Watch “Crossing Oceans Review - What did 5 years do to Transatlantic?,” a board game review for Crossing Oceans from Board Gaming Ramblings on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Board Gaming Ramblings on YouTube:
Today, we are taking a look at Crossing Oceans, also known as Transatlantic 2.0.
Five years after a game we sadly didn't love, from a designer we do love (Mac Gerdts) comes a new and different version of the "same" game.
Watch the video to find out if we did like this one better, and what changes where done from the first one.
Thank you all for watching, and for being awesome!
Check out more about the game on Board Game Geek here: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368854/crossing-oceans
Timestamps:
Intro: 00:00
Overview: 01:15
Artwork & Components: 2:10
Rulebook & player Aids: 03:21
Playtime & Player Count: 04:26
The Rondel & Forward Planning: 05:24
The Map & Old Ships: 07:17
The Actions: 08:39
The ship action & Scoring: 11:03
The changes from Transatlantic: 13:38
Weight & Who is it for: 15:35
Final Thoughts: 16:14
Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Crossing Oceans is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 8 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 1 other video.
2 - 4 players
60 - 90 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About Crossing Oceans, from BoardGameGeek:
Featuring fifty historic ships, Crossing Oceans revives the golden era of ocean liners at the turn of the 20th century. Ever larger and faster steamships revolutionized maritime traffic. Daring shipping companies opened steamship lines to the major ports worldwide. Modern steel juggernauts replaced traditional sailing vessels and competed intensely for dominance on the shipping routes.
Build yourself a thriving merchant fleet, and guide it to economic prosperity. Acquire the most modern steamships on the market and take over the precious ports from your rivals. Build an extensive network of trading posts and coal bunkers to expand the capability of your fleet. Make use of diverse options to carry out lucrative transports and win the prestigious Blue Riband of the North Atlantic.
Crossing Oceans picks up the theme and some elements of the 2017 board game Transatlantic, composing an entirely new game on a large historical map.
During their turn, a player can put a ship on the board or take a contract, use contracts in three different ways (optional), and choose an action on the rondel. (The main difference in this design is that it's a rondel game, not a card-driven game.)
