Overview
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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
The fifth game in Winsome's Prairie Railroads Series. An economic railroad building gamer's game, Veld Railroads takes place in South Africa during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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The fifth game in Winsome's Prairie Railroads Series. An economic railroad building gamer's game, Veld Railroads takes place in South Africa during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Players bid for stock in the six available rail lines, construct track, and develop the settlements of South Africa. Historical events such as the growth of Johannesburg and the Boer war are built into the game system. The game ends after the eighth dividend payoff and the player with the most money wins. The previous games in the series are Ferrocarriles Pampas (1996), Veld Spoorweg (1998), Prairie Railroads(1999), and Pampas Railroads (2001). Note that this is a different game from "Veld Spoorweg," which also takes place in South Africa Reimplemented by: South African Railroads