My New Favorite Game
Last Thursday I learned a completely new game called “Chicago Express” ( I think). This is a first for me because I don’t learn new games very often. For the past 3 out of four times I’ve been to the “Third Floor” I have played Stone Age which was my favorite game. Chicago Express was a blast. It is a completely economical game. You buy stocks in train stations and use their money to buy more railroads for them to travel. The whole point of the game is to get to Chicago because then you can buy black trains and get a free dividends phase. There is a map which contains three terrains which are: Mountains, Trees, and Plains. Plains are the easiest and cost the least amount of $. You can put as many trains on plains that you want ( hey that rhymes!). Trees are tough. You can only put one train on a tree square ( or is it a hexagon?) at a time. Mountains cost the most. You can only put one train on a mountain hexagon at a time. In this game I started out being the only person with green ( a smart choice). Mr. Matera and a fifth grader had red (good choice). Julian had blue ( bad choice). And a different fifth grader had yellow( very bad choice). For a while I was working silently cutting around the action through the plains minding my own business while Mr. Matera and red was busting down the trees to get to Chicago. Mr. Matera joined aliences with me. He bought a stock in green and ditched red. I got to Chicago second behind red. Red got their dividends phase and got some extra mola. When I got their I had a plan that others would not see. I would buy the first black railroads and own it all to myself so I wouldn’t have to share any of the profit. I immediately went to Chicago with black so I could get another free dividends phase. With nobody else collecting I earned about $35 on that one turn. When the game ended Mr. Matera was in first with $177 I was in second with $79 a fifth grader came in third with $63 Julian came in fourth with $25 and the other fifth grader came in last with $18. I love economic games. I love strategy games. Can it possibly get any better? I think not. This game is officially “Da Bomb”
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Cool, good for you! I don't like being a normal plain old villager, because there isn't much thrill to it. Still, werewolf is a fun game and I usually have a good time playing it.
That sounds like a fun game. How was fifth grade night.
?Ive never played chicago express, but it sounds fun!
?Thats sounds cool, hope the fifth graders liked it.
?This game was very fun but those two fifth graders were Rebecca and I. Sam got mixed up. Fifh grade night is this Thursday!
?Ohh, eh… sorry.
?That was a fun game night. I was playing Heroes of the World.
?Wow I get a lot of replies.
?Sounds cool…. I think I’ve seen this game somewhere before. It seems sort of familiar.
?Sounds cool that looks very fun and how you said that you can buy stocks and so on is cool. I love games that have money with them like For Sale.
?I saw you playing it at one of the game ninghts. It sounded like all of the players were excited.
?sound like a lot of fun
?Might be.
?Sam D., don’t call the sixth graders 5th graders!
?This sounds like a fun game.
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