Stop the Train!

About this board game

Stop the Train! is a semi-cooperative social deduction board game for 4–6 players, with a play time of about 30 minutes. The 19.05 to Paris is armed with a bomb and hurtling toward its destination, while the passengers must work together to prevent disaster.

Every player has two missions: stop the train and complete a character-specific objective. The passengers include 10 different characters, but cooperation is never guaranteed. A hidden Saboteur is determined to crash the train, secretly trying to increase its speed at every turn without attracting suspicion.

Players control the train’s speed through Effect Cards, which are laid by each player and influence the speedometer. To survive, the group must use social deduction to identify the Saboteur and regain control of the train before it reaches its destination.

• Work toward two missions: stopping the train and completing a personal objective.
• Play Effect Cards that impact the train’s speedometer.
• Face dramatic interventions, votes on the route taken, and emergency meetings.
• Use emergency meetings to potentially throw players off the train.

The group’s goal is to exhaust the Effect Card deck, causing the train to run out of steam. If the deck cannot be exhausted, a collision occurs and the Saboteur wins. With hidden loyalties, urgent decisions, and changing suspicion, Stop the Train! turns a runaway journey into a concentrated test of teamwork and deception.