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: 19
Average Weight: 3.69510
Best with 3 players
Player Rating Games Wins High Score Low Score
Andrew1501769974
Kevin12713213661
Jacob1267628458
Collin1242108585
Josh1146318142
Curtis11261039842
Wendy10493010326
Amy972205150
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Game History

Date: 03/21/2026    Players: 2    Winner: Kevin    Winning Score: 136      

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1 Kevin 136 1263 1271
2 Wendy 103 1058 1049

Date: 07/02/2025    Players: 2    Winner: Jacob    Winning Score: 70      

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1 Jacob 70 1256 1267
2 Curtis 42 1138 1126

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

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1 Andrew 92 1488 1501
2 Jacob 84 1244 1256
3 Curtis 53 1145 1138
4 Amy 50 992 972

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

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1 Andrew 77 1476 1488
2 Jacob 61 1239 1244
3 Curtis 53 1164 1145

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

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1 Jacob 58 1224 1239
2 Curtis 56 1180 1164

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

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1 Curtis 85 1158 1180
2 Jacob 83 1246 1224
2nd edition

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

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1 Curtis 74 1134 1158
2 Jacob 64 1271 1246

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

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1 Andrew 82 1468 1476
2 Curtis 59 1120 1134
3 Josh 42 1173 1146

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

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1 Kevin 67 1252 1263
2 Wendy 42 1067 1058

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

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1 Andrew 74 1464 1468
2 Curtis 45 1125 1120

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

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1 Josh 66 1132 1173
2 Kevin 61 1250 1240
3 Wendy 26 1105 1077

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 1429 1449
2 Collin 85 1220 1242
3 Curtis 78 1146 1143
4 Amy 51 1042 1015

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 1137 1163
2 Andrew 80 1445 1415
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 1440 1445
2 Josh 81 1138 1132



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