Board Games

[Mr Larrington]

We are playing Ticket To Ride and Pingu is assembling a rail related playlist...

This oughter keep you entertained for an hour or Several:

(click to show/hide)

219 Train	Janis Joplin
A History Of Tokyo Rail Traction	John Fahey
A Train	Danny Gatton
About A Train	Spin Doctors
Another Journey By Train	The Cure
A-Train	Michael Nyman & The Flying Lizards
Beetle Train With Antlers	Robyn Hitchcock
Big Railroad Blues	Hot Tuna
Big Train	Black Country Communion
Big Train	John Fogerty
Blue Train	Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
'Bout A Train	Spin Doctors
Broken Train	Beck
Casey Jones	The Balfa Brothers
China Pig/Railroadism	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Derailed	Swearing At Motorists
Desert Train	Tangerine Dream
Distant Lonesome Train	Joe Bonamassa
Down There By The Train	Johnny Cash
Dream Train	Wishbone Ash
Dreaming In A Kyoto Train	Tangerine Dream
Early Morning Train	The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Eastbound Train	Dire Straits
Evening Train	Kim Simmonds
First Train Home	Fleetwood Mac
Freedom Train	Lenny Kravitz
Freight Train	Jackyl
Freight Train Blues	His Bobness
Gone Dead Train	George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Goodbye Desolate Railyard	The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band With Choir
Graveyard Train	Creedence Clearwater Revival
Gravy Train	Mark Knopfler
Gravy Train	Teh QUO
Hear My Train A Comin'	Jimi Hendrix
Heavy Train	Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five
Hellbound Train	Savoy Brown
Here Comes That Train Again	The Long Ryders
I Often Dream Of Trains	Robyn Hitchcock
I'm A Train	Jesus Couldn't Drum
Imitation Train Whistles/Po' Boy	John Fahey
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry	His Bobness
Jump That Train	Foghat
Last Train Has Gone	Kim Simmonds
Last Train Home	Foghat
Last Train To Osaka	Tangerine Dream
Let The Train Blow The Whistle	Johnny Cash
Life Is Like A Mountain Railroad	John Fahey
Lonely Train	Explosions In The Sky
Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)	Inner City Unit
Long Black Train Blues	Janis Joplin
Love On A Real Train	Tangerine Dream
Love Train	Wolfmother
Mean Old Railroad	His Bobness
Mean Old Train	John Lee Hooker
Midnight Train	Brinsley Schwarz
Midnight Train	The Men They Couldn't Hang
Mystery Train	Junior Parker
Night Train Of Valhalla	John Fahey
No Trains To Heaven	Be-Bop Deluxe
On A Train	Eskobar
On The Evening Train	Johnny Cash
Rabbit Train	Robyn Hitchcock
Railroad	Teh QUO
Railroad Bill	Andrew Bird
Railroad Bill	Billy Bragg & Joe Henry
Railroad Bill	His Bobness
Railroad Boy	His Bobness
Railroad Song	Lynyrd Skynyrd
Railroad Tracks	The Raveonettes
Railroad Worksong	The Notting Hillbillies
Railroading On The Great Divide	Billy Bragg & Joe Henry
Railway And Gun	Taste
Railway Shoes	Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Ride The Train Of Thought	The Bevis Frond
Riding On The White Train	Electric Six
Rock 'n' Roll Train	AC/DC
Roll On Train	His Bobness & The Band
Silent Train	Tito & Tarantula
Slow Train	His Bobness
Slow Train	Flanders And Swann
Slow Train	Joe Bonamassa
Slow Train	Savoy Brown
Slow Train	Teh QUO
So Many Roads So Many Trains	Foghat
Southbound Train	Leslie West
Stoned Train Driver	The Bevis Frond
Sunnyland Train	John Campbell
That Train's a' Comin' Down	Little Miss Higgins
The Amazing Railway Set/Vortex	The Hellset Orchestra
The Doormouse Rides The Rails	Savoy Brown Blues Band
The Great Train Robbery	Mountain
The Last Steam Engine Train	John Fahey
The Last Train	Mondo Generator
The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train)	Half Man Half Biscuit
The Railway Sleepers	Ivor Cutler
The Train	Michael Nyman
The Train Kept A-Rollin'	The Scotty Mckay Quintet
The Train To Disaster	The Voice
The Trains	The Nashville Ramblers
This Train	Ben Weaver
This Train	Joe Bonamassa
This Train Is Lost	James Varda
Time Flies By (When You're The Driver Of A Train)	Half Man Half Biscuit
Tin Toy Clockwork Train	The Dukes Of Stratosphear
Train	Goldfrapp
Train	John Fahey
Train Of Consequences	Megadeth
Train Of Fools	John Fogerty
Train Round The Bend	The Velvet Underground
Train To Nowhere	Savoy Brown
Train Train	Billy Bragg
Tread On The Trail	Delta Saxophone Quartet
Two Trains Running	The Butterfield Blues Band
Velvet Train	Teh QUO
Waitin' For A Train	Beck
Waiting For A Train	Billy Bragg & Joe Henry
When The Train Comes Back	Chicken Shack
White Train	Tito & Tarantula
Yesterday's Train	The Byrds

May contain more than one version of the same choon; I ent checked

[Pingu]

Have you set the relevant album artist tags to 'His Bobness'?

[Pingu]

We are playing Ticket To Ride and Pingu is assembling a rail related playlist...

This oughter keep you entertained for an hour or Several:

(click to show/hide)

219 Train	Janis Joplin
A History Of Tokyo Rail Traction	John Fahey
A Train	Danny Gatton
About A Train	Spin Doctors
Another Journey By Train	The Cure
A-Train	Michael Nyman & The Flying Lizards
Beetle Train With Antlers	Robyn Hitchcock
Big Railroad Blues	Hot Tuna
Big Train	Black Country Communion
Big Train	John Fogerty
Blue Train	Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
'Bout A Train	Spin Doctors
Broken Train	Beck
Casey Jones	The Balfa Brothers
China Pig/Railroadism	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Derailed	Swearing At Motorists
Desert Train	Tangerine Dream
Distant Lonesome Train	Joe Bonamassa
Down There By The Train	Johnny Cash
Dream Train	Wishbone Ash
Dreaming In A Kyoto Train	Tangerine Dream
Early Morning Train	The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Eastbound Train	Dire Straits
Evening Train	Kim Simmonds
First Train Home	Fleetwood Mac
Freedom Train	Lenny Kravitz
Freight Train	Jackyl
Freight Train Blues	His Bobness
Gone Dead Train	George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Goodbye Desolate Railyard	The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band With Choir
Graveyard Train	Creedence Clearwater Revival
Gravy Train	Mark Knopfler
Gravy Train	Teh QUO
Hear My Train A Comin'	Jimi Hendrix
Heavy Train	Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five
Hellbound Train	Savoy Brown
Here Comes That Train Again	The Long Ryders
I Often Dream Of Trains	Robyn Hitchcock
I'm A Train	Jesus Couldn't Drum
Imitation Train Whistles/Po' Boy	John Fahey
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry	His Bobness
Jump That Train	Foghat
Last Train Has Gone	Kim Simmonds
Last Train Home	Foghat
Last Train To Osaka	Tangerine Dream
Let The Train Blow The Whistle	Johnny Cash
Life Is Like A Mountain Railroad	John Fahey
Lonely Train	Explosions In The Sky
Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)	Inner City Unit
Long Black Train Blues	Janis Joplin
Love On A Real Train	Tangerine Dream
Love Train	Wolfmother
Mean Old Railroad	His Bobness
Mean Old Train	John Lee Hooker
Midnight Train	Brinsley Schwarz
Midnight Train	The Men They Couldn't Hang
Mystery Train	Junior Parker
Night Train Of Valhalla	John Fahey
No Trains To Heaven	Be-Bop Deluxe
On A Train	Eskobar
On The Evening Train	Johnny Cash
Rabbit Train	Robyn Hitchcock
Railroad	Teh QUO
Railroad Bill	Andrew Bird
Railroad Bill	Billy Bragg & Joe Henry
Railroad Bill	His Bobness
Railroad Boy	His Bobness
Railroad Song	Lynyrd Skynyrd
Railroad Tracks	The Raveonettes
Railroad Worksong	The Notting Hillbillies
Railroading On The Great Divide	Billy Bragg & Joe Henry
Railway And Gun	Taste
Railway Shoes	Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Ride The Train Of Thought	The Bevis Frond
Riding On The White Train	Electric Six
Rock 'n' Roll Train	AC/DC
Roll On Train	His Bobness & The Band
Silent Train	Tito & Tarantula
Slow Train	His Bobness
Slow Train	Flanders And Swann
Slow Train	Joe Bonamassa
Slow Train	Savoy Brown
Slow Train	Teh QUO
So Many Roads So Many Trains	Foghat
Southbound Train	Leslie West
Stoned Train Driver	The Bevis Frond
Sunnyland Train	John Campbell
That Train's a' Comin' Down	Little Miss Higgins
The Amazing Railway Set/Vortex	The Hellset Orchestra
The Doormouse Rides The Rails	Savoy Brown Blues Band
The Great Train Robbery	Mountain
The Last Steam Engine Train	John Fahey
The Last Train	Mondo Generator
The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train)	Half Man Half Biscuit
The Railway Sleepers	Ivor Cutler
The Train	Michael Nyman
The Train Kept A-Rollin'	The Scotty Mckay Quintet
The Train To Disaster	The Voice
The Trains	The Nashville Ramblers
This Train	Ben Weaver
This Train	Joe Bonamassa
This Train Is Lost	James Varda
Time Flies By (When You're The Driver Of A Train)	Half Man Half Biscuit
Tin Toy Clockwork Train	The Dukes Of Stratosphear
Train	Goldfrapp
Train	John Fahey
Train Of Consequences	Megadeth
Train Of Fools	John Fogerty
Train Round The Bend	The Velvet Underground
Train To Nowhere	Savoy Brown
Train Train	Billy Bragg
Tread On The Trail	Delta Saxophone Quartet
Two Trains Running	The Butterfield Blues Band
Velvet Train	Teh QUO
Waitin' For A Train	Beck
Waiting For A Train	Billy Bragg & Joe Henry
When The Train Comes Back	Chicken Shack
White Train	Tito & Tarantula
Yesterday's Train	The Byrds

May contain more than one version of the same choon; I ent checked

Of those, these were on it:

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry   His Bobness
Lonely Train   Explosions In The Sky
Train   Goldfrapp

[Mr Larrington]

Have you set the relevant album artist tags to 'His Bobness'?

No, just the “Genre”

[hatler]

And don't forget this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig3GcDBjQN4

[Moleman76]

Chattanooga Choo-Choo

[MattH]

Vince Dicola - Training Montage.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_9FyTiq3SA   

[jwo]

*Attempts to re-rail this derailed thread*

Have been playing Brass Lancashire recently. Great fun. I thought it might be too hardcore Eurogame for my liking but it's less demanding than it initially looks. It has an element of Ticket to Ride in that you lay canals and railways to make important connections and other players can thwart your network with their own lines. But more interesting and subtle than TtR.

[Pickled Onion]

We played Brass Birmingham recently. It's very good, though at the time I got a little annoyed that the rules changed when it goes from the canal age to the train age. In hindsight that's kind of the point, it's a very well-designed game and I look forward to playing it again.

On the topic of well-designed games, we've been playing Heat lately. On the face of it, it's very simple: drive your car round the track, slowing down for the bends. Brake or change gear too hard, you overheat and have to slow down. Weather means you need to change tactics, and not being in front can help if you time it right. All in all, very clever and great to play.

At the other end of the scale, Skull is a kind of poker with beer mats. Apparently invented by some bikers sitting at a table with a bunch of actual beer mats. £20 seems like a lot to pay for a small box of beer mats, but the game is excellent.

[jwo]

Currently enjoying playing Pax Pamir. I don't think I've ever become so immersed in the world created by a board game as I have about this one. Set in the 1820's Afghanistan region it turns conventional themes of colonialism in board games on its head. Two imperial powers (Britain and Russia) and an emerging Afghanistan coalition vie for power in the region, but 'we' play locals, who attempt to shape these powers for our own goals.

The game itself is gorgeous  - cloth 'board', wooden and clay pieces and (in my edition at least) accurate metal facsimiles of Rupee coins. It's a little towards the more complex in terms of mechanics, but what makes it stand out for me is the subtle integration of mechanic and theme. No surprise perhaps as the design is byCole Wherle and this one took him 3 years or so to design it.

I liked this podcast as a perspective on the game's design and where it reinforces and challenges the historical narrative of the so-called "Great Game" and this essay by Cole Wehrle provides an interesting account of its graphic design.

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

We used to play a game called 'Diplomacy' in my teens. Elder brother won every game. He probably would still   Father never played, it would have been too much like work, perhaps.

Invented in the fifties, it replicates Europe pre-1914, and now there is an online version that is supposed to work well.

[FifeingEejit]

there's a board games group in the village thay meets through winter, I've discovered I prefer games which don't make it directly obvious who's winning, possibly because it keeps my competitiveness in check.

Nova Luna is a favourite as is Metro, the variations on tetris like patchwork and isle of cats too.

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[Jaded]

We used to play a game called 'Diplomacy' in my teens. Elder brother won every game. He probably would still   Father never played, it would have been too much like work, perhaps.

Invented in the fifties, it replicates Europe pre-1914, and now there is an online version that is supposed to work well.

It is an astonishingly Machiavellian game. You cannot win unless you double cross. Such fun!