Days of Steam (2009)

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Board Game Rank: 2595

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Designer	Aaron Lauster
Artist	Patrick Turner Studios
Publisher	JKLM Games REBEL.pl StrataMax Games Valley Games, Inc.
Year Published	2009
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4 players (5 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (5 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Family Games Strategy Games (7 voters) [vote]
Category	Dice Racing Trains Transportation
Mechanic	Dice Rolling Hand Management Pick-up and Deliver Point to Point Movement Route/Network Building Tile Placement Show More »
Expansion	Days of Steam: Locomotives
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Family	Valley Games Modern Line
Primary Name	Days of Steam
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Players place track and cities, create routes, and deliver goods. Bonuses are awarded to players who deliver multiple types of goods. This game requires careful management of steam to move your train as well as hand management to thwart other players as well as enable your own route.

500 copies manufactured for Essen 2008.

Days of Steam is #5 in the Valley Games Modern Line

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Reviewed in "Counter - Boardgames Reviewed & Discussed" by Stuart Dagger*, Issue 46, September 2009, pp. 24-25. * stuart dagger

More reviews - The Game Cryer http://gamecryer.com/2009/07/13/days-of-steam/ and Kulkman's Gamebox http://www.boardgame.de/reviews/daysteam.htm

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Valley Games, Inc. edition

Publisher: Valley Games, Inc.

Artist: Patrick Turner Studios

Year: 2009

Product Code: VLY-205 (Valley Games, Inc. Prod

Size: 12.10 x 10.00 x 2.90 inches

1.66 pounds

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0	Variants Speed Limit Set by Die Roll	2012-02-10	Jeffrey...	2
0	General Dead ends	2011-12-27	angelgabriel	1
0	Rules Another circuit question	2011-11-01	Javasaurus	3
7	Sessions 2011 WBC Event	2011-08-09	sigtaulefty	1
0	General Compatibility	2011-08-02	petecayn	2
0	Rules running out of goods cubes	2011-06-23	debwentworth	2
1	Rules Re-forming circuits by overlaying tiles	2011-06-18	debwentworth	2
3	Variants Lets make rolling the dice and water towers worth it.	2011-01-13	Chucky	2
1	Variants Limited reversing move rules	2010-09-12	adambadura	0
1	Rules Coexistance of trains on a single tile	2010-09-12	adambadura	0

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0	Days of Steam: Locomotives Rules Coal Station Clarification	2012-01-03	Colorado_...	2
1	Days of Steam: Locomotives General how's this work?	2011-06-18	debwentworth	6
0	Days of Steam: Locomotives General images	2011-06-06	debwentworth	2
0	Days of Steam: Locomotives General Is this expansion compatible with the JKLM edition?	2011-02-24	Deaddogdays	3

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Hungarian rules

Hungarian rules for the new version from Valley Games.

Artax

2009-09-18

Days of Steam German Rules_VG

This is the new rulebook in German of the Valley Games edition to be released at the Spiel in Essen, 2009.

Cosmosys

2009-08-31

Days of Steam English Rules_VG

This is the new rulebook of the Valley Games edition to be released at the Spiel in Essen, 2009.

Cosmosys

2009-08-31

Title patch for Days of Steam 1st ed

This PDF file, if printed on a full or half-page clear label sheet will allow the 1st ed box to be identified clearly from the front. Trim around the text and apply to the blank blue section.

thepackrat

2009-08-31

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105	"My other hobby is...."	2009-12-11
97	My Essen 2008 watch list	2008-08-29
85	Out With The Old, In With The New - a short unrestricted math trade	2010-12-27

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Board Game Rank:	2595
Strategy Game Rank:	820
Family Game Rank:	629
Num Ratings:	389
Average Rating:	6.02
Standard Deviation:	1.29
Num Views:	50706
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.0
Fans:	10

Personal Comments:	178
Users Owning:	488
Users Wanting:	41
Users Trading:	30 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
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Total Plays:	769
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Days of Steam: Locomotives

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	17
Average Rating	7.24
Average Weight	1.67

Num Owned	126
Prev. Owned	3
For Trade	4
Want in Trade	9

Wishlist	15
Comments	14
Year Published	2010

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German review - Ludoversum	http://www.ludoversum.de/cgi-bin/ludo.pl?action=sh...	2012-05-01
German review at spieletest.at	http://spieletest.at/spiel.php?Days_of_Steam&ID=29...	2011-06-28
Metagames review of Days of Steam (English)	http://blog.metagames.co.uk/2011/02/18/review-days...	2011-02-20
Board to Death TV Review (Video included)	http://www.boardtodeath.tv/review/2559	2010-10-15
Days of Steam Review on Livingdice.com	http://www.livingdice.com/4331/review-days-of-stea...	2010-05-05
Days of Steam review on the Boardgame Babylon podcast	http://boardgamebabylon.libsyn.com/index.php?post_...	2010-03-28
Bruno Faidutti's Ideal Game Library	http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludothequ...	2010-02-24
Review on www.GoodGameGuide.de (in German)	http://www.superfred.de/daysofsteam.html	2010-01-01
Review at Kulkmann's Gamebox	http://www.boardgame.de/reviews/daysteam.htm	2009-11-08
German Review on H@ll9000	http://www.hall9000.de/cgi-bin/linkman/linkman.pl?...	2009-10-03