{"product_id":"free-ride-usa","title":"Free Ride USA","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe title is a dead give-away: it's \u003ca href=\"\/products\/free-ride\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFree Ride\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e transferred from Europe to North America. The only noticeable tweak is in what scores bonus coins – rewarding lengthy transcontinental routes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe structure of the game is the same: players gradually construct the network of railway lines between cities. They use the network to complete pick-up-and-deliver routes, choosing a pair of cards for the starting and finishing cities. It's these cards that score points at the end of the game. A neat touch is that duplicate cards score fewer points, so there's always an incentive to go to different cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoins are also worth points, so well worth collecting. However, you have to pay other players to use their lines. Only once, though, the line becomes free to use after that. This is an intriguing twist as players try to make the most of the free railways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI do like a pick-up-and-deliver game and this is a particularly clever one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: this is the English\/German edition published by Friedemann's imprint, 2F Spiele, and only has the German title on the front of the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor 1-5 players, aged 10+, playing time 50-90 minutes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree Ride USA\u003c\/i\u003e was designed by Friedemann Friese and is published by 2F Spiele\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind out more:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e    Free Ride USA\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/341048\" title=\"More about Free Ride USA at Boardgamegeek (in a new window)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBoardGameGeek\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pevans.co.uk\/TWJO\/TWJO0245.pdf\"\u003ePevans's introduction to \u003ci\u003eFree Ride USA\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003cb\u003eTo Win Just Once\u003c\/b\u003e issue 245\u003c\/a\u003e (PDF, 1 Mb)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Games from Pevans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58452156088645,"sku":"880","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/0116\/7685\/files\/Free-Ride-USA-cover.jpg?v=1783095680","url":"https:\/\/games.pevans.co.uk\/products\/free-ride-usa","provider":"Games from Pevans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}