
1973 · Transportation
Railway Rivals
Design railway lines across a hex-grid map of towns, rivers, hills, and coastlines, paying more to cross difficult terrain or build alongside existing routes. Connect to other players’ lines and rent track when needed. After the building phase, race between randomly selected pairs of towns. Efficient networks provide shorter routes and more opportunities to win races, while blocking opponents and choosing when to share track add tactical decisions.
- Players
- 2–8 best 4
- Playing time
- 120 min
- Age
- 11+
- Complexity
- 1 / 5
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Railway Rivals Map B: London to Liverpool1973
Railway Rivals Map I: Ireland1973
Railway Rivals Map K: London and South Eastern1973
Railway Rivals Map J: Mersey & Humber1981
Railway Rivals Map L: France1977
Railway Rivals Map N: New England1980
Railway Rivals Map C: Western USA1973
Railway Rivals Map E: Atlantic and Lake Erie1973
Railway Rivals Map G: Central Scotland1976
Railway Rivals Map M: London and the Midlands1973
Railway Rivals Map A: South Wales Coalfield (East)1973
Railway Rivals Map F: South Scotland1974
Railway Rivals Map D: New York and Chicago1973
Railway Rivals Map O: South Wales Coalfield (West)1978
Railway Rivals Map AUS: Austria1984
Railway Rivals Map SWE: Southern Sweden1984
Railway Rivals Map SZ: Switzerland1984
Railway Rivals Map IOW: Isle of Wight1976
Railway Rivals Map RO: Romania1987
Railway Rivals Map H: Western Canada1976
Railway Rivals Map E: Atlantic & Lake Erie (1980/85)1980Free, on web, Android and iOS
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