Freight Cars

In the not-so-distant future …

Corporations have superseded governments for global control. With the dawn of improved mag-lev technology, competition on the high speed railways of America is fierce.

Players take the helm of a grand shipping company delivering produce to the north, lumber to the south, and oil and coal coast to coast. Profit is the name of the game as players strive to earn the most credits—but only one player will make the right deliveries to earn enough credits to win the day!

Gameplay

In Freight Cars, your goal is to earn the most credits by efficiently shipping trainloads of goods, satisfying the demands of America’s cities, and taking advantage of your Corporation’s specialty.

The cards in Freight Cars feature rich, detailed, full-color artwork by Calder Moore. Train enthusiasts and lovers of futuristic/industrial aesthetics rejoice!

After setting up the main play area, each player then manages their own tableau of freight as the operations of their chosen corporation. By carefully selecting freight cars among those available to everyone at the table, you can reallocate freight in a “Tetris”-like fashion—once the car is full, it hits the rails, and you score points for your company!

Credits are earned by:

• Shipping trains of loaded freight cars
• Claiming City Demand bonuses
• Satisfying conditions of your Corporation card

Players compete by filling Freight Cars with their colored polyomino freight pieces, based on both the open-freight shapes of the cars they draw and on the cities they’re shipping to. Completed cars earn Victory Points!

Do you have what it takes to become the future’s next major rail tycoon and steam your competition? Find out in Freight Cars!