Educational · Trains

Game of By Mail, Express, or Accommodation Train; or Interstate Commerce

Each players has a locomotive which journeys to destinations across the United States seeking to buy the most valuable commodities. The game ends when ten trips have been completed by one of the players. The winner is the player who obtained commodities having the highest total value.

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What is Game of By Mail, Express, or Accommodation Train; or Interstate Commerce

The game components include the box, a game board depicting an "accurate, up-to-date" map of the United States and its chief railway lines, a set of four wooden discs representing locomotives, two "indicators" (spinners) marked 1-12, and a set of cards bearing the names of states, cities, commodities and their prices.

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Players: 2–4
Age: —
Duration: —
Difficulty: —
Type: Board game
Year: 1894
Mechanics: Point to Point Movement · Roll / Spin and Move
Categories: Educational · Trains · Transportation
Designer: (Uncredited)
Publisher: McLoughlin Brothers · Milton Bradley

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