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Railway Boom // Photo: BoardgameShot Mateusz Zajda
Railway Boom // Photo: BoardgameShot Mateusz Zajda
Railway Boom // Photo: BoardgameShot Mateusz Zajda
Railway Boom // Photo: BoardgameShot Mateusz Zajda
Railway Boom // Photo: BoardgameShot Mateusz Zajda
Railway Boom // Photo: BoardgameShot Mateusz Zajda
Railway Boom // Photo: BoardgameShot Mateusz Zajda
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Railway Boom (2025)

Players
2–4
Best: 3, 4
Playing time
60–120 min
Age
14+
7.77
Average rating
1,101
Ratings
3.22/5
Weight
#2206
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:Rozkvět železnice +1 more
Designer:Simone Luciani, Hisashi Hayashi
Artist:Ian O'Toole
Publisher:Arclight Games +5 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 9, Luck 3, Interaction 7, Complexity 6.4, Theme 5
Strategy9.0
Luck3.0
Interaction7.0
Complexity6.4
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

EconomicTrainsIndustry / ManufacturingAuction / BiddingNetwork and Route BuildingTurn Order: AuctionEnd Game BonusesIncome

Overview

In the late 19th century, during the early Meiji era, Japan opened its first railway line between Shimbashi and Yokohama. This new mode of transportation sparked a railway boom across the country.

Local entrepreneurs, and later powerful tycoons, established new companies that grew into large railway corporations throughout the Taishō and Shōwa eras.

As players, you will take on the roles of these tycoons, building and managing your own railway empires as you compete for the most renown.

Railway Boom recreates this era of industry through gameplay by having players balance resource management with the growth of their railways connecting various cities across Japan.

—description from the publisher

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