8+ 1-4 25 min RULES

TM

Become the best metro network planner Paris has

ever seen. Use overhead crossings to link the capital’s
iconic monuments, all while optimising shortcuts
through the central platform!

MAIN POINTS FOR

RULES YOUR LINE

CONSTRUCTION ADVANCED
RULES MODE

GAME COMPONENTS
z 1 pad with maps of Paris
z 4 different coloured pencils: orange, green, purple,
and blue
z 11 Station cards: 6 Street cards (yellow background)
and 5 Metro cards (blue and green background)
z 5 Shared Objective cards
z 8 City Gate cards
MAIN RULES
GOAL OF THE GAME
Score as many points as you can by optimising the routes
of the 4 metro lines on your map of Paris.

SETUP
} Take 1 Map of Paris sheet and 1 coloured pencil each and
place them in front of you.
z In a 3 player game, place the remaining pencil on the
table between 2 of the players. In a 2 player game, place
1 each of the 2 remaining pencils to the left of each player.
} Decide on a name for the network planner you’ll be playing
as, and write it in the blank box at the top of your sheet.
} The last player to have taken the metro is the controller
for this round.

MAP OF PARIS
Each sheet shows a map of the city of Paris where you will
draw your metro lines to join up different stations, as well
as a scoring area where you will keep track of your points.
Each metro station is represented by a symbol:
Square Triangle Pentagon Circle

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HOW TO PLAY
The game is played over 4 rounds. You will be drawing a
new metro line in a different colour each round. Each round,
carry out the following phases in order:
1 Identify your departure station
2 Build your metro line
3 Score points for your line
4 Get ready to build the next metro line
1 Identify your departure station
Your departure station, where you will begin to build this
round’s metro line, is the same colour as the pencil you are
using in this round. Each player has a new departure station
of their own each round.
Departure station for the player using the orange pencil
for this round.
2 Build your metro line
} The controller for the round shuffles the 11 Station
cards together and places them face down in a pile in
the centre of the table.
} This phase consists of several turns (between 5 and 10)
according to the Station cards that are flipped over. Each
turn, the controller flips over the Station card at the top
of the pile so that it is face up. All players draw a metro
section on their maps at the same time, in accordance
with the CONSTRUCTION RULES: see page 6.
 Drawing a section is always optional. If you can’t or
don’t want to draw a section during a turn, ignore the
Station card that has been flipped over.
} When the controller flips over the fifth Metro card
(blue and green background), this signals the end of
this phase. All players have the option to draw this last
metro section, after which the phase ends.
3 Score points for your line
Each metro line scores you points according to its route
and the Parisian monuments it connects. In your scoring
area, note down the POINTS SCORED FOR YOUR LINE:
see page 10.
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 4 Get ready to build the next metro line
(Ignore this phase after the fourth round!)
 Take the coloured pencil of the player on your right or,
in a game with fewer than 4 players, take the pencil
placed on your right.

} Play the next round with the pencil you have just taken
to build a new metro line in this colour. The player sitting
on the left of the controller for the previous round is the
controller for this round.

END OF THE GAME

The game ends when you have finished the fourth round,
when all players have drawn their own network of 4 metro
lines in different colours. Count up all the points scored by
your Parisian metro network as follows:
} Points for the 4 lines: add together all the points scored
by your 4 metro lines and write the total in the last blue
box in your score line (the line of outlined totals boxes in
the scoring area), to the right of the totals boxes for your
individual line scores.
} Points for overhead crossings: in your network, find the
overhead crossings your metro lines go through. Each
crossing used once scores 2 points and each used twice
scores 6 points. Write your total in the black box on your
score line.
} Interchange station points: in your network, find all of your
interchange stations and add up the points they score. Each
interchange station connecting 2 lines scores 2 points, each
station connecting 3 lines scores 5 points, and each station
connecting 4 lines scores 9 points.
 The central platform is also a station and can act as an
interchange station between your metro lines.
Add up the points scored by each type of interchange
station and write your total in the green box on your
score line.

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} Determine your final score by adding up the points scored
by your 4 metro lines, the points scored by your overhead
crossings, and the points scored by your interchange
stations: write your total in the final box at the bottom
right of your scoring area.

Example: Marie Marie

scored 134 points
from her 4 metro
lines.
She also crossed
3 overhead crossings
once (6 points) and
2 overhead crossings
twice (12 points).
Finally, she had
4 interchange
stations connecting
2 lines (8 points),
1 interchange
station connecting
3 lines (5 points),
and 1 interchange
7 6 6 5 4 8
2
station connecting
4 lines (9 points).
5 4 5 5 1 5
5
+10
She has a final score
10 2 6 2 1 9
2 9

of 174 points for +10

her entire Parisian 45 26 36 27 134 18 22

metro network.
3 2 174
2 6

Final stop! Pencils down! The player with the highest final
score wins the game and is named the best metro network
planner in Paris.
In the case of a tie, the player with the highest score for
a single metro line is declared the winner. If there is still a
tie, the players involved share the victory for their brilliant
planning!

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CONSTRUCTION RULES
A metro line is made up of several sections joined end to end.
A “section” is a line that connects 2 stations.
z To correctly draw a section, you must:
 connect 2 stations with a single straight
line going horizontally, vertically, or
diagonally, following the dotted grey
lines laid out on the map.
 draw your first section starting at
your departure station and ending
at a station with the same symbol as
shown on the card flipped over by the
controller.
 start each new section from one end of your metro line.
z You may not:
 draw a section where there is no
dotted grey line.
 change the direction of your line
before reaching the next station.
 pass through a station to end
your section at the next one.
 cross metro lines over each other,
regardless of their colour (unless you are using an
overhead crossing; see below).
 draw multiple sections between 2 stations, regardless of
their colour.

 create a loop, i.e. go back

through a station that is
already part of the metro line
you are building, including the
central platform: see SPECIAL
STATIONS.

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SPECIAL STATIONS
Departure Stations: as well as being the
starting points for your metro lines at
the beginning of each round, these 4 stations can also be
used as normal stations. They can be used as the start or
end point of a section, as long as the controller has flipped
over a card with the corresponding symbol.
Central Platform: this station has 4 symbols.
This means that you can
end any of your new
metro sections here,
regardless of the symbol on the card
flipped over by the controller.
Each of your metro lines can connect
to the central platform then leave
it again via any dotted grey line
connected to it.
Remember: you may not go back through a station that
is already part of the metro line you are building, so each
of your 4 metro lines can only pass through the central
platform once.
Parisian Monument: each of the 8 monuments on the
map of Paris acts as a station where you can start or
end a metro section during a turn, regardless of the symbol
shown on the card flipped over by the controller.
Each monument connected on your metro line scores you
2 points at the end of the round: see POINTS SCORED BY
YOUR LINE.

OVERHEAD CROSSINGS
Each of the 8 overhead crossings on the map of
Paris allows you to cross 2 metro sections, one
above the other, regardless of their colour.
Note : an overhead crossing is not a station, but a path
for your metro section to travel on. Over the course of the
game, you may be able to draw a section in each direction
from the same overhead crossing.
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 The first time you use a crossing, you can
draw your metro section either above or
below the crossing, just make sure that it’s
going in the same direction as your section.

Drawing 2 sections of
the same colour on an
overhead crossing does
not count as creating a
loop.
Remember: you still may not cross
metro sections in any other part of your
network.

SPECIAL CARDS
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Free Entry or Guided Tour: when this card

is flipped over by the controller, each
player may choose to take one of the
following actions during the turn:
Free Entry: draw a metro section going to a station
of your choice.
or, 2
Guided Tour: draw
a section going to a
monument and then
draw a second section from this
monument to a station of your choice.
Note: make sure to follow normal CONSTRUCTION RULES
when drawing these sections.
Railway Switch: when the controller flips over this card,
they immediately flip over the next Station card as
well. The Railway Switch card gives all players the option to
add a switch to their metro line by drawing their new section
starting from any station on the line they are building.
If they do so, their metro line will now have a new end that
they can use as a starting point for new sections until the
end of the current round.
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  Using the Railway Switch card is optional: if you can’t
or don’t want to add an additional end to your line, then
draw your new section this turn from one of the existing
ends of your metro line.
 If the central platform is already part of the metro
line you are building during this round, you can use the
Railway Switch card to create an additional end starting
from the central platform.
Note: you can’t use a switch to create a loop on your
metro line!

Example: the controller

draws the Railroad Switch
card and then flips over a
Square card.
Frank can choose from the
4 possibilities indicated by
the arrows in the diagram
to create a switch on his green metro line.

INTERCHANGE STATIONS
From the second round until the end of the game, you may
have the option to create “interchange stations”: stations
that are part of multiple metro lines.
Each interchange station in your network scores you
extra points at the end of the game, depending on how
many metro lines it is on. See INTERCHANGE STATION
POINTS.
Note: overhead crossings are not stations, so they do not
count as interchange stations.
The central platform is also a station so it
can be part of all your metro lines.
Example: Simon created 3 interchange
stations with his 2 orange and purple
metro lines.

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POINTS SCORED FOR YOUR LINE
ITINERARY
The city of Paris2 is divided into 13 districts:
8 main districts each containing several stations and
5 secondary districts containing
5 only 1 station each. 4 of
the secondary districts are located in each+10 of the 4 corners
of the
2 city and the fifth is9located in the centre and contains
the central platform. +10

 First count the number of districts through which your

metro line passes: write down the number of districts in the
2 6
corresponding box.
2
Remember: the central platform is considered its own district.
Next identify the
5 district in which your metro line
passes through the largest number
+10 of stations. Write
down
2 the number of stations
9 in the corresponding box.
+10
Note: the central platform and each monument are
counted as stations. 2
Remember: overhead
2 crossings
6 are not stations.
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PARISIAN MONUMENTS +10
2 Each monument9on your metro line scores you 2 points.
Multiply the number of monuments
+10
on your metro
line by 2 and write the result in the corresponding box.
TOTAL POINTS2SCORED6BY YOUR METRO LINE
To calculate the total number of points scored by your line,
multiply the number of districts your line passes through by
the biggest number of stations your line passes through in a
single district. Then add your points scored by the Parisian
monuments.
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Example: Marie passed through
7 different districts with her blue 3
metro line.
The largest number of connected
stations within a single district on 2
this line was 5 (district number 2). 4
The 5 monuments on her line score
10 points. 7
5
The total points scored by Marie’s
blue metro line is 45 points = 5 6
(7 x 5) + 10. 10
2

10 45 7
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ADVANCED MODE
You can play Next Station Paris in advanced mode by
adding the Shared Objective cards, the City Gate cards, or a
combination of the two.

SHARED OBJECTIVES (5 cards)

SETUP
}x7First set up the game as described in the
base rules.
x6 x2
} Shuffle the 5 Shared Objective cards face
down and place 2 of them at random face-up next to
the pile of Station cards. Place the remaining Shared
Objective cards back in the box.

HOW TO PLAY
The 2 Shared Objective cards remain visible throughout
the game. All players can attempt to fulfil either of these
objectives, or both, over the course of the game’s 4 rounds.
Players receive 10 extra points during final scoring for each
objective they achieve.
Shared Objective card details:

Create a metro network (counting all of your

lines) that has 3 (or more) interchange stations
x7
that each have 3 (or more) metro lines passing
x3 through them. x6 x2

Have 1 of your metro lines cross at least 7

districts of Paris. x7
x3 x

Create a metro network (counting all of

your lines) that includes at least 6 Parisian
monuments.
x6 x2

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 x7

Create a metro network (counting all of

your lines) that contains at least 2 different
overhead crossings that have been used twice
x2 (by any colour of line).

Create a metro network (counting all of your

lines) that passes through all the stations of
1 of the 8 districts.

FINAL SCORING
} During final scoring, for each Shared Objective
that you achieved, cross off a “+10” box in the
scoring area. +10

} Add 10 points per achieved objective to your total +10

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to get your final score.

CITYx2 GATES: 4 Secondary district cards

x2 cards (yellow)
(red) and 4 Bonus
SETUP
} Set up the game as described in the base rules.
} Flip over the 4 Secondary district cards (red)
and place them in a column in the centre of
the table. Each card represents the station in
1 of the 4 secondary districts located in the
corners of the city.
} Shuffle the 4 Bonus cards (yellow) face-down.
Place
x2
x2
1 to the right of each of the Secondary
district cards, then flip them face up. Each
Bonus card is associated with the Secondary
district card to its left for the duration of the game.
HOW TO PLAY
When a player draws a section ending at the station
represented on a Secondary district card, they can then
activate the effect shown on the associated Bonus card.

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} Each player can activate all 4 bonuses throughout the
game, each time they end a section at the district station
shown.
} The effect of the Bonus card is optional and instant: you
can’t save it for another turn.
} If a Bonus card effect allows you to end a section at the
station of another secondary district, first activate the
effect of the first Bonus card before activating the effect
of the second Bonus card.
Bonus card details:

Railway Switch and Free Entry: immediately

draw another section during this turn, from
any station on the line you are building, to the
station of your choice.

Double Free Entry: immediately draw 2 sections

during this turn to the stations of your choice.
x2
For eachx2of these sections, you can choose
which end of your metro line you will draw the
section from.

Double District: immediately

circle the district you’ve
x2 just ended your section
at with a dotted line.
This indicates that this
secondary district counts as 2 districts
instead of 1 at the end of the round,
when you count the points scored by this line.
This bonus is only valid when scoring the line built in this
round.
 Note: if you play with the Shared Objective card
which requires you to cross at least 7 districts with 1 of
your metro lines, this secondary district only counts as
1 district, rather than 2, when counting the number of
districts crossed to achieve this objective.
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 x2 x2

Double Station: immediately

circle a station of your
x2
x2
choice on the metro line
you are building with a
dotted line. This indicates
that this station counts as 2 instead
of 1 at the end of the round, when
counting the points scored by this line.
This bonus is only valid when scoring
the line built in this round.
 Note: you can’t use this bonus to circle a special station.

COMPATIBILITY between Next Station London,

Next Station Tokyo, and Next Station Paris
} You can play:
2
z Next Station Paris or Tokyo using the Pencil Power cards
from the Next Station London game.
z Next Station Paris or London using the Special Station
cards from the Next Station Tokyo game.
z Next Station London or Tokyo using the City Gate cards
from the Next Station Paris game.
} Whichever combination you choose to play with, we
recommend playing with just 1 of these 3 advanced
add-ons at a time: in each case, refer to the rules for the
add-on you’re playing with.
} Note that each game has its own specific Shared
Objective cards that match the layout of that
particular city, so they can’t be used with the
other games.

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SOLO MODE
Next Station Paris also has a single-player mode.
GOAL OF THE GAME
Your goal is to optimise your network to achieve the highest
score possible and to win the congratulations of the Mayor
of Paris!

SETUP
} Arrange the 4 coloured pencils in a random
order in your play area.
 In this game mode, you can also choose to
add the Shared Objective cards, the City Gate
cards, or both. Arrange each add-on selected
as indicated on pages 11 and 12.

HOW TO PLAY
All the rules are identical to those of the base game.
Follow the order of the pencils placed in your play area, from
left to right, to decide the order in which you will build your
metro lines.

FINAL SCORING
When you play with the Shared Objective cards, the City
Gate cards, or with both, deduct 10 points from your final
score for each add-on used.
Calculate your final score and gain the recognition of the
Mayor of Paris based on how successful you were in your
metro planning.

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 FINAL STOP! The city of Paris thanks you but
<= 100 no luck this time! Play again to show them
what you’re really made of!

Come on! It’s time to get back on track.

101 < ... < 120 The city won’t choose you with a network
like that!

Your project is finished but there were some

problems during the design phase. You’re not
121 < ... < 140
far from becoming a recognised network
planner!

141 < ... < 160 A well-led project. Just a little more effort
and you’ll be the star of the metro network.

Well done! Thanks to you, the Parisian metro

161 < ... < 180
is running like a charm. So efficient!

Congratulations, you did it! From now

>= 181 on, we’ll call you Fulgence, after the civil
engineer who constructed the Paris Métro!

English Translation: Elizabeth Sexton and Lucy

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