2021 · Expansion for Base-game
Railroad Ink: Sky Expansion Pack
Players draw routes on personal boards to connect exits and build continuous networks of roads and railways using dice results each round. This expansion adds four special dice that introduce weather effects—clouds, rain, and snow—that alter placement and grant bonus points when weather fronts are managed, and airline dice that add air routes and airports to extend networks vertically. The expansion integrates with the normal route dice each round, creating new scoring opportunities and spatial puzzles; at least one core set is required to use these extra dice.
- Players
- 1–4 best 4
- Playing time
- 15–30 min
- Age
- 8+
- Complexity
- 2 / 5
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Rules questions
Answered from the rulebook by Ludoya's rules assistant.
Do I roll the expansion dice with the regular Route dice?
Yes. At the beginning of each round, roll the relevant Expansion dice along with the 4 Route dice; you must use all 4 Route dice, but you may choose not to draw Airline dice results (p. 1–2).
Where can I put the Weather symbols I rolled?
Each round, place the two Weather symbols in the lower-right corners of two spaces where you drew Routes that round, including Special Routes. You can’t add Weather to spaces from earlier rounds (p. 1).
Do diagonal Weather areas score, and what happens if different types touch?
Each Weather type scores 1 point per space in its largest area of orthogonally adjacent spaces. If areas of different types touch orthogonally or diagonally, they don’t count for scoring (p. 1).
Do I have to connect Airline dice to my existing network, and can Airways connect to regular routes?
Airline dice results don’t have to connect to existing Routes or Airline dice, and Airways can’t connect to regular Routes or Exits. Airports connect Airways to regular Routes: an Airport connects automatically to Routes leading into its space, including Routes drawn there later (p. 2).
How many rounds do we play with the Airline Expansion?
The Airline Expansion game lasts 6 rounds (p. 2).
How do Airways and Airports affect my score?
Your Longest Airway scores 2 points per space, counted from an edge or Airport to an edge or Airport; lose 2 points for each open-ended Airway Route and 4 points for each Airport not connected to any Airway Route (p. 2).
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