Each player must manage their cattleman, their train and their hand of cattle. Since the rules are easily found eslewhere this is a general summary. A brief summary of the game play is a bit hard to do. In short, the game is a true Euro, it incorporates several mechanisms and as a whole makes an interesting and challenging game. Brought to us by Alexander Pfister, award winning designer of Mombasa, Isle of Skye, and Broom Service, GWT is one of the hottest new games from Essen 2016.
Great Western Trail capitalizes on the romance of the American west, but if you are looking for fighting and shoot outs – keep looking, if you are happy to reimagine the west as an outstanding strategy game with cowboys, cattle and trains this game could be for you. Publisher: Stronghold Games, Eggertspiele.
