Have played three times on the new boards and enjoyed the challenge also loving the new cards
Improve game setup. Easy to assemble
The entire process was easy. Product arrived on time and well packaged. Impressed!
Fits like a glove.
Designer | Tom Dalgliesh |
Publisher | Columbia Games |
Players | 2-6 |
Playtime | 45-60 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Additional Info |
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In The Last Spike, players must cooperate to build a continuous railway from St. Louis to Sacramento. Different routes are possible and some towns never get a railway link. Each player competes to accumulate the most money from land speculation before the "last spike" is laid.
Each player has a hand of four track tiles, with each tile showing a particular location on the game board and a cost. The game board depicts nine cities in a diamond shape, with St. Louis at one tip and Sacramento at the other, and locations where track can be built are marked on the game board.
On a turn, a player places one of their track tiles in the appropriate space, paying the cost while doing so. (If a player can't afford to place track, they must auction one or more of their train deeds to raise cash.) If the player is the first to place adjacent to a city, they gain a deed to that city for free. After placing a tile, a player can purchase one deed for a city.
Whenever two cities are connected, all holders of the deeds for those two cities receive funds from the bank based on the number of deeds they hold. A city will pay out 0-4 times depending on where it is and how track is built during the game.
When a player places a tile that creates a contiguous track from St. Louis to Sacramento, this player receives a $20,000 bonus, everyone receives a deed payout for the cities just connected, then the game ends. Whoever has the most cash wins.
Check out my Video Review for The Last Spike here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNBmpeoAUXY
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Have played three times on the new boards and enjoyed the challenge also loving the new cards
Improve game setup. Easy to assemble
The entire process was easy. Product arrived on time and well packaged. Impressed!
Fits like a glove.