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Designed By	Barb Roznai Elaine Henninger Jim Griffin Joe Roznai
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Published By	Mayfair Games
Year Published	1984
# of Players:	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (6 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	(no votes yet) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (1 voter) [poll]
Category	Economic Trains Transportation
Mechanic	Crayon Rail System Pick-up and Deliver
Primary Name	British Rails
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Families	Mayfair Crayon Rail Games

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"British Rails is the game of railroad construction and operation across the narrow confines of the home of railroading, Great Britain. Build your railroads across the mountain-covered islands and haul freight to make your fortune!"
-from rulebook

Design based on Empire Builder as part of the crayon rail games.

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Very Good	£15.00	6-Nov-2009
Acceptable	$4.95	3-Jul-2009
New	C $31.45	15-Jan-2008
New	$30.40	28-Aug-2007
New	AU $55.00	23-Jul-2007
New	$25.00	30-Sep-2005
Good	$19.99	14-Jun-2005

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0	General Load chips inventory.... 90 or 95? Also a good type not listed??	2009-07-17	JeffyJeff	5
4	Sessions Soundly defeated by my wife ... 3 times in 1 game!!!	2009-03-18	GeminiWeb	0
2	Strategy Best (and Worst) Cities to Connect (3rd edition)	2009-01-09	railgamefan	0
0	Rules Just a few questions before my first play	2008-05-18	stormseek...	5
0	General Suggestions for first play?	2007-10-07	gobogobo	2
0	General Card misprints	2007-03-08	seppo21	5
0	General Cards missing	2006-09-23	kingalfon...	1
0	General First edition: card 6 question	2006-03-24	alfonzos	1
0	Reviews User Review	2004-09-16	ValJor	6
0	Sessions Session Report	2004-09-12	dwarf	0

	Recommendations

Strong Recommendations
Australian Rails	India Rails	Nippon Rails	Eurorails
Lunar Rails	Russian Rails	Empire Builder	North American Rails
Iron Dragon

Standard Recommendations
China Rails	Freight Train	Express	Silverton

Weak Recommendations
Air Baron	Rail Baron	2038	Lancashire Railways
1853	Merchant of Venus

Very Weak Recommendations
1830: The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons

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51	Monty Python	2005-06-29
50	Your Thrift Store/Bargain Finds 18 - 24 August 2008	2008-08-18
33	We come to bury Caesar, not to Praise him	2005-02-19
32	Crayon rails: seen one, seen 'em all? A Eurogamer wants to know...	2007-03-27
31	Me and My Train Games	2009-05-07
30	Your Thrift Store/Bargain Finds: 16 - 22 September 2007	2007-09-16

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Board Game Rank:	855
Num Ratings:	373
Average Rating:	6.76
Standard Deviation:	1.37
Num Views:	20007
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.5
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Personal Comments:	158
Users Owning:	503
Users Wanting:	18
Users Trading:	15
Has Parts For Trade:	2
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Total Plays:	412
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Computer version (Great Britain map)	http://www.railgamefans.com/ebp/ebpmaps.htm#ebgb1	2008-12-25
A variation on British Rails	http://robertwrose.com/2007/01/variation-on-britis...	2007-01-21
Review on www.GoodGameGuide.de (in German)	http://www.superfred.de/britishrails.html	2005-07-05
Game review at La Tana dei Goblin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-01-12
Crayon Railgame Central	http://web.archive.org/web/20001029130042/www.csn....	2002-10-03

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