Formosa Rail: 1899 from North to South 2008

Formosa Rail simulates ten years of railroad construction in Taiwan, bringing rapid ground transportation from north to south. Each player acts as one of the architects collecting five sources then constructs in four possible sites. Construction includes demolishing, tunnel and bridge building and track and station building. Player receives victory points for every construction and bonus victory point for most construction within a site. At the end of the game, player with the highest victory point wins.

Player: 2 to 5 Ages 8 and up Time: 90 to 120 minutes

Contents: 1) 5 Player's token in 5 colors 2) 6 Player's Tile Card (3 triangle, 2 square and 1 pentagon) 3) 80 resource cards (17 labor, 15 iron, 9 rock, 21 wood, 16 brick, and 2 TNT cards) 4) 23 building cards (7 different buildings) 5) 18 building markers (3 different markers) 6) 1 round wooden marker 7) 22 rail tracks wooden stick 8) 8 landscape square wooden tile (2 mountain, 3 river, 3 forest) 9) 5 player's aid cards 10) 1 game board 11) 1 rulebook

Publisher: Academia Historica (www.drnh.gov.tw) Production: 2Plus Studio (www.2plus.com.tw) Designer: Ta-Te Wu, Jong Kong, and Sheries Liu