Railroad Ink: Deep Blue Edition

The perfect zen game: a clever enough puzzle to keep the brain ticking over while light and breezy enough to be played under any circumstances. The components are great, it looks nice, a finished game has a pleasing aesthetic and it's a lovely solo time killer to boot. I'll probably never tire of it.

From all of the roll/flip and write games I have played this is the real standout. If it didn't have the expansions in the box it would be a good game. Those four extra dice elevate it into something special. Due to the ease of play this may be the boardgame I have played the most games of.

My first game of my reintroduction to board games. I loved it when I played it, however now that I've been exposed to a wider variety of games, I'd have to play again to see if I'd still give it a 10 rating.

I do wish the game boards were a little bigger bc they can get messy and hard to read. Dry-erase is not the best option because it smears, the eraser gets gummed up, and the tip gets fuzzy over time. I swapped out the dry-erase markers for wet-erase; it's both easier to read and cleans up nicer (the dry erase turns the boards grey after a while, needed to clean with rubbing alcohol regularly). I plan to scan and embiggen the game board and laminate them for accessibility and re-use. Also might make some tweaks to the 'cheat sheet' to account for expansions.

Amazing little box of fun, whether playing solo or with others its a neat puzzle and a nice compact package. The addition of the river and lake dice also allows for spicing up of the game when playing a few games consecutively or when seeking a more complex puzzle.