Age of Steam: Japan

• 2-4 players
  
• Terrain
• Setup
• Locomotive
  
• Track Building
• Urbanization
• Goods Growth
  

Terrain:

• Yokohama Bay: The hex E of Tokyo is treated as a river hex (Cost: $3)
• Partial hexes near Abashiri & Morioka are in play.

Setup

• Kagoshima & Abashiri: 3 cubes
• Other cities: 2 cubes

Locomotive (Bullet Trains!)

• Locomotive now only allows a temporary increase in Engine level: do not advance the player’s token on the Engine Track. Instead, allows shipping goods one extra link this turn (max 7 links).
• Do not pay expenses for this temporary link.

Track Building

• Water hexes: $6 (bridge, tunnel or ferry)
• Track may be built on indicated blue water hexes.
• Straight or gentle curve only.
• The track must connect to land at both ends.
• Half Water/Half Land hexes
• If track occupies only the land half of the hex, treat as a land hex with a river: $3
• If track crosses the water portion of the hex, it is considered a water hex; build as above ($6)
• A complex tile may be placed if one route is a land route and the other is a water route. Upgrading to a complex tile in order to add a land route costs $3 and a water route costs $6

Urbanization

• If you choose to place a city tile, you may only build/upgrade 2 regular tiles.

Goods Growth

• Osaka & Tokyo have 2 numbers; when either number is rolled, a cube is placed on the appropriate city.