#18xx — Public Fediverse posts

I går spelade jag brädspelet #TerraformningMars, ett spel som tog världen med storm då det gavs ut 2017, samtidigt som jag grottade ner mig ordentligt i tågspel (#18xx). Jag har lyckats undvika att spela det fram till nu.

Terraformning Mars är ett spel som många har älskat och många har ogillat. Jag gick in i det med en tanke om att det inte skulle vara något för mig.

Dock: jag hade mycket trevligt och tyckte inte att kritiken riktigt stämmer. Jag blev faktiskt positivt överraskad!

We played another game of 1822CA Eastern Regional Scenario today. Again with three players, again about 3.5 hours + setup and teardown (fortunately, the owner had prepared all the card decks before the game). It's so fast because we use the 18xx.games as a moderator; it would be painful to calculate those big end-game train routes by hand and move all those chips.

I like it. I ran with a fairly similar strategy as the last time, and this time it was a solid win (12.9k – 10.8k – 8.5k). I bought three minors in the Northeast corner (1, 2 and 3), got the NTR concession and tried to get cheap privates whenever possible. I got two mail deals (small and large), one small bonus train and what's most fun, the Tax Haven.

I merged all my minors to NTR and got 100% of it. That was pretty much it, to be honest, especially as Ville (the owner of the game) messed up his timing a bit and Aapo spent a couple of SRs just paying train debt.

Last time we played, the Tax Haven was a dud, but now I got it early enough and bought a nice CPR share in it. I paid maybe $20 for the private and $135 for the share. In the end, the Tax Haven held three shares and was worth ~$1200. Not a bad investment!

I quite like this. The auctions are very clever and fun, and trying to make all pieces fit together in a meaningful way is pleasantly difficult. More, and I want to give the British 1822 a go, too.

#boardgames #18xx #1822ca

We played another game of 1822CA Eastern Regional Scenario today. Again with three players, again about 3.5 hours + setup and teardown (fortunately, the owner had prepared all the card decks before the game). It's so fast because we use the 18xx.games as a moderator; it would be painful to calculate those big end-game train routes by hand and move all those chips.

I like it. I ran with a fairly similar strategy as the last time, and this time it was a solid win (12.9k – 10.8k – 8.5k). I bought three minors in the Northeast corner (1, 2 and 3), got the NTR concession and tried to get cheap privates whenever possible. I got two mail deals (small and large), one small bonus train and what's most fun, the Tax Haven.

I merged all my minors to NTR and got 100% of it. That was pretty much it, to be honest, especially as Ville (the owner of the game) messed up his timing a bit and Aapo spent a couple of SRs just paying train debt.

Last time we played, the Tax Haven was a dud, but now I got it early enough and bought a nice CPR share in it. I paid maybe $20 for the private and $135 for the share. In the end, the Tax Haven held three shares and was worth ~$1200. Not a bad investment!

I quite like this. The auctions are very clever and fun, and trying to make all pieces fit together in a meaningful way is pleasantly difficult. More, and I want to give the British 1822 a go, too.

#boardgames #18xx #1822ca

I played my first game of 1822CA yesterday. We had three players and used the Eastern Regional Scenario. This was my first play of any 1822 game. The premise is a bit scary, as the 1822 system has a ton of auctions throughout the whole game, but it turned out to be fine.

Players are bidding on three things: minor companies, private companies and major company concessions. Minors are straightforward small companies that can be acquired by majors. Private companies have special powers that can be used by companies who acquire them and often produce revenue for the player before that.

There are lots of random pieces in the setup so everything works out differently in each game. I bought three minor companies on the east end of the board and got the concessions for NTR and ICR which both start at that end. The minors built the rails that connected New Brunswick to Quebec and got the majors connected.

I had a good lead in the early game, but it didn't last. In the end, after 3 hours and 45 minutes of play, I was second: 10,125 – 8,620 – 6,413. We used 18xx.games to moderate the game and that was a huge boon: calculating the end-game train runs and remembering all the private powers would've been a full-time job without the computer to help.

#boardgames #1822ca #18xx

I played my first game of 1822CA yesterday. We had three players and used the Eastern Regional Scenario. This was my first play of any 1822 game. The premise is a bit scary, as the 1822 system has a ton of auctions throughout the whole game, but it turned out to be fine.

Players are bidding on three things: minor companies, private companies and major company concessions. Minors are straightforward small companies that can be acquired by majors. Private companies have special powers that can be used by companies who acquire them and often produce revenue for the player before that.

There are lots of random pieces in the setup so everything works out differently in each game. I bought three minor companies on the east end of the board and got the concessions for NTR and ICR which both start at that end. The minors built the rails that connected New Brunswick to Quebec and got the majors connected.

I had a good lead in the early game, but it didn't last. In the end, after 3 hours and 45 minutes of play, I was second: 10,125 – 8,620 – 6,413. We used 18xx.games to moderate the game and that was a huge boon: calculating the end-game train runs and remembering all the private powers would've been a full-time job without the computer to help.

#boardgames #1822ca #18xx

It is the golden age of American railways. Rail stocks are all the rage, with new companies flooding the stock market all the time. The stakes are high, but you want to have a slice of the pie. The returns look great and investors get a say on a company’s track-laying. To make it big, you have to be clever and know the Trick of the Rails by Hisashi Hayashi from Grok Games with illustrations from Ann-Sophie De Steu and Diego Sá.

https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/02/08/trick-of-the-rails-digital-eyes/

#reviews #boardgames #18xx #trains #TrickTakingGames

Justin’s series of 18xx reviews continues with 18MS, designed by Mark Derrick and published by All Aboard Games.
https://www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/18ms-the-railroads-come-to-mississippi/

#BoardGames #TrainGame #18XX #BabysFirst18XX
4/5 ★

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Refugee from Nerdica, Pluspora and Google+ looking to reconnect

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Refugee from Nerdica, Pluspora and Google+ looking to reconnect

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Refugee from Nerdica, Pluspora and Google+ looking to reconnect

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Finally played a full game of Shikoku 1889 by Yasutaka Ikeda on 18xx.games. It's such a great game and we finished it in around 3 hours. I reckon that's not going to be possible if you played in person, but I still want to play a full game face-to-face at some point. 😊👍 #18xx #ccmf #boardganes

Join Justin as he tackles yet another 18xx game: 18Mag: Hungarian Railway History, published by Lonny Games!
https://www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/18mag-hungarian-railway-history

#BoardGames #TrainGame #18XX
3.5/5 ★

I finally played my first #18xx game: Shikoku 1889 from Grand Trunk Games. We stopped in phase 5, but it was a lot of fun. We got a couple of things wrong, but it was relatively easy to learn. Thank you to @ambierona for the great rules teach video. 😃👍 #ccmf #boardgames #TrainGames

Justin’s 18XX series continues with the granddaddy of them all, 1830: Railways & Robber Barons! Join him for his review of the Francis Tresham classic, currently published by Lookout Games.
https://www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/1830-railways-robber-barons/

#BoardGames #18XX #TrainGame #18XXJourney

Justin continues to travel down the tracks in his review of another 18xx title, 1880: China, from Lookout Games.
https://www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/1880-china-game-review/

#BoardGames #TrainGame #18XX #EconomicGame #NewYearsEve

Justin continues to travel down the tracks in his review of another 18xx title, 1880: China, from Lookout Games.
https://www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/1880-china-game-review/

#BoardGames #TrainGame #18XX #EconomicGame #NewYearsEve

Justin’s year of train games continues with Shikoku 1889 from Grand Trunk Games.
https://www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/shikoku-1889/

#BoardGames #TrainGame #18XX #YearOfTrainGames

So - it's #traintuesday

#18xx fans, #CrayonRail fans, #CubeRail fans, people who like #boardgames about trains, video games about trains, #RailroadTycoon, people who just like #trains - anything to share?

Getting old stuff from me - newborn = not many trains rn. Years ago, I modified Martian Rails - a crayon rail game - to be played async over lunchtimes at work, and it was great. Wrote it up on https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2079683/asynchronous-play-martian-rails

(Scheduled this post last week... in case I forgot)

So - it's #traintuesday

#18xx fans, #CrayonRail fans, #CubeRail fans, people who like #boardgames about trains, video games about trains, #RailroadTycoon, people who just like #trains - anything to share?

Getting old stuff from me - newborn = not many trains rn. Years ago, I modified Martian Rails - a crayon rail game - to be played async over lunchtimes at work, and it was great. Wrote it up on https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2079683/asynchronous-play-martian-rails

(Scheduled this post last week... in case I forgot)

So - it's #traintuesday

#18xx fans, #CrayonRail fans, #CubeRail fans, people who like #boardgames about trains, video games about trains, #RailroadTycoon, people who just like #trains - anything to share?

Getting old stuff from me - newborn = not many trains rn. Years ago, I modified Martian Rails - a crayon rail game - to be played async over lunchtimes at work, and it was great. Wrote it up on https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2079683/asynchronous-play-martian-rails

(Scheduled this post last week... in case I forgot)

So - it's #traintuesday

#18xx fans, #CrayonRail fans, #CubeRail fans, people who like #boardgames about trains, video games about trains, #RailroadTycoon, people who just like #trains - anything to share?

Getting old stuff from me - newborn = not many trains rn. Years ago, I modified Martian Rails - a crayon rail game - to be played async over lunchtimes at work, and it was great. Wrote it up on https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2079683/asynchronous-play-martian-rails

(Scheduled this post last week... in case I forgot)

So - it's #traintuesday

#18xx fans, #CrayonRail fans, #CubeRail fans, people who like #boardgames about trains, video games about trains, #RailroadTycoon, people who just like #trains - anything to share?

Getting old stuff from me - newborn = not many trains rn. Years ago, I modified Martian Rails - a crayon rail game - to be played async over lunchtimes at work, and it was great. Wrote it up on https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2079683/asynchronous-play-martian-rails

(Scheduled this post last week... in case I forgot)

So - it's #traintuesday

#18xx fans, #CrayonRail fans, #CubeRail fans, people who just like #trains - anything to share?

This is the Albury train station. It has an extremely long platform, because it used to be where you changed trains between Melbourne and Sydney; there's a break of gauge, so one train couldn't go the whole way. One train would be on one end, you'd grab your stuff, and take it to the train waiting on the other end. The platform is 455m long!

So - it's #traintuesday

#18xx fans, #CrayonRail fans, #CubeRail fans, people who just like #trains - anything to share?

This is the Albury train station. It has an extremely long platform, because it used to be where you changed trains between Melbourne and Sydney; there's a break of gauge, so one train couldn't go the whole way. One train would be on one end, you'd grab your stuff, and take it to the train waiting on the other end. The platform is 455m long!

So - it's #traintuesday

#18xx fans, #CrayonRail fans, #CubeRail fans, people who just like #trains - anything to share?

This is the Albury train station. It has an extremely long platform, because it used to be where you changed trains between Melbourne and Sydney; there's a break of gauge, so one train couldn't go the whole way. One train would be on one end, you'd grab your stuff, and take it to the train waiting on the other end. The platform is 455m long!

So - it's #traintuesday

#18xx fans, #CrayonRail fans, #CubeRail fans, people who just like #trains - anything to share?

This is the Albury train station. It has an extremely long platform, because it used to be where you changed trains between Melbourne and Sydney; there's a break of gauge, so one train couldn't go the whole way. One train would be on one end, you'd grab your stuff, and take it to the train waiting on the other end. The platform is 455m long!

#18xx, plus #EmpireBuilder (Crayon Rails), plus #AgeOfSteam in a tasty real time digital form = #RailroadTycoon
It has such a satisfying gameplay loop that still hasn't really had anything like it since Railroad Tycoon 3
Save us #SidMeier, you're our only hope.
#TrainGames #Boardgames #Games #DebtForFunAndProfit

#18xx, plus #EmpireBuilder (Crayon Rails), plus #AgeOfSteam in a tasty real time digital form = #RailroadTycoon
It has such a satisfying gameplay loop that still hasn't really had anything like it since Railroad Tycoon 3
Save us #SidMeier, you're our only hope.
#TrainGames #Boardgames #Games #DebtForFunAndProfit

#18xx, plus #EmpireBuilder (Crayon Rails), plus #AgeOfSteam in a tasty real time digital form = #RailroadTycoon
It has such a satisfying gameplay loop that still hasn't really had anything like it since Railroad Tycoon 3
Save us #SidMeier, you're our only hope.
#TrainGames #Boardgames #Games #DebtForFunAndProfit

#18xx, plus #EmpireBuilder (Crayon Rails), plus #AgeOfSteam in a tasty real time digital form = #RailroadTycoon
It has such a satisfying gameplay loop that still hasn't really had anything like it since Railroad Tycoon 3
Save us #SidMeier, you're our only hope.
#TrainGames #Boardgames #Games #DebtForFunAndProfit

#18xx, plus #EmpireBuilder (Crayon Rails), plus #AgeOfSteam in a tasty real time digital form = #RailroadTycoon
It has such a satisfying gameplay loop that still hasn't really had anything like it since Railroad Tycoon 3
Save us #SidMeier, you're our only hope.
#TrainGames #Boardgames #Games #DebtForFunAndProfit

I'm the kinda dork who does an #AgeOfSteam redraw, and instantly goes 'Huh. Now I've got the assets, I should try making a map of my own!'

First draft of 'Victorian Gold Rush', a solo map, might be almost done. Then to figure out if it actually plays OK.

#boardgames #traingames #18xx-adjacent

I'm the kinda dork who does an #AgeOfSteam redraw, and instantly goes 'Huh. Now I've got the assets, I should try making a map of my own!'

First draft of 'Victorian Gold Rush', a solo map, might be almost done. Then to figure out if it actually plays OK.

#boardgames #traingames #18xx-adjacent

I'm the kinda dork who does an #AgeOfSteam redraw, and instantly goes 'Huh. Now I've got the assets, I should try making a map of my own!'

First draft of 'Victorian Gold Rush', a solo map, might be almost done. Then to figure out if it actually plays OK.

#boardgames #traingames #18xx-adjacent

I'm the kinda dork who does an #AgeOfSteam redraw, and instantly goes 'Huh. Now I've got the assets, I should try making a map of my own!'

First draft of 'Victorian Gold Rush', a solo map, might be almost done. Then to figure out if it actually plays OK.

#boardgames #traingames #18xx-adjacent

I'm the kinda dork who does an #AgeOfSteam redraw, and instantly goes 'Huh. Now I've got the assets, I should try making a map of my own!'

First draft of 'Victorian Gold Rush', a solo map, might be almost done. Then to figure out if it actually plays OK.

#boardgames #traingames #18xx-adjacent

Decided I wanted to try the Scotland #AgeOfSteam map, so did my first redraw. I'm quite happy with how this turned out, so there's a reasonable chance I'll make another.
#Boardgames #18xx-adjacent #TrainGames

Decided I wanted to try the Scotland #AgeOfSteam map, so did my first redraw. I'm quite happy with how this turned out, so there's a reasonable chance I'll make another.
#Boardgames #18xx-adjacent #TrainGames

Decided I wanted to try the Scotland #AgeOfSteam map, so did my first redraw. I'm quite happy with how this turned out, so there's a reasonable chance I'll make another.
#Boardgames #18xx-adjacent #TrainGames

Decided I wanted to try the Scotland #AgeOfSteam map, so did my first redraw. I'm quite happy with how this turned out, so there's a reasonable chance I'll make another.
#Boardgames #18xx-adjacent #TrainGames

Decided I wanted to try the Scotland #AgeOfSteam map, so did my first redraw. I'm quite happy with how this turned out, so there's a reasonable chance I'll make another.
#Boardgames #18xx-adjacent #TrainGames

Still loving #AgeOfSteam. Every game has been interesting. Slightly annoyingly, still find myself reteaching it almost every game, normally with at least one new player.

This one had a bankruptcy which was interesting.

First play on the Southern US map.

#TrainGame #boardgames #18xx-adjacent

Still loving #AgeOfSteam. Every game has been interesting. Slightly annoyingly, still find myself reteaching it almost every game, normally with at least one new player.

This one had a bankruptcy which was interesting.

First play on the Southern US map.

#TrainGame #boardgames #18xx-adjacent

Still loving #AgeOfSteam. Every game has been interesting. Slightly annoyingly, still find myself reteaching it almost every game, normally with at least one new player.

This one had a bankruptcy which was interesting.

First play on the Southern US map.

#TrainGame #boardgames #18xx-adjacent

Justin begins his 18XX review series with 1846: The Race for the Midwest , from GMT Games
https://www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/1846-the-race-for-the-midwest/

#BoardGames #TrainGames #18xx #TomLehmann #EconomicGame

Justin begins his 18XX review series with 1846: The Race for the Midwest , from GMT Games
https://www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/1846-the-race-for-the-midwest/

#BoardGames #TrainGames #18xx #TomLehmann #EconomicGame

@evan I do like trains, but I really love train games. I love #18xx board games, like #cuberail board games, love #AgeOfSteam, like the occasional crayon rail, like #TransportTycoon and really love #RailroadTycoon.

Big soft spot for Steam trains, particularly.

@evan I do like trains, but I really love train games. I love #18xx board games, like #cuberail board games, love #AgeOfSteam, like the occasional crayon rail, like #TransportTycoon and really love #RailroadTycoon.

Big soft spot for Steam trains, particularly.

@evan I do like trains, but I really love train games. I love #18xx board games, like #cuberail board games, love #AgeOfSteam, like the occasional crayon rail, like #TransportTycoon and really love #RailroadTycoon.

Big soft spot for Steam trains, particularly.