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2004 · 2-6 players · 240min · weight 2.75 · 449 ratings
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ID
9617
Name
Russian Rails
Year
2004
Rank
5758
Min players
2
Max players
6
Playing time
240
Min playtime
180
Max playtime
240
Avg weight
2.7455
Num weights
55
Bayes avg
5.7283
Average
6.9734
Users rated
449
Num owned
767
Wanting
38
Wishing
84
Num comments
174
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Crayon Rail SystemHexagon GridNetwork and Route BuildingPick-up and Deliver
Categories (3)
EconomicTrainsTransportation
Description (558 chars)
Part of the crayon rail games, this game features unique timeline orchestrated by event cards and a distance warp to accommodate the vast distances of the Soviet Union region. The game begins in the post WWII era, with players drawing rail lines and delivering loads wary of the inevitable fall of the Soviet Union. Build an empire from the Black Sea to the Baltic. Note that the "distance warp" feature was removed during playtesting, and the "inevitable fall" of the Soviet Union is not as inevitable as you would think if that card doesn't get drawn.
LLM v2 (wide)
Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).
LLM v3 (deep)
Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).