String Railway: Transport

String Railway: Transport

  • Players: 2–5 players
  • Play time: 60 min
  • BGG rating: 6.8

About String Railway: Transport

String Railway: Transport is a follow-up game to String Railway, a train game in which the play area is created by placing varying lengths of colored string representing different types of terrain. The board is initially seeded with all the stations (unlike in String Railway) placed randomly inside the boundary string and filled with two goods cubes. Each turn, players must place one string that connects stations. Then players have a number of action points to use. Players start with a 3 AP locomotive, and can upgrade to better locomotives that provide up to 6 AP per turn. Action points are used to moving goods cubes (1 AP to move from station to station). If a cube reaches a station of the same colour as the cube itself, the cube is then scored. After five rounds, the cubes are scored. Each set of five cubes of different colours is worth 15 points, 4-cube sets are 10 points, 3-cube sets are 6 points, 2-cube sets are 3 points and remaining single cube sets give 1 point each. White wild cubes can be very useful at this point. Unfulfilled missions are -2 points, while perfectly fulfilled missions are +5 points. String Railway: Transport, with a playing time of approx. 15 minutes per player, differs from the original game by adding cargo delivery and removing the values of stations. Transport is an individual game, not an expansion. The games are not compatible: you can't play String Railway with the components of Transport (the stations are different and there's no river).

Released
2011
Designer
Hisashi Hayashi
Age
10+

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String Railway: Transport FAQ

How many players can play String Railway: Transport?

String Railway: Transport plays with 2–5 players.

How long does String Railway: Transport take to play?

A game of String Railway: Transport takes 60 min.

What age is String Railway: Transport for?

The recommended minimum age for String Railway: Transport is 10+.

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