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The Train Rush
by The Train Rush
The Train Rush began life as a short form podcast in which the hosts discussed a single ‘train game’ (primarily, but not exclusively, from the 18XX family) they had played in the preceding fortnight.Since 2020, The Train Rush offers a thoughtful exploration of salient titles or topics within the genre of train games, with episodes released when the hosts have something to say and lasting as long as it takes them to say it.Rich descriptions, zen reflections and meandering musings often feature. Empirical ratings (mostly) do not.
Episodes
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S04E04 - The Tracks of My Tears - 18 India
Joe spent a delightful afternoon in 2014 visiting an ashram and Craig recently devoted a productive hour to digesting the canon of Western philosophy via Wikipedia. With their bona fides established, our hosts of the podcast present ruminations on 18 India, accompanied by suggestions for further...
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S05E01 - Driving Home for Christmas - Santa Claus Takes the Intercity
There's a world outside your window and it's a world of dread and fear. Joe and Craig delve into the archives of the Central Office of Information to unearth forgotten 20th Century media. Well, tonight thank God it's them instead of you. Mind How You Go (1973) 00:00 I Stopped, I Looked, and I...
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S04E02 - 9 Lives - Erie Railroad
A year ago, the mighty duo of Craig Taylor and Joe Reese were barely known outside of a small handful of enthusiasts for hard-to-acquire train games within the 18xx genre. Now, following a whirlwind tour of the Eastern United States that drew their loyal American fan to Pittsburgh, Craig and Joe...
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S04E01 - Station to Station - We Are Hungry Men - Part C
Following the most mundane of years, Craig and Joe sally forth from the Train Shed, seeking a new purpose in the harsh terrain of the Harz mountains... ...featuring FIRST IMPRESSIONS! A COMPETITION! CELEBRITY GUESTS! SOME SORT OF LIST! POPULAR CULTURAL REFERENCES! AND MORE! A year's worth of...
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S04E01 - Station to Station - We Are Hungry Men - Part B
Following the most mundane of years, Craig and Joe sally forth from the Train Shed, seeking a new purpose in the harsh terrain of the Harz mountains... ...featuring FIRST IMPRESSIONS! A COMPETITION! CELEBRITY GUESTS! SOME SORT OF LIST! POPULAR CULTURAL REFERENCES! AND MORE! A year's worth of...
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S04E01 - Station to Station - We Are Hungry Men - Part A
Following the most mundane of years, Craig and Joe sally forth from the Train Shed, seeking a new purpose in the harsh terrain of the Harz mountains... ...featuring FIRST IMPRESSIONS! A COMPETITION! CELEBRITY GUESTS! SOME SORT OF LIST! POPULAR CULTURAL REFERENCES! AND MORE! A year's worth of...
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S3E02 - 18[space]Wheel[space]Tapping[period]
Craig and Joe exclusively cover the secret forthcoming 2023 game, 18 [space] Wheel [space] Tapping [period]
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S03E01 - Frontier Psychiatrist - Colorado Midland
Two hard men forge a path together in the Colorado Rockies to leave a life they can’t remember whilst playing a game they can’t forget. 0:00:00 - Intro, or Welcome to the 'Regular Weekly Podcast' 0:04:06 - Game Overview, or How our Hosts Met Colorado Midland 0:08:54 - Design Distance, or Does...
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S02E10 - An Imitation of Life - What Price Originality?
Once again, Joe finds himself in a pique of rage, having identified Craig’s plagiarised contributions towards The Train Rush’s topic-based episode on ‘the value of originality’? Why must his work follow him home? WHY can’t his co-host be more mature than the juveniles under his charge? He slowly...
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S02E09 - Tragedy Looper - Union Station
In a potential historical future-past time-stripe that certainly might definitely happen maybe, Craig and Joe will discussed their experiences with the PnP edition of the soon-to-be published Union Station. Will you have been tired of the episode before I tire of this conceit? Yes, you did.
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S02E08 - Charmless Man - 18MAN
In a true act of heroism, Craig & Joe play a game few enough times to not suck all the joy out of it. Truly, a wide-eyed and naive Golden Age special. Topics covered include 18MAN. Well, actually it's exclusively 18MAN. I don't know what to say. If you want variety, try some other podcasts? Maybe...
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S02E07 - From Russia With Love - Trans Siberian Railroad
Christmas Movie Pitch Meeting--- An empath and a psychopath discuss their experience of a recent murder on a westbound train from Moscow to Siberia. The question on their minds: Do the dead forget? (Trans Siberian Railroad. Mostly. Mild swears happen.) 00:00 - 1:34:50 - All TSR, all the time…
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S02E06 - Slow Train Coming - 1836jr
Craig and Joe provide CRUDE ANALYSIS containing CRUDE WORDS from a CRUDE COUNTRY. 1836 ANYTHING BUT SUITABLE FOR JUNIORS Seriously… You have been warned. I am NOT paying for the counselling for your kids if you choose to play this as ‘easy listening’ for the family road trip. P.S. 'Swears'…
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S02E05 - A Reply to Game Brain - House of Fun
Welcome to the House of Fun Now Steam’s Come of Age Welcome to the House of Fun Bankruptcy’s on his way Welcome to the House of Fun I’m sorry son But we don’t stock Original analysis In this shop But we do have a line of conceited podcast episodes where we have imaginary conversations with other...
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S02E04 - One Way Ticket - Ride the Rails
This is your last chance. A one way ticket. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue share—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red share— Craig and Joe discuss Ride the Rails for longer than it takes to play the game…
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S02E03- Never Gonna Give You Up - AesthetiXX in 18XX
Awakening from hibernation, with the physique of a slumbering Kraken and the intellect of a dozing minnow, Craig surfaces some loosely organised thoughts about art in 18xx. Featuring a special guest host sporting a face-mask made for radio, 'Locomotive' Joe Reese. Joe can spell the word…
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S02E02 - 18NewEngland - I'm not looking for a new England
In a country ridden by unrelenting political chaos, Dave and Craig attempt to escape to Scott Petersen’s England. A brave ‘New’ England… Featuring Jake Klopfenstein of the Gaming Moguls as a guest third wheel. More wheels is better, right? 00:00 – Intro & show update 02:42 – Introducing Jake...
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S02E01 - 1834 - Belgian Waffle
Dave & Craig describe and discuss the 2018 Winsome 18xx, 1834 designed by , set in the chocolatier nation state of Europe, Belgium. Should you seek this rarity out, like a fine Trappist beer, or is it merely a commodity item, like as much batter-based breakfast food? Listen on to find out. Sort...
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S01E13 - Interview: Gavan Brown - China In Your Hand
As the next part of our entirely orchestrated and ‘not at all coincidental or fortuitous’ interview series, Craig Taylor interviews Gavan Brown, Director of Calgary-based Roxley Games Laboratory. Topics discussed include the history and ethos of his company, personal gaming background and his...
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S01E12 - Interview: Scott Petersen - Chesapeakes and Troughs
Just in time to help you decide whether or not to convert that Kickstarter 'watch' into a pledge, Dave and Craig chat to Scott Petersen, the man behind All Aboard Games about his gaming life, 18Chesapeake and the future direction of his publishing house. Warning: Our audio is a bit 'rougher' than...
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S01E11 - 18GB - Jumping Someone Else's Train
Having forgotten how long it takes to prepare for, record and produce longer form episodes, Craig and Dave lengthily discuss their reaction to Dave Berry's 18GB, set in their LITERAL homeland. Unlike the local weather, the takes are 'hawt' and the humour dry. P.S. Apologies for the delay folks.…
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S01E10 - The Soo Line - How Soo is Now?
After the world's longest arm wrestle to decide the topic of their next podcast, Craig and Dave emerge, sweaty but united in their resolve to hunt for gaming treasure in Hollandspiele's 'The Soo Line'. 18GB, Norgebanen and Northern Pacific may also feature briefly. Near the start, next to the...
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S01E09 - 1879 - Sleepers in Seattle
A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner. After ending that *awkward* conversation, Dave and Craig continue their search for the perfect 'games night' 18xx. Forget Meg Ryan. Is AAG's 1879, 'the one'? (Warning: Craig may have had a festive…
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S01E08 - First Impression of 18Lilliput - Gulliver's Travails
After playing it a handful of times, Dave and Craig are motivated to share their first impressions of Leonhard Orgler's most recently published title, 18Lilliput, a brave foray into fitting 18xx scale fun into a Lilliputian box. Does it fulfil the brief? Listen on...
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S01E07 - Snowdonia - Lost (episode) in The Valleys
After discussing some (literally) old news, Craig & Dave discuss a worker placement classic from the revered British Designer Tony Boydell, Snowdonia. [Episode released out of sequence, as the sterling editing efforts of one of our fans was able to recover it to a state fit for public…
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S01E06 - 18Mechelen OR2
Craig and David put their money where their mouth is and visit the nascent 18xx Belgium conference for their second crack of the whip. Live/rough content, featuring conference discussion, first impressions of 1840, superficial reflections on 1880 & rapid chat around 1849/89.
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S01E05 - Tokyo Metro - Turning Japanese
En route to making their next 18xx connecting train, Craig & Dave brave the sounds of smells of the underground to discuss their latest new Japanese import, Tokyo Metro. Review copy courtesy of Jordan Draper games.
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S01E04 - Teaching 18xx - A Pullman For Teacher
With Craig's handler away in sunnier climes, the roguish devil opines endlessly on the subject of teaching 18xx, under the supervision of guest host, Jon Cant. The presenters discuss their observations on what makes teaching 18xx challenging, approaches that they’ve observed work and of course,...
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Public Service Announcement - The State of the Station
Warning: Skip this one if you just want game chat! Admin stuff contained herein... In this episode Craig and Dave discuss the future direction of the podcast and its content, giving ardent listeners an insight as to what's down the tracks for the show. P.S. Please forgive any 'Rice Crispies' that...
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S01E03 - 18Ireland - The Drogheda Dozen
Following the outcome of the listeners poll, grateful that the winning entry wasn't 'Trainy McTrain-Face', Dave and Craig figuratively travel to the land of Guinness, unspellable names and catastrophic housing bubbles to review the people's choice, 18Ireland. (Apologies but literal travel would...
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S01E02 - North American Railways - This Is Not (North) America
After covering what passes for 'hawt news' in the world of train games, Dave and Craig discuss their impressions of Peer Sylvester's North American Railways, a train game you could actually play in the pub, albeit whilst attracting quizzical looks. Warning: Neue Heimat, a game in which no trains...
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S01E01 - 1857 - Argy Bargy
Encouraged by the feedback to their pilot episode, after a brief flirtation with a news segment, Dave Moss and Craig Taylor explore their thoughts on the Winsome Games title '1857', set in the land of tango, gauchos and Maradona. Production values, as ever, remain a developing world prospect.
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S01E00 - 1822 - Go Big or Go Home
After the briefest of introductions, your hosts, Craig Taylor and Dave Moss, discuss the Heavy Cardboard Golden Elephant award winning game '1822' and its progeny, sharing their reflections and analysis over the course of 45 minutes(ish). Further game details available on Board Game Geek at:...
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The Train Rush began life as a short form podcast in which the hosts discussed a single ‘train game’ (primarily, but not exclusively, from the 18XX family) they had played in the preceding fortnight.Since 2020, The Train Rush offers a thoughtful exploration of salient titles or topics within the genre of train games, with episodes released when the hosts have something to say and lasting as long as it takes them to say it.Rich descriptions, zen reflections and meandering musings often feature. Empirical ratings (mostly) do not.
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