1830: Take A Ride on the Reading (1987)

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Designer	Alan R. Moon
Artist	Alan R. Moon
Publisher	Avalon Hill The Train Gamers Gazette
Year Published	1987
# of Players	3 − 6
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Playing Time	300 minutes
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1830: Take A Ride on the Reading by Alan Moon, published originally in The General volume 23, number 6 (and republished in the Train Gamer’s Gazette volume 2, number 4), adds the Reading Railroad to the game along with several tile-changes and related rules changes to 1830: Railways & Robber Barons, an 18xx game.

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The Train Gamers Gazette edition

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The General Volume 23, Number 6 edition

Publisher: Avalon Hill

Artist: Alan R. Moon

Year: 1987

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Reading expansion shares and tokens

Shares and tokens for the 1830 Reading expansion. These are meant to match the shares I made for the 1830. The colors will compliment those of my own shares, or those created by Nils (or any of the rest of us who mimic his work.)

drewdane

2009-10-04

reading.zip

Colour images of the shares and track tiles needed for Take a Ride on the Reading.

clearclaw

2009-09-15

1830_ReadingRailroadVariant.pdf

PDF rules for Take A Ride on the Reading.

clearclaw

2009-09-15

Reading Tiles.pdf

Tiles and Certificates for Alan Moon's Reading variant

Akke

2003-08-25

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