Age of Steam is a strategy board game by Martin Wallace published in 2002 by Warfrog Games on license from Winsome Games. The game depicts the development of railroads in the United States

United States

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, as well as several other countries using the expansion maps. It can be played by three to six players, usually takes between 2 and 3 hours to complete, and is intended for ages 13 and above. "Age of Steam" is a trademark of Winsome Games.

Age of Steam won the 2003 International Gamers Award

International Gamers Award

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. and is one of the top twenty rated games on BoardGameGeek

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Age of Steam support dozens of expansion maps, including several from Bézier Games

Bézier Games

Bézier Games is an American manufacturer and publisher of board games and card games located in California. It was started in 2006 by Ted Alspach upon publication of Start Player...

, AoS Team and Steam Brothers.