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Airlines (1990)

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Year Published
1990
# of Players:
2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 4, 5 players
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Playing Time
90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
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Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Airlines
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Families
Description Edit | History

This is the progenitor of Union Pacific. The game is similar to the Sid Sackson classic, Acquire, in that players are competing to become majority stockholders in several highly-abstracted companies. Each turn, a player chooses from one of two actions: expand an airline and put stock into his hand, or play stock from his hand. The trick is that when a scoring card shows up (randomly), only played stock counts as a player's holdings.

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2 English Rules - alternate translation
Airlines is a good game, but it's original English rules translation is a little awkward. This is my attempt to re-write the rules to make them easier to read and use. Ref thread: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/389411
2009-04-27
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Board Game Rank: 1005
Num Ratings: 256
Average Rating: 6.76
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