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Railroad Tycoon (board Game)
''Railways of the World'' (originally ''Railroad Tycoon'') is a railway-themed board game designed by Martin Wallace and Glenn Drover and published by Eagle Games. It is a simplified version of Wallace's earlier railway-themed game '' Age of Steam''. The game, first released in 2005, was originally named ''Railroad Tycoon'' after the video game series of the same name, featuring box art based on the third entry in the video game series. After the license to use the ''Railroad Tycoon'' name expired, the board game has been published under its current ''Railways of the World'' title since 2009. It takes place in the eastern United States in 1830. Each player takes charge of a pioneering new railway company. Gameplay The hex-based gaming board depicts the eastern United States, and features cities, open terrain, hills and rivers. Players score victory points by delivering goods between cities, using their own railway links as much as possible. In order to do that, players must bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Wallace (game Designer)
Martin Wallace is an English board game designer from Manchester. Early life and education Martin Wallace was born and raised in the U.K., and has been resident in Manchester for most of those years. He began gaming in his teens, starting with titles from SPI and Avalon Hill, and as a student he got into '' Dungeons & Dragons''. Career Wallace worked for a while at Games Workshop, then started designing games in earnest in the early 1990s, his first DTP game being ''Lords of Creation''. Eventually German companies picked up a few of his games, such as '' Und Tschüss'', '' Volldampf'', and ''Tempus''. He has also published a number of games through his own company, Warfrog. These include such titles as ''Struggle of Empires'' and '' Princes of the Renaissance''. Wallace is the founder and chief designer of Treefrog (former Warfrog) Games. Wallace is known for designing complex strategy games that depict a variety of historical settings. Two themes he has frequently used are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle Games
Eagle Games, now known as Eagle-Gryphon games, is a board game publisher. Background Eagle Games was founded in 2001 by Glenn Drover, and was bought by Ashland, Oregon-based FRED Distribution, Inc. doing business as Gryphon Games in 2007. From 2007 to 2014 they published games under the two lines as Gryphon Games and Eagle Games. They are currently based in Leitchfield, Kentucky and are now known as Eagle-Gryphon Games. Eagle-Gryphon Games is known for a large catalog of games that range from fast, fun family games to larger strategy games with longer game time. Board games Notable titles *''Age of Steam'' *''Baseball Highlights 2045'' *''Brass'' *''Cheeky Monkey'' *''Civilization'' *''Conquest of the Empire'' *''Defenders of the Realm'' *''Fantastiqa'' *''Fleet'' *''For Sale'' *''Francis Drake'' *''I'm the Boss'' *''Incan Gold'' *''Lisboa'' *''Master's Gallery'' *''On Mars'' *''Pastiche'' *''Rococo'' *''Roll Through the Ages: Bronze Age'' *''Roll Through the Ages: Iron Age'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Train Game
A train game or railway game is a board game that represents the construction and operation of railways. Train games often are highly involved hobby games that take several hours to play. Like wargames, train games represent a relatively small niche in the games market. A very popular example of a Train Game would be '' Ticket to ride.'' Not every game with a train in it is a "train game". For example, the domino game ''Mexican Train'' and ''Monopoly'' are not usually considered train games because they do not represent railway operations. Empire Builder and 1830 are examples of train games. Varieties Classic train games generally fall into two broad categories: 18XX games and "crayon rail" games: 18XX games originated in 1974 with the publication of Francis Tresham's ''1829'' and continued with such titles as ''1830'', ''1856'', and ''1870''. These games involve buying and selling stock in railway companies, laying track, and running locomotives to generate a profit. Most are he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Steam (game)
''Age of Steam'' is a strategy board game designed by John Bohrer under the pseudonym "Martin Wallace" and published in 2002 by Warfrog Games on license from Winsome Games. The game depicts the era when pioneering railroad companies built the tracks that transformed the American economy. Its various expansion maps adapt the base game rules, usually with some modifications, for gameplay set in various other locales, or abstracted concepts. The base game "Rust Belt" map can be played by three to six players (or as low as two if using fan-made two-player rules), usually takes between 2 and 3 hours to complete, and is intended for ages 13 and above. "Age of Steam" is a registered trademark of Winsome Games. In 2003, Age of Steam won the International Gamers Award. It supports over two hundred expansion maps, with more continually being created by its extensive fan base, as well as by the original designer. See also * Train game * Railways of the World References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railroad Tycoon (series)
''Railroad Tycoon'' is a business simulation game series. There are five games in the series; the original ''Railroad Tycoon (video game), Railroad Tycoon'' (1990), ''Railroad Tycoon Deluxe'' (1993), ''Railroad Tycoon II'' (1998), ''Railroad Tycoon 3'' (2003), and ''Sid Meier's Railroads!'' (2006). ''Railroad Tycoon'' was written by game designer Sid Meier and published by MicroProse. Though it shares the "Tycoon" suffix, it is not related to other Microprose games such as ''RollerCoaster Tycoon (video game), RollerCoaster Tycoon'' and ''Transport Tycoon'', which were developed by Scottish programmer Chris Sawyer. The objective of the game is to build and manage a railroad company by laying track, building stations, and buying and scheduling trains. The railroad must be built in a certain time to win the game. ''Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon'' The original version allowed the player to start companies in several settings: the U.S. West and Midwest or the Northeast, England, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |