As Rostherne Games possibly winds down to a close, it seemed like a good moment to re-cap the publishing history of David Watts' first and finest creation, Railway Rivals. I have asked David to list all the official maps produced for the game, along with details of its various incarnations. Looks like a job for the WordPerfect Table feature to me...
| Code | Notes | Title | Hex | 1/2 | P1 | P3 | Lam | Brd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | S Wales Coalfield | (A) | WE* | (A) | - | - | - |
| B | - | London & Liverpool | (B) | B | (B) | - | B | B |
| C | - | Western USA | (C) | - | (C) | (C) | (C) | C |
| D | - | N York & Chicago | (D) | YC* | (D) | - | - | - |
| E | - | Atlantic & Lake Erie | (E) | - | - | E | E | - |
| F | - | S Scotland | (F) | SS* | (F) | - | - | - |
| G | - | C Scotland | (G) | CS* | - | (G) | (G) | - |
| H | - | Western Canada | (H) | - | - | - | - | - |
| I | - | Ireland | (I) | - | (I) | I | I | I |
| J | - | Mersey & Humber | (J) | - | J | - | J | - |
| K | 1 | London & SE | (K) | LE* | (K) | - | (K) | - |
| L | - | France | (L) | - | (L) | FR* | FR* | - |
| M | - | London & Midlands | (M) | - | - | M | M | - |
| N | - | New England | (N) | NE* | (N) | - | (N) | - |
| O | - | S Wales | (O) | - | (O) | - | - | - |
| P | 1 | Alpine Passes | (P) | - | - | - | - | - |
| BA | - | Bavaria | - | BA | - | - | - | BA |
| BN | - | Benelux | - | BN | - | - | - | - |
| BX | 2 | Belgium & Lux | - | (BX) | - | - | - | (BX) |
| CH | 1 | China | (CH) | CH | - | (CH) | CH | - |
| FB | - | France & Benelux | - | - | - | - | - | (FB |
| FR | - | France | - | - | - | FR | FR | - |
| EU | - | Eastern USA | - | EU | - | - | - | (EU) |
| GY | - | Germany | - | - | (GY) | - | - | GY |
| IN | - | India | - | - | - | IN | IN | |
| KT | - | Kentucky-Tennessee | - | KT | - | - | - | KT |
| LW | 1 | London & Western | - | - | - | LW | LW | |
| NI | - | North Italy | - | NI | - | - | - | NI |
| NL | 2 | Netherlands | - | (NL) | - | - | - | (NL) |
| OS | - | Austria | - | OS | - | - | - | OS |
| RE | - | Russia in Europe | - | RE | - | - | - | RE |
| SI | - | South Italy | - | SI | - | - | - | SI |
| SP | - | Spain | - | (SP) | - | SP | SP | - |
| SV | 1 | S Sweden | - | (SV) | - | SV | SV | (SV) |
| SZ | - | Switzerland | - | SZ | - | - | - | SZ |
Hex: Original hexsheet edition - 4 to 6 sheets coloured by the customer.
1/2: halfsize (A3) paper map - mostly trial maps.
P1: Paper map, printed in one colour - also hand coloured and laminated.
P3: Paper map printed in 3 or 4 colours.
Lam: Printed in 3 or 4 colours - laminated by printer.
Brd: Double-sided board produced by Schmidt, Laurin (Queen) or Games Workshop.
1: Amended from original design by someone else.
2: Amended by someone else from my design.
( ): No longer available.
*: Redesigned - new key letter.
Note that where 1/2 size maps are indicated, there are usually at least two versions. B and CH are photocopied, reduced from previous P3 maps. If two or more formats are listed, they are not always identical. eg NI & SI - the two versions are almost identical. OS & SZ - very different. SV - three different versions. C - three versions with slight differences.
| Butehorn | Dampfross | 1979-82 | Maps B,D,GY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schmidt | Dampfross 1 | 1984-91 | Maps GY,C,EU,FB. | Game of the Year in Germany, 1984. (Early version, with unplayable maps, was withdrawn after about 1,500 sales - recognisable by grey hills.) |
| Dampfross 2 | 1986-90 | Maps NI,SI,SZ,OS. | ||
| Selecta | Tussen de Rails | c 1986 | Maps NL,GY,BX,C. | Netherlands version of Dampfross 1, produced by Schmidt for Selecta. |
| Alga | Rail | c 1986-9 | Map SV replaces EU. | Swedish version of Dampfross 1, produced by Schmidt for Alga. |
| Games Workshop | Railway Rivals | 1985-90 | Maps B,C. | Now available from Rostherne with replacements for missing components. |
| Laurin | Dampfross | 1992 | Maps KT,BA,I,RE. | Issued by Laurin in 1993, licence taken over by Queen 1993. Production continues. |
| Butehorn | 1,000 |
|---|---|
| Dampfross 1 | 300,000 |
| Dampfross 2 | 50,000 |
| Tussen | 1,000 |
| Rail | 6,000 |
| GW | 11,000 |
| Laurin | * 5,000 |
* to date as of 1994
| Britain | USA | Europe | Others | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (WC) | W Cumberland | CN | California & Nevada | BN | Benelux | AL | SE Australia |
| IM | I of Man | CO | Chesapeake & Ohio | BU | Bulgaria | IR | Iran |
| (IW) | I of Wight | CR | Carolinas | BW | Baden-Wurtemburg | ||
| (LD) | Lake District | DX | SE USA (Dixie) | CY | Cyprus | ||
| (NP) | N Pennines | EU | Eastern USA | HU | Hungary | ||
| NO | North England | GA | Georgia | RO | Romania | ||
| (SC) | Scotland | IL | Illinois | SD | Sardinia | ||
| SS | S Scotland | IO | Iowa | SL | Sicily | ||
| (CS) | C&S Scotland | (IX) | Iowa Townships | (YU) | Yugoslavia | ||
| CS | Central Scotland | NE | New England | ||||
| CT | Chilterns | NY | New York State | ||||
| TT | Tyne Tees | OH | Ohio | ||||
| WE | S Wales Coalfield E | PA | Pennsylvania | ||||
| PN | Pacific NW | ||||||
| TX | Texas (in OK & NM) | ||||||
| YC | New York & Chicago | ||||||
Four further maps will be available, late March 1994, which were used in the Great RR Tournament in Brunswick, March 12-13 1994.
An unknown number - Probably at least 300 - have been devised by other people. The best known is Middle Earth.
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