Rails West! Explained

Rails West!
Publisher:	Strategic Simulations
Released:	1984
Genre:	Business simulation

Rails West! is a business simulation game published by Strategic Simulations in 1984.

Gameplay

Rails West! is a game in which railroads from the years of 1870 to 1900 are the focus of an economic simulation.

Reception

Bob Proctor reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Rails West has the high-quality components one expects from SSI. It is lots of fun when all of the players are humans, even if they're inexperienced. It would make an excellent classroom exercise in the hands of a competent teacher."^[1]

Reviews

• Computer Gaming World - Oct, 1990
• Jeux & Stratégie #41^[2]
• Jeux & Stratégie HS #3^[3]

External links

• Review in Softalk
• Review in Antic
• Review in Family Computing
• Review in Page 6
• Review in Electronic Games
• Review in MicroTimes
• Review in GAMES magazine

Notes and References

1. Proctor . Bob . The Learning Game . Computer Gaming World . October 1984 . 1 . 18 . 28–29.
2. Web site: Jeux & stratégie 41 . October 1986 .
3. Web site: Jeux & stratégie HS 3 . 1986 .