Lancashire Railways
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Description
Lancashire Railways is a train game about the birth of the first commercial railroads in Central England in 1829. The Silicon Valley of its day, Manchester was the hub of advanced engineering and manufacturing. Liverpool was the largest port and Manchester needed access for its exports of Cloth and Machinery. Lancashire Railways is set in this era of unrestrained growth and development. Players start railways, build right-of-way and finance these expensive projects with loans from investors and the Bank of England.Lancashire Railways is the first game in the Early Railways Series and is the progenitor of later Wallace titles such as Age of Steam and Railroad Tycoon. - BoardGameGeek
Extra Info
- Ages: 12 and up
- Category: Economic, Trains
- Designer: Martin Wallace
- Family: Early Railways
- Mechanics: Crayon Rail System
- Players: 3 to 6
- PrimaryName: Lancashire Railways
- Product Title: Lancashire Railways
- Publisher: Winsome Games
- Time: 120 minutes
- Year: 1998
