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Railways of the World (2005)

Build rails, race to deliver scarce goods, and fulfill your Rail Baron's secret goal.

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2–6 Players
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120 Min

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Age: 10+
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Weight: –– 3.01 / 5 Complexity Rating

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Railroad Tycoon: The Boardgame + 5 more
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N/A Glenn Drover, Martin Wallace + 0 more
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N/A Kurt Miller, Paul Niemeyer, David Oram + 0 more
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N/A Eagle-Gryphon Games, Winsome Games + 1 more

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Closeup of great Railroad Tycoon components: track tiles, goods cubes, and locomotives

The Western US map combined with the Eastern US map for a megagame played at BGG Con 2012

Railways of the World (Eastern US) - Blue moving in.

We tried to shut Purple out of Chicago, but he still managed to get his link.

Isn't the game just beautiful. In play at BGG.con.

The final production version of the RR Tycoon Board

3-player end game situation - alle three scored above 89 points, difference between us wasn´t that big

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Railways of the World (2009) is the new edition of the base game for Eagle Games' popular Railways of the World series, first published as Railroad Tycoon in 2005. It reimplements the original game with several improvements.

Revisit the early days of the Age of Steam as you begin with a locomotive (the venerable John Bull, the first locomotive to run in North America) and a vision (your Tycoon "mission" card). From there, build your budding railroad network into a vast empire. Connect New York to Chicago, earn the most money, develop bigger and faster locomotives and maybe even span North America and build the Transcontinental Railway!

Multiple expansions featuring different maps are available. Railways of the World is the new base game for the system and includes the engine placards, railroad tiles, train tokens, money, bonds, and other items that are needed in almost all the Railways of the World series. A gameboard depicting the eastern half of the United States is included in the base game, as well as a mounted map of Mexico.

This game is preceded by the designer's other Winsome train games: Age of Steam, Australian Railways, Volldampf, New England Railways, Veld Spoorweg, Lancashire Railways, and Ferrocarriles Pampas. Railroad Tycoon was the result of a collaboration with Glenn Drover, in which the mechanics and game-play of Martin Wallace's Age of Steam were simplified and streamlined and attractive over-produced components were added, in order to make Railroad Tycoon more appealing to less hardcore gamers and more accessible to a wider audience.

A revised reprint was published at the end of 2010 which made some component improvements, such as the addition of Railroad Operation cards for the Mexico map.

Complete series overview - The Railways of the World Series: Introducing the family members of the ideal medium-weight train game

Note: The RailRoad Tycoon board itself is gigantic (about 36x45 inches, 91x114 cm) and requires a huge table or playing on the floor.

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Railroad Tycoon Components:

3 part 45" x 36" board, eastern United States
1 Wooden 1st player marker
125 Wooden good cubes (25 each red, yellow, blue, black, purple)
24 Plastic brown empty city markers (6 each water tower, sand tower, railroad crossing sign, roundhouse)
150 Plastic trains (25 each red, yellow, green, blue, black, purple)
2 Western Link tiles
12 New City tiles (3 each yellow, blue, black, purple)
217 track tiles
10 Tycoon cards
24 Engine cards (6 each level 1, level 3, level 5, level 7)
37 Railroad Operation cards
54 Share cards (30-1 share, 18-5 share, 6-10 share)
140 money bills (60-1k, 30-5k, 50-10k)
1 rulebook
1 drawstring bag

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Railways of the World Components:

30" x 36" mounted map of Eastern U.S.
14.75"x24.5" mounted map of Mexico
12 Railroad Baron Cards
1 Start Player Card
6 Player Aid / Major Line Cards
37 Railroad Operation Cards
3 Rulebooks (Basic Game, Eastern U.S., Mexico)
1 Score Track
150 Plastic trains in 6 all new colors
24 empty city markers (4 types)
125 good cubes (5 colors)
24 Engine Cards (6 each level 1/2, level 3/4, level 5/6, level 7/8)
Bond Certificates (54 notes in 3 denominations: 30 x 1, 18 x 5, 6 x 10)
Money (3 denominations)
217 Track Tiles
12 New City Tiles (3 x yellow, 3 x black, 3 x blue and 3 x purple)
2 Special Link tiles
Drawstring Bag
2nd Edition (2010 Copyright) adds 54 Mexico cards: 38 Mexico Railroad Ops cards, 12 Mexico Rail Baron cards and 4 Player Aids

Card Sleeve Summary:

37 Railroad Ops cards, 12 Rail Baron cards, 6 Player Aid/Major Line cards, 1 start player card.
2nd Edition (2010 Copyright) adds 54 Mexico cards: 38 Mexico Railroad Ops cards, 12 Mexico Rail Baron cards and 4 Player Aids.
Total 56 Eastern USA, 54 Mexico = 110 Cards

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