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2011 Ranked #15,549

Rising Sun Railroads

A cutthroat railroad-building game has players connect cities across Japan’s early rail era. With no luck to soften decisions, every route choice becomes a direct contest for the most valuable connections.

Economic Trains Auction/Bidding Network and Route Building

Players

3-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

3/5

Rating

6.60

Harder to teach Highly interactive 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 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?

Eddie Robbins' Rising Sun Railroads is a no-luck, rather cutthroat game that covers the creation of the railroads in Japan from 1870-1915, with the help of the British, Germans, Swiss and Americans. The game objective is to connect cities with the railroad.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Auction/Bidding

Bid against other players to determine who receives an item, action, or priority.
Network and Route Building

Create connected routes that improve reach, delivery, control, or scoring.
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Eddie Robbins' Rising Sun Railroads is a no-luck, rather cutthroat game that covers the creation of the railroads in Japan from 1870-1915, with the help of the British, Germans, Swiss and Americans. The game objective is to connect cities with the railroad. Rising Sun Railroads 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

2
Auction/Bidding Network and Route Building

Family

3
Country: Japan Series: Cube Rails Series: Winsome Essen Sets

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–4
Best with
3–4
Play time
120 min
Age
12+
Complexity
3.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
John Bohrer

Publishers

1
Winsome Games

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