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Trains, Planes & Automobiles

Trains, Planes & Automobiles

BlueSquare Games · 2011
2–640 min8+ yrs1.7/5 complexity6.1 BGG67PartyFamily
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How do you play Trains, Planes & Automobiles?

Ride the rails? Fly the skies? Drive the highways and byways? In this fast-playing fun game for the whole family, up to six players are news reporters in the late 1950s racing across the country to beat other players to the cities with the scoops.

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Trains, Planes & Automobiles box art
official art · BlueSquare Games

Ride the rails? Fly the skies? Drive the highways and byways? In this fast-playing fun game for the whole family, up to six players are news reporters in the late 1950s racing across the country to beat other players to the cities with the scoops.

Each player in Trains, Planes, and Automobiles is given a secret assignment city, along with one group city that everyone knows. Each player then receives plane tickets, train tickets, and rental car miles to get to the cities; the trick is some cities can reached only with one or two tickets while some can be reached with all three. You can play Bad Weather cards on other players flying, or Auto Breakdowns on players driving, and Train Delays on rail riders.

game anatomy
Complexity1.7 / 5
BGG rating6.1 / 10
Vibe
PartyFamily
Language dependence
Some text — easily memorized
🌐 plays without English
Play time
40 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
8+ yrs
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Q3How do you play Trains, Planes & Automobiles?
Trains, Planes & Automobiles is a travel game, for 2–6 players, taking ~40 minutes, featuring grid movement. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Trains, Planes & Automobiles — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Trains, Planes & Automobiles support?
Trains, Planes & Automobiles is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Trains, Planes & Automobiles take?
A game of Trains, Planes & Automobiles takes about 40 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Trains, Planes & Automobiles for?
Trains, Planes & Automobiles is recommended from age 8.
Q7How complex is Trains, Planes & Automobiles?
Trains, Planes & Automobiles has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.7 out of 5.
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