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Chicago & NorthWestern redraw
I wanted to do a redraw of the Chicago & NorthWestern board. I own the original Winsome Games edition. The Rio Grande version has a nicer board, though it’s a bit plain and doesn’t include the most obvious usability fix I wanted to include in my version. Let’s start with the original version. It’s usable,…
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Return to Indonesia
We had a great game session yesterday. We played Indonesia! The appearance of the new third edition made me realize Indonesia would be a great match for my current game group, so I quickly reacquired a copy. I got the first edition, from a friend who upgraded to the third. We had full five players.…
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Return to Chicago & NorthWestern
A friend suggested playing Wabash Cannonball, but when digging through my Winsome crate, I found Chicago & NorthWestern. This John Bohrer design from 2016 was released by Rio Grande in 2023, so it’s more widely available. It’s a funny game. This is a cube rails game where railroad companies spread out west from Chicago. Everybody…