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37.00€
Irish Gauge
60m - 60m
2 - 5 Players
Ages 12+
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Irish Gauge — one of three titles in Winsome Games 2014 Essen Set — is played on a map of Ireland and is similar in style to many of the stock-based, cube-rail games released by Winsome Games since 2007.
On each player’s turn, they can either place a share of one of five companies up for auction, build track (represented by cubes) in one of these five companies, upgrade a town to a city, or call for dividends. The dividends are paid out to shareholders of certain railroads based on how many cities/towns they connect to and how many shares of this company have been issued. The upgrade and dividend actions also affect game length and the likelihood of further dividends for each company. The game ends when a certain condition is met at the end of a player’s turn, and the player with the highest sum of money and stock value at the end of this turn wins.
Irish Gauge is the first title in the Iron Rail series by Capstone Games.
| Ages | 12+ |
|---|---|
| Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players |
| Play Time | 60m – 60m |
| Designer | Tom Russell |
| Mechanics | Auction/Bidding, Network and Route Building, Stock Holding |
| Theme | Economic, Trains |
| Publisher | Capstone Games, Winsome Games |
CharlieWilson
A simple-seeming Winsome game. At this stage I am not sure whether it will have a low-ish replayability OR become very devious. Time will tell. For the nonce: "... become very devious."
a_flying_possum
This game is my choice for quick, easy train game. It beats out Chicago Express in that it feels that it plays faster ... not sure if it does, but the feeling of playing this one is somehow cleaner and quicker, for me. Lovely.
Abdul
The pacing is furious throughout the whole game. Early game is all about aggressive route building, and the mid to end game has players madly grabbing up shares in some cutthroat auctions. It can slow down a little bit for dividend payouts though, as it takes a while to calculate. Payouts are dependant on random draw which I'm not sure I like, but it is easy enough to work out the probabilities and you can always increase your odds by diversifying. The tiny train meeples are adorable.