Power Grid: Russia & Japan

About this expansion

Power Grid: Russia & Japan is a 2010 expansion featuring two new maps for Power Grid, designed for 2–6 players with an approximately 120-minute playing time.

Each side of the expansion introduces a distinct setting and changes how players approach their networks. The Russia map restricts the market for power plants, creating a different environment for acquiring the plants needed to develop power networks.

Russia also changes the standard rules for exchanging out-of-date power plants. This alteration has a major effect on the game’s strategic considerations, forcing leading players to completely rethink their plans rather than relying on the usual exchange rules.

• Russia: A restricted power plant market and changed rules for exchanging out-of-date plants.
• Japan: A crowded geographical setting where players can start two separate networks.

On the Japan map, the first connections are restricted to certain cities. These limitations shape the opening of the game and guarantee a tough fight for the best networks as players compete for valuable connection opportunities.

Power Grid: Russia & Japan offers two different ways to revisit the game. Russia focuses attention on the power plant market and plant replacement, while Japan changes the network challenge by allowing two separate networks and limiting where the first connections can be made.