Russian Railroads

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Designers Helmut Ohley
Leonhard Orgler
Publishers Hans im Glück Verlag
Year released2013
Players2-4
Playing time (minutes)120
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Boardgame Geek linkhttp://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/144733/russian-railroads
Reviewsdereport  (21.11.2013) by Walter
dereport  (16.01.2014) by Walter
Individual ratingsGünther: 9, Moritz: 7, Peter: 7, Walter: 7, Aaron: 7
Westpark Gamers' ratingred starred starred starred starred starred starred stargray stargray stargray star
Game of the Month
December 2013
Helmut Ohley and Leonhard Orgler are well known names to the connoisseurs of railroad games: so is 'Russian Railroads' just a new offspring of the 18xx series? No, even though we are building railroad lines, upgrading tracks and buy better engines: this is a pedigree worker placement game of the more complex kind. Each player is a railroad mogul developing lines and industries into a possible lucrative empire, competing for resources, engineers and industry developments with his team-mates. At the end of each round, victory points are granted for the current status of each empire - in the first round most likely less than five, in the seventh, and last, often more than one hundred! We haven't seen such a dynamic since a long time! So jump on-board before your fellow players may leave you behind!