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A 4 player game after roughly an hour's play, using 8.5 gram poker chips instead of the paper money.
Starting our 2p game. I pwn'd him in the end!
1870 endgame track layout
Full Layout of Components
Actual MKT shares. As seen in the River, Rails, and Trails Museum in Boonville, MO.
box cover (better image)
End of a 4 player game
Final board of 4P game.
1870: end of a 4-player game (bank broke); one 10-train left

1870: Railroading Across the Trans Mississippi from 1870 (1992)

Players
2–6
Best: 4, 5
Playing time
360–360 min
Age
14+
7.43
Average rating
1,089
Ratings
4.20/5
Weight
#2752
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Designer:Bill Dixon
Artist:Mike Russo, Chris Vande Voort, John Kamacher
Publisher:Mayfair Games
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 9, Luck 3, Interaction 7, Complexity 8.4, Theme 5
Strategy9.0
Luck3.0
Interaction7.0
Complexity8.4
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

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 a map of central United States. The board itself is actually a fairly abstract hexagonal system, with track tiles placed on top of the hexes. Players buy and sell stock in various share companies, whose actions are controlled by the majority stockholder. The stock manipulation aspect of the game is widely-regarded as one of the best. Plus each 18xx title adds new and different elements to the game.

This game features private companies with special money-making capabilities and sizeable map which encourages most (if not all) share companies to become profitable. A game is finished when the bank runs out of money, and the player with the greatest personal holdings wins.

Expansions

18??
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