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Blue Orange | Next Station - London | Board Game | Ages 8+ | 1-4 Players | 25 Minutes Playing Time

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If you can’t access that symbol (or you don’t want to), you do not draw a connection. The 6 Street cards also contain symbols which work in the same way. In there somewhere, however, is also a handy switch symbol that lets you split off from any station on your current line to the symbol shown on the next flipped card. There is a rule about subtracting 10 points if you use an advanced module. And I must confess that this is the only rule which I don’t find too clear. So, I just inflict a negative 10 points for each scoring objective not achieved or for each pencil power used (if adding them into my game). This could be too harsh, but always play hard or go home! Strategic Stations One coloured pencil at a time you will be drawing a route across London. The map is divided into thirteen districts, including cheeky single square districts in each corner. You will be balancing getting your route into as many of these districts as possible while getting as many stations in each district too. Each round scores how many districts your route visits multiplied by the most stations you have in the busiest district. An additional two points are scored for crossing the river. Extra points are also scored by having multiple lines going through the same station.

Friern Barnet – Introduction | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk . Retrieved 27 April 2010. None of these things break the game, but Next Station: London is already a limited operation. Giving it as many chances to shine as possible would be nice, right?

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Make sure you visit fashionable Notting Hill and its colourful Portobello Market, pay a visit to the elegant West End entertainment district and shop till you drop on the famous Oxford Street. The city’s museums and galleries are among the best in the world and so are its restaurants and clubs! The famous London tube connects the city’s many sights and travelling on the Underground is an experience in itself. FAMILY OR ADULT STRATEGY GAME: This 1 to 4 player flip-and-write game can be enjoyed by parents playing with their children as well as adults. It also includes a 1 player rule. Best recommended for ages 8 & Up. The other great thing about Next Station: London is the optimization puzzle. The design of scoring points based on building a route in multiple districts yet having that be multiplied by your largest number in a single district creates a unique tug of war with how to proceed. This, coupled with points for crossing the Thames, as well as the need to connect multiple colors to a single station, all add a lot of fun tension for such a short experience. It’s also worth mentioning that four of the districts are single stations on the corners of the map, so seeking them out pulls you further away from interchanges and the Thames. a b "Walthamstow – Transport and postal services | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. 22 June 2003 . Retrieved 27 April 2010. Teddington – Introduction | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk . Retrieved 27 April 2010.

STRATEGY TABLETOP BOARD GAME: Next Station London is a route building paper-and-pencil game by renowned author Matthew Dunstan. This game takes you to the undergrounds of the city of London (England, UK) to draw metro routes across the city and underneath the Thames D] Upkeep – (also probably doesn’t have to be a phase on its own) – pass your pencil to the player to your left. If you have fewer than 4 people, there may be a space on the table to hold a pencil. If you’re next to it, simply pass the pencil there or take the pencil from that space. Just make sure that by the end of the game, all players have had one turn with each pencil.HOW TO PLAY: Next Station London is a flip and draw game using connections, line drawing and route building mechanics. In this game the city of London has commissioned you to redesign its underground network. You will need to optimize connections, serve as many sights as possible and exploit the tunnels that pass under the Thames while being careful to respect the specifications set by the city. London Euston train station is a major hub with various routes departing to destinations across the United Kingdom. Some of the prominent routes from London Euston include: London to Manchester: Euston station provides direct services to Manchester Piccadilly station, a major transportation hub in the north of England. Trains on this route offer convenient connections to Manchester Airport and other destinations in the Greater Manchester area.

When this card is flipped over, the next Station card is immediately flipped over as well. As the card revealed after the Railroad Switch was a circle card, you will draw a line to a circle station. Each colored route proceeds in a similar fashion. Once all four routes are complete players also gain points for how many stations feature connecting routes of two, three, or four different lines. The game also comes with two additional modules that can be added either separately or together. One gives a random power to each colored pencil that can be used once per round. These powers stay with each pencil as they are passed each round. The other provides shared objectives for all players. The central station is a wild icon. Players score more points based on how many different colors enter each station. Game Experience: London to Liverpool: Euston station offers direct services to Liverpool Lime Street station, providing access to the vibrant city of Liverpool and its surrounding areas. The route also connects to other towns and cities in Merseyside and the northwest of England. Let’s Make a Bus Route gets around some of this by making each player’s game a bit different. There are only 12 cards to flip in the game, but each card number represents a different shape that needs to be drawn. And the map is shared, creating a comedic list of issues as players’ routes all run into each other. Enfield – Communications | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. 22 June 2003 . Retrieved 27 April 2010.Hornsey, including Highgate – Communications | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk . Retrieved 27 April 2010.

The components to the game are surprisingly slim. Each player gets a scoresheet to write on. Otherwise, there are 11 station cards, 5 objective cards, and 4 pencil power cards. There are also 4 colored pencils, one in each of the colors of the subway lines on your sheet. That’s it! Each station after this must be drawn from either end of your line and must connect to a station with the same symbol as shown on the flipped over station card. Enfield – Growth after 1850 | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. 8 February 1966 . Retrieved 27 April 2010. The artwork may not be for everyone, but I welcome the overall vibe. The bold colours and style feels retro while being modern, a bit like much of the underground artwork. For want of a better way of putting it, they have made it feel very ‘London’. First you can use it like a normal Station card and add a section to either end of your Underground line. You will connect to a station with the symbol from the second card you revealed. This player has four choices for how they would like to use the Railroad Switch card if they don’t want to use it for its special ability. The pencil in each picture shows a station that the player could connect to.There is also one station card which is wild and can be used to connect to any shape. Generally, you can only connect to a new station from either end of your line using the prescribed paths, and lines of different colours cannot cross. Interchange station points (interchanges that connect different colors: 2 points per interchange connecting 2 lines, 5 points per interchange connecting 3 lines, 9 points per interchange connecting all 4 lines).

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