Dire Wolf Digital
Lightning Train Board Game
Lightning Train Board Game
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Product overview
Build your railway, improve your bag and race across North America.
A strategic bag-building train game for 1 to 4 players, designed by Paul Dennen.
Grow your railway company by building rail lines, opening stations and delivering goods through smart bag-building decisions.
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About this product
Build your railway, improve your bag and race across North America.
A strategic bag-building train game for 1 to 4 players, designed by Paul Dennen.
Grow your railway company by building rail lines, opening stations and delivering goods through smart bag-building decisions.
Product Description
All aboard, Buddy. Lightning Train is a strategic train board game where players compete to run the most successful railway company across eight regions of North America.
Each player builds their own bag of chips, then draws from it to decide what options they have each turn. Those chips help you build rail lines, secure contracts, open stations, deliver goods and improve your company over time. The stronger your bag becomes, the better your railway engine starts to run. Tiny chips, big business brain. Dangerous combo.
The main way to score is by delivering goods to cities that need them. Rail lines matter because goods travel along the most direct route, and players score when their rail lines are used in a delivery. You will need clever planning, good timing and a sharp eye for profitable routes if you want to stay ahead of your rivals.
Why you’ll love it
- Strategic bag-building train game with a strong railway theme
- Build your own bag of chips to improve future turns
- Place train chips to create rail lines between cities
- Open stations and deliver goods across North America
- Lightning Train chips help accelerate your railway plans
- Plays like a deck-builder, but with mechanically unique chips
- Includes solo and 2-player rules for flexible play
- Great for players who enjoy planning, route building and long-term strategy
Quick Details
- Players: 1 to 4
- Recommended Age: 13+
- Game Duration: 60 to 120 minutes
- Game Type: Strategy board game, train game, bag-building game
- Play Style: Competitive
- Main Mechanic: Bag building
- Designer: Paul Dennen
- Publisher: Dire Wolf Digital
- Theme: Railway, trains, North America, business strategy
- Includes: Double-sided game board, 31 wooden station markers, 4 player boards, 82 cards, 400+ tokens and rulebook
Good to Know
- Players draw chips from their own company bag to decide what they can do each turn.
- New chips are bought and added to your bag, improving your future options.
- Train chips are used to build rail lines between cities.
- Stations can be built in cities that receive goods.
- Most points are scored when goods are delivered to stations that request them.
- Goods move by the fewest number of rail lines possible.
- Players score when their rail lines are used during deliveries.
- The game includes rules for solo play and 2-player play.
- The rulebook also includes the Mergers & Acquisitions mini-expansion for experienced players.