C. C. Higgins Rail Pass (2014)

About this game

C. C. Higgins Rail Pass is a railroad board game that lets you relive the excitement of a railroad executive in the heyday of rail travel. Basically a roll-and-move game without the dice, passes may be used to facilitate free rail travel. Collect color-coded sets of rail passes as you travel the rails of North American railroad companies of 1920. Plan your routes as you race to designated payday cities utilizing the free travel from the rail passes you obtain along the way. The goal of the game is to garner the most points by combining rail passes into various sets defined by having the most passes in color categories and types of Railroads. C. C. Higgins Rail Pass is a completely luck-free strategy game that is both simple and extremely flexible in play.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 6.
• Rules load. At 1.7/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 8 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.