A: Anyone 8 or older- it’s fun for adults too!

A: We enjoy it as adults, but we also played it with a seven-year-old. He did fine, he needed as many reminders as I did the first time about the number of cards and sometimes needed help seeing the bigger picture to tie his cities together with less moves, but that’s about the only difference. My niece has kids and she homeschools and she actually uses it as an education tool. The one thing we do as adults and especially when we are playing with kids is we aren’t mean to each other. We try to be thoughtful about not blocking someone to just be blocking someone. You can decide how cutthroat you want to be.

A: The basics are pretty simple to pick up. I'd say kids as young as eight can enjoy it. There may be some anger involved when an opponent takes their route, but that's about it.

A: Silly term, they are using, but the "war" aspect comes from the strategic tension and "cutting off" opponents by claiming key routes before they can, much like military strategy, but with trains.

A: Probably because it involves strategy to grab certain train lines before someone else or potentially to block someone.

A: When we first played in a group of four, it took almost 2 hours. But our friends play as a couple and they say 30 to 60 minutes. I think there’s just a bit of a learning curve at the beginning.