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
Income
Network and Route Building
Tile Placement
Grid Movement
Hexagon Grid
End Game Bonuses
Area Majority / Influence
Action Points
Set Collection
Take That
Investment
Victory Points as a Resource
Stock Holding
Auction: Once Around
Transportation
Trains
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