Quick winning principles
- Build cotton mills on canal loops connecting two markets in era one.
- Develop away level-1 industries before rail era to access level-2 tiles.
- Use beer from breweries to flip industry tiles at double income.
- Claim merchant tiles that match your built industry types.
Ideal strategy
- 1
Canal vs rail era: canal places max 10 tiles for network; rail flips them for 4–8 VP each.
- 2
Cotton loops: mill plus two market links generates 5 income and sets up rail-era VP.
- 3
Industry network: pottery and manufacturer share coal—place both on the same canal branch.
- 4
Beer economy: brewery adjacent to flip-ready tiles is worth two extra VP per rail action.
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VP tiles: take the 10 VP tile matching your dominant industry before opponents develop into it.
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Endgame: 12 VP from flipped tiles plus two merchant bonuses beats income without rail conversion.