British Rails (1984)

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Designer	Jim Griffin Elaine Henninger Joe Roznai Barb Roznai
Artist	Peter Y. Bromley Mike Russo
Publisher	Mayfair Games
Year Published	1984
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (9 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 (2 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (9 voters) [vote]
Category	Economic Trains Transportation
Mechanic	Crayon Rail System Pick-up and Deliver Route/Network Building
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Family	Mayfair Crayon Rail Games
Primary Name	British Rails
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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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Year: 2002

Product Code: 4501

Size: 11.61 x 9.37 x 2.09 inches

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Publisher: Mayfair Games

Artist: Peter Y. Bromley, Mike Russo

Product Code: 1452

Size: 18.00 x 3.00 x 1.00 inches

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4	General Changes in the new version	2012-01-27	Bruce Linsey	1
1	General When will this one get reprinted?	2011-11-03	edosan	5
14	Reviews An Instant "10"	2010-11-22	sodaklady	7
0	Rules Card swap - are events triggered?	2010-03-12	dcorban	3
0	General 1984 card size?	2010-02-25	dcorban	3
0	General Question about components	2010-01-27	edosan	6
0	General Load chips inventory.... 90 or 95? Also a good type not listed??	2009-07-17	JeffyJeff	5
9	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

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English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/b.html#bri...	2010-03-03
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