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Year
2008
Players
3-5
Playtime
120 min
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Description
Prussian Rails debuted in 2008 as Preußische Ostbahn, the second game in Winsome's Historic Railroads System, then was reprinted as German Railways.
Prussian Rails builds upon the system established in Wabash Cannonball and takes the gameplay to Germany, 1840-1870, introducing an innovative player order mechanism to the system. In addition, each railroad has a special characteristic, based upon its history:
Preußische Ostbahn - May build up to 4 track; 20 black track; Königsberg start.
Niederschlesische - No City Penalty; 17 brown track; Breslau start.
Sächsische - May build up to 2 track; 11 orange track; Leipzig start.
Bayerische - Track cost -1 per hex; 16 blue track; München start.
Main-Weser - Double one City Income; 14 yellow track; Kassel start.
Badische - One free rural track/build; 15 red track; Mannheim start.
Köln-Mindener - $5 maximum expediture/build; 12 purple track; Essen start.
Berlin-Hamburger - Must connect both to receive Dividends; 13 green track; Wittenberge start.
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Tabletop Tolson Unboxing at 11:47 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- nice train game
- love a good train game
- great
- love it so much
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none
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- trains
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- hex grid — The host notes the presence of hexes on the back of the board.
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- So, it's just it's lovely. I love Columbus.
- And the tabletop role-playing game I use, because I want to get into tabletop role-playing games more, is called Epitaph.
- This is a really dynamite game.
- I have plenty of copies of Things in Rings, which I already have used in the classroom, and many people were introduced to.
- It takes this and it just makes it more research-based, and it really does essentially shift the focus to an educational setting.
- So, I left with over 20 games, and I had to essentially check my bag.
- Um and I think this is a dynamite game.
- Um, we love Panda Royale. We have shared that with people.
- I love the pity die. That's like the best feature of this game.
- So, I'm probably going to have like a little double uh double header with these two uh review coming up soon.
- And the really fun thing about Wizard Community College is you are all kind of like trainee uh wizards and things don't go right.
- So, I'm excited to get this in my in my classroom and uh hopefully with a little bit more uh of a video with that one soon.
- So, it is always action. You are always playing, you're always thinking and um it's just really cool.
- So, for me, I was like, 'Got to take home Soothsayers.'
- I got me a nice train game. I love a good train game.
- This is like classic train game stuff, man.
- Artwork looks amazing, honestly.
- Oh my goodness. Okay, here we go.
- My number one game that I demoed at the media event for Asmodee is called The Happiest Cat in the World.
- It's like a deck builder but with tiles, but then you're spending them.
- Now the cool thing about this one is you're in two different factions.
- I am into all the duels. I want to try all the duels for every game that they have out there, or duets, or whatever, or duos. I want to play them.
- I had a fantastic time. I had a delicious time.
- I love the mood. I love the energy. I love the games. I love the people. I love gamers. I love gamers so much.
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Getting Games Discussion at 26:44 sentiment: mixed
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- BGGCon is still essentially one of my favorite weeks of the year it's just an absolute blast
- it's just basically dreamland, hanging out with friends for ludicrous hours
- I played 44 is new to me games at the convention
- shifting shelf got surprisingly large, it's essentially a two-month shifting shelf
- I'm planning on doing a radar Vlog in a couple of weeks to cut the three months in half essentially
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The Dice Tower Analysis at 11:21 sentiment: negative
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Cons
- not my style
Thematic elements
- Railroads
- Historical
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- Train game — this is one of these railroad games
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- Carcassonne: Over Hill and Dale, this is one of those expansions that I just missed.
- This is a big, grandiose game with a lot going on, and it's too slow and too boring for me to enjoy it.
- This is my least favorite Carcassonne game. I hate this game.
- This is one of the biggest, longest games I've ever played.
- It's the bad quality's bad.
- This one is fine. Um this one is not as bad as the other one I played was that you go around and you find stuff. It doesn't look very good though, does it?
- Leaders on the other hand are a great two-player game where you have a bunch of leaders and you're trying to capture your opponent's leader.
- Of all the games I talked about today, I think my favorite is actually Leaders.
- Leaders is a very, very excellent two-player game.
- This is a re-implementation of Survive: Escape from Atlantis.
- A little auction game. There was just some really neat like there wasn't many games like this. Now, there are many, many, many games like it.
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Getting Games Rules Teach at 1:24 sentiment: positive
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- railroad investment and expansion
- 1830s Germany
- tutorial demonstration
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- Auction / Bidding — Initial and subsequent stock auctions determine ownership and treasury funds.
- Auction for shares — Initial and subsequent stock auctions determine ownership and treasury funds.
- Capitalization — A capitalization action allows a stock not yet sold to be auctioned by the current holder.
- City and hex restrictions — Each non-city hex can hold at most one cube per company; city spots allow one cube per company; special Berlin/rural restrictions apply.
- Dividend payouts — Dividends are paid after connections, with the dividend amount based on overall income and stock holdings, and can be doubled for the stock that triggered the connection.
- Dividend timing — Dividends occur after each player's action in a round and can also trigger mid-round when new connections are made.
- End Game Bonuses — The game ends when every company is connected to at least two others, or if players collectively decide no further connections are possible.
- endgame condition — The game ends when every company is connected to at least two others, or if players collectively decide no further connections are possible.
- Expansion actions — On a turn, a player can expand by laying track cubes on adjacent hexes, paying costs that depend on terrain and icons.
- Income from shares — A player's personal income increases based on their stock holdings and income track.
- Rural build rule — Red has a rural build where one rural hex is free during expansion.
- Special rules per railroad — Each railroad has a unique rule affecting placement or income (e.g., orange max 2 tracks, blue discount, yellow income doubling the best city).
- Turn order via token cup — At the start of each round, tokens are placed into a cup according to income, and a random draw determines the number of turns.
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- It is set in the 1830s and each player is an investor in the railroads that are starting to be built all across Germany
- Dividends happen simultaneously
- The game ends immediately after a turn once every single one of the eight companies is connected to at least two companies
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