1844: Switzerland (2003)

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Designer	Peter Minder Helmut Ohley
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Publisher	(Self-published) Double-O Games
Year Published	2003
# of Players	3 − 7
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 5 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 players (5 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	300 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	16 (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (2 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (7 voters) [vote]
Category	Economic Trains
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Route/Network Building Stock Holding Tile Placement
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Family	18xx Country: Switzerland
Primary Name	1844: Switzerland
Alternate Names	1844 1844: Schweiz
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1844 is an 18xx railroad and stock trading game based on Francis Tresham's 1829. It follows the start of public railway operations in the year 1844 in Switzerland. Many specifics to Swiss railway system development have been implemented in order to resemble history as closely as possible.

The game incorporates 7 private companies, 5 mountain railroads, 5 tunnel operators and a total of 15 railroad corporations.

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0	General noone having problems with the 'shares in the pool cause decrease in market price' rule?	2012-01-28	bazik123	5
1	Rules Confused about Tunnels and the FO tiles	2011-09-30	cornjob	6
10	Sessions 4 player, first play, part 1	2011-09-08	paulclark...	2
2	Rules Private Companies Auction	2011-05-15	rbayu2	5
0	General 1844 or 1880 China? Which is the better game for a guy planing to buy his first Double-o game?	2011-02-15	d0gb0t	1
0	General New 1844 - 3rd edition? [Page 1,2]	2011-02-13	rbayu2	30
1	General So, how about a microbadge for 1844?	2010-12-27	BrenoK	2
0	General Worth getting for 3 and playable in under 5 hours?	2010-12-09	shadow9d9	10
61	Reviews So, is 1844 worthy of such high praise?	2009-08-09	BrenoK	7
1	General Playing time	2008-08-10	tryytty	6

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Company Destination Mini-map

Here are a couple mini-maps of the 1844 board showing the destinations of the Pre-SBB and Major companies.

stray_flux

2010-06-28

List of specific rules of 1844 Switzerland

Here's a list ofthe rules in 1844 Switzerland that differ from the "usual 18xx fare"(meaning 1830 + when you build, the track must be runnable by the company). This is not a substitute of the manual, just a small teaching aid or quick summary of the more specific rules that usually vary from one 18xx to another. Since I wrote this before I even got to play the game, there might be some mistakes or omissions. Please warn me of any, and I'll correct them.

BrenoK

2009-06-11

1844 Spreadsheet.xls

Printable scoresheet that takes into account the end game share values

mderrick

2005-06-10

FAQ-1844_english.doc

FAQ by Helmut Ohley himself (translation N. Leaver)

FredhoT

2004-01-08

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172	Swissness - for a better understanding	2008-01-15
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Tracking spreadsheet	http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pNpe1wm7Kvq...	2008-11-29
English Rules on Helmut Ohley's website (PDF)	http://www.ohley.de/english/1844_Rules_14-01-04.pd...	2008-04-25
The 18xx Rules Difference List (a comparision of 18xx rules)	http://www.fwtwr.com/18xx/rules_difference_list/in...	2006-10-17
Preview of 1844	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/cgi-bin/l...	2003-10-04
Preview of 1844	http://www.westpark-gamers.de/Reviews/1844preview....	2003-10-04