“Our life is a constant journey, from birth to death. The landscape changes, the people change, our needs change, but the train keeps moving. Life is the train, not the station.”
-Paulo Coelho.
Let me introduce you to a deep but familly-friendly train game: The Railways of the World Series:
Railways of the World is the most recent version of the base game for Eagle-Gryphon Games' popular Railways of the World series, first published as Railroad Tycoon in 2005. It reimplements the original game with several improvements.
Revisit the early days of the Age of Steam as you begin with a locomotive (the venerable John Bull, the first locomotive to run in North America) and a vision (your Tycoon "mission" card). From there, build your budding railroad network into a vast empire. Connect New York to Chicago, earn the most money, develop bigger and faster locomotives and maybe even span North America and build the Transcontinental Railway!
You will be able to whistle all the way through the eastern half of the United States, but if that is not enough, you will be able to choose a map from 5 available: Travel through Mexico (4 players max), discover Great Britain rails (up to 5 players), take a break in Portugal (4 players max), or just see the other coast of the USA with the Western U.S map!
This game is preceded by the designer's other Winsome train games: Age of Steam, Australian Railways, Volldampf, New England Railways, Veld Spoorweg, Lancashire Railways, and Ferrocarriles Pampas. Railroad Tycoon was the result of a collaboration with Glenn Drover, in which the mechanisms and game-play of Martin Wallace's Age of Steam were simplified and streamlined. Attractive high quality components were added in order to make Railroad Tycoon more appealing to less hardcore gamers and more accessible to a wider audience.
You can play it now on BGA, by just clicking here:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?ga ... oftheworld
Oh, and you will be able to select many more options to suit your beloved gameplay, like mines, bidding style, city rotors (for Westerrn US map) and more... There is so much to discover! You can play with 2 to 6 players in an hour. Such a big deal!
We are proud to bring you this game thanks to the cooperation of the publisher, Eagle-Gryphon Games, and of course the game designers, Glenn Drover and Martin Wallace (yes).
Also, let's celebrate the wonderful work done by our developer, WetDogIsHappy, who made a wonderful adaptation for us. The game plays beautifully, there are plenty of options for you to choose, and it is a very clean adaptation of the game for you to play on Board Game Arena.
We really wish you will enjoy it as much as we do.
There are always surprises on BGA, but that's it for this week.
*We would like to send you our warmest thanks for being such an awesome community.
So please, take care of each others during this holidays season. And spread love all around you.*
See you next week!
FERROCARRILROS DO MUNDO: Eu elixo-te!
“A nosa vida é unha viaxe constante, dende o nacemento ata a morte.
A paisaxe cambia, a xente cambia, as nosas necesidades cambian, pero o tren segue avanzando.
A vida é o tren, non a estación".
-Paulo Coelho.
Permíteme presentarche un xogo de tren profundo pero apto para familias: The Railways of the World Series:
Railways of the World é a versión máis recente do xogo base da popular serie Railways of the World de Eagle-Gryphon Games, publicada por primeira vez como Railroad Tycoon en 2005.
Volve a implementar o xogo orixinal con varias melloras.
Revisa os primeiros días da Era do Vapor mentres comezas cunha locomotora (o venerable John Bull, a primeira locomotora que funcionou en América do Norte) e unha visión (a túa tarxeta de "misión" de Tycoon).
A partir de aí, constrúe a túa incipiente rede ferroviaria nun vasto imperio.
Conecta Nova York con Chicago, gaña o máximo de cartos, desenvolve locomotoras máis grandes e rápidas e quizais ata abarque América do Norte e constrúa o Ferrocarril Transcontinental.
Poderás percorrer toda a metade oriental dos Estados Unidos, pero se iso non é suficiente, poderás escoller un mapa entre 5 dispoñibles: Viaxa por México (máximo 4 xogadores), descubre os carrís de Gran Bretaña (ata 5 xogadores), fai un descanso en Portugal (máximo 4 xogadores) ou simplemente mira a outra costa dos EE. UU. co mapa do oeste dos EUA.
Este xogo vai precedido polos outros xogos de trens Winsome do deseñador: Age of Steam, Australian Railways, Volldampf, New England Railways, Veld Spoorweg, Lancashire Railways e Ferrocarriles Pampas.
Railroad Tycoon foi o resultado dunha colaboración con Glenn Drover, na que se simplificaron e racionalizaron os mecanismos e o xogo de Age of Steam de Martin Wallace.
Engadíronse compoñentes atractivos de alta calidade para que Railroad Tycoon fose máis atractivo para os xogadores menos duros e máis accesible a un público máis amplo.
Podes xogalo agora en BGA, facendo clic aquí:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?ga~...~oftheworld
Ah, e poderás seleccionar moitas máis opcións que se adapten ao teu querido xogo, como minas, estilo de licitación, rotores da cidade (para o mapa de Westerrn EU) e moito máis...
Hai moito que descubrir!
Podes xogar con 2 a 6 xogadores nunha hora.
Que gran cousa!
Estamos orgullosos de ofrecerche este xogo grazas á colaboración da editorial Eagle-Gryphon Games e, por suposto, dos deseñadores do xogo Glenn Drover e Martin Wallace (si).
Ademais, celebremos o marabilloso traballo realizado polo noso desenvolvedor, WetDogIsHappy, que fixo unha adaptación marabillosa para nós.
O xogo funciona moi ben, hai moitas opcións para escoller e é unha adaptación moi limpa do xogo para xogar en Board Game Arena.
Realmente desexamos que o disfrutedes tanto como nós.
Sempre hai sorpresas en BGA, pero iso é todo para esta semana.
Queremos enviarche o noso máis cordial agradecemento por ser unha comunidade tan fantástica.
Así que, por favor, coidádevos uns aos outros durante estas vacacións.
E espalla amor ao teu redor.
Vémonos a próxima semana!