- Geographically accurate
- For 2-6 players
- Takes 90+ minutes to play
- Educational and challenging
- Updated version
Product Description
In Empire Builder players can rediscover a modern American classic that celebrates one of America’s greatest loves – railroads. Use your initial investment to build tracks, pick up commodities (mined or manufactured), and deliver them where there’s a demand. When you complete a delivery, you make the money you need to buy larger, faster trains and expand your railroad empire. Win the game by building the most effective railroad empire! With over a million variations, Empire Builder never grows old. Capture the entrepreneurial spirit of America and learn geography while you play.
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The Empire Builder game is a fun and educational experience in prioritizing to reach an end goal (winning the game). I would recommend this game to everyone.
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
Pros: This game is a great family game and it is fun and educational. It is good for learning North American geography. The game relies more on strategy than luck, for those of you that enjoy strategy games.
Cons: The game takes a while to complete, between 3 to 4 hours, though there are optional rules to speed up the game. The game board is a little difficult to write on at first, but after a while the wax wears down a little and it becomes easier to write on. Lastly, while I enjoyed this game, I like the European version, Mayfair Games EuroRails, a little better.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5
I’ve played both Empire Builder and Euro Rails and found Empire Builder to be much easier. It’s nice to be able to speed up the game in so many different ways, but even with 2 players and quick rules, most games last around 2 hours. It’s well worth the investment though.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5
Empire Builder is one of four Mayfair “Rails” games that we’ve purchased in the past few months (Eurorails, India Rails and Russia Rails). All of them are fun and addictive, but Empire Builder is in the top two with Eurorails. Although all are similar, this game has the best looking cards and chips, it’s board is large enough to read and play on (India Rails is too small), and the entire game concept is genius. I’ve found that by playing these games, I not only learn geography but also where resources are found/produced and shipped to. Winning or losing isn’t as important in this game, it’s just so much fun to play that it doesn’t matter.
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
This game is really alot of fun! Our little group when playing this game ranges from 33 to 15. We all have alot of fun with this game. We have played it so much, the puzzle board is starting to get worn down and the crayons are almost done. Everyone in the family will have fun with this game!
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5