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Gamehelprailwaysoftheworld

2023-03-09T19:10:07Z

Choog: Added link to 2022 combined rules

=== [https://drive.google.com/file/d/11vc2f39HJlCQUPCGN1vnRITyFrja8HfK/view?usp=sharing Link to Combined Rules (2022)] ===

== Interface Info ==
=== Preferences ===
* Top right of the page lets you set preferences that will be remembered from game to game
** Preference option for Track brightness and contrast. 6 styles to choose from with a variety of contrast and brightness values
** Preference option for Cubes brightness and contrast. 6 styles to choose from with a variety of contrast and brightness values
** Track building now has an optional visual aid to help you understand which tracks you are currently building.
** Optional display for colour blind folk.
*** Cubes are replaced with letters representing the original cube colour.
**** R - Red
**** B - Blue
**** G - Black
**** Y - Yellow
**** P - Purple
*** Cities have a tooltip stating the colour of the city.
*** Link tokens showing ownership of a link now have the name of the colour instead of the engine image.

== In Game controls ==
* Ctrl Mouse Wheel zooms the map when you are over the map, otherwise it will zoom the web page.

=== Game Options ===
Maps

* Eastern US
* Mexico
* Great Britain
* Western US
* Portugal

Bidding Style

*Traditional
** Winner pays full value of their bid and is First Player, all other players pay nothing.
** Then turn order proceeds clockwise around the table.
** If all the players choose to pass, then the player to the left of the previous First Player becomes the new First Player

* First to pass
** Winner pays full value of their bid and is First Player.
** Each player who passes, pays half their bid rounded up.
** First player to pass becomes the last player.
** Second to pass becomes second to last etc.
** If all the players choose to pass, then the player who passes last becomes the new First Player.

* Worst is First
** There is an initial bid for game starting position then
** at the start of a new turn, the player order is determined by the current score.
** Worst score becomes the new First Player.
** Second worst is the new Second Player etc.
** In case of scoring ties, the player with higher (worst) turn order wins the tie.
** All "Railroad Executive" operation cards are discarded.

City Rotors
* Cities with Rotors always act as their base color (the color on the upper section of the city) and will often provide a second color showing on the bottom of the city.
* Cubes matching either color that arrive at a City Rotor must be delivered there.
* After every delivery to the city, the City Rotor will rotate to a new color.
* The City Rotor Color Wheel describes each color transition.

Mines
* The Place Mine action is available to each player two times in the game during the player action round.
* The active player may pay $10,000 to place a Mine.
* They immediately choose a gray city and begin drawing cubes from the goods bag until they draw a cube that matches the color of a previously drawn cube (maximum of 5 draws).
* Place the cubes drawn on the gray city, after discarding the matching cube.
* A city may only be mined once in a game.

Empty City Markers reduction for faster games
* The Empty City Marker count can be reduced to speed up the end of the game.

= Playing the game =
* Turns and Player Action Rounds. RotW is played in a series of Turns. Each Turn consists of the following 3 phases:
** 1 - First Player Auction to determine First Player
** 2 - Player Actions (1 per player in Turn Order in each of 3 Rounds)
** 3 - Income and Dividends
* These three phases are repeated until the End of Game is triggered (see below), at which time the current Turn is completed (all 3 phases) and then one additional Turn is played.

== Phase 1 - First Player Auction ==
* Players bid to determine First Player for all Rounds of Phase 2 this Turn
** The First Player from the previous Turn bids first
** Minimum bid is $1k
** Bidding proceeds clockwise (down the list in player status table)
** If a player chooses not to bid higher than the current bid they Pass and are out of the Auction
** The player with the winning bid takes the First Player marker (golden engine in the player status table)
** Turn order is clockwise from First Player
** If all players pass with no bids, First Player marker moves 1 spot clockwise

== Phase 2 - Player Actions ==
* Each Turn the Phase 2 consists of 3 Rounds of player actions, in Turn Order
* On each Round each player may take 1 of 5 available actions (same action may be taken on subsequent Rounds within the same Turn)
'''A - Build Track'''
* Place from 1 to 4 track tiles, starting at any city or open track tile that you own
* Cost to build track:
** Build on plains (no symbol): $2k
** Build on water (water drop): $3k
** Build on mountains (grey dot): $4k
** Cross a mountain ridge (dark red/brown line): + $4k
* A series of tiles that connect one city to exactly one other city is called a Link
* At the end of Phase 2 any open tracks (i.e. a series that is not a Link) will be removed from the board
'''B - Urbanize'''
* Player pays $10k to place an available New City tile on a gray city hex and add two random Goods Cubes to the new city
'''C - Upgrade Engine'''
* Upgrade your player Engine one (and only one step) by paying the cost of the next upgrade
'''D - Deliver One Goods Cube'''
* Deliver one (and only one) Goods Cube from one City to a City matching the Goods Cube's color
* May travel over as many links as the strength of the acting player's Engine
* May not move a Cube without delivering it (final Link must move to a City of the Cube's color)
* May not skip over a City of the Cube's color without delivering it (even if a City further down the line is the same color)
* First Link over which the Good travels must be owned by Player taking the action
* Each player who owns a Link over which the Good travels scores 1 point per traveled Link that they own
'''E - Select a Railroad Operations Card'''
* Take one of the available Railroad Operations cards and either execute it immediately or place it in front of you (depending on the type of card)

== Phase 3 - Income and Dividends ==
* All players collect the income shown on the space of the point track / income track occupied by their marker
* THEN all players must pay $1k per held Bond (including taking new Bonds to cover this cost, if necessary)

== End of Game ==
* When the last Goods Cube in a City is moved out, an Empty City marker is placed in the City
* The game end is triggered when the last Empty City marker is placed on the board
* The turn is completed normally and then there is one more complete turn before the game ends
* It is possible to remove an Empty City marker from the board via Railroad Operations Cards or the Urbanize action
* If End of Game has been triggered and an Empty City marker is removed from the board it does not "un-trigger" End of Game
* When the game finishes, in addition to the standard Income Phase, each player loses 1 point for every bond issued
* Rail Baron cards held by each player are now tested and if their goal has been achieved, points will be awarded

Gamehelprailwaysoftheworld

2022-12-08T17:56:01Z

Choog: formatting

== Interface Info ==
=== Preferences ===
* Top right of the page lets you set preferences that will be remembered from game to game
** Preference option for Track brightness and contrast. 6 styles to choose from with a variety of contrast and brightness values
** Preference option for Cubes brightness and contrast. 6 styles to choose from with a variety of contrast and brightness values
** Track building now has an optional visual aid to help you understand which tracks you are currently building.
** Optional display for colour blind folk.
*** Cubes are replaced with letters representing the original cube colour.
**** R - Red
**** B - Blue
**** G - Black
**** Y - Yellow
**** P - Purple
*** Cities have a tooltip stating the colour of the city.
*** Link tokens showing ownership of a link now have the name of the colour instead of the engine image.

== In Game controls ==
* Ctrl Mouse Wheel zooms the map when you are over the map, otherwise it will zoom the web page.

=== Game Options ===
Maps

* Eastern US
* Mexico
* Great Britain
* Western US
* Portugal

Bidding Style

*Traditional
** Winner pays full value of their bid and is First Player, all other players pay nothing.
** Then turn order proceeds clockwise around the table.
** If all the players choose to pass, then the player to the left of the previous First Player becomes the new First Player

* First to pass
** Winner pays full value of their bid and is First Player.
** Each player who passes, pays half their bid rounded up.
** First player to pass becomes the last player.
** Second to pass becomes second to last etc.
** If all the players choose to pass, then the player who passes last becomes the new First Player.

* Worst is First
** There is an initial bid for game starting position then
** at the start of a new turn, the player order is determined by the current score.
** Worst score becomes the new First Player.
** Second worst is the new Second Player etc.
** In case of scoring ties, the player with higher (worst) turn order wins the tie.
** All "Railroad Executive" operation cards are discarded.

City Rotors
* Cities with Rotors always act as their base color (the color on the upper section of the city) and will often provide a second color showing on the bottom of the city.
* Cubes matching either color that arrive at a City Rotor must be delivered there.
* After every delivery to the city, the City Rotor will rotate to a new color.
* The City Rotor Color Wheel describes each color transition.

Mines
* The Place Mine action is available to each player two times in the game during the player action round.
* The active player may pay $10,000 to place a Mine.
* They immediately choose a gray city and begin drawing cubes from the goods bag until they draw a cube that matches the color of a previously drawn cube (maximum of 5 draws).
* Place the cubes drawn on the gray city, after discarding the matching cube.
* A city may only be mined once in a game.

Empty City Markers reduction for faster games
* The Empty City Marker count can be reduced to speed up the end of the game.

= Playing the game =
* Turns and Player Action Rounds. RotW is played in a series of Turns. Each Turn consists of the following 3 phases:
** 1 - First Player Auction to determine First Player
** 2 - Player Actions (1 per player in Turn Order in each of 3 Rounds)
** 3 - Income and Dividends
* These three phases are repeated until the End of Game is triggered (see below), at which time the current Turn is completed (all 3 phases) and then one additional Turn is played.

== Phase 1 - First Player Auction ==
* Players bid to determine First Player for all Rounds of Phase 2 this Turn
** The First Player from the previous Turn bids first
** Minimum bid is $1k
** Bidding proceeds clockwise (down the list in player status table)
** If a player chooses not to bid higher than the current bid they Pass and are out of the Auction
** The player with the winning bid takes the First Player marker (golden engine in the player status table)
** Turn order is clockwise from First Player
** If all players pass with no bids, First Player marker moves 1 spot clockwise

== Phase 2 - Player Actions ==
* Each Turn the Phase 2 consists of 3 Rounds of player actions, in Turn Order
* On each Round each player may take 1 of 5 available actions (same action may be taken on subsequent Rounds within the same Turn)
'''A - Build Track'''
* Place from 1 to 4 track tiles, starting at any city or open track tile that you own
* Cost to build track:
** Build on plains (no symbol): $2k
** Build on water (water drop): $3k
** Build on mountains (grey dot): $4k
** Cross a mountain ridge (dark red/brown line): + $4k
* A series of tiles that connect one city to exactly one other city is called a Link
* At the end of Phase 2 any open tracks (i.e. a series that is not a Link) will be removed from the board
'''B - Urbanize'''
* Player pays $10k to place an available New City tile on a gray city hex and add two random Goods Cubes to the new city
'''C - Upgrade Engine'''
* Upgrade your player Engine one (and only one step) by paying the cost of the next upgrade
'''D - Deliver One Goods Cube'''
* Deliver one (and only one) Goods Cube from one City to a City matching the Goods Cube's color
* May travel over as many links as the strength of the acting player's Engine
* May not move a Cube without delivering it (final Link must move to a City of the Cube's color)
* May not skip over a City of the Cube's color without delivering it (even if a City further down the line is the same color)
* First Link over which the Good travels must be owned by Player taking the action
* Each player who owns a Link over which the Good travels scores 1 point per traveled Link that they own
'''E - Select a Railroad Operations Card'''
* Take one of the available Railroad Operations cards and either execute it immediately or place it in front of you (depending on the type of card)

== Phase 3 - Income and Dividends ==
* All players collect the income shown on the space of the point track / income track occupied by their marker
* THEN all players must pay $1k per held Bond (including taking new Bonds to cover this cost, if necessary)

== End of Game ==
* When the last Goods Cube in a City is moved out, an Empty City marker is placed in the City
* The game end is triggered when the last Empty City marker is placed on the board
* The turn is completed normally and then there is one more complete turn before the game ends
* It is possible to remove an Empty City marker from the board via Railroad Operations Cards or the Urbanize action
* If End of Game has been triggered and an Empty City marker is removed from the board it does not "un-trigger" End of Game
* When the game finishes, in addition to the standard Income Phase, each player loses 1 point for every bond issued
* Rail Baron cards held by each player are now tested and if their goal has been achieved, points will be awarded