2023Amabel Holland
- Videos
- 9
- Creators
- 5
Mainly reviews and how-to-play
2 players90 minHeavy weight
Irish Gauge
2014Amabel Holland
- Videos
- 6
- Creators
- 5
Mostly reviews and unboxings. Irish Gauge is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 2 unboxings.
3 - 5 players
60 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
Irish Gauge - one of three titles in Winsome Games 2014 Essen Set - is played on a map of Ireland and is similar in style to many of the stock-based, cube-rail games released by Winsome Games since 2007. On each player's turn, they can either place a share of one of five companies up for auction, build track (represented by cubes) in one of these five companies, upgrade a town to a city, or call for dividends. The dividends are paid out to shareholders of certain railroads based on how many cities/towns they connect to and how many shares of this company have been issued. The upgrade and dividend actions also affect game length and the likelihood of further dividends for each company. The game ends when a certain condition is met at the end of a player's turn, and the player with the highest sum of money and stock value at the end of this turn wins. Irish Gauge is the first title in the Iron Rail series by Capstone Games.
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Which Irish Gauge video should I watch?
Irish Gauge has 6 videos from 5 creators: 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide, 1 playthrough and 2 unboxings. They date from 2022 to December 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Irish Gauge: Run-through: Economic Board Games" by Economic Board Games, which runs 21 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "New to BGA — Irish Gauge (1 hour Train Game)" by Digital Board Gamer. To see it played, watch "Irish Gauge - Capstone Live Play - Iron Rail Series #1" by Capstone Games.
If you like it, try Doubt Is Our Product, With It Or On It, Endurance and Supply Lines of the American Revolution: The Northern Theater, 1775-1777, also by Amabel Holland.
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About Irish Gauge
From BoardGameGeek:
Irish Gauge - one of three titles in Winsome Games 2014 Essen Set - is played on a map of Ireland and is similar in style to many of the stock-based, cube-rail games released by Winsome Games since 2007. On each player's turn, they can either place a share of one of five companies up for auction, build track (represented by cubes) in one of these five companies, upgrade a town to a city, or call for dividends. The dividends are paid out to shareholders of certain railroads based on how many cities/towns they connect to and how many shares of this company have been issued. The upgrade and dividend actions also affect game length and the likelihood of further dividends for each company. The game ends when a certain condition is met at the end of a player's turn, and the player with the highest sum of money and stock value at the end of this turn wins. Irish Gauge is the first title in the Iron Rail series by Capstone Games.
Designer
Amabel Holland
Artist
Ian O'Toole
Publisher
Capstone Games
Categories
EconomicTrains
Mechanics
Auction / BiddingHex GridResource ManagementStocks & Investment