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2017 Ranked #2,215

Mini Rails

Compact railway investment game where players buy shares and build rail lines to profit from growing companies. Every track placement affects all investors, so each move must raise your holdings without giving a rival the better return.

Strategy Games Economic Trains Modular Board Stock Holding

Players

3-5

Play time

40-60 min

Age

13+

Complexity

2.1/5

Rating

6.91

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 3.7/5

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?

Mini Rails distills the essence of the stock-buying and track-laying game genre into a tight experience that can be finished under an hour. The game includes only two types of actions — "Buy Shares" and "Build Tracks" — and you must carefully decide how to best use them.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Stock Holding

Acquire shares whose value depends on companies, assets, or player actions.
Modular Board

Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.
Network and Route Building

Create connected routes that improve reach, delivery, control, or scoring.
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Mini Rails distills the essence of the stock-buying and track-laying game genre into a tight experience that can be finished under an hour. The game includes only two types of actions — "Buy Shares" and "Build Tracks" — and you must carefully decide how to best use them. You must do each action exactly once per round, and which company you choose affects the turn order on the next round.

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Type

1
Strategy Games

Category

2
Economic Trains

Mechanism

3
Modular Board Network and Route Building Stock Holding

Family

3
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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
3–5
Play time
40–60 min
Age
13+
Complexity
2.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Mark Gerrits

Artists

2
Scott Hartman Steve Tse

Publishers

1
Moaideas Game Design

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