Boxcars Strategy Board Game

BOXCARS is the classic game of railroading that has been played by generations of railroad game fans. Build your own rail empire by acquiring existing railroad companies. Fund your acquisitions by delivering freight across the country. The player who builds the most effective empire and accumulates the most wealth will win the game. Play on a new version of the original U.S. BOXCARS map board or the new map board of England, Scotland, and Wales. In BOXCARS, the players take the roles of rail barons. As rail barons, the players deliver freight from city to city, collecting money for their efforts. They use the money earned to acquire railroad companies, to build an ever-expanding railway network. The players begin with money and no railroads. Players select their Home Cities from randomly determined regions and, from there, begin the game. The game consists of a series of trips (different for each player, with the destination of each trip randomly chosen). At the end of each trip, the player earns a payoff for the trip and can buy a railroad or improved train before beginning his or her next trip. Players use their purchases to build their own railway networks, which they can use for no cost on subsequent trips (a player must pay when moving on the rail lines of companies he or she does not own). A player will also earn money when other players move on rail lines of companies he or she owns. Players use their purchases to build railway networks that allow them to deliver goods at the lowest possible movement costs. It takes both skill in building a rail empire and also a little luck to win the game by returning to the Home City with the required fortune.