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General information Rules highlights Rules clarifications Variants Implementation notes
General information
Rules highlights
Differences from 1858 The Railways of Iberia
2: The map
The map shows most of India under British rule, with adjoining countries represented by red off-board areas.
4.1: Private companies
Available at the beginning
| No | Name | Symbol | Min bid | Face value | Income | Home city |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bombay & Thana | BT | 95 | 120 | 24/36 | Bombay |
| 2 | Howrah & Howgly | HH | 100 | 125 | 25/38 | Calcutta (NW) |
| 3 | Madras & Arcot | MA | 95 | 120 | 24/36 | Madras |
| 4 | Bombay & Surat | BS | 90 | 115 | 23/35 | Bombay |
| 5 | Allahabad & Cawnpore | AC | 80 | 100 | 20/30 | Allahabad & Cawnpore |
| 6 | Karachi & Kotri | KK | 90 | 110 | 22/33 | Karachi |
| 7 | Multan & Lahore | ML | 90 | 110 | 22/33 | Multan & Lahore |
| 8 | Lahore & Amritsar | LA | 70 | 90 | 18/27 | Lahore |
| 9 | Calcutta & Port Canning | CPC | 75 | 95 | 19/29 | Calcutta (SW) |
| 10 | Trichinopoly & Nagapatnam | TN | 85 | 105 | 21/32 | Trichinopoly |
| 11 | Ahmadabad & Baroda | AB | 70 | 90 | 18/27 | Ahmadabad |
| 12 | Nagpur & Amraoti | NA | 55 | 70 | 14/21 | Nagpur |
| 13 | Lucknow & Cawnpore | LC | 65 | 80 | 16/24 | Lucknow & Cawnpore |
| 14 | Ambala & Delhi | AD | 80 | 100 | 20/30 | Delhi(NW) |
| 15 | Allahabad & Jubbulpore | AJ | 45 | 55 | 11/17 | None |
| 16 | Patna & Benares | PB | 70 | 85 | 17/26 | Patna |
| 17 | Coimbatore | C | 50 | 60 | 12/18 | None |
| 18 | Delhi & Agra | DA | 80 | 100 | 20/30 | Delhi (SW) |
| 19 | Moradabad & Bareilly | MB | 50 | 65 | 13/20 | None |
| 20 | Lahore & Peshawar | LP | 65 | 80 | 16/24 | Rawalpindi & Peshawar |
| 21 | Multan & Kotri | MK | 60 | 70 | 15/23 | Multan |
| 22 | Darjeeling & Siliguri | DS | 50 | 60 | 12/18 | None |
Available from phase 3
| No | Name | Symbol | Min bid | Face value | Income | Home city |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Mysore | M | 110 | 110 | 33 | Mysore |
| 24 | Delhi & Jaipur | DJ | 90 | 90 | 27 | Jaipur |
| 25 | Dacca & Chittagong | DC | 120 | 120 | 36 | Dacca |
| 26 | Calcutta & Khulna | CK | 135 | 135 | 40 | Calcutta (E) |
| 27 | Gorakhpur | G | 60 | 60 | 18 | None |
| 28 | Bhopal & Indore | BI | 70 | 70 | 21 | None |
| 29 | Jodhpur & Bikaner | JB | 80 | 80 | 24 | None |
| 30 | Hyderabad & Bezawada | HB | 100 | 100 | 30 | Hyderabad |
Available from phase 5
These are not auctioned, but simply purchased by a company from the bank at face value. They give a 10% discount off train purchases, never close, and are permanent. Maximum one per company. Income is paid to treasury at the start of an operating round. They cannot be transferred between companies.
| No | Name | Symbol | Min bid | Face value | Income | Home city |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Locomotive Works | LW | 100 | 10 | N/A | None |
| 32 | Locomotive Works | LW | 100 | 10 | N/A | None |
4.2: Public companies
There are ten public companies available.
| Symbol | Name |
|---|---|
| ABR | Assam Bengal Railway |
| BBC | Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway |
| BNR | Bengal Nagpur Railway |
| EBR | Eastern Bengal Railway |
| EIR | East Indian Railway |
| GIP | Great Indian Peninsular Railway |
| MSM | Madras & South Mahratta Railway |
| PNS | Punjab Northern State Railway |
| SIR | South Indian Railway |
| SPD | Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway |
6: Setting up the game
The bank size is £16,000.
| Players | Start capital | Certificate limit |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | £665 | 27 |
| 4 | £500 | 20 |
| 5 | £400 | 16 |
| 6 | £335 | 13 |
9.3: Lay track
Narrow-gauge can be laid in phase 2.
There are six mine tokens available, one on each marked hex on the map. If, during its token placement step, a company is connected to such a hex, it may take the token at a cost of £50 and place it on its charter. Every time the company runs at least one train, it adds an extra amount to its total earnings per mine token owned (phase dependent: see map).
Also, there are three oil mine tokens available, one on each marked hex on the map. If, during its token placement step in Phase 5 onwards, a company is connected to such a hex, it may take the token at a cost of £100 and place it on its charter. Every time the Company runs at least one train, it adds an extra amount to its total earnings per oil token owned (phase dependent: see map.)
Similarly, there are two port tokens available, one on each marked hex on the map. If, during its token placement step during Phase 7, a company is connected to such a hex, it may pay £200 to take the token and place it on its charter. Every time the Company runs at least one train, it adds an extra £50 to its total earnings per port token owned.
“Cross-grading” of track is allowed: a company may change a yellow or green tile to one of the same colour but changing the gauge on one or two segments of track on the tile. Note that double-dot tiles cannot be cross-graded. In all other respects, the tile lay must be legal i.e. the company must be connected to some of the new track on the tile.
9.5: Run trains
Running a train to a mine, oil or port is not required to gain the bonus. The bonus is not halved or doubled by wounded or 5D trains.
A Pullman can be attached to a broad-gauge (non-M) train, in which case it adds £10 for each large city/off-map area it visits. If attached to a wounded train, this bonus is also halved; if attached to a 5D the bonus is doubled.
9.8: Purchase trains
The train roster is:
| Type | Quantity | Cost | Wounded by | Rusted by | Tiles available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2H/1M | 8 | 100/80 | 6H/3M | 6E/5M | Yellow |
| 4H/2M | 7 | 200/150 | 6E/5M | 7E/6M | Green |
| Pullman | 4 | 100 | Permanent | Permanent | — |
| 6H/3M | 5 | 300/240 | 7E/6M | 7th grey train | Green |
| 5E/4M | 4 | 500/500 | Permanent | Permanent | Brown |
| 6E/5M | 3 | 650/650 | Permanent | Permanent | Brown |
| 7E/6M | Unlimited | 800/800 | Permanent | Permanent | Grey |
| 5D | Unlimited | 1100 | Permanent | Permanent | Grey |
Pullmans cannot be bought between companies.
Tile manifest
Extra tiles are:
- Green, brown & grey tiles for Calcutta and Delhi.
- Brown for Karachi.
- Grey for Bombay and Madras.
- Two #956 (straight narrow-gauge large city).
- Two extra #A10 (5-way brown large city).
- Two extra #5, #6, & #57.
- Six more #72, six more #73, and two more #74 tiles.
- Two extra #78 and #79 tiles.
- One extra #89, #116, & #A6.
- Two grey large city (6-way, 2 slots, value 50).
- One each #644, #645, #657, #658, and #659.
- One green plain track, two curves non-crossing, one each gauge.
Rules clarifications
None.
Variants
Quick start
These variants are aimed at those who want a quicker game, and for those who are unfamiliar with the game and want a standard setup. Each player is randomly assigned a set of private railway companies.
There are two different sets of private companies, set A and set B. They are identical when there are three, four or six players, but the sets of companies used with five players are different.
| Number of players | Group one | Group two | Group three | Group four | Group five | Group six |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 players | HH, PB, AC, BS, AB, CPC, DS + £25 | MA, TN, AD, BT, NA, DA, AJ + £30 | ML, LA, C, MB, KK, MK, LP, LC + £55 | — | — | — |
| 4 players | HH, PB, DS, AC, DA + £25 | MA, TN, C, LC, MB, LP + £20 | ML, LA, AD, KK, MK + £45 | BT, NA, BS, AB, CPC, AJ + £10 | — | — |
| 5 players, set A | HH, PB, LP, AD + £25 | MA, TN, C, CPC + £5 | ML, LA, AC, LC + £45 | BT, NA, KK, MK, MB + £15 | BS, AB, DA, AJ, DS + £10 | — |
| 5 players, set B | HH, PB, DS, AC + £10 | MA, TN, C, AJ, MK + £35 | ML, LA, AD, LP + £40 | BT, NA, CPC, LC, MB + £5 | BS, AB, DA, KK + £10 | — |
| 6 players | HH, PB, AC + £15 | MA, TN, AD + £15 | ML, LA, C, MB + £35 | BT, NA, DA, AJ + £15 | BS, AB, CPC, DS + £10 | KK, MK, LP, LC + £20 |