2025Vital Lacerda
- Videos
- 74
- Creators
- 42
Mainly reviews and unboxings
1 - 4 players50 - 180 minVery heavy weight
The Transcontinental
2022Glen Dresser
- Videos
- 16
- Creators
- 14
Mostly reviews and how-to-play. The Transcontinental is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 7 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 3 unboxings, and 1 other video.
1 - 4 players
75 - 150 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
From BoardGameGeek
In 1871, with Canada only four years old, the Prime Minister calls for a massive undertaking: a transcontinental railway to link the established eastern provinces with the newly-added western province. Between them lay the vast, undeveloped interior. It would be a nation-defining project, opening up the resource-rich Canadian shield, the fertile prairies, and the breathtaking Rocky Mountain Cordillera, shaping not only the economy of the young country but its identity as well. The Transcontinental is a medium-weight Eurogame with worker-placement and pick-up and deliver mechanisms about the development of the Canadian transcontinental railway. Players are contractors who work to complete the railway. They send out telegrams along a linear worker-placement track - reserving those action spaces for themselves - then take turns in telegram order, loading and unloading to a shared train that travels across the country. Players can use these resources to complete developments ranging from lumber mills and farms to cities and national parks, or they can use the resources to bid to extend the railway. Powerful one-time-use ally cards, themed around a rich and inclusive cast of Canadian historical figures, allow players to make powerful combined actions. -description from the publisher
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Which video should I watch for The Transcontinental?
The Transcontinental has 16 videos from 14 creators: 7 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 3 unboxings and 1 other video. They date from 2020 to January 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Previews: Ruins of Arnak, New York Zoo, Renature, Red Cathedral, Catan: Conquerors, Transcontinental" by Shut Up & Sit Down, which runs 42 min. For a quicker teach, "The Transcontinental: Learn to Play" by BoardGameTeacher runs 11 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "The Transcontinental Preview (runthrough)" by Rahdo Runs Through. 7 creators have reviewed it.
If you like it, try Speakeasy, Bruxelles 1897, Bruxelles 1893 or Amun-Re, which share several of its mechanics.
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About The Transcontinental
From BoardGameGeek:
In 1871, with Canada only four years old, the Prime Minister calls for a massive undertaking: a transcontinental railway to link the established eastern provinces with the newly-added western province. Between them lay the vast, undeveloped interior. It would be a nation-defining project, opening up the resource-rich Canadian shield, the fertile prairies, and the breathtaking Rocky Mountain Cordillera, shaping not only the economy of the young country but its identity as well. The Transcontinental is a medium-weight Eurogame with worker-placement and pick-up and deliver mechanisms about the development of the Canadian transcontinental railway. Players are contractors who work to complete the railway. They send out telegrams along a linear worker-placement track - reserving those action spaces for themselves - then take turns in telegram order, loading and unloading to a shared train that travels across the country. Players can use these resources to complete developments ranging from lumber mills and farms to cities and national parks, or they can use the resources to bid to extend the railway. Powerful one-time-use ally cards, themed around a rich and inclusive cast of Canadian historical figures, allow players to make powerful combined actions. -description from the publisher
Designer
Glen Dresser
Artist
Glen Dresser
Publisher
Wheelhouse Games
Categories
Industry / ManufacturingTrainsTransportation
Mechanics