Railway Boom Game Review

Whenever I am leaving Germany following another round of the SPIEL Essen game fair, I always save space in my carry-on for 3-4 games, the games I am most excited to get to my table AND the titles that I would most regret if my bags were lost in transit.

In 2025, one of those games was Railway Boom, the updated version of the same game from designer Hisashi Hayashi released in 2022. Hayashi is best known for Yokohama, one of my favorite Euros ever. And while Hayashi designed Railway Boom, the new version features graphic design from Ian O’Toole and was developed by Simone Luciani, my favorite game designer of them all.

Seeing the names of these three men on the front cover of the box told me one thing: I would be shocked if the game was anything less than brilliant. Turns out that I was right.

Auctions, Auctions, Auctions, Auctions

Railway Boom is a four-round economic route building game for 2-4 players. In my experience, the game plays in about 90 minutes with 2-3 players, a bit more with four players. At first blush, Railway Boom—thanks to a title that includes the word “Railway”—looks like a train game, a bit like the Iron Rail…

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