Transamerica

Recently, we got our hands on a new class activity - Transamerica. It is a highly addictive board game that Joel and myself decided to get for the class after trying it out. At the time, we thought that interest in the game would be limited, and at best a small group of people such as Bernard would like it. Little did we know... The game became a smash hit in a matter of two or three days, and now everyone in class is trying to play it. For the benefit of those who do not know of this game, it is a race to connect five American cities, chosen randomly. Cities include Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Boston and Phoenix, among others. You have to lay rails, either 1 or 2 a turn, to connect the five cities, and can mutually exploit each other's tracks. As boring as this may sound, it is highly addictive. People clamour to play during recess, lunch, before school, after school and when we have free periods, such as today, when our bio teacher forgot about his lesson. Sometimes it gets to the point where game slots are more precious than gold, or even almost as precious as CA marks. Good that our class seems to have found something other than the traditional cards to pass the time.