Australia's first railway company, the Sydney Railway Company, was founded in 1848. It proved ruinous for its founders. Shortly before the opening of the first line, it was taken over by the New South Wales Government Railways. In 1852 eight privately financed railways were planned in Victoria. Three of them were established but only one of them was a...
1848: The Golden Spike (aka 1848LT, or "The one true 1862") is a member of the "18xx" series of games. The series is based on 1829, by Francis Tresham. 1848LT is set in the western part of the US. Two to six players represent investors in railroad corporations, spending their initial capital to buy wholly-owned Private and Subsidiary Companies and shares...
1850 is set in the Midwestern United States to the west of Chicago. It is another in the series of 18xx games originated by Francis Tresham, and is most closely related to 1870: Railroading Across the Trans Mississippi from 1870, also by the same author. Companies involved in the game include CB&Q, CMStP&P, CRI&P, GN, MKT ("Katy"), MP, NP, Soo Line, and...
This is the Indian sub-continent (British Imperial India) member of the 18xx family of games. It is billed as A game for engineers who've had enough of the financiers! It involves five-foot-six and metre gauges, hills, mountains and the Himalayas, contract bids and government mails. The technical challenges of building a railroad network in difficult...
MIK1 Extension Kit for 1853 Expands: 1853 1992 edition: Adds 25 Assorted yellow tiles to the game. 4 × #3 4 × #4 1 × #71 2 × #72 3 × #73 2 × #74 1 × #75 1 × #76 1 × #77 3 × #78 2 × #79 1 × #113 1999 edition: Adds 16 Assorted yellow tiles to the game. From the Sheet that comes with it: This Kit consists of 16 extra yellow track titles that may be added to...
MIK2 Extension Kit for 1853 (Shares and Commodities) Contents: * Two Director's certificates for the Bengal Assam Railway, 140 Pounds Each * Four Director's certificates for the Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway, 168 Pounds Each * Two Director's certificates for the Bengal Nagpur Railway, 176 Pounds Each * Four Director's certificates for the Great...
An economic game of investment in railway companies that operated in the Northwest of Spain throughout the 19th century, based on the “18xx” series and more specifically in 1817. Although 1855 inherits practically all the financial mechanics of 1817 (short sales, conversions, mergers, -hostile and friendly- acquisitions and liquidations), it presents very...
18xx set in the Papal State Marches region, Central Italy. The game starts in 1855, right before the Unification, when the Marches were part of the Papal State at the time of Pope Pius IX. He was the first Pope to embrace railways, after the missed opportunities of Gregorio XVI - he was so enthusiastic he had a personal train built for him. The game opens...
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...