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French Rails
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French Rails

Designed by Julien Griffon, David Pontier

Published by (Self-Published)

Moderate Depth: 30 Min Teach

Players

2-6

Play Time

120 min

Complexity

3.0 / 5

Rating

8.7

Year

2012

Community Snapshot

Medium complexity
~120 min
8.7 on BGG (6)

Categories

Economic
Buy, sell, trade, and invest — manage money and markets to build wealth.
Trains
Build railway networks, manage routes, and compete for connections.

Designed for 2–6 players and playable in ~120 min, French Rails delivers a medium experience that earned a 0.0 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.

Network and Route Building

You connect locations to form networks — the bigger and smarter your network, the more points you earn.

Pick-up and Deliver

You pick up goods from one location and deliver them to another for rewards — efficient routes mean big payoffs.

About This Game

French Rails is a Print and Play map in the crayon rails series of games. Players receive demand cards where cities want different goods. These goods and cities are scattered across the map, and the players must construct track by drawing on the board to connect the cities with the goods they demand.…

Source: BoardGameGeek

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