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1853 (1989)

Average Rating: 6.84/10
Board Game Rank: 1520
Strategy Game Rank: 586
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Year Published
1989
# of Players
3 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players
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Playing Time
240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
11 and up
User Suggested Ages
14 and up
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Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
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Subdomain
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This is the Indian sub-continent (British Imperial India) member of the 18xx family of games. It is billed as A game for engineers who've had enough of the financiers! It involves five-foot-six and meter gauges, hills, mountains and the Himalayas, contract bids and government mails. The technical challenges of building a railroad network in difficult country stand on a par with the financial market manipulation which usually dominates the 18xx games.

Time to play is listed as 4-7 hours. Ages 11+. A 4-hour game would be an exception and it's not really for 11-year-olds.

Two small extension kits were produced in 1992.

For its 20th anniversary, Lookout Games and Mayfair Games Inc. published an updated version in Oct 2009.
It is based on the retuned rules by Stuart Dagger/Steve Jones that were edited by Lou Jerkich, Dick Ruck and Jeff Heuer.

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It should be noted that the 2009 edition of the game, although similar to the original, is different in that the board is smaller [does not include the Assam area east of Calcutta], has some different tiles and has a new 8th company, the EAST COAST RAILWAY [replacing the BENGAL ASSAM RAILWAY] which starts at an uprated Waltair hexagon. And of course the rules have been changed somewhat.

2009 Errata

p. 4, last sentence, change "highet" to "highest"

p. 5, section 2.1, change "oout" to "out."

p. 5, section 2.5, next-to-last sentence, change "with is current trains." to "with his current trains."

p. 6, section 2.5.2, change "The minimum possible Bond is £60 in a 3 player game, or £80 with 4-6 players." to "The minimum possible Bond is £80 in a 3 player game, or £60 with 4-6 players."

p. 6, brown sidebar, first example, change "higherst" to "highest."

p. 6, brown sidebar, second example, change "wirtes" to "writes."

p. 6, brown sidebar, second example, change "4 shares" to "4 cities"

p. 6, section 2.5.7, clarification: The Ganges valley cities are Calcutta, Cawnpore, Lucknow, Allahabad, Benares and Patna. A bid of 3 cities can include Calcutta plus one other Ganges valley city. A bid of 4 or more cities can include any two Ganges valley cities.

p. 12, section 4.1.3, item 1 change "until phase 2" to "until phase 3."

p. 12, section 4.1.10, final sentence, change "an" to "can."

p. 18, section 4.8.15, change "Phase 1" to "Phase 2" and change "Phase 2" to "Phase 3" throughout.

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Publisher: Lookout Games
Artist: Francis Tresham
Year: 2009
Product Code: B0030BTM78
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Publisher: Hartland Trefoil Ltd.
Artist: Ed Dovey
Year: 1989
Size: 12.88 x 9.25 x 2.00 inches
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10 1853 Reglas maquetadas en castellano
1853 Reglamento en castellano. Subo la versión 1.1 de 07-05-2010 que corrige dos erratas encontradas en el parrafo del punto 4.8.15.
2010-03-14
2 1853 - Reglas traducidas al Castellano
Reglas en formato word. Sin maquetación. El texto en color azul corresponde a las ayudas de juego y ejemplos que se encuentran en los laterales del manual original.
2010-03-07
6 Bond and Bid worksheet for 1853
Print in landscape. The left side is used to prepare the bid. When it is filled out, copy the bid to the top and to the right side of the page. Fold the page over to hide the cities when the bid is displayed. During the choosing of cities, mark down each one on the right-hand side and subtract its value.
2010-02-28
6 1853 double build cards.
These cards are taken by the directors of Major Companies to remind them of their financial obligations if they wish to double build from phase 2.
2010-01-29
8 1853 Bid Slips
6 on an A4 page. Seperate each and give one to each player at start.
2010-01-28
10 1853 Counters
The new Lookout / Mayfair version of 1853 has plain wooden coloured discs for the company markers. These counters are in the same company colours, and there are four different versions to choose from, each with a spare in case things go wrong. Suitable for 12mm / 1/2" hole punches or hand cutting.
2009-12-29
28 1853 v3.00 (Retuned) Rules
1853 v3.00 (Retuned) rules . These rules combine the original 1853 rules with the Stuart Dagger and Steve Jones' "Retuned" variant. Scanned, edited and posted with permission from Francis Tresham, Stuart Dagger, and Steve Jones. This version contains a revised edition of the rules of "Retuning 1853" fully integrated into the 1853 v2.0.03 rules. The appendices include notes on the "Retuned Rules", an updated commentary by Steve Jones on "The Companies of Retuned 1853", a tile manifest, and a "Sample Game Start." This document was scanned and edited by Dick Ruck, Jeff Heuer and Lou Jerkich. Prints in both A4 and US letter.
2009-06-04
8 1853 v2.0 Rules
Scanned, edited and posted with permission from Francis G. Tresham, these are the original v2.0 rules for 1853. They also include the rules for the MIK2 extension kit for 1853. v2.0.03 contains minor corrections to table 8.
2008-10-15
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Board Game Rank: 1520
Strategy Game Rank: 586
Num Ratings: 230
Average Rating: 6.84
Standard Deviation: 1.75
Num Views: 55814
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