En Route

Expected Release Date: January 21, 2025 (Date that has been communicated to us by the publisher and distribution for release. Sometimes these change, and we send out updates to those who have ordered when we have new information to report).

ORDER CUTOFF DATE: December 21, 2024; or allocation sell out

THIS ITEM IS A PREORDER. If you bundle this purchase with in-stock items to be shipped, the entire order will not ship until this item is available. If you bundle it with in-stock items for an in-store pickup, you can still pick up the rest of the order now.

OUR POLICY REGARDING PREORDER CANCELLATIONS IS FOUND HERE (tl;dr we're a tiny business, so once you place a preorder it's pretty final!)

👤 Players: 1-4

⏰ Time: 20-40min

People love traveling. We want to meet new cultures, see famed landmarks with our own eyes and taste the world cuisine. One of the most pleasant ways to explore a new city is... just going for a walk. But how to chart a tour route that satisfies everyone? There’s an answer!

En Route is a flip-and-write game in which you create tour routes to the most interesting landmarks of the real-world cities (London, New York City, Hong Kong, Paris, Cairo, and Rio de Janeiro) and the made-up First City packed full of geek references. Every city features basic and specific mechanisms, so all of them play and feel differently.

Cards are not flipped randomly — instead, an active player plays one card face up, and two players next to them secretly choose one card each. Then, an active player selects one of the two and discards the other. After that, all players use coordinates and other information from the two cards left on the table to draw their tourists and routes.

During the game, route segments are drawn, connecting different types of tourists to various landmarks and attractions. A game of En Route lasts exactly 10 rounds. At the end of the game, each place of interest on the final route will earn players Prestige Points according to its rules. Whoever creates the most satisfying tour route, wins!

The game features constant and quite intense player interaction, and players have a fair degree of control and can strategize. It plays fast, dynamic, and makes you constantly think about what your opponents want to do (and sometimes even negotiate so that they play cards that are beneficial to you!).