Railways of the World 10th Anniversary Board Game Edition

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1. william peteresen Verified Buyer – 5 December 2024

   Railways of the World is the BEST Train-themed Euro-game there is. No BORING stock market, no BORING spread sheet game play, no OVERLY CONVOLUTED pick-up-and-delivery systems and no UNREALISTIC train engine improvement mechanic. RotW as simple (about 8 pages of rules), elegant mechanics that are easy to learn yet difficult to master.
   

2. Fencing Master Verified Buyer – 19 March 2025

   Great Game. Fast Shipping.
   

3. BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGame Verified Buyer – 23 March 2025

   THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Railways of the World is one of my favourite games of all time. I love everything about it: the theme, the game-play, and of course the amazing components. If you’re looking for a train game that’s a step up from Ticket to Ride, without being too hardcore or complicated, Railways of the World is your game. If you’ve seen photos of this game, with its massive board and incredible components, you might think that this a glamorous and heavy duty game that is reserved for hardcore gamers and not for you. But not at all: if you’re beyond gateway games, then this is an ideal “next step” into the world of gaming. The game has been out for more than a decade (its predecessor Railroad Tycoon was already published in 2005), and to mark the occasion the publisher put out a 10th anniversary edition of the game. Over time the game has had numerous adjustments, additions, and upgrades, and this new 10th anniversary version is intended to be a definitive version of this beautiful game. So what has changed from the previous version? RULE CHANGES The main changes with the anniversary edition are upgrades to the components rather than the rules, but there are rule changes on two points: 1. Income freezes upon reaching end of score-track 2. Four Services Bounties available at start of game COMPONENT CHANGES Here’s a complete list of all the things that have changed from the 2010 printing of the game in the 10th anniversary edition: 1. Improved box: The game box has much thicker and sturdier side walls, is larger in height so that it can fit more contents, and has thumb tabs for easy removal. 2. Improved box insert: The box insert has a removable tray for storing the bonds and money, and extra compartments so you can include storage of expansion cards. 3. Revised maps: The Eastern US and Mexico maps both have all new artwork, clearer text, fixed hexes, and have undergone a complete upgrade. A border on the edge of the map does make Transcontinental games less optimal. 4. New water hex icons: All hexes that require an extra cost due to water are clearly marked with a water droplet icon, similar to how mountain hexes are marked a white dot. 5. Improved Major Lines: Not only is there a clear Major Line chart on all maps (sorted in order of point value), but the start and end point of Major Lines are marked on the cities themselves with matching alphabet letters (e.g. A, B, C etc). 6. Improved round & turn order tracks: The tracks on the board for keeping track of turn order and rounds have been upgraded and improved. 7. Improved cloth bag: The cloth bag for the goods cubes is now a larger, more beautiful, and high quality velvet feel black bag, screen printed with the game name in gold. 8. Revised empty city markers: Instead of city markers of four types, there are 20 identical markers with a design sculpted with a `ghost town’ feel. 9. Improved score track: This now has a snake-like design, with clearer numbers and figures, and the lowest income at the end is $10. 10. New scoring discs: Instead of needing to use trains for scoring, there are stackable wooden score discs in all the player colours. 11. Revised train colours: A slight colour adjustment has been made to avoid them being identified with the colours of goods cubes and cities. 12. Revised banknote colours: The currency colours have been adjusted to make the different denominations more clearly distinct in low light. 13. Revised game cards: Many revisions have been made to the Railroad Operation cards and the Baron cards, mostly with added clarifications to avoid misunderstandings by players. 14. Revised bonds: The bonds cards are are slightly smaller, and have a rectangular rather than square shape. 15. New city name on Hotel and Service Bounty cards: The city name of these cards is part of the title, making these cards stackable and easier to read. 16. Revised player reference cards: These cards have been redone and improved, with Major Lines on one side and player actions on the other, including clarifications. 17. Revised colour-matching: The colours of the cities have been altered from the previous version, but the cities, new city markers, and goods cubes are all an exact colour match, including blue and purple. It just means they won’t be an exact match with previous versions of the game. 18. Revised expansion maps : All the expansion boards have been reprinted, to make sure their city colours are an exact match to the components of the new base game. 19. Revised comprehensive rule book: Includes updates and clarifications, and gives information for the base game and all expansions, rather than separate booklets for each expansion. RECOMMENDATION That’s a long list of upgrades, and the publishers have done a fantastic job with this new version of the game; virtually all the changes that have been made are upgrades. Many of them are small, but they all make the playing experience clearer and better. With the 10th anniversary edition, Railways of the World has really progressed to the next level, and everything is really an improvement in every way. A large team of people have been involved in making this anniversary edition and have put a huge amount of work into a project that they love, and the quality of the final product proves it. I think we can safely say that now we do have a definitive version of the game, and that new players can go out and get the 10th anniversary edition with confidence, knowing that they are getting a shiny new version of a game that has been enjoyed for a decade already, but now has the benefit of some serious polish to the rules and components. My favourite game now has an absolutely amazing edition, and I can’t recommend this highly enough! – BGG reviewer EndersGame

   

4. Eric Verified Buyer – 12 April 2025

   Great game hours of fun