A really good strategy/ civilization game?

[LurkMeister]

@Charlie Tan

I played a railroad game some five years ago -lay rails, build stations, make money from cargo. No violence, just strategy. It was great fun, quite similar to SimCity. I tried googling “railroad tycoon” and the top result was this. It’s not the game I played, but maybe it meets your criteria?

Could you be thinking of “Transport Tycoon” by Chris Sawyer? You built not only railroads, but highway/road systems, harbors, and airports, along with buying trucks, boats and planes. I used to spend entire nights designing and building entire transportation systems.

ETA forgot about the water shipping

[Askance]

@well he's back

sounds like you want “Settlers of Cataan”, only on computer

Ahem. Try “Xplorers” here.

[appleciders]

The original Black and White might fit your criteria.