First up tonight was this European release by Franz-Benno Delonge, which was previously published as Iron Road by Winsome Games. In it players are attempting to build a rail network to connect five cities for which they hold cards. Rails laid must connect up to the player's starting point but can connect up with other players' rail networks. As soon as someone has connected up all 5 cities, the other players lose points depending on how far away they are from completing their connections. Once one player has lost a certain number of points, the player at that point to have lost the fewest points wins.

This was lightning fast to play, taking about 30 minutes to complete over about 3 rounds. There is quite a lot of tension as players get close to completing their network. You obviously try to lay track that helps yourself without helping others but this is not easy, particularly as you don't know other players' destinations. Ben managed to get his network well connected over the 3 rounds, only losing 4 points, whereas Mark K seemed to have no sense of direction, losing heavy points on each round.