The Hotness
Games|People|Company
Eclipse
Mage Knight: Board Game
Midnight Men
Agricola: Die Bauern und das liebe Vieh
Wiz-War
Ora et Labora
Hawaii
Kairo
Rex: Final Days of an Empire
Star Wars: Battle of Hoth
Twilight Struggle
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
War of the Ring
7 Wonders
Dominion
Barbarian Prince
Agricola
Dixit 3
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (second edition)
A Few Acres of Snow
Kingdoms
Arkham Horror
1812: The Invasion of Canada
7 Wonders: Cities
Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
Agents of SMERSH
The Castles of Burgundy
D-Day Dice
Dominant Species
Race for the Galaxy
Core Worlds
Risk Legacy
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game
Le Havre
Mansions of Madness
Puerto Rico
Dungeon Petz
Star Trek: Fleet Captains
Power Grid
Kingdom Builder
Battlestar Galactica
Twilight Imperium (third edition)
Super Dungeon Explore
Elder Sign
Evo
Nexus Ops
Snowdonia
Cosmic Encounter
Thunderstone Advance: Towers of Ruin
%name%
Definitive 18xx list
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Recommend
155 
 Thumb up
0.07
 tip
 Thumb up
I've become quite enthralled with the 18xx style. So, to allow me to track any new morsels of information on 18xx added to the Geek, I've created this list.

Please feel free to add your favorite nuance from each 18xx version along with why that makes the game better.

Game entries are sorted by Title so they're easier to sort through.
Your Tags: Add tags
Popular Tags: 18xx [+] Best_of [+] game_families [+] [View All]
1 , 2 , 3 , 4  Next »   | 
1. Board Game: 1800 [Average Rating:6.60 Unranked]
John Elbl
United States
Roselle
Illinois
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
2 Players in Colorado
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
There is also an unpublished 3 player version (1 additional company, an ever so slightly larger map, and one or two tile mods).

Update: both are now available on BGG as print and play
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Edited Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:26 pm
  • Posted Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:36 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Nick Case
England
Epsom
Surrey
Avatar
mb
Unpublished as in is to be published soon, or unpublished as in made out of cereal packet and kept in a shoe box under the stairs?
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Thu May 7, 2009 10:20 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
As in he designed it and it plays fine but has never been published. You'd have to ask Tony if he wants to release it for general consumption, is looking for a publisher, or is just content to have designed it.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Thu May 7, 2009 11:38 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Here's a pic of the 3-player version:

1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:45 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Scott Petersen
United States
St. Louis Park
Minnesota
designer
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
BGG user carthaginian has redone the graphics and posted the game including the 3p variant to the BGG files section.
2 
 Thumb up
0.05
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:50 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
2. Board Game: 1812 [Average Rating:7.13 Unranked]
Scott Petersen
United States
St. Louis Park
Minnesota
designer
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1812 NE England
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Scott Petersen
United States
St. Louis Park
Minnesota
designer
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Currently in playtest. Components submitted to the 18xx Yahoo group on March 26, 2009.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Mon May 18, 2009 4:07 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Scott Petersen
United States
St. Louis Park
Minnesota
designer
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
It sounds like the playtesting and production will move over to Deep Thought Games in the near future--which should be good for getting the game in more playtesters hands.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:52 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Stephen Smith
United States
Columbus
Mississippi
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Now available to order from Deep Thought Games.
3 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Sat Jul 9, 2011 9:05 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
3. Board Game: 1824 [Average Rating:7.83 Overall Rank:1995]
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1824 - Austria Hungary

This is a redesigned 1837 (and garnering rave reviews)
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
simon craddock
England
widnes
cheshire
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
You were right first time.This is a quicker version of 1837 and the reviews are well deserved.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:01 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Eric Landes
United States
Hillsboro
Oregon
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Played this one a couple weekends ago and really enjoyed it. The rave reviews are well deserved. It's on my "to buy" list.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Tue Jul 4, 2006 4:06 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Bob Nash
United States
Chesterfield
Virginia
Between this and 1824, if you were getting only one game on Austrian Railroads, which of the two would it be?
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:10 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Frederic Taton
Belgium
Embourg
Liege
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
nashesq wrote:
Between this and 1824, if you were getting only one game on Austrian Railroads, which of the two would it be?


I think you mean "between this and 1854"?
If yes, 1824 is more fun, IMHO. 1854 is quite slow (earnings are low in the game beginning) and probably more complex.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Sun Aug 7, 2011 10:59 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
4. Board Game: 1825 Unit 1 [Average Rating:6.80 Overall Rank:1675]
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1825 Unit 1 SW England, Unit 2 N England, Unit 3 W England
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Currently comes in three units which you can mix and match for different numbers of players and situations. There are also many add-on kits with additional money, tiles, companies to add additional variation.

Unit three has just surfaced (and a long time in coming).
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:51 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Chris Rudram
Canada
Victoria
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Unit 1 is South/SE England,
Unit 2 Midlands/North England,
Unit 3 North England and Scotland.

There are kits for Wales, South Western England, Norfolk and Northern Scotland.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Wed May 23, 2007 5:11 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Neil Whyman
United States
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
I need more TIME
badge
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Worth noting that Unit 3 (Scotland) is one of those rare 18XX games that is designed for two players.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Wed Aug 1, 2007 1:15 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
5. Board Game: 1825 Unit 2 [Average Rating:7.68 Overall Rank:1424]
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1825 Unit 2
2 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • 0 comments
6. Board Game: 1825 Unit 3 [Average Rating:7.62 Overall Rank:1507]
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1825 Unit 3
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • 0 comments
7. Board Game: 1826 [Average Rating:7.47 Overall Rank:1937]
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1826 France & Belgium
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Chris Boote
United Kingdom
Virginia Water
Surrey
mbmbmbmbmb
One of my favourite 18xx games
Considered a little sedate by some, this is an excellent game to use as an introduction for new players
The final run calculations are usually greatly simplified thanx to the 'main' final train being a 3Doubled
The most important decisions in the game are when to 'grow up' and become a big strong company (and halve your dividends) and whether or not folding one of your companies into the SNCF is worth it
Folding in two of your companies is usually bad...
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:59 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
8. Board Game: 1829 [Average Rating:7.00 Overall Rank:1907]
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1829 SW England
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • 0 comments
9. Board Game: 1829 Conversion Kit [Average Rating:5.83 Unranked] [Average Rating:5.83 Unranked]
 
Ryan Hackel
United States
Falls Church
Virginia
designer
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1829 Conversion Kit, expansion for Northern Board (not a standalone game)
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Malcolm Prescott
England
Harrow
Middlesex
mbmbmbmbmb
It should be noted that there is a similar Northern Board expansion set to be used with the full Southern Board game.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Edited Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:47 pm
  • Posted Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:44 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
10. Board Game: 1829 Mainline [Average Rating:6.69 Overall Rank:3033]
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1829 Mainline
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Dave Stanford
United States
Des Plaines
Illinois
This is a seperate, unrelated game from the other 1829 games and kits.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:46 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Not that separate - just a considerably different rule-set, especially when it comes to share acquisition (kind of taking the 1851 random deal of privates to a whole new level). I do agree that this game design steps away from one of the tenants of 18xx, that being the fully disclosed non-random game state.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:08 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
11. Board Game: 1829 Northern Board [Average Rating:6.87 Overall Rank:3316]
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1829 Northern Board (Unit 2) N England
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • 0 comments
12. Board Game: 1830 Lummerland [Average Rating:5.58 Unranked]
Knut Krummnacker
Germany
Grevenbroich
North Rhine-Westphalia
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Small map variant based on the children's book "Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver" from the 1990ties I think.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • 0 comments
13. Board Game: 1830: Railways & Robber Barons [Average Rating:7.77 Overall Rank:84]
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1830 NE USA
2 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Dave Stanford
United States
Des Plaines
Illinois
While this isn't the first 18xx game, it's typically credited as the source that inspired many of the other 18xx games.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:48 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
If one were to accept an evolutionary tree view of 18xx, this is the root of the stock manipulation side of the tree while 1829/1825 falls on the route building side of the tree.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:06 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Richard Irving
United States
Salinas
California
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
RaDiKal wrote:
If one were to accept an evolutionary tree view of 18xx, this is the root of the stock manipulation side of the tree while 1829/1825 falls on the route building side of the tree.


Actually that is false too. In 1829, green double city tiles cannot be upgraded to brown. Only Green single city tiles can be upgraded. Not to mention survey parties.

Both of these elements were purged from 1830 and most of the 18XX canon.
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Edited Fri May 22, 2009 3:06 am
  • Posted Fri May 22, 2009 3:02 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
14. Board Game: 1831 [Average Rating:7.60 Unranked]
Daniel Farrow
United States
Unspecified
Pennsylvania
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
This one is on par with 18C2C for sheer size and game length.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Breno K.
Brazil
Brasília
Distrito Federal
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Will probably never be really published. The game supposedly still had some issues when the designer passed away.
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Edited Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:31 am
  • Posted Thu May 14, 2009 2:52 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Stephen Smith
United States
Columbus
Mississippi
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
John Bohrer recently posted on the yahoo 18xx group that a couple of publishing contracts have been offered for this game. Perhaps it will see the light of day again. (Please!)
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Sat Jul 9, 2011 9:09 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Eric Brosius
Spain
Needham Heights
Massachusetts
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Here's a link:

http://boardgamegeek.com/article/7804559#7804559
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:07 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Scott Petersen
United States
St. Louis Park
Minnesota
designer
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
FYI, this is still in progress. The game is under contract and is expected sometime this year. I'm treading through getting 1861 ready to go first and then will change my attention back to 1831.
2 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:19 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
15. Board Game: 1832 [Average Rating:7.82 Overall Rank:3094]
Frederic Taton
Belgium
Embourg
Liege
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
the last piece of Bill Dixon's tetralogy (1856, 1870, 1850, 1832), this one located in the S-E USA.
2 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • 0 comments
16. Board Game: 1834 [Average Rating:7.33 Unranked]
Ryan Hackel
United States
Falls Church
Virginia
designer
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1834, northeastern USA
2 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Breno K.
Brazil
Brasília
Distrito Federal
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Still unpublished, designed by the race-for-the-galaxy guy...
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Sun May 17, 2009 2:07 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
17. Board Game: 1835 [Average Rating:7.00 Overall Rank:905]
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1835 Germany
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Martin Mathes
Germany

mbmbmbmbmb
It isn't as bad as some say . . . only the initial round is definitely flawed and although the rules state so, it is not for seven players.

The reason for both remarks is the availibility and number of "prussia-precurser-companies" - there are six of these and any player without at least one of them will not be the winner of the game.

The rules prescribe a certain order in which the privates and "prussia-precurser-companies" are offered and sold, This process normally leaves one player in a dilemma - either to buy nothing or to buy an unwanted private and serving the "prussia-precurser-companies" to all the others without having a chance to get one.

Look for some of the multiple rule-variants . . . then the game is much more fun.
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Edited Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:55 pm
  • Posted Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:05 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Bill Gallagher
United States

California
mbmbmbmbmb
I assume that the 'Prussia precursor companies' you're referring to are the six minor companies. Having one or more certainly does help, especially if you get control of a public company early enough. The idea is to leave the minor company with no cash (having transferred it to your public company) and no train (having rusted) when you convert it to Prussian stock. Of course, this ploy doesn't apply if you're likely to be running the Prussian...

You can get by without a minor company if you control the Bavarian (blue) and have the Nurnburg-Firth (which allows for quicker access to berlin).

The one rule variant my group normally uses involves bidding on the start packet.
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Edited Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:18 pm
  • Posted Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:15 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
18. Board Game: 1837 [Average Rating:7.40 Overall Rank:3339]
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1837 Austria
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
David Ells
Spain
San Clemente
United States of America
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
See 1824 above.
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Tue May 12, 2009 2:31 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Bob Nash
United States
Chesterfield
Virginia
Between 1854. 1837 and 1824, if you were getting only one game on Austrian Railroads, which of the two would it be?
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:11 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Breno K.
Brazil
Brasília
Distrito Federal
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
I've only played 1824, but from reading comments I think 1824 is the more polished one, a more "modern" design.
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:58 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
J C Lawrence
United States
Campbell
California
designer
Avatar
Each is a refinement of the one before, yes. Whether the changes are improvements is subjective. All three games are popular, frequently with the same people.
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:12 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
19. Board Game: 1838: Rheinland [Average Rating:6.93 Unranked]
Frederic Taton
Belgium
Embourg
Liege
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Another "18xx in a small area of Germany from Wolfram Janich.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Breno K.
Brazil
Brasília
Distrito Federal
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Re-made into 18Rhl
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Thu May 14, 2009 2:52 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
20. Board Game: 1838TL [Average Rating:4.00 Unranked]
Knut Krummnacker
Germany
Grevenbroich
North Rhine-Westphalia
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1838TL (1838: The Thuringia Link) by Dieter Danziger is an 18xx game set in central Germany.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • 0 comments
21. Board Game: 1841 [Average Rating:7.76 Overall Rank:1469]
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1841 aka 1839 N Italy
2 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Chris Boote
United Kingdom
Virginia Water
Surrey
mbmbmbmbmb
By far the most complex 18xx game
The ability to generate cash by starting a new child company and merging it with its parent is one that takes a few games to appreciate
The train rush is the most ferocious of any so far, and you either ride the avalanche or get buried beneath it
Often overlooked is the ability to purchase tokens from another company to improve routes for companies in which you hold greater shareholdings
2 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:56 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Frederic Taton
Belgium
Embourg
Liege
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
It is now possible to buy a new edition (1841v2 !) of this mythic 18xx game: http://www.deepthoughtgames.com/ , click on the GAMES button of the header.

FredhoT
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Tue Aug 8, 2006 6:58 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
22. Board Game: 1842: Schleswig Holstein [Average Rating:6.30 Unranked]
Christian Becker
Germany
Herne
NRW
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1842 - Hamburg & Schleswig-Holstein.
Not really a good game but it still qualifies for this list.
2 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • 0 comments
23. Board Game: 1844: Switzerland [Average Rating:8.51 Overall Rank:1159]
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1844 Switzerland
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Przemyslaw Gumulka
Poland
Warsaw
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Currently my favourite, along with 1856. Quite complex, many new ideas, few types of companies. Game (kit) is quite cheap, can be easily obtained on author's site.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:19 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Ron K
United States
Marcellus
New York
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
BrenoK wrote:
There's a bit of cutting out to do

He said the tiles are uncut, unlamenated 300gsm stock. I interpret this to mean it is just a print on cardstock (110lb in the US) which isn't really ready to use. I always mount the cardstock onto paper pad backing cardboard while others laminate (ala DeepThought). Am I interpreting this correctly and did you use the tiles as is once you cut them out or did you mount or laminate them?
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:05 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
J C Lawrence
United States
Campbell
California
designer
Avatar
I would do neither. Just buy the game as-is, forget the tile sheets, order replacement tiles from DTG.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:25 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Breno K.
Brazil
Brasília
Distrito Federal
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
RaDiKal wrote:
BrenoK wrote:
There's a bit of cutting out to do

He said the tiles are uncut, unlamenated 300gsm stock. I interpret this to mean it is just a print on cardstock (110lb in the US) which isn't really ready to use. I always mount the cardstock onto paper pad backing cardboard while others laminate (ala DeepThought). Am I interpreting this correctly and did you use the tiles as is once you cut them out or did you mount or laminate them?


I laminated mine, but some were left unlaminated (It wasn't worth it, there's a sheet with 6 tiles in it) and my opinion is that it's definitely ready to play the way it is. Laminated is better, of course, but the hexes are thick enough for handling.

The worst part is that the sticker sheet for the station markers is not pre-cut. Get yourself a round cutter or end up with your station markers looking like crap, like mine do (doesn't interfere with gameplay, though). The markers are the round plastic pips, like the ones in 1824 (or like really-small plastic coins Martin Wallace used to put in this game), which is okay to move around from the charter to the board, but are very easy to spill over the table and have a hard time finding it.

If you get this, clearclaw, you'll still have to cut 6 hexes: the clear-tunnel ones (unless DTG offers them, which then I'll definitely be surprised... though 1854 might use similar, I'm not sure).
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Edited Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:03 am
  • Posted Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:56 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Przemyslaw Gumulka
Poland
Warsaw
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
BrenoK wrote:
The worst part is that the sticker sheet for the station markers is not pre-cut.


Exactly. It took ages the assemble the whole game, including laminating it. Now it's a beauty
 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:03 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
24. Board Game: 1846 [Average Rating:7.92 Overall Rank:1006]
Bas van der Meer
Netherlands
Utrecht
Utrecht
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
1846 Midwest USA.
3 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
Breno K.
Brazil
Brasília
Distrito Federal
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Created by the guy who made Race for the Galaxy. Seems like a shorter 18xx, every track build costs $ and the bank scales to the number of players.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Thu May 14, 2009 2:51 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
25. Board Game: 1847: Pfalz [Average Rating:6.30 Unranked]
Frederic Taton
Belgium
Embourg
Liege
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
One of the first 18xx games from Wolfram Janich. Mainly an 1835 variant.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • 0 comments
1 , 2 , 3 , 4  Next »   | 
15 comments [Hide]
Post Comment
Michael Willour
United States
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Ok, so if I want to get only one of these 18xx games, which one would you suggest?
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:05 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Gerwald Faxe Brunner
Germany

Even you can use pen and paper you need only a pen for every gamer and an DIN A 4 sheet to keep track. you must not use the playing money.
To calculate split payouts and other things you should use an pocket calculator.

I play a high number of 18xx games by this way and even 1841 at my opinion the game that use up the longest time of all games only lasts 4hours.
(in numbers you can cut off more than the half playing time


important that you have to write down the bank value and the company purchases.
1 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Mon Apr 9, 2007 1:08 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
John Desmond
United States
Lansdowne
Pennsylvania
mbmbmbmbmb
Salutations!

18AL - Alabama

Familiar geography. Plays to completion in about 2 hours for experienced players, 3 hours for novices.

6 companies, any of which can be started at game beginning. No 'traps', moderate 'train rush'. Several viable strategies.

Yours, IMHO, John Desmond

5 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:46 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
John Laprise
Qatar
Doha
There is no rest for the wicked...
badge
...and I am so tired.
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
18VA, 18AL, 18FL are all good starter games. They are less complex and take less time. They also lack some of the intricasy that some of the more complex 18xx games.
2 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:44 pm
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
Some other Drew
United States
Rockford
Illinois
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
badge
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
Being completely objective, of course, I'd say 18EZ. It's designed as a teaching tool, so players can learn the 18xx system. Players will learn the system in parts. The first module can be played in an hour or so, but by the last module you can play a full 18xx game with all the bells and whistles.
7 
 Thumb up
 tip
 Thumb up
  • Posted Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:05 am
    • Choose your Dice
      • Roll
      • Comment (Optional)
    • Reply
    •  
    • Quote
1 , 2 , 3 , 4  Next »   | 
Front Page | Welcome | Contact | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Advertise | Support BGG | Feeds RSS
Geekdo, BoardGameGeek, the Geekdo logo, and the BoardGameGeek logo are trademarks of BoardGameGeek, LLC.