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Year Published
1995
# of Players:
3 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players
(19 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
(2 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
1856
Alternate Names
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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.

More Information Edit | History

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

Microbadges: http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/1856-1.png http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/1856-2.png

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4 Alternate 1856 train cards
Includes rusting information and tile color changes on cards
2007-10-25
2 1856 Player aid
Summary of Operating Round and game phases on one page
2007-10-25
3 1856 Initial City Connections.jpg
A map of the starting to destation cities to be connected first. (v. 1.0)
2007-07-30
13 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.)
2007-06-13
2 1856 Spielregel.pdf
Deutsche Übersetzung der Regel, mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Autors S. Meinhold
2007-05-01
1 1856 Tile Upgrade Chart v2 short game.pdf
Tile Upgrade Chart - short game v2
2007-03-03
5 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)
2007-03-03
2 1856TileManifest.xls
1856 Tile Manifest Spreadsheet
2007-02-06
3 18XX_Final_ORs_Scoresheet_v1.xls
18xx Final Operating Round Master Scoresheet with 1856 added
2006-09-09
4 1856 Cheat Sheet.zip
Excel file with sheets for Turn/Phase Summary, Easy math payout grid, Operating Revenue tracking grid (what did CA run for last round? -Keep track with this), and final rounds tally sheet (forumla's are all set up in excel)
2005-12-22
Statistics
User Rank: 186
Num Ratings: 522
Average Rating: 7.60
Standard Deviation: 1.62
Num Views: 39407
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Avg. Game Weight: 4.3 moreinfo
Fans: 8
Personal Comments: 229
Users Owning: 804
Users Wanting: 70
Users Trading: 29
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 535
Plays This Month: 0
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