PAN AM Fun Strategy Board Game For The Whole Family - Includes 52 Airplane Miniatures From 4 Distinct Airline Eras (Ages 12+) Ideal for 2-4 Players - Funko 48719 Signature Games

Bought this game as a present for my partner, we are both huge fans of Ticket to Ride and therefore I scoured the internet for games similar and came across this little wonder. I am struggling to find any link to the actual game play between Pan Am and Ticket to Ride, other than the overall 'travel' theme the two games are very different. Pan Am involves owning the rights to certain travel routes to ultimately build your empire and eventually sell to Pan Am. The strategy involved is fairly complex, but don't worry it is not overwhelmingly so. For each round you are required to basically chose how to spend your assets in order to grow, keeping in mind the choices of your opponent. We have a fairly substantial two player game collection, and although this is certainly up there with the better ones, it is also one of the most difficult to grasp. After reading through the instructions twice we were still baffled and left with many questions, panic not...there is a solution at your fingertips. If you look on YouTube, there is a rather sweet (possibly slightly irritating) instructional video read in the style of an airline safety video by an old school American airhostess. This explains everything clearly and concisely preparing you for game play. The board and pieces are clearly well made, strong, sturdy and very pleasant to look at and use. For a two player strategy game with plenty of different routes to explore, Pan Am is definitely one of my recommendations.

Great little game, but not for beginner board gamers. There are quite a few complex mechanics at play here. For those who have some experience of board gaming, this is a great game for a great price. Lots of different ways to win and nicely made components. Love the tiny aeroplanes 😍. Love this game 💖

Prospero Hall, the guys behind this, Horrified and Jaws really are on a roll with another IP-linked board game - this time covering the golden era of the now-defunct airline company, Pan-Am. If you've played Ticket to Ride and want something a little more involving, this may be a good next step. Everyone plays as a fictional, small airline, starting with a few vintage planes with the aim of having the most victory points in the form of Pan-Am stocks. PA looms over throughout, buying up various air routes that you may or may not own throughout the game and the real meat of the experience is to bolster your fleet and routes on the map (illustrated in an unusual North Pole-focused view which is looks great) and more importantly, cashing them out for game-winning PA stocks. For such a cheap (in-comparasion to other contemporary board games) game, it offers good components, such as the little planes, great artwork on the cards and neat map.

excellent game with very nice components- easy to learn and multiple strategies make this a great addition to any game collection. Unfortunately the box arrived slightly damaged in one corner- this did not effect the components or the game

Love this game. We've been playing it very regularly for the past 6 months and haven't gotten bored yet. This is the first game where I've wanted to get an expansion to it, but sadly, there is not. Well worth the money, particularly when reduced!

I've been playing board games since as long as I can remember. I collect them too. As a game. PAN-AM is a very good one. Its not too complex, not too long, not too random, not too predictable, is interactive to an extent, has good quality components, has clear rules and so on. BUT. Whenever I buy games of this format - ie. similar physical box size- its a roll of the dice (pun intended). They often just get pushed in a brown paper envelope or white plastic bag - not a box - and sent to me. This was a 'brown paper bag' classic. The edges, which should be bright white, are 'sandpapered' grey by the rubrub movement of the paper. The box flat, which is PAN AM themed bright blue and white, suffer the same, albeit slightly less so. Its like a lifetime of shelfwear in a day. In this case there is also a long strip of the bag flap seal tape stuck to the edge of the box - and, yes, that is as sticky as you would expect and just as rippy and residued to remove. As a game PAM AM will be a classic. As a collectable game. this copy is worthless due to the sandpapering and glue. This one could well be a return.

very good game

This is a really fun worker placement game mixed with route capturing. If you like something like Ticket to Ride you might like this too. The artwork is also purposely stained and faded from a bygone era and looks great! Quite a long game, especially the first try, so probably for a session where you have time to spare.

Excepcional juego de viajes por todo el mundo, con un diseño original y una gran cantidad de posibilidades para ganar, nos ha parecido un juego divertido, entretenido y sobre muy interesante para familias que desean pasar del nivel “Monopoly”… Se entrega en caja robusta pero sin retractilar, así que los amantes del plastiquito pueden sentirse decepcionados, pero se recibe en perfecto estado y bien embalada. Los componentes más destacables son el gran tablero con un mapamundi centrado en el Polo Norte y los 52 aviones en cuatro modelos diferentes en plástico, … Además tenemos 50 cartas de destino en una selección de ciudades muy sugerentes y original, 40 cartas con directivas, 60 cartas con las acciones en bolsa, 28 cartas de eventos, 116 marcadores, 1 dado con un diseño personalizado de Pan Am, 20 tarjetas de ingeniero, 20 cartas de aeropuerto, 2 hangares, marcadores para ingresos, bolsa y fases y unas instrucciones muy bien ilustradas con todas las posibilidades… El juego cuenta con varias mecánicas, diferentes decisiones a tomar en diversas etapas y está lleno de variaciones interesantes debido a su perfecto diseño basado en un conocimiento profundo del mundo de la aviación del siglo pasado. Un juego con una calidad general de los componentes alta donde destaca el diseño minucioso de cada detalle, muy divertido, se puede jugar varias veces sin perder un ápice de interés, especial para los jugadores que les ha quedado relativamente corto ¡Aventureros al tren! u otros juegos de viajes con más publicidad pero menos contenido… Compra recomendada para cualquier familia que le guste los viajes, la geografía o simplemente el desafío de gestionar bien sus activos, una joya que ha pasado desapercibida que merece un lugar destacado en la colección de juegos…

Bardzo ciekawa gra planszowa, idealna na wieczorne posiedzenia z rodzina, lub znajomymi. Jedyny minus to brak polskiego, ale wystarczy znajmosc podstaw angielskiego.

This game is so much fun. Beyond that, the vintage aesthetic is truly beautiful. Aesthetic aside the game is impeccably well designed, with heavy random elements yet a fine balance between different strategies. I have to laugh at all the reviews saying it’s too complicated to figure out... this isn’t just some monopoly re-skin. The biggest draw backs are the currency is kind of flimsy(we just use poker chips). The game feels overwhelming when you first pick it up due to all the rules, but the mechanics are all really quite simple once you get in the swing of things. I mentioned the replay ability- this game has so many random elements that no two play through are the same. Furthermore the game plays very differently depending on how many players you have, two feels radically different than 4. On our first play through everyone ended with the same amount of stock, real narrow victory for the player who had the most money (the tiebreaker). None of us knew what the 4 options for round 7 events were, so some players held cash hoping the stock would crash even though that wasn’t even an option. I think it’s good for players to understand what the final options are. Most (though not all) tend to swing heavily to players with a lot of routes vs those who have sold there routes earlier to pan am (which is effectively a lot higher pay) so it’s an interesting way to keep balance so there’s not always a clear winner beforehand. Main drawback is it can feel a little like random chance who comes out the victor. Balance wise as mentioned it doesn’t feel like there’s too dominant a strategy due to the balancing effects of the even cards, and the fact that there’s ample routes and resources to collect so gameplay never feels overwhelmingly cutthroat. You can attempt to raise prices for opponents and block their moves, but it often comes at a cost to you as far as increasing prices/risks/ losing a valuable worker action. Overall again this game is incredibly fun and beautiful. It’s not as complicated as the negative reviews would have you think. I hope this game gains the popularity it deserves and isn’t lost to 2020 like so much else good on the world.

Il gioco ripercorre l'ascesa di PAN AM dalla nascita dei trasporti aerei fino all'età moderna. Il giocatore può attuare varie strategie per accaparrarsi più stock options di PAN AM tenendo d'occhio l'andamento del mercato. Grafica e materiali fantastici. Gioco veramente divertente, con regole semplici ma aperte a strategie complesse. Ottimo rapporto qualità-prezzo.

Ordered this as new, but got a dirty box that had the original circular seals cut and then taped over. As I don't want to deal with missing pieces (this literally happened to me with another game in the same order), I didn't even open the box and immediately asked for a replacement. Currently waiting... The only thing I can say so far about the game itself is that the design is beautiful.