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Parnjače (Steam Engines)

Parnjače (Steam Engines)

(Self-Published)
2–690–240 min10+ yrs8.7 BGG3
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Parnjače (Steam Engines) is game about first railroads in Croatia under Austro-Hungarian Empire. You are one of six magnate whos will try to make money from railroad bussiness, but also try to satisfy wishes of Emperor Franz Joseph I.

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Parnjače (Steam Engines) is game about first railroads in Croatia under Austro-Hungarian Empire. You are one of six magnate whos will try to make money from railroad bussiness, but also try to satisfy wishes of Emperor Franz Joseph I. To be best of other you must:

 satisfy secret wish of Emperor
 build new railroads
 connect new cities to railroad network
 transport goods from city to city
 upgrade your steam engines
 try to block bussiness of others

Board is modular so you have unlimited versions of board.

Parnjače consists of several phases:

  1. phase: new event cards comes to play
  2. phase: new cargo cubes randomly comes to cities
  3. phase: bidding for order of play/workers (simultanous - players secretly bid for money they want and how workers they want)
  4. phase: playes do their actions, in order of play
  5. phase: clean-up

On his turn, a player can:

build/drive asteam engine
build 1/2/3 new railroads
buy 5 railroads in his color
hire additional workers
connect/build new city
drive 1/2/3 steam engines
buy event card

Players build railroads from their supply of railroad hexes when they choose this kind of action. Players transport cargo cubes from one city to another city that accept this kind of cargo and get paid for this, and also go up in cargo transport record.

Game is over when one of players transport 32 or more cargos.

game anatomy
BGG rating8.7 / 10
Play time
90–240 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
10+ yrs
from Trișache · verified

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Parnjače (Steam Engines) is a print & play game, for 2–6 players, taking ~90–240 minutes, featuring auction / bidding. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Parnjače (Steam Engines) — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Parnjače (Steam Engines) support?
Parnjače (Steam Engines) is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Parnjače (Steam Engines) take?
A game of Parnjače (Steam Engines) takes about 90–240 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Parnjače (Steam Engines) for?
Parnjače (Steam Engines) is recommended from age 10.
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