Marinda Darnell

Empire Express is a light version of the choo choos and crayons version of train games. It is good for both beginners and veterans alike.

For veteran train gamers looking for a very fast fun game, this is it. My game group can play an entire game of this in less then 25 minutes.

For those who are just starting out in train games, this version streamlines the winning conditions, and starts the players out with a set amount of track and specific loads. Which takes the initial overload of learning the rules out. Players are introduced to movement and loads, and then once they are comfortable with that, the game picks up and starts adding in the rest of the strategies.

Pandemic is a great theme, and is a lot of fun. I will let the other reviews give a description of the game. They are all very accurate. I have found when playing this is to be careful on who I play it with. We all have that one friend who will tell everyone what to do and take over the game. Choose wisely your fellow gamers.

The game is very easy to learn, and what is nice about it is that each time you play is a bit different. You never know what is going to be pulled from the bag, so the random factor is huge.