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Two games of Baltimore and Ohio at once!
Endgame.
Wystan and Anna in B&O endgame
Wystan and I in B&O endgame
Board detail
Box Cover of Baltimore & Ohio - Eagle Games version
Board from Baltimore & Ohio - Eagle Games version
@TrincaCon 2011
My autographed copy John gifted me.

Baltimore & Ohio (2009)

Players
3–6
Best: 4
Playing time
120–120 min
Age
13+
7.14
Average rating
681
Ratings
3.74/5
Weight
#4161
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:Baltimore and Ohio
Designer:John Bohrer
Artist:Todd Sanders
Publisher:Rio Grande Games +2 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 9, Luck 3, Interaction 5, Complexity 7.5, Theme 5
Strategy9.0
Luck3.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity7.5
Theme5.0

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

TransportationEconomicTrainsStock HoldingNetwork and Route Building

Overview

With a bright Peep from the whistle, a full Chuff from the pistons and a powerful Clank from the drivers, America's first steam locomotive moves down the steel rails of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Baltimore in 1830. This strategic railroad game extends from the first of America's railroads through the golden age of steam, where pioneering rail barons knit together the fledgling United States with iron roads, realizing the full power of the nation's mighty heartland. Each player takes the roles of railroad presidents and their wealthy investors, betting that their capital gambles will pay off handsomely. Baltimore and Ohio is not a game of luck or chance, but a competitive struggle of wits, savvy and guile. With the resources at hand, should you focus on further expansion, technological breakthroughs or emerging markets? This modern classic has all the challenges faced by the empire building capitalists that created a superpower.

Eddie Robbins' Baltimore & Ohio is a no luck, no auctions, 3+ hour, grand strategic economic slugfest of a train game, for 3-6 players. It was part of the Winsome Games' 2009 Essen Set, has been licensed to Eagle Games and will be released by Eagle in 2010.

The railroads in the game are: Baltimore & Ohio Boston & Maine Chesapeake & Ohio Erie Illinois Central New York Central New York, Chicago & Saint Louis (aka Nickel Plate) New York, New Haven & Hartford Pennsylvania Wabash

Expansions

Baltimore & Ohio: Maine Lumber Expansion
Baltimore & Ohio: Robber Barons Expansion
Baltimore & Ohio: Technology Level Seven Expansion
Baltimore & Ohio: Norfolk & Western Railroad Expansion
Baltimore & Ohio: Expansion Set
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