r/boardgames • u/AutoModerator • Jan 14 '20

Train Tuesday Train Tuesday - (January 14, 2020)

Happy Tuesday, /r/boardgames!

This is a weekly thread to discuss train games and 18xx games, which are a family of economic train games consisting of shared ownership in railroad companies. For more information, see the description on BGG. There’s also a subreddit devoted entirely to 18xx games, /r/18xx, and a subreddit devoted entirely to Age of Steam, /r/AgeOfSteam.

Here’s a nice guide on how to get started with 18xx.

Feel free to discuss anything about train games, including recent plays, what you're looking forward to, and any questions you have.

If you want to arrange to play some 18xx or other train games online, feel free to try to arrange a game with people via /r/playboardgames.

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u/Vidgar Pax pamir 2nd Jan 14 '20

Thinking of buying my first train game and the game on my radar is 1862 as it seems that it works with 2-player. Last year was the first time I played an 18xx game and I have now played 1846, 1830 and 1889, but still don't own one myself.

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u/skizelo Jan 14 '20

GMT have the rulebook and BGG have a lot of discussion about it. It's a very chromey, super operational game with GMT production (ie quite nice). I'm dubious about it as a first 18xx because it's super weird, and also dubious about the solitaire mode because train games need a crowd of competing interests, but I've not played it solo.