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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 |
apostateant
Top 3 cube rails game at the moment, along with Nor Pac and Soo. Tom's designs just resonate really well with me. I love that you don't know what kind of earnings you're going to get when you draw the cubes and that it doesn't matter how many of a particular color is drawn, it'll only play once. It immediately kicks on the probability portion of the brain and starts the re-valuation of everything. So good.
bcnevan
A game of probabilities grafted onto an economic engine fueled by trains and stocks. Irish Gauge demands repeated play. The probabilistic payouts are modified by scoring tempo, player manipulation, and stock dilution. Careful concerted effort by multiple players is needed to weaken stronger positions. Mistakes can snowball. Excellent for its 40 minutes of play time.
alexisW
The simplest way to incorporated everything 18XX ever is. Into this simple design that last for an hour plus. Strategy and options are not heavy but determines the game play for replay ability and excitement An excellent design.