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Game Entry

Santa Fe

(1992)
User Rating: 7.07 / 10 (144 Ratings)
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GameID: 308
Rank: 916
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Information

Designed By: Alan R. Moon
Published By: White Wind
Mfg suggested # of Players: 2 - 5 players
User suggested # of Players:
Best with 3, 4 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players
(2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time: 70 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 10 and up
User Suggested Ages: 8 and up
(1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence: No necessary in-game text
(1 voter) [poll]
Category: Trains
Mechanics: N/A
Other Names: N/A

Description

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There are train lines that start out from a home station and spread across a map of the USA, and there are cards you play to claim your part of the payoffs, so it's reasonable to view Santa Fe as a predecessor to Union Pacific. Alan R. Moon says he designed Santa Fe after he saw Wildlife Adventure for the first time and enjoyed its line-extension mechanism. It's got a couple of tricks of its own and, though you can certainly be dealt out of the competition simply by the cards you get, it's still quite interesting to play.

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User Rank: 916
Num Ratings: 144
Average Rating: 7.07
Standard Deviation: 1.35
Num Views: 11711
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Avg. Game Weight: 2.14 moreinfo
Personal Comments: 41
Users Owning: 153
Users Wanting: 20
Users Trading: 4
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 1
Price History: View
Total Plays: 54
Plays This Month: 0
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Quick reference (with Santa Fe Rails differences indicated).
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