Discussions about Railway Board Games based on 1829, 1830 and successors.
The 1800s group is for discussing news and play relating to railroad board games based on the concepts of the 1829 and 1830 games originally designed by Francis Tresham.
These multiplayer games entail a simulation of railroad corporation growth and stock market manipulations, while building a railroad
network using a hex track tiles on a specific geography.
The title of the games often relates to a key year that railroad development was started in that region, most of which occured during the 1800's.
There have been a number of games professionally published, and many more fan designs.
For more information on 1800s games themselves see (please exchange 00 with double x):
http://www.diogenes.sacramento.ca.us/1800_net/index.htm
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arena/5276/depot/default.htm
http://www.1800.de/index.html
The current state of play is for there to be a round of companies floated early in the 3-trains, sucked dry and discarded immediately before the 6-train is
JC, Would it have made sense for the other 3 players to collude and take a full loss on shares of one company each in order to have you take a 50% loss on all
Mike, I have only played twice. But I would think having half the companies in 2-4 companies in recievership at any given time would be common in the midgame.
I'm glad people are enjoying this. The game certainly throws up some surprises. Four companies in receivership at one time is going some, though. In terms of