Cover art for Texas & Pacific

Texas & Pacific

2010 · BGG
Avg rating
6.96
Bayes rating
5.64
Weight
2.78 (Medium)
Players
2-6
Playtime
1 hr
Ratings count
227

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Description

The train depot is a noisy place, with cowboys shouting and cows mooing as they are loaded onto the stock cars of the cattle train. While the steam locomotive hisses as it is refilled with water from the spout, smiling ranch owners think of the riches they will receive once the train reaches Chicago. Some of them were smart enough to buy shares in the railroad, which finally reached the town this spring. Business is booming!

In Texas & Pacific, 2-6 players represent wealthy investors and ranchers in the 19th-century U.S. Midwest and Texas. Players buy stock certificates from the major railroads of the era. They compete to earn the most money during the game by carefully timing dividend payments and expanding the railroads across the plains. Stock pays dividends, but has no value in the final scoring. At the end of the game, the player with the most money wins.



Mechanics

Auction / Bidding Hexagon Grid Income Network and Route Building Stock Holding Victory Points as a Resource

Themes

American West Economic Industry / Manufacturing Trains

Publishers

Rio Grande Games Winsome Games

Designers

John Bohrer