1999
BGG rank #1749
Stephenson's Rocket
2–4 players
60 min
Ages 12+
3.0/5 complexity
6.3/10 rating
About this game
Reiner Knizia expands his fleet of tile laying games with this game about colliding railroads in early 1800's England. There are seven different rail companies that players can expand. Each time you extend a rail, the other stockholders can veto your action, but it might cost them their shares. When two companies' rail touch, the railways merge to become one. The game is over when only one company remains or there are no rail tiles remaining, and the winner is the player who earned the most money over the course of the game.
What it feels like
Chaining
Set Collection
End Game Bonuses
Stock Holding
Tile Placement
Hexagon Grid
Network and Route Building
Grid Movement
Victory Points as a Resource
Take That
Action Points
Area Majority / Influence
Income
Auction: Once Around
Investment
Transportation
Trains
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