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Irish Gauge

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Category: Capstone Games

It is a beautiful day on the Emerald Isle and over the rolling green hills we spot a puff of dark smoke. Is it a fire? No, we hear the bright peep of a whistle. It is the 3 PM train from Dublin, pulling into our station with a clank of drivers and a whoosh of braking steam.

Irish Gauge is a game about building the railroads across Ireland. Savvy investors leverage their special interests to bring the railroads to their businesses. Irish Gauge is a game of simple rules with varied strategies & tactics for 3-5 players ages 12 and up, playing in about an hour.

On your turn, you may either auction a share of any available company, build railway track in one of the companies, upgrade a small town to a city, or request dividends to be paid. Upgrading towns and requesting dividends affect the length of the game as well as the likelihood of companies paying dividends in the future. The game will end when a certain condition is met. The player with the most money plus stock value wins the game! Irish Gauge is the inaugural title in the Iron Rail series.

Only 1 Page of Rules!

Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Lily I. ★★★★★

The train artwork on these cards is genuinely gorgeous, and the stock feels thick and sturdy right out of the box. First game ran a bit long with five of us, but the auction for shares had everyone leaning over the table by the end.

Lily ★★★★★

Played this with three friends last night and the auction mechanic kept everyone guessing right up to the last round. The stock shares add just enough tension without making things complicated. We finished two games in one sitting, which says a lot.

Andrew ★★★★★

The train artwork on the cards is gorgeous, way nicer than the dry euro-style games on my shelf. Took one playthrough to click, but now my group keeps asking for a rematch because the share auctions get brutal.