(or here’s a list of what launched yesterday that might deserve a closer look)

Project: Railways of Sweden, Australia, & Rail Barons of the World

Designers: John Albertson (Rail Barons of the World), Randall Lloyd (Railways of Australia, Rail Barons of the World), Ola Nygårds (Railways of Sweden), Dávid Turczi (Anachrony, Dice Settlers, Kitchen Rush, Rail Barons of the World, Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun)

Artists: João Tereso (The City, Railways of Australia, Railways of Sweden, Struggle of Empires)

Publisher: Eagle-Gryphon Games (Age of Steam, Baseball Highlights: 2045, Brass: Birmingham, Brass: Lancashire, Can’t Stop, Carson City, Defenders of the Realm, Diamant, Empires: Age of Discovery, Escape Plan, Fleet, Fleet: The Dice Game, For Sale, Francis Drake, The Gallerist, High Society, Kanban EV, Lisboa, On Mars, Railways of the World, Rococo, Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age, Struggle of Empires, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization, Tumblin-Dice, Vinhos Deluxe Edition)

Genre/Mechanisms: action points, auction/bidding, card drafting, connections, expansion, network and route building, pick-up and deliver, tile placement, trains, transportation, turn order: auction

Player Count: 1-6 (Rail Barons of the World), 2-6 (Railways of Australia), 2-5 (Railways of Sweden)

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: medium-heavy

Risk: low

Summary: “Rail Barons of the World includes a deck of universal Rail Barons than can be used in multiplayer games with any Railways of the World map — as each goal is non-map specific. This expansion also unlocks solo play in the Railways of the World Series with a new solo system created by Dávid Turczi and John Albertson. The solo system works with seven different maps in the Railways of the World series: Eastern US, Mexico, Great Britain, Nippon, Portugal, Sweden and Australia.

Railways of Australia is a large 2-6 player map. This map has several unique features: a new terrain type – towns; region borders; and rebound Railroad Operations cards. When built, a town becomes a Gray New City on the map. There are also Railroad Operations cards that automatically build each of the 10 towns on the map.  Players cannot build across region borders unless connecting through a city, or using a ‘Triple Gauge’ Railroad Operations card. This expansion includes junction track tiles for use with the Switch Tracks mini expansion. These new track tiles display the 2 lines coming together in each configuration. Switch tokens are also included so that players can use the Switch Track mini expansion right out of the box.

Railways of Sweden is a 2-5 player map expansion to the Railways of the World series. This map features lots of heavy mountainous terrain. This expansion will come with a sheet of snowy track tiles to be optionally used in the northern mountains of Sweden. It also has a variety of new Railroad Operations cards, such as New Mining Town, Mountain Engineer, Extended Ferry Line, and Passenger Express.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $20, Rail Barons of the World only

All-In (w/shipping): $84, all three expansions

Campaign Ends: 5/28

Game Ships: Feb. 2022

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 344% with 13 days to go.