Mass Transit is a cooperative card game where you build transit routes to deliver six commuters safely home from work. You place cards around a hub to build routes or discard them to move the commuters forwards. It is a game about unintended consequences, one small decision can leave routes incomplete and commuters stuck languishing in traffic.

Each turn you play 2-4 cards to extend the six routes. To be effective you have to match up the three different transit methods: bus, rail or waterway. To move commuters along routes you create you discard a card, but must be careful to pick the right mode of transport if the routes are still under construction.

As you play, the routes become longer and more complex, until you reach the suburb card. Once this is done, the focus switches to getting the commuters home, using stations to switch modes of transport tactically along the way. Get all six commuters home and you all win the game.

This sounds like an easy proposition, but the cards are carefully balanced between those that help and hinder you. Some contain traffic that slows down your commuters, some have to be played immediately and some only have limited powers or limited numbers. Add to this the fact that you are not allowed to communicate directly with each other. All this means that what starts as a simple card-laying game, quickly becomes a fraught balance between success and immediate crashing failure.