Station Master Review

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(More customer reviews)First played at Gen Con 2010, all my friends fell in love with this game instantly. It's a quick learn, very intuitive, you basically bid on trains carrying freight, passengers, etc. The value of the train can be changed to the better or worse, train unions are made, so players can assist each other or rival each other and attempt to devalue your trains which makes the game a little more aggressive than similar card games. A lot of fun, easy to learn, great price, plus if you like a competitive game with a bit of a ruthless streak, this game is a must own. Highly recommended by adult gamers who compete in conventions, other favorites include Dominion, Race for the Galaxy, Grand Master, Citadels, San Juan, poker, and other competitive card games.

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With the rising of a new dawn, another busy day at the Station begins. Harried passengers hustle about, looking for their trains. Behind the scenes the engineers and workers rush to connect carriages to engines. It would all be a fine mess if there wasn't someone to oversee everything. If there was no Station Master! Can you be that Station Master? Can you balance the needs of your passengers with the carriages you have available? You will have to compete with your opponents to direct passengers to the proper trains while choosing the best place to assign your carriages. There are many unexpected things that can happen at the Station, so be prepared for anything! Will you be the Station Master who can most cleverly steer your passengers to the most advantageous trains? The only way to find out is to play a quick-paced game of Station Master! This family card game is for 2-6 players, ages 8 and up. It takes about 45 minutes to play. Measures 1.75"L x 8"W x 1.75"H.

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India Rails Review

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(More customer reviews)The rail building series by Mayfair games has to be my favorite set of games. The first game will take a few hours and is a little confusing but, once you get the rules down, the fun really begins! Besides being very fun and entertaining, this game promotes geography education. I can now point out Bhopal on a map! We initially bought Empire Builder (the American map) but now own India Rails, British rails and Eurorails. Do not attampt to play this game with young children or the impatient. But, give it a chance and you will be hooked!

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Another in the Empire Builder system, India Rails features the exotic land of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and parts of Pakistan. Build tracks from Bombay to Calcutta, cross the Thar Desert (beware of sand storms!), and pick up and deliver gypsum, indigo, jute and rugs. An additional twist to the game is the special rules regarding pilgrims. India Rails is a bookcase game with puzzle cut map.

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Mayfair Games 1856 Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a deep game that will challenge you and probably take a number of session to play well. It can be a rewarding experience, but copies are getting scarce, so I encourage you to find one if your at all interested in the 18xx genre.

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1856 is Mayfair Games' version of the critically acclaimed 18XX railroad game system for Upper Canada, including the upper reaches of the St. Lawrence River, and the Toronto to Detroit area to southern Ontario. Players use their initial money to capitalize railroad companies, which can in turn build track, buy locomotives, and generate income. Players may engage in corporate raiding, stock manipulation, and insider trading to take advantage of their opponents and win the day. Special play features include the ability of every player to open and operate a rail company, with the government providing loans to help and the ability to cut small towns from your route. Deluxe components include warp-resistant board, plastic sorting tray, high quality playing pieces and contemporary currency. This strategy board game is for 3-6 players and takes 3-4 hours to play. Components include map of Upper Canada (Southern Ontario); Stock Table; 26 Locomotive Cards; 118 Stock Certificates; 6 Private Company Certificates; 1 Priority Marker Card; 122 Die Cut Hexagonal Ties; 102 Die Cut Tokens; 12 Corporate Charters; Money, Plastic Sorting Tray, and rules.

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EuroRails Review

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(More customer reviews)EuroRails is a sequel to the Empire builder game system where you as a rail baron construct your rail lines from city to city delivering requested goods to the cities that require them (shades of pirates and travelers)
Each player has three cards with short, medium and long routes available. The amount the delivery pays depends on the distance, as you make a delivery you draw a new card and continue. Now the routes are built by the players, if you can't get your own tracks built to where you want to go you can use someone else's...for a fee. And there are also ferries and the chunnel to get you across seas large and small to England, Ireland and Scandinavia.
Of course there are limits to the number of people that can run to smaller cities, there are rivers and mountains of varying types to deal with, and when you draw cards all kinds of disasters can take place, floods, gales, rail strikes, snow storms, derailments that can slow you down or cost you your hard earned goods. Those who do not keep a reserve in the bank may be a single flood away from doom.
Of course you CAN turn in your cards for a new set, but that will cost you a turn while your rivals will be building lines, delivering goods and maybe upgrading their train's speed or carrying capacity.
There is one solid weakness of the game and that is the system itself, a few bad draws can put you out of the game quickly so the luck factor is larger than it should be, but with that caveat you will have a lot of fun riding the rails across Europe.


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Eurorails is a railroad game is based on the award winning Empire Builder game.Build a rail system so that your trains can transport commodities from where they are made and to where they are needed, and amass a fortune at the same time. Eurorails is geographically accurate.The game board shows mountains, rivers, plains, and natural resources as they really are, lending a realistic slant to an imaginative game.Parents playing Eurorails with their children can help them learn as they play. Capture the industrial spirit of Europe and learn to build and empire with Eurorails!
Contents of Eurorails:
1 Markable Gameboard (puzzle-cut map)
2 Decks of Colorful Cards (180 total)
94 Color Load Chips
1 Pack of Money
1 Pack of Crayons
6 Train Pawns
Full Color Rules

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Empire Builder Review

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(More customer reviews)This game is really alot of fun! Our little group when playing this game ranges from 33 to 15. We all have alot of fun with this game. We have played it so much, the puzzle board is starting to get worn down and the crayons are almost done. Everyone in the family will have fun with this game!

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Discover a modern North American classic. Celebrate one of our most vital and enduring passions: railroads. Use your initial investment to build track. Then pick up commodities where they are grown, mined, or manufactured and deliver them to a lucrative place of demand. Complete a delivery and make the money you need to buy larger, faster trains, and expand your railroad empire.With over a million variations, Empire Builder never grows old. Capture the entrepreneurial spirit of North America and learn to build an empire. Whether you share Empire Builder as an evening with friends or as a rainy day activity with your family, you'll always find it captivating!Geographically accurate, the game depicts North America's rivers, mountains and plains, as well as its natural resources. It's a great way to learn about the geography, business, shipping, and transportation of the U.S., Canada and Mexico while having loads of fun with family and friends.For 2 - 6 players, ages 12 and up.Playing time:90+ minutesContents:1 markable gameboard (puzzle-cut map), 6 wipe off crayons, 2 decks of cards (168 total), 95 load chips, 1 pack of game money and full color rules with game overview and introduction.

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Lunar Rails Review

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(More customer reviews)Lunar Rails is another offering in the same Mayfair Games series of commodity trading games such as Eurorails, Russian Rails, India Rails, etcetera.
Lunar Rails is a terrific game for the entire family. The concept is that you are creating rail lines to gather commodities from cities and ship them to other places on the moon that need those commodities. It's rather simple, yet complex. The game is not perhaps as educational as Eurorails (where you end up learning the locations & geography of Europe), as you are building your rail lines across the moon. You need to pay attention to whether your shortest distance is to travel across the surface or over to the far side of the moon.
We have found that the game is always refreshingly challenging and different. One strategy may work well one time, but may be disasterous in another game. There is a lot of strategy, a bit of luck, and a lot of fun. It is very addictive, easy to learn, and quite entertaining. We've found that kids above the age of 10, adults, and everyone in between enjoy the game thoroughly. We haven't played the game with anyone who didn't immediately go out and buy a copy.
This game works very well for two people, even better for three or four. However, it is time consuming. Games tend to take 2.5-4 hours (Mayfair games are notorious for under-estimating the amount of time needed to play a game!)
For those who have the game already, this helper may pare down the play time a little bit: We've always use a variation of the "fast game" - start with 70 mil. Euros, take three turns to begin, and each turn is 12 mileposts (upgrades take you to 16 mileposts). A game for two people, starting with this "accelerated start" we can get a game done within 1.5-2 hours.
My other recommendation is that if you buy this game, you may need to get another set of crayons. You don't need "wipe off" crayons - just get the very cheapest crayons you can find, which wipe off the board even better than the "wipe-off" type. The more inexpensive the crayons, the more wax content, which helps them to wipe off easily. Just be careful that with any crayons you use, you don't write too hard (particularly on the water parts of the board) - you can wear off the print.
If you enjoy games like the "Settlers of Catan", or perhaps the "Ticket To Ride" games, you'll probably love this game. It is less complicated than games in the "Settlers" series, but very challenging.


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The most recent (as of June, 2003) of Mayfair's line of train crayon-rail games. Here you can make deliveries to any part of the moon, which is why they used the double-hemisphere map. You can connect from the edge of one map to the corresponding point on the other hemisphere's map. One addition to the events are meteors. When they strike, any rail connect to the point they strike or connecting to any of the 6 dots around that are destroyed. Other events include Decompression, Solar Flares, and Cosmic Rays.

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British Rails Review

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(More customer reviews)Lot's of fun, but gets a bit monotonous after long playings, the events do make it a little more unpredictable though overall it is a decent game and does teach users the geography of Great Britain and the idea of supply and demand.

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Visit the enchanted misty island of Britain with this Empire Builder series game. British Rails features the exotic and interesting landscape of the island nation. Build tracks across the island through city and village, and cross the country running rails from London to York through the forest of Sherwood. Pick-up and deliver goods, tourists, raw materials. This "bookshelf" strategy board game is for 2-6 players, ages 12 and up. It takes about 2 hours to play. Measures 2"L x 11.625"W x 2"H.

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