beginners to Trains; and to deck building games so we followed this tutorial a lot and supplemented with the written directions. Had a great time and we tied each other! We had some difficulty understanding the purpose of the Randomizer cards and would recommend that more detail be included in the setup phase of this tutorial.

[@TheTabletopTutor]

I am so pleased that you were able to use my tutorial to play Trains as your first deck-builder game. I've made note of the concern that you've raised around how to leverage the Randomizer cards to ensure that every game is unique. I reviewed my instructions starting at 2:20 in the video. I think the explanation that would have been helpful is to say to replace each randomizer card that is drawn with the stack of cards from the box. Then arrange those onto the game table as is explained further in the video.

[@anemic66]

Nice, thank you!

[@nuclearphish8051]

If rail tokens are tiebreakers, why would you remove them from the board at the beginning of scoring? A single rail token is still relevant even if it doesn't score, or did I just misunderstand something?

[@TheTabletopTutor]

You are correct. On Page 10 of the rulebook in the ‘King of the Rails’ section it describes the number of rail tokens as the tiebreaker.

[@Kjelstad]

Is that carpet pad? John? How did this happen?

[@TheTabletopTutor]

Hello Kjelstad, You are looking at the second video that I ever made. I have a custom gaming table, which I built myself. The best part of my table is that it is mounted on a Vari Electric Standing Desk 60"x30". So I can sit or stand at my gaming table. amzn.to/3lYWUtX I keep thinking I need to create a video for my gaming table setup, as it is one of a kind and I love it. However, when I finished it, I couldn't find a mat for the tabletop that was affordable. The carpet padding was a free option that met my needs... until I started recording these videos. A good friend of mine saw the Trains video and referred me to Frontline Gaming. Their stock mat for $70 was the perfect size for my tabletop. store.frontlinegaming.org/flg-mats-ocean-44-x-6.html I put that mat on top of the carpet padding, and now I have a gorgeous tabletop with just the right amount of padding that you'll see in the more recent videos. Thanks for subscribing, and for letting me geek out for a moment on my game table. - John