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Railroad Games

AUSTRALIAN RAILS

In Australian Rails, rail fans can experience the thrills of owning, building, and operating railroads in the land down under! Explore the outback, build your rail empire across mountains and deserts to build a fortune. But beware dangerous sandstorms and flooding rivers as you stretch your rails across this vast continent! Australia Rails is part of the award-winning Empire Builder series of games, but is a complete stand-alone adventure in the world of railroading. Using a specially designed board, you will use crayons to draw your rail lines. Since you decide which cities to connect and where your routes will go, you alone decide the course of railroading history!		CHINA RAILS

In China Rails, you will need to conquer both natural and man-made disasters to connect railroad trade routes across China. From Shanghai to Hotan to Hong Kong and every city in between, tracks must be laid and goods ranging from grain and jade to noble workers and party officials must be delivered to their destination points to support the ancient country. The needs of the Republic demand attention. With your limited resources, can you construct the most efficient China Rails network to deliver the necessary goods more quickly than your competitors? China Rails is part of the award-winning Empire Builder series of games, but is a complete stand-alone adventure in the world of railroading. Using a specially designed board, you will use crayons to draw your rail lines. Since you decide which cities to connect and where your routes will go, you alone decide the course of railroading history! Prove that you deserve to be named "Minister of Railroads" and claim your victory in China Rails! Contents of China Rails: 1 Puzzle Cut Game Board 100 Load Chips 1 Sheet of Load Labels 2 Decks of Cards Including: 136 Demand Cards 20 Event Cards 12 Two-sided Locomotive Cards 6 Wipe-off Crayons 6 Pawns 1 Pack of Money 1 Rulebook 		EMPIRE BUILDER

In Empire Builder players can rediscover a modern American classic that celebrates one of America's greatest loves - railroads. Use your initial investment to build track, pick up commodities where they are grown, mined, or manufactored and deliever them where there's a demand. When you complete a delivery, you make the money you need to buy larger, faster trains and expand your railroad empire. Win the game by building the most effective railroad empire! With over a million variations, Empire Builder never grows old. Capture the entrepreneurial spirit of America and learn geography while you play.
EURORAILS

Eurorails is a railroad game is based on the award winning Empire Builder game. Build a rail system so that your trains can transport commodities from where they are made and to where they are needed, and amass a fortune at the same time.Eurorails is geographically accurate. The game board shows mountains, rivers, plains, and natural resources as they really are, lending a realistic slant to an imaginitive game. Parents playing Eurorails with their children can help them learn as they play.		METRO

The World's Fair is in full swing throughout the city of Paris in 1900. But amid the revelry, strange scaffoldings are appearing and streets are being excavated, creating long and deep tunnels that are soon to be covered over with earth. In Metro, players compete to built the Paris Metro System in 1900! Tile by tile, lines are built and points are awarded. The winner is the player who has the most points at the end. Contents of Metro: Gameboard 6 colored wood pawns 60 track tiles 61 subway cars 6 "Metro Line" cards		RUSSIAN RAILS

Based on the award-winning Empire Builder System, Russia Rails lets players experience the unique challenges of rail-building in the former Soviet Union and the republics which have replaced it. Using erasable crayons, players design their own rail-networks across a geographically accurate map. Since you decide where to build your rails, every game will be a different experience!
SILVERTON

Set in the historic mining areas of Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, Silverton is a game of railroading, mining, and commodity market manipulation! Use your surveyor to plot your railroads and your prospector to find your mines. Operate your empire of mines and railroads to position your gold, silver, and other commodities in the right market and at the right time to reap maximum profit. Relive the early days of excitement and exploration in the American West! Contents of Silverton: Game board (includes New Mexico expansion) 254 color wood markers Selling price change chart 24 card passenger deck 108 card claims deck 6 card player turn deck 36 card train deck 6 card turn sequence summary Money pack Rulebook		TICKET TO RIDE

All aboard for a great family game! Ticket to Ride is easy to learn but requires strategic thinking and quick decision making. Your goal is the collect cards of different types of train cars that you then use to lay claim to railway routes in North America. The longer your route, the more points you earn. You can also get more points by fulfilling "destination tickets" which are goal cards connecting distant cities (ex. New York to Salt Lake City). Each turn you draw more cards, clam a route or get more Destination Tickets. You have to balance greed with speed! Ticket to Ride won the prestigious "Speil des Jahres" (Game of the Year) award in Germany for 2004. Contents of Ticket to Ride: 1 board map of North American train routes 240 colored train cars 110 train car cards 30 destination tickets 1 summary card 5 wooden scoring markers 1 rules booklet 1 Days of Wonder online access number		TICKET TO RIDE - EUROPE

Ticket to Ride - Europe is the next installment in this best-selling train adventure series! From the craggy hillsides of Edinburgh to the sunlit docks of Constantinople, from the dusty alleys of Pamplona to a windswept station in Berlin, this game takes you on a new train adventure through the great cities of turn-of-the-century Europe. Players collect cards of various types of train cars, and use them to build stations, pass through tunnels and onto ferries, and lay claim to railway routes throughout Europe. Ticket to Ride - Europe is elegantly simple, can be learned in 5 minutes, and appeals to botth families and experienced gamers. This is a stand-alone game and the original Ticket to Ride is not required for play. Contents of Ticket to Ride - Europe: Gameboard 240 colored train cars 15 colored train stations 110 train car cards 46 destination tickets 5 wood scoring markers Instructions
TICKET TO RIDE - MARKLIN

Ticket to Ride - Marklin is the third installment in Days of Wonder's best-selling board game series that has won 14 international game awards, including the prestigious Spiel des Jahres! The board map for the Marklin Edition is based on a map of Germany and introduces Passengers and Merchandise to the Ticket to Ride gameplay. Other game play changes are the vertical orientation of the German map, and instead of a bonus for longest route, the 10 point bonus card goes to the player who completes the most Destination Tickets. While board-gamers may not be familiar with the Marklin name, train hobbyists consider it the premier name in the model train world. This German company has been around for over 140 years and is the world's leader in the miniature train hobby. This is a stand-alone game and the original Ticket to Ride is not required for play. Contents of Ticket to Ride - Marklin: 1 board map of Germany 240 colored train cars 15 passengers 118 train car cards 46 Destination tickets 5 scoring markers 74 Merchandise tokens 1 Rules booklet 1 Days of Wonder online access number		TICKET TO RIDE - THE CARD GAME

All aboard for a great family card game! Ticket to Ride - The Card Game is easy to learn but requires strategic thinking and quick decision making. Your goal is the collect cards of different types of train cars that you then use to lay claim to railway routes in North America. The longer your route, the more points you earn. You can also get more points by fulfilling "destination tickets" which are goal cards connecting distant cities, New York to Seattle for example. Each turn you draw more cards, claim a route or get more Destination Tickets. You have to balance greed with speed! The original Ticket to Ride board game won the prestigious "Speil des Jahres" (Game of the Year) award in Germany for 2004. This card version is perfectly portable for a Ticket to Ride game anywhere! Contents of Ticket to Ride - The Card Game: 96 Illustrated Train Cards 46 Destination Tickets 6 Big Cities Bonus Card Rules Booklet 		TICKET TO RIDE - USA 1910 EXPANSION

Ticket to Ride - USA 1910 is a card expansion for the original Ticket to Ride board game. It will fundamentally alter your strategies and tactics adding hours of fun and is a must have for Ticket to Ride fans. Ticket to Ride - USA 1910 consists of 181 new large format cards that include: 39 new Destination Tickets, a new GlobeTrotter bonus card for completing the most tickets, plus a complete replacement deck of all the cards from the original game deck. You'll also get a new rules booklet that includes 3 new ways to play Ticket to Ride. The complete expansion is packaged in 2-piece collectors tin. Please note: This product is not a stand alone game and is an expansion to the Ticket to Ride board game. An original copy of Ticket to Ride is required to play.
TRANS AMERICA

In Trans America, players try to be the first to build a railroad network across 19th Century America! Connect five cities, laying one or two tracks per turn, as you try to predict the strategy of the other players. See if you can use their tracks to your advantage. Contents of Trans America:Game Board85 Tracks35 City Cards6 Start Markers6 Locomotives1 Starting Player CardGame Rules		TRANS EUROPA

Trans Europa is a tactical track-building board game where players try to be the first to build a railroad network across Europa! Connect five cities, laying one or two tracks per turn, as you try to predict the strategy of the other players. See if you can use their tracks to your advantage. The first to have their five cities connected winds the round and the others lose points for being too slow. After 3-4 rounds, the player with the most points wins the game! Contents of Trans Europa Board Game: 1 Game Board 83 Tracks 35 City Cards in 5 Colors 6 Player Starting Markers to Mark the Players' Networks 6 Player Locomotives for Scoring 1 Starting Player Card 1 Rules Booklet
 
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