1830 Railroads & Robber Barons Frequently Asked Questions 


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Author/Editor : Michael Carlton email:mcarlton@mcs.com 

My 1830 Home Page http://www.mcs.net/~mcarlton/ 

Version: 1.0 - June 24 1995, Version 1.01 - July 4, 1995, Version 1.02 - 
July 9, 1995, Version 1.03 - July 13, 1995 

Version 1.10 - July 21, 1995, Version 1.20 - August 8,1995, Version 1.21 
- August 13, 1995, Version 1.25 - August 19 1995 

Mod 1.01 - Added link to my homepage additional comments from Steve 
Thomas 

Mod 1.02 - Added additional comments from contributors. Keep them 
coming. Added random map replay and a random map game. 

Mod 1.03 - Added many comments from Nigel Buckle. 

Mod 1.10 - Added 18xx Article info from David Reed. Many thanks to him 
for allowing me to use his article. Stuart Dagger, Chris Farrell, and 
Bill Dixon thanks as well.. 

Mod 1.20 - Added The General Articles index, New July patch location! 

Mod 1.21 - Add comments from Russ Williams and some other ideas I had. 

Mod 1.25 - Add comments mostly for the hardest level from Elliott 
Bonnett. 

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Welcome to the 1830 FAQ. This is a rough draft. I will preface this FAQ 
by saying I have only played 1830 - the board game once so I am not a 
veteran here. Most all my experience lies with the computer version. 
Also I have played most of my games with 3 opponents. I need some input 
about other opponent numbers. 

Naturally, if you find a mistake, or have some information to add, send 
it to me and I'll add it in for the next version. This document has been 
created as a HTML and the text form will be created from that. I would 
like to thank some of the contributors: 

•Jim Cox (JAC) cox@unx.sas.com •Richard Irving (RRI) rri1@pge.com 
•Christian Goetze (CFG) c-goetze@u-aizu.ac.jp •Steve Thomas (ST) 
Steve.Thomas@isltd.insignia.com •Erik Hilsdale (EH) 
ehilsdal@cs.indiana.edu •Nigel Buckle (NB) bucklen@westminster.ac.uk 
•David Reed (DMR) dmreed@bihs.net •Dave Mitton (DM) dmitton@tiac.net 
•Russ Williams (RW) russw@io.com •Elliott Bonnett (EB) 
bonnett@corp.telecom.co.nz 



to this FAQ, as well as other snippets from usenet posters, it was much 
appreciated. I did not always quote the contributors. Many times I 
grabbed the essence or combined with other input. 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

1) Introduction 



1.1) What is 1830? 

1.2) What is the latest patch? Where can I get it? 

1.3) How can I contact / e-mail Avalon Hill? 

1.4) Is there an 1830 strategy guide? 

1.5) Where can I get the latest version of this FAQ? 

1.6) Anyway to play 1830 multi-user? 

1.7) How can I replay a random map? 
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2) Strategies 



2.1) Private Companies 

2.2) Railroad Corporations 

2.3) What par value should I pick? 

2.4) How do I use the railheads effectively? 

2.5) Pay Dividends or Keep? 

2.6) Why do I always seem to have no trains and no money? 

2.7) How many players should I play with? 

2.8) Personalities of the Computer Players 

2.9) Train Buying / Swapping 

2.10) Buying and selling of stock 

2.11) Random Map and other variants 

2.12) Track Placement 

2.13) Dumping of Companies
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3) Game Operations 



3.1) What is the difference between the Floppy and CD-ROM versions of 
1830? 

3.2) The CD version is slow - how do I get it onto my hard disk? 

3.3) Minimum requirements 
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4) Advanced Topics 



4.1) How can I get 1830 to run on OS/2? 

4.2) What DOS configuration to use? 

5) Bug Reports 



6) Misc. ideas 



7) Tell me about the 18xx Board Games 



8) Reference Articles in Avalon Hill's "General" Magazine and other 
resources 


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1) Introduction 

This section introduces 1830, and provides basic information, such as 
where to 

get the latest patch. 

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1.1) What is 1830 Robbers and Rail Barons? 

In 1830 you play the role of a rail baron that will buy, sell and 
operate railroad corporations. The emphasis is more on creating a huge 
fiscal empire more than creating train routes and running trains. 

The game is a straight conversion of the boardgame designed by Francis 
Tresham that Avalon Hill released in 1982. Bruce Shelly was one of the 
principal designers of the board game and later (amongst other things) 
designed Railroad Tycoon with Sid Meier (Microprose 1990). 

It was written by SIMTEX (Master of Magic, Master of Orion, and the 
upcoming Metal Lords) and published by Avalon Hill. 

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1.2) What is the latest patch? Where can I get it? 

The latest patch is version ???. There has only been one so far and it 
is about 500k of just an 1830.exe. 

It was released in early May. This patched fixed 2 bugs and both very 
minor : 

•Now you only need 2700K EMS instead of 2900K. This makes the game 
useable for those who have 4MB machines. •The game won't crash if you 
click on buy train and none are available. 



New Patch (July 18 1995). They don't seem to go by Version Numbers just 
date. 

Type 1830 v (v for version) to check what version you have. 

The July 18th patch added/fixed 

•Speeds up train buying AI considerably. •Makes "easy" level somewhat 
easier. •Adds hotkeys to toggle city values and hexgrid on map. •Fixes 
miscellaneous rare bugs including the crash when buying a train when 
bank has sold all trains and you have no other railroad with trains, and 
the double left-shift with C&SL special ability under certain cases, 
etc. •Plus a few minor odds-n-ends. 



(RW) 

CompuServe in Game Publishers C (GO GAMCPUB) in Avalon Hill's library. 

ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/dresden/games/patches/1830jul.zip (including the 
july update!) 

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1.3) How can I contact / e-mail Avalon Hill? 
Internet 72662.1207@compuserve.com 


AHGAMES@AOL.COM 

CompuServe 72662,1207 or GAMCPUB 

Customer Support M-F 8:30am-5pm EST (410) 426-9600 

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1.4) How can I get the 1830 strategy guide? 

None exist, or planned, as far as I know, there may have been a few 
articles in The General many years ago but I am unsure on this (anyone?) 

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1.5) Where can I get the latest version of this FAQ? 

WWW: <URL: http://www.mcs.net/~mcarlton/home.html 

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1.6) Anyway to play 1830 multi-user? 

There is no network or modem play but you can play hotseat and this 
seems to work real well since you have nothing to hide in this game. 

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1.7) How can I replay a random map? 

Regenerating the same random map: 

Whenever a random map is generated (by starting a game with the random 
map option on), a file called LASTSEED is created in your 

1830 directory. If you like a random map and would like to play it 
again, execute the DOS command: 

COPY LASTSEED READSEED 

and then rerun 1830. The program will read the random seed from the file 
READSEED if it exists, thus repeating the same map again 

for you instead of making a new random map. You may save several seed 
files with whatever other name you like, or write down the 

seeds (you can TYPE LASTSEED; it's a plain text file) and create 
READSEED yourself with a text editor. (readme) 

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2) Strategies 

2.1) What are Private Companies and which ones should I bid ? 

These are what you are bidding for in the beginning: 

•Schuykill Valley Navigation & Railroad (SVRR) •Champlain & St. Lawrence 
(C&SL) •Delaware & Hudson (D&H) •Mohawk & Hudson (M&H) •Camden & Amboy 
(C&A) •Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) 



By purchasing them it allows you to prevent anyone from building a rail 
line into those designated hexes. They also return a dividend as long as 
they have not been sold to a corporation or the first 5 train has been 
purchased. Keeping in mind that I usually play on average level, so the 
other cp's don't bid up that high. 

I find that the C&A or the B&O are the most interesting. C&A has a great 
dividend plus it gives you one share of Pennsylvania RR. B&O is my other 
favorite since this gives you the presidents share of the B&O. So if you 
want to run either one of these Railroads it helps to buy the 
corresponding private companies. 

Others can be helpful, like the C&SL if you are going to run the 
Canadian Pacific. This gives a quick city to connect to. D&H gives you 
an extra railhead to place with an access to New York City. I never 
bother with the M&H actually (help anyone?). And the SVRR I end up 
buying not for its value or hex on the map, rather to speed up the 
initial bidding. I bid on the Private company I want then buy the SVRR 
outright and this will end the round rather quick. 

As a side note, B&O is both a private company and a Railroad. It is the 
oddity of the companies. By purchasing the B&O private company it gives 
you the president's share (2 shares) of the B&O Railroad. It will give 
you a dividend for as long as B&O railroad has not been floated (60% of 
the shares sold) This is a powerful company and worth the cost IMHO. 

Other views: 

In the company bidding, don't bother with the two most expensive 
companies. Instead, try to get two or three of the others (that don't 
have a lot of computer opponents bidding on them). These will give you 
the most return on your money. The first three can also usefully be sold 
to one of your corporations for double their value, just before they 
expire, and the second and third will be of use to that corporation. 
Trade the fourth one, if you get it, for a share of NYC, just before the 
companies expire. In the early going, your return for companies will be 
a lot higher than for corporation stock. (JAC) 

While the SVR and CS&L have the best cost/dividend ratio, they are 
unquestionably the worst private companies to buy. Private companies, in 
my experience (which isn't amazing, but I've played the game more than a 
few times) are used to get a large cash inflow in the _player's_treasury 
in the stock round after the first 3 train is gone, often allowing a 
quick company float. Since a player's corporation can buy his or her 
privates for double the original price, the C&A becomes the best private 
(undervalued by the computer opponents, btw), for not only does it give 
a PRR share (not necessarily used to take control of the PRR corp, but 
worth money later) but it also is worth the most ``fast cash''. (EH) 

The main benefit of buying a Private Company is the option of buying it 
with a Corporation. The idea is that you can lend yourself money this 
way. Because money in your pocket makes money, this way you can really 
make a killing. This factor makes the M&H and C&A more valuable than 
they would otherwise be. The fact that the C&A comes with a free PRR 
share does not mean that the C&A owner ought to go for the PRR himself. 
Anyone can do it. The free B&O President's share does mean that the B&O 
private owner can defend the B&O corp if he has the money. (ST) 

If you've been forced to take B&0, and you've NOT got enough cash to 
float it at $100, the PC WON'T help you (unlike the board game with 
humans), so still set a par price at $100, then wait until the other 
players have started buying shares (remember they CAN'T sell shares in 
the first round), once it is safe (ie. no-one can afford to buy 3 shares 
in B&0, i.e. no one has any shares and < $300, if they buy shares - 
fine, you'll be able to float it!), don't buy any more B&O shares, just 
invest in THEIR companies instead - that way you'll get the $30 income 
from the private, which is MORE that B&O makes in the first turn(s) 
anyway! Then next turn (or better, as soon as someone else buys a B&O 
share) dump enough of the lowest paying company(s) shares you have to 
give you the capital to float B&O (and retain control). (NB) 

Hardest Level insight: 

For example you state that the C&A is good value, and the computer 
players let you get it cheap. Not on Hardest, no way! They will bid up 
to ~$260 for it. I find that the bidding process involves forcing the 
computer players to buy the privates for as much as possible. Bear in 
mind that they will ALWAYS sell their privates to their public 
companies, as early as possible. (EB) 

Some comments on playing at Hardest, and differences in playing styles 
from how our group has always played the Board game. 

On Hardest the computer players are out to get YOU. They will collude to 
get the privates for the cheapest price between them (no bidding wars 
between Cps) but will always bid you up as high as possible. I find I 
have to bid on as many private companies as possible in the initial 
bidding (starting with the C&A and working down), and then indulge in a 
bidding war with the CPs for each private. You do not necessarily want 
to get these companies, but aim to make the CPs pay as much as possible 
for them. The Cps will usually go to 150% of the face value of the 
company (higher for the C&A). (EB) 

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2.2) Railroad Corporations 

You have 8 (9 if you played the reading variant) Railroads to buy stock 
on. You will notice the Presidents share of B&O is gone and 1 share of 
Pennsylvania is gone as well. A quick rundown on each. 

1.Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) is one of the best companies to run. It 
gives you 4 railheads to thwart your opponents and usually will get a 
clear shot at New York City for the big bucks. If it can't go to NY it 
always has the back do to get to Chicago or north up to Erie RR 
territory. This is usually my first choice. Also If you get your hands 
on a diesel this RR can make it shine. 2.Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) is a big 
money maker in the early going and the stock seems to be one of the 
highest by end game. In first few rounds you can make 150-200 easily 
with the right railhead placement. In an interview of Steven Barcia (the 
designer of 1830 PC) said this was his favorite. The stock usually is 
one of the tops as well. 3.New York Central Railroad (NYC) sits in 
upstate NY and can run well with a diesel but it usually doesn't end up 
high on the stock market. It has 4 (thanks Elliott) railheads which is 
good to keep the diesel running well but I the way I play this is 
definitely a second round of start ups type railroad. 4.Canadian Pacific 
Railroad (CanPac) is up in Canada and usually won't be bothered by its 
competitors much but as a start up I never go four it at least 
initially. This railroad is tough to make very profitable without at 
least a 4 or better train. 2 and 3's is rather lack luster because of 
station values that are lower. 5.Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) is out on the 
western front by itself with quick access to Chicago. I do like running 
this one. You don't have the early money runs of B&O but it can be 
impressive with bigger trains. You usually get shut out of NYC but you 
can go up northeast towards Erie and possibly sneak into NYC from the 
Northern end later in the game. The stock usually doesn't end up to high 
but it can be a leader at times. 6.Erie Railroad is a late starter as 
well, because until green tiles are available you can place a track out 
of the initial railhead. The stock can swing high to low and is a 
generally OK railroad is started later. 7.New York, New Haven, & 
Hartford (NYNHH) starts out in NYC which an excellent spot to start. The 
down side is that it only has one extra railhead. The computer tends to 
place it on the hex between NYC and the B&M main hex. So as you guessed 
the Diesel runs won't be extensive. But this is a powerful RR in that 
with any size train it will run well and a 5 or 5 & 6 train at end game 
can clean up some revenue. This usually is a first start RR and worthy 
of purchasing. 8.Boston & Maine (B&M) is limited in that it does not 
have but one extra railhead and it is placed up in Boston. It needs to 
either get to NYC or Albany (NYNHH or NYC railhead sites respectively) 
right away before it gets boxed out. The stock price at least for me 
ends up middle of the field but occasionally it is the leader in the 
$300 range. 9.Reading Railroad is only available if the reading option 
is selected. I've only tried this option a few times as a second start 
up and with pretty good success. Reading has the advantage of getting 
the president's share equaling 30% instead of 20%. When this railroad is 
in play early it can shut out B&O from NY and help PRR early with longer 
runs. Anyone has other experiences???? 



PRR: 

Start up a company, preferably PRR, immediately. The advantage of PRR is 
that you only need to buy five shares, since one is already out. A good 
second choice on the default map (if PRR is already taken) is NYNC. Set 
the par value to be the maximum that you can afford to actually start up 
the company this stock round. (JAC) 

Buy only the stock needed to start up that company this round. If you do 
not have enough money to start a company this round, buy no stock. All 
stock will have negative return (since they generate no revenue) the 
first round, so you are going to be taking a loss. In general, never buy 
stock in any opponent startup the same round it is started, since it 
will generate negative return. (JAC) 

It's all very well holding back, but you should be aware that in the 
second round good stock may not be available in the desired quantity, 
and that having a cash mountain at the end of SDR1 will cause the 
priority for the 3rd round to be, probably, to your left. This is the 
wrong place for it! Also, stock probably won't be any cheaper to buy in 
SDR2 than it was in SDR1. (ST) 

Don't count on help floating a company - you WON'T get it! (NB) 

C&SL is a bit of a turkey - if you float it early, you need to have C&L 
private to have any chance, but the station markers it gets are nice so 
it is quite viable later, play it aggressively - break into an existing 
route and slap down some station markers (NB) 

B&M is similar, NYC & NYNH can effectively shut it out of the nice 
routes, the lack of station markers is also part of the problem, it is 
only viable as a 'support' company for another (floated late for $100) 
or supported by NYC or NYNH. (NB) 

When buying companies, try to get ones that 'link up' so track building 
etc. is faster. E.g. C&O and PPR, C&O and Erie, NYNH & NYC, etc (NB) 

Our gaming group considers CPR & B&M to be the worst startups. But as is 
frequently discussed on rec.games.board, these perceptions among 1830 
groups have a self-fulfilling nature. (RW) 

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2.3) What par value should I pick? 

I usually pick 76-90 on the first round and always 100 on the second 
round of start ups. I always want the 100 so I can buy trains for the 
first corporation that I floated. I find it best to pick the highest par 
that you can still afford to float the corporation that round. 

When starting a 2nd railroad, definitely set a high par value; only 
consider $100 if 5 trains are coming out soon, I'd say. Certainly only 
$100 if 5's have already been bought. (RW) 

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2.4) How do I use the railheads 

Many hexes have two station holders. One thing I have found effective is 
to have two profitable corporations, and have them each buy a station at 
a couple of crucial hexes. This can "shut out" the opposition pretty 
effectively, while allowing you free reign. (JAC) 

Don't build track that will help an opponent railroad owned by the 
leading baron. (JAC) 

Rarely pay to build track. Usually the computer will for you, saving you 
the cash. (JAC) 

If you have problems spotting which tiles have station markers (or not), 
try turning the 'tile values' off. (NB) 

When we played the board game, we used to hold back on token placement, 
saving tokens for that "ideal" place. No more. Computer players in 1830 
will aggresively build a route with tokens, (especially companies with 
lots of tokens like the NYC, PRR and CanPac) , We now place tokens as 
aggresively as the computer, long gone are those $800+ Diesel routes. 
(EB) 

I could use more strategies here!!!!!!! 

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2.5) Pay Dividends or Keep? 

When in doubt always Pay Dividends. This raises the stock value and is 
one of the most important things to do. You may find that you will have 
to keep from time to time if you can't get another corporation. To fund 
your 1st RR permanent trains. Also in order to lay a railhead. 

Withholding should be done *very* infrequently. About the only times to 
do it are to be able to buy a permanent train this time, or to keep a 
share price down in the yellow/orange/brown. (ST) 

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2.6) Why do I always seem to have no trains and no money? 

5 and higher are the permanent trains, all the others get obsolete at 
one time or another. The scramble is always on to get the permanent 
trains. I like to buy only one 4 so I can trade in for a Diesel. But 
always jockey yourself so you can get those 5 trains. Float that second 
RR up to buy trains for the first one. 

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2.7) How many players should I play with? 

The number of players changes the game by an amazing amount. I usually 
play with 3 opponents but I think I will try some of the other combos. 
It should get tougher as you add more opponents. As you add the 
additional opponents, your amount of starting cash dwindles and 
therefore makes it harder to float a corporation. 

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2.8) Personalities of the Computer Players 

I cant be sure if there actually is any difference in the programming 
for the robber barons but this is what I have noticed: 

•Gould is a share thrasher, a good robber baron. I find that he will 
sometimes not start up a railroad in the first stock round. I may have 
some prejudice against him since he was a real robber baron in Railroad 
Tycoon. •Fisk usually does not win •Vanderbilt and Westinghouse seem to 
win the most if I don't. Make it easier on yourself and pick one of 
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2.9) Train Buying / Swapping 

The double whammy is my favorite. It requires you to have one 4 train 
and usually a 3 as well, by your primary corporation. You start up you 
second (or third) corporation with par value 100. You buy a 3 train from 
your primary line for as much bucks as you can while still allowing the 
company to buy a 6 train as well. The six will eliminate the 3 you just 
bought off your primary. Then you must strike immediately with your 
primary to trade in the 4 train for the diesel ($800 - the good price). 
This will knock all you opponents out of trains (3 and 4 trains are now 
obsolete). Since they have no trains, their stock will take a hit 
without paying a dividend and make them yank money out of their treasury 
to buy trains as well. 

This strategy is kind of tough to work out. It can't be done each game 
but I always try to jockey myself into position for it. A couple of tips 
: 

•after you buy the 6, another six is available. If a corporation does 
not have enough money to buy any of the remaining trains it must buy the 
lowest train. i.e. (can't buy a diesel) •In the same vein, if any 
corporation(s) between the 2 of your lines has a 4 train but doesn't 
have $800 it can't trade in. Those corporations with 2 trains (their 
allotment) can't trade in either ?????? I think.... I need a ruling. The 
average level is not big on pushing for diesels. A corp with a 4 and a 6 
can trade either to a Diesel for $800. (ST) •The corporation can only 
raid the barons treasury if he has no trains. •Look at the stock screen 
to fine the order of the operating round. Remember if this is over 2 
rounds, the order may change for the beginning of the next round. •(JAC 
adds): One way to combine the two strategies above is to create three 
corporations. Right after your third corporation is created, have it buy 
a three train from each of the other corporations for high prices. Hold 
off until the next stock round, and then dump the third corporation. At 
the beginning of the next round, implement the 6-train and diesel 
strategy. •Train-wise: you should aim toward having the most permanent 
trains. Especially in an extended game, he who has the most permanent 
trains will almost certainly win. Simple rule: if you can afford to buy 
a permanent train, don't pass it up. There are probably exceptions to 
this, but as rules of thumb go, it's pretty ironclad. (RW) •No 
corporation should own more than one 3-train or 4-train unless you want 
to dump it. (JAC) 



Try to avoid having to buy a train with YOUR cash - it is usually better 
to take in with the company. If nothing else, buying a train with YOUR 
cash leaves the company with $0 money, so there is no flexibility for 
you to 'swap' trains for $1 between companies (maybe this should be 
expanded on as a tip, but it seems really obvious to me ... I guess I've 
played the original board game too much ) (NB) 

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2.10) Buying and selling of stock 

Robber Baron techniques: 

•I like to mess with the cp's as much as they mess with me, First I 
check what stocks are available on the screen. Then I check the stock 
market screen to find which stocks are not resting a the bottom ledge. 
Now I buy 2 shares in 2 successive turns and the immediately sell both 
in the second turn. This will drop their stock 2 notches without the 
possibility of having the company dumped on me. If I buy more than two I 
will run that risk. •Look at history and find which opponent is beating 
you (if any) and do the above to them first. •Always check the 'stocks' 
to see which companies will make the most cash each turn - also check 
which companies DON'T have trains (or have nearly obsolete ones ... you 
might get it dumped on you!). (NB) •If there are shares of opponent 
stock available in the initial offering pool that is below the going 
price, buy as much as possible. Sell immediately if you don't want the 
stock, but this always represents free cash. (JAC) •Try to secure the 
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Other techniques: 

In all of this, there is a crucial equation: return = price diff + div / 
10; 

In other words, to see how much return you will get from a share of 
stock in a turn, you need to check three things: 

1.Is the cash position of the company sufficient for the company to 
declare dividends this turn? 2.Check the stock market and see what the 
numbers are in the cell just before and just after the current cell of 
he company. Subtract the current stock price from these numbers to 
determine price difference for declaring or not declaring dividends this 
turn. You can also determine probable revenues for the next turn from 
this screen and the map screen. 3.If the company can declare dividends, 
its return will be positive and be determined by the positive price 
difference + its revenues / 10 (since there are 10 shares in the 
company). If not, its return is negative and is determined by negative 
price difference. (JAC) 



For any stock round, figure out the average return on each stock 
available for the number of turns until the next stock round (using the 
technique described above). You want to be invested in stocks that will 
generate the greatest return. (JAC) 

During mid-game when 5 trains have just come out, do a quick scan of 
corporations. If you are invested in any corporation that has no 5 
trains and is short of cash, I suggest bailing out of that stock. It is 
either going to be: 

1.Looking to dump onto another player 2.keeping its profits to buy an 
engine therefore reducing stock price and you won't be receiving a 
dividend. 



Never own more than one share in a company that could be dumped. A 
dumpable company is indicated by a low cash position in combination with 
the need to buy trains soon. (A prime example is a company with two four 
trains with diesels able to be introduced the next round.) If you have a 
dumpable company and someone owns at least two shares, dump it on them. 
(JAC) 

If you have excess cash, buy any yellow stocks that will have positive 
return, even if it is not the highest. Then you can own more total 
stock. (JAC) 

Never have less than a 50% position in a corporation you own unless you 
are trying to dump it. 

Never leave a stock round without having purchased as many shares as you 
can. Stock earns money; cash just sitting in your treasury doesn't. If 
you are getting close to your certificate limit, then give much greater 
weight to buying yellow stock even if it will earn less. Of course if 
there are white shares that are going to earn an incredible amount more, 
then grab them. (RW) 

On Hardest Level: 

The CPs always make sure 1 of your shares of your highest value company 
is in the pool. They especially love keeping your company on the 
"sawtooth" section of the share price index (so that you spend half your 
time moving your share price up, when you really want to move it right). 
They don't do this to each other, but always do it to you, even if it 
would be in the best interests of the CP to buy the share. This induces 
a certain degree of paranoia:) . (EB) 

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2.11) Random Map and other variants 

See section 1.7 for how to replay a random map. 

Playing the random map adds quite a bit to the game if you want a change 
of pace. This is one huge advantage over the board game. I am starting 
to pick up some clues on how to pick the good locations / Corporations 
from the bad. I usually look for: 

•Either PRR or C&O with a lot of $20 tiles nearby and hopefully close to 
the NYC hex. I have noticed that the NYC hex is not in all random maps, 
or am I wrong? •Also I love to pick corporations that have their base on 
a $30 (only one railhead) tile. This allows me to move around while 
stopping my opponents. •B&O is not such a dominant player here. On the 
fixed map it is put in a great position but here it is tough to pick 
especially since the cost is high and you won't want to start it at 90 
or 100 par. 



I played an interesting random map <291966596>. Most of the corporations 
were out on the west side with the exception of NYNHH. I played with 
three other opponents and won! I played B&O which is unusual for me on a 
random map. I got a score of 1564, can anyone beat it? I'm sure you 
could if you tried. B&O stock was highest and then Erie and C&O. Let me 
know of other maps you have played. Just give me the value in the 
lastseed file. 

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2.12) Track Placement 

The placement of the tile outside NewYork - between the starting hex of 
NYC and NYNH is VITAL (it's a double city that does NOT update), if you 
are planning on floating either NYC or NYNH early (or even B&M) - ensure 
YOU are the player who gets the chance to lay this tile, otherwise 
you'll get shut out. (NB) 

Don't buy a train which frees up the next set of tiles (unless you have 
to) unless you have a company that can use them before the PC player(s) 
- otherwise your best laid plans go out of the window when the PC 
updates a tile (not the way you wanted it) and usually plunks down a 
station marker to really rub salt in the wound. (NB) 

CALCULATE YOUR ROUTES YOURSELF - you might make pointless updates / new 
tile lays expecting to increase your revenue, and you don't because the 
PC has found a 'better' route you missed! (NB) 

2.13) Dumping of Companies 

The following assumes hardest level, but can also be implemented on 
lower levels I would think: (MC) 

One useful strategy to use is the loot and dump strategy, especially in 
the early going. My favourite implementation of this strategy is to get 
the NYNH&H or B&M early, buy up lots of cheap 2 and 3 trains, token 
place on that town between Boston and New York (on the seaboard), and 
run for early dividends. When you can float another company (the NYC or 
the C&O are my favourites for this second float) do it. If the computer 
players invest in your first company (and this early on they usually do, 
its paying good dividends, and the death of the 2s and 3s is a long way 
off) your ready for a dump. IMPORTANT you want the priority deal. Once 
you have bought the final share in your 2nd company, STOP buying. 
Usually the computer players will diddle about, buying up your shares 
and then dumping single shares to lower your share price. LET THEM, 
DON'T INTERFERE. 

At the end of the share round, determine if you will be able to dump the 
company. Another player must hold at least 20%, and you must be able to 
sell enough shares to transfer ownership. Remember only 50% of the 
company can be sold into the bank pool, and if you haven't got the 
priority deal, make sure that the players that go before you can't 
interfere by selling stock into the bank pool. If everything is OK put 
plan A (dump company) into operation. Assuming 3 trains have been 
bought,and thus there are 2 operating rounds between stock rounds, you 
should operate 

your first company as normal. Track place to help your second company if 
you can, and run for dividends. Your second company should then track 
place and buy one or two trains, one from the bank (if you don't want 
your second companies stock price to go back again - but don't kill the 
2's by buying the first 4 train), and one from the first company. On the 
second operating round, withold dividends with your first company and 
buy the worst of company 2's trains for all Company 1's cash. Then 
operate company 2 as normal, paying dividends if you can, and buy as 
many of company 1's trains as possible (best first), hopefully you can 
buy all its trains, leaving it with none :) 

At the start of the next stock round, REMEMBER to dump the now crippled 
company one (Congratulations Mr Westinghouse, you are now President of a 
fantastic company :)) You now have a company with a lot of cash and lots 
of trains, and Mr Westinghouse has a company with a very low share 
price, no money, and few or no trains. Welcome to the world of Robber 
Barons :) 

(Its at this point that Mr. Westinghouse bankrupts, and gives the game 
to another computer player, even though I am all set up to cream the lot 
of them, I still haven't worked out how to avoid this :)) (EB) 

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3) Game Operations 

3.1) What is the difference between the Floppy and CD-ROM versions of 
1830? 

No difference in the game or what comes with it. The CD-ROM version 
allows you to play with a minimum install but since the whole thing 
takes a mere 11MB, I just installed the whole thing to disk. A tip to 
save room, delete the opening.lbx file. It brings the space down to 5MB 
and all you lose is the opening intro. (readme) 

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3.2) The CD version is slow - how do I get it onto my hard disk? 

If you installed it partially, Just reinstall with everything. 

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3.3) Minimum requirements 

The Box Says 

•386sx or better •4MB RAM •DOS 5.0 or better •Support of most soundcards 



I found that on my 486/66 16MB it ran fine on average opponents. If I 
went to hard or harder the computer wound take forever it seemed to run 
the other railroads. I realize that it takes more for the AI but it was 
unbearable to me. I usually get a run for my money on average though. 
The sound was by the FAT MAN (George Sanger) of MOM and Master of Orion 
fame. I really like his stuff. That MOM soundtrack was outstanding on a 
Sound Canvas. There are about 13 different tunes but not all original. 
Some are old classics like the entertainer, a bit of Mozart and some 
train tunes. Some may turn off the sound, but I keep it on. 

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4) Advanced Topics 

4.1) How can I get 1830 to run on OS/2? 

I've tried it and it works yet it asks for the copy protection about 5 
times. This is every game. Not just the first time like under DOS. But 
if you want to try these settings below. 

Open a DOS full-screen window, type PROMPT $p$g (to get rid of the 
legend that blocks the top line of the screen), try to run 1830.EXE, and 
see what error message you get. Chances are it will say you don't have 
enough expanded memory. You need at least 2700KB of EMS, 3000KB for 
first version. 

If that's what it says, go to the DOS settings in the program object 
that you use to launch 1830 and set the EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT to, say, 3000, 
to give yourself a little leeway. Try again. 

DOS_FULLSCREEN=ON 

DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION=OFF 

DOS_HIGH=ON 

DOS_RMSIZE=640 

DOS_UMB=OFF ; exception-if you run into a rare game that will use UMB's 

DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT=0 

HW_ROM_TO_RAM=ON 

HW_NOSOUND=OFF 

HW_TIMER=ON 

IDLE_SECONDS=10 

IDLE_SENSITIVITY=100 

INIT_DURING_IO=ON 

KBD_ALTHOME_BYPASS=ON 

IDEO_FASTPASTE=ON 

VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION=OFF 

VIDEO_ROM_EMULATION=OFF 

4.2) What DOS configuration to use? 

I have: 

486/66 

Sound Blaster 16 

Roland Sound Canvas (SCC1) 

I use PC DOS 6.3 with QEMM 7.5 using stealth with absolutely no problems 
with the possible exception of it being slowish (30-60 sec)for the 
computer players to make a turn on hard or higher in the later rounds. 

ou may want to give it more ems memory if you got it. 

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5) Bug Reports 

•There is a hex with a small city not far north-west of the Erie OO 
hexes that appears yellow. (CFG) •More that 5 shares in the pool (CFG) 
•Sometimes it fails to show you all possible build hexes. I'm not 100% 
on that one, as optical illusions are very possible. (CFG) •Sometimes 
the AI's are really silly. I had a game with 4 companies having money 
and a 4 train each, and the other companies had 5 and 6 trains. I bought 
a second share of every company with a 4 train, and surely enough, they 
dumped it on me. I wound up with 5 companies and the director's 
certificate and about 5-7 shares of each in the pool (see above) each. 
(CFG) •I have noticed a real bug: I opened CPR at $100, bought 6 shares, 
sold one (->$90), then in the OR, I bought C&StL, used the special 
property and extended a second track in direction of NYC, dropped back 
to $82, bought a 4 and a 5 train. Next OR I paid dividends, but the 
share price didn't move! (CFG) •I sometimes find that when there are 
shares left in the bank (not initial offering) and I declare dividends I 
do not get the additional money in the corporate treasury. •Trains not 
always taking the optimum route. (if anyone has a save game of this bug, 
please email me I contact SimTex. They can't seem to reproduce the 
error) 



Any others I'm unaware of? 

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6) Misc. ideas 

If you get bored playing 1830 against computers, I suggest a few 
scenarios using the multi-player feature: 

•Try to set up a cooperation. Ideally you should try to have two players 
end up with an identical score (and come in first, of course). •Try to 
set up a "master-slave", where the slave helps the master without 
concern of his own welfare. Try to get the highest possible ratio 
between first and second while not going bankrupt (watch out you don't 
kill the slave). 



It is amazingly hard to setup a coalition. Of course if they could trade 
privates, it would be a lot easier, but still... (CFG) 

If you are having real trouble - try using a random map, the PC players 
are much weaker on those. (NB) 

The AIs do indeed play less well on random maps, primarily because the 
standard map is so well balanced whereas on random maps some railroads 
are "obviously" lousy (to the human intuition) but the AI has a harder 
time recognizing that. (RW) 

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7) Tell me about the 18xx board games 

As most of you know 1830 was based of the 1830 board game, released in 
1982, but in the same genre as 1830 there are board games in the same 
vein as 1830 dealing with variants of the rules and locations. (RRI) 
Included in the list are the following: 

The Titles: 

1825: Covers England and Scotland. + 

1827: Covers all of the continental United States.+ 

1829 (South): Covers Southern England and the Midlands.* 

1829 (North): Covers Midlands, Yorkshire and Scotland.* 

1830: Covers Northeast United States and Southeast Canada. 

1832: Covers Southeast United States. + 

1835 (1): Covers Germany. 

1835 (2): Covers Germany. 

1837 (1): Covers Austria. 

1837 (2): Covers the Austro-Hungarian Empire 

1839 (1): Covers Holland.* 

1839 (2): Covers Northern Italy. 

1847: Covers Southern Germany and the Alsace-Lorraine area.@ 

1850 (1): Covers Sicily. 

1850 (2): Covers Midwest United States. + 

1853: Covers Imperial India. 

1856: Covers South Central Canada. + 

1869 (1): Covers Transcontinental United States.+ 

1869 (2): Covers Transcontinental United States.+ 

1870: Covers Midwest United States and the Mississippi River Valley. + 

1874: Covers Michigan-Wisconsin-Minnesota-Central Canada.+ 

1881: Covers Berlin's tramways.* 

1899: Covers Korean Peninsula and China around the Yellow Sea. 

2038: Covers the Solar System.+ 

+ Not yet Released * Out of Print @ Rumor of title only (DMR) 
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1825 England And Scotland 

Designed by Francis Tresham - To be published by Hartland Trefoil 
(UK)/Distributed in the US Mayfair. 

A massive revision of the 1829 games. Will be released in three units 
and an unspecified number of extension kits). The first unit will cover 
the southeast, the second will be the Midland, the third will cover 
Scotland. The three boards are designed to be combined (unlike the two 
1829 boards). Later "kits" will add different trains, ship packets, new 
railways, more map, and, for the first time, a fifth phase. (Not yet 
Available) (DMR) 

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1827 Continental US 

Designed by Federico Vellani (Italy) - Privately published. (not yet 
available) 

1827 will have a western and an eastern section, which may be played 
separately or joined together. The planned publication date is January 
1996. (DMR) 

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1829 (North & South) England & Scotland 

Designed by Francis Tresham - Southern Board published by Hartland 
Trefoil (UK)* 1829 Northern Board - Designed by Francis Tresham - 
published by Hartland Trefoil (UK)* 

The original 18XX games. These games introduced all of the fundamentals 
of the 18XX system: tile-based track laying; trains that run a number of 
stops based on their number; tiles upgrade in phases, which are started 
based on the first sale of different types of trains; shares of the 
corporations are purchasable by players; share performance is based on 
railroad profitability; trains become obsolete as newer trains become 
available; and private railways and packet shipping lines can add to the 
earnings of both players and corporations and may make other routes 
possible for their owners. 

A unique feature of the 1829 games is the survey parties which are used 
before tile placement. 1829 has four phases (yellow, green, 
russet/brown, and grey). 1825 will be a major overhaul of the 1829 
games. 

There are six (four still in print) expansions: 

MSK-1: Added 6 tiles: 2 of #60 (grey) and 4 of #67 (grey and russet) 

MSK-2: Added 9 trains: 3 of type 3T, 2 of type 6, 2 of type 2+2, and 2 
of type 4+4E. 

MSK-3: Updated the rulebook and added 4 pound notes to the game. (Out of 
Print) 

MSK-4S: A bookkeeping program for the Southern board for the Commodore 
Pet. (Out of Print) 

MSK-5: Added 8 tiles: 2 of #55 (yellow), 2 of #56 (yellow), 2 of #69 
(1853-style, not 1830 style - yellow), and 2 of #11 (green) 

MSK-6: Added 8 tiles (3 of #52, 1 of #64, 1 of #65, 1 of #66, 1 of #67, 
and 1 of #68.) 

There are at least a couple of add-on variants that provide a new map, 
new stock certificates, but utilize the rules, trains, tokens, and tiles 
of 1829. They include: 

1835 (1) - Covers Germany. Not to be confused with the later title. 

1837 (1) - Covers Austria. Not to be confused with the later title. 
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1830 Eastern US 

Designed by Francis Tresham - published by Avalon Hill (US) 

The second 18XX game saw many major innovations. Diesel trains, which 
run through unlimited numbers of stations were added; 6 trains were 
added; the stock market became much more dynamic, with share values 
being able to move in four directions (in 1829 they only move right or 
left), and zones where extra shares may be bought or held in excess of 
normal limits; many of the private companies have special powers or 
bonuses for owners; and the private companies are auctioned at the 
beginning of the game. 1830 has three phases (yellow, green, and brown) 

There is at least one add-on variant that provides a new map, new stock 
certificates, but utilize the rules, trains, tokens, and tiles of 1830. 
It is 1899. (DMR) 

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1832 - Designed by Bill Dixon (Canada) - No publisher at this time. (not 
yet available) 

As well as some interesting private companies, this game introduces 
company merger rules. This game uses the new stock market rules 
introduced in 1850 (2). 10 companies. Train types 2-6, 8, 10 and 12. 
(DMR) 

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1835 Germany 

Designed by Michael Meier-Bachl and Francis Tresham - published by Has 
im Glueck (Germany)/Distributed in the US by Mayfair. 1835 added the 
following innovations to the 18XX system: "nationalization" (the ability 
of players to buy up all of a company's stock under certain 
circumstances); a starting packet set-up; "minor" railroads, which are 
only owned by one player, but lay track; the Prussian railroad (which 
eventually absorbs all of the private and minor railroads); companies 
gain capital as the shares sell; and "plus" trains, which can run 
through minor (10) towns in addition to the major towns (a 2+2 can run 
through 2 major stops and 2 minor stops). 

Hartland Trefoil has made one expansion: 

MEK-1: A complete new money set in more convenient denominations. 

(DMR) 

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1837 (2) Austro-Hungarian Empire 

Designed by Leonhard Orgler (Austria) - Privately published. 
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1837 (2) shares many features with 1835 (2) and is, in many senses, a 
more complex form of that game. It added a different form of "plus" 
trains (4+2) trains have been mentioned in reviews, but no details on 
how they work); freight trains, which run to coal mines; older trains 
may be voluntarily be scrapped for a 50% discount on new train purchase; 
a third company payout option (split payment between company and 
stockholders); and a hexagonal share price index (stock prices may move 
in six different directions). A deluxe edition of this game features 
cut-out tiles, a mounted game map, and other niceties. (DMR) 

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1839(1) - Holland 

Designed by Rob van Wijngaaen and Paul Stouthard - Privately published.* 

Not to be confused with the later game of the same title. This game 
covered Holland and was published in extremely limited quantities (30 
copies). It was authorized by Francis Tresham, who has one of the few 
copies. The game is no longer available and will remain so, unless some 
company releases a commercial edition. (DMR) 

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1839 (2) 

Designed by Federico Vellani (Italy) - Privately published. 

1839 (2) was one of the most innovative 18XX games. It added many 
features: 8 trains; pass tiles (which stop all but 8 trains); "small" 
companies (which can turn into normal companies later); companies may 
merge; "non-historic" companies (which can start anywhere on the board - 
the better the start, the more expensive it is); and companies can buy 
stock in other companies. (DMR) 

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1839 (3) - Designed by Federico Vellani (Italy) - Privately published. 
(not yet available) 

A revision of 1839 (2). Federico plans on addressing the major weakness 
of 1839 (2) - the time required to finish a game. 

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1847 - Designer unknown. Nothing is known about this title. (DMR) 

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1850 (1) 

Designed by Federico Vellani (Italy) - Privately published. 

1850 (1) does not cover a period of actual history, but a "what-if" era. 
The king of the Two Sicilies was approached by several English railroad 
firms about building in his kingdom. He turned them down - the game 
assumes he did not. It added a new train movement system based on the 
number of hexes rather than the number of towns and cities (narrow gauge 
moves half as quickly as standard). 1850 (1) also has dual gauge lines. 
(DMR) 

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1850 (2) 

Designed by Bill Dixon (Canada) - No publisher at this time. (not yet 
available) 

This game introduces the new stock market rules for Share Redemption, 
Share Reissue and Share Price Protection. Companies may buy their own 
shares from players (with their permission) or the bank pool. The 
company then receives the dividends for these shares. These shares may 
be reissued to the market at a later time to raise funds for the 
company. A president of a company whose stock is sold has the option of 
immediately buying the stock and preventing the fall in value (if he has 
both the money to buy the shares and the space to hold them). 9 
companies. Train types 2-6, 8, 10 and 12. (DMR) 

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1853 India 

Designed by Francis Tresham - published by Hartland Trefoil (UK) 

The third 18XX game added many features to reflect the nature of 
building railroads in India. Narrow (metric), which is cheaper to build 
than standard, and dual gauge track was added; "M" trains, which run on 
the metre gauge track were added; mail trains add a sure source of 
income for railroads; there are no private railroads; there are frontier 
posts which give the first railroad to build to them a bonus; companies 
are limited in where they can place their stations; trains ignore minor 
(10) towns when counting their run lengths; and bid-contract system to 
start the game. 1853 has four phases (yellow, green, russet/brown, and 
grey) 

There are two expansions: 

MIK-1: Adds duplicates of many of the yellow tiles (25 in all). 

MIK-2: Adds a new way of starting the game and running the share price 
index; and a set of event-type cards. 

(DMR) 

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1856 Ontario, Canada 

Designed by Bill Dixon (Canada). To be published by Mayfair (US). (now 
available)(RW) 

Companies need a variable number of shares to start. Companies receive 
their starting capital as shares are sold and company objectives are 
met. This makes companies poor. To counter this, the Government will 
loan the railways money. This, of course, has to be repaid. Those 
companies that cannot repay their loans are absorbed by the Canadian 
Government Railroad. Small towns may be removed or upgraded. 11/12 
companies. More expensive trains, 2-6, D. (DMR) 

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1869 (1) US 

Designed by Alan Moon. No publisher at this time. No details are known 
about this game. (DMR) 

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1869 (2) US 

Designed by Bill Dixon (Canada). Still in Alpha. This game covers the 
building of railroads across the continental divide. As well as special 
rules to cover railbuilding in the mountains, this game uses the new 
stock market rules introduced in 1850 (2). 9 companies. Train types 2-6, 
8, 10 and 12. (DMR) 

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1825 Revised version of 1829 (Will be available in 3 board and many 
optional rules to tailor the game to your tastes.) 

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1870 Midwest US 

Designer - Bill Dixon (Canada). To be published by Mayfair (US). This 
game has destinations for each railroad. It is not necessary for the 
railroads to build to them, but doing so is beneficial to the company. 
This game uses the new stock market rules introduced in 1850 (2). 10 
companies. Train types 2-6, 8, 10 and 12. (DMR) 

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1874 - Ryan Moats (US). Under development. (DMR) 

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1881 - Covers Berlin's tramways (Out of Print) 

AKA "Das Berliner Strassenbahn Spiel" - Designed by Michael Mette - 
Privately published.* 

Tramways, not railways are the subject of this game. It was published in 
extremely limited numbers (50 copies). (DMR) 

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2038 Asteroid Belt (not available yet) 

Not really a rail game but uses similar system to run mining 
corporations and interplanetary shipping. (RRI) 

Designed by Jim Hlavaty and Tom Lehmann - To be published by 
Prism/TimJim Games (US). 

2038 is set in a portion of the Asteroid Belt. Companies explore, mine 
and deliver ores instead of laying track to connect cities. Innovative 
game features include: random board setup (each game is different); 
claiming mines, refueling stations, minor companies can either become 
growth corporations or eventually merge into the asteroid league, two 
methods to form new corporations with different capitalization / 
starting stock prices, a partial dividend payout option, etc. (DMR) 

For more information on 18xx games: 
http://ntia.its.bldrdoc.gov/~bing/mayf2.html 

8) Reference Articles in Avalon Hill's "General" Magazine and other 
resources 

The General is a publication put out by Avalon Hill which discusses 
their games in detail. Call AH at 800-999-3222 to order back issues. 
There have been many articles published about 1830 in past issues: 

Volume 23, Number 6, 1987: 

•Cover Art from box top •A Very Good Year, Development Notes for 1830 by 
Bruce Shelly. pgs 5-11 (overviews strengths and weaknesses of the 
various companies) •Take a Ride on the Reading, Variants for 1830 by 
Alan Moon, pgs 12-13 •All Aboard, A Ride on the 1830 Express by Edward 
Fahrmeier, pgs 14-15,36 (strategys overviews) •The Question Box (rules 
clarifications) page 46. 



(DM) 

Volume 26, Number 6, 1990: 

•Bed of Steel, Strategy in 1830 by Alan Applebaum, pgs 29-34,40 
(excellent analysis and coverage of the game) 



(DM) 

Computer Game Review Supplement to March 1995?????? (very extensive) 

Train Gamer's Gazette is another resource. Anyone with issue Numbers? 

Discussion can be found on the usenet newsgroups: 

•rec.games.board •comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic 



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