Requires:Empire Builder
Designed by Colin Barnhorst, Heather Barnhorst + 1 more
Published by The Train Gamers Gazette
Players
2-4
Play Time
300 min
Complexity
N/A
Rating
10.0
Community Snapshot
Categories
Designed for 2–4 players and playable in ~300 min, Transatlantic Rails delivers a experience that earned a 10.0 on BGG.
How It Plays
Crayon Rail System
You literally draw your train routes on the board with crayons — it's creative, tactile, and uniquely fun!
Hexagon Grid
The board uses hexagons instead of squares — this gives you more directions to move and think about.
Pick-up and Deliver
You pick up goods from one location and deliver them to another for rewards — efficient routes mean big payoffs.
Point to Point Movement
You move between connected locations on the board — the map's layout decides your travel options.
About This Game
An expansion combining both Empire Builder and Eurorails. Players start with a Freight train on each board as well as a Freighter to transport Commodities from one continent to the other. Trains and Freighters must be in the same Port at the same time to transfer a Commodity, unless a Warehouse is built to store Commodities, ($10 in a Port).…
Source: BoardGameGeek
Year
1995