# Santa Fe Rails

Santa Fe Rails is a board game for 2–5 players. It plays in 60 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4.

- **Players:** 2–5 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 60 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 2.5 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2001
- **Categories:** Trains
- **Mechanics:** Network and Route Building, Open Drafting, Simultaneous Action Selection
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 1
- **Unique players:** 1

**Designers:** Alan R. Moon

**Artists:** Mark Simonitch, Rodger B. MacGowan

**Publishers:** GMT Games

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/santa-fe-rails)
- [Santa Fe Rails in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/santa-fe-rails)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3348)

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