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 "1830:
Railroads & Robber Barons" is set in the northeast U.S. and Canada.
The game re-creates the development of the railroad system from its horse
drawn beginnings to the ascendancy of diesel locomotive. The object of
the game is to be the wealthiest player at the finish. To this end you
invest in railroad stock and operate the companies you can control. You
can be an empire builder, carefully managing your companies for the long
term, or you can loot companies for maximum quick profits and hope to leave
someone else with the wreckage.
The
play of "1830" is divided into two separate segments: Stock Buying Rounds,
when stock is bought and sold, and Railroad Operating Rounds, when each
railroad in play is operated by its president. The majority stockholder
of a railroad is usually its president. Operating railroads play track
tiles on the mapboard, build bridges and tunnels, buy and sell trains,
and decide whether to pay the revenue earned each round as dividends to
stockholders or to keep it in the treasury  for
future needs. A railroad’s stock value rises or falls depending on the
payment of dividends, as well as the buying and selling of the shares.
Once the starting positions are determined, there are no more random events
or elements of luck in the game. Each player’s success is dependent on
his or her own skill and decisions. Medium complexity. Typical playing
time about five hours (give or take). Also published as a computer
game.
Game components include :
Mapboard, Markers, 85 Track Tiles, 72 Stock Certificates, 8 Corporation
Charter cards, 6 Private Company Certificates, Play money & Rule book.
Three to six players (?).
Ages 12 & up. Avalon Hill from 1986. Design by Francis Tresham.
Additional info: There
were articles on this game in "The General" magazine:
Vol. 23 # 6 Variants
Vol. 26 # 6
An
important note regarding Avalon Hill games
- It was not unusual for Avalon Hill to re-publish most of their games
with 2nd, 3rd or more Editions. Sometimes the game components changed,
sometimes they didn't. If your game components do not correspond exactly
with what is listed, do not despair. You may just have to do a little more
checking to insure its completeness.
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