About Time (board game) answers that are closest to the correct year on the question cards. The question cards all feature six events and a year in which the events took place. Chips are used as rewards and can be won or lost during high-stakes board play. Each card contains questions in six subject categories including arts, politics, everyday life and innovation. Player pieces are iconic historical figures including Napoleon, Queen Elizabeth I, Genghis Khan and William Shakespeare. In 2008, in a promotional tie-in with "The Guardian" newspaper, About Time used the newspaper’s archive to add content to the game. In Germany, a German
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