How Many Miles to Babylon? In the 1824 edition of "The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia" there's a description of the rhyme and the game, giving the distance as "six, seven or a lang eight". The rhyme was originally accompanied by a singing game in which two lines face each other, with one player in the middle. At the end of the rhyme the players have to cross the space and any caught help the original player in the middle catch the others. The game seems to have fallen out of use in the twentieth century. In literature In film In music How Many Miles to Babylon?
Railroad Tycoon (board game) improved version of the game, and has effectively rendered the original Railroad Tycoon obsolete. Railroad Tycoon (board game) Railroad Tycoon is a railway-themed board game designed by Martin Wallace and Glenn Drover. The game, published in 2005 by Eagle Games, is derived from Wallace's earlier railway-themed game "Age of Steam" with more stylistic box art and simplified rules. Since 2009 it has been published under the title "Railways of the World". "Railroad Tycoon" takes place in the eastern United States in 1830. Each player takes charge of a pioneering new railway company. The hex-based gaming board depicts the eastern United