Canal Mania

 

Canal Mania simulates the construction of the English canal system, players score points for building locks, aqueducts and tunnels, for moving goods and completing canal contracts, the player with the most points wins. Each turn has three phases, actions are: Accept contracts from parliament, exchange engineers or discard building cards in phase 1, take up building cards or build tiles in phase 2 and move a goods marker in phase 3, or draw a card from the pile in any phase. The game ends with the last set of 5 contracts in parliament or when a players token reaches a preset position on the score track.

 

Development game on canal building * 3-5 players from age 12 * Designers: Steve and Phil Kendall * Graphics: Colin Jones, studio@d-blue.com * Ragnar Brothers, England, 2006 *** Ragnar Brothers * www.ragnarbrothers.co.uk