[Board/Tactical Game]: Railroad Tycoon, reviewed by Ayrk (5/4)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/11/11797.phtml

Erik A. Dewey's Summary:

The latest computer game to board game conversion from Eagle Games tackles the train genre with their usual gusto. A huge board, plenty of great components, and play that focuses on the best parts of train games all combine to create a very entertaining game. Just be sure you have plenty of table space.

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[Bomberg]

Ayrk,

while your review of Railroad Tycoon is very fitting, the genesis of this game is a tad more complicated. :rolleyes:

The mechanics of Railroad Tycoon are closely based on Martin Wallace's train game Age of Steam. He streamlined it a bit, and Eagle Games gave it their usual Full Plastic Complement (tm).

The computer game Railroad Tycoon - at least the first version - is instead inspired by the board game 1830.

The economic models of 1830 and Age of Steam are very different from each other. When 1830 and oRT task you with handling a growing economy based on an already existing infrastructure, Age of Steam and new RT tell stories of the hunt for new possibilities you want to grab before your oppenents can do so.

So I would argue that the feel of these two families of games is rather different, despite their topic being the same.

Huldvoll

Baron von Bomberg

[Ayrk]

Originally Posted by Bomberg

Ayrk,

while your review of Railroad Tycoon is very fitting, the genesis of this game is a tad more complicated. :rolleyes:

The mechanics of Railroad Tycoon are closely based on Martin Wallace's train game Age of Steam. He streamlined it a bit, and Eagle Games gave it their usual Full Plastic Complement (tm).


( Excellent points snipped )

Baron von Bomberg

Baron, I agree with everything you say. I look at Railroad Tycoon as more of an entry game into the larger Train genre, so I tried to review from that point of view. I almost put the whole "Sid Meir's plays 1830, makes a computer game and later that game becomes a board game" thing in it, but decided it wasn't directly relevant.