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Railroad Barons

Barone der Eisenbahn

Railroad barons is based on the railroad game 18xx by Francis Tresham, but is designed for two players. Players try to acquire a portfolio of railroad shares that will accrue them a better profit then the portfolio of their opponent.

As in the basic 18xx game there are share rounds and operating rounds. The game comprises 5 corporations, which are founded in the share rounds. These companies operate railways, pay out dividends or save money, each company has a fixed income and the corporations always act in the same order of play.

Players introduce four out of five private investors into the game, one player chooses the investor the other one chooses if he wants the money of the investor or the investor in person. Each share round is followed by two operational rounds. In the share rounds one can buy shares, sell shares or pass. In the operational round the markers in the corporation are newly assigned, either to the corporation table for the corporations up for buy or ownership and for the network of tracks. Then income is determined and dividends are paid or saved. It is important that players and corporations act independently as regards to finances, both players can buy shares in each conglomerate, but only one is the acting director – he who owns the majority of shares. He alone makes the decision on actions of the corporation in the operating rounds.

Railroad Barons provides the essence of 18xx, elegantly reduced to the core mechanisms, money is the sole aim of the game, board and track tiles are missing, what has remained is the necessity of planning, as profitable assets lose their value quickly.

Players         : 2

Age             : 12+

Duration       : 90+

Designer      : Helmut Ohley

Artist           : Klemens Franz

Price            : ca. 20 Euro

Publisher      : Lookout Games 2010

Web             : www.lookout-games.de

Genre          : Railroad game

Users           : With friends

Special         : 2 players

Version        : multi

Rules           : de en

In-game text : yes

Comments:

18xx without board or track tiles * focus on money and finances * planning mechanism remains dominant

Compares to :

All games in the 18xx series

Chance                1

Tactic                   3

Strategy__          2

Creativity            0

Knowledge          0

Memory               0

Communication   0

Interaction          2

Dexterity             0

Action                  0