Mayfair to Publish Makeover of Wallace’s Age of Steam® Game

Skokie, IL – (May 24, 2007 ) - Mayfair Games proudly announces that it will publish the redesign and update of Martin Wallace’s “Age of Steam®” board game by the end of the year.

With newly developed, updated color rules and beautiful new components, Mayfair plans to publish the game as Age of Steam® Third Edition.

Wallace designed new rules to make the game more approachable for beginners and casual gamers while also providing advanced rules for expert players and satisfying railway game enthusiasts looking for a more complex and challenging game.

According to Mayfair, the world’s leading manufacturer of train games, the new product is certain to deliver the ultimate railway game experience.

Wallace noted that the new game “…is just as challenging as the original, but plays in a shorter time and is much more welcoming to new players…”

Age of Steam® Third Edition will be fully compatible with earlier expansions, so owners of previous products can still use all of their old maps. The old maps will fit in the center of the new third edition board and will not obscure the new informational displays that appear around the edge of the new, larger game board.

Improved components include double-sided track tiles and complete sets of track with printed town symbols. The previously released town disc components will not be required. The game will also include two maps: One that covers the northeast U.S. and part of southeast Canada, which is suitable for three to four players, while Map Two covers Germany’s Ruhr Valley, the area around Essen, and is suitable for four to five players.

Other changes include the replacement of random introduction of new goods cubes with a new (basic and advanced rules) action called “City Growth.” Revised income reduction will smooth game play, and to keep every game competitive, game leaders face increased maintenance costs and greater penalties for borrowing money. Mayfair will be posting all of the rules available for download from www.mayfairgames.com when the game is released.

In addition, Mayfair Games will be releasing guidelines for creating personalized expansion maps. Will Neibling, CEO of Mayfair said, “We hope to encourage third-party expansions by inviting prospective publishers of Age of Steam® expansions to contact Mayfair Games for a ‘Seal of Approval.’”

About Mayfair Games:
The Mayfair Games® brand encompasses a wide array of great board games, card games, dice games, and party games, including one of the world’s best selling game brands of all-time, The Settlers of Catan®. The Mayfair catalog of over 150 products offers a variety of fun and usually educational games that are full of intrigue, interaction, and replay value. In addition to being the world’s leading train game manufacturer, Mayfair publishes games under the daVinci, Amigo, Phalanx, and Catan brand categories. The company provides complete diversity in its products to satisfy all game enthusiasts. The topics of Mayfair games range from kid-friendly animals and the Wild, Wild West to collecting rare specimens in the Amazon and saving citizens from the fall of Pompeii.


“Age of Steam” is a registered trademark of Martin Wallace. Copyright © 2007 Martin Wallace & Mayfair Games, Inc. Rules copyright © 2007 Richard Dewsbery & Mayfair Games, Inc. All rights reserved.


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