Capstone Games - Bus: Complete Edition, a Public Transportation Board Game for Friends and Family Ages 12+, 3-5 Players, 90 Minutes

Great game!

Tal cual se prometió

Luckily arrived ok. Packaging could use some cushioning, but the game should be good and it was at a great price on Amazon Prime day. Thanks!

I originally played BUS in 1999. Unfortunately, due to the limited print run of the original game, obtaining a copy was a little out of my price range. Here we are, 2 decades later, and a reprint has finally been released. I love the updated graphic design of the new edition. One of my favorite games of all-time.

Bus is a very tight and interactive worker placement game. It offers a lot of strategy without a lot of fiddly rules or drawn out play times. For me, Bus fills a really fun niche - a game you can play with board game enthusiasts and casual friends. It's easy to teach (10 minutes) and understand how you score. At the same time, it's also complicated enough to offer a challenge to folks who are familiar with worker placement games. Enthusiasts will enjoy tightness of the game design. Each design decision from how you resolve actions, or how time stones are negative points (but also the tiebreaker) keeps you trying to balance a bunch of stuff at the same time. Casual board gamers will enjoy how easy it is to understand scoring and objectives. They also won't be punished too much for mistakes, because each decision is consequential but critical. For example, if you skip Vrooming one turn you will have built your network and have an opportunity to move more passengers next round. The ability to stop time is very clever. At first I thought it sounded gimmicky, but it's actually key to the game. Stopping time means you will plan your moves without being certain of their efficacy. You can't just assume that there will be passengers available to move this round. This means that you don't get stuck in analysis paralysis, because you're looking for flexibility. Pros: * Plays in 75 minutes with 3 - 4 people * Great strategy * Easy to set up and keep organized, and nice components * High interaction Cons: * The production is really nice * Price is on the higher side, but I see myself keeping Bus in my permanent collection * Winners of each game have had 8 - 11 points. You won't be scoring a bunch if your group is really cutthroat. This does keep the game close

Best with 4 players

The gameboard is thin and warps on me. Not sure if Amazon sold me a counterfeit version of the game.

 Highest Level of Tactical and Interactive Gameplay ---------- I argue it would be near impossible to make a solo variant of this game due to the extreme player interaction required for this game! ---------- Because of this, it is a game that thrives with players that like to pay attention to other players while they play, because everything that you do will impact what you can do next turn, and what your opponents can do as well! ---------- Don’t take what I’m saying and think it is a difficult to play game… the rules are very easy to understand, and it’s easy to play! The difficulty will come from the players, and how they interact with the playground presented to them.  Beautiful Production ---------- Check out the pictures to see what I mean!  20th Anniversary Edition ---------- You get enough components for almost two full copies of the game! ---------- They give you the classic art on a board, and classic tokens, and they also offer the new art on a board, with new tokens, and upgraded wooden pieces!  Order of Actions ---------- If you go to a spot first, you might actually take those actions first, or last, depending on the action! (Some go reverse order, some go in order). So, it’s a game to play “chicken” and going to some spots, because others can go later than you, and take away some of your actions!  Stopping Time ---------- A spot literally makes time stop! You can make people want to go to work 2 rounds in a row, adding tension that can only be possible in a game like this.  People only Travel… ---------- If they are not already at the target destination. So there might be 10 or so bars, but if people are across the street from a bar, which is next to their job, they will not take a bus and will just walk there!

Very high production - a lot of wood. Still Splotter game quality.