18DO-Dortmund is a strategic economy game, which reflects the development of the most important industries in Dortmund during the 19th century. Dortmund has been a town of beer brewers since the medieval age. About 1840 the first underground mining started and the first steel mill has been built. The connection with the German railway net pushed the...
18EC is a new 18xx gamekit published by Wolfram Janich in 2005. Available in kit and ready-to-play form, in both English and German, the game is set between the east coast of the USA and the Mississippi. The game has a larger-than-usual bank and a very large map, leading to a long game, even for 18xx titles. May be purchased directly from the designer in...
Like 18WE/72, 18EE/82 is an operational strategy game based on Mike Hutton’s popular 1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties system covering Easter Europe. It features a larger board, 21 major companies, and more offboard areas than either 18EA/62 or 18WE/72. Any player familiar with 18WE/72 will very easily be able to enjoy 18EE/82, because the rules...
18EU is an 18xx title which depicts a century of European railroading from the 1830s to the 1930s. It shares much in common with other 18xx titles, but also includes 15 minor companies. They are auctioned before the game starts, then pay 50/50 dividend (Minor/Owner) and finally merge to form corporations. Another special element are bonuses for completing...
18EUS (Eastern United States) is an 18xx game that features elective personal loans. Players may either take loans to fund lucrative investments or invest in the Bank of New York if they do not have loans. The Bank grows stronger, and loans are worse, when more loans are taken and when someone invests in the Bank. It also features a highly randomized setup...
An 18xx game originally designed in 1987 by Michael Liebetanz as 1830: Railways & Robber Barons on a new map for France. In 1997 Helmut Ohley produced a variant set of rules for 18FR which introduced ports, the special track-tiles, etc. In 2009 J C Lawrence in collaboration with Helmut Ohley updated 18FR, extending and clarifying Helmut's original variant...
This first feeling of uncertainty is something I want to come back to when playing 18xx. A anxious, stressful and volitile experience. So this is me trying to invoke these feelings through the 18xx-mechanics. Some of the biggest pointers in the game: No safe stocks. Presidency can always be swapped when there are two players owning stocks in the company....
18Hedjaz is a strategic railroad game set in the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century. It centers on the construction of the Hedjaz railroad from Damascus to Medina - a project with religious, military and geopolitical significance. Players take on the roles of investors and railroad directors, build routes, trade in shares and influence the development...
18IA:Building Iowa's Railroads is a single-state 18xx game set in Iowa, designed to play out in 4 hours or fewer. Corporations: Chicago & North Western Railway Chicago Great Western Railway Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Fort Dodge, Des Moines and...
18Iran is an 18xx genre style game set in the early days of the Iranian railway expansion. It is a small, short playing 18xx that features town growth and a unique 2 city railway that runs completely separately to the main board but requires regular maintenance costs. Among other features is a bonus for delivering to certain cities and a unique hex tile...
18Ireland is a member of the 18xx family of games, set in Ireland. From the rule book: 18Ireland represents a rather different take on the 18xx system. Ireland was a poor country, but there is no lack of enthusiasm for railways among investors. Up to 13 5-share companies will start in a random sequence. Some of these companies will become successful...
18JP-T is a Japanese 18xx game set in the Greater Tokyo Area. The rules for 18JP-T are identical to 1830, with the following changes: The map shows the Greater Tokyo Area. The hexes are numbered from Ta76 to Tl198. Tokyo city consists of 7 hex marked T, upgrades cost ¥80 from yellow to green and again for green to brown. There are special "T" tiles for...