1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties

2013

Mike Hutton

BGG Geek Rating

6.5

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BGG Average Rating

8.2

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BGG Ranking

#1328

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Players

1-8

Weight

4.59/5.00

Playtime

300 min

Age

14+

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Play Online

Available on multiple platforms

18xx.games

⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

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

📂 Categories

Trains Economic Trains

🎨 Artists

Mark Simonitch Mike Hutton Rodger B. MacGowan

🏢 Publishers

GMT Games Korea Boardgames

📖 About This Game

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.