A new to me game from Calliope Games hit the table last night on Malts and Meeples. Mass Transit is a one to six player cooperative game. And Mass Transit, with that solo game play is the one hitting the table last night as I got back to my more normal Malts and Meeples streaming schedule. I knocked out a few plays of the game which you can watch.

The Game – Mass Transit

Let’s talk a bit about Mass Transit because I’m not quite ready to do a full review on it yet. But there are elements that stand out to me, and I was wondering, after we won handily at Gen Con, if this is a game that would hold up. I say handily, we were down to the last card or two. But there was a comfort level that we were set-up well to always keep our travelers moving.

Last night, it is clear, was not the same thing happening. Certain elements of Mass Transit need to workout for you to win, and some of that is how you play the game. The other part is an element of luck. Now, the luck in the game is able to be mitigated. I choose which cards to play or not play on a turn. Yes, some card must join a route or be used to move a passenger on a turn. But how many I play is up to me.

Winning Cooperative Games

And, personally, I like it when a game doesn’t offer me too many wins. A cooperative game, in my opinion, is meant to be hard. Do I want to win? Yes, I want to win. But if I fail to win, I want it to feel like I am close. And I prefer to feel like I am close and lose than to feel like I win fairly easily every time. Or even that I win too often.

If I win too often, I question if it is luck or not. Here, because I lose closely, I feel like I can play better. Yes, there is luck in Mass Transit. And that luck is capable to changing how a game goes. But as I discuss above, I think there is strategy to mitigate that. And I need to do a better job of that versus an issue with the game.

Upcoming Streams

So let us talk about what is coming up next. On Wednesday, The Isofarian Guard is back to the table. Well, it never left the table, but I will stream it again. And that is at 8 PM Central Time. Join me then if you can to see how that adventure goes now that I am out of the prologue.

And on next Monday, I plan on streaming another game. I think I own a few new games from Gen Con that I can play solo. Not all of the games I got work for solo, but some of them do. So my plan is to continue to explore those games. And that is at 9 PM Central Time on Malts and Meeples.

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