Cover art for 1899

1899

1994 · BGG
Avg rating
6.52
Bayes rating
5.53
Weight
4.17 (Heavy)
Players
3-6
Playtime
4 hr
Ratings count
57

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Description

This 18xx game is a variant of 1830: Railways & Robber Barons in China. Full rules are not provided, the designer only provides the modifications to the 1830: Railways & Robber Barons rules.

This game is essentially the regular game of 1830: Railways & Robber Barons, played on a new map, with relatively minor rules modifications:
- Inner Mongolia: Extended off-board runs can be made to Inner Mongolia.
- There are High mountains which cost $80 to upgrade to Green tiles, and wide rivers which cost $120 to cross.
- Mail runs: Each company earns 1/2 of revenue from the starting and ending cities for one of its trains. This mail revenue always goes to the company treasury and is used to defray the higher building costs.
- One private company builds a ferry for a major company.
- There a few new tiles in the game.
- There is $17,000 in the bank at start.

This game uses components of 1830.



Mechanics

Network and Route Building Stock Holding Tile Placement

Themes

Economic Trains

Publishers

Chris Lawson

Designers

Dirk Clemens Ingo Mayer