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This week we are going to cover the rules for Wabash Cannonball (also known as Chicago Express). Wabash Cannonball is a game designed by John Bohrer and is illustrated by Michael Menzel & Todd Sanders. The game is published by Winsome Games, Queen Games, & Rio Grande.
Expansions include Chicago Express: Narrow Guage & Erie Railroad Company (2009), and Chicago Express: Nickle Plate Road Expansion (2011). Both expansions are for Chicago Express and not for Wabash Cannonball that is currently being released.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro & Components
01:16 Setting Up
03:10 Initial Auction
05:00 Ending / Winning the Game
05:28 Sequence of Play
06:59 Expansion
11:02 Development
13:33 Capitalization
14:29 Chicago Dividends
14:52 Wabash Opens
15:43 General Dividends
16:33 Thoughts feat. Joe (from Dads on a Map)