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2004 Ranked #4,783

Russian Rails

A crayon rail logistics game where players draw routes across the Soviet region and deliver loads to build a rail empire. Event cards shape a changing historical timeline, so long distances and political shifts complicate every network.

Strategy Games Economic Trains Crayon Rail System Hexagon Grid

Players

2-6

Play time

180-240 min

Age

10+

Complexity

2.75/5

Rating

6.97

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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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 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

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Part of the crayon rail games, this game features unique timeline orchestrated by event cards and a distance warp to accommodate the vast distances of the Soviet Union region.

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Part of the crayon rail games, this game features unique timeline orchestrated by event cards and a distance warp to accommodate the vast distances of the Soviet Union region. The game begins in the post WWII era, with players drawing rail lines and delivering loads wary of the inevitable fall of the Soviet Union. Build an empire from the Black Sea to the Baltic. Note that the "distance warp" feature was removed during playtesting, and the "inevitable fall" of the Soviet Union is not as inevitable as you would think if that card doesn't get drawn.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–5
Play time
180–240 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.8/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Jodi Soares

Artists

2
Peter Y. Bromley Drew Perkett

Publishers

1
Mayfair Games

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