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Components

• 6 colours of locomotives.
• Each colour represents a different railway company.
• Each player is dealt a random supply of 5-10 locomotives, depending on the number of players:

Locomotives supply

3 players	10 locomotives
4 players	8 locomotives
5 players	6 locomotives
6 players	5 locomotives

• These locomotives represent the player's stock portfolio and are hidden behind their player screen.
• The rest of the locomotives are placed on the storing boards of respective colours.

Player turn

• Each turn the active player must either Build Track or Trade:

Build Track

• The active player takes 1 to 5 locomotives from any one locomotive storing board, and places them on the map.
• Placement must follow these rules:
  • A new locomotive must be placed adjacent to an already placed locomotive of the same colour.
  • Hexes separated by red/white checkered lines on the board are not considered adjacent and cannot be crossed.
  • Two locomotives of the same colour cannot share the same hex.
  • A rural hex may contain 2 locomotives of different colours, whilst city hexes may only contain a single locomotive.
  • The Eiffel tower hex cannot be occupied.
  • A locomotive cannot be placed in such a way that it would completely "cut off" another colour, unless that colour has already reached at least one city.
• When each locomotive is placed, it may be worth points for that company:

Points per hex

0 points	Rural hex
1 point	Beige city
2 points	Purple city
3 points	Red city
4 points	Blue city (Marseille)

• The value of each company is immediately updated with these points when a train is placed.

Trade

• The active player returns 1 locomotive of one company to a storing board, then receives 1 or 2 locomotives of an another company to put behind their player screen.
• The returned locomotive(s) must be from a different storing board (company).
• Locomotives taken and placed behind a player screen represent shares in a company.
• Depending on the number of players, a player may only have a certain maximum of locomotives.
• A player is not prevented from taking more, but this will result in a scoring penalty at the end of the game.

'Maximum' locomotives

3 players	20 locomotives
4 players	15 locomotives
5 players	12 locomotives
6 players	10 locomotives

End of Game

• The game ends immediately when:
  • There are locomotives on only one of the storing boards

  OR

  • A locomotive has been placed in Marseille

End Game Scoring

• Players score Victory Points by multiplying their shares in a company by the value of the company.
  • This is done for each railway company (colour), and these are then totalled together.
• Any player with more than the maximum number of locomotives also subtracts 20 VP for each extra locomotive above this limit.
• The player with the most points is the winner.
• In case of a tie, there are several winners.

Game preferences

• To make the game more accessible for colourblind players, you can enable the Colour Accessible option to add distinctive patterns to the trains.