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2011 Ranked #11,425

Colorado Midland

Railroad investment game has executives connect Colorado cities with railways to pursue the greatest return. Its partly cooperative business structure makes shared routes useful even while players compete for the sharpest investments.

Economic Trains Network and Route Building Series: Cube Rails

Players

3-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.55/5

Rating

6.44

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.4/5

Low interaction

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?

David V. H.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Network and Route Building

Create connected routes that improve reach, delivery, control, or scoring.
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David V. H. Peters' Colorado Midland is a somewhat co-operative railroad game set in the gold & silver mining region of the Colorado Rockies. The sharpest railroad executives vie for the maximum return on their investment in this business game; the game objective is to connect cities with the railroad. Colorado Midland is one of the two games and seven expansions from Winsome Games to be released at Spiel 2011.

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Category

2
Economic Trains

Mechanism

1
Network and Route Building

Family

3
Series: Cube Rails Series: Winsome Essen Sets States: Colorado

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Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
4–5
Play time
45 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
John Bohrer

Publishers

1
Winsome Games

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