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Nippon Rail

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Nippon Rail is part of the Empire Builder series, all games of this series are based on the same game mechanics: You start with a seed capital and three demand cards and build track to transport goods from a source city to a target city, discard the demand card thus filled and earn money for the delivery. Then you build new track for new demands. Each demand card shows three different orders and you can fill one of them. In your turn you first move your train the current number of movement points and can then extend your track, up to the maximum allowance of 20 units of money for a turn. Instead of building track you can upgrade your train to a larger operating distance or to a load capacity of three loads. Track is paid for with building costs in relation to terrain characteristics, movement on your own track is free. Track of other players can be used for a fee of 4 units of money for each turn you use this track, payment is made to the owner. To win the game you must own 250 units of money and must have connected a certain number of major cities to your track network. Event cards can destroy track or block deliveries. All maps in the game mirror real geographical conditions.

Japan is an ideal game for two, the map is especially suited for this purpose, albeit the player who can build the tunnel between Honshu and Hokkaido having a huge advantage. You must connect all major cities, so you must build track all across Japan. A very good extension for the Empire Builder Series, for which there are even special rules for a game with five and six players.

Players: 2-4

Age: 10+

Time: 120+

Designer: Loren Roznai & Team

Artist: Brian Blume, Chris Ferguson, Mike Russo, Peter Y. Bromley

Price: ca. 35 Euro

Publisher: Mayfair 2011

Web: www.mayfairgames.com

Genre: Railway and logistics game

Users: With friends

Special: 2 players

Version: en

Rules: en

In-game text: yes

Comments:

New edition in a box

Revised rules

An ideal game for 2

Compares to:

All other games in the Empire Builder Series

Other editions:

Nippon Rails Edition in a Tube, 1992

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 2

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Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 1

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