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Zelc

Anyone else love Railways of the World?

This is perhaps the only board game (other than Battleground Fantasy Warfare and Yomi) that I've played several times in a row in one gaming session. I discovered this game at my gaming group recently, and I've been hooked. I like the Western US and Europe maps the most (not as fond with Time and Eastern US).

I love how the games play completely differently based on the cube distribution and the cards that come out (we bid for turn order). This game is probably one of the hardest games I've played. Unlike other games, the option and necessity of taking out loans means there are fewer constraints. It's very easy to issue too few bonds and grow too slowly and end up with way too much useless cash at the end (it's only a tie-breaker), or issue too many bonds without developing a strong income base and choke to death on the interest.

Posted May 31, 2011, 11:39 PM UTC

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