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Game Entry

1856

(1995)
User Rating: 7.6 / 10 (380 Ratings)
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Information

Designed By: Bill Dixon
Published By: Mayfair Games
# of Players: 3 - 6
Playing Time: 300 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 14 and up
Category: Economic
Trains
Mechanics: Auction/Bidding
Stock Holding
Route/Network Building
Other Names: N/A

Description

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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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Statistics

User Rank: 187
Num Ratings: 380
Average Rating: 7.61
Standard Deviation: 1.60
Num Views: 24609
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Avg. Game Weight: 4.19 moreinfo
Personal Comments: 171
Users Owning: 579
Users Wanting: 48
Users Trading: 18
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 297
Plays This Month: 2
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1 Alternate 1856 train cards
1856_trains.pdf
Includes rusting information and tile color changes on cards
1 1856 Player aid
1856_aid.pdf
Summary of Operating Round and game phases on one page
1 1856 Initial City Connections.jpg
1856 Initial City Connections.jpg
A map of the starting to destation cities to be connected first. (v. 1.0)
1 1856_player_aid_v1.0.pdf
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.)
0 1856 Spielregel.pdf
1856 Spielregel.pdf
Deutsche Übersetzung der Regel, mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Autors S. Meinhold
0 1856 Tile Upgrade Chart v2 short game.pdf
1856 Tile Upgrade Chart v2 short game.pdf
Tile Upgrade Chart - short game v2
2 1856 Tile Upgrade Chart v2 full game.pdf
1856 Tile Upgrade Chart v2 full game.pdf
Tile Upgrade Chart - full game v2
1 1856TileManifest.xls
1856TileManifest.xls
1856 Tile Manifest Spreadsheet
2 18XX_Final_ORs_Scoresheet_v1.xls
18XX_Final_ORs_Scoresheet_v1.xls
18xx Final Operating Round Master Scoresheet with 1856 added
2 1856 Cheat Sheet.zip
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)

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