Age of Steam: China

• Russia
• Setup
• Track Building
• Engineering
• Goods Growth
  

Russia

• Only produces goods.
• Goods may neither move through nor end in Russia.

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Setup

• Remove the purple New City from the game.
• Lan Chow, Chunk King, Si-An: 1 red good
• Other cities, Russia: 2 goods.
• If a purple cube is drawn for Peking (for the map or Goods Display), replace it with another cube.
• Players start with $20 (but still just 2 shares)

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Track Building

• Desert: $3
• Mountain: $4
• Hexes with number in a square: # is cost for placing simple track.
• Must start from Hanoi, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tsin Tao, Wei Hai Wei or Port Author. If later start building from a different one of these, must pay $ shown on city.
• Players’ railroads must be contiguous to a coastal city
• When connecting to a city, pay extra $ shown on city.

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Engineering

• Either build/upgrade up to 4 tracks or exert Diplomatic Pressure.
• Diplomatic Pressure: when connecting to one city, pay only half the connection cost (round up)

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Goods Growth

• In addition to usual replenishment, Russia always gets 1 randomly drawn cube.

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