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1866
General Information
Rules Clarifications
Variants and Optional Rules
Implementation Notes
Known Problems
This is still under development and is in alpha testing
- Simon Cutforth
- Published by All Aboard Games
- Rules
- 1866 on BoardGameGeek
1866 Railways of Europe is a game in the 18xx family originally started by Francis Tresham. It has several unusual "McGuffins".
- There are no stock rounds. Instead players buy stock turn tokens that activate interleaved with company operations on the stock market.
- The map is divided by national boundaries.
- National companies can only operate within their borders.
- Minor National companies (regions in Germany and Italy) merge in mid game to form their respective national companies, reflecting events of the 7 weeks war in 1866.
- Public companies are given operating rights across the map by directors ownership of National companies.
The games will be published by All Aboard Games. The game is currently listed as prototype alpha testing.
The objectives of the prototype testing are to check the robustness of the rules and gather general feedback on the game to consider potential amendments.
Specific aspects that will be measured and adjusted based on the statistics include:
- Numbers of specific track tiles available.
- Value and number of infrastructure.
- Value and number of trains (though I think that this is unlikely to change)
- Minimum bid value of Concessions and Minor Nationals in the IAR.
- Certificate limits
- Number of Stock Turn tokens available.
The core rules are set, but feedback on ambiguities, omissions etc are welcome as comments or in the BBG 1866 forum
Timescales for these reviews and implementation of game breaking changes on 18xx.games will be subject to the amount of feedback received and the statistics from games played.
- N trains and E trains can run on the same track.
TO BE DONE
- To buy a Stock Turn Token in the operation round you can press the ST Token button when you are operating one of your ST Tokens already in play. Press the selected stock market value to buy the new Stock Turn Token. This will enter play as already operated.
- To sell a Stock Turn Token you press the ST Token button when you are operating one of your ST Tokens already in play. Press "Sell the Stock Turn Token (£xxx)", this to free up a cert slot or if you need cash. You can use this cash to buy a share since you now have another free slot if you where at your cert cap. The token is removed from the game.
- Its in prototype alpha. So changes might accur.