America, the second half of the 19th century: you are a rancher from the farthest corner of the west, wanting to make a fortune by delivering the best cattle to customers in the eastern part of the country. Buying the most valuable cows and delivering them to the train station in Kansas City is the best known way for you to realize this dream. Chicago, Philadelphia, New York – the farther the destination city is located, the greater the profit from selling cattle! However, achieving success is not easy. Along the way, you will meet other ranchers who are just as eager for adventure and profits. Or maybe even more?
Great Western Trail is a recognized strategic game in which we take on the role of cattle breeders. During the game, we must take care of our herd and respond to its needs, as well as effectively transport it to the loading point. Fortunately, we are not alone. Cowboys will help us take care of the cows, craftsmen will allow us to build our own buildings, and engineers will manage important railway connections.
During the game, you will move your rancher along the trail, heading from the bottom right corner of the board towards Kansas City located in the top left corner. Along the way, there will be actions offering various ways to earn victory points: building buildings, buying cows at the cattle market, upgrading railway stations, or removing various types of dangers.
Each time your rancher reaches Kansas City, you must send cows by train to another city, which also allows you to earn victory points. Then the rancher continues his journey again from the bottom right corner of the board, aiming to reach Kansas City approximately 5 to 7 times during the entire game.
Victory points are summed at the end of the game from various areas in front of the player and elements on the board marked with their color. The one who scores the most wins!
Contents:
- 1 main board
- 4 ranchers
- 4 hats
- 4 locomotives
- 4 player boards
- 4 auxiliary tokens
- 54 helper tokens
- 18 danger tokens
- 22 bandit tokens
- 3 bags
- 56 player discs
- 4 certificate markers
- 56 coin tokens
- 1 labor market token
- 92 cow cards
- 24 Simmental cow cards
- 28 goal cards
- 1 Simmental market token
- 9 stationmaster tokens
- 55 building tokens
- 1 specialization token
- 1 scorepad
- 1 rulebook
- 1 rulebook supplement
- 1 solo variant rulebook
- 15 Sam cards
- 1 Sam board
