Railways of the World: The Card Game Expansion

About this expansion

Railways of the World: The Card Game Expansion is an expansion for 2–4 players, designed for games lasting about 45 minutes. Released in 2011, it adds new mechanisms and bonus-scoring options to the base game.

In the base game, players use track cards and city cards to build railroad routes and deliver goods. As the game progresses, they work to connect more cities, upgrade their engines, and deliver goods through an expanding network of routes.

This expansion introduces additional ways to develop that network and score points. Its new features affect how cities are connected, how track colors work during building, and how goods and bonus scoring enter the game.

• Tunnels connect existing cities, giving access to cubes and impacting city control.
• Switchers allow track color to change during building, making it possible to connect to a new color city.
• Grey Cities provide additional goods for deliveries.
• Barons provide additional bonus-scoring options.

These additions give the card game more tools to combine with its core route-building and delivery systems. Tunnels can influence access to cubes and city control, while switchers offer a way to adapt track connections during construction.

With its mix of railroad routes, city connections, engine upgrades, deliveries, and added scoring possibilities, Railways of the World: The Card Game gains a broader range of mechanisms through this expansion. It is designed to be used with the base game and adds fresh considerations without replacing its central focus on building a railroad network.