Make your fledgling airline a thriving business that spans the globe with the new Pan Am board game. Expand your itineraries by sending your engineers to claim new airports, planes and destinations for your airline while using your revenue to buy Pan Am stock to grow your business. Scenario: Player 1 has 2 routes on board, player 2 has 1 route on board, player 3 has 1 route on the board, player 4 has 0 route on the board at the beginning of turn 7. Player 3 also has a directive card that allows him to sell a route to Pan Am during the expansion phase. Nevertheless, and although it probably takes a little longer than usual to learn the rules and understand the dynamics of the game, I had a lot of fun. Overall, I`d say it took about 40 minutes to learn the rules and 75 minutes to play the game. I love the graphics and the *feel* of the whole game! Thank you for ignoring Ben and providing this article! :-0) The mechanic of Pan Am: The Game is called “Worker Placement”. Other examples of this type of game are Agricola and Russian Railroads, which I love. In worker placement games, each player has a limited number of “workers” (engineers in the case of Pan Am) and assigns them to specific tasks each turn. How you affect your employees affects how effectively you generate profits used to buy shares in this game. Hi, I`m his brother and at the risk of going too far here, I wanted to clarify something that I think was out of the question in the above question to see what you think. The disagreement was over the phrase “after Pan Am`s expansion” – does this mean that Pan Am has to expand or does it mean after the expansion phase (even if Pan Am does not develop)? So I was very excited when my love of board games and my passion for aviation were combined in Pan Am: The Game, available from Target.
I had high hopes and, for the most part, they came true. But most importantly, I wanted something that would help restore the joy of traveling because many of us are stuck at home these days. The illustration – on the box, cards and board – is fantastic. This definitely sets the stage for the nostalgic tone of the game. The destination maps are particularly noteworthy. Thank you for providing this article. I had never heard of the game before, but after reading this, I started looking for an available unit. It was initially sold out at Target, but it came back in stock, got it yesterday, oddly enough, it was on sale. Routes of potential interest to Pan Am are marked on the board, so it`s up to you whether you opt for road income, fish for a buyout, or mix the two.
However, with the actual expansion on a cube, you can never be sure which way it will roll. This is typical of Pan Am`s brilliant balance between strategy and luck. Everyone feels involved to death at the end of the seven rounds, a feeling reinforced by the fact that the stock cards are hidden. Impressive! I wish I had your experience with Pan Am. I think this game is for more than 2 players and way too complicated, so I would skip it! My husband and I are avid gamers, but we were so frustrated after reading the instructions (a detailed book!) and trying to stimulate him, so we gave up. Some rules seem unnecessary, in addition to being simply confusing. I`m going to have to come up with ideas. We`ve been playing it since the day it was released and we love it! Recommend. We love Catan, Ticket to Ride, Trekking and this kind of games, so it fits the genre with a nice layer of avgeek thrown over it. Sounds interesting. My favorite travel game is Take Off, where players have traveled all over the world, starting with Hawaii.
The game is huge, takes hours to play and is a lot of fun. The classic version can usually be found on ebay at a fair price. Suggested retail price: $34.99 Age group: 12 years and older Players: For 2 to 4 players Playing time: 60-minute game Item no.: 48719 UPC: 889698487191 You should have 40 route markers. According to the event cards, the maximum of each turn is 31 in turn 6, it should be completely impossible to get 9 more during this time (there are only 4 “Sell the route” instructions and two “Scouting Route” for a maximum of 8 additional Pan Am routes). You do something wrong when you`re short on lap 6, it should be extremely difficult (but I think mathematically possible) to race on lap 7, but at this point it doesn`t matter too much because you just take your plane, take the money and then the game ends a few steps later. Even if you run out of markers, the player with 2 airports will no longer be able to sell the same route, because a) the game ends before he can claim more routes, and b) once Pan Am claims a route, he cannot be claimed for the rest of the game (rulebook page 14) In the game, players own small (fictional) airlines, which rival Pan Am. In short, you buy planes, claim routes and sell the routes to Pan Am. These stocks generate income that you use to buy shares of Pan Am. The player who has the most shares at the end of the game is the winner. The tiles are cool too. There are four different types of aircraft: Ford Trimotors, Boeing 314 Clippers, Boeing 377 Stratocruiser and Boeing 707 Jets. They are made of plastic, but are still fun.
The game is divided into seven rounds, each with four phases. Essentially, players take turns placing their engineers on each turn until there are no more to place. You can hire technicians to, for example, buy an airplane, claim a route, buy an airport, or buy a destination map (which you need to claim routes). I played a 2-player game and thought there was no need to bid for routes (stage D) if you already had rights and planes. Our game took a long time, with a few days break in between, because we found it so complex. Will probably simplify the rules next time to speed things up. Good game but detailed. I also love board games and watching the Golden Girls, LOL! Ok, so I just played a few Pan Am board game games with my family. Overall, it`s a great game.
But we have a few questions. I would prefer to get clarification through an official channel, but since I have not seen any, I am also interested in public interpretation of the rules, as well as these nagging issues, perhaps to settle them once and for all. I found the ambiguities in the rules a bit frustrating, but overall I liked this game. I would even go so far as to say that this is probably the best aviation board game on the market. If Monopoly is the hardest board game you`ve ever played, I`d probably avoid this one for now. But if you have the patience to learn the rules, enjoy the aviation theme, and be drawn to more complex games, I would recommend Pan Am. But there is another way to win that is the crowning glory of the game: to be bought by Pan Am himself. The event map also shows how many times a custom six-sided die should be rolled, which shows how many and which Pan Am roads is expanding. All expansions start in Miami and sneak around the world as the game progresses.