Railway Rivals

Railway Rivals is a board game designed by D.G. Watts in the late 1970s, as a teaching aid in his geography lessons.

There isn't much on these pages, but I do have a copy of the third edition rules (dated 1980), which reads easier, and plays better (in my opinion) than the latest set of rules (sixth edition).

Notable changes between the two sets of rules:

The average die is not used for building in 3rd edition rules. This makes a lot of sense especially if you're playing the tournament rules option (since everyone gets the same roll) - in the 6th edition rules, tournament rules are assumed to be compulsory.

Downloads

A blank A2 landscape hex sheet for designing your own maps.

zipped Corel Draw 8 format.

Download from London, UK 69KB

ANSI standard CGM format (in case you have a different drawing program)

Download from London, UK 77.5KB

Coming soon: Some more maps in PDF format to print out and play on. (not official maps, but maps designed by myself and family.)

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Simon Hewison 2000-01-08