Yukon Airways

Fly a seaplane through the Yukon, drafting dice as passengers and delivering them for money and upgrades.

Designer: Alan Leduc
Published by: Ludonova
Editions by: Arclight Games, Tesla Games, RollinGames, Stork Games

In Yukon Airways you pilot your own seaplane and ferry travelers around the Yukon. Your passengers are dice, and you draft them from a shared pool, then use ticket cards to fly them to different points on the map. Each passenger you deliver earns money, and if the destination has a point of interest that matches the passenger's taste, meaning the die's color matches one of the cubes there, you can also upgrade your plane. At the end of the game you get bonus money for the locations you visited. Whoever has the fattest wallet at the end of the week wins. A pick-up-and-deliver puzzle for one to four, with a friendly northern theme.

Dice are passengers you draftMatch die color to destination cubes for upgradesBonus money for the places you visited

Who it's for

You like route-planning puzzles and efficiency games and want one with a bush-pilot theme and plenty of solo appeal.

Not for you if…

You want a lot of player conflict or a short game. It is mostly a solitary optimization over about an hour and a half.

Vibe's take

A relaxed but calculating puzzle. You are always thinking about which passenger fits which destination and how to chain flights so nothing is wasted.