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href=\"\/collections\/board-games?product_line=Board%20Game\u0026amp;category=Transportation\"\u003eTransportation\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/board-games?product_line=Board%20Game\u0026amp;category=Video%20Game%20Theme\"\u003eVideo Game Theme\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"description rte small-description small-description-section collapsable-description\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRailways of the World (2009) is the new edition of the base game for Eagle Games' popular \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamefamily\/5641\/railways-of-the-world-series\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank'); return false;\"\u003eRailways of the World series\u003c\/a\u003e, first published as Railroad Tycoon in 2005.  It \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/thread\/526996\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank'); return false;\"\u003ereimplements\u003c\/a\u003e the original game with several improvements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRevisit the early days of the Age of Steam as you begin with a locomotive (the venerable John Bull, the first locomotive to run in North America) and a vision (your Tycoon \"mission\" card). From there, build your budding railroad network into a vast empire. Connect New York to Chicago, earn the most money, develop bigger and faster locomotives and maybe even span North America and build the Transcontinental Railway!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMultiple expansions featuring different maps are available.  Railways of the World is the new base game for the system and includes the engine placards, railroad tiles, train tokens, money, bonds, and other items that are needed in almost all the Railways of the World series. A gameboard depicting the eastern half of the United States is included in the base game, as well as a mounted map of Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis game is preceded by the designer's other Winsome train games: \u003ca href=\"\/boardgame\/4098\/age-of-steam\"\u003eAge of Steam\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/boardgame\/11988\/australian-railways\"\u003eAustralian Railways\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/boardgame\/1338\/volldampf\"\u003eVolldampf\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/boardgame\/836\/new-england-railways\"\u003eNew England Railways\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/boardgame\/9282\/veld-spoorweg\"\u003eVeld Spoorweg\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/boardgame\/378\/lancashire-railways\"\u003eLancashire Railways\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/boardgame\/11213\/ferrocarriles-pampas\"\u003eFerrocarriles Pampas\u003c\/a\u003e.  \u003cstrong\u003eRailroad Tycoon\u003c\/strong\u003e was the result of a collaboration with Glenn Drover, in which the mechanics and game-play of Martin Wallace's \u003ca href=\"\/boardgame\/4098\/age-of-steam\"\u003eAge of Steam\u003c\/a\u003e were simplified and streamlined and attractive over-produced components were added, in order to make \u003cstrong\u003eRailroad Tycoon\u003c\/strong\u003e more appealing to less hardcore gamers and more accessible to a wider audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/thread\/611359\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank'); 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