1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties

2013 · BGG

Avg rating

8.21

Bayes rating

6.48

Weight

4.61 (Heavy)

Players

1-8

Playtime

5 hr

Ratings count

1,232

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Description

1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties is an 18xx game set in East Anglia, England. It features a company-packed board, where 16 of 20 companies are randomly selected for use on a board containing only 37 hexes. Major features of the game are:


 Petitioning parliament as a means of floating your preferred company
 a mixture of full and partial capitalisation for companies
 three train types with differing objectives and building requirements
 company mergers and re-floatation
 1860-style semi-linear stock-market featuring multiple stock jumps.




Mechanics

Auction / Bidding Market Network and Route Building Ownership Solo / Solitaire Game Stock Holding Tile Placement Victory Points as a Resource

Themes

Economic Trains

Publishers

GMT Games Korea Boardgames LMN+B, Ltd

Designers

Mike Hutton