Watch “Is this an amazing route building game? Village Rails from Osprey games,” a board game review for Village Rails from Ludus Vulpes on BoardGameVideo.
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We've waited a long time to get our hands on this little gem. Village Rails from Osprey Games designed by Matthew Dunstan and Brett J Gilbert Art by Joanna Rosa.
In the sleepy English countryside, life continues undisturbed as it has for centuries. It is up to you to travel to every corner of this land, bearing the promise of modernisation, accommodating the oddly specific demands of the locals, and ushering in the age of steam.
In this route building game you will be drafting a card from an open market to play into your grid and develop your rail network across rural England. If you can convince passengers to ride the locomotives you'll score bonus points when you complete 1 of your 7 routes.
This is a small box game packing a serious punch and offering fantastic value for money. While some of the graphic design choices make it a little more challenging than it needs to be. Take a couple of plays to get used to it and you'll be chugging your way across the English countryside enjoying a wonderful tactical depth of play.
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Mainly reviews. Village Rails is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 17 reviews, 9 how-to-play guides, 7 recorded sessions, 6 unboxings, and 2 other videos.
2 - 4 players
45 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About Village Rails, from BoardGameGeek:
In the sleepy English countryside, life continues undisturbed as it has for centuries. It is up to you to travel to every corner of this land, bearing the promise of modernisation, accommodating the oddly specific demands of the locals, and ushering in the age of steam.
In Village Rails, you will be criss-crossing the fields of England with railway lines, connecting villages together, and navigating the complex and ever-changing demands of rural communities. Connect stations and farmsteads to your local network while placing your railway signals and sidings ever so carefully. Meet the exacting standards of cantankerous locals planning strangely specific trips, and weigh their demands against your limited funding. There is much to balance in this tricky tableau-building card game of locomotives and local motives.
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