Crayon rails
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Crayon rails is the generic term for a board game
which recreates the building of railroads
via the use of crayon
s (or in some cases non-permanent marker pen
s) on a reusable wipe clean board. It may refer to one of these games or game series:
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
which recreates the building of railroads
Rail transport
Rail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles merely run on a prepared surface, rail vehicles are also directionally guided by the tracks they run on...
via the use of crayon
Crayon
A crayon is a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk, or other materials used for writing, coloring, drawing, and other methods of illustration. A crayon made of oiled chalk is called an oil pastel; when made of pigment with a dry binder, it is simply a pastel; both are popular media for color...
s (or in some cases non-permanent marker pen
Marker pen
thumb|MarkerA marker pen, marking pen, felt-tip pen, flow or marker, is a pen which has its own ink-source, and usually a tip made of a porous, pressed fibres; such as felt or nylon.-Permanent marker:...
s) on a reusable wipe clean board. It may refer to one of these games or game series:
- Empire BuilderEmpire Builder (board game)Empire Builder is a railroad board game centered on the construction of railroad track, and then the delivery of goods along those railroad tracks. The original Empire Builder game is set in North America, but the line has expanded to include games set across the world, on the moon and even in a...
and spin offs
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- Empire Builder AKA North American Rails (some versions) (1980, North America)
- British Rails (1984, England, Scotland, Wales)
- Eurorails (1990, Europe)
- Nippon Rails (1992, Japan)
- Australian Rails (1994, Australia)
- Iron DragonIron Dragon (board game)Iron Dragon is a crayon rails board game by Mayfair Games. Unlike the other Empire Builder games, it is set in a fantasy world with the unusual feature of dragon-based locomotives...
(1996, Fantasy Map) - India Rails (1999, India)
- Lunar Rails (2003, The Moon)
- Russian Rails (2004, Russia)
- China Rails (2006, China)
- Martian Rails (2009, Mars)
- Tracks Series
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- Railway RivalsRailway RivalsRailway Rivals is a railroad-themed board game designed by Glynn and David Watts and popularised by Games Workshop in 1985. Players build railways and then run trains along them.- Gameplay :...
- Tracks to TellurideTracks to TellurideTracks to Telluride is a railroad board game centered on the construction of railroad track, and servicing mines along those railroad tracks. The setting of the game is in southwestern Colorado during the mining boom of 1873 through 1888. This game is the first in the "Tracks series" of crayon...
- Railway Rivals