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Best with 4 players 9 of 11 votes Player-recommended age: 8+ 2 of 5 votes
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The Last Spike

A board game by Tom Dalgliesh
Publisher: Columbia Games
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In The Last Spike, players must cooperate to build a continuous railway from St. Louis to Sacramento. Different routes are possible and some towns never get a railway link. Each player competes to accumulate the most money from land speculation before the "last spike" is laid.

Each player has a hand of four track tiles, with each tile showing a particular location on the game board and a cost. The game board depicts nine cities in a diamond shape, with St. Louis at one tip and Sacramento at the other, and locations where track can be built are marked on the game board.

On a turn, a player places one of their track tiles in the appropriate space, paying the cost while doing so. (If a player can't afford to place track, they must auction one or more of their train deeds to raise cash.) If the player is the first to place adjacent to a city, they gain a deed to that city for free. After placing a tile, a player can purchase one deed for a city.

Whenever two cities are connected, all holders of the deeds for those two cities receive funds from the bank based on the number of deeds they hold. A city will pay out 0-4 times depending on where it is and how track is built during the game.

When a player places a tile that creates a contiguous track from St. Louis to Sacramento, this player receives a $20,000 bonus, everyone receives a deed payout for the cities just connected, then the game ends. Whoever has the most cash wins.

Additional information Additional information
Mechanics: Stock Holding Tile Placement
Categories: Economic Trains
Alternative names: Budowa miasta The Last Spike
BARCODE: 702021022015
In 2 wishlists This was seen 10620 times
Description Description

In The Last Spike, players must cooperate to build a continuous railway from St. Louis to Sacramento. Different routes are possible and some towns never get a railway link. Each player competes to accumulate the most money from land speculation before the "last spike" is laid.

Each player has a hand of four track tiles, with each tile showing a particular location on the game board and a cost. The game board depicts nine cities in a diamond shape, with St. Louis at one tip and Sacramento at the other, and locations where track can be built are marked on the game board.

On a turn, a player places one of their track tiles in the appropriate space, paying the cost while doing so. (If a player can't afford to place track, they must auction one or more of their train deeds to raise cash.) If the player is the first to place adjacent to a city, they gain a deed to that city for free. After placing a tile, a player can purchase one deed for a city.

Whenever two cities are connected, all holders of the deeds for those two cities receive funds from the bank based on the number of deeds they hold. A city will pay out 0-4 times depending on where it is and how track is built during the game.

When a player places a tile that creates a contiguous track from St. Louis to Sacramento, this player receives a $20,000 bonus, everyone receives a deed payout for the cities just connected, then the game ends. Whoever has the most cash wins.

Additional information Additional information
Mechanics: Stock Holding Tile Placement
Categories: Economic Trains
Alternative names: Budowa miasta The Last Spike
BARCODE: 702021022015
In 2 wishlists This was seen 10620 times
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What players say

How many players it plays best with · 11 votes on BoardGameGeek

  • 1 0 0 say it plays best, 0 recommend it, 8 do not recommend it
  • 2 0 0 say it plays best, 1 recommend it, 5 do not recommend it
  • 3 4 4 say it plays best, 7 recommend it, 0 do not recommend it
  • 4 9 9 say it plays best, 1 recommend it, 1 do not recommend it
  • 5 1 1 say it plays best, 5 recommend it, 2 do not recommend it
  • 6 0 0 say it plays best, 2 recommend it, 4 do not recommend it
  • 6+ 0 0 say it plays best, 0 recommend it, 5 do not recommend it

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