The Great Chinese Railway Game was supposed to be a remake of Reiner Knizia's Stephenson's Rocket. It was announced in the late 2000s, and would have a completely new map - a map of China instead of England - and some rule changes. Players are building railroads and try to gain influence as stockholders in 7 different train companies. The game was never...
The board game, Great Northeastern Railroads of the United States and Canada 1840 to 1889, is a turn based building and economic game set in the mid to late 19thc in the eastern USA and southern Canada. Up to ten players can choose to play various railroads providing the whole family with hours of entertainment, while learning a great deal about the actual...
This is a game for 2 to 6 players on the now legendary 'Great Train Robbery'. On the 8th August, 1963 the travelling post office train was hijacked at Sears Crossing, Buckinghamshire, England. The train driver and co-driver were captured and the train driven a quarter of a mile to a bridge over the road. The mail vans were ransacked by the gang and the 110...
This is the first of four games from Martin Wallace published in the Spielbox magazine No. 92 (edition 2/2011). It is a Railroad game placed in south England. The game objective is to connect cities in the railroad. This first magazine comes with the board, rules, one start player marker and 222 tiles for the game. Those tiles will be used also in the next...
This is technically two expansions to Great Western, from Martin Wallace, which was published in Spielbox magazine number 92 (edition 2/2011). These two are published in Spielbox 6/2011. It is still a railroad game, but no longer set in southern England. The game objective is still to connect cities in the railroad. As the names suggest, one side of the...
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was one of the earliest railway companies, founded 1835, and built largely by the great British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It ran from London to the West Country & Wales, and was nicknamed God's Wonderful Railway. This game was produced as a 150th anniversary edition by Gibson Games (and re-issued later) and has a...
Based in 19th century American history, Guano! Guano!! Guano!!! takes players from the excrement-laden islands in the Pacific to the mansions of Newport, Rhode Island. Are you a philanthropist, an investor, or a social climber? To reach your goals, you'll have to discover new guano sources, ship it (by land or sea) to warehouses, and find the right buyers....
The Great Western Railway company served southwest England. This game is played on a board showing the lines and towns that could be reached by the company. Players refer to a chart to see where your journey would take you. Movement is by a die. You do not need an exact roll to reach your destinations. The first player to reach Penzance, Birkenhead, or...
Coal prices soar worldwide in the middle of the 20th century! You are the third president of an American railroad company. Let's sell out a large amount of our vehicle inventory to survive this unprecedented business crisis! In Hachi Train, you want to not be the last player in the round to have cards in hand. When dealt cards, players cannot rearrange the...