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Designed By	Bill Dixon
Art By	Chris Vande Voort John Kamacher Mike Russo
Published By	Mayfair Games
Year Published	1995
# of Players:	3 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players (23 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	300 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	14 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (3 voters) [poll]
Category	Economic Trains
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Route/Network Building Stock Holding
Primary Name	1856
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Families	18xx

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This 18xx game takes the basic mechanics from Tresham's 1829, and adds several new elements. Players seek to make the most money by buying and selling stock in various rail companies located on an map of eastern Canada. The board itself is actually a fairly abstract hexagonal system, with track tiles placed on top of the hexes. Players buy and sell stock in various share companies, whose actions are controlled by the majority stockholder. The stock manipulation aspect of the game is widely-regarded as one of the best. Plus each 18xx title adds new and different elements to the game. This game features the formation of the Canadian National Railroad, and government loans well as major obstacles for railroad growth. A game is finished when the bank runs out of money or one player goes bankrupt, and the player with the greatest personal holdings wins.

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Private Companies

The Flos Tramway
Waterloo & Saugeen Railway Company
The Canada Company
Great Lakes Shipping Company
The Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Company
The St. Clair Frontier Tunnel Company

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New	€45.00	9-Mar-2008
New	AU $60.00	23-Jul-2007
New	€50.00	27-Sep-2006
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0	Rules New to the game and really enjoying it, but have a few rules questions.	2009-10-28	legacy_pr...	7
0	Rules Question: Opening a company using the post 6 train limit chart.	2009-10-04	RyanSturm	4
0	Rules Question on buying trains	2009-10-03	marktav	12
1	General Administration in 1856	2009-09-28	LennyS	8
0	Rules Initial Stock Round	2009-09-27	stanpauls...	18
12	Sessions Canadian Suicide	2009-09-15	doubtofbu...	15
0	Rules Running Trains to Red Off-Board areas - Does anyone else do this?	2009-09-05	uncalled1st	16
0	Rules Starting treasury for companies started in the final phases	2009-08-07	ddspeed	2
13	Sessions Like a Pack of Ravenous Feral Dogs	2009-07-30	doubtofbu...	13
14	Sessions Three Swindles	2009-07-27	doubtofbu...	17

	Recommendations

Strong Recommendations
1835	1870	1830: The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons	1861: The Railroads of the Russian Empire
1860: Railways on the Isle of Wight	18EU

Standard Recommendations
Ur: 1830 BC	1846	1826	1825 Unit 2
1853	18VA	18Scan	1829
18GL	1854	1825 Unit 1	2038
1841	1844

Weak Recommendations
Silverton	Indonesia	Revolution: The Dutch Revolt 1568-1648	Merchant of Venus
Age of Steam

Very Weak Recommendations
Freight Train	Air Baron	Age of Renaissance

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Moderator for 1856 using MS Excel version 1.0

This moderator for 1856 uses MS Excel with VBA and YOU MUST ENABLE MACROS to use this file. Unfortunately this file is unusable with the Macintosh version of Excel. This moderator replaces all components of the game except the map and related pieces, and often cuts game time in half as it automates many rules and calculations. To start press "New Game" button on the first page, throughout the game you interact with this file through buttons and form fields. If an error is found: 1) let me know so I can fix it, 2) you can correct it by directly modifying the data fields on the spreadsheet. I wrote it myself and left the code unprotected, so others may see and modify this file as they wish. v1.10 fixes several errors & improves certain housekeeping functions *fixed error in calculating...

marktav

2009-07-16

Alternate 1856 train cards

Includes rusting information and tile color changes on cards

skink

2007-10-25

1856 Player aid

Summary of Operating Round and game phases on one page

skink

2007-10-25

1856 Initial City Connections.jpg

A map of the starting to destation cities to be connected first. (v. 1.0)

mentoc3000

2007-07-30

1856_player_aid_v1.0.pdf

Rules to 1856 compressed to three pages; headings and important rules either highlighted or in bold. First two pages serve as player aid. Third page describes formation of CGR. (Original rules obtained online.)

rayzg

2007-06-13

1856 Spielregel.pdf

Deutsche Übersetzung der Regel, mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Autors S. Meinhold

Flix

2007-05-01

1856 Tile Upgrade Chart v2 short game.pdf

Tile Upgrade Chart - short game v2

RaDiKal

2007-03-03

1856 Tile Upgrade Chart v2 full game.pdf

Updated (v2.1) tile upgrade chart for 1856 full game. Tile 3 upgrades to both a 5 or a 7 in phases 5 & 6 (misprint in the rulebook)

RaDiKal

2007-03-03

1856TileManifest.xls

1856 Tile Manifest Spreadsheet

BobMaysJr

2007-02-06

18XX_Final_ORs_Scoresheet_v1.xls

18xx Final Operating Round Master Scoresheet with 1856 added

kirkusmaximus

2006-09-09

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753	Plays best with 2? 3? 4? 173? You tell me! Ultimate Optimum # of Players List (BGG Top 288)	2007-02-09
475	Unsuccessful Children's Games	2006-08-15
424	Under the SPOUSE RADAR: How To Sneak Games Into the House	2009-02-07
241	Geekgold for Games and RPGs Lottery - November	2009-10-14
217	The Game Draft	2009-03-12
203	I Can See My House From Here!!!	2007-03-19
189	Chain of Stealing	2009-02-24
187	Rude, crude, and downright lewd: Sexual innuendo in board games	2009-09-08
184	Language levels of the top 250 (or can I buy this cheap foreign edition?!)	2007-09-13
149	Games with a broad strategic horizon	2006-01-31

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Board Game Rank:	188
Num Ratings:	592
Average Rating:	7.58
Standard Deviation:	1.64
Num Views:	46430
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Avg. Game Weight:	4.3
Fans:	13

Personal Comments:	258
Users Owning:	908
Users Wanting:	77
Users Trading:	36
Has Parts For Trade:	0
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Finnish review at Lautapeliopas	http://www.lautapeliopas.fi/peliarvostelut/1856/	2009-11-28
1856 FAQ	http://www.18xx.net/1856/1856f.htm	2008-11-11
The 18xx Rules Difference List (a comparision of 18xx rules)	http://www.fwtwr.com/18xx/rules_difference_list/in...	2006-10-17
Complete Rules	http://thor.prohosting.com/~civilian/1856.en.htm	2002-12-13
Informational Page from Chris Lawson's Blackwater Station	http://freespace.virgin.net/chris.lawson/18xx/1856...	2001-11-02

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