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1830 - Railways & Robber Barons

By: Mayfair Games

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: Train Games (Mayfair Games)

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Product Info

Title
1830 - Railways & Robber Barons
Publisher
Category
Publish Year
2011
Dimensions
9.25x11.75x3"
NKG Part #
2147460983
MFG. Part #
MFG1830-11
Type
Boxed Game
Age Range
14 Years and Up
# Players
2 - 7 Players
Game Length
180 - 360 Minutes

Description

1830. It is the dawn of the "Age of Railroading" in America. You're a wealthy investor and speculator betting that the new technology will revolutionize transport. Commerce will no longer depend on rutted roads and slow canals. Instead, it will ride the rails on swift, powerful "Iron Horses."

1830 is an acclaimed railroad investment and building game covering the years 1830 to present. You and your fellow players become the stockholders of America's first railroad corporations. Since the largest shareholder becomes president, you compete for control of the strongest firms.

As president, generate revenue by building track and buying and operating trains-regardless of shareholders' needs. Meanwhile, you pay heed to the volatile stock market. You strive to invest in flourishing companies in order to earn healthy dividends. You try to buy stock in corporations that are rising in value, collect strong, and sell before the stock values drop.

1830 contains rules and components for Francis Tresham's original classic design, as well as a host of exciting new variants. The 2-sided map lets you develop the Eastern U.S. using different art. So, get ready to be a railroad baron. Start investing and building. Become America's first great rail tycoon!

1830 contains rules and components for Francis Tresham's original classic design, a faster-playing basic game, and a host of exciting new variants from some of the world's best railroad game developers.

1830 contains:

  • 2-sided mapboard with stock market
  • Board tiles for scenarios
  • Illustrated train cards
  • Company share cards
  • Illustrated company, par value, & marker tokens
  • 2-sided rail tiles colored by development level
  • Company charters
  • Money