July 2, 2008
Sixteen new AoS Expansion maps announced!
Bezier Games is proud to announce sixteen (no, really) new maps for Age of Steam in three brand new expansions, all of which are compatible with both classic (2nd Edition) Age of Steam as well as the new upcoming Mayfair Age of Steam: Rails to Riches. All of these maps were designed by Ted Alspach, designer of 1830's Pennsylvania, Northern California, Disco Inferno, Soul Train, Mississippi Steamboats, Golden Spike, America, Europe, St. Lucia, Barbados, Puerto Rico and Jamaica.

 Pre-orders are being taken now. As a reminder, there are only 300 copies of the limited edition available, so once they're gone, they're gone.
 
 Vermont, New Hampshire & Central New England*
This full color, mounted Age of Steam expansion contains two maps with three different expansions containing unique twists on Age of Steam, including a double-map tour-de-force expansion with comprehensive modifications and the ability to play up to 8 players in a single game!
 
 Vermont takes place in rural forests where the rugged terrain and drastic seasonal changes make railroad building very expensive...but also very lucrative. New Hampshire features strict anti-competitive measures that ensure there's no collusion amongst players. The biggest expansion ever created for Age of Steam, Central New England plays up to eight players simultaneously and uses all the rules from Vermont and New Hampshire in addition to a few new rules specifically for this combination map.
 http://games.bezier.com/AOSNHVTCNE.html
*Central New England requires two copies of this expansion to play, as both sides of the board are used simultaneously. Two copies of this expansion are included in the "sixteen maps for $80 preorder special" below).

 Secret Blueprints of Steam Plans 1 & 2
Secretly devise the best plan to create a profitable railroad while your competitors do the same, sharing a common pool of actions and stealing goods directly from other players' maps. This expansion has eight professionally designed and commercially printed different maps and as a bonus includes full color replacement mats for Income and Goods Growth.
 
 Because of the unique nature of these maps, Secret Blueprints plays in less than 1/2 the normal time it takes to play Age of Steam, as builds and deliveries are all done simultaneous. But there's plenty of interactivity, with the traditional auctioning for position to choose actions as well as the new Production action, which allows one player to pull cubes (sight unseen) directly from other players' maps!
 http://games.bezier.com/AOSBlueprints.html

 Special 2008 Spiel Limited Edition
 Essen Spiel & Secret Blueprints of Steam Plan #3
These full color, professionally-designed maps are limited to 300 numbered copies. It's the only way you'll ever get Essen Spiel and/or Secret Blueprints of Steam Plan #3!
 
 It's the most glorious time of the year: October in Germany, where the annual Essen Spiel takes place. It's your job to set up a network of deliveries from booth to booth, to help ensure that all vendors have the games they need to sell to the masses. Of course, each day different vendors want different games, which makes your job even harder...This map features an extra layer of strategy involving city placement that makes your brain think a little differently than in traditional Age of Steam maps.
 
 Secret Blueprints of Steam Plan #3 is another set of four different maps for the Secret Blueprints series. This set of maps can be played together, or maps from this set can be interchanged with the maps from Plan #1.
 http://games.bezier.com/AOSEssenSpielbp3.html

 Special Pre-Order Offer
$80 for all sixteen maps (includes 2 copies of Vermont, New Hampshire & Central New England so you can play Central New England)!
 
Maps are not available individually at this time, and it is unlikely that the Special 2008 Spiel Limited Edition will be available at all after (or even at) Essen Spiel '08!
 
 You may preorder all sixteen Age of Steam expansion maps for a discounted price of $80 - which includes free shipping in the US. International shipping prices are indicated below (orders picked up at Essen do not need shipping). That's sixteen new maps that play anywhere from 3-8 players, and all maps work with both classic (2nd Edition) Age of Steam as well as the new upcoming Mayfair Age of Steam. This package and discount will only be good on preorders until the maps are available. We are not accepting preorders for individual expansions/maps at this time.
 
 Payments may be made by sending $80 per set via paypal to orders@bezier.com (please specify quantity and shipping address).
 
 Shipping/Handling costs per set (all sixteen maps together count as "1"):
 FREE SHIPPING to US locations!
 International shipping costs:
 # Canada International
 1 $6.00 $12.00
 2 $8.00 $15.00
 3 $10.00 $19.00
 4 $12.00 $24.00
 
 Essen Pickup
If you plan to pickup your maps at the Essen show, please indicate that on your order. You will be able to pick up your prepaid, reserved maps at Essen, in the Bezier Games booth (booth 5-100) on Thursday, Friday or Saturday of the show.