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2002 Ranked #8,329

1854

An economic rail game has investors operate Austrian companies through a changing railway landscape. Tunnels, local networks, and unusual company mergers create alternatives to standard rail development.

Strategy Games Economic Trains Stock Holding Network and Route Building

Players

3-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

4.2/5

Rating

7.20

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

A 18xx game set inside current geographical border of Austria. This effort seem to be more playable than 1837: Rail Building in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, its "predecessor".

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Network and Route Building

Create connected routes that improve reach, delivery, control, or scoring.
Stock Holding

Acquire shares whose value depends on companies, assets, or player actions.
Tile Placement

Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
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A 18xx game set inside current geographical border of Austria. This effort seem to be more playable than 1837: Rail Building in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, its "predecessor". Nice variants such as tunnels, a local map in order to build the local network of small companies, merged companies that are only allowed to use obsolete trains.

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Type

1
Strategy Games

Category

3
Economic Trains Transportation

Mechanism

3
Network and Route Building Stock Holding Tile Placement

Family

2
Country: Austria Series: 18xx

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–6
Best with
3–6
Play time
300 min
Age
12+
Complexity
4.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Leonhard "Lonny" Orgler

Publishers

3
(Self-Published) Deep Thought Games, LLC Golden Spike Games