Strategy Train Game Features
- Rail Baron® computer version for 3 to 6 players
- Play on a wide variety of game maps
- Play vs. AI (bots), others at your computer, others at remote computers (online) live or via email
- Fast: humans can complete a match in under 10 minutes
- Fast: AI can complete a match in less than 1 second
- Adjustable AI skill level means bots can both gently teach beginners yet challenge game experts
- Hall of Fame logs the top scoring matches
- Works on most Windows computers (98, XP, Vista, 7 and others) without the need of special drivers or browser
- Designed by a top-ranked RB board game player and tournament champion
Online and
Home Network
- Play online at your option for fresh, live competition beyond the AI bots
- Just connect with a friend via the Internet and play (no need for a special server)
- Play locally via your home network (router) too
- Up to 6 online players can participate in the same match
- Send text messages to one or all players
- Auto-reconnect and resume in case connection drops
- Requires no "virtual currency" purchase to facilitate play
(Pbem)
- Enjoy the game vs. anyone with a copy of RBP and email service
- Automates the Pbem process for up to 6 players per match
- Emails the match to the next player so they can take their turn
- Review shows a player all purchases since their last turn
- Scrollable banter box records comments from each participant
- Automove moves train for a player, reducing number of emails
- Nudge feature gently reminds a slow player to take his turn
- Remail feature recovers in case an email is lost
- Notify feature tells you who most recently took a turn
- Moderator feature lets designated person monitor matches, such as for a tournament
- Self-test checks for compatible SMTP email service
- Allows you to participate in multiple Pbem matches concurrently
- Employs a standard Windows user interface for familiarity and ease of use
- Run full-screen or in a window
- Zoom and scroll map
- Thumbnail "mini-map" for easier zooming
- Full color game maps
- Mouse over cities to see names and images
- Ask the AI to suggest a good route or RR purchase for you
- Scrollable game history automatically logs all match activity
- Essential info of all players is displayed in scrollable window
- Player cash displayed upon announcing
- Point and click to move train or buy RRs
- Automove moves your train to your next destination
- Supports play on touch-based devices like tablets/pads running Windows
(enable or disable
at your option)
- Bonus time - choose when bonus roll is determined
- Bounce out - enable or disable exiting destination via bonus
- Free ride - ride own railroads at no charge
- Home swap - exchange home city and first destination
- Manual dice - enter dice rolls by hand
- Randomize / reprice railroads for a fresh challenge (tough to beat AI bots!)
- Secret cash - keep each player's cash secret until they announce
- Start match with any type of engine
- Superchief custom pricing, including popular "free Superchief" option
- Choose AI play style and skill level
- Change money settings for starting cash, winning cash, track rentals, rover fee, etc.
- Scenario editor lets you set starting RR ownership, train locations, etc. then test run
- Print the map, with player railroad networks, for match recordkeeping (large 4.2m PDF sample)
- Reports of city and railroad data
- Graphs of history of player cash and net worth during match
- Player statistics: cash, net worth, city access %, monopoly %, railroad cost, payoffs collected, average payoff, use fees paid, use fees collected
- More player stats: number of arrivals, number of unfriendly destinations, avg rolls by engine type, route efficiency, destination list, trip length, income by RR, and more
- AI stats: avg rounds per match, winning percentages by AI style / skill / turn order, avg income by RR, RRs most often owned by winner, number of rover plays, and more
- Most reports can be printed, or copied to the clipboard
- Choose the text font and size you prefer
- Show or hide graphical map background
- Adjust sizes of map / text display areas
- Choose map zooming direction of mouse wheel
- Turn automatic map zooming on/off
- Turn train animation on/off
- Turn sound effects on/off
- Suitable for computer users with limited vision
(use at your option)
- Save games to and open from online (cloud) storage via FTP
- Play live online vs others
- Play by email vs others
- Employ online images as avatars
- Download saved games directly from web site links
- Browse this web site to view what's new
- Automated download and install of game updates
- Internet connection not required for other features, i.e. you can play offline too
- Modify or create maps with the RBPEdit map editor
- Add new railroads and destinations to an existing RBP game map
- Change city and region probabilities
- Adjust railroad prices, names and colors as you see fit
- Add, remove and reposition milepost dots
- Modify trip payoffs, or generate entire payoff chart automatically
- Change railroad intersections and connections
- Draw a map and region outline
- Build an entirely new map from scratch
- Create helpful information files to accompany your map
- Print your map as a board game (subject to printer and Windows limitations)
- Save games locally or NEW! Online (cloud)
- Find a route of X distance between any two cities
- Set up AI-only match, played repeatedly to gather statistics and analyze maps and strategies
- Sum stats from multiple instances running on multi-core computer
- Fast AI stat collection: runs ~10 million game rounds per day on a quad-core computer
- Compresses saved game files to minimize their storage space
- Context-sensitive help system supplied in both HLP and CHM formats
- Free shareware upgrades for the life of your computer
- Originally reviewed and permitted by Avalon Hill Game Company