5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun, lots of character, and an interesting game mechanic.

A.C. · 2 January 2018

This game is just unreasonably fun. Well balanced, replayable, but really simple to pick up. My board game-savvy friends were all competent not long into the first playthough. As "the board" is just a train, it's easy to play on a coffee table. There's a little bit of first time setup - some absolutely adorable slot together models for the train and some fun wild west aesthetics. I never thought I'd appreciate a carboard cactus so much. Those details really make you feel like the designers enjoyed making this game.The character sheets look great and hit the wild west archetype. The "programming" game mechanic might sound clunky, but it really sets the feeling of a fast-paced battle where you need to think four moves ahead - and leads to some hilarious or awesome results.Absolutely great for the price, too - if I was paying £40 I'd expect some plastic and character models, but getting this much game and such characterful pieces for about £25 is awesome.Building the trains is fun, but you won't have to do it every time - once you open the box, you convert it to accommodate the locomotive and six carriages in individual bays. The box fits all of the parts, and safely! That's something I like seeing in a game design.I'm definitely going to buy the expansions.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun, Looks Great & High Replaybility.

P.B. · 3 February 2021

This is a great game - easy to learn and looks incredible. The cartoony nature of the design will appeal to the whole family, as will the easy to learn nature of it. That said, great fun to play just amongst adults! In my view, a game that benefits from playing with at least 3 players, as it can be easy to work out the other player’s strategy, if just two.A special shout out to the game designers! The 3-D train and carriages are really well designed and take around 30 minutes to put together. The specially designed box, which allows them to be stored in their built state between games, is inspired and a really nice touch. Great stuff!

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Strategy Boardgame

P.B. · 2 March 2020

Clearly there has been a resurgence of boardgames. From the shelves of stores such as Toys R Us in the 80s and 90s we saw treasured games such as Atmosphere and for the younger audience, pop up pirate. Ahh those were the days, and, at the time it didnt feel like things could be any better.Clearly however, boardgames were more treasured than I had ever realised. With the dawn of crowd funding fuelling countless titles, we are literally spoiled for choice.This game is an excellent addition to any families dining room table. It also however has a quality which would usually be reserved for 4X gamers and lovers of computer games such as the most excellent silent storm.Each player takes it in turn to place either a movement, shoot or pick up card. Once everyone has played the game the 'runs'. Its extremely funny to see characters walk backwards only to be hit from a stray bullet from mum. Things become even more interesting when you enter a tunnel and place the cards face down.The game is a little fiddly to set up first time around, the card board pieces take forever to release from their sprue prisons. However once you are up and running a typical game with 4 people can be played between 30 to 45 minutes.It's an excellent title and can highly recommend.

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun game, great theme, amazing production value.

J.D. · 9 May 2015

Unique is perhaps the best word describe this game. An amazing board comprised of a three dimensional train which pieces together like a jigsaw. The train's detail is outstanding, the artwork and unique styling of each carriages interior helps set the scene and atmosphere of the game.The mechanics are good fun and different too, its got elements of card management, deduction and tactical play.Some may argue that some characters are better than others, but I suggest that it totally depends on your style of play.This is a great game for families and/or friends, recommended 4+ players but still good fun with 3.The 2 player variant is also great fun!

5.0 out of 5 stars Good fun and different

A.C. · 1 July 2022

My family is really only familiar with two board games, monopoly and scrabble. I played this game before with friends and enjoyed it a lot so taught my family. Colt express is of course more complicated than monopoly and scrabble so it took a few games for them to fully understand and appreciate the game but its been great fun ever since. All the pieces are robust for cardboard and very well designed and aesthetic. Would recommend it to anyone

5.0 out of 5 stars Great game just be aware the box doesn't include playmat

p. · 29 December 2018

It is a great game, you can find some good, detailed reviews on youtube. The game arrived quickly, product quality is very good. Takes around half an hour to put all elements together, but then you can store them in the box. Just one thing to keep in mind, there is no playmat in the box. It is not a big deal, you don't need a playmat to play a game. It just make the game to look better. It is not a seller fault, as there is not even a word about playmat in description, but many pictures on the internet are showing the train on the mat making the impression it is a part of the game.

5.0 out of 5 stars Latest version

S.D. · 29 January 2025

Birthday present for a fan of the game. This was the latest version. I haven't played it myself. Just to say it looks ok and, as I say, it is at the time of writing the most up to date version.

3.0 out of 5 stars Great concept let down by poor instructions.

M.A.L.H. · 23 July 2016

Brilliant conceived and made turn based strategy game. Beautiful board/train and very easy to assemble.Instructions are very complicated and it doesn't explain itself well.This is very useful. (...)

Juego increible

R. · 27 October 2019

Un juegazo!

Excellent board game

D.V. · 2 February 2021

Excellent board game, we play it as a family (with kids as young as 8) and we really enjoy. It is very unique and almost feels movie-like, where we are the gangsters!

Fun game for all ages.

A.カ. · 20 June 2016

They delivered this all the way to Japan. It arrived in around 10 days and was in perfect condition.The game is quite enjoyable, definitely a good game for board game geeks and non-board game geeks alike.

The game came quickly and in perfect shape

A.C. · 12 January 2024

Great family game

Divertido y estratégico

J. · 5 April 2019

Para comenzar a jugar es necesario armar el tren donde irán los meeples durante el juego, las instrucciones son muy sencillas pero es necesario poner atención en los detalles de los vagones para que muestren el lado interior o exterior según corresponda. Ya armados la caja es lo suficientemente grande para guardar todo el tren sin desensamblar (solamente sería necesario deshacer las piezas de escenario).Ahora bien, en relación propiamente al juego, éste requiere de memoria, ahorita explico el porqué, y su mecánica consiste en programación de acciones; donde cada jugador jugará una carta a una pila común acorde a lo señalado en el escenario en turno. Al jugar todas las cartas para el escenario, éstas se jugarán una por una hasta la última carta, pudiéndose así mover por adentro o por arriba del trén, saquear a los pasajeros, atacar a los otros jugadores o mover al sheriff.Entonces, en que parte entra la memoria, ésta entra durante la fase donde se juegan las cartas. Al estar colocando las cartas en la pila común cada jugador va revelando (o no si pasan por un túnel) que acción llevará a cabo. Por lo que en un vagón con una bolsa de dinero, si 2 jugadores quieren saquear, solamente el primero lo hará con éxito. Por otra parte, los puñetazos arrojan al golpeado a un vagón adyacente y el sheriff hace que los bandidos escapen al techo del vagón, pudiendo frustrar los planes de cualquiera.Es muy divertido ver como un plan maestro puede ser destruido de un sólo golpe y muy satisfactorio cuando todo ocurre acorde al plan. Adicionalmente, cuenta con reglas especiales para 2 jugadores y equipos.