# Autobahn

Autobahn is a board game for 1–4 players. It plays in 90–150 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 3. It is rated 5.9 out of 10 by 17 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $40.17 (United States).

- **Players:** 1–4 (best with 3)
- **Playing time:** 90–150 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 3.8 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2022
- **Categories:** Transportation, Economic, Industry / Manufacturing
- **Mechanics:** Network and Route Building, Pick-up and Deliver, Tech Trees / Tech Tracks, Solo / Solitaire Game, Hand Management
- **Ludoya rating:** 5.9 out of 10, from 17 reviews
- **Owned by:** 60 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 72
- **Unique players:** 119

**Designers:** Fabio Lopiano, Nestore Mangone

**Artists:** Javier González Cava

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gameslore | 29.99 £ | https://www.gameslore.com/sale-items/board-games/autobahn-board-game.html |
| Travelling Man | 29.99 £ | https://travellingman.com/products/autobahn |
| Zatu Games | 30.69 £ | https://zatu.com/products/autobahn |
| La Gameria | 35.95 € | https://gameria.es/juegos-de-mesa/autobahn-17105.html |
| Dungeon Marvels | 42.36 € | https://dungeonmarvels.com/autobahn-71799.html |
| Juegos de la Mesa Redonda | 42.46 € | https://juegosdelamesaredonda.com/16390-autobahn-castellano-8436578816972.html |
| Ludifolie | 43.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/16350-autobahn.html |
| Magia de Tinta | 43.95 € | https://www.magiadetinta.com/es/juegos/7782-autobahn-8436578816972.html |
| Milan Spiele | 49.9 € | https://www.milan-spiele.de/autobahn-engl-p-34315.html |
| Spielezar | 49.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/autobahn |
| Spelexperten | 599 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/strategispel/autobahn.html |
| Alphaspel | 679 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/193017-autobahn-retail-ed |
| Fantasiapelit | 60.5 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_224528 |
| Good Games | 141.46 $ | https://www.goodgames.com.au/products/autobahn |

## Expansions

- [Autobahn: Mini Expansions](https://www.ludoya.com/games/autobahn-mini-expansions)

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## Rules questions

### Do I have to place an Employee when I build a Road section or upgrade a link, or can I just pay and skip it?

Placing an Employee is part of both the 'Build Road section' and 'Upgrade link' actions: after placing/flipping the road tiles and paying costs you must place an Employee in the leftmost empty seat of the matching Office (step 3). If you cannot pay the cost you cannot take the action. (p.8–9)

### What happens if the Construction Office I need is already full when I place an Employee?

If the Office has no empty seats, transfer the Employee in the leftmost seat to the Administration Lobby, slide the remaining Employees left, and then place your Employee in the newly vacated rightmost seat; if you have no Employees in supply, return exactly 3 from the Lobby, place one, and then promote one. (p.9)

### When and how do city values change after I build or upgrade links?

When a built Road section completes a link between two cities, update those cities: each autobahn with at least one completed single‑carriageway link to the city gives +2 value, and each autobahn with at least one upgraded dual‑carriageway link gives an additional +2; count different autobahns, not number of links. (p.9–10)

### Do I need my Truck to start on the same colour as the card I play to move it, and how far can it go?

Yes — to move a Truck in Phase 3 it must start on a depot or road section matching the colour of the card you played, but once it starts you may move along any connected built road sections; Trucks move up to 2 steps in era 1 and up to 3 in eras 2–3, and starting on a dual carriageway gives +1 extra step. (p.11–12)

### How do deliveries work — what's the difference between preferred goods, other goods, and Pharmaceuticals?

When you deliver (move one step beyond a neighbouring commercial city) you take that country’s bonus tile, return the Goods token, take a Delivery token and return your Truck; preferred goods place the Delivery token on the country’s goods icon so you can claim the bonus action later, other goods place it on the DM coins icon and you immediately earn the shown DM, and Pharmaceuticals: the first delivery grants the country’s Pharma bonus action while later Pharma deliveries may only earn DM (or nothing if the slot is full). (p.13)

### How is the Construction Budget calculated during the end‑of‑era administration phase?

For each Construction Office with at least one occupied seat, add the city values of all cities along that autobahn that are connected to the built network (including connected neighbouring countries), divide that total by the number of Employees in the Office rounded down, and each player gains that amount in DM for each Employee they have in that Office. (p.14)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/autobahn-3)
- [Autobahn in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/autobahn-3)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/348554)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-18. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._