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Dampfross (1983)

Average Rating: 6.43/10
Board Game Rank: 1557
Strategy Game Rank: 636
Family Game Rank: 418
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Artist
Publisher
Year Published
1983
# of Players
2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4, 5 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players
(11 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(7 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain
Category
Mechanic
Expansion
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Family
Primary Name
Dampfross
Alternate Names
Dampfroß
Rail
Tussen de rails
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This game was originally designed by a teacher to be used as a learning tool. There are several different editions of this game (originally released in the UK as Railway Rivals), but most feature several different hexagonal maps of real locations, such as Tennessee and Germany. Starting from one of the cities pictured on the map, players build track during the first part of the game. Players receive a small bonus for reaching a city before anyone else, but otherwise funds are quite limited. After nearly every city has been connected to someone's rail line, several races are held on the resultant track. The starting city and destination city are determined randomly, and players can use each other's track (for a nominal fee, of course). After all races have been held, the player with largest bank account is the winner.

This series of games is very similar to Mayfair Game's crayon rail games series, though they use erasable marker pens instead of crayons.

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Dampfross
Nick: 
Laurin Verlag Second Author's Edition 1993
Publisher: Laurin Verlag (aka Citadel Germany)
Artist: 
Year: 1993
Size: 15.00 x 10.50 x 2.25 inches
3.25 pounds
English, German
Release Date:   
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Dampfross
Nick: 
Laurin Edition
Publisher: Laurin Verlag (aka Citadel Germany)
Artist: 
Year: 1992
Size: Long Rectangle (e.g. Power Grid)
German
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Rail
Nick: 
Swedish edition
Publisher: Alga (Brio)
Artist: 
Year: 1986
Size: 16.14 x 11.42 x 1.97 inches
Swedish
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Dampfross
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Schmidt Spiele SdJ edition
Publisher: Schmidt Spiele
Artist: Frank Pfeifer
Year: 1984
Product Code: 1047
Size: 16.22 x 11.26 x 1.85 inches
2.20 pounds
German
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Tussen de rails
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Dutch edition
Publisher: Schmidt Spiele
Artist: Frank Pfeifer
Year: 1984
Product Code: 09618
Size: 16.22 x 11.26 x 1.85 inches
2.20 pounds
Dutch
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2 Dampfross Extension Frachtross
Spielbox 4/1982, four images and one OpenOfficeDocument, all in german language. Frachtross is an extension to Dampfross, designed by Derek Carver
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4 Dampfross (Schmidt Spiele edition).pdf
Dampfross (Schmidt Spiele edition)
2005-08-14
3 dampfross_cards.pdf
Race start and destination cards (for Laurin edition)
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1 Hungary - Dampfross map.jpg
My handmade Dampfross map from Hungary
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2 Dampfross2.doc
Dampfross 2 additional rules & variant
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3 Dampfross One-pager.pdf
One-Page Player Aid
2002-10-02
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 1557
Strategy Game Rank: 636
Family Game Rank: 418
Num Ratings: 473
Average Rating: 6.43
Standard Deviation: 1.37
Num Views: 37566
GeekBuddy Analysis: Analyze
Similarly Rated: View
Avg. Game Weight: 2.2
Fans: 3
Personal Comments: 170
Users Owning: 889
Users Wanting: 19
Users Trading: 50 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 245
Plays This Month: 0
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Num Ratings 7
Average Rating 7.14
Average Weight 0.00
Num Owned 14
Prev. Owned 0
For Trade 0
Want in Trade 5
Wishlist 5
Comments 1
Year Published 1987
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 2
Average Rating 6.00
Average Weight 0.00
Num Owned 4
Prev. Owned 0
For Trade 0
Want in Trade 0
Wishlist 0
Comments 0
Year Published 1987
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