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...
This is a steam engine race for up eight players. The board has a spiral shaped track leading to the middle, then back to the edge. Each player receives an engine. The active player rolls a die (numbered 3,4,5,5,6,6) and moves the corresponding number of fields forward in a straight line. The engine may be turned by 90 degrees at the end of the move. If...
1873 Harzbahn is an 18xx variant set in the Harz mountain range in northern Germany. It simulates not only the (narrow-gauge) railroads in that area, but also mines and other plants. Mining in the Harz mountains suffered a major crisis in the end of the 19th century and the theme of the game is to end this crisis by connecting the mines and other plants to...
Haulomancy is set in a Fantasy Steampunk world full of cogs, crystals, and currency. The Grand Wizard Council has just allowed the construction of a permanent transportation network, asking each race to send their best Hauler to pioneer this feat. You are that Hauler. Build Track. Upgrade Transport. Avoid Sabotage. Welcome, to the world of Haulomancy. In...