Railroad Tiles Game Review

A year ago, our marketing contact at Italian publisher Horrible Guild showed off components from the prototype for Railroad Tiles, the newest iteration of the Railroad Ink series.

I was excited but a little nervous about what I saw that day. I thought, and still believe, that Railroad Ink was one of the five best fillers I have ever played and still have copies of both the Deep Blue Edition and successive expansions in my permanent collection. The roll-and-write nature of the puzzle system built into that game is fantastic, and Railroad Ink always lands well with both new and experienced gamers.

Railroad Ink always worked. Would this new tile-laying version of the original game still shine?

Hand Me the Draw Bag

Railroad Tiles, which recently began fulfillment for backers of the game’s 2024 crowdfunding campaign, is a route-building tile placement game for 1-4 players. Railroad Tiles is from the Railroad Ink universe, but Railroad Ink is not required to play Railroad Tiles.

In Railroad Tiles, players will draft randomly-drawn route tiles from a market to build a series of highway and railroad track connections, while also adding major objective tiles to their town to help spice up scoring. On a turn, players will use their…

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