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Expansion for Empire Builder

Mexican Rails

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Published
1989
Reach
Niche (via base game)
Players
2–6
Play time
180 min
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Main mechanics

  • Spatial puzzle
  • Tile laying
  • Route building
  • Spatial puzzle: Fitting shapes together efficiently is the challenge.
  • Tile laying: You build a shared or personal board tile by tile.
  • Route building: You connect points on a map and defend the connection.
Full publisher description

The Mexican Rails kit was originally conceived as an expansion to Empire Builder and available directly from Mayfair. It includes some new cards, tokens, and a map of Mexico that could be aligned with the Empire Builder board, but all the components were black white copies packed in a 9 12 envelope with a Mexican Rails sticker on it. Rather than upgrade to production quality similar to the base game, the board, loads, and cards were incorporated into North American Rails . It was also published in Games International (Issue 7 – July 1989) magazine. Expands: Empire Builder

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