On the Underground: London/Berlin (Deluxe Edition)

In On the Underground, the players build the Underground lines in London or the U-Bahn lines in Berlin. Each player controls 2-4 different lines, depending on the number of players.

On each turn, four destination cards are available, corresponding to stations on the map. You can take up to four actions; an action is either building track by placing one of your track tokens on the board or taking a branch token. A player may use two branch tokens to branch out of an existing line (whereas normally lines can be extended only at the endpoints).

After each player's turn, a passenger token is moved along players' lines, avoiding walking as much as possible, to reach one or two destinations determined at the beginning of the turn. The destination cards corresponding to the visited stations are then replaced by new ones, then the next player takes their turn.

This edition of On the Underground includes the all-new Berlin map, a challenging change of pace for those who have played the original London one, which has also been updated to match the real-life Underground and improve gameplay.

Besides adding Berlin and improving the art and graphic design, we took the opportunity to perfect the contents of the game, and even more so for the Deluxe edition that we hope to create with your support!

In On the Underground, players compete to build the most valuable and convenient transportation network in London or Berlin. Each player controls 2-4 different lines, depending on the number of players.

 At the beginning of each turn, 4 Destination cards are facing up, corresponding to stations on the map. A player’s turn consists of taking four actions, followed by the Passenger’s movement.

After the player’s turn, the Passenger token is moved along built lines and avoiding empty track spaces as much as possible, in order to reach 1 or 2 Destination stations.

 The Destination cards corresponding to the visited stations are then replaced by new ones, and then play passes to the next player in clockwise order.

Players score points in two ways:

• By building track and connecting their lines to various types of stations, by building a circular line in London, or by collecting Landmark tiles in Berlin.
• By having the Passenger use their lines when moving.

The game is over after all Destination cards have been drawn and all players have taken the same number of turns.

The player that has earned the most points is the winner, having built the most valuable network On the Underground!