"This game is an attempt to describe some of the excitement, the obstacles, the hardships and the exhilaration of getting rich that people went through at this particular moment in history." "...based on the actual Yukon Gold Rush as it happened a hundred years ago starting in 1896." The goal is to travel from Seattle to the Yukon and return with a certain...
"100 Astronauts" is a multiplayer colony building card game set in the deep reaches of space on planet T2853. In the game, you play a highly respected commander that has been sent on a mission to colonize planet T2853. Other highly ranked commanders will try to stop you as your goals & intentions on planet T2853 cross paths. Each game takes around 20-30...
114 BCE – 1450: Silk Road, is a 18xx-inspired economic game. You will play as traders of 1 of 5 different goods : silk, spices, tea, ivory, cotton, opening your own firms and trade on the silk road. After 15 rounds (each round representing 100 years) or when somebody goes bankrupt, the game ends. The winner is the one with the highest capital (liquidate...
1817 is a railroad operations and share trading board game in the 18xx series with a distinct financial flair. It is named after the year the New York Stock Exchange opened at 40 Wall Street in New York. 1817 differentiates itself from other 18xx games with its sophisticated financial mechanics that simulate the laissez faire capitalism of early America....
18USA is a member of the 18xx family of railroad games. The game uses most of the rules from 1817 and requires a copy of 1817 to play. The primary differences from 1817 are that 18USA adds randomization during initial setup, modifies the train manifest and train exporting rules, and provides a completely new set of private companies. The financial...
1824 Austrian-Hungarian Railway is an 18xx railway building and share dealing game for 3-6 players. It is based on Francis Tresham's game 1829 and on Leonhard Orgler's game 1837. The player who has the greatest wealth in cash and shares at the end of the game is the winner. A set of simple mechanisms form the basis of 1824 Austria-Hungary. You use the...
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...
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...
It is the middle of the nineteenth century and the age of steam is well underway. The Russian and Canadian governments, eager to capitalize on the new rail technology to bring together their vast countries, are sponsoring entrepreneurs to help build their railway networks. You are an investor, seeking to take advantage of their generous offer to make your...
In 1872 Stockholm Tramway Company was founded with the ambition of constructing tramways in Stockholm. Having failed to do so the company was dissolved in 1874 only to be founded again two years later under the new name Stockholm New Tramway Company. The new company was successful and on July 10, 1877, the first horse-drawn carriage traversed the streets...
1888-N ("N" for "north") is an 18xx game set in China in the Beijing area. It features no special rules apart from the various private companies (which depict Chinese landmarks) and is a branch of the 1830-style games. The maps are double-sided, one side with the classic 18xx layout and the other featuring a more fancy artwork. Two to six players represent...