In the game the B&O, C&O, Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads drive from the East Coast across the growing eastern US to Chicago. Smaller, more aggressive railroads like the Wabash spring up to further expand America's extensive railroads. The sharpest railroad executives vie for the maximum return on their investment in this business game lasting about one hour. This game can be played by 2-6 players, but it is best with 3 or 4 players. Ages 14 and up
This entry has been split from the Winsome GamesWabash Cannonball. As the new game changes and updates the artwork and is available in a much wider release, the two games are regarded as separate entities.
1 Board (with 3 needles for the action gauges)
103 Wooden Trains (26 Yellow, 24 Green, 22 Blue, 20 Red, 11 Black)
23 Wooden Development markers (White houses)
4 Company Charter boards (Yellow, Green, Blue and Red)
20 Paper Shares (6 Yellow, 5 Green, 4 Blue, 3 Red, 2 Black)
140 x Paper Money (notes in $1/$5/$25 denominations)
5 Wooden Income Disks (in 5 colours)
5 Cardboard "+50" chits (for income track, in 5 colours)
This spreadsheet created to analyze the profit/loss of shares purchased over the course of a game of Chicago Express/Wabash Cannonball. Each page in the workbook covers a round of the game and is linked the previous page. The 'Game analysis' sheet gives the profit/loss for shares purchased in each RR company.
This workbook can used to analyze the decisions in your games, or to run hypothetical games.
One word of caution: When you save the file and open it, save it as a different name when you use it. Entering in the income levels of RR companies and results of auctions overwrites formulas in the respective cells, so you'll need to not save the changes or open the original file to use it for a different game.
Hope you find it interesting.
Small player aid for Chicago Express and Narrow Gauge/Erie expansion. 3 player aids per sheet. Note that Wabash and Erie are listed as having 10/13 trains - this deliberately does not count the initial Fort Wayne/Buffalo trains in order to be consistent with the four major companies.
A black and white, easy-to-look at board to replace the beautiful but garish board that comes with Chicago Express.
I suggest using posterazor to cut the image up in the way that most pleases you. Inkscape SVG file available upon request.
A colourised, updated version is in the works, but the B&W version is perfectly playable fresh off the printer. And you can colour it in with coloured pencil or watercolours or what-have-you if you'd like.
For economy of space, no Wabash charter is present on this map.
It contains all the rules from Chicago Express, in a condensed form, in Romanian. Thanks to pastabatman, who gave me his original file (found here http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/39103) in order to translate it. Contine toate regulile jocului Chicago Express, intr-o forma comprimata, traduse in limba romana. Multumiri lui pastabatman, cel care mi-a dat fisierul sau (pe care-l gasiti aici http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/39103) pentru a-l traduce.
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