GAME DESCRIPTIONS

Rail Baron
Your are living in the heyday of the locomotive, as Jay Gould, and you have just added another rail line to your vast empire. Flushed with success, you now retire to the sartorial splendor of your very own Pullman Palace Car. The dream ends. You awaken to reality with the thought... "just another fantasy." Ahh, but for the grace of Avalon Hill your dream continues.

Rail Baron is played on a large board of the United States Railroad network. In fact, it comes in three separate boards. Laid end to end, it spells out America and portrays the 28 major rail lines and major cities they connected during the halcyon days of railroading. You start with $20,000 and a train. You make money on trips from city to city. Pretty soon you have enough money to build your own empire. You can buy various rail lines such as the B&O for $24,000 or the NY&C for $28,000. More holdings bring more money your way (track rental) from your opponents.

With many nuances of strategy, it becomes a game where fortunes see-saw until the last rail baron is bankrupt or has accumulated the $200,000 needed to win. All this may take 3 to 4 hours, but it is great fun for 3 to 6 people, ages 10 & up.

The Game Includes:
United States Mapboard
Rules Folder
Payoff Card
28 Rail Line Title Cards
6 Express Train Cards
6 Superchief Cards
6 Sets of Tokens
Set of 2 White and 1 Colored Dice
Pack of Play Money

You can purchase Rail Baron from Chips & Bits.

Empire Builder
Empire Builder Game Image

Featuring two American loves (railroads and cold cash) Empire Builder is as easy as connecting the dots. Players draw tracks with crayons on an erasable board and operate a rail empire in an effort to accumulate the most money. Empire Builder is continually captivating and challenging. Every game is different, with players creating a new strategy and delivering a variety of goods across the continent. Players learn the locations of cities, states, mountains and rivers of the United States and southern Canada. For 2 to 6 players, ages 12 to adult.

The Game Includes:
1 Puzzle-cut board
92 load chips
1 sheet load labels
2 packs cards-including:
120 Demand cards (plus 2 blanks)
20 Event cards (plus 2 blanks)
24 Loco cards
6 Wipe-off crayons
6 Pawns
1 How to Play Empire Builder
1 Empire Builder Rules (this booklet)
You can purchase Empire Builder from Chips & Bits.

Iron Dragon A RailRoad Gamer Favorite!
Iron Dragons Game Image
Fantasy and reality meet in this exciting offshoot of the popular Empire Builder game system. A must for any Empire fan looking for a new twist. The Iron Dragons cross a make-believe world, delivering treasures to those in need. Building foremen (elves, dwarves, nomes) enable you to build across the world and make every game a new adventure through unknown territory. In response to the enthusiasim of Iron Dragon fans, this game will come in a deluxe boxed set.

You can purchase Iron Dragon from Chips & Bits.

18xx Series
1835 Game Image, 1856 Game Image, 1870 Game Image
The 18xx game system combines rail building with share speculation. Players use their initial money to capitalize railroad companies, which can in turn build track, buy locomotives, and generate income. This money can either be put back into the company for expansion, or paid as dividends to investors. Players can also engage in corporate raiding, stock manipulation, and insider trading to recreate this special era in economic history.

1835 captures the spirit railroading in Germany. 1856 explores railroading history in southern Ontario and 1870 takes the 18xx system to the Mississippi Valley. For 3 to 7 players ages 16 and up.

You can purchase 1835, 1856, and 1870 from Chips & Bits.

Railroad Tycoon II - CD
It can take you from New York to South Africa. It can take you from the year 1804 to the year 2000. It can take you from penniless manual laborer to powerful multi-millionaire. It can take you from a normal, well-adjusted, well-rounded person to an obsessed, singled-minded, one-tracked trainhead.

This is a real railroad game, not just a strategy game that happens to involve railroads. If you want to hop on a plane, car or ship, hop on another game. This game is about trains for people who love trains. Everything about the game is centered around an authentic look and feeling of the railways. Period video and pictures are interlaced with the game. The design and interface are true to the character of the fabled late 1800's railroads. A.I. opponents are based on real people. And all maps are real (based on satellite photography from US Geological Service and other sources).

Features:
34 different cargo cars.
51 different engines from around the world.
1024x768 16bit graphic engine.
The S3D engine rendering up to 300,000 polygons.
Zooming and rotating viewpoints.
Multiplayer over LANS, modems and the Internet.
Multiple levels of difficulty. System Requirements:
Pentium 133 (recommended 166)
16 MB Ram
100 MB disk space
1024x768 capable video
4x CD-Rom
You can purchase Railroad Tycoon II from Chips & Bits.