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Designed By	Larry Roznai
Art By	Drew Perkett
Published By	Mayfair Games
Year Published	1994
# of Players:	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3, 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 players (7 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (1 voter) [poll]
Category	Trains Transportation
Mechanic	Crayon Rail System
Primary Name	Australian Rails
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Families	Mayfair Crayon Rail Games

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Rail fans can experience the thrills of owning, building, and operating railroads in the land down under!

Explore the outback, build your rail empire across mountains and deserts to build a fortune. But beware dangerous sandstorms and flooding rivers as you stretch your rails across this vast continent!

Australia Rails is part of the award-winning Empire Builder® series of games, but is a complete stand-alone adventure in the world of railroading.

Using a specially designed board, you will use crayons to draw your rail lines.

It is part of the crayon rail games.

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Awards

1994 Origins Awards Winner, Best Modern-Day Boardgame.

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New	$30.40	26-Oct-2009
New	AU $55.00	23-Jul-2007
New	$25.00	30-Sep-2005

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2	Strategy Best (and Worst) Cities to Connect (2nd edition)	2009-01-05	railgamefan	0
2	Sessions Faster than expected game	2008-05-31	seppo21	5
0	General Delivery cards available?	2008-05-11	clearclaw	7
3	Sessions Unbelievable finish to a Very FUN game	2007-12-23	ASLChampion	1
4	Reviews Australian Rails [Review]	2007-10-17	seawolf	1
0	Rules Errata? Differences between editions?	2007-01-25	celt619	3
4	Reviews Australian Rails Review	2006-08-14	mangler103	3
0	General Lost my rules	2006-02-20	elcomadreja2	4
0	Sessions Bauxite and Titanium?	2006-01-09	seppo21	0
4	Reviews [Review] Australian Rails	2006-01-01	TomVasel	1

	Recommendations

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

Standard Recommendations
China Rails

Weak Recommendations
Silverton	1835	Express	Santa Fe Rails
Foil	Breakthru	Freight Train

Very Weak Recommendations
Campaign Trail	Lancashire Railways	Beest	1856
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AustralianRailsCards.xls

EXCEL payoff matrix of the Australian Rails Cards by City and Goods

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2006-02-24

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42	New to you May 07 => Best new game you played this month and why	2007-05-31
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
18	Your Most Played Game: February 2006	2006-02-28
18	Games which include beer in them in some way	2009-05-05
17	Train Games by BGG Rank	2007-08-13

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Board Game Rank:	960
Num Ratings:	279
Average Rating:	6.79
Standard Deviation:	1.39
Num Views:	14231
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.6
Fans:	1

Personal Comments:	121
Users Owning:	357
Users Wanting:	20
Users Trading:	4
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Total Plays:	367
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EB Player computer version (Australia map)	http://www.railgamefans.com/ebp/ebpmaps.htm#ebaus	2008-12-25
Le site perso de Ludo le gars (français)	http://lgimet.free.fr/AustralianRails.htm	2005-11-17
Redesigning Empire Builder, Part One	http://boredgamegeeks.blogspot.com/2005/10/redesig...	2005-10-18
RPGnet Review by Shannon Appelcline	http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/11/11559.phtml	2005-09-22

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