I’m a big fan of Friedemann Friese.

From my very first play of Power Grid back in 2016, I knew there was just something about his games that were different from other designers. And so by the time Free Ride came out in the US, in 2022, I had already acquired many of his titles (Faiyum, Feierabend, Power Grid, Copycat, etc.). My team member Tom Franklin reviewed Free Ride last year, and now I’d like to follow up with my review of Free Ride USA.

🎶 “Come on and take a free ride”. ♬

[caption id="attachment_327807" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Yes the name of the game is Free Ride (Freie Fahrt) in German. What can I say. I got this when I was at Essen Spiel.[/caption]

“We gotta do better, it's time to begin” - Free Ride USA overview

Free Ride USA, like its sibling, is a “train game”, although 18XX players might take exception to that label. Players take turns performing two main actions: laying track and moving their engine across the country. As they progress from city to city, they may optionally pick up a route pair from the public display. This isn’t an “action” per se, but something they can do as part of moving their train…

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