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32.00€
Ride the Rails
45m - 60m
2 - 5 Players
Ages 12+
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The station is jam-packed full of excited people ready to ride the rails. Mason is off to Chicago, Ashley to Denver, and Hunter is going all the way to San Francisco. The train arrives, and passengers start detraining the sleeper cars with the red-capped porters expertly loading their luggage onto the baggage carts. Enthusiastic travelers crowd the doors, anxiously anticipating their adventure cruising across America in style!
In Ride the Rails, you will invest in railroad companies, build railway track across the United States, and deliver passengers to as many cities as possible. Each round, a new railroad company is introduced to the game, and each railroad company has its own special placement rules! Deliver passengers to as many cities as possible to earn the most points. Be cautious in your travels as shareholders of railroads that you use will also earn points!
Ride the Rails is the second title in the Iron Rail series by Capstone Games.
—description from the publisher
| Ages | 12+ |
|---|---|
| Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players |
| Play Time | 45m – 60m |
| Designer | John Bohrer |
| Mechanics | Network and Route Building, Pick-up and Deliver, Stock Holding |
| Theme | Economic, Trains, Transportation |
| Publisher | Capstone Games |
benni_jolink
Friendly, welcoming addition to the trains and shares genre. Lacks depth compared to most of those games though. The graphic design is fantastic.
bdm0610
The game was fine, will play again on other maps. The problem is that it gets tedious to count a 21 link delivery of a passenger (to me) and then rinse and repeat for the other 3 players. The other issue I had is that it was nigh impossible to change scoring position after round 2. My wife picked one train company that no one else did, and she basically got no points in round 1 and never could catch up. I had a huge lead after round 2 because I picked up an extra share of the color everyone else (including me) had built in the first one, which gave me double payout when someone used it (which almost everyone did). We ended up calling it a round before the end of the game.
Bobonthecob
Fun and simple for a train/stock game with a little pickup and deliver splashed in. My only issue is the end game can feel anti-climactic if you can math out that you have no chance yourself, but still have to make a decision that effects the outcome for others. But it's short enough that it doesn't bother me much.