Age of Steam details
- Designer: Martin Wallace
- Artists: Ian O'Toole, Paul Niemeyer, Peter Dennis, Sean Brown
- Publishers: Arclight, CZ Cloud Soft Co. Ltd, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Enjoy Game, Korea Boardgames co., Ltd., Pegasus Spiele, Quined White Goblin Games, Rawstone, Warfrog Games, Wargames Club Publishing, Winsome Games
- Release Date: 2002
- Player count : 1 - 6
- Age range : 13+
- Time range : 120 minutes
- Mechanism(s): Auction/Bidding, Catch the Leader, Connections, Dice Rolling, Loans, Network and Route Building, Pick-up and Deliver, Player Elimination, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Selection Order Bid, Tile Placement, Turn Order: Auction, Victory Points as a Resource
- BGG Geek Rating: - converted to Meeple Mountain scale: .
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Steam-belching iron horses roar across the wild plains! Age of Steam relives the era when pioneering U.S. railroads built the tracks that transformed America's economy. The cut-throat action is centered on the industrial powerhouses of the growing nation: Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, and beyond.
Challenges that await you:
Can you finance both the most extensive track network and the most powerful locomotives?
Which routes will give the best returns on their costs?
Can you beat the opposition to the most lucrative shipments?
Will you make enough money to pay your aggressive creditors?
Competition is brutal, with the game usually going to the player who plans most carefully.
Each self-contained phase in the game keeps players constantly involved in making vital decisions and interacting with other players. Age of Steam also allows towns to be developed into cities, ensuring that no two games are exactly the same.
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