Railroad Revolution

Build railroads, found stations and string telegraph lines in a worker-placement tycoon race across 19th-century America.

Designers: Marco Canetta, Stefania Niccolini
Published by: What's Your Game?
Editions by: Pegasus Spiele, hobbity.eu, Red Glove

It is nineteenth-century America and you run a railroad company with more ambition than manners. In Railroad Revolution you lay track, found stations in the cities you connect, extend telegraph lines and chase contracts, all by placing workers of different types on action spaces. Each worker type does something different, so which hands you send where is the real puzzle. The set-up varies from game to game, and the objectives push you in different directions each time. A 2016 economic worker-placement game of tycoon rivalry for two to four players, with about an hour and a half of competitive network-building.

Worker placement with different worker typesTrack, stations and telegraph linesVariable set-up and objectives

Who it's for

You like train themes and want worker placement with a competitive, route-building edge.

Not for you if…

You want a relaxed, low-conflict game. Space on the board and in the actions gets tight.

Vibe's take

Crunchy and competitive. You are always one worker short of everything you want to do, and the puzzle of sequencing your options against rivals is where the fun sits.