Railroad Tiles Game & Expansions

Description

Have fun building roadways, railroads, and cities with this unique, strategic tile-laying game. Published in 2025 along with eight expansions, Railroad Tiles is easy to get started with the base game and plays with up to 4 people ages 8 and up. Then, when you want more variety and challenge, sample some of the expansions to add various types of scenic tiles and new scoring goals. 

Railroad Tiles Game: It all starts here, and all expansions require this base game to play.  Following a concise, illustrated rulebook, use basic tile selection in turn order to choose the tiles each round to add to your quickly expanding travel network. This game and all its expansions include thematic route tiles to add to tile choices, and the game works best with only one expansion at a time being added to the base game. Also included with expansions are thematic challenge tiles as well as solo play challenges. Here is a brief overview of each expansion, with more detail available in each of their individual descriptions. All expansions require the base game to play.

Canals Expansion – Canal tiles transform your network as you place gondolas for travel on them and bridges to span them.

Countryside Expansion – Travel the countryside and add barns, fences, pastures, cows, pigs, and sheep to your expanding network. 

Desert Expansion – Did you say camels!? Connect deserts to railroads and highways and place camel pawns in your new arid environment.

Energy Expansion – Do you hear the air crackling? It must be the energy you provide towns and cities with to power them up and earn more points!

Forest Expansion – Enjoy beautiful fall colors in the forest and equip forests with lookout towers to help keep wildlife and tourists safe.

Lakes Expansion – Create lakes and ports and place ferry tokens where the roads meet the water in your busy network.

Monuments Expansion – Play as an archaeologist traveling the highways and railroad lines while discovering sites to build arches, temples, and tower monuments.

Railroad Tiles: World Expansion –  This is the only expansion that lets you play either with just the core game or with the core game AND any other expansion. Special pawns with unique placement rules (travelers, cars, and trains) provide added points.

Teaching Method
Traditional
Teacher-centered curriculum commonly used in classrooms that may include a text, teacher manual, tests, etc.
Charlotte Mason
A methodology based on the work of a 19th century educator who maintained that children learn best from literature (Living Books), not textbooks.
Classical
A methodology based on the Latin Trivium (three stages of learning), including the grammar stage (memorization and facts), logic stage (critical thinking), and rhetoric stage (developing/defending ideas).
Unit Study
A thematic or topical approach centered around one topic that integrates multiple subject areas.
Montessori (Discovery)
A methodology based on the work of a 20th century educator that emphasizes student and sensory-driven discovery learning and real-life applications.
Other
Other methodologies
Religious Content
Secular
Contains content contrary to common Christian beliefs (i.e. evolution).
Neutral
Avoids religious or theoretical topics or presents multiple viewpoints without preference.
Christian/Religious
Faith-based or including instructional religious content.
Learning Modality
Auditory
Learns through listening, talking out loud or reading out loud.
Visual
Learns through seeing, prefers written instructions and visual materials.
Kinesthetic/Tactile (Hands-On)
Learns through moving, doing and touching.
Multi-Sensory
Curriculum that employ a variety of activities/components.
Presentation
Sequential
Curriculum progresses through well-defined learning objectives. Emphasizes mastery before moving to the next topic.
Spiral
Topics and concepts are repeated from level to level, adding more depth at each pass and connecting with review.
Conceptual/Topical
Focus is on the “why,” often with a unifying concept as well as specific skills; coverage may be broader.
Teacher Involvement
Low Teacher Involvement
Student-led materials; parent acts as a facilitator.
Medium Teacher Involvement
A mix of teacher-led time and independent student work.
High Teacher Involvement
Teacher-led lessons; may utilize discussions, hands-on activities and working together.
Additional Materials Required
No other materials needed
Everything you need is included.
Other Materials Required
There are additional required resources that are a separate purchase.
Other Materials Optional
There are additional resources mentioned or recommended but are not absolutely necessary.
Consumable
Consumable
Designed to be written in; not reusable.
Non-Consumable
Not designed to be written in; reusable.