# Ultimate Railroads

Ultimate Railroads is a board game for 1–4 players. It plays in 90–120 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 2. It is rated 8.1 out of 10 by 43 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $92.99 (United States).

- **Players:** 1–4 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 90–120 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 3.3 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2021
- **Categories:** Industry / Manufacturing, Trains
- **Mechanics:** Tech Trees / Tech Tracks, End Game Bonuses, Worker Placement, Turn Order: Claim Action
- **Ludoya rating:** 8.1 out of 10, from 43 reviews
- **Owned by:** 100 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 471
- **Unique players:** 285

**Designers:** Leonhard "Lonny" Orgler, Helmut Ohley

**Artists:** Claus Stephan, Martin Hoffmann

**Publishers:** Hans im Glück

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cardhaus Games | 92.99 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/ultimate-railroads/ |
| Miniature Market | 95.99 $ | https://www.miniaturemarket.com/zh008.html |
| Ludifolie | 79.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/12544-ultimate-railroads.html |
| World of Board Games | 1095 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/ultimate-railroads |
| Spelexperten | 1099 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/strategispel/ultimate-railroads.html |
| Good Games | 174.95 $ | https://www.goodgames.com.au/products/ultimate-railroads |
| Dragons Lair | 1299 kr | https://dragonslair.se/products/ultimate-railroads |
| Alphaspel | 1299 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/139129-ultimate-railroads |
| TLAMA games | 3199 Kč | https://www.tlamagames.com/deskove-hry/ultimate-railroads/ |
| Nexus | 19995 kr | https://nexus.is/vara/ultimate-railroads/ |
| Game Ninja | 1599 kr | https://www.gameninja.no/produkt/ultimate-railroads/ |

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## Rules questions

### Can I 'leapfrog' over another player's track when I extend mine?

No — tracks can only be moved onto empty spaces; you cannot leapfrog or share a space with another track (p.9).

### If I split my track movement between routes, do both branches count toward scoring?

You may split a track-extension action freely between your routes (p.8–9), but at scoring you only count spaces that your locomotives can reach; each track scores for its space and any empty spaces behind it treated as that track's color (p.20).

### Are there limits on where I can place locomotives?

You must take the lowest-numbered locomotive available and add it to one of your three routes (Trans‑Siberian may hold 2, St. Petersburg and Kyiv at most 1 each), and you may only add a locomotive to an empty slot or by upgrading a lower-numbered one (p.10–11).

### How do the 2 temporary (turquoise) workers work — can I use them immediately or keep them next round?

When you take the two temporary workers you cannot use them to resolve the action you just took, but you may use them during that same round as if they were your own workers; you must return them to the action space at the end of the round and cannot keep them for the next round (p.15).

### How is the industry (wrench) scored if my wrench is on a factory space?

You score the points shown on the industry track space your wrench is on; if that space shows no points (for example a factory), you score the points printed on the previous space instead (p.21).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ultimate-railroads)
- [Ultimate Railroads in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/ultimate-railroads)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329591)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-23. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._