Australian Rails (1994)

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Designer	Larry Roznai
Artist	Peter Y. Bromley Drew Perkett Mike Russo
Publisher	Mayfair Games
Year Published	1994
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players (10 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (2 voters) [poll]
Honors	1994 Origins Awards Best Modern-Day Boardgame Winner
Subdomain	Strategy Games (10 voters) [vote]
Category	Economic Trains Transportation
Mechanic	Crayon Rail System Pick-up and Deliver Route/Network Building
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Family	Country: Australia Mayfair Crayon Rail Games
Primary Name	Australian Rails
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Rail fans can experience the thrills of owning, building, and operating railroads in the land down under!

Explore the outback, build your rail empire across mountains and deserts to build a fortune. But beware dangerous sandstorms and flooding rivers as you stretch your rails across this vast continent!

Australia Rails is part of the award-winning Empire Builder® series of games, but is a complete stand-alone adventure in the world of railroading.

Using a specially designed board, you will use crayons to draw your rail lines.

It is part of the crayon rail games.

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1994 Origins Awards Winner, Best Modern-Day Boardgame.

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Publisher: Mayfair Games

Artist: Drew Perkett

Year: 2005

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Australian Rails

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English first edition

Publisher: Mayfair Games

Artist: Peter Y. Bromley, Mike Russo

Year: 1994

Size: 18.00 x 3.00 x 1.00 inches

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3	Sessions A Series of Fortunate Events	2012-01-19	kevinwho	1
0	General Strange odor	2010-01-26	GreyLord	2
2	Strategy Best (and Worst) Cities to Connect (2nd edition)	2009-01-05	railgamefan	0
2	Sessions Faster than expected game	2008-05-31	seppo21	5
0	General Delivery cards available?	2008-05-11	clearclaw	7
4	Sessions Unbelievable finish to a Very FUN game	2007-12-23	ASLChampion	2
4	Reviews Australian Rails [Review]	2007-10-17	seawolf	1
0	Rules Errata? Differences between editions?	2007-01-25	celt619	5
5	Reviews Australian Rails Review	2006-08-14	mangler103	3
0	General Lost my rules	2006-02-20	elcomadreja2	4

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Board Game Rank:	1270
Strategy Game Rank:	555
Num Ratings:	346
Average Rating:	6.84
Standard Deviation:	1.40
Num Views:	23144
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.6
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Personal Comments:	151
Users Owning:	487
Users Wanting:	27
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English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/a.html#aus...	2010-03-02
EB Player computer version (Australia map)	http://www.railgamefans.com/ebp/ebpmaps.htm#ebaus	2008-12-25
Le site perso de Ludo le gars (français)	http://lgimet.free.fr/AustralianRails.htm	2005-11-17
Redesigning Empire Builder, Part One	http://boredgamegeeks.blogspot.com/2005/10/redesig...	2005-10-18
RPGnet Review by Shannon Appelcline	http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/11/11559.phtml	2005-09-22