1889 (2005)

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Board Game Rank: 1075

Strategy Game Rank: 428

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Designer	Yasutaka Ikeda
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Publisher	Deep Thought Games, LLC Wild Heaven
Year Published	2005
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3, 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players (7 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	210 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	14 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (2 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (8 voters) [vote]
Category	Economic Trains Transportation
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Route/Network Building Stock Holding Tile Placement
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Family	18xx Country: Japan
Primary Name	1889
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1889, an 18xx game in the series originated by Francis Tresham's 1829, is set in Shikoku Japan. The rules are similar to 1830: Railways & Robber Barons on a smaller and terrain-heavy map.

The game was originally available in kit form from Wild Heaven, and is now also being published by Deep Thought Games, LLC.

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1	Strategy Is D train in this game really worth it?	2011-04-16	Darkmot	12
0	Rules Playing via Rails. Tile in J9, is this a bug?	2011-04-07	Asur	9
0	General Using chips or other money for this game	2011-01-14	Sidewynnder	5
0	Rules C-tile and trains in the bank pool	2010-12-25	BrenoK	5
9	Sessions Iowa City 18xx - Sunday, October 3	2010-10-04	Kryberg	1
1	Rules Rules online?	2010-09-21	Deathstroke	3
1	Rules Questions (Diesels and Private Companies) and Errors on Private Company Cards	2010-08-22	Rance	1
0	General Any rules differences between this and 1830?	2010-07-30	tppytel	18
1	Rules Can a single train run to the same city more than once?	2010-07-30	Capoeirista	8
2	General Work well with 4 or just 3?	2010-07-14	shadow9d9	6

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184	New to you Oct 10 => Best new game you played this month and why	2010-10-31
182	New to you May 11 => Best new boardgame	2011-05-31
171	New to you July 2011 => Best new boardgame	2011-07-31
155	Definitive 18xx list	2006-01-17
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104	On the occasion of my fiftieth birthday	2011-10-12
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75	New to you Dec 08 => Best new game you played this month and why	2008-12-31

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Board Game Rank:	1075
Strategy Game Rank:	428
Num Ratings:	147
Average Rating:	7.90
Standard Deviation:	1.08
Num Views:	21664
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Avg. Game Weight:	3.8
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Personal Comments:	73
Users Owning:	135
Users Wanting:	52
Users Trading:	2 [find trade matches]
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Rules posted on Deep Thought Games website	http://deepthoughtgames.com/#games/1889/downloads	2009-01-08
Wild Heaven (Japanese publisher / designer) game page.	http://homepage3.nifty.com/w-heaven/1889.htm	2008-04-03
The 18xx Rules Difference List (a comparision of 18xx rules)	http://www.fwtwr.com/18xx/rules_difference_list/in...	2006-10-17