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

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Planning a new tube network offers entertainment and strategic finesse, all in a small package and with a lean set of rules. I’m keeping my inner Controller happy because my mind keeps saying “just one more game, just one more game”. You always play four rounds, you always use each pencil color, and you don’t have any direct interaction with other players, so nothing to worry about! The latest fast playing flip and fill game from Blue Orange Games and Coiledspring, this little magnetic box of hyper colour happiness has captured our hearts. The box says 1-4 players, but it really could be infinite if you had enough colored pencils to go around.

Ultimately this is a multiplayer solitaire experience as players pass around pencils and puzzle out the best way to draw their current line to maximize points. Multiply the number of districts you’ve connected to times the largest number of stations you’ve connected to in a single district. Maybe lacks a little variety after 10-15 plays compared to a game like Rustling Leaves or Welcome To Collector's Edition. End-of-round scoring is based on how many districts were visited multiplied by the largest number of stations you visited within a single district. You’re faced with a real dilemma: on the one hand you want to expand as quickly as possible but, on the other, you don’t want to get forced into dead ends.

Lines are never allowed to cross, so you need to be flexible enough to reach any of the possible symbols. It’s also found a comfortable spot sitting on my desk ready for when lunchtime/post-work decompression time comes around. For me, it’s easier to learn a game when all of the pieces are read together at the same time – but this is possibly just a style thing.

Everything is done very professionally with this company and always lets you know every step of the process. To subscribe to GeekDad’s tabletop gaming coverage, please copy this link and add it to your RSS reader.Despite having a single unchanging layout on the score sheet the game still feels different enough each time it has hit the table so far. You score 2 pts for a station with two lines, 5 points for a station with three different lines, and 9 points for a station that has all 4 lines at it. George (11): I think it’s a really fun game, I like the artwork because I can imagine the people in London. Score as many points as you can by optimising the routes of the four underground lines on your map in London.

This, mixed with the limited number of cards, gives me the sense that after a half-dozen plays, Next Station: London might not be very interesting. For the simple reason that I feel like I have more control in Next Station – London and I am not as hindered by the luck of the cards.Stations can be visited by multiple colors, but routes cannot cross over a line that’s already been established. Optimise connections, serve as many sights as possible and exploit the tunnels that pass under the Thames. Try not to draw too many lines that cut off other routes; you can’t cross anything you’ve already done. Next Station: London can also be enjoyed in solo mode and o nce you have played a few times, you can move onto the advanced module that has more gaming options and tougher challenges. Once you are used to the game, and you start to play with the pencil power cards and the shared goal cards; this also makes you approach each game in a different manner; different enough that I haven’t tired of it yet!