2038 (1995)

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Designer	James Hlavaty Thomas Lehmann
Artist	Thomas Lehmann Michael McLaughin John Stoltenberg Jeff Sturgeon
Publisher	Prism Games TimJim Games
Year Published	1995
# of Players	3 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players (7 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	360 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	14 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (2 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (21 voters) [vote]
Category	Science Fiction Trains Transportation
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Pick-up and Deliver Route/Network Building Stock Holding
Expansion
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Family	18xx
Primary Name	2038
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2038 is a space mining adaptation of the 18xx series of games. First, you have the ever important stock trading rounds followed by operating rounds where you try to deliver commodities mined from the asteroid belt.

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2038

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English first edition

Publisher: Prism Games, TimJim Games

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Year: 1995

Product Code: 3001

Size: 11.56 x 8.94 x 2.13 inches

2.50 pounds

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0	Rules Is there an order to operating	2012-04-25	Windopaene	2
12	General 2038 Expansion Set	2011-07-27	radiosoni...	8
0	General New rule idea? Growth corps at other pars	2011-07-27	keybounce	0
2	General Six hours for a game? Really? [Page 1,2,3]	2011-02-11	minionhunter	61
0	Rules What happens to "unchosen" tiles	2011-01-06	Windopaene	4
4	Strategy Initial Auction - What are the overpowered combinations	2010-12-31	Windopaene	6
19	Reviews A great 18xx variant	2010-11-09	pilotbob	3
3	General Growth Corporations: When are they used to Best Advantage?	2010-08-30	JohnRayJr	4
3	General Phase IV broken Bank AGAIN	2010-08-16	ethan...	10
7	General We Broke the Bank in Phase IV	2009-11-15	JohnRayJr	12

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Tuckboxes

4 tuckboxes for all the actions and spaceships in the game

Firepigeon

2010-08-23

2038 CyberBoard module

2038 Game Box and 3-6 player Scenario files.

hodji

2007-12-26

6 Player Game Tips.doc

Some basic auction/play advice for newbies in six player game

hodji

2007-01-31

Expected Gains Handout.doc

Handout showing expected gains for independents at start of game

hodji

2007-01-31

Expected Gains.xls

Spreadsheet for computing expected gains for independents in OR1+OR2

hodji

2007-01-31

2038Errata.txt

2038 Errata and Rule Clarifications

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2005-02-04

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Board Game Rank:	1311
Strategy Game Rank:	550
Num Ratings:	278
Average Rating:	6.97
Standard Deviation:	1.40
Num Views:	47526
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Avg. Game Weight:	4.0
Fans:	4

Personal Comments:	117
Users Owning:	594
Users Wanting:	44
Users Trading:	45 [find trade matches]
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The 18xx Rules Difference List (a comparision of 18xx rules)

http://www.fwtwr.com/18xx/rules_difference_list/in...

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