Rail Roads & Robber Barons

As the designer, of course I'm going to rate it 10 stars! Seriously, it plays quickly with lots of strategy throughout. I tried to capture the wonder of the 18XX games in a game that you can play several times in an evening if you wanted to.

A very interesting game! Seems more complicated in the beginning than it is but once you get it, you got it. Then it's figuring out the best strategy based on yourself and other players. I have played this several times in play testing and it was never unenjoyable. Highly recommend! ?

[url=https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/255035/item/6858908#item6858908]1 play[/url], game still in prototype form

Interesting mix of mechanisms, with Ticket to Ride style card collection, route building, shares, dividends, etc. But it feels like there’s a bit TOO much going on - the game could use some streamlining and rejiggering. Or maybe a lot?! I especially didn’t like the weird payout tables (vs. the usual 18xx dividends per share stuff, with simple divide-by-ten math).