The solitaire game is played in the same way as the normal game, except for the following changes:
You start with 20 Ownership markers in a color of your choice (leave the rest in the box).
Three Track spaces, except River spaces, start the game as already completed - these should be selected at random (use your own method).
Select three Equipment cards, at random, to be available for your use during the game.
When Restocking Contract cards, discard ALL remaining cards and draw a new line of 3 cards.
When Event 1 is triggered for a second time (when the events have gone around the track once), Siliguri Town must be blocked using a game marker and no further building can be completed there.
The game ends when either the last Track space has been completed OR you have used all of your Ownership markers.
You may only own up to two Equipment at a time. Additionally, Equipment are worth zero points each at game end, even the Very Fine Train.
The solo variant encourages you to aim for a series of achievements - see annex.
Annex - Solo Variant - Achievements Table
Building Achievements:
- East India Company Depot: Build all Silig- uri spaces
- Tea Mogul: 'Own' all of the Tea Estate spaces
- Branch Offices: Have an Ownership marker in each Station (Siliguri all the way to Dar- jeeling)
- Bridge Builder: Have an Ownership marker on each of the four River spaces
- Agony King: Have an Ownership marker on all 4 track spaces after the Tindaria River space up to Agony Point
- Northerner: Score over 180 points without any Ownership marker in Siliguri
- Builder: Score over 60 points in Station spaces (max poss is >110)
- Master Builder: Score over 90 points in Sta- tion spaces
- The Railway King: Score at least 20 points in tracks
Scoring Achievements:
- Work Gang Worker: Score 100 or more using at least one Equipment
- Work Gang Deputy: Score 150 or more using at least one Equipment
- Work Gang Leader: Score 175 or more using at least one Equipment
- Work Gang Coordinator: Score 200 or more using at least one Equipment
- Work Gang President: Score 225 or more using at least one Equipment
- Solo Worker: Score 100 or more without using any Equipment
- Solo Deputy: Score 150 or more without using any Equipment
- Leader: Score 175 or more without using any Equipment
- Solo Coordinator: Score 200 or more with- out using any Equipment
- Solo President: Score 225 or more without using any Equipment
- Trainee Engineer: Score 100 or more with- out having Ownership markers in any Tea Estate space
- Graduate Engineer: Score 150 or more with- out having Ownership markers in an Tea Estate space
- Engineer: Score 175 or more without having Ownership markers in an Tea Estate space
- Expert Engineer: Score 200 or more with- out having Ownership markers in an Tea Estate space
- Master Engineer: Score 225 or more with- out having Ownership markers in an Tea Estate space
- Contractor - Grade I: Score at least 80 points in Contract cards
- Contractor - Grade II: Score at least 100 points in Contract cards
- Master Contractor: Score at least 120 points in Contract cards
- Procrastinator: Have 4+ unscored Contract cards and unused Contract cards
Personal Supply Achievements:
- Tea Chest: End the game with 20 Tea Leaves in reserve (that have not been scored in Contract cards)
- Tea Store: End the game with 40 Tea Leaves in reserve (that have not been scored in Contract cards)
- Tea Warehouse: End the game with 60 Tea Leaves in reserve (that have not been scored in Contract cards)
- Chaiwala: End the game with full Chai track
- King of Spades: End the game with 30+ 'unused' Rubble
- Blast Furnace: End the game with 8+ Steel in reserve
- Tea-totaller (pun intended): End the game without Tea Leaves, Ownership cubes in Tea Estates / Siliguri / Darjeeling & score over 150 points
- Hard Worker: End game triggered by using all of your Score Markers (not building of last track space)
Campaign Achievements:
- Middle-distance Runner: Play three games in a row scoring 400+ points in total
- Long-distance Runner: Play three games in a row scoring 500+ points in total
- Marathon Runner: Play three games in a row scoring 600+ points in total
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