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== Overview | == Overview == | ||
Players invest in train companies to amass the most profits before the game ends. 2-6 players take turns either auctioning shares, developing locations or building trains to amass the most amount of money. | Players invest in train companies to amass the most profits before the game ends. 2-6 players take turns either auctioning shares, developing locations or building trains to amass the most amount of money. | ||
== Game End | == Game End == | ||
- one of the following ends the game | - one of the following ends the game | ||
- | - the game ends after a dividend, not immediately | ||
=== List of Conditions === | === List of Conditions === | ||
- 3 | - 3 companies runs out of shares (most common) | ||
- 3 | - 3 companies runs out of trains | ||
- | - 3 or less development pieces are remaining | ||
- | - players end the 8th round (Detroit's marker will exit the 8th space) | ||
== Actions | == Actions == | ||
=== Auction === | === Auction === | ||
- | - minimum bid is the current value of the company divided by the shares out + the share being auctioned | ||
- | - players bid in turn order | ||
- | - passing means you are out of the bid | ||
- | - winner places their money into the company's coffers | ||
=== Develop === | === Develop === | ||
- | - developing a city/mountain/forest places a development house onto that space | ||
- | - any company in a developed city or mountain increases their value by the number indicated in the development symbol | ||
- | - any company in a developed forest receives $2 that goes into the company directly from the bank | ||
- | - developing the industrial cities Pittsburgh or Wheeling slides the development marker to the next space on the right, meaning they can be developed multiple times | ||
- Detroit cannot be developed by players and develops itself by 1 at the end of each dividend phase | - Detroit cannot be developed by players and develops itself by 1 at the end of each dividend phase | ||
=== Build === | === Build === | ||
- | - players take 1-3 trains of a company they have a share of and place it anywhere on the board as long as it is connected to another train of the same color | ||
- | - the company pays the cost of building which is the red number in the space it is entering | ||
- | - only one company can be in an individual forest or mountain space | ||
- | - cities and plains with companies in them increases the cost to place a train into that space which is the space's cost multiplied by the amount of companies already there | ||
- | - companies increase their income value by the number indicated in the train symbol to the right of the red cost number, increased further if the space is developed | ||
- | - the value of the industrial cities Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Detroit is located on a separate area near the bottom of the board | ||
- | - only cities, industrial cities and mountains increase a company's income value | ||
== | === Null === | ||
- | - players can always take any action that's available and not do the action that corresponds with it | ||
- | - particularly effective with the auction action to control game length | ||
- | == Wabash Railroad Company (black train) == | ||
- not available to auction until one of the other four companies enters Chicago | |||
== Chicago Dividend | - one share is immediately auctioned when the first company enters Chicago | ||
- starting train is placed in Fort Wayne with its marker being the value of the Fort Wayne space | |||
== Chicago Dividend == | |||
- when a company reaches Chicago, it pays a dividend only to that company after its value is increased by 7 (the income value of Chicago) | - when a company reaches Chicago, it pays a dividend only to that company after its value is increased by 7 (the income value of Chicago) | ||
- only happens once for each company | - only happens once for each company | ||
Latest revision as of 10:48, 7 May 2025
Overview
Players invest in train companies to amass the most profits before the game ends. 2-6 players take turns either auctioning shares, developing locations or building trains to amass the most amount of money.
Game End
- one of the following ends the game
- the game ends after a dividend, not immediately
List of Conditions
- 3 companies runs out of shares (most common)
- 3 companies runs out of trains
- 3 or less development pieces are remaining
- players end the 8th round (Detroit's marker will exit the 8th space)
Actions
Auction
- minimum bid is the current value of the company divided by the shares out + the share being auctioned
- players bid in turn order
- passing means you are out of the bid
- winner places their money into the company's coffers
Develop
- developing a city/mountain/forest places a development house onto that space
- any company in a developed city or mountain increases their value by the number indicated in the development symbol
- any company in a developed forest receives $2 that goes into the company directly from the bank
- developing the industrial cities Pittsburgh or Wheeling slides the development marker to the next space on the right, meaning they can be developed multiple times
- Detroit cannot be developed by players and develops itself by 1 at the end of each dividend phase
Build
- players take 1-3 trains of a company they have a share of and place it anywhere on the board as long as it is connected to another train of the same color
- the company pays the cost of building which is the red number in the space it is entering
- only one company can be in an individual forest or mountain space
- cities and plains with companies in them increases the cost to place a train into that space which is the space's cost multiplied by the amount of companies already there
- companies increase their income value by the number indicated in the train symbol to the right of the red cost number, increased further if the space is developed
- the value of the industrial cities Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Detroit is located on a separate area near the bottom of the board
- only cities, industrial cities and mountains increase a company's income value
Null
- players can always take any action that's available and not do the action that corresponds with it
- particularly effective with the auction action to control game length
Wabash Railroad Company (black train)
- not available to auction until one of the other four companies enters Chicago
- one share is immediately auctioned when the first company enters Chicago
- starting train is placed in Fort Wayne with its marker being the value of the Fort Wayne space
Chicago Dividend
- when a company reaches Chicago, it pays a dividend only to that company after its value is increased by 7 (the income value of Chicago)
- only happens once for each company