Steam: Rails to Riches, Due in April from Mayfair

Martin Wallace’s Steam: Rails to Riches, the redesigned version of Age of Steam, now has a street date of April 2, 2009 from Mayfair Games. (A street date is when the game should be available in retail stores. Phalanx Games, which is releasing the game in German, has announced an in-stock date of March 21.) Here’s a game description from Mayfair:

In Steam you build railroads and deliver goods along an ever-changing network of tracks and stations. You build the tracks, upgrade towns, improve your train, and grab the right goods to make the longest, most profitable deliveries. Score your deliveries and add to your income or victory points, balancing your need to invest against your quest to win the game.

Steam contains a beautiful, double-sided game board. The map on each side depicts terrain, towns, and cities at the start of the railway age. The map of the northeastern USA and neighboring Canada is ideal for 3 or 4 players. Use the map of Europe’s lower Rhine and Ruhr region when playing a 4- or 5-player game. You can play Steam on any number of current and future variant and expansion maps, so we include pieces for 6 players. Steam is the culmination of Martin Wallace’s classic railroad game series. It contains a brilliantly balanced standard game, and a very rich, elegant basic game. Both offer you unparalleled flavor and fun.

Steam is for 3-6 players, ages 12 and up with a playing time of 90+ minutes and a price of $55. This game has been updated on Gone Cardboard.

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