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Year Published
1980
# of Players:
2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 3 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players
(18 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
8
(2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(4 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Empire Builder
Alternate Names
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The original and flagship of Mayfair's crayon-rails line allows players to draw their train routes over a map of the United States. Players start with enough money to build short lengths of track, and by running their trains and delivering loads to various cities acquire more cash to expand their networks.

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4 Empire Builder Goods Reference Page from 2008 Edition Rule Book
Corrected vertical alignment. This is the goods reference page from the 2008 edition rule book. You can print it front and back and then cut down the middle to get 2 reference sheets per page.
2009-03-30
0 Master list of loads (by icon) used in all Crayon Rails games
Updated, added web published African Rails and German Rails games
2007-09-26
2 Empire Builder 5th Ed Playsheet Source.xls
Excel sourcefile to the Playsheet PDF; with this, a player can use the values from the contracts in calculations on optimal routing, connections, and any other desired algorithms for advanced play.
2006-08-23
1 Empire Builder Playsheet 5th Ed.pdf
Compilation of demand cards organized by city. Each city is listed individually with production and demand cargoes; each demanded cargo is then referenced to the cities in which it is produced.
2006-08-03
5 EmpireBuilder_Aid.pdf
A very useful table listing cities producing each kind of good, goods produced by each city and geographic areas for locating cities on the board. It's an Acrobat (PDF) document.
2003-03-17
Statistics
User Rank: 385
Num Ratings: 1249
Average Rating: 6.89
Standard Deviation: 1.51
Num Views: 63705
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Fans: 5
Personal Comments: 508
Users Owning: 1470
Users Wanting: 56
Users Trading: 62
Has Parts For Trade: 1
Want Parts In Trade: 3
Price History: View
Total Plays: 1635
Plays This Month: 2
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Year Pub. 1989
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