Design-wise, think of 1828 as 1830 with 16 companies, 7 ranks of trains, 4 rusting events, money- and asset-losing mergers & an even more perilous stock market in 3-5 hours. So, really not much like 1830 at all other than surface appearances. Designed on request by a friend for a game that would help teach second-order concepts in the 18xx. —description...
1829 was the first of the 18xx series. First published in the mid-'70s it was way ahead of its time. The game works by alternating stock dealing rounds and operating rounds. Stock dealing rounds allow players to buy shares in the available railway companies. Operating rounds allow the presidents of those companies to build track, run trains & generate...
1829 Conversion Kits were published to allow owners of the 1829 Conversion Kit to play the other 18xx games without having to buy another complete game as many of the parts were common to both the Southern and the Northern games. As such, the Conversion Kits are not standalone games, but rather contains those parts unique to the other 1829 [Northern or...
The second 18xx game ever published, 1829 Northern Board (usually referred to as 1829 North) is basically the same game as the original 1829 game with a different map covering Northern England and Scotland, a different set of corporations, and some minor rule changes. Many of the companies in the original 1829 are used in the Northern versions, as is the...
1830 Cardgame is an economic slugfest by the designer of railroad games like Lokomotive Werks and Union vs. Central, and your goal is to have the most money on hand at game's end. Each turn you draw a card from one of three face-up cards, then perform one of four actions: Buy a share, paying the cost. Buy a train, which (strangely) costs nothing. Build a...
Lummerland is an island from the novel for children 'Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer)' by Michael Ende. In the original map the hexes are named after the figures in the novel C4 = Jim Knopf (came to the island by post), C8 = Lukas, the engine driver, C6 = Alfons, quarter to twelfth (the king), D7 = Mr. Sleeve...