The Oregon Trail Card Game – How to Play
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The Oregon Trail Card How to play Watch these other Oregon Trail Card Game videos:
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Set Up:
Q & A: Fording river cards:
Q & A: Bad Water Calamity Card:
Q& A: Inadequate Grass Calamity Card:
Q & A: Dead Oxen Calamity Card:
Q & A: Getting More Supply Cards:
Q & A: Oregon Trail Adaptations & Variations to game play:
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15.02.2024
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Why do we have to stack the cards?
I got a brain aneurysm listening to this…
If you want instruction on this game you should watch a different video
very nice video, I am looking forward to playing this with my family. once I can get it at my local gaming cafe.
How does the calamity card dead oxen work? One card shows 2 animals on it.
thank you for being so descriptive 🙂
thanks for this video because I couldn't understand some of the games rules 😃
Great video. One confusing point though: At one point it was Dawn's turn – she and another player traded two supply cards for the card they needed. Then it was Johns turn. Shouldn't it still be Dawn's turn? This was a little confusing because you said that playing supply cards did not cost a turn?
3 of us played last night. We all agreed that this game is awful! It's ridiculously anticlimactic and requires zero skill or strategy.
That was AWESOME. Thank you!
OMG, I have so many "what if question". Maybe you can face time my wife and I and teach us how to do this game!!!!
This is too much.
Thanks for the video. Love it! Question for you… (I couldn't find this in the printed rules, nor the "official" HowTo video…") : Is there ever an opportunity to draw / obtain more supply cards? Or does each player simply have the number that they start with to use? That is…is the "store" just for exchanges (the 2 for 1 thing…) , or is there ever an opportunity to "draw" more supply cards?
Thanks for the video tutorial. After reading the rules I was just confused but your video helped put it all together.
Very good thanks for this tutorial haha
What if the oxen die or something else occures and you get stuck but no one has any supply cards I remedy the fact?
Roll down window on freeway and toss this game out.
I totally don't get this game. Who are you competing against? What's the point? It seems like it's just a 1-person – against – the -computer game that's been adapted for table play. Why have other players at the table if you're just going to let them get killed while you continue to play? What are they supposed to do then – go watch TV while you roll the dice?
Thanks for the tutorial. It helped me alot
Wow we got this game as a christmas present and we were playing it all wrong. thank you for clarifying the rules!
Thanks! The directions were a bit sketchy on the whole "ten stacks" thing. The video that Pressman did was not terribly helpful either. Thank you for showing how to actually stack the cards and win/finish the game. Awesome video!
According to the rules there is one you are missing!
You can not play another trail card until you successfully ford the river. When Shawn drowned, Dawn would not have been able to place a trail card but would have had to roll the die. If she rolled an uneven number, John would have to roll the die and so on until someone rolled an even number.
yea, dying because you rolled a one isn't a fun game mechanic. I think ill pass on this game.
If you watch the Oregon Trail Post Mortem GDC 2017 video, the game developer of Oregon Trail does say that the original game (computer game) has a high probability curve and mimicks the harsh conditions of Oregon Trail. The card game is based of the computer game (apple ii or does versions) and if you even play their disk images on an emulation app, the game is really difficult. Oregon Trail is not meant for Winning if you look at it traditional game design. It was meant to simulate the conditions presented to you with the resources you already have. The card game is a simulation, of course your gonna die. Oregon Trail does not follow the new European Board Game design of Victory Points because it relys on simulation of the harsh conditions of the trail, that is to get to Oregon. You have to keep playing many times to overcome death. That's the selling point of this game, which if you look at it, never been done before on a simulation card game before. "You died of Dysentery" is in front of the box, means that playing this game, your players have a chance of getting dysentery or facing death, which is normal in the game, there is nothing wrong with this game design, it captured all of its elements from the original in a rebooted sort of format in cards. It was based off from Mecc license, which is a direct lineage from the original Oregon Trail. My opinion. A horrible Oregon Trail game is the Gameloft version where it resembles Farmville, nothing resembled about the original version. The only people who may like Oregon Trail card game is the Mecc faithfuls, Oregon Trail fans, and persistent gamers. It was meant for a niche market. Target being the only exclusive retailer selling this game shows that it was a test ground to see if families (parents who were kids in 80s and early 90s) can pick up and play this with their kids. Lastly, the Card Game can be seen more as a reboot, not a replacement of the original because Oregon Trail was originally meant as a flashcard game before it was developed on teletype machines. So technically, this card game is in its purest game design form. My opinion, not an expert, but I know a lot of Oregon Trail history and the Mecc history.
If you watch the Oregon Trail Post Mortem GDC 2017 video, the game developer of Oregon Trail does say that the original game (computer game) has a high probability curve and mimicks the harsh conditions of Oregon Trail. The card game is based of the computer game (apple ii or does versions) and if you even play their disk images on an emulation app, the game is really difficult. Oregon Trail is not meant for Winning if you look at it traditional game design. It was meant to simulate the conditions presented to you with the resources you already have. The card game is a simulation, of course your gonna die. Oregon Trail does not follow the new European Board Game design of Victory Points because it relys on simulation of the harsh conditions of the trail, that is to get to Oregon. You have to keep playing many times to overcome death. That's the selling point of this game, which if you look at it, never been done before on a simulation card game before. "You died of Dysentery" is in front of the box, means that playing this game, your players have a chance of getting dysentery or facing death, which is normal in the game, there is nothing wrong with this game design, it captured all of its elements from the original in a rebooted sort of format in cards. It was based off from Mecc license, which is a direct lineage from the original Oregon Trail. My opinion. A horrible Oregon Trail game is the Gameloft version where it resembles Farmville, nothing resembled about the original version. The only people who may like Oregon Trail card game is the Mecc faithfuls, Oregon Trail fans, and persistent gamers. It was meant for a niche market. Target being the only exclusive retailer selling this game shows that it was a test ground to see if families (parents who were kids in 80s and early 90s) can pick up and play this with their kids. Lastly, the Card Game can be seen more as a reboot, not a replacement of the original because Oregon Trail was originally meant as a flashcard game before it was developed on teletype machines. So technically, this card game is in its purest game design form. My opinion, not an expert, but I know a lot of Oregon Trail history and the Mecc history.
Wonderful tutorial, the only thing I have to say is that you should keep the last card played (of the 5) on top when you make a stack
I haven't watched the vid yet but subbed n liked because u have a channel needed very much. Thank u
When you have to lose a supply card by crossing a river, is it your choice of card or is it random?
1:20 well, dang
What do you do when you run out of trail cards in your hand?
Thank you for the tutorial . Me and my kids are playing now and are having a great time.
Only issue is the town/fort cards go beside the trail, not on it. Good video otherwise though. Funny enough, something about this game, EVERYONE seems to have 1 rule wrong in their video. lol
While you didnt miss a rule, there is an caveat to the first stack rule… You can use either the first or last card when you form it. Each stack thereafter you have to use the first on top.
What if you don’t have any matching cards? Do you keep pulling until you get a matching one?
why this game is so difficult and confusing to play. too much difficulties makes the Game to boring.
Thanks. Helpful.
Sorry I'm late but the question I've been having this whole time and can't find anywhere is, what happens when you or the whole wagon party runs out of supply cards? And when the fort card says "draw 2 supply cards" do you pick which two you want?
Thank you so much. The rules in the box were confusing and now our family can play it!
Some of this information is incorrect. This is a direct quote from the manufacturers website, "One player must successfully ford the river before any more Trail Cards can be played, so if a player dies, loses a Supply Card, or if nothing happens (by rolling a 3 or a 5 on the “Lose a Supply Card” River Card), play passes to the left. The next player does not play a new Trail Card; s/he rolls and follows the instructions on the most recent Trail Card played. This continues until one player fords the river." So after your player 2 died your player 3 should have rolled before they played a trail card. That having been said, this game is fun, but has some of the WORST board game instructions I've ever read.
Does anyone know what happens if you have to ford a river, you roll an odd, and don't have any supply cards to discard?
Boy we got this as a gift and I see this as a quick ending game? 10 5 stacks? Those odds seem slim
Shawn didn’t last a chance 😅
Much simpler explanation than the game instructions, thank you!!