Great Western Trail
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Individual Ratings:
Jacob: 5.00
Andrew: 4.25
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Players: 2 - 4
Play Time: 75 - 150min.
Rated Game
Year Published: 2016
Designer(s): Alexander Pfister
BGG Rank: 10
Average Weight: 3.68390
Best with 3 players
Player Rating Games Wins High Score Low Score
Andrew1346769974
Collin1217108585
Kevin1213216761
Jacob1208518458
Josh1182318142
Curtis1155939845
Wendy1147204226
Amy1104205150
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Game History

Date: 11/24/2023    Players: 4    Winner: Andrew    Winning Score: 92      

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1 Andrew 92 1316 1346
2 Jacob 84 1189 1208
3 Curtis 53 1167 1155
4 Amy 50 1147 1104

Date: 03/23/2023    Players: 3    Winner: Andrew    Winning Score: 77      

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1 Andrew 77 1292 1316
2 Jacob 61 1184 1189
3 Curtis 53 1199 1167

Date: 07/23/2022    Players: 2    Winner: Jacob    Winning Score: 58      

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1 Jacob 58 1164 1184
2 Curtis 56 1220 1199

Date: 01/16/2022    Players: 2    Winner: Curtis    Winning Score: 85      

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1 Curtis 85 1204 1220
2 Jacob 83 1181 1164
2nd edition

Date: 10/03/2021    Players: 2    Winner: Curtis    Winning Score: 74      

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1 Curtis 74 1186 1204
2 Jacob 64 1200 1181

Date: 10/03/2020    Players: 3    Winner: Andrew    Winning Score: 82      

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1 Andrew 82 1264 1292
2 Curtis 59 1181 1186
3 Josh 42 1218 1182

Date: 02/16/2019    Players: 2    Winner: Kevin    Winning Score: 67      

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1 Kevin 67 1198 1213
2 Wendy 42 1163 1147

Date: 07/20/2018    Players: 2    Winner: Andrew    Winning Score: 74      

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1 Andrew 74 1250 1264
2 Curtis 45 1196 1181

Date: 06/03/2018    Players: 3    Winner: Josh    Winning Score: 66      

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1 Josh 66 1182 1218
2 Kevin 61 1200 1198
3 Wendy 26 1200 1163

Date: 11/25/2017    Players: 3    Winner: Guest 1    Winning Score: 91       *** Out of Box Game ***

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1 Guest 1 91 0 0
2 Guest 2 89 0 0
3 Andrew 53 0 0

Date: 06/09/2017    Players: 4    Winner: Andrew    Winning Score: 99      

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1 Andrew 99 1198 1250
2 Collin 85 1200 1217
3 Curtis 78 1218 1196
4 Amy 51 1200 1147

Date: 04/08/2017    Players: 2    Winner: Andrew    Winning Score: 95       *** Out of Box Game ***

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1 Andrew 95 0 0
2 The Game 94 0 0
This was a tight contest between Andrew and Andrew. The B side of player buildings was used, and the neutral buildings had a random setup, which drastically improves gameplay.

Date: 03/25/2017    Players: 3    Winner: Guest 1    Winning Score: 64       *** Out of Box Game ***

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1 Guest 1 64 0 0
2 Guest 2 47 0 0
3 Andrew 40 0 0
Versus Blair and Amy. This was my first foray into random neutral buildings, and the side B of player buildings. It was a lot different, and really fun.

Date: 02/04/2017    Players: 2    Winner: Andrew    Winning Score: 116       *** Out of Box Game ***

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1 Andrew 116 0 0
2 The Game 77 0 0
So, I tried two very different strategies, neither involving cowboys and acquiring cattle. One went much better, although it didn't appear that way until after halfway through the game. I am sure that, If I was better and only playing one side, I could have done better with the second strategy.

Date: 01/20/2017    Players: 2    Winner: Curtis    Winning Score: 98      

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1 Curtis 98 1200 1218
2 Andrew 80 1217 1198
Curtis went insane with his engineers, and destroyed my building strategy.

Date: 12/26/2016    Players: 2    Winner: Andrew    Winning Score: 95      

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1 Andrew 95 1200 1217
2 Josh 81 1200 1182



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