Northern Pacific is a luck-free, cube-rail railroad-building game where players continually choose whether to lay track or place investment cubes. The game challenges players to balance pushing their rail lines forward and capitalizing on the shared network.
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The Verdict
based on 8 reviews
“It's really quickand then have that interesting shared incentive and it's really easy to learnso that's why I Northern Pacific is my number 21”
Uns gefällt Northern Pacific so gut, dass wir es in folgenden Brettspiel-Empfehlungs-Listen 2026 empfehlen
“It's no, you know, surprise to say that I really enjoyed this game. I included it on my best of list last year. I just happened to look on working deep though and see that there really wasn't a proper overview for the game.”(7:20)
“I love player-driven games, and this one is no exception. I would pump the brakes slightly in saying it's one I'd want to play all the time. It's a good thing, but it's a lot of the same thing over and over.”
“I don’t want to oversell it, but it’s brilliant. When I ramble about wanting to like train games and games with emergent player alliances and whatnot, this is what I’ve been looking for.”
“I did come dead last in this five player game but I still really enjoyed it because it was, it was cool to see the emerging thought process that you had from this incredibly simplistic game.”(31:04)
Route Building, Trains
“I still thought it was okay to good. I just didn't do it for me, maybe after another play I'd like it better.”(3:41)
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