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2014 Ranked #1,349

Trains: Rising Sun

Railway deck-building game where players buy cards, lay track, and build the most effective rail system in Japan. Expansion brings opportunities and waste, so every new route must improve your network without burying it in clutter.

Strategy Games Card Game Territory Building Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Network and Route Building

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.44/5

Rating

7.43

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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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 3.7/5

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?

Trains returns with all-new cards and strategies for you to build the best rail system in Japan. Trains: Rising Sun not only features all new cards, it includes three entirely new boards.

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Trains returns with all-new cards and strategies for you to build the best rail system in Japan. Trains: Rising Sun not only features all new cards, it includes three entirely new boards. Two of the boards are designed specifically for two-player games, while the Nagoya map is for 3 to 4 players. This standalone game can mix easily with the original Trains game for even greater replay possibilities! Trains: Rising Sun also introduces Route Bonus Cards, allowing you to score additional points for being the first to connect specific stations. Route Bonus Cards are included for the original Trains game as well! Finally, Trains: Rising Sun includes the Trains: Nagoya Map expansion that was first produced only by the designer for use with the original OKAZU Brand production of Trains. (This item is not linked to in the information box for database reasons.)

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
45 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.4/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Steve Ellis (II) Hisashi Hayashi

Artists

1
Banu Andaru

Publishers

1
Alderac Entertainment Group

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