Dranda Games

In Pioneer Rails you represent a railroad owner who has seen an opportunity to expand his empire into the new lands of the frontier. You will compete against other railway owners to plan your railway in the best possible way to connect settlements to the railway network and meet the demands of locals. In this flip-and-write game, you use poker cards to expand your railroads and build a poker hand at the same time. Each turn you choose one of the revealed poker cards. The map's symbol helps you expand your railway, connecting new towns and surrounding features. When you connect to a city, you will have the opportunity to get one-time bonuses. When you place your railways around a feature you activate it for scoring at the end of the game. The value of the card is added to your poker hand, scoring extra points at the end of the round. In addition, there are three common goals, which encourage you to build in different directions.

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The Solar Sphere Expansions box contains the White Dwarf and Corporation Robots modules and additional components to support a fifth player. With construction of Solar Sphere #1 underway, The Corporation has set its sights on a nearby White Dwarf. You can now choose to explore the White Dwarf to gain valuable resources and opportunities. The White Dwarf expansion adds a unique rondel mechanic, where you can choose to move a meeple, or if you have upgraded the White Dwarf location, you can move two meeples for extra rewards! The Corporate Robots expansion adds a set of cards and meeples that act as remote access to work locations. Install the maps in your command center and deploy the meeple robots to locations to fully upgrade that location's power! You can then access that location from your command center.

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