Rail Gamer was a magazine for train games, starting with issue #1 in 1997. The latest issue was #17 in 2002.
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Author and Subject
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Variants/aid
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#:page
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1800
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kit by Antonio Leal Verslib 18xx for 2 players
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1800
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17:
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1829 Railway Charters
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Issues 2,3,4 & 5 each had 4 charters ready to photocopy and use
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1829*
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2-5:pp
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1853 Company Charter Supplement
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Makes life a little easier for fans of the Elephant game
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1853*
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1:18
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18XX ala France
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A first look at 1826 by Steve Thomas
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13:16
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18XX from the Mississippi to the Pacific
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Herald Senk looks back at Alan R. Moon's 1869, circa 1989
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10:38
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A First Look at Confederate Rails
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Richard Berg spills the beans on this Civil War train game
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11:26
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A 4th Railroad for 1876-30
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Antonio Leal presents the Cipero Tramway
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1876*
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7:27
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A Short 18XX Style Dutch InterCity
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Rüdiger Geißler looks into the heart of Dutch InterCity
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11:36
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A Streetcar Named Desired
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Mary Susan Sheaves-Bein examine the US version of Linie 1
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4:8
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A Trip on Ferrocarriles Pampas
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Mary Susan & Richard Sheaves-Bein examine this prairie railroads game
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2:7
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Agent of Change in Retrospect
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Richard Sheaves-Bein rediscovers Mayfair's (Empire Builder) West Virginia Rails game
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5:22
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'American* Iron Horses
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Bill Wilhite explores Icarus' Games Iron Horse ca. 1980
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14:22
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C&O/B&O: A Retrospective
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M. Robert Stribula rediscovers Avalon Hill's rail game ca. 1969
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3:16
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Chance Meeting You Here!
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M. Robert Stribula gives us this handy table of Rail Baron probabilities
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1:15
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City Choice Revisited
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Dean Washburn & Gene Rollins discuss this excellent Santa Fe variant
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Santa Fe
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5:29
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City Choice Santa Fe
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Gene Rollins modifies this limited edition Western US rail game
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Santa Fe
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2:5
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Das 1835 Kohle fields
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Harry Wu does it again with his 1835 Variant
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1835
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14:19
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Design Considerations for Creating Shorter 18XX Type Games
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Mark Derrick addresses design strategies for smaller 18xx games
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7:32
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Dispatcher: A Retrospective
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M. Robert Stribulatravels back in time to Avalon Hill'srailroad game, ca. 1958
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8:23
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Dutch InterCity: The Challenge of Strategy
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Peter Staab reveals strategies for Dutch InterCity, a game without a luck factor
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12:22
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Eurorails: Loads and Cities that help you win
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Steve Okonski offers an analysis of cities, loads and ferries
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3:8
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First Look: Atlantic, Pacific & Chicago Rails
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John Bohrer calls a meeting of all the shareholders.
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15:13
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First Look: Pampas Railroads
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Ben Baldanza trys out Martin Wallace's latest game.
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15:16
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First Look: Rebel Rails
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Dave Metheny burns some bridges down South in the land of Cotton.
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15:22
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First Look: Vom Kap bis Kairo
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17:
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Fixing Rail Baron Startup Problems
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Steve Okonski offers two solutions for getting off to a good start
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13:28
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Freight Rivals
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Wolfram Janich rediscovers David Carver's version of Railway Rivals
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Railway Rivals*
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6:22
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From Virtual to Real
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Steve Okonski tools up to produce RB Player maps on paper
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8:13
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Gold Train
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Edgar Robins' labor quits the railroad for the silver mine
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14:12
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Go West, Young Man!
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Strategy Tips for Prairie Railroads offered by Judy Menlo
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12:32
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Great Divide
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Game by [personid=4995 Peter Hamaon]
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Great Divide
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16:11
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Hell Rail
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James Droscha gives a description of a fun card game from Galloglass
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Yes
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7:36
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Honeymoon Rails
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Mary Susan & Richard Sheaves-Bein supply 2 player rules for many games
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Yes
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2:10
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IC Städtespiel
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Ben Baldanza adds a very rare German Rail Game to his library, circa 1982
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14:36
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In the works: Design Chronology of a new 18XX game
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David G.D. Hecht describes the development of 1826
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3:11
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Interviews
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Franz Bayer & Thomas Hüttner - creators of the TRAiNSPORT games
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4:4
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Carl M. Burger talks about the design motivations of his mammoth collector's game 1831
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3:7
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Rob van Wijngaarden talks about creating 1839 and his future plans for the game
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1:5
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M. Robert Stribula. The creator of Lunar rails relates his experiences in game design
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5:4
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Martin Wallace relates his experience as creator of Lancashire Railways and over 10 other published games
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8:6
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Dieter Danziger discusses his game designs, past, present & future
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10:4
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Mark Derrick conveys his past and future goals in Southern US 18xx games
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12:10
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'Mr. 18XX, Chris Lawson, talks about how he got into 18xx and producing his kits.
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13:4
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Kit Construction: Making Your Kit into a Game
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Carl Burger shows how to best assemble your 18xx game kit
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7:34
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Lancashire Railways
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Review by Stuart Dagger used here as a paid advertisement for Counter Magazine
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8:21
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Locomotion: A Retrospective
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David Metheny rediscovers Helge Anderson's railroad game, ca. 1987
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8:32
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Lost in Canada
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Dave Lionett unravels the strategies of 1856
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13:13
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Making your 18XX Game
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John Bohrer explains techniques used in making 1841 and 1831
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3:14
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Mayfair Train Game Variants
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Steve Okonski offers 22 different variants for the Empire Builder system games
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Empire Builder
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5:8
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Mexican Trains
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A Domino variant by David Metheny
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7:39
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No Chart needed
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a card based Rail Baron variant
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17:
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No Fiddle Factor, Either
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J.R. Wells supplies a settlement display for Union vs. Central
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Union vs. Central*
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10:13
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No Money, No Stock, No Crayons?
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Ben Baldanza examines Winsome's Union vs. Central
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10:9
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On to Charleston!
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Mark Derrick supplies an expansion tho his 18 GA
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18GA
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15:28
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On Track With ConTrack
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Richard & Mary Susan Sheaves-Bein describes this TRAiNSPORT expansion game
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6:14
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Pacific Northwest Rails
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Albert Farcas takes a look at Gandy Dancer's game
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11:18
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Panzerzug
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Review of Winsome's game by Stuart Dagger used here as an advertisement for Counter Magazine
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9:31
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Partially Successful Probabilistic Passes in Tracks to Titicaca
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Mary Susan & Richard Sheaves-Bein modify Winsome's game
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Yes
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1:17
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PBeM 18XX
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Alex Rosser shows how to Play by Mail goes electronic in the Age of Steam
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5:24
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Prairie Railroads
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Review of Winsome's Prairie Railroads from the German magazine Die Pöppel-Revue used here as a paid advertisement
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11:5
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Rail Baron in half the time
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17:
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Rail Baron on an Island
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Intersystem Concepts kindly provides us with Ron Moore's Rail Baron game
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Rail Baron*
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10:20
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Rail Baron Strategies
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Steve Okonski offers a computer-aided analysis of Avalon Hill's classic
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4:14
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Rail Baron Strategy
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John Bohrer offers his observations on The Super Chief Gambit
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1:11
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Rail Baron Variant Rules
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Kris Gould's "nasty" variant for the venerable game by Avalon Hill
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Rail Baron*
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2:13
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Rail Baron with Con Rail and Amtrak
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Hoseph Paulsen presents three variant options.
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14:28
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Rail Barons Everywhere
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Steve Okonski offers strategies for alternate maps for this classic
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Rail Baron
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6:15
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Rail Games Come to Life
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Mary Susan Sheaves-Bein describes the pleasures of visiting railroad museums
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5:32
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Railroad Dynasty
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Richard & Mary Susan Sheaves-Bein discuss a Rummy-like card game
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6:20
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Railroader
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David Metheny looks back at Waddington's 1963 train game
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12:24
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Railroad Honeymoon
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Steve Okonski enjoys two player Rail Baron. Even solitaire!
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Rail Baron
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2:22
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Railroading, Italian Style: 1841 Strategy
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Steve Thomas reveals his 1841 strategies
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9:6
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Rails through the Alps with TRAiNSPORT
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Mary Susan & Richard Sheaves-Bein examine Austria and Switzerland
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3:10
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Rails to your Favorite B Movie: India Rails
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Mary Susan and Richard Sheaves-Bein confer with the Pilgrims
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11:30
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Railway Rivals: From the Start
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David Watts gives the history of his former German Game of the Year
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3:13
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Realistic Floods in Eurorails & Autralian Rails
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Steve Okonski improves the system.
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15:26
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Rebel Rails & Confederate Rails - comparative review
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17:
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Researching your game
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John Bohrer reveals his railroad research methods and sources
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7:23
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Retrospective: Rails through the Rockies
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Jeff Parr looks back to John Luecke's railroad game, circa 1980
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9:32
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Retuning 1853
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Stuart Dagger & Steve Jones retunes their variant from Games International
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1853
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7:18
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Revitalize 1829
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Antonio Leal provides 1830 stile rules for the original 18xx game
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15:19
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Riding db-Spiele's Iron Horse
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Stuart Dagger explains the ins and outs of this new German game
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4:32
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Riding the Pacific Northwest Rails
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Ben Baldanza adds another rail game to his library
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13:25
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Scoring in Rail Baron
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Mary Susan & Richard Sheaves-Bein examine the destination table
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1:6
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Silverton
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Pete Staab considers the starts and finishes in Silverton
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9:16
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Silverton Mine Deeds
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Upgrade your Two Wolf Silverton game with a complete set of mine deeds with maps.
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Silverton*
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12:12
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Silverton Passenger Run Deeds
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Upgrade your Two Wolf Silverton game with a complete set of passenger run deeds with costs listed
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Silverton*
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13:36
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Slick operators in Freight Train
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Mary Susan & Richard Sheaves-Bein play Alan R. Moon's 1992 railroad game, Freight Train
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10:6
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So, Where is Den Helder?
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David Metheny takes a ride on Route NL
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10:14
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Staying on the Fast Track
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Kieran Bartley gives us two tricks for speeding Tracks to Titicaca
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Yes
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2:14
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Stephensons Missing Apostrphe
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Stuart Dagger presents Reiner Knizia"s Stephensons Rocket
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12:29
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The Bank Always Wins
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Richard & Mary Susan Sheaves-Bein play Lancashire Railways
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8:18
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The Coalfields
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Alan R. Moon offers his 1830 variant - originally published in Games International
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1830*
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7:14
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The Colorado Railroads Game
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John Bohrer breaks out his copy of The Colorado Railroads Game
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9:26
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The Design of a Play-by-Mail Game
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John Van De Graaf reveals his design decisions behind his PBM train game: Continental Rails
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8:9
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The Empire Edition
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David Metheny shows how the four card sets of Empire Builder have evolved
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6:25
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The Essen Game Fest
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Carl Burger & Karl Brown travel to Spiel '97
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4:6
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The Mines of Tracks to Titicaca
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JR Wells inspects the 77 mines of this comprehensive rail building game
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6:30
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The New Empire
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Analyzing and Comparing the New Empire Builder by David Metheny
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11:11
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The Rules of the Road
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Steve Okonski offers his observations on Rail Baron service probabilities
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2:9
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Tracks to Telluride
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David Metheny interacts with Tracks to Telluride
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9:20
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The Train Game
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Peter Staab presents Koplow Games' transportable little dice train game
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6:11
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The Wabash Cannonball
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An 1830 Variant by Harry Wu
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1830
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13:8
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TRAiNSPORT: Austria
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Review by Thomas Hüttner & Nord Eckert used here as a paid advertisement
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2:12
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Review by Stuart Dagger used here as a paid advertisement
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4:26
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TRAiNSPORTing in Europe
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Michael Tsuk analyzes payoffs in Switzerland and Austria
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6:8
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Train Wreck
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Scott Hanson presents a fast, portable railroad dice game
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9:38
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Turn Based Rail Baron
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Herals Senk reduces the luck element and enhances player interaction
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15:8
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Ultrasimplified 1830 - or- 1830 for the Young and Naïve
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Daniel W. Farrow IV presents a fast, introductory version of 1830.
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1830
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8:35
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Union Pacific
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Stuart Dagger presents Alan R. Moon's new release
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11:33
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Union vs. Central
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Review by Stuart Dagger used here as a paid advertisement
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10:18
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Union vs. Central for the Uninitiated
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Steve Cary prepares the uninitiated for reality in Union vs. Central
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12:35
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US Rails: The Urge to Merge
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JR Wells describes this Rail Baron companion game from Winsome Games
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4:13
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West Riding
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Stuard Dagger plans his next stock buy
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14:15
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Westward Ho! on Prairie Railroads
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Mary Susan and Richard Sheaves-Bein ride Prairie Railroads from Atchison to Topeka
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Prairie Railroads System
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11:22
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Winning Australian Rails
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M. Robert Stribula presents an analytical methodology for optimizing networks
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5:11
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Win your next Mayfair Silverton game
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Steve Okonski supplies an analysis of Mayfair's latest game.
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14:31
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Where Did All the Railroads Go? Changes from Rail Baron to US Rails and Beyond
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M. Robert Stribula notes the real life transformation from Rail Baron to U.S. Rails
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9:12
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Zug Nach Westen & Rock Island: A Retrospective
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John Bohrer rediscovers Michael Blumöhr's rail game, ca. 1980
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4: 16
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